ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20160179322A1
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: NAGATA, Shunsuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,191,645 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a display, a touch detector configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation, and a processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation. The processor can cause a screen displayed on the display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region R included in the display. If the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation and while the screen is being scrolled, the processor can disable the tap operation on the object.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a detector configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation;

a storage unit configured to store a control program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation,

the at least one processor being configured to

cause a screen displayed on the display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the display, and

if the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation during a scroll of the screen, disable the tap operation on the object.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the object includes hyperlinked text or image, an icon for activating an application, or an icon or a thumbnail for reproducing a music file or an image file.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the tap operation is disabled, the at least one processor is configured to cause the object to be displayed in a display style different from when the tap operation is enabled.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to disable the tap operation on the object until a predetermined time period has passed since scrolling of the screen is stopped.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein if the number of the objects included in a portion displayed in the display region on the screen is larger than a predetermined number during a scroll of the screen, the at least one processor is configured to disable the tap operation on the objects.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein if the number of the objects included in the entire screen is larger than a predetermined number during a scroll of the screen, the at least one processor is configured to disable the tap operation on the objects.

7. A method for controlling an electronic device configured to execute processing in accordance with an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation, the method comprising:

causing a screen displayed on a display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the display; and

if the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation during a scroll of the screen, disabling the tap operation on the object.