METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES AND TEXT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SELECTED PATTERN

• US 20160240171A1
• Filed: 04/26/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Hiroki, IMAMURA, Hitoshi, TAKIGUCHI, Toshinobu, OSANAI, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,659,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/26 for modifying the character dimensions, e.g. double width, double height
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/37 Details of the operation on graphic patterns G09G5/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern

Abstract

An electronic device and method for displaying a display item is disclosed. A first pattern comprises an image at a first image size and a character string at a first character string size. A second pattern comprises the image at a second image size and the character string at a second character string size, the character string not overlapping the image at the second image size. The second image size is larger than the first image size, and the second character string size is larger than the first character string size. A selected size comprises at least a first size and a second size. The first pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the first size, and the second pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the second size.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory operable to store a predetermined items, a plurality of images and a plurality of character strings, each image and character string corresponding to respective one of the plurality of predetermined items;

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive a user selection of a first size or second size; and

set a display pattern to a first pattern if the first size is selected or set the display pattern to a second pattern if the second size is selected, the first pattern comprising the plurality of predetermined items displayed in a first predetermined display area, each predetermined item comprising an image together with a character string, the second pattern comprising the plurality of images displayed in a second predetermined display area wherein none of the plurality of character strings are displayed, and a character string, corresponding to a selected image, displayed in a third predetermined display area where none of the plurality of images are displayed, wherein if a character string drawn as text in the second pattern would be longer than the third predetermined display area, the character string displayed in the third predetermined display area is displayed as a pre-stored image where characters with a shorter width are drawn closer together.

2. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

storing in a memory of the electronic device a plurality of predetermined items, a plurality of images and a plurality of character strings, each image and character string corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of predetermined items;

receiving a user selection of a first size or a second size; and

displaying a first pattern, if the first size is selected; and

displaying a second pattern, if the second size is selected;

the first pattern comprising the plurality of items displayed in a first predetermined display area, each of the plurality of items comprising an image together with a character string;

the second pattern comprising the plurality of images displayed in a second predetermined display area where none of the plurality of character strings are displayed, and a character string, corresponding to a selected image, displayed in a third predetermined display area where none of the plurality of images are displayed, wherein if a character string drawn as text in the second pattern would be longer than the third predetermined display area, the character string displayed in the third predetermined display area is displayed as a pre-stored image where characters with a shorter width are drawn closer together.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable program code, the program code when executed performing a method for operating a display of an electronic device, the method comprising:

storing in a memory of the electronic device a plurality of predetermined items, a plurality of images and a plurality of character strings, each image and character string corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of predetermined items;

receiving a user selection of a first size or a second size; and

displaying a first pattern, if the first size is selected; and

displaying a second pattern, if the second size is selected;

the first pattern comprising the plurality of items displayed in a first predetermined display area, each of the plurality of items comprising an image together with a character string;

the second pattern comprising the plurality of images displayed in a second predetermined display area where none of the plurality of character strings are displayed, and a character string, corresponding to a selected image, displayed in a third predetermined display area where none of the plurality of images are displayed, wherein if a character string drawn as text in the second pattern would be longer than the third predetermined display area, the character string displayed in the third predetermined display area is displayed as a pre-stored image where characters with a shorter width are drawn closer together.