Device, method, and storage medium storing program

• US 9,733,712 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nagoshi, Keiichi, Takahashi, Kousuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Xavier, Antonio
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jones, Shawna Stepp
• Application Number:
  US13/597,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,812 Days
• Field of Search: 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a screen. The controller controls an orientation of the screen based on a gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a touch screen display configured to display a screen;

a controller configured to control an orientation of the screen based on a touch gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device; and

a sensor configured to detect an inclination of the device as the state of the device, wherein

the controller is configured to, when a first touch gesture is detected;

change the orientation of the screen according to the state of the device,

add a limitation on the change of the orientation of the screen according to the inclination of the device detected by the sensor, and

increase difficulty to change the orientation of the screen through increasing an inclination of a criteria on which the orientation of the screen is determined depending on the inclination of the device, and

when a second touch gesture is detected after the first touch gesture, the controller releases said limitation.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the limitation to change the orientation of the screen comprises locking the screen orientation.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to detect whether or not an angle of inclination of the device with respect to a horizontal direction is smaller than a threshold as the state of the device through the sensor.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein

when the gesture is detected and the angle is smaller than the threshold,

the controller is configured to change the orientation of the screen.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein

when the gesture is detected and the angle is not smaller than the threshold,

the controller is configured not to change the orientation of the screen.

6. The device according to claim 3, wherein

when the angle is smaller than the threshold,

the controller is configured not to change the orientation of the screen based on the inclination of the device detected by the sensor.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein

when a gesture for releasing the limitation is detected in a state where the limitation is added on the change of the orientation of the screen depending on the detection of the sensor,

the controller is configured to release the limitation.

8. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor for detecting an inclination of the device as the state of the device, wherein

the controller displays the screen in an orientation in which a side that is a lowermost side in a vertical direction of the touch screen display and is nearer to a horizontal direction corresponds to a lower side of the screen based on the inclination of the device detected by the sensor.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured such that, when the first touch gesture is detected, the screen is rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise and then the rotation is locked, and when the second touch gesture is detected while the screen rotation is locked, the screen is unlocked and will rotate based on the angle of inclination of the device.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor is an acceleration sensor.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the screen is a home screen on which at least one icon is displayed.

10. A device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying a screen; and

a controller for controlling an orientation of the screen based on a touch gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device, wherein

the gesture is a gesture of swiping and rotating two objects in the same direction on the touch screen, and

the controller is configured to, when a first touch gesture is detected;

change the orientation of the screen according to the state of the device,

add a limitation on the change of the orientation of the screen according to the inclination of the device detected by the sensor, and

increase difficulty to change the orientation of the screen through increasing an inclination of a criteria on which the orientation of the screen is determined depending on the inclination of the device, and

when a second touch gesture is detected after the first touch gesture, the controller releases said limitation.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the controller is configured to change the orientation of the screen in a rotating direction of the gesture of rotating.

14. A method for controlling a device including a touch screen display, the control method comprising:

displaying a screen on the touch screen display;

detecting an inclination of the device using a sensor;

when a first touch gesture on the touch screen display is detected, using a controller to change an orientation of the screen of the touch screen display depending on the inclination of the device; and

then using the controller to lock the orientation of the screen, based on the inclination of the device, wherein

when the first touch gesture is detected;

add a limitation on the change of the orientation of the screen according to the inclination of the device detected by the sensor, and

increase difficulty to change the orientation of the screen through increasing an inclination of a criteria on which the orientation of the screen is determined depending on the inclination of the device, and

when a second touch gesture is detected after the first touch gesture, remove said limitation.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein

the detecting includes detecting an inclination of the device, and

the changing includes changing an orientation of the screen depending on the inclination detected at the detecting.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the changing includes limiting the change of the orientation of the screen depending on the inclination when the gesture is detected.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein when the first touch gesture is detected, the screen is rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise and then the rotation is locked, and when the second touch gesture is detected while the screen rotation is locked, the screen is unlocked and will rotate based on the angle of inclination of the device.

18. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device including a touch screen display, the device to execute:

displaying a screen on the touch screen display;

detecting an inclination of the device using a sensor;

when a touch gesture on the touch screen display is detected, using a controller to change an orientation of the screen of the touch screen display depending on the inclination of the device; and

then using the controller to lock the orientation of the screen, based on the inclination of the device, wherein

when a first touch gesture is detected, the controller;

adds a limitation on the change of the orientation of the screen according to the inclination of the device detected by the sensor,

increases difficulty to change the orientation of the screen through increasing an inclination of a criteria on which the orientation of the screen is determined depending on the inclination of the device, and

when a second touch gesture is detected after the first touch gesture, the controller releases said limitation.

19. The non-transitory storage medium that stores the program according to claim 18, wherein

the detecting includes detecting an inclination of the device, and

the changing includes changing an orientation of the screen depending on the inclination detected at the detecting.

20. The non-transitory storage medium that stores the program according to claim 19, wherein

the changing includes limiting the change of the orientation of the screen depending on the inclination when the gesture is detected.