Touch motion mobile device, display control program, and display control method

• US 9,996,250 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Hata, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US14/451,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20140380189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,408 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

A mobile device comprising a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying images is disclosure. A decision module is operable to indicate a touch condition, if a touch position on a first touch panel is changed to a predefined direction toward a second touch panel, and if a touch is detected on both the first touch panel and the second touch panel. A display control module is operable to display at least some of an image displayed on the second touch panel on the first touch panel in response to the touch condition.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a first display screen operable to receive a first touch motion thereon by a user;

a second display screen related to the first display screen, and operable to receive a second touch motion thereon by the user, the first touch motion comprising dragging a touch on the first display screen toward the second display screen and the second touch motion comprising dragging a touch on the second display screen toward the first display screen; and

a processor operable to interchange the first display screen with the second display screen whereby only a part of an image of the first display screen is displayed on the second display screen and an entire image of the second display screen, at a same magnification, is displayed on the first display screen when the first touch motion and the second touch motion are detected at the same time,

wherein the first touch motion and the second touch motion comprise a pinching operation,

wherein the first display screen operable to receive the first touch motion and the second display screen operable to receive the second touch motion, and the first touch motion performed by one of an index finger and a thumb of the user, and the second touch motion performed by the other of the index finger and the thumb of the user,

wherein the processor operable to enlarge the part of an image of the first display screen which the first touch motion starts touching on the first display screen and display the enlarged part of the image on the second display screen when the first display screen with the second display screen are interchanged.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the first display screen comprises a text-editing screen for an e-mail, and the second display screen comprises a content of at least one of a document attached to or a document to be attached to the email.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first display screen and the second display screen, after interchanging the first screen with the second screen, is displayed differently from the at least one of the first and second display screen before interchanging the first display screen with the second display screen.

4. A method for controlling a display of a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying a first display screen;

receiving a first touch motion on the first display screen;

displaying a second display screen, which is related to the first display screen;

receiving a second touch motion on the second display screen; and

interchanging the first display screen with the second display screen whereby only a part of an image of the first display screen is displayed on the second display screen and an entire image of the second display screen, at a same magnification, is displayed on the first display screen when the first touch motion and the second touch motion are received at the same time and when the first touch motion comprises dragging a touch on the first display screen toward the second display screen, and the second touch motion comprises dragging a touch on the second display screen toward the first display screen, and combined the first touch motion and the second touch motion comprise a pinching operation;

wherein the first display screen operable to receive the first touch motion and the second display screen operable to receive the second touch motion, and the first touch motion performed by one of an index finger and a thumb of the user, and the second touch motion performed by the other of the index finger and the thumb of the user;

wherein the processor operable to enlarge the part of an image of the first display screen which the first touch motion starts touching on the first display screen and display the enlarged part of the image on the second display screen when the first display screen with the second display screen are interchanged.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the first display screen comprises a text-editing screen for an e-mail, and the second display screen comprises a content of at least one of a document attached to and a document to be attached to the email.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the first display screen and the second display screen, after interchanging the first screen with the second screen, is displayed differently from the at least one of the first display screen and second display screen before interchanging the first display screen with the second display screen.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code for operating a mobile device for displaying first and second screens, the program code comprising:

displaying a first display screen;

receiving a first touch motion on the first display screen;

displaying a second display screen, which is related to the first display screen;

receiving a second touch motion on the second display screen; and

interchanging the first display screen with the second display screen whereby only a part of an image of the first display screen is displayed on the second display screen and an entire image of the second display screen, at a same magnification, is displayed on the first display screen when the first touch motion and the second touch motion are received at the same time and when the first touch motion comprises dragging a touch on the first display screen toward the second display screen, and the second touch motion comprises dragging a touch on the second display screen toward the first display screen, and combined the first touch motion and the second touch motion comprise a pinching operation;

wherein the first display screen operable to receive the first touch motion and the second display screen operable to receive the second touch motion, and the first touch motion performed by one of an index finger and a thumb of the user, and the second touch motion performed by the other of the index finger and the thumb of the user;

wherein the processor operable to enlarge the part of an image of the first display screen which the first touch motion starts touching on the first display screen and display the enlarged part of the image on the second display screen when the first display screen with the second display screen are interchanged.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 7, wherein the first display screen comprises a text-editing screen for an e-mail, and the second display screen comprises a content of at least one of a document attached to and a document to be attached to the email.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the first display screen and the second display screen, after interchanging the first screen with the second screen, is displayed differently from the at least one of the first display screen and second display screen before interchanging the first display screen with the second display screen.