Control method, information processor apparatus and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017068427-A1
Application number	US-201615254530-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Priority date	Sep 7, 2015
Publication date	Mar 9, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A control method executed by a computer having a display that has at least a first display region and a second display region, a plurality of icons being displayed at least in the second display region, includes changing a display surface area of a screen displayed in the first display region in a width direction parallel to an axis on which at least the plurality of icons are aligned, while the first display region maintains a state of abutting the second display region when a change instruction to change the display surface area of the first display region is received; and displaying the plurality of icons displayed in the second display region so as to be displayed inside the second display region which corresponds to the length in the width direction of the screen displayed in the first display region, in response to the change of the display surface area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A control method executed by a computer having a display that has at least a first display region and a second display region, wherein a plurality of icons are displayed at least in the second display region, the method comprising:
changing a display surface area of a screen displayed in the first display region in a width direction parallel to an axis on which at least the plurality of icons are aligned, while the first display region maintains a state of abutting the second display region when a change instruction to change the display surface area of the first display region is received; and displaying the plurality of icons displayed in the second display region so as to be displayed inside the second display region which corresponds to the length in the width direction of the screen displayed in the first display region, in response to the change of the display surface area.

2 . The control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the changing includes moving the screen in the direction of the axis on which the icons are aligned and in a direction of the axis perpendicular to the axis on which the icons are aligned.

3 . The control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the changing includes rearranging the plurality of icons inside the second region so as to be contained inside the area of the width of the screen when, after the movement, the width of the screen displayed in the first display region is equal to or greater than a threshold in the direction of the axis on which the icons are aligned.

4 . The control method according to claim 3 ,
wherein the changing includes rearranging the plurality of icons inside the second region so as to be contained inside the area of the threshold when, after the movement, the width of the screen displayed in the first display region is less than the threshold in the direction of the axis on which the icon is displayed.

5 . The control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the changing includes moving the screen displayed in the first display region while keeping the screen displayed in the second display region stationary.

6 . The control method according to claim 3 ,
wherein the rearranging includes setting the width of the plurality of icons in the direction of the axis on which the icons are aligned, so as to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value determined based on the number of the plurality of icons.

7 . The control method according to claim 6 ,
wherein the predetermined value is determined by multiplying a predetermined width set for one icon by the number of the plurality of icons.

8 . The control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the changing includes:
moving the screen displayed in the first display region in the direction of the axis perpendicular to the axis on which the icons are aligned in accordance with a first change instruction, and
moving the screen displayed in the first display region in the direction of the axis on which the icons are aligned in accordance with a second change instruction received subsequent to the first change instruction.

9 . The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing position information of a movement destination of the movement, wherein the changing includes controlling so as to move the screen displayed in the first display region to a position corresponding to the stored position information when the change instruction is received again.

10 . An information processor apparatus comprising:
a display that has at least a first display region and a second display region, wherein a plurality of icons are displayed at least in the second display region; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
change a display surface area of a screen displayed in the first display region in a width direction parallel to an axis on which at least the plurality of icons are aligned, while the first display region maintains a state of abutting the second display region when a change instruction to change the display surface area of the first display region is received, and
display the plurality of icons displayed in the second display region so as to be displayed inside the second display region which corresponds to the length in the width direction of the screen displayed in the first display region, in response to the change of the display surface area.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a processor included in a computer including a display that has at least a first display region and a second display region, wherein a plurality of icons are displayed at least in the second display region, to execute a process, the process comprising:
moving a display surface area of a screen displayed in the first display region in a width direction parallel to an axis on which at least the plurality of icons are aligned, while the first display region maintains a state of abutting the second display region when a change instruction to change the display surface area of the first display region is received; and displaying the plurality of icons displayed in the second display region so as to be displayed inside the second display region which corresponds to the length in the width direction of the screen displayed in the first display region, in response to the change of the display surface area.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Yamada Hiroki
• Yamaguchi Junya
• Takahashi Mai
• Fujino Hiroshi

Classifications

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G09G5/38

  with means for controlling the display position · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  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 title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title