Portable terminal and control program for portable terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285975-B2
Application number	US-201113876005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2011
Priority date	Sep 28, 2010
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A mobile terminal 1 is provided with a first LCD 102 a , a second LCD 102 b , a control unit 109 that determines the display position of each menu image displayed on the first LCD 102 a and on the second LCD 102 b , and a touch panel 104 that receives a scroll instruction to scroll the display objects displayed on the first LCD 102 a and on the second LCD 102 b . The control unit 109 displaces the menu images on the first LCD 102 a , which is downstream in the direction of scrolling, in accordance with the scroll instruction and then displaces the menu images on the second LCD 102 b , which is upstream in the direction of scrolling, sequentially one menu image at a time from the upstream second LCD 102 b to the downstream first LCD 102 a by displacing a menu image at a position furthest forward in the direction of scrolling.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a first display region;
a second display region; and
at least one processor configured to
determine a display position of each of a plurality of display objects displayed on the first display region and on the second display region,
receive a scroll instruction to scroll the display objects displayed on the first display region and on the second display region, such that one of the first display region and the second display region is a downstream display region in a downstream direction of the scroll instruction and the other one of the first display region and the second display region is an upstream display region in an upstream direction of the scroll instruction, and,
in response to the scroll instruction,
iteratively reduce a downstream display range being displayed on the downstream display region by a first amount, while maintaining an upstream display range being displayed on the upstream display region, until a sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds a second amount, and,
after the sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds the second amount, move a furthest display object in the downstream direction in the upstream display range from the upstream display range to the downstream display range, such that the furthest display object is not displayed as being split between the first display region and the second display region.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, when moving the furthest display object from the upstream display range to the downstream display range, display the furthest display object at a position in the downstream display range that is furthest in the upstream direction.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the display objects include at least one of a character and a graphic.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a duration of each iteration of reducing the downstream display range by the first amount is equal to a first predetermined time period, such that the sum of the reductions by the first amount equals the second amount at a second predetermined time period that is a multiple of the first predetermined time period.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the display objects include at least one of a character and a graphic.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display objects include at least one of a character and a graphic.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first display region and the second display region constitutes a touch screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first amount is less than a length, in a direction of the scroll instruction, of one of the plurality of display objects.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second amount is equal to a length, in a direction of the scroll instruction, of one of the plurality of display objects.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
calculate a length, in the direction of the scroll instruction, of the furthest display object in the downstream direction in the upstream display range; and
set the second amount to the calculated length.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, in response to the scroll instruction, prior to the sum of the reductions by the first amount equaling or exceeding the second amount, expand the downstream display range being displayed on the downstream display.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a control program stored thereon, wherein the control program, when executed by a processor, performs display processing comprising:
determining a display position of each of a plurality of display objects displayed on a first display region and on a second display region;
receiving a scroll instruction to scroll the display objects displayed on the first display region and on the second display region, such that one of the first display region and the second display region is a downstream display region in a downstream direction of the scroll instruction and the other one of the first display region and the second display region is an upstream display region in an upstream direction of the scroll instruction; and,
in response to the scroll instruction,
iteratively reducing a downstream display range being displayed on the downstream display region by a first amount, while maintaining an upstream display range being displayed on the upstream display region, until a sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds a second amount, and,
after the sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds the second amount, moving a furthest display object in the downstream direction in the upstream display range from the upstream display range to the downstream display range, such that the furthest display object is not displayed as being split between the first display region and the second display region.

13. A display method for a computer to perform display processing comprising:
determining a display position of each of a plurality of display objects displayed on a first display region and on a second display region;
receiving a scroll instruction to scroll the display objects displayed on the first display region and on the second display region, such that one of the first display region and the second display region is a downstream display region in a downstream direction of the scroll instruction and the other one of the first display region and the second display region is an upstream display region in an upstream direction of the scroll instruction; and,
in response to the scroll instruction,
iteratively reducing a downstream display range being displayed on the downstream display region by a first amount, while maintaining an upstream display range being displayed on the upstream display region, until a sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds a second amount, and,
after the sum of the reductions by the first amount equals or exceeds the second amount, moving a furthest display object in the downstream direction in the upstream display range from the upstream display range to the downstream display range, such that the furthest display object is not displayed as being split between the first display region and the second display region.

Assignees

• Fukunaga Toshiaki
• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Fukunaga Toshiaki

Classifications

• G06F3/0485 Primary

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G09G5/346

  for systems having a bit-mapped display memory · CPC title

• G06F1/1647

  including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence) · CPC title