Electronic device, information processing method and information display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692881-B2
Application number	US-201013259014-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2010
Priority date	Mar 26, 2009
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first display unit which displays information about an active application, which is an application being executed; a touch sensor which is overlapped on the first display unit and which detects a touch thereto; and a control unit which, in a state where information about the active application is being displayed on the first display unit, performs processing on the active application when a touch to the touch sensor is determined as a first touch, and executes, as the active application, another application different from the application being executed when the touch to the touch sensor is determined as a second touch which has a wider region than the first touch.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first display unit; a second display unit which is different from the first display unit;
an application screen configured to display an active application, and a list screen for displaying an ordered list of inactive applications, wherein the application screen and the list screen are displayed at a same time;
a touch sensor; and
a control unit for changing a displayed active application to display an inactive application based on a touch command received via the touch sensor, wherein:
a plurality of different operations to change the displayed active application to another application are available at the same time, including a first operation and a second operation;
when the first operation to change the displayed active application to another application is made to the application screen, inactive applications displayed in the list screen are displayed in to the application screen to be activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen;
when the second operation to change the displayed active application to another application is made to the list screen, inactive applications subjected to the second operation are required to always be displayed in to the application screen and activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen; and
the displayed active application is displayed in the application screen while, at the same time, a band for the displayed active application is displayed in the list screen; wherein for the first operation, the application screen is provided on the first display unit while the list screen is provided on the second display unit; and wherein for the second operation, the application screen is provided on a lower part of the first display unit while the list screen is provided on an upper part of the first display unit.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs processing on the application screen when an operation of a single touch is made to the application screen.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when incoming call is received from an outside, the control unit displays the reception on the second display unit.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein by the second operation, one of the inactive applications is displayed in to the application screen and activated regardless of the order in the list screen.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein by the first operation, one of the inactive applications is displayed in to the application screen and activated according to the order in the list screen.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second operations are included in the touch command.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation is performed by performing a touch and slide operation on an inactive application.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of a band for the inactive applications is narrower than a width of a band for the displayed active application.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising: wherein for the second operation, two or more of a band for the inactive application is displayed in the list screen which is provided on the lower part of the first display unit.

10. An information processing method comprising:
a first display unit; a second display unit which is different from the first display unit;
displaying, at the same time, an active application and a list screen for that includes an ordered list of inactive applications; and
changing a displayed active application to display an inactive application based on a touch command received via a touch sensor, wherein:
a plurality of operations to change the displayed active application to another application are available at the same time, including a first operation and a second operation;
when the first operation to change the displayed active application to another application is made to the application screen, inactive applications displayed in the list screen are displayed in to the application screen to be activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen;
when the second operation to change the displayed active application to another application is made to the list screen, inactive applications subjected to the second operation are required to always be displayed in to the application screen and activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen; and
the displayed active application is displayed in the application screen while, at the same time, a band for the displayed active application is displayed in the list screen; wherein for the first operation, the application screen is provided on the first display unit while the list screen is provided on the second display unit; and wherein for the second operation, the application screen is provided on a lower part of the first display unit while the list screen is provided on an upper part of the first display unit.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a width of a band for the inactive applications is narrower than a width of a band for the displayed active application.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising: wherein for the second operation, two or more of a band for the inactive application is displayed in the list screen which is provided on the lower part of the first display unit.

13. An electronic device comprising:
a first display unit; a second display unit which is different from the first display unit;
an application screen for displaying an active application and a list screen for displaying an ordered list of inactive applications, wherein the application screen and the list screen are displayed at a same time, wherein:
when a first operation is made to the application screen, inactive applications displayed in the list screen are displayed in to the application screen to be activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen;
when a second operation made to one of the inactive applications in the list screen, a subjected application by the second operation is required to always be displayed in the application screen and activated one by one according to the order of the ordered list shown in the list screen; and
the displayed active application is displayed in the application screen while, at the same time, a band for the displayed active application is displayed in the list screen; wherein for the first operation, the application screen is provided on the first display unit while the list screen is provided on the second display unit; and wherein for the second operation, the application screen is provided on a lower part of the first display unit while the list screen is provided on an upper part of the first display unit.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the subjected application is one subjected from the inactive application in the list screen.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the first and second operations are operated to change the displayed active application to another application.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein a width of a band for the inactive applications is narrower than a width of a band for the displayed active application.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising: wherein for the

Assignees

• Jyonoshita Yasuhiro
• Mori Takahiro
• Sanda Mayu
• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Jyonoshita Yasuhiro
• Mori Takahiro
• Sanda Mayu

Classifications

• H04M1/72583 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/04164

  Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads · CPC title

• H04M1/72469 Primary

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title