Mobile terminal and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9703418-B2
Application number	US-201514945251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Priority date	May 21, 2013
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A mobile phone comprises a display provided with a touch panel, and the like. When a telephone function is executed, a dial pad is displayed on the display. The dial pad can be freely changed in display position and size. For example, when a calling operation is performed and a screen is switched after a reference position for the display of the dial pad is changed to be included on the right side in the screen, an end key EK included in a screen during calling and a standard GUI included in a standard GUI display region are displayed on the right side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal capable of being operated with one hand having a display module, comprising:
a display configured to display a first text input region, wherein the first text input region comprises at least one of a virtual keyboard and a virtual dial pad;
a processor configured to change a display position of the first text input region in accordance with a user's operation; and
a memory configured to store position information indicating the changed display position of the first text input region;
wherein, based on the position information, the processor is configured to display a display object
in a first display region of the display when the display position is included in the first display region; and
in a second display region of the display when the display position is included in the second display region,

wherein when the display is seen by the user when the user is operating the mobile terminal with one hand, the first display region is located toward a left side of the display with respect to the second display region, and wherein the display object is displayed in a region other than the first text input region.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display a second text input region based on the position information.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
the display is configured to display the display object based on the position information after the display position is changed.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first text input region includes a reference position to be used as a reference for the display position,
the position information stored in the memory indicates a changed reference position of the first text input region when the display position is changed, and
the display is configured to display the display object based on the changed reference position.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the display object is configured to be displayed at a default position when the display position of the first text input region is changed to a specific position.

6. A display control method by a processor of a mobile terminal having a display and capable of being operated with one hand, the method comprising:
displaying a text input region, wherein the text input region comprises at least one of a virtual keyboard and a virtual dial pad;
changing a display position of the text input region in accordance with a user's operation;
storing position information indicating the changed display position of the text input region; and
based on the position information, displaying a display object
in a first display region of the display when the display position is included in the first display region; and
in a second display region of the display when the display position is included in the second display region,

wherein when the display is seen by the user when the user is operating the mobile terminal with one hand, the first display region is located toward a left side of the display with respect to the second display region, and wherein the display object is displayed in a region other than the first text input region.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Shimazu Tomohiro
• Hirayama Kimiko

Classifications

• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title

• H04M1/7258

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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