IP Library Granted Patent US 6,995,776
Granted Patent B2
US 6,995,776 · App. 10/293,468 · Granted Feb 7, 2006

Terminal device, information display method, and program for said information display method

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Patent No.
US 6,995,776
App. No.
10/293,468
Granted
Feb 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device detects the inclination of the terminal device per se in a predetermined direction, and, based on the detected inclination, changes the display format of an element object on a display screen or enlarges/regenerates an element object on a display screen.

Claims (18)

1. A terminal device comprising:

element object detection means for detecting element objects contained in input display information;

display format determination means for determining the display format of the element objects based on the type of the element objects detected by the element object detection means;

display position registration means for registering the display position of the element objects, detected by the element object detection means, on a screen;

element object display means for displaying the element objects on the screen based on the display format determination means and the display position registration means;

inclination detection means for detecting the inclination of the terminal device;

element object enlargement/regeneration means for enlarging/regenerating the displayed element object based on the predetermined inclination detected by the inclination detection means; and

display returning means for returning the display to a size before enlargement/regeneration, when the inclination detection means detects an inclination of the terminal device in another direction.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein, upon the detection of inclination in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, the display returning means returns the enlarged/regenerated element object to the display before the enlargement/regeneration.

3. An information display method comprising the steps of:

detecting element objects contained in input display information (element object detection step);

determining the display format of the element objects based on the type of the element objects detected by the element object detection step (display format determination step);

registering the display position of the element objects, detected by the element object detection step, on a screen (display position registration step);

displaying the element objects on the screen based on the display format determination step and the display position registration step (element object display step);

detecting the inclination of a terminal device (inclination detection step);

enlarging/regenerating the displayed element object based on the predetermined inclination detected by the inclination detection step; and

display returning step for returning the display to a size before enlargement/regeneration, when the inclination detection step has detected an inclination of the terminal device in another direction.

4. The information display method according to claim 3 , wherein, upon the detection of inclination of the terminal device in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, the display returning step returns the enlarged/regenerated element object to the display before the enlargement/regeneration.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2002
From: TOMITA, KAZUNORI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013491/0210 →