IP Library Granted Patent US 9,025,168
Granted Patent B2
US 9,025,168 · App. 13/404,661 · Granted May 5, 2015

Information processing device and image forming apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,025,168
App. No.
13/404,661
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes: a display portion that can display a plurality of icons including first information; a detection portion that detects a contact to the display portion; and a control unit that, in a case in which the detection portion detects a contact having a trajectory encircling at least one icon displayed on the display portion in a state in which the icons are displayed on the display portion in a first display mode, displays the at least one icon in a second display mode with a greater display area and displays the at least one icon in a central region of the display portion.

Claims (9)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a display portion that can display a plurality of icons including first information;

a detection portion that detects a contact to the display portion;

a control unit that, in a case in which the detection portion detects a contact having a trajectory encircling at least one icon of the plurality of icons in a state in which the plurality of icons are displayed on the display portion in a first display mode, displays other icons not encircled by the trajectory in a second display mode with a greater display area than the first display mode on the display portion, and displays the at least one icon encircled by the trajectory in a third display mode with a smaller display area than the first display mode on the display portion, wherein the control portion displays the other icon in the second display mode and the at least one icon in the third display mode simultaneously on the display portion.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit:

detects the number of times the at least one icon is encircled by the trajectory of the contact to the display portion and a direction of the trajectory based on a result of detection by the detection portion; and

changes a magnification ratio of the at least one icon from the first display mode to the third display mode, based on the number of times and direction thus detected.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display portion and the detection portion compose a touch screen.

4. An image forming apparatus comprising the information processing device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 6, 2012
From: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 028331/0444 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2012
From: NITTA, RYUICHI
To: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027760/0223 →