IP Library Granted Patent US 9,378,568
Granted Patent B2
US 9,378,568 · App. 14/444,363 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Electronic apparatus and displaying method

Inventor: Shigeru Motoi (Kokubunji, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
G06T11/203G06F3/03545G06F3/0416G06F3/04883
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Patent No.
US 9,378,568
App. No.
14/444,363
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is capable of drawing a line corresponding to contact on a sensor surface of a display. The apparatus includes a display processor. The display processor displays a plurality of lines in accordance with a locus of a single contact point on the sensor surface, and displays an object in a region near a position of the single contact point, at least part of the object overlapped with the plurality of lines, a color of the object corresponding to a color of the plurality of lines, wherein widths of the plurality of lines are varied in accordance with a pressure on the single contact point.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic apparatus capable of drawing a line corresponding to contacts on a sensor surface of a display, the apparatus comprising:

a hardware processor configured to display a plurality of lines in accordance with a locus of a single contact point on the sensor surface, and to display an object in a region near a position of the single contact point, at least part of the object overlapping the plurality of lines, a color of the object corresponding to a color of the plurality of lines,

wherein widths of the plurality of lines are varied in accordance with a pressure on the single contact point, and

wherein a position where the object is displayed and a shape of the object are determined in accordance with an interval of positions where the plurality of lines are displayed or a density of the plurality of lines.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the contact on the sensor surface is not detected, the hardware processor is configured to stop displaying the object.

3. An electronic apparatus capable of drawing a line corresponding to contacts on a sensor surface of a display, the apparatus comprising;

a hardware processor configured to display a plurality of lines in accordance with a locus of a single contact point on the sensor surface, and to display an object in a region near a position of the single contact point, at least part of the object overlapping the plurality of lines, a color of the object corresponding to a color of the plurality of lines,

wherein widths of the plurality of lines are varied in accordance with a pressure on the single contact point, and

wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display a first line and a second line, of the plurality of lines, as having different widths, in accordance with a shape of the locus of the single contact point on the sensor surface.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of lines comprise a first line, a second line adjacent to the first line, and a third line adjacent to the second line, and

the hardware processor is configured to display an interval between the first line and the second line and an interval between the second line and the third line as having different lengths, in accordance with a shape of the locus of the single contact point on the sensor surface.

5. A displaying method of drawing a line corresponding to a contact on a sensor surface of a display, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of lines, based on a position of a single contact point on the sensor surface and a locus of the single contact point; and

displaying an object in a color corresponding to the plurality of lines in a region near the position of the single contact point and on at least some lines of the plurality of lines,

wherein widths of the plurality of lines are varied in accordance with a pressure on the single contact point, and

wherein a position where the object is displayed and a shape of the object are determined in accordance with an interval of positions where the plurality of lines are displayed or a density of the plurality of lines.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising stopping displaying the object when the contact on the sensor surface is not detected.

7. A displaying method of drawing a line corresponding to a contact on a sensor surface of a display, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of lines, based on a position of a single contact point on the sensor surface and a locus of the single contact point;

displaying an object in a color corresponding to the plurality of lines in a region near the position of the single contact point and on at least some lines of the plurality of lines, wherein widths of the plurality of lines are varied in accordance with a pressure on the single contact point; and

displaying a first line and a second line, in the plurality of lines, as having different widths, in accordance with a shape of the locus of the single contact point on the sensor surface.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the plurality of lines comprise a first line, a second line adjacent to the first line, and a third line adjacent to the second line, and

an interval between the first line and the second line and an interval between the second line and the third line are displayed as having different lengths, in accordance with a shape of the locus of the single contact point on the sensor surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2014
From: MOTOI, SHIGERU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 033410/0405 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-258312 · Dec 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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