Electronic device, menu display method and storage medium
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and circuitry. The circuitry displays a first menu in a first region of a screen. The circuitry determines whether a first operation is made and whether a second operation is made. The first operation is to move a pointing location from inside of the first region into a second region. The second operation is to move a pointing location from outside of the first region into the second region. The circuitry halts display of a second menu on the second region when the first operation is determined, and displays the second menu on the second region when the second operation is determined.
1. An electronic device comprising: a display;
a input device; and circuitry configured to:
display an image of a content or a first menu contained in the content in a first region of a screen of the display;
input a pointing location when the input device is operated;
determine whether a first operation is made and whether a second operation is made, the first operation being to move the pointing location from inside of the first region into a second region in which a second menu is to be displayed, the second operation being to move the pointing location from outside of the first region into the second region; and
halt display of the second menu on the second region when the first operation is determined, and display the second menu on the second region when the second operation is determined,
wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether a third region in which the first menu is located and the second region overlap, and
when the first operation is determined while the first menu is displayed, the circuitry is configured to:
halt display of the second menu when the second region and third region overlap; and display the second menu on the second region when the second region and third region do not overlap.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to display the second menu on the second region, when the second operation is determined while the first menu is displayed.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to locate the first menu on the third region, when the second operation is determined.
4. A menu display method comprising:
displaying an image of a content or a first menu contained in the content in a first region of a screen;
inputting a pointing location when an input device is operated;
determining whether a first operation is made and whether a second operation is made, the first operation being to move a pointing location from inside of the first region into a second region in which a second menu is to be displayed, the second operation being to move a pointing location from outside of the first region into the second region; and
halting display of a second menu on the second region when the first operation is determined, and displaying the second menu on the second region when the second operation is determined,
wherein the method further comprising:
determining whether a third region in which the first menu is located and the second region overlap, and while the first operation is determined while the first menu is displayed, halting display of the second menu when the second region and third region overlap; and
displaying the second menu on the second region when the second region and third region do not overlap.
5. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer, the computer program controlling the computer to execute functions of:
displaying an image of a content or a first menu contained in the content in a first region of a screen;
inputting a pointing location when an input device is operated;
determining whether a first operation is made and whether a second operation is made, the first operation being to move the pointing location from inside of the first region into a second region in which a second menu is to be displayed, the second operation being to move the pointing location from outside of the first region into the second region; and
halting display of the second menu on the second region when the first operation is determined, and displaying the second menu on the second region when the second operation is determined,
wherein the computer program controlling the computer further execute functions of:
determining whether a third region in which the first menu is located and the second region overlap, and when the first operation is determined while the first menu is displayed, halting display of the second menu when the second region and third region overlap; and
displaying the second menu on the second region when the second region and third region do not overlap.