IP Library Granted Patent US 10,185,362
Granted Patent B2
US 10,185,362 · App. 15/258,768 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Information processing apparatus, method, and program product for displaying information unividedly

Inventors: Yuichi Shigematsu (Sagamihara, JP); Atsushi Kaneko (Sagamihara, JP); Kazuo Kubota (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
G06F1/1641G06F1/1643G06F3/03543G06F3/0485G06F2203/0332
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Patent No.
US 10,185,362
App. No.
15/258,768
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first display unit and a second display unit, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code controls a screen display of the first display unit and a screen display of the second display unit, detects an instruction to slide a screen display of at least one of the first display unit and the second display unit, and slide the screen display of at least one of the first display unit and the second display unit in response to detecting the instruction.

Claims (44)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display unit and a second display unit, wherein at least one of the first display unit and the second display unit is a touch panel display unit;

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:

control a first screen display of the first display unit and a second screen display of the second display unit;

detect an instruction to slide at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, wherein the instruction is a swipe with one or more fingers on at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, the swipe having a first direction and a first distance, and a second direction of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first direction of the swipe and a second distance of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first distance of the swipe;

in response to detecting the instruction, slide the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display;

detect, an information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display; and

display the information unit undividedly within one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponding to the first direction of the swipe in response to i) detecting the instruction and ii) the detection of the information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display comprises sliding the first screen display and the second screen display together.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the code is further executable by the processor to:

retain an original position of the first screen display and the second screen display in response to the one or more fingers being in contact with one of the first screen display and the second screen display during the swipe; and

return the first screen display and the second screen display to the original position in response to the one or more fingers being released from one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a sliding screen display that comprises the first screen display and the second screen display.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first chassis adapted to house the first display unit;

a second chassis adapted to house the second display unit; and

a hinge adapted to couple the first chassis and the second chassis rotatably.

6. A method comprising:

controlling a first screen display of a first display unit and a second screen display of a second display unit, wherein at least one of the first display unit and the second display unit is a touch panel display unit;

detecting an instruction to slide at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, wherein the instruction is a swipe with one or more fingers on at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, the swipe having a first direction and a first distance, and a second direction of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first direction of the swipe and a second distance of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first distance of the swipe;

in response to detecting the instruction, sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display;

detecting an information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display; and

displaying the information unit undividedly within one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponding to the first direction of the swipe in response to i) detecting the instruction and ii) the detection of the information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display comprises sliding the first screen display and the second screen display together.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

retaining an original position of the first screen display and the second screen display in response to the one or more fingers being in contact with one of the first screen display and the second screen display during the swipe; and

returning the first screen display and the second screen display to the original position in response to the one or more fingers being released from one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a sliding screen display comprises the first screen display and the second screen display.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

adapting a first chassis to house the first display unit;

adapting a second chassis to house the second display unit; and

adapting a hinge to couple the first chassis and the second chassis rotatably.

11. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

controlling a first screen display of a first display unit and a second screen display of a second display unit, wherein at least one of the first display unit and the second display unit is a touch panel display unit;

detecting an instruction to slide at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, wherein the instruction is a swipe with one or more fingers on at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display, the swipe having a first direction and a first distance, and a second direction of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first direction of the swipe and a second distance of sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponds to the first distance of the swipe;

in response to detecting the instruction, sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display;

detecting an information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display; and

displaying the information unit undividedly within one of the first screen display and the second screen display corresponding to the first direction of the swipe in response to i) detecting the instruction and ii) the detection of the information unit displayed dividedly between the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

12. The program product of claim 11 , wherein sliding the at least one of the first screen display and the second screen display comprises sliding the first screen display and the second screen display together.

13. The program product of claim 11 , the code further:

retaining an original position of the first screen display and the second screen display in response to the one or more fingers being in contact with one of the first screen display and the second screen display during the swipe; and

returning the first screen display and the second screen display to the original position in response to the one or more fingers being released from one of the first screen display and the second screen display.

14. The program product of claim 13 , wherein a sliding screen display comprises the first screen display and the second screen display.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LTD
Reel/Frame 049844/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2016
From: SHIGEMATSU, YUICHI; KANEKO, ATSUSHI; KUBOTA, KAZUO
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 039663/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-183415 · Sep 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170075474A1 · Mar 16, 2017