Granted Patent B2

US 12,373,089 · App. 17/749,475 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventors: Tohru Nishikawa (Sakai, JP); Takashi Hara (Sakai, JP)

Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

G06F3/0485G06F3/0482H04N1/00411G06F2203/04803H04N2201/0094

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A display device comprising:

a detector that detects an operation;

a display that is capable of displaying a screen including a first area capable of being scroll-displayed, and a second area which exists above the first area; and

a display controller that performs a control to display a plurality of display elements in the first area and the second area, wherein

the display controller

displays one or more display elements including a first display element that is capable of being displayed only in the first area, a second display element that is capable of being displayed in the first area and the second area, and a third display element that is capable of being displayed only in the second area,

scroll-displays, in an upward direction, the first display element and the second display element displayed in the first area when the detector detects a scroll operation in the upward direction,

does not display the first display element in the second area when the first display element is not displayed in the first area does not display any part of the second display element in the second area when, in the first area, a part of the second display element is displayed but the entirety of the second display element is not displayed, and displays a part or the entirety of the second display element in the second area when, by detecting a subsequent scroll operation in the upward direction, the entirety of the second display element is non-displayed in the first area,

in a case that the display controller displays the first area and the second area on the screen simultaneously and the display controller displays, in the second area, the third display element related to a content displayed in the first area, the second display element is displayed in the first area and after that, by detecting a scroll operation in the upward direction, a part or the entirety of the second display element is displayed in the second area and the second display element is not displayed in the first area, by detecting a scroll operation in a downward direction, before the entirety of the second display element is displayed in the first area, and when a different part of the second display element is scrolled to a displayable position in the first area, the display controller displays the different part of the second display element in the first area and, at a same time, does not display a part or the entirety of the second element in the second area, wherein

the display controller displays the second display element, such that a horizontal position of the second display element in the first area and a horizontal position of the second display element in the second area correspond to each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second display element gradually changes to a non-displayed state in the first area in response to the scroll operation in the upward direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays the second display element in the second area in a large format when a proportion of the second display element which is displayed in the first area is in a small format.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when the scroll operation in the downward direction is performed while the second display element is being displayed in the second area, the display controller moves the second display element from the second area to the first area and displays the second display element in the first area.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when the detector only detects a touch operation to select, without selecting the second display element, another display element which is displayed when the scroll operation in the upward direction is completed and is other than the second display element while the second display element that is displayed in the first area is being displayed in the second area, the display controller displays the second display element at a different position by moving the second display element displayed in the second area from a position immediately before the selection operation is detected without requesting another operation.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when the display controller displays the second display element in the second area, the display controller displays the second display element in the second area by reducing a shape of the second display element with respect to a shape of the second display element displayed in the first area.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , the second display element includes a touch-operable button.

8. A display method comprising:

detecting an operation;

displaying a screen including a first area capable of being scroll-displayed, and a second area which exists above the first area; and

performing a control to display a plurality of display elements in the first area and the second area, wherein

the first area and the second area are displayed on the screen at a same time from a beginning before a start of a scroll operation, the first area and the second area being arranged in a scroll operation direction, and

performing the control includes

displaying one or more display elements including a first display element that is capable of being displayed only in the first area, a second display element that is capable of being displayed in the first area and the second area, and a third display element that is capable of being displayed only in the second area,

scroll-displaying, in an upward direction, the first display element and the second display element displayed in the first area when a scroll operation in the upward direction is detected,

not displaying the first display element in the second area when the first display element is not displayed in the first area, not displaying any part of the second display element in the second area when, in the first area, a part of the second display element is displayed but the entirety of the second display element is not displayed and displaying a part or the entirety of the second display element in the second area when, by detecting a subsequent scroll operation in the upward direction, the entirety of the second display element is non-displayed in the first area, and

in a case that the first area and the second area are displayed on the screen simultaneously and, in the second area, the third display element, related to a content displayed in the first area, is displayed, the second display element is displayed in the first area and after that, by detecting a scroll operation in the upward direction, a part or the entirety of the second display element is displayed in the second area and the second display element is not displayed in the first area, by detecting a scroll operation in a downward direction, before the entirety of the second display element is displayed in the first area, and when a different part of the second display element is scrolled to a displayable position in the first area, the different part of the second display element is displayed in the first area and, at same time, a part or the entirety of the second element is not displayed in the second area, wherein

the display controller displays the second display element, such that a horizontal position of the second display element in the first area and a horizontal position of the second display element in the second area correspond to each other.

9. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein the second display element gradually changes to a non-displayed state in the first area in response to the scroll operation in the upward direction.

10. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein based on the scroll operation in the upward direction, when a first part that is a part of the second display element is displayed in the first area and a second part that is another part of the second display element is not displayed in the first area, performing the control includes not displaying the second part in the second area.

11. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein performing the control includes displaying the second display element in the second area in a large format when a proportion of the second display element which is displayed in the first area is in a small format.

12. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein when the scroll operation in the downward direction is performed while the second display element is being displayed in the second area, performing the control includes moving the second display element from the second area to the first area and displaying the second display element in the first area.

13. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein when a touch operation to select the display element other than the second display element is only detected while the second display element is being displayed in the second area, performing the control includes displaying the second display element at a different position by moving the second display element from a position immediately before the selection operation is detected.

14. The display method according to claim 8 , wherein in displaying the second display element in the second area, performing the control includes displaying the second display element in the second area by reducing a shape of the second display element with respect to a shape of the second display element displayed in the first area.

15. The display method according to claim 8 , the second display element includes a touch-operable button.

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