IP Library Granted Patent US 8,786,562
Granted Patent B2
US 8,786,562 · App. 13/304,446 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Mobile electronic device, control method, and storage medium storing control program

Inventors: Yuka Ishizuka (Yokohama, JP); Tsuneo Miyashita (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,786,562
App. No.
13/304,446
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing having a first display unit, a second housing having a second display unit, a form detector, and a control unit. The form detector detects a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside. A control unit cause objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector.

Claims (18)

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a first housing including a first display unit;

a second housing including a second display unit;

a form detector for detecting a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside; and

a control unit for causing objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause a first character string, which corresponds to a first icon displayed on the first display unit, to be displayed on the second display unit when a change from the first form to the second form is detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause the first icon, which corresponds to a second icon displayed on the second display unit in association with the first character string, to be displayed on the first display unit when a change from the second form to the first form is detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause, when a second character string displayed on the first display unit is dragged to the second icon displayed on the second display unit or the first character string corresponding to the second icon, a screen corresponding to the second icon to be displayed on the second display unit in a state in which the second character string is input.

2. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a first housing including a first display unit;

a second housing including a second display unit;

a form detector for detecting a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside; and

a control unit for causing objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause a first character string, which corresponds to a first icon displayed on the first display unit, to be displayed on the second display unit when a change from the first form to the second form is detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause the first icon, which corresponds to a second icon displayed on the second display unit in association with the first character string, to be displayed on the first display unit when a change from the second form to the first form is detected by the form detector,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause, when a second character string displayed on the first display unit is dragged to a background portion of a standby screen displayed on the second display unit, the second icon to be displayed on the second display unit in association with the second character string which includes the first character string.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to cause a list of functions to be displayed on the second display unit and to cause an icon, which corresponds to a function selected from the list of the functions, to be displayed on the second display unit as the second icon when the second character string is dragged to the background portion.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to specify a function of performing processing using the second character string based on the type of the second character string and to cause an icon corresponding to the specified function to be displayed on the second display unit as the second icon when the second character string is dragged to the background portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2011
From: ISHIZUKA, YUKA; MIYASHITA, TSUNEO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027280/0595 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-264384 · Nov 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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