Information processing device, display control method, and computer program recording medium
An information processing device facilitating easy specification of a display position of an operation screen of each software application when a plurality of software applications are executed at a same time. The device includes a display control unit configured to display a plurality of arranged icons on a display screen; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire input position specified on the display screen; and an identifying unit configured to identify a plurality of software applications associated with the plurality of icons in accordance with positions of the plurality of icons displayed on the display screen and a plurality of input positions simultaneously acquired by the position acquisition unit. The display control unit is configured to display one execution screen of each of the software application identified by the identifying unit on each of a plurality of partial areas, the partial areas constituting the display screen.
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a processor and at least one memory, the processor operating to:
display a plurality of icons on a display screen;
control the display screen to move between a plurality of pages; and
acquire an input position from a user's finger touching a selected one of the plurality of the icons displayed on the display screen,
wherein the processor acquires an input position for a first icon selected among a first plurality of icons displayed in a first page of the display screen when a first finger contacts the first icon from the first plurality of icons,
wherein, with the first finger maintaining contact on the selected first icon from the first page during a flick of the first page by a second finger from the first page to a second page, the processor acquires an input position for a second icon selected among a second plurality of icons displayed in the second page of the display screen while maintaining the input position acquired for the selected first icon,
wherein the processor further acquires a number of applications identified by the selected first and second icons and divides the display screen into a plurality of partial areas in accordance with the number of applications and the input positions for the first and second icons,
wherein, when contact by the first and second fingers is released from the selected first and second icons, the processor acquires coordinate positions for the first and second icons, where the coordinate positions comprise the input position at which the contact of the first icon by the first finger is released and the input position at which the contact of the second icon by the second finger is released, and
wherein the processor displays together simultaneously on the divided display screen a first operation screen of an application related to the selected first icon and a second operation screen of another application related to the selected second icon at the respective partial areas, which are associated with the respective coordinate positions acquired after the contact by the first and second fingers are released from the respective first and second icons.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor displays, following displaying of the first page, the second page in accordance with a flick direction of the display.
3. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a processor and at least one memory, the processor operating to:
display a plurality of icons on a display screen;
acquire an input position for a first icon selected among the plurality of icons displayed on the display screen in a case where a first finger of a user contacts the first icon from the plurality of icons, and acquire an input position for a second icon selected among the plurality of icons in a case where a second finger of the user contacts the second icon;
acquire a number of applications identified by the selected first and second icons and divide the display screen into a plurality of partial areas in accordance with the number of applications and the input positions for the first and second icons;
detect a pressure of the first finger of the user and the second finger of the user when the first finger and the second finger contact the first icon and the second icon, respectively; and
display together simultaneously on the divided display screen a first operation screen of an application related to the selected first icon and a second operation screen of another application related to the selected second icon at the respective partial areas,
wherein a size of each respective partial area is determined in accordance with the pressure of the first finger and the second finger when the first finger and the second finger contact the selected first icon and the second icon, respectively.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, the larger the pressure, the larger the size of the partial area is.
5. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising:
acquiring an input position for a first icon selected among a first plurality of icons displayed in a first page of a display screen when a first finger contacts the first icon from the first plurality of icons;
with the first finger maintaining contact on the selected first icon from the first page during a flick of the first page by a second finger from the first page to a second page, acquiring an input position for a second icon selected among a second plurality of icons displayed in a second page of the display screen while maintaining the input position acquired for the selected first icon;
acquiring a number of applications identified by the selected first and second icons and dividing the display screen into a plurality of partial areas in accordance with the number of applications and the input positions for the first and second icons;
when contact by the first and second fingers is released from the selected first and second icons, acquiring coordinate positions for the first and second icons, where the coordinate positions comprise the input position at which the contact of the first icon by the first finger is released and the input position at which the contact of the second icon by the second finger is released; and
displaying together simultaneously on the divided display screen a first operation screen of an application related to the selected first icon and a second operation screen of another application related to the selected second icon at the respective partial areas, which are associated with the respective coordinate positions acquired after the contact by the first and second fingers are released from the respective first and second icons.
6. The method for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein following displaying of the first page, the second page is displayed in accordance with a flick direction of the display.