JP2013073530A - Electronic device, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily organize objects displayed on a display.SOLUTION: An electronic device (a smartphone, for example) 1 includes: a display 2A for displaying a first object (an icon 50, for example) and a second object (another icon 50, for example); an operation unit (a touch screen, for example) 2B on which an operation is performed for changing the position of the first object on the display 2A; and a controller 10. When the operation unit 2B detects an operation for overlaying the first object on the second object, the controller 10 stores data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device, a method, and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic device having a display and an operation unit, a method for controlling the electronic device, and a program for controlling the electronic device.

  Electronic devices that include a touch screen display are known. Devices that include a touch screen display include, for example, smartphones and tablets. A device with a touch screen display detects a finger or stylus pen gesture via the touch screen display. The device including the touch screen display operates according to the detected gesture. An example of the operation according to the detected gesture is described in Patent Document 1, for example.

  The basic operation of a device having a touch screen display is realized by an OS (Operating System) such as Android (registered trademark), BlackBerry (registered trademark) OS, iOS, Windows (registered trademark) Phone installed in the device. .

International Publication No. 2008/086302

  Many electronic devices having a touch screen display display a screen called a home screen on the touch screen display. An object called an icon is arranged on the home screen. When the electronic device including the touch screen display detects a specific gesture for the icon, the electronic device performs a function corresponding to the icon on which the gesture is performed.

  Some electronic devices including a touch screen display execute a process of executing a process of storing a moved icon in another icon when an operation of overlaying the icon on another icon is detected. As described above, by executing the process of storing the icons in other icons, the icons displayed on the display can be arranged, and the data associated with the icons can be arranged. In addition, when an electronic device including an operation unit other than the touch screen display detects an operation in which an icon displayed on the screen is superimposed on another icon, the electronic device performs processing for storing the moved icon in the other icon. Some perform processing.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, a method, and a program that can easily organize objects displayed on a display.

  In one aspect, the electronic device according to the present invention includes a display that displays the first object and the second object, an operation unit that performs an operation of changing a position of the first object on the display, and the first object. And a controller that stores data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation of overlapping the second object with the second object.

  In one aspect, the method according to the present invention is a method for controlling an electronic device including a display and an operation unit, the step of displaying a first object and a second object on the display, and the first object Storing the data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation to overlap the second object.

  In one aspect, a program according to the present invention includes a step of displaying a first object and a second object on the display on an electronic device including a display and an operation unit, and an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object. When the operation unit detects the data, the step of storing the data associated with the second object in the folder associated with the first object is executed.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating an appearance of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a rear view illustrating an appearance of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the home screen. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of control for organizing icons. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of control for organizing icons. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of control for organizing icons. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of control for organizing icons. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another example of control for organizing icons. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a control processing procedure for organizing icons. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a control processing procedure for organizing icons. FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon image being moved. FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating another example of the icon image being moved.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, a smart phone provided with a touch screen display is explained as an example of electronic equipment.

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The external appearance of the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the smartphone 1 has a housing 20. The housing 20 includes a front face 1A, a back face 1B, and side faces 1C1 to 1C4. The front face 1 </ b> A is the front of the housing 20. The back face 1 </ b> B is the back surface of the housing 20. The side faces 1C1 to 1C4 are side surfaces that connect the front face 1A and the back face 1B. Hereinafter, the side faces 1C1 to 1C4 may be collectively referred to as the side face 1C without specifying which face.

  The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, buttons 3A to 3C, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, and a camera 12 on the front face 1A. The smartphone 1 has a camera 13 on the back face 1B. The smartphone 1 has buttons 3D to 3F and a connector 14 on the side face 1C. Hereinafter, the buttons 3A to 3F may be collectively referred to as the button 3 without specifying which button.

  The touch screen display 2 includes a display 2A and a touch screen 2B. The display 2A includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL panel (Organic Electro-Luminescence panel), or an inorganic EL panel (Inorganic Electro-Luminescence panel). The display 2A displays characters and graphics.

  The touch screen 2B detects contact of a finger, a stylus pen, or the like with respect to the touch screen display 2. The touch screen 2B can detect a position where a plurality of fingers, a stylus pen, or the like is in contact with the touch screen display 2.

  The detection method of the touch screen 2B may be any method such as a capacitance method, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method (or an ultrasonic method), an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a load detection method. Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, a finger that the touch screen 2B detects contact with the touch screen display 2 or a stylus pen or the like may be simply referred to as a “finger”.

  The smartphone 1 determines the type of gesture based on the contact detected by the touch screen 2B and the position where the contact is made. The gesture is an operation performed on the touch screen display 2. The gesture discriminated by the smartphone 1 includes touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like.

  The touch is a gesture in which a finger touches the touch screen 2B. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen 2B as a touch. The long touch is a gesture in which a finger touches the touch screen 2B for a predetermined time or more. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger is in contact with the touch screen 2B for a predetermined time or more as a long touch.

  Release is a gesture in which a finger leaves the touch screen 2B. The smartphone 1 determines that a gesture in which a finger leaves the touch screen 2B is a release. The swipe is a gesture that moves while the finger is in contact with the touch screen display 2. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture that moves while the finger is in contact with the touch screen display 2 as a swipe.

  A tap is a gesture for releasing following a touch. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture for releasing following a touch as a tap. The double tap is a gesture in which a gesture for releasing following a touch is continued twice. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a gesture for releasing following a touch is continued twice as a double tap.

  A long tap is a gesture for releasing following a long touch. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture for releasing following a long touch as a long tap. The drag is a gesture for performing a swipe from an area where a movable object is displayed. The smartphone 1 determines, as a drag, a gesture for performing a swipe starting from an area where a movable object is displayed.

  The flick is a gesture that is released while the finger moves at high speed in one direction following the touch. The smartphone 1 determines, as a flick, a gesture that is released while the finger moves in one direction at high speed following the touch. Flick: Up flick that moves your finger up the screen, Down flick that moves your finger down the screen, Right flick that moves your finger right in the screen, Left flick that moves your finger left in the screen Etc.

  Pinch-in is a gesture that swipes in the direction in which a plurality of fingers approach. The smartphone 1 determines, as a pinch-in, a gesture that swipes in a direction in which a plurality of fingers approach. The pinch-out is a gesture that swipes in a direction in which a plurality of fingers move away. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture of swiping in a direction in which a plurality of fingers move away as a pinch out.

  The smartphone 1 operates according to these gestures that are determined via the touch screen 2B. Therefore, operability that is intuitive and easy to use for the user is realized. The operation performed by the smartphone 1 according to the determined gesture differs depending on the screen displayed on the touch screen display 2.

  An example of a screen displayed on the display 2A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows an example of the home screen. The home screen may be called a desktop or a standby screen. The home screen is displayed on the display 2A. The home screen is a screen that allows the user to select which application to execute from among the applications installed in the smartphone 1. The smartphone 1 executes the application selected on the home screen in the foreground. The application executed in the foreground displays a screen different from the home screen on the display 2A.

  The smartphone 1 can place an icon on the home screen. A plurality of icons 50 are arranged on the home screen 40 shown in FIG. Each icon 50 is associated with a specific application installed in the smartphone 1 in advance. When the smartphone 1 detects a specific gesture (for example, a tap) for the icon 50, the smartphone 1 executes an application associated with the icon 50. For example, the smartphone 1 executes the mail application when a tap on the icon 50 associated with the mail application is detected.

  The icon 50 includes an image and a character string. The icon 50 may include a symbol or a graphic instead of the image. The icon 50 may not include either an image or a character string. The icons 50 are arranged according to a predetermined rule. A wallpaper 41 is displayed behind the icon 50. The wallpaper is sometimes called a photo screen or a back screen. The smartphone 1 can use any image as the wallpaper 41. The image is determined as wallpaper, for example, according to user settings.

  The smartphone 1 can increase or decrease the number of home screens. For example, the smartphone 1 determines the number of home screens according to the setting by the user. When the smartphone 1 displays the home screen, even if there are a plurality of home screens, the smartphone 1 displays one selected from them on the display 2A.

  The smartphone 1 displays one or more locators on the home screen. The number of locators matches the number of home screens. The locator indicates the position of the currently displayed home screen. The locator corresponding to the currently displayed home screen is displayed in a manner different from other locators.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, four locators 51 are displayed. This indicates that the number of home screens 40 is four. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the second symbol from the left is displayed in a manner different from other symbols. This indicates that the second home screen from the left is currently displayed.

  When the smartphone 1 detects a specific gesture while displaying the home screen, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A. For example, when detecting a right flick, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the left home screen. Further, when the smartphone 1 detects a left flick, the smartphone 1 switches the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the right home screen.

  A region 42 is provided at the upper end of the display 2A. In the area 42, a remaining amount mark 43 indicating the remaining amount of the rechargeable battery and a radio wave level mark 44 indicating the electric field strength of the communication radio wave are displayed. The smartphone 1 may display the current time, weather information, the application being executed, the type of the communication system, the status of the phone, the mode of the device, the event that has occurred in the device, and the like in the area 42. As described above, the area 42 is used for various notifications to the user. The area 42 may be provided on a screen other than the home screen 40. The position where the region 42 is provided is not limited to the upper end of the display 2A.

  Note that the home screen 40 shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and the forms of various elements, the arrangement of various elements, the number of home screens 40, various operation methods on the home screen 40, and the like are described above. It does not have to be street.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the smartphone 1. The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, a button 3, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a communication unit 6, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, a storage 9, a controller 10, and cameras 12 and 13. , Connector 14, acceleration sensor 15, direction sensor 16, and gyroscope 17.

  As described above, the touch screen display 2 includes the display 2A and the touch screen 2B. The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, or the like. The touch screen 2B detects a gesture.

  The button 3 is operated by the user. The button 3 includes buttons 3A to 3F. The controller 10 detects an operation on the button by cooperating with the button 3. The operation on the button is, for example, click, double click, push, and multi-push.

  For example, the buttons 3A to 3C are a home button, a back button, or a menu button. For example, the button 3D is a power on / off button of the smartphone 1. The button 3D may also serve as a sleep / sleep release button. For example, the buttons 3E and 3F are volume buttons.

  The illuminance sensor 4 detects illuminance. For example, the illuminance is light intensity, brightness, luminance, or the like. The illuminance sensor 4 is used for adjusting the luminance of the display 2A, for example. The proximity sensor 5 detects the presence of a nearby object without contact. The proximity sensor 5 detects that the touch screen display 2 is brought close to the face, for example.

  The communication unit 6 communicates wirelessly. The communication method performed by the communication unit 6 is a wireless communication standard. For example, wireless communication standards include cellular phone communication standards such as 2G, 3G, and 4G. For example, there are LTE (Long Term Evolution), W-CDMA, CDMA2000, PDC, GSM, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), etc. as cellular phone communication standards. Examples of wireless communication standards include WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), IEEE802.11, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IrDA, NFC, and the like. The communication unit 6 may support one or more of the communication standards described above.

  The receiver 7 outputs the audio signal transmitted from the controller 10 as audio. The microphone 8 converts the voice of the user or the like into a voice signal and transmits it to the controller 10. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker in addition to the receiver 7 or instead of the receiver 7.

  The storage 9 stores programs and data. The storage 9 is also used as a work area for temporarily storing the processing result of the controller 10. The storage 9 may include any storage device such as a semiconductor storage device and a magnetic storage device. The storage 9 may include a plurality of types of storage devices. The storage 9 may include a combination of a portable storage medium such as a memory card and a storage medium reading device.

  The programs stored in the storage 9 include an application executed in the foreground or the background and a control program that supports the operation of the application. For example, the application displays a predetermined screen on the display 2A, and causes the controller 10 to execute processing according to the gesture detected by the touch screen 2B. The control program is, for example, an OS. The application and the control program may be installed in the storage 9 via wireless communication by the communication unit 6 or a storage medium.

  The storage 9 stores, for example, a control program 9A, a mail application 9B, a browser application 9C, and setting data 9Z. The mail application 9B provides an electronic mail function for creating, transmitting, receiving, and displaying an electronic mail. The browser application 9C provides a WEB browsing function for displaying a WEB page. The setting data 9Z includes information related to various settings related to the operation of the smartphone 1.

  The control program 9A provides functions related to various controls for operating the smartphone 1. The control program 9A realizes a call by controlling the communication unit 6, the receiver 7, the microphone 8, and the like, for example. The function provided by the control program 9A includes a function of performing various controls such as changing information displayed on the display 2A according to a gesture detected via the touch screen 2B. Note that the functions provided by the control program 9A may be used in combination with functions provided by other programs such as the mail application 9B.

  The controller 10 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The controller 10 may be an integrated circuit such as a SoC (System-on-a-chip) in which other components such as the communication unit 6 are integrated. The controller 10 controls various operations of the smartphone 1 to realize various functions.

  Specifically, the controller 10 executes instructions included in the program stored in the storage 9 while referring to the data stored in the storage 9 as necessary, and the display 2A, the communication unit 6 and the like. Various functions are realized by controlling. The controller 10 may change the control according to detection results of various detection units such as the touch screen 2B, the button 3, and the acceleration sensor 15.

  For example, by executing the control program 9A, the controller 10 executes various controls such as changing information displayed on the display 2A according to a gesture detected via the touch screen 2B.

  The camera 12 is an in-camera that captures an object facing the front face 1A. The camera 13 is an out camera that captures an object facing the back face 1B.

  The connector 14 is a terminal to which another device is connected. The connector 14 may be a general-purpose terminal such as a universal serial bus (USB), a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a light peak (thunderbolt), and an earphone microphone connector. The connector 14 may be a dedicated terminal such as a dock connector. Devices connected to the connector 14 include, for example, an external storage, a speaker, and a communication device.

  The acceleration sensor 15 detects the direction and magnitude of acceleration acting on the smartphone 1. The direction sensor 16 detects the direction of geomagnetism. The gyroscope 17 detects the rotation of the smartphone 1. The detection results of the acceleration sensor 15, the azimuth sensor 16, and the gyroscope 17 are used in combination in order to detect changes in the position and orientation of the smartphone 1.

  5 may be downloaded from another apparatus by wireless communication by the communication unit 6. 5 may be stored in a storage medium that can be read by a reading device included in the storage 9. 5 is stored in a storage medium such as a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray that can be read by a reader connected to the connector 14. Also good.

  Moreover, the structure of the smart phone 1 shown in FIG. 5 is an example, and you may change suitably in the range which does not impair the summary of this invention. For example, the number and type of buttons 3 are not limited to the example of FIG. For example, the smartphone 1 may include buttons such as a numeric keypad layout or a QWERTY layout instead of the buttons 3A to 3C as buttons for operations related to the screen. The smartphone 1 may include only one button or may not include a button for operations related to the screen. Further, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the smartphone 1 includes two cameras, but the smartphone 1 may include only one camera or may not include a camera. Moreover, in the example shown in FIG. 5, although the smart phone 1 was provided with three types of sensors in order to detect a position and an attitude | position, the smart phone 1 does not need to be provided with some sensors among these, Other types of sensors for detecting position and orientation may be provided.

  An example of control based on the function provided by the control program 9A will be described with reference to FIGS. The function provided by the control program 9A includes a function of storing another icon (second object) inside the icon (first object) on the home screen in accordance with a user instruction. The function of storing another icon (second object) inside the icon (first object) executes a process of changing data associated with the other icon to data associated with the icon. That is, the function of storing other icons inside the icon executes a process of changing the icon to be associated with data. Note that the function of storing other icons on the home screen in the icons according to the user's instructions may execute a process of associating the other icons with the lower layers of the icons. As data, one data file or a folder that can store the data file is used. Further, other icons that store data associated with icons are basically associated with folders. The function of storing another icon inside the icon stores data associated with the other icon in a folder associated with the icon. In the following, a plurality of examples in which other icons are stored in the icons according to the user's instructions are shown. As described above, the icon may indicate a folder or a data file, or may be a shortcut icon for starting a specific application.

  In step S1 shown in FIG. 6, the home screen 40 is displayed on the display 2A. Twelve icons 50 are arranged on the wallpaper 41 on the home screen 40 displayed in step S1. In FIG. 6, A to L are assigned as images of 12 icons arranged on the home screen 40 for the sake of explanation. The twelve icons 50 are arranged in 3 rows and 4 columns. The three icons 50 in one row display images of A, B, and C in order from the left side. The three icons 50 in two rows display D, E, and F images in order from the left side. Three icons 50 in three rows display G, H, and I images in order from the left side. Three icons 50 in four columns display images of J, K, and L in order from the left side. In step S1, the user's finger F is long tapping the icon 50 on which the K image is displayed. The icon 50 displaying the K image is hereinafter simply referred to as the K image icon 50. The other icons are also referred to as alphabetic image icons 50 that are displayed. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects a long tap of the icon 50 of the K image via the touch screen 2B. When a long tap of the icon 50 of the K image is detected, the smartphone 1 activates a movement mode for adjusting the display of the icon 50 displayed on the display 2A, and executes the movement process.

  In step S2, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed to the upper right direction of the screen. A tap is made between the icon 50, the icon 50 of the I image, and the icon 50 of the L image. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects a swipe based on the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed in step S1 via the touch screen 2B. When a swipe based on the position where the K image icon 50 is displayed in step S1 is detected, the smartphone 1 displays on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S2. The display position of the icon 50 of the displayed K image is changed. That is, the smartphone 1 displays the K image icon 50 at the position where the contact of the finger F is detected. The smartphone 1 also includes an H image icon 50, an I image icon 50, and an L image around the position where contact with the finger F is detected, that is, around the K image icon 50 in step S2. The image of the three icons 50 with the icon 50 is reduced.

  In step S3, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the screen is moved upward from the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed in step S2, and the image E is displayed. The icon 50, the image icon 50 of F, the icon 50 of the image H, and the icon 50 of the image I are tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe detected in step S2 has further moved via the touch screen 2B. When it is detected that the swipe contact position has moved, the smartphone 1 displays the K image icon 50 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F, as shown in step S3. Change position. The smartphone 1 also includes an E image icon 50, an F image icon 50, and an H image around the position where contact with the finger F is detected, that is, around the K image icon 50 in step S3. The images of the four icons 50, i.e., the icon 50 and the icon 50 of the I image are made smaller.

  In step S4, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the image of B is moved upward from the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed in step S3. The icon 50, the C image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50 are tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe detected in step S3 has further moved via the touch screen 2B. When it is detected that the swipe contact position has moved, the smartphone 1 displays the K image icon 50 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the finger F contact position, as shown in step S4. Change position. In addition, the smartphone 1 has a B image icon 50, a C image icon 50, and an E image around the position where the contact of the finger F is detected, that is, around the K image icon 50 in step S4. The images of the four icons 50, i.e., the icon 50 and the icon 50 of the F image, are made smaller.

  In step S5, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the K image icon 50 is moved from the position where it is displayed in step S4 to the upper right direction of the screen. The position where the image icon 50 is displayed is tapped without touching other icons. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects through the touch screen 2B that the swipe contact position detected in step S4 has further moved to a position where the C image icon 50 is displayed. When it is detected that the swipe contact position has moved to the position where the C image icon 50 is displayed, the smartphone 1 overlaps with the K image icon 50 being moved, as shown in step S5. The C image icon 50 is stored in the K image icon 50. The icon 50 thus moved becomes an icon in which both the data associated with the icon 50 of the K image and the data associated with the icon 50 of the C image are associated. As shown in step S <b> 5, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 50 as an icon 50 including C and K images. Further, the smartphone 1 changes the display position of the icon 50 of the C and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F. In step S5, the contact position of the finger F, that is, the display position of the icon 50 of the C and K images and the display position of the other icons 50 are separated from each other by a certain distance. The size for displaying the icons 50 around is not reduced.

  In step S6, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the screen moves from the position where the C, K image icon 50 is displayed to the lower left of the screen in step S5. , The area between the B image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50 is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe detected in step S5 has further moved via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved, as shown in step S6, the icons 50 of the C and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F are displayed. Change the display position of. In addition, the smartphone 1 has a B image icon 50 and a E image icon 50 and F around the position where the contact of the finger F is detected, that is, around the C and K image icons 50 in step S6. The images of the three icons 50 with the icon 50 of the image are made smaller.

  In step S7, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the C and K image icons 50 are moved in the left direction from the position where the icons 50 are displayed in step S6. The image icon 50, the B image icon 50, the D image icon 50, and the E image icon 50 are tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe detected in step S6 has further moved via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved, as shown in step S7, the icons 50 of the C and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F are displayed. Change the display position of. The smartphone 1 also includes an A image icon 50 and a B image icon 50 and D around the position where the contact of the finger F is detected, that is, around the C and K image icons 50 in step S6. The images of the four icons 50, ie, the image icon 50 and the E image icon 50 are made smaller.

  In step S8, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the K image icon 50 was displayed in step S7 to the lower left of the screen. The position where the image icon 50 is displayed is tapped without touching other icons. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects through the touch screen 2B that the swipe contact position detected in step S7 has further moved to a position where the D image icon 50 is displayed. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved to the position where the D image icon 50 is displayed, as shown in step S8, the smartphone 50 moves the C and K image icons 50. The icon 50 of the image of D that overlaps with the icon 50 of the image of C and K is stored. As a result, the icon 50 being moved includes both data associated with the C image icon 50, data associated with the K image icon 50, and data associated with the D image icon 50. Is an associated icon. As shown in step S <b> 8, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 50 as an icon 50 including C, D, and K images. Further, the smartphone 1 changes the display position of the icon 50 of the C, D, and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F. In step S8, the contact position of the finger F, that is, the display position of the icon 50 of the C, D, and K images and the display position of the other icons 50 are separated by a certain distance or more. The display size of the icons 50 around the image icon 50 is not reduced.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects a swipe gesture that uses the icon 50 as a base point and passes through the other icon 50, the smartphone 50 1 uses the other icon 50 (second object) as the base point icon 50 (first object). Object). That is, when the smartphone 1 detects that the icon 50 moved by the swipe gesture overlaps the other icon 50, the smartphone 1 changes the data associated with the other icon 50 to the icon 50 moved by the swipe gesture. Associate. That is, the smartphone 1 uses data associated with the icon 50 that is moving data associated with a plurality of other icons. Here, the smartphone 1 may be configured such that when the icon 50 being moved is selected, another icon 50 originally corresponding to the stored data is displayed. In addition, the smartphone 1 may display the data originally associated with the moved icon 50 and the data associated with the other icon 50 on the same hierarchy. As a result, the smartphone 1 can store a plurality of other icons 50 in the moved icon 50 with a single swipe gesture, and can organize the icons with a simple operation. For example, when the smartphone 1 wants to combine a plurality of icons displayed on the display 2 </ b> A into one icon, the plurality of icons can be combined with the icons without moving each of the plurality of icons individually to one icon. By simply swiping, a plurality of icons displayed on the display 2A can be combined into one icon.

  When the icon 50 being moved is a folder icon, the smartphone 1 may store the icon 50 that overlaps the icon 50 being moved in the folder. In this case, when the smartphone 1 detects an operation for opening the icon 50 of the folder being moved, the smartphone 1 may be set to display the stored icon 50. If the smartphone 1 detects that the icon 50 being moved is not a folder icon, and detects that the icon 50 being moved overlaps another icon 50, the smartphone 1 uses the icon 50 to be moved to the folder icon. It is only necessary to store the icon 50 that has been moved and the other icon 50 in the folder. The smartphone 1 only needs to store the data associated with the overlapped icon 50 in the icon 50 being moved, and various methods including the various methods described above can be used as the storage method.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when it is detected that the icon 50 being moved overlaps with another icon 50, the process of storing the other icon 50 in the icon 50 being moved, for example, the other icon 50 Although the process of associating the associated data with the icon 50 that has been moved is executed, the present invention is not limited to this. When the smartphone 1 detects an operation of moving the display position of the icon 50 being moved to the display position of the other icon 50, the smartphone 1 may execute a process of storing the other icon 50 in the icon 50 being moved. .

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the smartphone 1 displays a small icon near a position touched by a swipe gesture, that is, an icon within a certain distance from the moved icon, so that the moved icon and other icons are displayed. The icon can be made difficult to overlap. That is, by displaying the icons around the moved icon in a small size, it is possible to make it difficult for the icon being moved and the other icons to overlap each other when the moved icon is moved. Thereby, the smart phone 1 can make it difficult to overlap the icon which the user does not intend and the moved icon when inputting the swipe gesture, and can easily move the icon with the swipe gesture.

  The smartphone 1 may display icons other than the moved icon in a small size. Hereinafter, another example of control for organizing icons will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S11 shown in FIG. 7, the home screen 40 is displayed on the display 2A. On the home screen 40 displayed in step S <b> 11, twelve icons 50 are arranged on the wallpaper 41. In step S11, the user's finger F is long tapping the icon 50 of the K image. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects a long tap of the icon 50 of the K image via the touch screen 2B. When the long tap of the icon 50 of the K image is detected, the smartphone 1 activates the movement mode for moving the display position of the icon 50 displayed on the display 2A, and executes the movement process.

  When the smartphone 1 starts the movement mode, as shown in step S12, the smartphone 1 displays a small 11 icons 50 other than the icon 50 of the K image that has been long tapped.

  In step S13, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the K image icon 50 is displayed to the upper right direction of the screen. The position where the icon 50 is displayed is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 moves via the touch screen 2 </ b> B to the position where the image icon 50 of the C image is displayed with the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed in step S <b> 12 as the base point. Detected swipe. When a swipe based on the position where the K image icon 50 was displayed in step S12 is detected, the smartphone 1 overlaps with the K image icon 50 being moved, as shown in step S13. The C image icon 50 is stored in the K image icon 50. The icon 50 thus moved becomes an icon in which both the data associated with the icon 50 of the K image and the data associated with the icon 50 of the C image are associated. As shown in step S <b> 13, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 50 as an icon 50 including C and K images. Further, the smartphone 1 changes the display position of the icon 50 of the C and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F.

  In step S14, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the C and K image icons 50 are moved in the diagonally lower left direction from the position where the icons 50 are displayed in step S5. The position where the icon 50 of the image of D is displayed is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe detected in step S13 has further moved to a position where the icon 50 of the D image is displayed via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved to the position where the D image icon 50 is displayed, as shown in step S14, the smartphone 50 moves the C and K image icons 50. The icon 50 of the image of D that overlaps with the icon 50 of the image of C and K is stored. As a result, the icon 50 being moved includes both data associated with the C image icon 50, data associated with the K image icon 50, and data associated with the D image icon 50. Is an associated icon. As shown in step S <b> 14, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 50 as an icon 50 including C, D, and K images. Further, the smartphone 1 changes the display position of the icon 50 of the C, D, and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F.

  In step S15, the user's finger F is released at the position where the icon 50 of the image D is displayed. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects through the touch screen 2 </ b> B that the swipe detected in steps S <b> 11 to S <b> 14 is ended with the position where the icon 50 of the image D is displayed as the end point. When the smartphone 1 detects the swipe release position, the smartphone 1 determines the display position of the icon 50 of the moved C, D, K image based on the swipe release position. In step S15, the display position of the icon 50 of the C image, the D image, and the K image is the position where the icon 50 of the image D of the release position is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the movement mode is activated, the smartphone 1 may display all the icons other than the icons to be moved among the icons 50 displayed on the display 2 </ b> A. As described above, it is also possible to make it easier to move the moved icon by displaying all the icons other than the moved icon in a small size in this manner.

  The smartphone 1 may move the icon display position within a certain distance of the moved icon in a direction away from the moving icon. Hereinafter, another example of control for organizing icons will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S21 shown in FIG. 8, the home screen 40 is displayed on the display 2A. On the home screen 40 displayed in step S21, twelve icons 50 are arranged on the wallpaper 41. In step S21, the user's finger F is long tapping the icon 50 on which the K image is displayed. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects a long tap of the icon 50 of the K image via the touch screen 2B. When a long tap of the icon 50 of the K image is detected, the smartphone 1 activates a movement mode for adjusting the display of the icon 50 displayed on the display 2A, and executes the movement process.

  When the movement mode is activated, the smartphone 1 displays the icon 50 of the K image that has been long tapped and the other icons 50 in the same size, as shown in step S22.

  In step S23, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the K image icon 50 is displayed to the upper right direction of the screen. The vicinity of the lower left corner of the position where the icon 50 is displayed is tapped. That is, the user's finger F taps a position diagonally to the left of the C image icon 50 and adjacent to the B image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50. ing. In this case, the smartphone 1 uses the position where the K image icon 50 is displayed in step S22 via the touch screen 2B as a base point, and the left side of the position where the contact position C image icon 50 is displayed. Detect swipes that move diagonally below. When a swipe based on the position where the K image icon 50 is displayed in step S22 is detected, the smartphone 1 displays on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S23. The display position of the icon 50 of the displayed K image is changed. Further, the smartphone 1 displays the display positions of the B image icon 50, the C image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50 in the vicinity of the K image icon 50. The icon 50 is moved away from the display position.

  In step S23, a case where the K image icon 50 is displayed diagonally to the lower left of the C image icon 50 is shown. However, swipe detected between step S22 and step S23 is an H image icon. And the I image icon 50, and between the E image icon and the F image icon 50. The smartphone 1 changes the display position of the K image icon 50 in accordance with the movement of the swipe contact position, and the display positions of other icons 50 in the vicinity of the K image icon 50 also change the display position of the K image. The position is changed to a position away from the display position of the icon 50. Moreover, the smart phone 1 returns the display position of the other icon 50 to an initial position, when the other icon 50 leaves | separates more than the fixed position from the display position of the icon 50 of the K image.

  In step S24, the state where the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the icon 50 of the K image is displayed to the upper right direction of the screen. The position where the icon 50 is displayed is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved to a position where the C image icon 50 is displayed via the touch screen 2B. When it is detected that the contact position has moved from the position where the K image icon 50 was displayed in Step S23, the smartphone 1 moves the K image icon 50 and the K image icon 50 moved as shown in Step S24. The overlapped C image icon 50 is stored in the K image icon 50. The icon 50 thus moved becomes an icon in which both the data associated with the icon 50 of the K image and the data associated with the icon 50 of the C image are associated. As shown in step S24, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 50 as an icon 50 including C and K images. Further, the smartphone 1 changes the display position of the icon 50 of the C and K images displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F. Further, the smartphone 1 determines the display position of the B image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50 in the vicinity of the K image icon 50 as the display position of the K image icon 50. Move to a position away from.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the smartphone 1 moves the display position in a direction away from the moved icon 50 by moving the display position of the other icons 50 within a certain distance from the moved icon 50 as described above. Similarly to the case where the other icons 50 are made smaller, the moved icon 50 can be easily moved. In addition, when storing another icon 50 in the icon 50 being moved, the user needs to input an operation for chasing and overlapping the icon 50 that moves away from the icon 50 being moved. For this reason, when the user stores another icon 50 in the moved icon 50, the user inputs an operation of actively moving the moved icon 50 close to the other icon 50. The identification of the icon 50 on the route or the icon 50 to be stored can be made clearer. Thereby, it can suppress that the icon 50 on a movement path | route is stored in the icon 50 moved against a user's intention.

  Here, it is preferable that the smartphone 1 moves the other icons 50 in the vicinity of the icon 50 to be moved in a direction away from the icon 50 being moved within a preset area. Thereby, it is possible to easily overlap the moved icon 50 with another icon 50. Moreover, it can suppress that the layout of the icon 50 currently displayed on the display 2A changes a lot, or other icons 50 overlap.

  In addition, when the center of the icon 50 being moved overlaps the center of another icon 50, the smartphone 1 determines that the icon 50 being moved overlaps the other icon 50 and moves the icon 50 being moved. Other icons 50 may be stored in the storage area. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 9 shows an icon in which the icon 100 is moved by swiping the finger F, and the icon 102 is another icon. Further, the smartphone 1 is set to move the icon 102 within the movable range 104. The example illustrated in FIG. 9 is a state in which the smartphone 1 detects a swipe based on the position where the icon 100 is displayed, and the movement of the swipe contact position continues.

  In step S <b> 31, the finger F touches the lower left of the movable range 104 of the icon 102. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved the finger F to the lower left of the movable range 104 of the icon 102.

  In step S32, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the user moves from the position where the icon 100 was displayed in step S31 to the upper right direction of the screen. Tap the position where is displayed. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position has moved to the position where the icon 102 is displayed in step S31 via the touch screen 2B in step S32. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved in step S32, the display position of the icon 100 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S32. To change. Further, the smartphone 1 moves the display position of the icon 102 in the vicinity of the icon 100 to a position away from the display position of the icon 100 in the movable range 104. In step S32, the icon 102 is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen of the movable area 104. Note that the smartphone 1 gradually moves the display position of the icon 102 in accordance with the movement of the icon 100.

  In step S33, the state where the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the position moved in the right direction on the screen from the position where the icon 100 is displayed in step S32 is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position has moved in step S33 via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved in step S33, the display position of the icon 100 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S33. To change. In step S33, the state where the icon 102 is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen of the movable region 104 is maintained.

  In step S34, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the position moved from the position where the icon 100 was displayed in step S33 further to the right of the screen, specifically, The inside of the movable range 104 and the vicinity of the right end are tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position has moved in step S34 via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved in step S34, the display position of the icon 100 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S34. To change. In step S <b> 34, a part of the icon 100 is displayed outside the movable area 104. In step S34, the state where the icon 102 is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen of the movable region 104 is maintained.

  In step S35, the state in which the user's finger F is in contact with the touch screen display 2 is maintained, and the position moved further to the right of the screen from the position where the icon 100 was displayed in step S34, specifically, The outside of the movable range 104 is tapped. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position has moved in step S35 via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position has moved in step S35, the display position of the icon 100 displayed on the display 2A in accordance with the movement of the contact position of the finger F as shown in step S34. To change. In step S <b> 35, the center of the icon 100 is displayed outside the movable area 104. As shown in step S35, when the contact position moves outside the movable area 104 and the center of the icon 100 is displayed outside the movable area 104, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 102 as shown in step S36. In the area 104, the icon is moved away from the icon 100. In step S 36, the icon 102 is moved to the upper left corner of the screen in the movable amount area 104.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the icon 100 passes through the movable area 104 as shown in FIG. 9, if the center of the icon 100 being moved and the center of the other icon 102 do not overlap each other, The icon 102 is not stored in the moved icon 100. If the smartphone 1 determines that the center of the icon 100 being moved overlaps the center of the other icon 102 when the icon 100 passes through the movable area 104, the other icon 102 is moved. Store in icon 100. Thereby, since the smartphone 1 can prevent the icons from being stored even if the icons partially overlap, the icon can be displayed on the display 2 in a large size. In addition, the user can easily move the icon. In the example shown in FIG. 9, since the icon 102 is moved in the movable region 104, the icons 102 can be easily overlapped when the icon 100 is moved.

  The smartphone 1 preferably moves the home screen when a predetermined gesture is detected in a state where the icon is moved by swiping. In addition, when the smartphone 1 moves the home screen, it is preferable to move the display position of the other icons in the vicinity of the moved icon in a direction away from the moved icon. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 10 shows a second home screen 40a and a third home screen 40b from the left among the four home screens set in the smartphone 1. Further, of the two home screens 40a and 40b shown in FIG. 10, the home screen is displayed on the outer periphery as the smartphone 1, and the other home screen is not actually displayed. This is the home screen above.

  In step S41, the home screen 40a is displayed on the smartphone 1. The home screen 40a includes 11 icons. The home screen 40a is an icon in which the icons 50 of the C and K images among the 11 icons 50 are moved. In addition, the smartphone 1 displays the display positions of the B image icon 50, the E image icon 50, and the F image icon 50 in the vicinity of the C and K image icons 50 at the C and K image icons. It is displayed at a position distant from the display position of 50. The home screen 40b not displayed on the smartphone 1 includes twelve icons 50 from A ′ to L ′.

  In step S41, the finger F is long tapping near the upper side of the right end of the home screen 40a. The user moves the contact position of the touch screen 2B while maintaining the contact with the touch screen 2B, using the position where the icon to which the finger F is moved is initially displayed as a base point. Long tap near the upper side. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe includes a long tap near the upper end of the right end via the touch screen 2B. If the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe moving the icon includes a long tap near the upper right end, the smartphone 1 displays the home screen 40b on the smartphone 1 as shown in step S42.

  In step S42, the home screen 40b is displayed on the smartphone 1. The home screen 40b includes 13 icons including 12 icons 50 from A ′ to L ′ included in step S41 and icons 50 of C and K images included in the home screen 40a. The home screen 40a includes ten icons 50 excluding icons 50 for C and K images. In step S42, the finger F is tapping near the upper side of the right end of the home screen 40a. In this case, the smartphone 1 detects that the swipe contact position is in the vicinity of the upper side of the right end via the touch screen 2B. When the smartphone 1 detects that the contact position of the swipe that moves the icon after switching the home screen is in the vicinity of the upper side of the right end, as shown in step S42, the smartphone 1 moves the C and K to the contact position of the finger F. An image icon 50 is displayed. In addition, the smartphone 1 includes an icon 50 for the B ′ image, an icon for the C ′ image, an icon 50 for the E ′ image, and an icon 50 for the F ′ image in the vicinity of the icon 50 for the C and K images. The display position is moved to a position away from the display position of the icon 50 of the C and K images.

  When the smartphone 1 moves on the home screen, the display position of another icon 50 in the vicinity of the moved icon 50 is moved when the destination home screen 40b is displayed as shown in FIG. Move to a position away from the icon 50. Thereby, it can suppress that the icon of the home screen of a movement destination is stored in the icon 50 moved against a user's intention.

  Moreover, although the smartphone 1 of the said embodiment moved the icon with the swipe gesture, it is not limited to this. The smartphone 1 may correspond to an operation of moving the icon 50 to another gesture such as flick or multi-tap.

  Further, the smartphone 1 may associate movement of the icon 50 (movement of the display position of the icon 50 being moved) in accordance with an operation other than the gesture performed on the touch screen display 2. For example, the smartphone 1 may move the icon 50 in accordance with an operation detected via the button 3. In addition, the smartphone 1 may move the icon 50 in accordance with an operation of shaking or tilting the smartphone 1 detected via the acceleration sensor 15 or the like. In addition, the smartphone 1 may move the icon 50 according to an operation by voice. The operation by voice may be realized, for example, by the controller 10 executing voice recognition processing on the voice signal transmitted from the microphone 8. Further, the voice operation may be realized based on the result of the voice recognition processing performed by transmitting the audio signal transmitted from the microphone 8 to another device via the communication unit 6 and causing the other device to perform the operation.

  With reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, an example of a control processing procedure based on the function provided by the control program 9A will be described. FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 show a processing procedure of control for organizing icons on the home screen in accordance with a user instruction, more specifically, processing for storing other icons in the moved icon. The processing procedure shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is realized by the controller 10 executing the control program 9A. 11 and 12 are repeatedly executed while the home screen 40 is displayed on the display 2A. The controller 10 may execute another processing procedure for control related to the home screen 40 in parallel with the processing procedure illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12.

  The controller 10 acquires the detection result of the touch screen 2B as step S102, and determines whether a gesture is detected based on the acquired detection result. If the controller 10 determines in step S102 that no gesture has been detected (No in step S102), the controller 10 proceeds to step S102. That is, the controller 10 repeats the process of step S102 until a gesture is detected on the touch screen 2B.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S102 that a gesture has been detected (Yes in step S102), the controller 10 determines in step S104 whether the touch is a long touch on the icon. That is, the controller 10 determines whether the gesture detected in step S102 is a long touch on the icon. If the controller 10 determines in step S104 that the touch is a long touch on the icon (Yes in step S104), the controller 10 executes a movement process in step S106 and ends the process. If the controller 10 determines in step S104 that the icon is not a long touch (No in step S104), the controller 10 executes the detected gesture process in step S108, and ends the process. Here, the detected gesture process includes various processes executed when the controller 10 displays the home screen, such as an application activation process corresponding to an icon and a home screen moving process.

  Next, the movement process executed in step S106 will be described with reference to FIG. The controller 10 changes the icon display in step S120. That is, the controller 10 changes the display of each icon displayed on the home screen in accordance with the start of the movement process. For example, as in the above-described embodiments, the icons near the icons being moved (long tapped icons) are displayed in a reduced size, or the display positions of the icons near the icons being moved are moved. Move it away from the current icon.

  When the display mode of the icon is changed in step S120, the controller 10 determines whether there is a movement of the touched icon as step S122. That is, the controller 10 determines whether or not the touch position of the long tap on the icon detected in step S104 has been moved, resulting in a swipe. If the controller 10 determines that the touched icon does not move, that is, the contact position does not move (No in step S122), the controller 10 proceeds to step S130.

  If it is determined in step S122 that the icon has moved, that is, the contact position has moved (Yes in step S122), the controller 10 changes the display of each icon on the home screen in response to the icon movement in step S124. In step S126, it is determined whether there is an icon that satisfies the storage condition. Here, the storage condition is a condition for storing another icon displayed on the home screen in the moved icon. If the controller 10 determines in step S126 that there is no icon that satisfies the storage condition (No in step S126), the controller 10 proceeds to step S130.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S126 that there is an icon that satisfies the storage condition (Yes in step S126), the controller 10 stores the target icon in the touched icon in step S128, that is, moves the icon that satisfies the storage condition. Store in the icon. In step S130, the controller 10 determines whether or not the stop time at the screen edge> the threshold time. That is, the controller 10 determines whether the swipe icon is maintained in a state where it is stopped at the screen edge for longer than the threshold time. If the controller 10 determines in step S130 that stop time at the edge of the screen> threshold time (Yes in step S130), the controller 10 moves the home screen in step S132. That is, the controller 10 maintains the state where the icon is swiped, and changes the home screen to be displayed to a home screen adjacent to the screen edge side. The controller 10 proceeds to step S134 after performing the process of step S132.

  If it is determined in step S130 that the stop time at the edge of the screen is not greater than the threshold time (No in step S130), or after performing the process in step S132, the controller 10 determines whether there is a release in step S134. That is, the controller 10 determines whether the contact of the detected swipe has ended in step S134.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S134 that there is no release (No), that is, if the tap of the icon is continued, the controller 10 proceeds to step S122 and repeats the above processing. If the controller 10 determines that the release has been made (Yes), that is, if the tap on the icon has ended, the controller 10 displays the touched icon at the release position as Step S136, and changes the icon display status as Step S138, that is, The icons are automatically arranged and the process is terminated. When the home screen is moved in step S132, the controller 10 performs automatic icon arrangement processing on both the home screen from which the icons are moved and the home screen from which the icons are moved.

  Here, in the example of the process illustrated in FIG. 12, in the processes of Step S <b> 130 and Step S <b> 132, the process of moving the home screen is performed when the swiped icon is maintained at the screen edge for a certain time. However, this process does not necessarily have to be performed.

  In the example of the process illustrated in FIG. 12, the icons are automatically arranged in step S138 so that the icons are displayed in an aligned state on both the home screen from which the icons are moved and the home screen from which the icons are moved. it can. Note that the automatic arrangement of icons is not necessarily performed.

  Moreover, the smart phone 1 may be made to start the movement mode which performs a movement process, when the long tap of an icon is detected. In this case, until the end of the movement mode, every time a swipe operation is detected, the process is executed as an icon that is moving the base icon of the swipe operation.

  Here, in the above-described embodiments, the icons to be displayed on the screen are the operation targets, but the present invention is not limited to this. The smartphone is not limited to an icon having a shortcut function, and can operate various objects displayed on the screen and associated with data.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the smart phone 1 displays the moved icon displayed on the home screen on the display as an image with an opening in the moving direction. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 13A and 13B. The example illustrated in FIG. 13A is an example in which the icon image is an image simulating a file case. The smartphone 1 displays the icon 100 as an image with the file case closed as shown in step S202 until the movement process is executed. When the movement process is executed as an icon to which the icon 100 is moved, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 102 as an image in which the file case is opened as shown in step S204. Also, the smartphone 1 sets the image in which the file case of the icon 102 is opened, the moving direction of the moved icon 102, and the direction of the arrow 104 in step S204 to the same direction. Further, as shown in step S206, when the moving direction of the icon 102 moved to the right side of the screen, that is, the arrow 104a, the smartphone 1 also sets the direction in which the icon 102 file is opened to the right side of the screen. That is, the smartphone 1 changes the direction of the icon according to the moving direction of the icon being moved.

  The example shown in FIG. 13B is an example in which the icon image is an image simulating a bag tied with a string. The smartphone 1 displays the icon 110 as an image with the bag closed with a string as shown in step S212 until the movement process is executed. When the movement process is executed as the icon that is moving the icon 110, the smartphone 1 sets the moved icon 112 as an image of the opened bag as shown in step S214. In addition, the smartphone 1 sets the image in which the bag of the icon 112 is opened, the moving direction of the moved icon 112, and the direction of the arrow 114 in step S214 to the same direction. In addition, when the moving direction of the icon 102 moved as shown in step S216 is the lower direction of the screen, that is, the arrow 114a, the smartphone 1 also sets the opening direction of the icon 102 to the lower side of the screen. That is, the smartphone 1 changes the direction of the icon according to the moving direction of the icon being moved.

  As described above, the smartphone 1 displays the moved icon to be displayed on the home screen on the display as an image with an opening in the moving direction, so that the icon being moved by the user stores other icons. It is possible to intuitively understand that the process is being executed. In addition, the user can easily understand the direction in which the icon moves. Here, the smartphone 1 uses the image before the designation as the moved icon and the image after the designation as the moved icon as related images, but the images may be different images.

  Moreover, although the smart phone 1 demonstrated the process in which the moved icon stores another icon, when the icon is moved by another gesture, the process which stores the moved icon in another icon is performed. May be.

  The exemplary embodiments have been described in order to fully and clearly disclose the present invention. However, the appended claims should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but all modifications and alternatives that can be created by those skilled in the art within the scope of the basic matters shown in this specification. Should be configured to embody such a configuration. For example, the smartphone 1 may reduce the display of the icon in the vicinity of the icon being moved to a position away from the icon whose display position is being moved. Further, the smartphone 1 may store another icon when at least a part of the icon being moved overlaps with another icon, and the center of the icon being moved is at least a part of the other icon. If they overlap, the other icons may be stored. Further, the smartphone 1 may store the other icon when at least a part of the display position of the moved icon moves to the display position of the other icon.

  For example, each program shown in FIG. 5 may be divided into a plurality of modules, or may be combined with other programs.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, although the smart phone was demonstrated as an example of an electronic device provided with a touch screen display, the electronic device which concerns on an attached claim is not limited to a smart phone. For example, the electronic device according to the appended claims may be a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a portable personal computer, a digital camera, a media player, an electronic book reader, a navigator, or a game machine. Further, the electronic device according to the appended claims may be a stationary electronic device such as a desktop personal computer or a television receiver.

  Moreover, it is preferable that an electronic device is provided with a touch screen display like this embodiment, and uses a touch screen as an operation part. Thereby, an object such as an icon can be intuitively operated. Thus, although it is preferable that an electronic device uses a touch screen as an operation part, it is not limited to this. The electronic device should just be provided with the operation part which inputs operation which moves an icon.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Smart phone 2 Touch screen display 2A Display 2B Touch screen 3 Button 4 Illuminance sensor 5 Proximity sensor 6 Communication unit 7 Receiver 8 Microphone 9 Storage 9A Control program 9B Mail application 9C Browser application 9Z Setting data 10 Controller 12, 13 Camera 14 Connector 15 Acceleration Sensor
16 Direction sensor 17 Gyroscope 20 Housing

Claims (14)

A display for displaying the first object and the second object;
An operation unit for performing an operation of changing a position of the first object on the display;
A controller that stores data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object;
Electronic equipment comprising.   The controller detects an operation of changing the display position of the first object to a display position of the second object as an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object. Electronic equipment. The second object is associated with a data file or folder,
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller stores a data file or folder associated with the second object in the first object.   4. The controller according to claim 1, wherein when the operation unit detects an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object, the controller hides the second object on the display. 5. The electronic device according to one item. The operation unit is a touch screen laminated on the display,
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller moves the first object based on a drag gesture of the first object detected by the touch screen. The display displays a third object;
The controller stores data associated with the third object in association with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation in which the first object passes through the third object. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   The controller moves the display position of the second object in a direction away from the display position of the first object when the operation unit detects an operation in which the first object approaches within a predetermined distance from the second object. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein   The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the controller moves the display position of the second object within a set region. The display has a plurality of screens for displaying the second object,
When the controller detects that the state in which the first object has been moved to the end of the display is maintained for a certain period of time, the controller causes the display to display the first object and a second object on another screen. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein The display displays a plurality of the second objects,
10. The controller according to claim 1, wherein when the operation unit detects an operation of moving the display position of the first object, the controller reduces the image of the second object and displays the image on the display. The electronic device as described in any one. The display displays a plurality of the second objects,
When the operation unit detects an operation for moving the display position of the first object, the controller reduces and displays an image of the second object whose distance from the first object is a predetermined distance or less on the display. The electronic apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein:   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the first object on the display as an image with an opening in a moving direction. A method for controlling an electronic device including a display and an operation unit,
Displaying a first object and a second object on the display;
Storing the data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object;
Including methods. For electronic devices equipped with a display and operation unit
Displaying a first object and a second object on the display;
Storing the data associated with the second object in a folder associated with the first object when the operation unit detects an operation of superimposing the first object on the second object;
A program that executes

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