JP2014071724A - Electronic apparatus, control method, and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of moving an icon on a screen to another screen.SOLUTION: In one aspect, an electronic apparatus (for example, a smartphone) 1 is provided with a display 2A that displays a screen including icons. The electronic apparatus 1 displays at least one screen out of a plurality of screens, on the display 2A. The electronic apparatus 1, upon detection of the operation of moving an icon to a specific area on the one screen that is displayed on the display 2A, displays a list of the plurality of screens on the display 2A.

Description

  The present application relates to an electronic device, a control method, and a control program.

  Touch screen devices comprising a touch screen are known. Touch screen devices include, but are not limited to, for example, smartphones and tablets. The touch screen device detects a finger, pen, or stylus pen gesture via the touch screen. The touch screen device 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 the touch screen device is realized by an OS (Operating System) installed in the device. Examples of the OS installed in the touch screen device include, but are not limited to, Android (registered trademark), BlackBerry (registered trademark) OS, iOS, Symbian (registered trademark) OS, and Windows (registered trademark) Phone.

International Publication No. 2008/086302

  Some touch screen devices have a function of displaying icons corresponding to applications on a home screen in a list so that a user can execute installed applications with a simple operation. When the touch screen device has a plurality of home screens, the touch screen device has a function of moving an icon displayed on the home screen to another home screen. Therefore, there is a need for an electronic device, a control method, and a control program that can improve the operability of moving an icon on a screen to another screen.

  An electronic device according to one aspect includes: a display that displays a screen including an icon; and a controller that displays at least one of the screens from the plurality of screens. The controller causes the display to display the screen. When an operation for moving the icon to a specific area of the screen is detected, the list of the plurality of screens is displayed on the display.

  A control method according to one aspect is a method for controlling an electronic device including a display that displays a screen including an icon, the step of displaying at least one of the screens from the plurality of screens, and the display And displaying a list of the plurality of screens on the display when an operation of moving the icon to a specific area of the screen is detected in one of the screens displayed on the screen.

  A control program according to one aspect causes an electronic device including a display that displays a screen including an icon to display at least one of the plurality of screens on the display, and causes the display to display the screen. A step of displaying a list of the plurality of screens on the display when an operation for moving the icon to a specific area of the screen is detected on one screen.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view of the smartphone. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the smartphone. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the home screen. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the smartphone. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen management table. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a first example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a second example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a third example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to icon movement between home screens performed by the controller of the smartphone. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a fourth example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a fifth example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of control performed by the smartphone according to the embodiment.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, a smart phone is demonstrated as an example of an electronic device.

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The overall configuration 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 speaker 11 and 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. In the example of FIG. 1, the display 2A and the touch screen 2B are substantially rectangular, but the shapes of the display 2A and the touch screen 2B are not limited to this. Each of the display 2A and the touch screen 2B can take any shape such as a square or a circle. In the example of FIG. 1, the display 2 </ b> A and the touch screen 2 </ b> B are overlapped, but the arrangement of the display 2 </ b> A and the touch screen 2 </ b> B is not limited to this. For example, the display 2A and the touch screen 2B may be arranged side by side or may be arranged apart from each other. In the example of FIG. 1, the long side of the display 2A is along the long side of the touch screen 2B, and the short side of the display 2A is along the short side of the touch screen 2B, but the display 2A and the touch screen 2B are overlapped. Is not limited to this. When the display 2A and the touch screen 2B are arranged so as to overlap each other, for example, one or more sides of the display 2A may not be along any side of the touch screen 2B.

  The display 2A includes a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL display (OELD: Organic Electro-Luminescence Display), or an inorganic EL display (IELD: Inorganic Electro-Luminescence Display). The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, and the like.

  The touch screen 2B detects contact of a finger, a pen, a stylus pen, or the like with the touch screen 2B. The touch screen 2B can detect a position where a plurality of fingers, a pen, a stylus pen, or the like is in contact with the touch screen 2B. In the following description, a finger, pen, stylus pen, or the like that contacts the touch screen 2B may be referred to as a “contact object” or “contact object”.

  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. In the following description, in order to simplify the description, it is assumed that the user uses the finger to touch the touch screen 2B in order to operate the smartphone 1.

  The smartphone 1 is based on at least one of the contact detected by the touch screen 2B, the position at which the contact is detected, the change in the position at which the contact is detected, the interval at which the contact is detected, and the number of times the contact is detected. Determine the type of gesture. The gesture is an operation performed on the touch screen 2B. The gesture discriminated by the smartphone 1 includes, but is not limited to, touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, drop, flick, pinch in, and pinch out.

  “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. “Long touch” is a gesture in which a finger touches the touch screen 2B for a longer period of time. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture in which a finger contacts the touch screen 2B for longer than a certain time 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. “Swipe” is a gesture in which a finger moves while touching the touch screen 2B. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture that moves while the finger is in contact with the touch screen 2B 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.

  “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. “Drag” is a gesture for performing a swipe starting 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. “Drop” is a gesture that releases a dragged movable object in another area. The smartphone 1 determines a gesture for releasing in another area where the object is dragged as a drop.

  “Flick” is a gesture in which a finger leaves the touch screen 2B while moving after touching the touch screen 2B. In other words, “flick” is a gesture in which a release is performed while a finger moves following a touch. The smartphone 1 determines, as a flick, a gesture in which the finger leaves the touch screen 2B while moving after touching the touch screen 2B. The flick is often performed while the finger moves in one direction. Flick is "upper flick" where the finger moves upward on the screen, "lower flick" where the finger moves downward on the screen, "right flick" where the finger moves rightward on the screen, finger is left on the screen Including “left flick” moving in the direction. The movement of a finger in a flick is often quicker than the movement of a finger in a swipe.

  “Pinch-in” is a gesture of swiping in a direction in which a plurality of fingers approach each other. The smartphone 1 determines, as a pinch-in, a gesture in which the distance between the position of a finger detected by the touch screen 2B and the position of another finger is shortened. “Pinch out” is a gesture of swiping a plurality of fingers away from each other. The smartphone 1 determines, as a pinch-out, a gesture that increases the distance between the position of one finger and the position of another finger detected by the touch screen 2B.

  In the following description, a gesture performed with one finger may be referred to as a “single touch gesture”, and a gesture performed with two or more fingers may be referred to as a “multi-touch gesture”. Multi-touch gestures include, for example, pinch-in and pinch-out. Taps, flicks, swipes, and the like are single-touch gestures when performed with one finger, and multi-touch gestures when performed with two or more fingers.

  The smartphone 1 operates according to these gestures that are determined via the touch screen 2B. Therefore, an 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 may differ depending on the screen displayed on the display 2A. In the following description, in order to simplify the description, “the touch screen 2B detects contact, and the smartphone 1 determines that the gesture type is X based on the detected contact”. May be described as “detect” or “the controller detects X”.

  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 is sometimes called a desktop, a standby screen, an idle screen, or a standard 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 screen of the application executed in the foreground is displayed 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 an application installed in the smartphone 1 in advance. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for the icon 50, the smartphone 1 executes an application associated with the icon 50 from which the gesture is detected. 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 based on the arrangement pattern. A wallpaper 41 is displayed behind the icon 50. The wallpaper is sometimes called a photo screen, a back screen, an idle image or a background image. The smartphone 1 can use any image as the wallpaper 41. The smartphone 1 may be configured so that the user can select an image to be displayed as the wallpaper 41.

  The smartphone 1 may have a plurality of home screens. For example, the smartphone 1 determines the number of home screens according to the setting by the user. The smartphone 1 displays the selected one on the display 2A even if there are a plurality of home screens.

  The smartphone 1 can change the home screen displayed on the display 2A. When a gesture is detected while displaying one of the home screens, the smartphone 1 changes the home screen displayed on the display 2A to another home screen. For example, when detecting a right flick, the smartphone 1 changes the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the left home screen. For example, when the smartphone 1 detects a left flick, the smartphone 1 changes the home screen displayed on the display 2A to the right home screen. When the gesture is detected while displaying the first home screen on the display 2A, the smartphone 1 gradually reduces the area of the first home screen displayed on the display 2A, and the second displayed on the display 2A. The home screen displayed on the display 2A is changed from the first home screen to the second home screen so that the area of the home screen gradually increases. The smartphone 1 may switch the home screen so that the first home screen is immediately replaced with the second 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 power source 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 time, weather, running application, communication system type, telephone status, device mode, event occurring 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.

  The vertical direction of the home screen 40 will be described. In the following description, the vertical direction of the home screen 40 is determined based on the vertical direction of characters or images displayed on the display 2A. Therefore, in the home screen 40 shown in FIG. 4, the side closer to the region 42 in the longitudinal direction of the touch screen display 2 is the upper side, and the side far from the region 42 is the lower side. The side where the radio wave level mark 44 is displayed in the region 42 is the right side, and the side where the remaining amount mark 43 is displayed in the region 42 is the left side.

  The home screen 40 shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and the form of various elements, the arrangement of various elements, the number of home screens 40, how to perform various operations on the home screen 40, and the like are as described above. Not necessarily.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram 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, a speaker 11, and a camera. 12 and 13, a connector 14, an acceleration sensor 15, an orientation sensor 16, and a 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 contact. The controller 10 detects a gesture for the smartphone 1. Specifically, the controller 10 detects an operation (gesture) on the touch screen 2B (touch screen display 2) by cooperating with the touch screen 2B.

  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 3 by cooperating with the button 3. The operation on the button 3 includes, for example, click, double click, triple click, push, and multi-push, but is not limited thereto.

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

  The illuminance sensor 4 detects the illuminance of the ambient light of the smartphone 1. Illuminance indicates light intensity, brightness, or luminance. 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 the presence of an object based on a change in a magnetic field or a change in a feedback time of an ultrasonic reflected wave. The proximity sensor 5 detects that the touch screen display 2 is brought close to the face, for example. The illuminance sensor 4 and the proximity sensor 5 may be configured as one sensor. The illuminance sensor 4 may be used as a proximity sensor.

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

  The receiver 7 and the speaker 11 are sound output units. The receiver 7 and the speaker 11 output the sound signal transmitted from the controller 10 as sound. The receiver 7 is used, for example, to output the other party's voice during a call. The speaker 11 is used for outputting a ring tone and music, for example. One of the receiver 7 and the speaker 11 may also function as the other. The microphone 8 is a sound input unit. The microphone 8 converts the user's voice or the like into a sound signal and transmits the sound signal to the controller 10.

  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 non-transitory storage medium such as a semiconductor storage medium and a magnetic storage medium. The storage 9 may include a plurality of types of storage media. The storage 9 may include a combination of a portable storage medium such as a memory card, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk and a storage medium reader. The storage 9 may include a storage device used as a temporary storage area such as a RAM (Random Access Memory).

  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 screen on the display 2A, and causes the controller 10 to execute processing according to a gesture detected via 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 non-transitory storage medium.

  The storage 9 stores, for example, a control program 9A, a mail application 9B, a browser application 9C, a launcher application 9D, a screen management table 9T, 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 launcher application 9D provides a function for starting a registered application with a simple operation. The screen management data 9T is data in which the relationship between the home screen and icons is associated. 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. The function provided by the control program 9A may be used in combination with a function provided by another program such as the mail application 9B.

  The controller 10 is an arithmetic processing device. The arithmetic processing unit includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an SoC (System-on-a-chip), an MCU (Micro Control Unit), and an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), but is not limited thereto. 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 controller 10 controls a function part according to data and a command, and implement | achieves various functions by it. The functional unit includes, for example, the display 2A, the communication unit 6, the receiver 7, and the speaker 11, but is not limited thereto. The controller 10 may change the control according to the detection result of the detection unit. The detection unit includes, for example, the touch screen 2B, the button 3, the illuminance sensor 4, the proximity sensor 5, the microphone 8, the camera 12, the camera 13, the acceleration sensor 15, the azimuth sensor 16, and the gyroscope 17, but is not limited thereto. .

  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 USB (Universal Serial Bus), HDMI (registered trademark) (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), Light Peak (Thunderbolt (registered trademark)), 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, but are not limited to, external storage, speakers, and communication devices, for example.

  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 angle and angular velocity 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.

  In FIG. 5, some or all of the programs and data stored in the storage 9 may be downloaded from other devices by wireless communication using the communication unit 6. In FIG. 5, some or all of the programs and data stored in the storage 9 may be stored in a non-transitory storage medium that can be read by the reading device included in the storage 9. 5 may be stored in a non-transitory storage medium that can be read by a reading device connected to the connector 14. Non-transitory storage media include, for example, optical disks such as CD (registered trademark), DVD (registered trademark), and Blu-ray (registered trademark), magneto-optical disks, magnetic storage media, memory cards, and solid-state storage media Including, but not limited to.

  The configuration of the smartphone 1 shown in FIG. 5 is an example, and may be appropriately changed within a range not impairing the gist of the present invention. For example, the number and type of buttons 3 are not limited to the example of FIG. The smartphone 1 may include buttons such as a numeric keypad layout or a QWERTY layout as buttons for operations related to the screen instead of the buttons 3A to 3C. The smartphone 1 may include only one button or may not include a button for operations related to the screen. 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. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the smartphone 1 includes three types of sensors in order to detect the position and orientation, but the smartphone 1 may not include some of these sensors. Alternatively, the smartphone 1 may include another type of sensor for detecting at least one of a position and a posture.

  Next, the screen management table 9T will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the screen management table 9T. As shown in FIG. 6, the screen management table 9T includes screen information corresponding to each of a plurality of screens. The screen includes, for example, a home screen and a launcher screen. The screen information includes items such as a screen number, an icon, an upper left corner, a width, and a height. The screen number indicates a screen number corresponding to the home screen to be displayed as a list. For example, the screen number is associated with data indicating a home screen thumbnail. The icon indicates an icon registered on the screen. The types of icons include, for example, application icons, shortcut icons, widget icons, and the like. The application icon indicates an application. The shortcut icon indicates a shortcut set in the application. The widget icon indicates an application executed on the screen. In the icon item, the number of icons registered on the screen is set. In the upper left item, information indicating the arrangement of the screen on which the upper left of the registered icon is arranged is set. In the width item, information indicating the width of the registered icon is set. In the height item, information indicating the height of the registered icon is set.

  In FIG. 6, it is assumed that one home screen can arrange up to 16 normal size application icons in 4 rows and 4 columns. In the example shown in FIG. 6, “1” is set as the screen number for the screen information corresponding to the first home screen. In the item of the icon of the screen information, for example, 14 various icons such as a Browser icon, a Calculator icon, and a Calendar icon are set. In the screen information, coordinates (1, 1) are set in the upper left item corresponding to the Browser icon, and “1” is set in the width and height items. When the coordinate (1, 1) is set in the upper left item, the upper left of the icon indicates that it is positioned at the coordinate (1, 1) on the screen. When “1” is set in the width and height items, it indicates that the icon fits into one coordinate on the screen. That is, the Browser icon indicates a normal size icon.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, the screen information corresponding to the third home screen has “3” set as the screen number. For example, a clock widget icon is set in the item of the icon of the screen information. In the screen information, coordinates (1, 1) are set in the upper left item, “4” is set in the width item, and “3” is set in the height item. When the coordinate (1, 1) is set in the upper left item, the upper left of the icon indicates that it is positioned at the coordinate (1, 1) on the screen. When “4” is set in the width item, it indicates that the width is the width of four normal icons. When “3” is set in the height item, it indicates that the height is three times that of a normal icon. That is, the clock widget icon is an icon larger than the normal size icon.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, the screen information corresponding to the first home screen has 14 icons of normal size set, so it is possible to add up to two application icons and shortcut icons. However, more application icons and shortcut icons than two cannot be arranged on the first home screen. Alternatively, a widget icon having a size larger than the combined size of two application icons and shortcut icons cannot be arranged on the first home screen.

  The screen information is not limited to the example shown in FIG. For example, the item of screen information may include the number for each type of icon, the size of the free area on the screen, and the like.

  So far, the basic configuration of the smartphone 1 according to the present embodiment has been described. Below, the smart phone 1 which concerns on embodiment shows the example of the control regarding the movement of the icon between home screens according to operation with respect to a user's apparatus. In the following description, a case where the smartphone 1 has the first to fifth home screens shown in FIG. 6 will be described. In the following description, the same code | symbol may be attached | subjected to the same component. Furthermore, duplicate descriptions may be omitted.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a first example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment. In step S1, the smartphone 1 displays the first home screen 40 on the display 2A (touch screen display 2). Fourteen icons 50 are arranged on the first home screen 40. When the user moves the icon 50 to another home screen 40, the user drags the icon 50 arranged on the first home screen 40. The smartphone 1 detects the drag gesture as a movement operation of the user with respect to the icon 50.

  As shown in step S <b> 2, the first home screen 40 includes an indicator 45 and an end region 46. The indicator 45 includes a number of symbols that matches the number of home screens 40. The indicator 45 indicates the position of the currently displayed home screen 40. The symbol corresponding to the currently displayed home screen 40 is displayed in a manner different from the symbols corresponding to the other home screens 40. The end region 46 is a specific region and is a region for displaying a list of the first to fifth (plural) home screens 40. In step S2, when the smartphone 1 detects dragging of the icon 50 to the end region 46 of the first home screen 40, the smartphone 1 displays an icon movement screen 60 on the display 2A as shown in step S3. In step S3, the icon 50 dragged by the user is continuously displayed on the display 2A. That is, the background of the display 2A is switched from the first home screen 40 to the icon movement screen 60.

  The icon movement screen 60 is a screen showing a list of first to fifth home screens 40. The icon movement screen 60 includes first to fifth home screen thumbnails 61 corresponding to the first to fifth home screens 40, an addition area 62, a cancellation area 63, and a deletion area 64. In the icon movement screen 60, the first to third home screen thumbnails 61 are sequentially arranged from the left to the right of the screen. Are arranged sequentially. The home screen thumbnail 61 includes a notification unit 65 that notifies that the home screen is the source home screen. The additional area 62 is an area for creating a new home screen 40. The cancel area 63 is an area for canceling the movement operation of the icon 50. The deletion area 64 is an area for deleting the moved icon 50.

  As described above, the smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 when the movement operation of the icon 50 to the other home screen 40 is detected. Therefore, the user can determine another home screen 40 to which the icon 50 is moved from the plurality of home screens 40 with reference to the icon movement screen 60. That is, the user confirms the destination home screen 40 without performing an operation of switching the home screen 40 from the home screen 40 to another home screen 40 to be moved while dragging the icon 50 to be moved. be able to. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50 on the home screen 40 to another home screen 40.

  In step S <b> 3, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 toward the second home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60. In step S <b> 4, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 to the second home screen thumbnail 61. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for dragging the icon 50 to the second home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether or not the icon 50 can be arranged on the second home screen 40. If it is determined that the smartphone 1 can be arranged, the smartphone 1 continues to display the displayed icon movement screen 60.

  In step S <b> 5, the user's finger F <b> 1 is dropped from the icon 50 in the area of the second home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the icon 50 dragged to the second home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether the icon 50 can be arranged on the second home screen 40. When it is determined that the smartphone 1 can be arranged, the smartphone 1 detects the second home screen 40 corresponding to the second home screen thumbnail 61 as the destination of the icon 50.

  When the smartphone 1 detects the destination home screen 40 of the icon 50, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50 from the first home screen 40 including the icon 50 to the second home screen 40 selected as the destination. Specifically, the smartphone 1 deletes information related to the corresponding icon 50 from the screen information corresponding to the first home screen 40, and converts the deleted information into screen information corresponding to the second home screen 40. to add. That is, on the second home screen 40, the number of icons 50 that were three increases to four, and on the first home screen 40, the number of icons 50 that is fourteen decreases to thirteen.

  In step S6, the smartphone 1 displays the second home screen 40 with the icon 50 moved on the display 2A. That is, the smartphone 1 switches from the icon movement screen 60 to the second home screen 40 and displays it. The indicator 45 indicates that the second home screen 40 is currently displayed.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects that the destination home screen 40 is selected on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 moves the icon to the destination home screen 40. For this reason, the user only needs to specify the destination home screen 40 based on the list of the first to fifth home screens 40. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50 on the home screen 40 to another home screen 40.

  Further, when the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50 on the home screen 40 to another home screen 40 on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 displays the other home screen 40 including the moved icon 50 on the display 2A. For this reason, the user can immediately confirm the layout of the other home screen 40 to which the icon 50 is moved.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a second example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment. The smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 on the display 2 </ b> A when detecting the movement operation by the user of the icon 50 on the first home screen 40, as in steps S <b> 1 to S <b> 3 described above. In step S <b> 3, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 from the additional area 62 of the icon movement screen 60 toward the fifth home screen thumbnail 61.

  In step S11, the user's finger F1 drags the icon 50 to the fifth home screen thumbnail 61. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for dragging the icon 50 to the fifth home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether the icon 50 can be arranged on the fifth home screen 40.

  For example, the smartphone 1 determines the display size of the Weather icon based on the screen information corresponding to the first home screen illustrated in FIG. Since the Weather icon has a width of “1” and a height of “1”, the smartphone 1 has one normal size icon in the width direction of the screen, and a normal size icon in the height direction of the screen. The display size for one item is obtained. Then, the smartphone 1 determines that the Weather icon cannot be arranged on the fifth home screen 40 because there is no free space from the screen information corresponding to the fifth home screen 40.

  When the smartphone 1 determines that the placement is impossible, the notification unit 65 of the fifth home screen thumbnail 61 warns that the placement is impossible. Examples of the disabling warning method include a method of displaying the notification unit 65 in a warning color such as red or yellow. Alternatively, the warning method includes a method of outputting a warning sound from the speaker 11 or the like in addition to the warning via the notification unit 65.

  In step S <b> 12, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 to the deletion area 64 and is then dropped from the icon 50 in the deletion area 64. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the icon 50 moved to the deletion area 64, the smartphone 1 detects that the user has requested deletion of the icon 50. The smartphone 1 deletes the icon 50 from the first home screen 40 that is the movement source. Specifically, the smartphone 1 deletes information related to the icon 50 from the screen information corresponding to the first home screen 40. As shown in step S13, the smartphone 1 displays the first home screen 40 from which the icon 50 is deleted on the display 2A. That is, on the first home screen 40, the number of the icons 50 that have been 14 is reduced to 13. The indicator 45 indicates that the first home screen 40 is currently displayed.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects the movement operation of the icon 50 to the deletion area 64 of the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 displays the first home screen 40 from which the icon 50 has been deleted on the display 2A. Therefore, when the user wants to delete the icon 50 on the icon movement screen 60, the user can delete the icon 50 with a simple operation.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a third example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment. The smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 on the display 2 </ b> A when detecting the movement operation by the user of the icon 50 on the first home screen 40, as in steps S <b> 1 to S <b> 3 described above. In step S <b> 3, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 from the additional area 62 of the icon movement screen 60 toward the fifth home screen thumbnail 61.

  In step S <b> 21, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 to the fifth home screen thumbnail 61. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for dragging the icon 50 to the fifth home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether or not the icon 50 can be arranged on the fifth home screen 40. When the smartphone 1 determines that the placement is impossible, the notification unit 65 of the fifth home screen thumbnail 61 warns that the placement is impossible.

  In step S <b> 22, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the icon 50 to the cancel area 63 and then is dropped from the icon 50 in the cancel area 63. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the icon 50 moved to the cancel area 63, the smartphone 1 detects that the user requested to stop moving the icon 50. As shown in step S23, the smartphone 1 displays again the first home screen 40 displayed in step S1 on the display 2A. That is, the smartphone 1 switches from the icon movement screen 60 to the original first home screen 40 and displays it. The indicator 45 indicates that the first home screen 40 is currently displayed.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects the movement operation of the icon 50 to the cancel area 63 of the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 displays the first home screen 40 including the icon 50 on the display 2A again. Therefore, when the user wants to cancel the icon 50 on the icon movement screen 60, the user can stop the movement of the icon 50 with a simple operation.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 10, the process procedure regarding the movement of the icon 50 between the smart phones 1 between the home screens 40 is demonstrated. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to the movement of the icon 50 between the home screens 40 performed by the controller 10 of the smartphone 1. The processing procedure shown in FIG. 10 is executed by the controller 10 when the home screen 40 selected by the user is displayed on the display 2A.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, the controller 10 of the smartphone 1 determines whether dragging of the icon 50 has been detected as step S <b> 101. Specifically, when detecting a gesture for dragging the icon 50 on the home screen 40 via the touch screen 2B, the controller 10 determines that the dragging of the icon 50 has been detected. If the controller 10 determines that dragging of the icon 50 has not been detected (No), the controller 10 returns to step S101 and executes processing. If the controller 10 determines that dragging of the icon 50 has been detected (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S102.

  In step S102, the controller 10 determines whether or not the icon 50 has been moved to the end region 46 on the home screen 40 displayed on the display 2A. Specifically, when detecting a gesture for dragging the icon 50 to the end region 46 via the touch screen 2B, the controller 10 determines that the icon 10 has been moved to the end region 46. When it is determined that the controller 10 has not been moved to the end region 46 (No), the controller 10 returns to step S101 and executes a series of processes. When it is determined that the controller 10 has been moved to the end region 46 (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S103.

  The controller 10 displays the icon movement screen 60 as step S103. Specifically, the controller 10 creates the icon movement screen 60 including the home screen thumbnail 61 based on the corresponding screen information of the screen management data 9T, and displays the icon 50 on the icon movement screen 60 so as to be superimposed on the display 2A. Let That is, the controller 10 switches the displayed home screen 40 to the icon movement screen 60 and displays it.

  In step S104, the controller 10 determines whether or not a drop is detected on the icon movement screen 60. Specifically, when detecting the gesture released at the dragged position via the touch screen 2B, the controller 10 determines that a drop has been detected. When it is determined that the drop is not detected (No), the controller 10 determines the contact position as step S105. Specifically, the controller 10 determines the contact position on the icon movement screen 60 based on the position where contact is detected by the touch screen 2B. For example, when the contact position is an area of the home screen thumbnail 61 on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 determines that the contact position is the home screen thumbnail 61.

  In step S106, the controller 10 determines whether or not the contact position is the home screen thumbnail 61. If the controller 10 determines that the contact position is not the home screen thumbnail 61 (No), the controller 10 returns to step S104 and executes a series of processes. When it is determined that the contact position is the home screen thumbnail 61 (Yes), the controller 10 determines whether or not the icon 50 can be arranged as step S107. Specifically, the controller 10 obtains the display size of the icon 50 and the free area of the home screen 40 corresponding to the home screen thumbnail 61 at the contact position based on the screen information of the screen management table 9T. When the display size is smaller than the free area, that is, when the icon 50 can be placed in the free area, the controller 10 determines that the placement is possible. If the controller 10 determines that the icon 50 can be placed (Yes), the controller 10 returns to step S104 and executes a series of processes. In this case, since the icon 50 is dragged on the placeable home screen thumbnail 61, the controller 10 continuously monitors the drop of the icon 50. Furthermore, although detailed description is omitted, the controller 10 ends the display of the warning during the notification by the notification unit 65.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S107 that the icon 50 cannot be placed (No), the controller 10 displays a warning as step S108. Specifically, the icon moving screen 60 is changed so that the notification unit 65 of the home screen thumbnail 61 warns that the arrangement is impossible, and the icon moving screen 60 is displayed on the display 2A. Alternatively, the controller 10 outputs a warning sound from the speaker 11 and the like together with the display of the notification unit 65, and then returns to step S104 to execute a series of processes. In this case, since the icon 50 is dragged on the home screen thumbnail 61 that cannot be arranged, the drop of the icon 50 is continuously monitored while displaying a warning.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S104 that the drop of the icon 50 has been detected (Yes), the controller 10 determines the drop position in step S109. Specifically, the controller 10 determines the drop position on the icon movement screen 60 via the touch screen 2B. For example, when the drop position is an area of the home screen thumbnail 61 on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 stores a determination result that the drop position is the home screen thumbnail 61. In this case, the determination result includes information for identifying the home screen thumbnail 61. For example, when the drop position is an area other than the home screen thumbnail 61 on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 stores a determination result that the drop position is not the home screen thumbnail 61. In this case, the determination result includes information indicating that the drop position is any one of the addition area 62, the cancellation area 63, the deletion area 64, and the other areas.

  In Step S110, the controller 10 determines whether or not the drop position is the home screen thumbnail 61 based on the determination result in Step S109. If the controller 10 determines that the drop position is the home screen thumbnail 61 (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S111.

  As in step S111, the controller 10 determines whether or not the icon 50 can be arranged as in step S107. If the controller 10 determines that the icon 50 can be placed (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S112.

  The controller 10 moves the icon 50 to the corresponding home screen 40 as step S112. Specifically, the controller 10 sets the home screen 40 corresponding to the determined home screen thumbnail 61 as the movement destination. The controller 10 deletes information related to the icon 50 from the screen information corresponding to the home screen 40 of the movement source, and adds the deleted information to the screen information corresponding to the home screen 40 of the movement destination. The controller 10 changes the home screen 40 to be displayed to the destination home screen 40 as step S113. Specifically, the controller 10 sets information indicating the destination home screen 40 in the information indicating the home screen 40 displayed on the storage 9 or the like, and proceeds to step S121.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S110 that the drop position is not the home screen thumbnail 61 (No), in step S114, based on the determination result in step S109, the controller 10 determines whether or not the drop position is the additional area 62. judge. If the controller 10 determines that the drop position is the additional area 62 (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S115.

  The controller 10 adds the home screen 40 as step S115. Specifically, the controller 10 creates a new home screen 40, creates screen information corresponding to the created home screen 40, and adds this screen information to the screen management data 9T. The controller 10 moves the icon 50 to the added home screen 40 as step S116. Specifically, the controller 10 deletes information related to the icon 50 from the screen information corresponding to the home screen 40 of the movement source, and adds the deleted information to the screen information corresponding to the new home screen 40. Controller 10 changes to home screen 40 which added home screen 40 to display as Step S117. Specifically, the controller 10 sets information indicating the added home screen 40 in the information indicating the home screen 40 displayed on the storage 9 or the like, and the process proceeds to step S121.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S114 that the drop position is not the additional area 62 (No), the controller 10 determines in step S118 whether the drop position is the deletion area 64 based on the determination result in step S109. To do. If the controller 10 determines that the drop position is the deletion area 64 (Yes), the controller 10 proceeds to step S119. The controller 10 deletes the icon 50 from the home screen 40 as step S119. Specifically, the controller 10 deletes information related to the icon 50 from the screen information corresponding to the home screen 40 of the movement source, and proceeds to step S121. That is, the controller 10 does not change information indicating the home screen 40 displayed on the storage 9 or the like.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S118 that the drop position is not the deletion area 64 (No), the controller 10 proceeds to step S121. That is, the drop position is an area other than the cancel area 63 or the home screen thumbnail 61, the addition area 62, and the deletion area 64. Therefore, since the controller 10 does not need to move the icon 50 to the home screen 40, the information indicating the home screen 40 displayed on the storage 9 or the like is not changed.

  If the controller 10 determines in step S111 that the icon 50 cannot be placed (No), the controller 10 displays a warning as step S120. Specifically, the controller 10 causes the display 2A to display a notification screen that notifies that the icon 50 cannot be arranged on the dropped home screen 40, and proceeds to step S121. In this case, since the controller 10 cannot move the icon 50 to the home screen 40, the information indicating the home screen 40 to be displayed such as the storage 9 is not changed.

  The controller 10 displays the home screen 40 as step S121. Specifically, the controller 10 displays the home screen 40 set in the information indicating the home screen 40 displayed on the storage 9 or the like on the display 2A, and ends this processing procedure.

  Below, the smart phone 1 which concerns on embodiment demonstrates the example of the control regarding the movement of the widget icon between the home screens 40 according to operation with respect to a user's apparatus, referring FIG.11 and FIG.12.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a fourth example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment. In step S31, the smartphone 1 displays the third home screen 40 on the display 2A (touch screen display 2). On the third home screen 40, a clock widget icon 50A is arranged. In the present embodiment, when the user moves the clock widget icon 50 </ b> A to another home screen 40, the user long touches the icon 50 </ b> A arranged on the third home screen 40 to make the object movable. Drag. When detecting a long touch on the icon 50A, the smartphone 1 displays an object corresponding to the vicinity of the icon 50A. The smartphone 1 detects a drag gesture for the icon 50 </ b> A as a movement operation of the user.

  As shown in step S <b> 32, the third home screen 40 includes an indicator 45 and an end region 46. In step S32, when the smartphone 1 detects dragging of the object 51 to the end area 46 of the third home screen 40, the smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 on the display 2A as shown in step S33. In step S33, the object 51 dragged by the user is continuously displayed on the display 2A. That is, the background of the display 2A is switched from the third home screen 40 to the icon movement screen 60.

  As described above, the smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 when detecting the movement operation of the icon 50 </ b> A to the other home screen 40. For this reason, the user can determine another home screen 40 to which the icon 50 </ b> A is moved from the plurality of home screens 40 with reference to the icon movement screen 60. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50A of the home screen 40 to another home screen 40.

  In step S <b> 33, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the object 51 toward the second home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60. In step S34, the user's finger F1 drags the object 51 to the second home screen thumbnail 61. When the smartphone 1 detects a gesture for dragging the object 51 to the second home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether or not the icon 50A corresponding to the object 51 can be arranged on the second home screen 40. Specifically, based on the screen information in the screen management table 9T, the controller 10 displays the display size of the clock widget icon 50A and the free area of the second home screen 40 corresponding to the home screen thumbnail 61 of the contact position. Ask for. When the display size is smaller than the free area, that is, when the icon 50A can be placed in the free area, the controller 10 determines that the placement is possible. When it is determined that the smartphone 1 can be arranged, the smartphone 1 continues to display the second home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60 as it is.

  Thereafter, the user's finger F <b> 1 is dropped from the object 51 in the area of the second home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the object 51 moved to the second home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 can be arranged, and thus detects the second home screen 40 as a screen to which the icon 50A is moved.

  When the smartphone 1 detects the destination home screen 40 of the clock widget icon 50A, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50A from the third home screen 40 that is the destination of the icon 50A to the second home screen 40 that is the destination. . Specifically, the smartphone 1 deletes information related to the clock widget icon 50 </ b> A from the screen information corresponding to the third home screen 40, and uses the deleted information as screen information corresponding to the second home screen 40. Add to. As shown in step S <b> 35, the smartphone 1 displays a second home screen 40 including three application icons 50 and a moved clock widget icon 50 </ b> A on the display 2 </ b> A. The indicator 45 indicates that the second home screen 40 is currently displayed.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects that the destination home screen 40 is selected on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50 </ b> A to the destination home screen 40. For this reason, the user need only specify the destination home screen 40 based on the list of the first to fifth home screens 40. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50A from the home screen 40 to another home screen 40.

  Further, when the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50A from the home screen 40 to another home screen 40 on the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 1 displays the other home screen 40 including the moved icon 50A on the display 2A. For this reason, the user can immediately confirm the layout of the other home screen 40 to which the icon 50A has been moved.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a fifth example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment. The smartphone 1 detects a movement operation by the user of the clock widget icon 50 </ b> A on the third home screen 40, similarly to steps S <b> 31 and S <b> 32 illustrated in FIG. 11. The smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60 on the display 2A as in step S33 of FIG. In step S <b> 33, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the object 51 toward the fourth home screen thumbnail 61 of the icon movement screen 60.

  In step S <b> 41, the user's finger F <b> 1 drags the object 51 to the fourth home screen thumbnail 61. When the smartphone 1 detects a drag on the object 51 to the fourth home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 determines whether or not the icon 50 </ b> A corresponding to the object 51 can be arranged on the fourth home screen 40. Specifically, based on the screen information of the screen management table 9T, the controller 10 displays the display size of the clock widget icon 50A and the free area of the fourth home screen 40 corresponding to the home screen thumbnail 61 of the contact position. Ask for. If the display size is larger than the free area, that is, if the icon 50A cannot be placed in the free area, the controller 10 determines that the placement is impossible. When the smartphone 1 determines that the placement is impossible, the notification unit 65 of the fourth home screen thumbnail 61 warns that the placement is impossible. In response to this warning, the user's finger F1 drags the object 51 to the additional area 62. When the object 51 moves out of the area of the fourth home screen thumbnail 61, the smartphone 1 returns the notification unit 65 to the original state.

  In step S <b> 42, the user's finger F <b> 1 is dropped from the object 51 in the additional area 62 of the icon movement screen 60. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the object 51 moved to the addition area 62, the smartphone 1 creates the sixth home screen 40 and adds it to the first to fifth home screens 40. Specifically, when the new home screen 40 is the sixth home screen 40, the smartphone 1 adds screen information corresponding to the sixth home screen 40 to the screen management table 9T. The smartphone 1 deletes information related to the clock widget icon 50 </ b> A from the screen information corresponding to the third home screen 40, and adds the deleted information to the screen information corresponding to the sixth home screen 40. As shown in step S43, the smartphone 1 displays the sixth home screen 40 on which the clock widget icon 50A is moved on the display 2A. The indicator 45 indicates that the sixth home screen 40 is currently displayed.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects a movement operation of the object 51 (icon) to the additional area 62 of the icon movement screen 60, the smartphone 6 displays the added sixth home screen 40 on the display 2A. Therefore, when the user wants to add the home screen 40 while dragging the icon 50A on the icon movement screen 60, the user can add a new home screen 40 including the icon 50A with a simple operation.

  In the fourth and fifth examples described above, the smartphone 1 has been described with respect to the case where the clock widget icon 50A is not moved and the object 51 is moved. However, the smartphone 1 may be configured to move the icon 50A.

  In the above embodiment, the smartphone 1 has been described with respect to the case where the icon movement screen 60 includes the additional area 62, but the icon movement screen 60 may be configured not to include the additional area 62. Alternatively, the icon movement screen 60 may be configured not to include at least one of the cancellation area 63 and the deletion area 64.

  In said embodiment, although the smart phone 1 demonstrated the case where the icon 50 of the home screen 40 was moved, it is not limited to this. For example, the smartphone 1 may be configured to create a shortcut icon for the icon 50 and move the shortcut icon.

  In the above embodiment, the smartphone 1 has described the movement of the icons 50 and 50 </ b> A when the screen is the home screen 40, but is not limited thereto. For example, it can also be used when an icon is moved between a plurality of screens (pages) such as a launcher screen and a data management screen.

  Below, the smart phone 1 which concerns on embodiment demonstrates the example of the control regarding the movement of the icon 50 between 40 A of launcher screens according to operation with respect to a user's apparatus, referring FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of control performed by the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment.

  In step S51, the smartphone 1 displays the home screen 40 on the display 2A (touch screen display 2). The home screen 40 includes five (plural) icons 50 and a clock widget icon 50A. When the smartphone 1 detects a tap gesture for the launcher icon 50, the smartphone 1 executes the launcher application 9D of the storage 9.

  When the launcher application 9D is executed, the smartphone 1 displays the launcher screen 40A on the display 2A as shown in step S52. The launcher screen 40A has a screen for each page. Pages are provided corresponding to, for example, basic functions, communication, cameras, hobbies / education, AV functions, support, portal / search, and the like. In the example shown in FIG. 13, 16 icons 50 are arranged on the launcher screen 40A. When moving the icon 50 to another launcher screen 40A (page), the user drags the icon 50 arranged on the launcher screen 40A of the basic function. The smartphone 1 detects the drag gesture as a movement operation of the user with respect to the icon 50.

  In step S52, when the smartphone 1 detects dragging of the icon 50 to the end region 46 of the launcher screen 40A, as shown in step S53, the smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60A on the display 2A. The icon movement screen 60A shows a list of launcher screen thumbnails 61A corresponding to each page. The icon movement screen 60A includes a cancel area 63.

  Thus, the smartphone 1 displays the icon movement screen 60A when detecting the movement operation of the icon 50 to the other launcher screen 40A. Therefore, the user can determine another launcher screen 40A for moving the icon 50 from the plurality of launcher screens 40A with reference to the icon movement screen 60A. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50 on the launcher screen 40A to another launcher screen 40A.

  In step S53, the user's finger F1 drags the icon 50 from the basic function of the icon moving screen 60A to the communication launcher screen thumbnail 61A and drops it there. When the smartphone 1 detects a drop gesture for the icon 50 moved to the communication launcher screen thumbnail 61A, the smartphone 1 determines whether the icon 50 can be arranged. When it is determined that the smartphone 1 can be arranged, the smartphone 1 detects the launcher screen 40A corresponding to the launcher screen thumbnail 61A as the destination of the icon 50.

  When the smartphone 1 detects the launcher screen 40A of the destination of the icon 50, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50 included in the launcher screen 40A of the basic function to the launcher screen 40A of the destination communication. As shown in step S54, the smartphone 1 displays a communication launcher screen 40A in which the icon 50 is moved on the display 2A. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the communication launcher screen 40 </ b> A includes a completion area 47. When the smartphone 1 detects a tap gesture for the completion region 47, the smartphone 1 rearranges the icons 50 on the launcher screen 40A (page). When the smartphone 1 finishes rearranging the icons 50, the smartphone 1 deletes the completion area 47 from the launcher screen 40A.

  As described above, when the smartphone 1 detects that the destination launcher screen 40A is selected on the icon moving screen 60A, the smartphone 1 moves the icon 50 to the destination launcher screen 40A. For this reason, the user only needs to specify the launcher screen 40A as the movement destination based on the list of launcher screens 40A for each page. Therefore, the smartphone 1 can improve the operability of moving the icon 50 from the launcher screen 40A to another launcher screen 40A.

  Embodiment which this application discloses can be changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary and range of invention. Furthermore, the embodiment disclosed in the present application and its modifications can be combined as appropriate. For example, the above embodiment may be modified as follows.

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

  In the above embodiment, a smartphone has been described as an example of a device including a touch screen, but the device according to the appended claims is not limited to a smartphone. The device according to the appended claims may be a portable electronic device other than a smartphone. Examples of portable electronic devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, tablets, portable personal computers, digital cameras, media players, electronic book readers, navigators, and game machines. The device according to the appended claims may be a stationary electronic device. The stationary electronic device includes, for example, a desktop personal computer, an automatic depositing and paying machine (ATM), and a television receiver, but is not limited thereto.

  In the above embodiment, the electronic device detects an operation of moving the icon 50 and the object 51 to the left and right end regions 46 of the home screen 40 and the launcher screen 40A as an operation of moving the icon to a specific region. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the electronic device may be configured to detect an operation of moving the icon 50 or the like to the upper and lower ends of the screen as an operation of moving to a specific area. Alternatively, the electronic device may be configured to define a specific area other than the edge of the screen and detect an operation of moving the icon 50 or the like to the specific area as an operation of moving the icon to the specific area. Good.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the electronic device detects a gesture via the touch screen 2B has been described. However, the electronic device may be configured not to include the touch screen 2B. The electronic device may be configured to detect a user's operation via various input devices such as a mouse and a touch pad, for example. Alternatively, the electronic device may be configured to include a touch screen 2B and various input devices such as a mouse and a touch pad.

  The characterizing embodiments have been described in order to fully and clearly disclose the technology according to the appended claims. 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.

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 9D Launcher application 9T Screen management table 9Z Setting data 10 Controller 11 Speaker 12, 13 Camera 14 Connector 15 Acceleration sensor 16 Direction sensor 17 Gyroscope 20 Housing 40 Home screen (screen)
40A launcher screen (screen)
50, 50A icon 60 icon moving screen 61 home screen thumbnail 61A launcher screen thumbnail 65 notification section

Claims (4)

A display that displays a screen containing icons,
A controller that causes the display to display at least one of the plurality of screens,
When the controller detects an operation of moving the icon to a specific area of the screen on one of the screens displayed on the display, the controller displays a list of the plurality of screens on the display .   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller moves the icon to the selected screen when any of the plurality of screens is selected in the list displayed on the display. A method for controlling an electronic device including a display that displays a screen including an icon,
Displaying at least one of the plurality of screens on the display;
A method of displaying a list of the plurality of screens on the display when an operation of moving the icon to a specific area of the screen is detected on one of the screens displayed on the display. . In electronic equipment with a display that displays a screen containing icons,
Displaying at least one of the plurality of screens on the display;
Control for executing a step of displaying a list of the plurality of screens on the display when an operation of moving the icon to a specific area of the screen is detected on one screen displayed on the display. program.

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