Display device and program

A display device comprising:

• a display having a display surface;
• a housing which includes an opening portion through which the display surface is exposed;
• a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface;
• a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a grip force simultaneously applied to opposite sides of the housing that is greater than a threshold value;
• and
• a controller which:
• carries out a first selected operation of a plurality of different possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the controller (a) selecting one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation applied to the housing is greater than a first value and less than a second value and (b) selecting a different one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation is applied to the housing is greater than the second value;
• and
• carries out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is being applied to the display surface.

A display device comprising:

• a display having a display surface;
• a housing which includes an opening through which the display surface is exposed;
• a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface;
• a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a pressing force applied to the housing that is greater than a threshold value;
• and
• a controller which:
• carries out a first selected operation of a plurality of different possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the controller selecting one of the plurality of possible different operations when n consecutive pressing operations are applied to the same location on the housing, n being an integer greater than 1, and selecting a different one of the plurality of possible different operations when m consecutive pressing operations, m being an integer greater than n, are applied to the same location on the housing;
• and
• carries out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is being applied to the display surface.

A non-transitory computer readable media having stored thereon a computer program which, when run on one or more processors associated with a display device having display which has a display surface, a housing which includes an opening portion though which the display surface is exposed, a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface and a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a pressing force applied to the housing that is greater than a threshold value, will cause the one or more processors to:

• carry out a first selected operation of a plurality of different possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the one or more processors selecting one of the plurality of possible different operations when n consecutive pressing operations, n being an integer greater than 1, are applied to the same location on the housing, and selecting a different one of the plurality of possible different operations when m consecutive pressing operations, m being an integer greater than n, are applied to the same location on the housing;
• and
• carries out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is being applied to the display surface.