# US 9,519,371 B2 · Display device and control method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,371 B2 - Document ID: US9519371B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/928,548 - Filed: 2013-06-27 - Published: 2014-01-09 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-04 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Ryuji Nishida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519371B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/018: {Input/output arrangements for oriental characters} - G06F 3/04815: Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In a display device which has a transparent display with touch operations being carried out from opposite sides thereof, i.e., a front face and aback face, operability of the touch operations can be improved. In display control of graphics data which is constructed to include a first component which assumes a touch operation from either one of the front face and the back face, and a second component which assumes a touch operation from a side opposite to the side from which the touch operation is assumed by the first component, only the first component is first displayed, and after a touch operation with respect to the first component is carried out, a content of the second component is decided according to an instruction inputted by the touch operation, so that the second component is then displayed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device wherein a touch operation can be carried out from both sides thereof including a front face and a back face, the display device comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on the front face and a touch operation on the back face; and a control unit configured to perform display control of graphics data for touch operation, wherein the control unit performs display control to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers, and wherein the control unit performs display control to cause the object displayed on the screen to rotate around a virtual axis of rotation parallel to the screen when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out in directions opposite to each other in the same region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out in directions opposite to each other but not in the same region, the control unit performs display control to cause the object displayed on the screen to rotate in a plane parallel to the screen. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein when a sliding touch operation on either the front face or the back face has been carried out, the control unit performs display control to cause the object displayed on the screen to move in a plane parallel to the screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit performs display control to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers and the touch operation on the other of the front face and the back face is a touch operation in which one finger stays in one location. ### Claim 5 A display device in which a touch operation can be carried out from both sides thereof including a front face and a back face, the display device comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on the front face and a touch operation on the back face; and a control unit configured to perform display control of graphics data for touch operation, wherein the control unit performs display control to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen when the touch operations on the front face and the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers, wherein the control unit is adapted to cause the object displayed on the screen to rotate around the virtual axis of rotation according to a first rotational speed or a second rotational speed different from the first rotational speed, wherein the first rotational speed is a rotational speed when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out at the same time in directions opposite to each other, and wherein the second rotational speed is a rotational speed when a sliding touch operation with a finger has been carried out on one of the front face and the back face and a touch operation in which a finger is fixed while touching has been carried out on the other face. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the control unit performs display control to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers and the touch operation on the other of the front face and the back face is a touch operation in which one finger stays in one location. ### Claim 7 A control method for a display device wherein a touch operation can be carried out from both sides thereof including a front face and a back face, the control method comprising: a detection step of detecting a touch operation on the front face and a touch operation on the back face; and a control step of performing display control of graphics data for touch operation, wherein, in the control step, when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers, display control is performed to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen, and wherein, in the control step, when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out in directions opposite to each other in the same region, display control is performed to cause the object displayed on the screen to rotate around a virtual axis of rotation parallel to the screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The control method for a display device as set forth in claim 7, wherein in the control step, when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out in directions opposite to each other but not in the same region, display control is performed to cause the object displayed on the screen to rotate in a plane parallel to the screen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The control method for a display device as set forth in claim 7, wherein, in the control step, when a sliding touch operation on either the front face or the back face has been carried out, display control is performed to cause the object displayed on the screen to move in a plane parallel to the screen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The control method for a display device as set forth in claim 7, wherein, in the control step, when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers and the touch operation on the other of the front face and the back face is a touch operation in which one finger stays in one location, display control is performed to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen. ### Claim 11 A control method for a display device in which a touch operation can be carried out from both sides thereof including a front face and a back face, the control method comprising: a detection step of detecting a touch operation on the front face and a touch operation on the back face; and a control step of performing display control of graphics data for touch operation, wherein, in the control step, when the touch operations on the front face and the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers, display control is performed to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen, wherein, in the control step, the object displayed on the screen is rotated around the virtual axis of rotation according to a first rotational speed or a second rotational speed different from the first rotational speed, wherein the first rotational speed is a rotational speed when a sliding touch operation with a finger on the front face and a sliding touch operation with a finger on the back face have been carried out at the same time in directions opposite to each other, and wherein the second rotational speed is a rotational speed when a sliding touch operation has been carried out on one of the front face and the back face and a touch operation with a finger in which a finger is fixed while touching has been carried out on the other of the front face and the back face. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The control method for a display device as set forth in claim 11, wherein, in the control step, when the touch operation on the front face and the touch operation on the back face are carried out in the same region and the touch operation on one of the front face and the back face is a sliding touch operation with multiple fingers and the touch operation on the other of the front face and the back face is a touch operation in which one finger stays in one location, display control is performed to enlarge or reduce an object displayed on a screen.