# US 9,519,406 B2 · Electronic device, method and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,406 B2 - Document ID: US9519406B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/614,246 - Filed: 2015-02-04 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-27 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Kotaro Fukui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519406B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0483: Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G09G 5/38: with means for controlling the display position - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2380/14: Electronic books and readers - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display configured to display a content including pages, a touch panel on the display, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to detect a tilt of the device, switch a displayed page from a first page to a second page when the device is tilted in a first direction, and when a contact on a partial area of the touch panel corresponding to the first direction is detected, stop switching of a displayed page based on a tilt of the device in the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a display configured to display a content including pages; a touch panel on the display; and circuitry configured to detect a tilt of the device around an axis in an upper and lower direction of the touch panel, switch a displayed page from a first page to a second page when the device is tilted in a first direction, when a contact on a partial area of the touch panel corresponding to the first direction is detected, stop switching of a displayed page based on a tilt of the device in the first direction, stop simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected, stop simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, continue simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, and continue simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to switch a displayed page at a speed according to an angle of rotation around the axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to switch a displayed page so as to simulate page turning from left to right according to a rotation around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side, and switch a displayed page so as to simulate page turning from right to left according to a rotation around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to stop simulation display of page turning when the device is returned to a horizontal; and display a page displayed at a time when a first operation on the touch panel is detected, after stopping the simulation display of page turning. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the first operation comprises a flick operation or a swipe operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to prevent a displayed page from being turned when the device is tilted and contacts on two points of both sides of the touch panel are detected. ### Claim 7 A method for an electronic device comprising a display configured to display a content including pages and a touch panel on the display, the method comprising: detecting a tilt of the device around an axis in an upper and lower direction of the touch panel; switching a displayed page from a first page to a second page when the device is tilted in a first direction; when a contact on a partial area of the touch panel corresponding to the first direction is detected, stopping switching of a displayed page based on a tilt of the device in the first direction, stopping simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected, stopping simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, continuing simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, and continuing simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising switching a displayed page at a speed according to an angle of rotation around the axis. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer comprising a display configured to display a content including pages and a touch panel on the display, the computer program comprising instructions capable of causing the computer to execute functions of: detecting a tilt of the device around an axis in an upper and lower direction of the touch panel; switching a displayed page from a first page to a second page when the device is tilted in a first direction; when a contact on a partial area of the touch panel corresponding to the first direction is detected, stopping switching of a displayed page based on a tilt of the device in the first direction, stopping simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected, stopping simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, continuing simulation display of page turning from left to right when the device is rotated around the axis such that a left side of the device is frontward and a right side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a right side of the touch panel is detected, and continuing simulation display of page turning from right to left when the device is rotated around the axis such that a right side of the device is frontward and a left side is an opposite side and a contact on a region on a left side of the touch panel is detected. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The storage medium of claim 9, further comprising switching a displayed page at a speed according to an angle of rotation around the axis.