Electronic medium display device that performs page turning in response to user operation pressing screen, page turning method, and program

A method of turning pages in a display device for successively displaying a plurality of pages of an electronic medium by one or more pages each time on a display screen, and turning the pages on the display screen in response to a user's input via finger touch of the display screen, the method comprising:

• detecting a pressing force with which the finger is pressed against the display screen;
• displaying on the display screen a page turn icon to which the page turn direction is dynamically assigned, to allow the page turn icon to visualize the assigned page turn direction;
• in response to an event occurring in which the finger is touched on the display screen with the pressing force below a predetermined threshold, and movement of the finger is performed on the display screen in touch therewith, determining a page turn direction in which the pages are to be turned on the display screen, so as to reflect a direction of the movement of the finger, and assigning the determined page turn direction to the page turn icon;
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• in response an event occurring in which the finger is pressed against the display screen with the pressing force equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, authorizing initiation of a page turn event for turning the pages on the display screen in the page turn direction visualized by the page turn icon displayed on the display screen.

A method of successively displaying a plurality of pages of an electronic medium by one or more pages each time on a display screen, and turning the pages on the display screen in response to a user's input via finger touch of the display screen, the method comprising:

• displaying on the display screen a page turn icon to which the page turn direction is dynamically assigned, to allow the page turn icon to visualize the assigned page turn direction;
• in response to a user's soft touch on the display screen with the finger with an intensity of touch below a predetermined value, and the user's finger slide on the display screen while maintaining the soft touch, selecting a page turn direction in which the pages are turned on the display screen, so as to reflect a direction of the finger's slide, and assigning the determined page turn direction to the page turn icon;
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• in response to a user's hard touch on the display screen with the finger with the intensity of touch above the predetermined value, authorizing initiation of a page turn event for turning the pages on the display screen in the page turn direction visualized by the page turn icon displayed on the display screen.

A display device for successively displaying a plurality of pages of an electronic medium by one or more pages each time on a display screen, and turning the page on the display screen in response to a user's input via finger touch of the display screen, the display device comprising:

• a display controller configured to display on the display screen a page turn icon to which the page turn direction is dynamically assigned, to allow the page turn icon to visual the assigned page turn direction except for any not-assigned page turn directions;
• a page-turn-direction determining unit configured to be activated in response to a user's first action that allows the finger to be touched on the display screen and to be moved on the display screen in touch therewith, to determine a page turn direction in which the pages are to be turned on the display screen, so as to reflect a direction of the movement of the finger, and assign the determined page turn direction to the page turn icon;
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• an operation controller configured to be activated in response to a user's second action that is distinct from the first action, and includes the user's press on the display screen with a pressing force exceeding a threshold, to authorize initiation of a page turn event for turning the pages on the display screen in the page turn direction visualized by the page turn icon displayed on the display screen.