Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for scaling down an effective display area of a screen, and a mobile terminal, to continuously scale down an effective display area of a screen according to a user's requirement. The method in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: displaying, by a mobile terminal, first content; when an obtained first operation satisfies a preset condition, sensing a second operation; determining, according to a preset correspondence, a scale-down proportion corresponding to the second operation; and continuously scaling down an effective display area of a screen of the mobile terminal according to the scale-down proportion such that the first content is displayed on a scaled-down effective display area.

A shift from a scroll mode to a pointer mode is more securely caused with a simple operation. A mobile phone (10) includes: a display section (14); a touch pad (16) having a detection region at a location outside a display region, an event identifying section (21) configured to identify a type of a touch event based on location information received from the touch pad (16); and a mode switching section (23) configured to switch a scroll mode, in which a screen is scrollable, to a pointer mode, in which a displayed object is selectable, in a case where a single tap is inputted in the scroll mode.

A shift from a scroll mode to a pointer mode is more securely caused with a simple operation. A mobile phone (10) includes: a display section (14); a touch pad (16) having a detection region at a location outside a display region, an event identifying section (21) configured to identify a type of a touch event based on location information received from the touch pad (16); and a mode switching section (23) configured to switch a scroll mode, in which a screen is scrollable, to a pointer mode, in which a displayed object is selectable, in a case where a single tap is inputted in the scroll mode.

An electronic device includes a display, and at least one controller that, when an operation to cancel limitation of operations of the electronic device is detected, is configured to cancel the limitation of operations and presents a first screen on the display. The at least one controller is further configured to present a second screen which is different from the first screen on the display when the operation to cancel the limitation of operations is an operation with a thumb.

A computer-implemented method for generating a color of an object displayed on a GUI. The method includes displaying on a graphical user interface a set of icons, each icon of the set being associated with a color, detecting a first user interaction on a first icon of the set, detecting a second user interaction that comprises at least a slide, modifying a value of a parameter of a first color associated with the first icon, the modification of the value being performed with the second user interaction, and computing a first new color that is the first color with the modified value of a parameter.

A system for classifying touch events of different interaction layers includes a touch screen configured to display an interactive element, one or more vibro-acoustic sensors coupled to the touch screen, a touch event detector configured to monitor the one or more vibro-acoustic sensors and to save vibro-acoustic signals sensed by the one or more vibro acoustic sensors, wherein the touch event detector is further configured to detect touch events in which the interactive element is touched by a first or a second finger part of a user, and wherein the touch events result in generating the vibro-acoustic signals, and a vibro-acoustic classifier is configured to classify the vibro-acoustic signals and activate corresponding functions in the different layers dependent upon which finger part is used.

A system for classifying touch events of different interaction layers includes a touch screen configured to display an interactive element, one or more vibro-acoustic sensors coupled to the touch screen, a touch event detector configured to monitor the one or more vibro-acoustic sensors and to save vibro-acoustic signals sensed by the one or more vibro acoustic sensors, wherein the touch event detector is further configured to detect touch events in which the interactive element is touched by a first or a second finger part of a user, and wherein the touch events result in generating the vibro-acoustic signals, and a vibro-acoustic classifier is configured to classify the vibro-acoustic signals and activate corresponding functions in the different layers dependent upon which finger part is used.

A display input device including: a display panel provided for the display panel; and a control unit that recognizes user operation content, recognizes a drag operation whereby a predetermined start area in the display panel is touched and, while said touch is continued, the touch position is slid towards a predetermined end area, recognizes arrival at the touch position end area as a power supply OFF command that instructs a power supply to turn OFF, and causes processing for turning off the power supply when a power supply OFF command is recognized.

A display input device including: a display panel provided for the display panel; and a control unit that recognizes user operation content, recognizes a drag operation whereby a predetermined start area in the display panel is touched and, while said touch is continued, the touch position is slid towards a predetermined end area, recognizes arrival at the touch position end area as a power supply OFF command that instructs a power supply to turn OFF, and causes processing for turning off the power supply when a power supply OFF command is recognized.

Implementations disclosed herein relate to a device for applying a degree of transparency. The device may comprise a display engine to display a foreground and background area, wherein the background area is associated with a first application and the foreground area is associated with a second application. The device may further comprise a transparency engine to apply a degree of transparency to the foreground area in an overlap area between the foreground area and the background area. The device may further comprise a trigger engine to determine whether a trigger event associated with the first application has occurred, wherein the trigger event is based on a metric value received by the first application, and in response to determining that the triggering event associated with the first application has occurred, cause the display engine to display the first application in front of the second application.