Patent ID: 11972710
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing device comprising:
a foldable display;
a memory which stores at least a program; and
a processor which executes the program stored in the memory,
wherein, by executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs display mode switching processing to switch among
a first display mode to control display in such a manner that a screen area of the display is set as one display area,
a second display mode to control display in such a manner that the screen area of the display is split into two display areas of a first display area and a second display area with the first display area set as a primary screen and the second display area set as a secondary screen, and
a third display mode to control display in such a manner that the second display area is set as the primary screen and the first display area is set as the secondary screen, and

the processor performs display control processing in which
when switching from the first display mode to the second display mode or the third display mode is performed by the display mode switching processing,
an active window in the first display mode is displayed in either one of the first display area and the second display area, which is a display area as the primary screen, such that the active window is displayed in a foreground over the entire area of the primary screen and one or more inactive windows other than the active window in the first display mode are displayed in a layer behind the foreground, and
thumbnail images corresponding to the one or more inactive windows are displayed in the other display area of the first display area and the second display area, which is set as the secondary screen, and

when switching between the second display mode and the third display mode is performed by the display mode switching processing, display in a display area as the secondary screen in the display mode before switching is changed to display in a display area as the secondary screen in the display mode after switching.