Patent ID: 9369596
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a touch-enabled display that is capable of displaying a first screen and a second screen smaller than the first screen, the second screen showing information, the second screen to be expanded with a user manipulation of sliding the second screen on the display; a memory that stores reference information determining which information on the second screen is relevant and irrelevant to the first screen; a judgment portion that judges whether or not the information shown on the second screen is relevant to the first screen on the basis of the reference information stored on the memory, the first screen and the second screen both being displayed on the display; and a display controller that expands the second screen even without the sliding manipulation being completely finished if the judgment portion judges that the information shown on the second screen is relevant to the first screen and that restores the second screen to a previous state before the sliding manipulation upon finish of the sliding manipulation if the judgment portion judges that the information shown on the second screen is irrelevant to the first screen.