Patent ID: 9396704
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. An electronic device comprising: a memory operable to store a plurality of predetermined items, a plurality of images and a plurality of character strings, each image and character string corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of predetermined items; at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive a user selection of a first size or a second size; and set a display pattern to a first pattern if the first size is selected or set the display pattern to a second pattern if the second size is selected, the first pattern comprising the plurality of predetermined items displayed in a first predetermined display area, each predetermined item comprising an image together with a character string, the second pattern comprising the plurality of images displayed in a second predetermined display area where none of the plurality of character strings are displayed, and a character string, corresponding to a selected image, displayed in a third predetermined display area where none of the plurality of images are displayed, wherein an array arrangement of the plurality of images displayed in the first predetermined display area in accordance with the first pattern is the same as an array arrangement of the plurality of images displayed in the second predetermined display area in accordance with the second pattern, wherein the plurality of images displayed in the first display area are the same in kind as the plurality of images displayed in the second display area, and wherein the second predetermined display area is smaller than the first predetermined display area but each of the plurality of images displayed in the second predetermined display area is larger than a corresponding one of the plurality of images when displayed in the first predetermined display area, wherein the second and third predetermined display areas are created by dividing the first predetermined display area, the second predetermined display area being defined by position coordinates stored in the memory for each of the plurality of images displayed in the second predetermined display area, and the third predetermined display area being defined as a remaining portion of the first predetermined display area not occupied by the second predetermined display area; and a display operable to display the display pattern, wherein if a character string drawn as text in the second pattern would be longer than the third predetermined display area, the character string displayed in the third predetermined display area is displayed as a pre-stored image where characters with a shorter width are drawn closer together.