Patent ID: 9658755
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G04F,G04G,G06F

Claim:
1. An electronic device comprising: a display having an elongated shape and configured to display images; a memory configured to store a plurality of programs and for each of the programs, an icon image indicative of a corresponding program; and a processor configured to perform execution control and display control, the execution control being related to execution of the programs, the display control being related to displaying by the display, wherein the display has a display surface including a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region aligned in a longitudinal direction of the elongated display, the execution control includes a process of specifying one of the programs as a first program and specifying another of the rest of the programs as a second program, the display control includes a control of, when the first program and the second program are specified, causing the display to display a display image corresponding to the first program when the first program is set to be displayed in the first region, and to display an icon image corresponding to the second program when the second program is set to be displayed in the second region, a width of the second region in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is equal to or less than a width of a narrowest portion of the first region, a width of a body of the first region being larger than the width of the second region, a transition portion of the first region that connects to the second region has a shape such that a width of the transition portion of the first region gradually increases as distance from the second region increases along the longitudinal direction, the transition portion being the narrowest portion of the first region, the second region is configured to display, for any of the programs, an icon image corresponding to a program set to be displayed in the second region, the icon image having a width in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction corresponding to the width of the second region, and the first region is configured to display, for any of the programs, a display image corresponding to a program set to be displayed in the first region, the display image visualizing information generated by execution of the program set to be displayed in the first region with a shape and size corresponding to a shape and size of the first region.