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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Shinya Ishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayano Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Ishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayano Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an electronic device wherein an application can be started up easily using text and so forth displayed in a display unit, and a method of controlling same. A start-up unit uses inputted text to start up an application which executes various functions. If text being displayed on the display unit has been selected as a result of a detection unit detecting that contact has been made to a region in which any of the text characters of the same text is displayed, an application control unit causes the display unit to display an application start-up display to which an application is associated.