Mobile terminal device, operation method, program, and storage medium

• US 10,146,430 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tokutake, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US15/833,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20180095658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch panel configured to detect an input operation; and

processing circuitry configured to

control the electronic device to shift to a suspend state when an input operation is not detected at the touch panel over a predetermined time period;

detect a predetermined touch input at the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the electronic device is in the suspend state; and

control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state when the predetermined touch input at the touch panel is detected when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined touch input includes sequential contacts at a predetermined area of the touch panel.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined touch input corresponds to a plurality of touch inputs performed at one or more predetermined areas of the touch panel.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined touch input is a double tap operation performed by a user'"'"'s finger on the touch panel.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state to an active state when the predetermined touch input is detected.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state to an active state and control a display of the electronic device to display a home screen when the predetermined touch input is detected when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display, wherein

the suspend state is a state in which the processing circuitry controls the display to display no images.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state without a password being input by a user when the predetermined touch input on the touch panel is detected when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to have a reduced functionality when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display a home screen of the application when the predetermined touch input on the touch panel is detected.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a touch panel configured to detect a touch input; and

processing circuitry configured to;

detect touch operation on the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the electronic device is in a suspend state;

control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state when the touch operation is detected; and

control the display to display data when the touch operation is detected.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to not display any images when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state when the touch operation includes sequential contacts at a plurality of predetermined positions on the touch panel.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state to an active state when the touch operation is detected.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from the suspend state to an active state and control the display to display a home screen without a password being input by a user when the touch operation is detected and the electronic device is in the suspend state.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to have a reduced functionality when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display a home screen when the touch operation is detected.

18. A electronic device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

detect a touch input operation on a touch panel based on an output of a touch panel when the electronic device is inactive;

control the electronic device to shift to an active state when the touch input operation is detected; and

control the display to display a home screen when the touch input operation is detected.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the electronic device to shift from a suspend state to an active state and control the display to display the home screen when the touch input operation is detected.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

control a display of the electronic device to not display any images when the electronic device is inactive; and

control the electronic device to shift to the active state without receiving a password input by a user when the touch operation is detected and the device is in the inactive state.

21. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

controlling, by processing circuitry, the electronic device to shift to a suspend state when an input operation is not detected at a touch panel of the electronic device over a predetermined time period;

detecting, by the processing circuitry, a predetermined touch input at the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the electronic device is in the suspend state; and

controlling, by the processing circuitry, the electronic device to shift from the suspend state when the predetermined touch input at the touch panel is detected when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein

the suspend state is a state in which the processing circuitry controls a display of the electronic device to display no images.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

controlling, by the processing circuitry, a display of the electronic device to not display any images when the electronic device is in the suspend state.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

controlling, by the processing circuitry, the electronic device to shift from the suspend state to an active state and control a display of the electronic device to display a home screen without a password being input by a user when the touch operation is detected and the electronic device is in the suspend state.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein

the predetermined touch input includes sequential contacts at a predetermined areas of the touch panel.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein

the predetermined touch input corresponds to a plurality of touch inputs performed at one or more predetermined areas of the touch panel.