Handheld devices

• US 20010041599A1
• Filed: 12/21/2000
• Published: 11/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: kaartinen, Sanna, Kinnunen, Timo, Sippola, Leena, Salomaki, Lauri, Hynninen, Tiina, Liukkonen-Olmiala, Tea, Lustila, Risto, Pirkola, Jani
• Granted Patent: US 6,965,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A hand held communication device having a display, the display having a plurality of different regions, at least one function being selectable via at least one region and a touch sensitive region, the touch sensitive area being arranged so that movement with respect to the touch sensitive area region causes an indicator to move across said display wherein the indicator is arranged to move only from one region to another.

Claims

1. A hand held communication device comprising:

a display, said display in use have a plurality of different regions, at least one function being selectable via at least one region; and

a touch sensitive region, said touch sensitive area being arranged so that movement with respect to the touch sensitive area region causes an indicator to move across said display,

wherein said indicator is arranged to move only from one region to another.

2. A device as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said touch sensitive region is arranged to detect movement of a users finger across the touch sensitive region.

3. A device as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said touch sensitive region is arranged to detect movement of a tool across the touch sensitive region.

4. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said touch sensitive region comprises a surface.

5. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said touch sensitive region is a touch pad.

6. A device as claimed in any of

claims 1

to

4

, wherein said touch sensitive region comprises a rolling means.

7. A device as claimed in

claim 6

, wherein said rolling means is arranged to move said indicator in two directions about a single axis.

8. A device as claimed in

claim 6

, wherein said rolling means is arranged to move said indicator in a plane containing two perpendicular axis.

9. A device as claimed in any of

claims 1

to

8

, wherein said touch sensitive region is arranged on a first side of said device and said display is arranged on a second side.

10. A device as claimed in

claim 9

, wherein said first and second sides are opposite one another.

11. A device as claimed in any of

claims 1

to

4

, wherein said touch sensitive region is provided in conjunction with said display to provide a touch sensitive display.

12. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said indicator is a cursor.

13. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said device is a mobile telephone.

14. A method of controlling a hand held communication device comprising the steps of:

operating a touch sensitive region so as to cause an indicator to move across a display of the communication device;

controlling the indicator to move only from one region to another across the display; and

selecting a function associated the region where the indicator is located when said selection step is performed.