TOUCH-PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE EQUIPMENT

• US 20090091542A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Higuchi, Hirohiko, Inaba, Toshikazu
• Granted Patent: US 8,487,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A touch-panel display device in which a plurality of operation items are displayed in arrangement includes a tilt detector detecting an inclination of a portable equipment, and controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of an inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays an operation item in large scale.

Claims

1. A touch-panel display device that is mounted on a portable equipment, and displays in arrangement a plurality of operation items, wherein the touch-panel display device includes a tilt detector to detect an inclination of the portable equipment, and the touch-panel display device controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of an inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays an operation item in large scale.

2. The touch-panel display device according to claim 1, wherein when detected that the operation item is displayed in large scale, the touch-panel display device keeps a display state displaying by a timer only for a predetermined period of time regardless of which direction the portable equipment inclines afterward.

3. A portable equipment, wherein a touch-panel screen is formed on a display section of a portable equipment, on which a plurality of operation items are displayed in arrangement, the portable equipment includes a tilt detector detecting an inclination of the portable equipment, and controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of the inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays in arrangement an operation item in large scale.

4. The portable equipment according to claim 3, wherein when detected that the operation item to be operated is displayed in large scale, the portable equipment keeps the display state displaying by a timer only for a predetermined period of time regardless of which direction the portable equipment inclines afterward.