MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20090322793A1
• Filed: 06/26/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tsuiki, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,184,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• 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 device and method for selecting one option from a plurality of options is disclosed. A sequential selection of one option from the plurality of options proceeds when a detecting unit detects an operation associated with movement. A selecting unit sequentially selects one option from a plurality of options, and then the detecting unit detects if the operation associated with movement is stopped and the operation associated with movement is stopped.

Claims

1. An information device, comprising:

a detecting unit operable to detect an operation associated with a movement;

a selecting unit operable to select one option from a plurality of options;

a control unit operable to cause a sequential selection of the one option from the plurality of options in response to;

a detection of the operation associated with the movement,

a selection of the one option from the plurality of options, and

a detection of a sustained stopping of the operation associated with the movement after the detection of the operation associated with the movement.

2. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit comprises a touch sensor.

3. The information device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit is further operable to cause a stop of the sequential selection of the one option from the plurality of options in response to a release of the touch sensor.

4. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the sustained stopping comprises a stop of more than a predetermined period of time.

5. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is further operable to cause the sequential selection to proceed with a selection speed set to a predetermined speed when the detecting unit is pressed with a predetermined force or more.

6. The information device according to claim 1, wherein the sequential selection proceeds with a selection speed that is set to a predetermined speed.

7. The information device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined speed is faster than a sequential selection speed prior to the detection of the sustained stopping.

8. The information device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined speed is based on types of operations during the sequential selection.

9. The information device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined speed is based on a speed of the operation associated with the movement.

10. The information device according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined speed is based on a moved distance of the operation associated with the movement.

11. The information device according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit operable to notify that the sequential selection continues.

12. An information input device, comprising:

a display unit operable to display information;

a touch sensor comprising at least one sensor element, and operable to detect a touching point by a user on the at least one sensor element; and

a control unit operable to;

start displaying a scroll screen on the display unit;

start scrolling the scroll screen in response to a movement of the touching point followed by a stop at a stop point; and

stop scrolling in response to a release of the touching point.

13. The information input device according to claim 12, wherein the touch sensor is further operable to detect a touching state of each of the sensor elements.

14. The information input device according to claim 13, wherein a scroll speed of the scrolling the scroll screen is set based on a movement speed of the touching point.

15. A method of scrolling a display screen, comprising:

detecting a movement of a touching point on a touch sensor followed by detection of a stop of the touching point at a stop point;

detecting the touching point remaining at the stop point after the detection of the stop;

displaying a scroll screen on a display unit;

scrolling the scroll screen while the touching point remains at the stop point; and

stopping scrolling when the touching point is released.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising detecting a direction of the movement of the touching point, wherein the scroll screen is scrolled toward the direction of the movement of the touching point.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising detecting a speed of the movement of the touching point to obtain a detected speed, wherein the scroll screen is scrolled based on the detected speed.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein one item is selected from a plurality of items displayed on the display unit in response to stopping scrolling.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the display unit comprises a touch sensor.