ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100164887A1
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, Toshikatsu
• Application Number:
  US12/608,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch pad, a detection module configured to detect a plurality of positions which are pointed on the touch pad, a determination module configured to determine whether a specific function is assigned to a combination of the plurality of positions, and a execution module configured to execute the specific function when the determination module determines that the specific function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch pad configured to detect a plurality of positions of objects on the touch pad;

a determination module configured to determine whether a predetermined function is assigned to a combination of the plurality of positions; and

an execution module configured to execute the predetermined function when the determination module determines that the predetermined function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a setting module configured to set the combination of the plurality of positions,

wherein the determination module is configured to determine whether the detected plurality of positions corresponds to the set combination of the plurality of positions.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the predetermined function comprises a plurality of functions and the setting module is configured to set combinations of the plurality of positions which correspond to the plurality of functions.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a timer configured to measure a time during which the plurality of positions are detected; and

a time determination module configured to determine whether the time measured by the timer exceeds a predetermined time,

wherein the execution module is configured to execute the predetermined function when the time determination module determined that the measured time exceeds the predetermined time.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined function comprises a switching function configured to switch between enabling and disabling of an input on the touch pad, the function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions, and

the execution module is configured to execute the switching function.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an output module configured to output an operation condition of the predetermined function.

7. A control method for a touch pad, comprising:

detecting a plurality of positions of objects on the touch pad;

determining whether a predetermined function is assigned to a combination of the detected plurality of positions; and

executing the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions.