Mobile Terminal Device

• US 20110098019A1
• Filed: 10/27/2010
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fujii, Katsushige
• Application Number:
  US12/913,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0277 according to available power supply, e.g. switching off when a low battery condition is detected
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for touch panel operation is disclosed. A touch is detected on a first touch panel, and reception of input from the first touch panel is prevented based on a predetermined deactivating operation.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display module comprising a display panel thereon;

a detection module operable to detect a detected touch on the display module to obtain a detected input;

a control processing module operable to perform control based on the detected touch and operable to prevent reception of the detected input based on a deactivating operation.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control processing module is further operable to reduce luminance of the display module based on the deactivating operation.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control processing module prevents the reception of the detected input, if the deactivating operation comprises the detected input.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of display modules and detection modules, wherein the control processing module is further operable to prevent a reception of the detected input by one of the detection modules based on the deactivating operation performed on the one of detection modules.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the control processing module is further operable to prevent a reception of an input from a second detection module based on an input to one detection module of the detection modules.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the control processing module is further operable to allow the reception of the input from the second detection module based on an input to the one detection module.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control processing module is further operable to:

set the detection module to an operating state comprising cancelling prevention of the reception of the detected input from the detection module; and

set the detection module to a non-operating state based on the deactivating operation.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a key, wherein the key is at a location separate from the detection module, wherein the control processing module is operable to prevent reception of the detected input based on a deactivating operation.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control processing module is further operable to cancel the prevention of the reception of the detected input through the detection module based on detection of a specific interrupt process.

10. The mobile terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the specific interrupt process comprises an incoming call interrupt.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising preventing reception of detected input from a third touch panel of a plurality of touch panels, if the deactivating operation is performed for the third touch panel.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising preventing reception of input from a second touch panel based on an input to a fourth touch panel of the touch panels.

11. A method for operating a dual touch panel mobile terminal device, the method comprising:

detecting a touch on a first touch panel to obtain a detected touch input; and

preventing reception of the detected input from the first touch panel based on a deactivating operation.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising reducing luminance of a display module based on the deactivating operation.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising preventing reception of the detect input from the first touch panel, if the deactivating operation is carried out on an input to the first touch panel.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

setting a non-operating state based on the deactivating operation, the non-operating state comprising preventing reception of input from the first touch panel; and

returning to an operating state based on a canceling operation, operating state comprising allowing reception of input from the first touch panel.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising canceling preventing reception of input from the first touch panel in response to detection of a specific interrupt process.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the specific interrupt process comprises an incoming call interrupt.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the deactivating operation comprises activation of a sleep key.