DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a display on a first, front side of the device;
a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of said device substantially opposite said first side having a similar shape and orientation to said display;
a touch input mapper arranged to map a position of a detected touch on said touch sensitive surface to a position on said display; and
a tapping detector;
whereinsaid tapping detector is arranged in operation to detect a tap as when there has been a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on said touch sensitive surface; and
said tapping detector is arranged in operation to detect the position of a detected tap on said touch sensitive surface as being the position at which touch was lost.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device comprises a display on a first, front side of the device, a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of the device substantially opposite the first side having a similar shape and orientation to the display, and a touch input mapping means arranged to map a position of a detected touch on the touch sensitive surface to a position on the display and, a tapping detection means. The tapping detection means is arranged in operation to detect a tap as when there has been a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on the touch sensitive surface. And the tapping detection means is arranged in operation to detect the position of the detected tap on the touch sensitive surface as being the position at which touch was lost.
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Citations
14 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a display on a first, front side of the device; a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of said device substantially opposite said first side having a similar shape and orientation to said display; a touch input mapper arranged to map a position of a detected touch on said touch sensitive surface to a position on said display; and a tapping detector;
whereinsaid tapping detector is arranged in operation to detect a tap as when there has been a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on said touch sensitive surface; and said tapping detector is arranged in operation to detect the position of a detected tap on said touch sensitive surface as being the position at which touch was lost. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a portable electronic device, said portable electronic device having a display on a first, front side of the device and a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of the device substantially opposite said first side, the method comprising the steps of:
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mapping a position of a detected touch on said touch sensitive surface to a position on said display; detecting a tap as an incident of a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on said touch sensitive surface; and detecting a position of the tap as being the position on said touch sensitive surface at which touch was lost. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A tangible computer-readable storage medium on which computer readable instructions of a computer program are stored, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of controlling a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a display on a first, front side of the device and a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of the device substantially opposite said first side, the method comprising:
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mapping a position of a detected touch on said touch sensitive surface to a position on said display; detecting a tap as an incident of a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on said touch sensitive surface; and detecting a position of the tap as being the position on said touch sensitive surface at which touch was lost.
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Specification