ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140111456A1
• Filed: 05/25/2012
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Sasaki, Yasushi, Kashiwa, Yumiko, Chishima, Makoto, Yamada, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,798,408 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The electronic device 1 includes a press detection unit 40 configured to detect a press and a control unit 10 configured to control, when a standard for data based on press is set, such that a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is increased/decreased, according to a difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit 40, thus portions operated by an operator can be reduced and operation steps by the operator can be reduced as well.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a press detection unit configured to detect a press; and

a control unit configured to control, when a standard for data based on press is set, such that a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is increased/decreased, according to a difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls, if change in the data based on press detected by the press detection unit is within a predetermined range for a predetermined period of time, such that the standard is set based on the data based on press detected in the predetermined period of time.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls such that amount of increasing/decreasing the parameter value according to the difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit is constant, when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit increases and when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit decreases.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls such that the amount of increasing/decreasing the parameter value according to the difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit differs, before and after the data based on press detected by the press detection unit turns from either increase or decrease to the other.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a press detection unit configured to detect a press; and

a control unit configured to control, when a standard for data based on press is set, such that a speed at which a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is changed is altered, according to a difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit.

11. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit controls, if change in the data based on press detected by the press detection unit is within a predetermined range for a predetermined period of time, such that the standard is set based on the data based on press detected in the predetermined period of time.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a press detection unit configured to detect a press; and

a control unit configured to set a standard for data based on press when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and after setting the standard, to control such that a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is increased/decreased, according to a difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein

the control unit controls, when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit turns from increase to decrease, then turns from decrease to increase, such that the standard is set based on data based on press when the data based on press turns from increase to decrease and the data based on press when the data based on press turns from decrease to increase.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein

the control unit controls such that amount of increasing/decreasing the parameter value according to the difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit is constant, when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit increases, and when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit decreases.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein

the control unit controls such that the amount of increasing/decreasing the parameter value according to the difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit differs, before and after the data based on press detected by the press detection unit turns from either increase or decrease to the other.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a press detection unit configured to detect a press; and

a control unit configured to set a standard for data based on press when data based on press detected by the press detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and after setting the standard, to control such that a speed at which a parameter value associated with a predetermined process is changed is altered, according to the difference between the standard and the data based on press detected by the press detection unit.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls, when the data based on press detected by the press detection unit turns from increase to decrease, then turns from decrease to increase, such that the standard is set based on data based on press when the data based on press turns from increase to decrease and the data based on press when the data based on press turns from decrease to increase.