MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20150011263A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Itamoto, Shinichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,411,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Mobile terminal (1) includes touch panels 10a and 10b, one on each surface of housing (2). When touch operations are simultaneously performed on touch panels 10a and 10b, an action corresponding to combination of the touch operations is performed.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a first touch operation section that is provided on a first surface of a housing and on which a touch operation is performed;

a second touch operation section that is provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of said housing and on which a touch operation is performed; and

a controller that executes an action corresponding to an input by the touch operations performed on said first and second touch operation sections, wherein

when the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said first touch operation section and said second touch operation section, said controller executes an action corresponding to a combination of the touch operations.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein

when the touch operation on said first touch operation section and the touch operation on said second touch operation section draw Mutually opposite traces, said controller executes an action corresponding to the traces.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein

when the traces of the touch operations pass through respective end portions of said first and second touch operation sections, said controller executes an action preset according to the passed end portions.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, comprising

a tilt detector that detects tilt of said mobile terminal, wherein

in a state in which the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said first touch operation section and said second touch operation section, when the tilt of said mobile terminal detected by said tilt detector is changed, said controller executes an action preset according to the change of the tilt.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, comprising

an acceleration detector that detects an acceleration applied to said mobile terminal, wherein

in a state in which the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said first touch operation section and said second touch operation section, when said acceleration detector detects the acceleration applied to said mobile terminal, said controller executes an action preset according to the magnitude and direction of the acceleration.

6. A mobile terminal comprising:

two housings that are foldably connected to each other and that each have, on one surface thereof, a touch operation section on which a touch operation is performed; and

a controller that executes an action corresponding to an input by the touch operation performed on said touch operation section, wherein

in a state in which said two housings are folded such that said touch operation sections are oriented outward, when the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said touch operation sections of said two housings, said controller executes an action corresponding to a combination of the touch operations.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein

when the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said touch operation sections of said two housings, said controller executes different operations between a state in which said two housings are not folded and a state in which said two housings are folded so that said touch operation sections are oriented outward.

8. An operation method for a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a first touch operation section that is provided on a first surface of a housing and on which a touch operation is performed;

a second touch operation section that is provided on to second surface opposite to the first surface, of said housing and on which a touch operation is performed; and

a controller that executes an action corresponding to an input by the touch operations performed on said first and second touch operation sections, wherein

when the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said first touch operation section and said second touch operation section, an action corresponding to a combination of the touch operations is executed.

9. An operation method for a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

two housings that are foldably connected to each other and that each have, on one surface thereof, a touch operation section on which a touch operation is performed; and

a controller that executes an action corresponding to an input by the touch operation performed on said touch operation section, wherein

in a state in which said two housings are folded such that said touch operation sections are oriented outward, when the touch operations are simultaneously performed on said touch operation sections of said two housings, an action corresponding to a combination of the touch operations is executed.