ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150135145A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Kamide, Sho, Izumiya, Shunichi, Tsuchihashi, Hirokazu, Tsukamoto, Chihiro, Ogawa, Michiyo, Sekiguchi, Masakazu
• Application Number:
  US14/408,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• 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 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

There is provided a user-friendly electronic device including: touch sensors provided on a first surface and at least a second surface other than the first surface; a processor that displays application information based on a way of holding the electronic device by a user, the processor detecting the way of holding the electronic device using a result of detection of the touch sensors; and an assignment unit that assigns a function corresponding to an application to be run to the touch sensors.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

touch sensors provided on a first surface and at least a second surface other than the first surface;

a processor that displays application information based on a way holding the electronic device by a user, the processor detecting the way of holding the electronic device using a result of detection of the touch sensors; and

an assignment unit that assigns a function corresponding to an application to be run to the touch sensors.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the assignment unit assigns operation corresponding to a motion of a finger to a touch sensor provided on the second surface.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the assignment unit assigns a selection function of an adjustment menu about the application to be run to a touch sensor provided on the first surface, and assigns a function about a degree of the adjustment of the application to be run to a touch sensor provided on the second surface.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

an image-capturing unit that is provided on the first surface and is capable of capturing an image of the user;

wherein the processor determines the way of holding the electronic device by the user based on a result of the image-capturing of the user by the image-capturing unit to display the application information on the display.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

an attitude detector that detects an attitude of the electronic device;

wherein the processor displays the application information on the display based on a result of detection by the attitude detector.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the attitude detector includes at least one of an acceleration sensor and an image-capturing device.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

a position detector that detects a position of the electronic device;

wherein the processor displays the application information on the display based on a result of detection by the position detector.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor determines a motion of the finger of the user, and displays the application information corresponding to the result of the determination on the display.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor determines an attribute of the user from the result of detection of the touch sensors, and displays the application information corresponding to the result of the determination on the display.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor gives priority to information that relates to a plurality of applications to display the information on the display based on the priority.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic device has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having six surfaces which includes the first surface, and the touch sensors are provided on the six surfaces of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, respectively.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

a pressure-sensitive sensor that detects a holding power by the user;

wherein the assignment unit assigns the function corresponding to the application to be run to the pressure-sensitive sensor.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the display is a transmission type display.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

vibrator that generates vibration in the first surface and the second surface, respectively.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, comprising:

a controller that vibrates the vibrator according to at least one of processing by the processor and assignment by the assignment unit.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processor determines whether the electronic device is held in a vertical position.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein

when the electronic device is held in the vertical position, the processor displays or runs an application of voice control.

18. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

when the image-capturing unit captures an image of a mouth of the user, the displays or runs an application of voice control.

19. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the processor changes the application to be displayed according to a case where the electronic device is held vertically and a case where the electronic device is held obliquely.

20. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the processor changes the application to be displayed according to whether the user is walking.