ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20160253064A1
• Filed: 11/27/2014
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: HATTORI, Shigeto
• Granted Patent: US 10,353,567 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0281 for providing single handed use or left/right hand conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Operability is improved when operating an electronic device with one hand. An electronic device (1) includes a touch sensor on a front surface and a touch sensor on a back surface. A controller (14) causes a cursor for selecting an icon positioned at an upper portion of a display (11) to be displayed upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor (13) on the back surface and executes processing corresponding to an icon selected by the cursor upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor (12) on the front surface. The controller (14) also executes processing related to a phone call application upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor (13) on the back surface during a phone call.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch sensor on a front surface and a touch sensor on a back surface; and

a controller configured to cause a cursor for selecting an icon positioned at an upper portion of a display to be displayed upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the back surface and configured to execute processing corresponding to an icon selected by the cursor upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the front surface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller causes the cursor for selecting the icon in a predetermined area positioned at the upper portion of the display to be displayed.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein while the cursor is being displayed, the controller grays out an area of the display other than the predetermined area.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein while the cursor is being displayed, the controller does not execute the processing corresponding to the icon selected by the cursor until detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the front surface.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a pressure detector configured to detect pressure on the touch sensor on the back surface,

wherein the controller detects an operation on the touch sensor on the back surface when data based on pressure detected by the pressure detector satisfies a predetermined standard.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a touch sensor on a front surface and a touch sensor on a back surface; and

a controller configured to execute processing related to a phone call application upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the back surface during a phone call.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the controller terminates the phone call upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the back surface during the phone call.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the controller records the phone call upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor on the back surface during the phone call.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the controller raises a volume of a speaker upon detecting a first operation on the touch sensor on the back surface during the phone call and lowers the volume of the speaker upon detecting a second operation on the touch sensor on the back surface during the phone call.