Mobile terminal and editing controlling method

• US 8,963,864 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2012
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Imamura, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pervan, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/712,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20130147708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 178 1801- 1907, 345173-178, 715/863
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a display provided with a touch panel. If a memo pad function is performed, a document and a cursor which indicates an editing position are displayed on the display. If a pinch out operation is made by two fingers in a state that a character is being displayed, the character being displayed on the display is enlarged. In such a state, if a third finger touches the touch panel between the two fingers, a cursor position is changed based on a touch position of a touch by the third finger.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having a display which displays a cursor, a touch panel provided on the display, and a detecting module which detects a touch operation with respect to the touch panel, the mobile terminal comprising:

a calculating module which calculates an enlargement ratio according to an enlarging operation in a state that the enlarging operation is being performed with respect to the touch panel;

an enlarging module which enlarges a displaying by the display based on the enlargement ratio;

a setting module which sets an effective range for the enlarging operation based on positions of two points of the enlarging operation;

a first determining module which determines whether or not a further touch operation is performed in a state that the displaying by the display is enlarged;

a second determining module which determines whether or not the further touch operation is performed within the effective range when it is determined by the first determining module that the further touch operation is performed; and

a changing module which changes a cursor position of the cursor in response to the further touch operation when it is determined that the further touch operation has been performed within the effective range.

2. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an undoing module which undoes the enlarging of the displaying by the display when one or both of the enlarging operation and further touch operation are ended.

3. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a performing module which performs an editing processing based on the cursor position changed by the changing module.

4. A mobile terminal according to claim 3, further comprising a selecting module which selects a kind of editing processing from a plurality of kinds of editing processing when the cursor position is changed by the changing module, wherein the plurality of kinds of editing processing comprise line-feed processing and pasting processing.

5. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the enlarging operation includes a pinch out operation.

6. An editing controlling method of a mobile terminal having a display which displays a cursor, a touch panel provided on the display, and a detecting module which detects a touch operation with respect to the touch panel, the method comprising:

calculating an enlargement ratio according to an enlarging operation in a state that the enlarging operation is performed with respect to the touch panel;

enlarging a displaying by the display based on the enlargement ratio;

setting an effective range for the enlarging operation based on positions of two points of the enlarging operation;

determining whether or not a further touch operation is performed in a state that the displaying is enlarged;

determining whether or not the further touch operation is performed within the effective range when it is determined that the further touch operation is performed; and

changing a cursor position of the cursor in response to the further touch operation when it is determined that the further touch operation has been performed within the effective range.

7. A mobile terminal having a display and a touch panel provided on the display, the mobile terminal comprising one or more modules that:

detect a first touch operation on the touch panel, wherein the first touch operation comprises two touch points spreading apart;

calculating an enlargement ratio based on a distance between the two touch points of the first touch operation;

enlarging information displayed on the display based on the enlargement ratio;

detecting a second touch operation comprising a touch point within a range between the two touch points of the first touch operation; and

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in response to the second touch operation, changing a position of a cursor, within the information displayed on the display, based on the touch point of the second touch operation.