Portable electronic apparatus to bypass screen lock mode for electronic notebook and operation method thereof and computer readable media

• US 8,982,077 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Ying-Ju, Folchi, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): STERNBANE, LAURENCE J
• Application Number:
  US13/615,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20130069896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 455/574, 455/410, 455/411, 455/418, 713/100, 715/863
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus and an operation method thereof and a computer readable media are provided. The portable electronic apparatus comprises a touch display unit, and an electronic notebook is displayed in the touch display unit. When the touch display enters a power saving mode, and a trigger event is detected, the power saving mode is ended, and the electronic notebook is directly displayed in the touch display unit without displaying a screen lock mode before displaying the electronic notebook.

Claims

1. An operation method, adapted to a portable electronic apparatus having a touch display unit, wherein the portable electronic apparatus has a power saving mode and a screen lock mode, and the operation method comprising:

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode;

ending the power saving mode when a trigger event is detected, and displaying the screen lock mode;

ending the screen lock mode when a screen unlock action is detected;

activating an electronic notebook and displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit;

activating a video recording function of the electronic notebook;

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode under the condition that the video recording function of the electronic notebook is activated; and

ending the power saving mode when the trigger event is detected, and directly displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode.

2. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode comprises:

adjusting the brightness of the touch display unit.

3. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the step of entering the power saving mode, the operation method further comprises:

detecting the trigger event through a detection unit, and ending the power saving mode when the trigger event is detected, where the detection unit comprises at least one of a motion sensor, a touch sensor, and a. hand sensor; and

the trigger event comprises one of following situations or combinations thereof;

a displacement of the portable electronic apparatus is detected through the motion sensor, a touch signal of the touch display unit is detected through the touch sensor, a touch object is detected within a specified range of the touch display unit through the hand sensor, and a touch object is detected through the hand sensor.

4. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a sound recording function of the electronic notebook is simultaneously activated under the condition that the electronic notebook is activated; and

if the touch display unit enters the power saving mode under the condition that the electronic notebook and the sound recording function are activated, directly displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode when the trigger event is detected to end the power saving mode; and

if the touch display unit enters the power saving mode under the condition that the electronic notebook is activated and the sound recording function is not activated, displaying the screen lock mode when the trigger event is detected to end the power saving mode.

5. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

activating a sound recording function of the electronic notebook;

receiving an input information through the electronic notebook; and

establishing a link between the input information and a recording time corresponding to a input time of the input information when the input information is received.

6. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

activating a sound recording function of the electronic notebook;

establishing a time bar corresponding to a recording time when the sound recording function is activated;

receiving an input information through the electronic notebook; and

adding an information tag to the time bar corresponding to a time point of the input information, wherein a recorded content of the corresponding input information is played when the information tag is selected.

7. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the portable electronic apparatus does not receive an operation for a predetermined period of time, the touch display unit enters the power saving mode.

8. The operation method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a shortcut related to the electronic notebook in the screen lock mode; and

when the short cut is triggered under the screen lock mode, the screen lock mode is directly unlocked and the function related to the short cut is executed.

9. A non-transitory computer readable media, storing a plurality of program instructions, and the program instructions are loaded into a portable electronic apparatus to accomplish following steps, wherein the portable electronic apparatus has a touch display unit, a power saving mode and a screen lock mode, and the steps comprising:

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode;

ending the power saving mode when a trigger event is detected, and displaying the screen lock mode;

ending the screen lock mode when a screen unlock action is detected;

activating an electronic notebook and displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit;

activating a sound recording function of the electronic notebook;

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode under the condition that the sound recording function of the electronic notebook is activated; and

ending the power saving mode when the trigger event is detected, and directly displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode.

10. A portable electronic apparatus, having a power saving mode and a screen lock mode, comprising:

a touch display unit;

a processing unit, coupled to the touch display unit, activating an electronic notebook for displaying in the touch display unit and activating a sound recording function of the electronic notebook;

an adjusting unit, coupled to the processing unit and the touch display unit, and adjusting the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode or the screen lock mode; and

a detection unit, coupled to the processing unit, and detecting whether a trigger event for ending the power saving mode is occurred,

wherein when the electronic notebook is not activated and the adjusting unit adjusts the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode, if the detection unit detects the trigger event, the power saving mode is ended, and the screen lock mode is displayed in the touch display unit;

when the sound recording function of the electronic notebook is activated and the adjusting unit adjusts the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode, if the detection unit detects the trigger event, the power saving mode is ended, and the electronic notebook is directly displayed in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode.

11. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein before the processing unit activates the electronic notebook, the touch display unit is in a normal operation mode.

12. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the touch display unit is in the screen lock mode, the processing unit receives a screen unlock command to enable a screen unlock function, so as to unlock the screen lock mode.

13. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processing unit activates the sound recording function of the electronic notebook, wherein if the touch display unit enters the power saving mode under the condition that the electronic notebook and the sound recording function are activated, when the trigger event is detected to end the power saving mode, the electronic notebook is directly displayed in the touch display unit without entering the screen lock mode;

and if the touch display unit enters the power saving mode under the condition that the electronic notebook is activated and the sound recording function is not activated, the screen lock mode is entered when the trigger event is detected to end the power saving mode.

14. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processing unit activates the sound recording function of the electronic notebook, and establishes a time bar corresponding to a recording time when the sound recording function is activated, and when an input information is received through the electronic notebook, an information tag is added to the time bar corresponding to a time point of the input information, wherein a recorded content of the corresponding input information is played when the information tag is selected.

15. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the adjusting unit comprises a brightness control circuit, and the brightness control circuit is adapted to adjust a brightness of the touch display unit.

16. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the detection unit comprises at least one of a motion sensor, a touch sensor, and a hand sensor, the trigger event comprises one of following situations or combinations thereof:

a displacement of the portable electronic apparatus is detected through the motion sensor, a touch signal of the touch display unit is detected through the touch sensor, and a touch object is detected within a specified range of the touch display unit through the hand sensor.

17. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processing unit further displays a shortcut related to the electronic notebook in the screen lock mode, and when the short cut is triggered under the screen lock mode, the screen lock mode is directly unlocked and the function related to the short cut is executed.

18. An operation method, adapted to a portable electronic apparatus having a touch display unit, wherein the portable electronic apparatus has a power saving mode and a screen lock mode, and the operation method comprising:

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode;

ending the power saving mode when a trigger event is detected, and displaying the screen lock mode;

ending the screen lock mode when a screen unlock action is detected;

activating an electronic notebook and displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit;

activating a sound recording function of the electronic notebook;

making the touch display unit to enter the power saving mode under the condition that the electronic notebook and the sound recording function are activated; and

ending the power saving mode when the trigger event is detected, and directly displaying the electronic notebook in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode.

19. A portable electronic apparatus, having a power saving mode and a screen lock mode, comprising:

a touch display unit;

a processing unit, coupled to the touch display unit, activating an electronic notebook for displaying in the touch display unit and activating a video recording function of the electronic notebook;

an adjusting unit, coupled to the processing unit and the touch display unit, and adjusting the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode or the screen lock mode; and

a detection unit, coupled to the processing unit, and detecting whether a trigger event for ending the power saving mode is occurred,

wherein when the electronic notebook is not activated and the adjusting unit adjusts the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode, if the detection unit detects the trigger event, the power saving mode is ended, and the screen lock mode is displayed in the touch display unit;

when the video recording function of the electronic notebook is activated and the adjusting unit adjusts the portable electronic apparatus to enter the power saving mode, if the detection unit detects the trigger event, the power saving mode is ended, and the electronic notebook is directly displayed in the touch display unit without displaying the screen lock mode.