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Method and program of controlling electronic device, electronic device and subscriber equipment

  • US 9,152,840 B2
  • Filed: 06/23/2005
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an electronic device having a sensor for detecting characteristics of a user skin and, functionally separate from the sensor, a user interface component for receiving user input, a method comprising:

  • detecting pivoting movement of the characteristics of the user skin around a pivot point on a surface of a sensor detecting characteristics of the user skin;

    controlling scaling of a user perceivable output quantity of the electronic device as a function of the pivoting movement detected by the sensor;

    detecting context in the electronic device;

    receiving from the user interface component an input determining a type of control of the user perceivable output quantity of the electronic device;

    determining the type of control as strengthening or weakening at least one of the following;

    a user perceivable acoustic quantity, a user perceivable visual quantity, or a user perceivable tactile quantity;

    changing the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled by selecting the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled according to the context so that the controlling controls a zoom operation in the electronic device; and

    additionally changing the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled by selecting the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled according to the input.

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