Mobile communication terminal

• US 9,326,247 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Atsumi, Yoshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US14/715,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271757A1
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/425, 455/574, 379/916, 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• 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 52/0267 by controlling user interface components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/916 Touch screen associated with telephone set

Abstract

A mobile phone apparatus 10 includes a touch panel controlling IC 30. The touch panel controlling IC 30 controls electric power supplied from the electric power IC 14 on the basis of a received active signal or standby signal to set a touch panel input apparatus 32 to an active state or a standby state on the basis of the received active signal or standby signal. A processor 12 transmits to the touch panel controlling IC 30 the active signal or the standby signal in correspondence with a determined state of the mobile phone apparatus 10.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display;

a power supply operable to supply a power having a predetermined voltage from a battery;

a plurality of keys operable to receive an input by a user;

a touch panel separate from the plurality of keys, the touch panel operable to be supplied with the power from the power supply, the touch panel being formed on an upper surface of the display;

an earphone connector that is configured to be connected with an earphone; and

at least one processor that

sets to the touch panel a first state or a second state that electric power consumption of the battery can be suppressed in comparison to the first state,

maintains the first state for the touch panel, if the first state is set before a start of telephone conversation and if the earphone is connected to the earphone connector when the telephone conversation is started, and

performs processing for an operation corresponding to an input by the user while maintaining the second state for the touch panel and the telephone conversation, if the input by the user is received by one or more of the plurality of keys in a case where the second state is set when the telephone conversation is performed,

wherein predetermined operations are assigned to one or more of the plurality of keys.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein an active state is set to the touch panel when the first state is set, and a standby state that the electric power consumption of the battery can be suppressed to the touch panel when the second state is set.

3. A control method in a mobile terminal which includes a display module, a power module operable to supply a power having a predetermined voltage from a battery, a key input module operable to receive an input by a user, the key input module comprising a plurality of keys, and a touch panel separate from the key input module, the touch panel operable to be which is supplied with the power from the power module, the touch panel being formed on an upper surface of the display module, the method comprising:

maintaining a first state for the touch panel, if the first state is set before a start of telephone conversation and if the earphone is connected to the connecting module when the telephone conversation is started, and

performing processing for an operation corresponding to an input by the user while maintaining a second state for the touch panel and the telephone conversation, if the input by the user is received by the key input module in a case where the second state is set when the telephone conversation is performed, wherein electric power consumption of the battery is suppressed in the second state in comparison to the first state,

wherein predetermined operations are assigned to one or more keys of the key module.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a control program executable by a computer of in a mobile terminal which includes a display module, a power module operable to supply a power having a predetermined voltage from a battery, a key input module operable to receive an input by a user, the key input module comprising a plurality of keys, and a touch panel separate from the key input module, the touch panel operable to be which is supplied with the power from the power module, the touch panel being formed on an upper surface of the display module, wherein the control program causes the computer to:

maintain a first state for the touch panel, if the first state is set before a start of telephone conversation and if the earphone is connected to the connecting module when the telephone conversation is started, and

perform processing for an operation corresponding to an input by the user while maintaining a second state for the touch panel and the telephone conversation, if the input by the user is received by the key input module in a case where the second state is set when the telephone conversation is performed, wherein electric power consumption of the battery is suppressed in the second state in comparison to the first state,

wherein predetermined operations are assigned to one or more keys of the key module.