Portable electronic device

• US 9,342,682 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tsunoda, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US14/588,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display unit; and

a processor connected to the display unit,

wherein the processor is configured to detect an input to the display unit, and to set or release a locked state for a part or all functions of the portable electronic device,

wherein an operation for releasing the locked state is set by at least two kinds of operations and an operation sequence of the at least two kinds of the operations, and

wherein when the at least two kinds of the operations is set and is sequentially performed in the operation sequence, an indication of each independent confirmation is displayed on the display unit, with independent confirmation of properly completing each part of the operation sequence, and then the locked state is released.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein both of a type of an operation and a number of times of the type of the operation is set for each of the at least two kinds of the operations.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2,

wherein the plurality of operations includes a slide operation along a first direction and a slide operation along a second direction, which are different from each other, and

wherein the slide operation along the first direction and the slide operation along the second direction are performed in predetermined order.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 2,

wherein the plurality of operations includes a slide operation along a first direction, a slide operation along a second direction and an other touch operation, which are different from each other, and

wherein the slide operation along the first direction, the slide operation along the second direction and the other touch operation are performed in predetermined order.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation for releasing the locked state is set by user.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit displays a process of the input from starting of the predetermined input to a completion of the predetermined input.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising

a sound effect generation unit generating a sound effect, which indicates a completion of the operation, as the operation is performed.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit displays a function screen corresponding to a function being executed, and

wherein, when the predetermined input is performed in a state where the locked state is released, the wherein the processor sets the locked state for a function corresponding to the function screen being displayed by the display unit.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising

a luminance control unit that controls a luminance of the display unit,

wherein, when the locked state is set for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device, the luminance control unit controls a luminance of the display unit so that the luminance becomes a predetermined value or smaller, until the predetermined input is detected by the processor.

10. A method of a portable electronic device including:

a display unit; and

a processor connected to the display unit,

wherein the processor is configured to detect an input to the display unit, and to set or release a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device, and

wherein an operation for releasing the locked state is set by at least two kinds of operations and an operation sequence of the at least two kinds of the operations, and an operation sequence of the at least two kinds of operations;

the method comprising;

releasing the locked state, when the at least two kinds of the operations is set and is sequentially performed in the operation sequence, with independent confirmation of properly completing each part of the operation sequence, wherein an indication of each independent confirmation is displayed on the display.