Terminal device

• US 9,357,396 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2015
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Okuno, Takayoshi, Shimoe, Takeaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Fayyaz
• Application Number:
  US14/738,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20150358823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/90.1, 455565-566, 715/702, 715741-747, 715/863, 715/864, 715/866
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A terminal device including an operation unit configured to receive an operation instruction performed by an external object; an operation disabling controller which performs control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the operation unit is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled; an operation detector which outputs, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction; an operation speed determination unit which determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold; and an operation controller which instructs the operation disabling controller to cancel the disabled state and control execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with the movement speed of the touch operation.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a touch panel display configured to display image data and receive an operation instruction performed by an external object; and

circuitry configured to

perform control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the touch panel display is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled,

output, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction, and

cancel the disabled state and perform control of execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with movement and speed of the touch operation to move a displayed marker in a direction toward one of a plurality of displayed icons each corresponding to a different predetermined function and at least one of the displayed icons corresponds to a plurality of predetermined functions each one to be executed based on one of different respective movement speeds of the touch operation.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and wherein a first predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and a second predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of displayed icons corresponds to a predetermined function of displaying a standby screen and displaying an application that was previously open before the disabled state was entered.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of displayed icons includes icons corresponding to at least one of an internet browser application, a mail application, and a camera application.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the mail application, the circuitry determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a message generation screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and a home screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

6. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the camera application, the circuitry determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a movie shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and camera shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

7. A method, implemented on a terminal device having a touch panel display configured to display image data, comprising:

receiving, at the touch panel display, an operation instruction performed by an external object;

performing control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the touch panel display is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled;

outputting, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction; and

cancelling the disabled state and perform control of execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with movement and speed of the touch operation to move a displayed marker in a direction toward one of a plurality of displayed icons each corresponding to a different predetermined function and at least one of the displayed icons corresponds to a plurality of predetermined functions each one to be executed based on one of different respective movement speeds of the touch operation.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and wherein a first predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value and a second predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein one of the plurality of displayed icons corresponds to a predetermined function of displaying a standby screen and displaying an application that was previously open before the disabled state was entered.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of displayed icons includes icons corresponding to at least one of an internet browser application, a mail application, and a camera application.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the mail application, the method includes determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a message generation screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and a home screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the camera application, the method includes determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a movie shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and camera shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a terminal device having a touch panel display configured to display image data, cause the terminal device to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at the touch panel display, an operation instruction performed by an external object;

performing control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the touch panel display is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled;

outputting, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction; and

cancelling the disabled state and perform control of execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with movement and speed of the touch operation to move a displayed marker in a direction toward one of a plurality of displayed icons each corresponding to a different predetermined function and at least one of the displayed icons corresponds to a plurality of predetermined functions each one to be executed based on one of different respective movement speeds of the touch operation.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, the method further comprising:

determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and wherein a first predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value and a second predetermined function corresponding to the displayed icon towards which the marker is moved is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein one of the plurality of displayed icons corresponds to a predetermined function of displaying a standby screen and displaying an application that was previously open before the disabled state was entered.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of displayed icons includes icons corresponding to at least one of an internet browser application, a mail application, and a camera application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the mail application, the method includes determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a message generation screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and a home screen corresponding to the mail application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein when the marker is moved toward a displayed icon corresponding to the camera application, the method includes determining whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a movie shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed of the touch operation is higher than the predetermined threshold value, and camera shooting mode corresponding to the camera application is executed when the movement speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.