Input control device, electronic instrument, input control method, program, and recording medium

• US 9,495,090 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ohtsuka, Kiyofumi, Yokogawa, Megumi, Satoh, Shinya, Kishimoto, Tatsuo, Yabuki, Yuhichi, Nagasawa, Tadao, Ishikawa, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US14/353,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20140298251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch control section (5) includes: an operation accepting section (51) which accepts a touch operation conducted with respect to an icon or the like; and an accepting operation control section (52) which controls the operation accepting section (51) to forbid an accepting operation in a case where screen scroll is started. In a case where screen scroll is started, the accepting operation control section (52) controls the accepting operation control section (52) to lift the forbiddance of an accepting operation before the screen scroll automatically stops.

Claims

1. An input control device for use in an electronic device including a display device by which a screen is displayed so as to be scrolled, on which screen a display element, to be subjected to an operation conducted via a touch panel, is displayed, the input control device controlling an acceptance of the operation,

said input control device comprising:

an operation accepting section that accepts the operation to be conducted with respect to the display element; and

a processing device and a memory device storing instructions that cause the processing device to;

control the operation accepting section to forbid an accepting operation, in a case where scrolling of the screen is started,

control the operation accepting section to lift forbiddance of the accepting operation before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

2. The input control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein,

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation a predetermined time before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

3. The input control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein,

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation when a scroll amount, remaining until the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, becomes equal to a predetermined amount, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

4. The input control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein,

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation when a speed of the scrolling of the screen automatically decreases and reaches a predetermined speed, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a display device by which a screen is displayed so as to be scrolled, on which screen a display element, to be subjected to an operation conducted via a touch panel, is displayed; and

an input control device for controlling an acceptance of the operation conducted via the touch panel,

the input control device including;

an operation accepting section that accepts the operation to be conducted with respect to the display element; and

a processing device and a memory device storing instructions that cause the processing device to;

control the operation accepting section to forbid an accepting operation, in a case where scrolling of the screen is started,

control the operation accepting section to lift forbiddance of the accepting operation before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

6. The electronic device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone.

7. A method of carrying out input control for use in an electronic device including a display device by which a screen is displayed so as to be scrolled, the method comprising the steps of:

causing an operation accepting section to accept an operation to be conducted with respect to a display element, while the screen on which the display element, to be subjected to the operation conducted via a touch panel, is being displayed;

causing a processing device to forbid an acceptance of the operation conducted with respect to the display element, in a case where scrolling of the screen is started; and

causing the processing device to lift forbiddance of the acceptance of the operation before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a program for causing a computer to operate as each instruction of an input control device for use in an electronic device including a display device by which a screen is displayed so as to be scrolled, on which screen a display element, to be subjected to an operation conducted via a touch panel, is displayed, the input control device controlling an acceptance of the operation,

said input control device comprising:

an operation accepting section that accepts the operation to be conducted with respect to the display element; and

a processing device and a memory device storing instructions that cause the processing device to;

control the operation accepting section to forbid an accepting operation, in a case where scrolling of the screen is started,

control the operation accepting section to lift forbiddance of the accepting operation before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

9. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium, according to claim 8, wherein

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation a predetermined time before the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium, according to claim 8, wherein

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation when a scroll amount, remaining until the scrolling of the screen automatically stops, becomes equal to a predetermined amount, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.

11. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium, according to claim 8, wherein

the memory device stores instructions that further cause the processing device to:

control the operation accepting section to lift the forbiddance of the accepting operation when a speed of the scrolling of the screen automatically decreases and reaches a predetermined speed, in a case where the scrolling of the screen is started.