Electronic equipment with side surface touch control of image display, display control method, and non-transitory storage medium
First Claim
1. Electronic equipment comprising:
- a display device disposed on a front surface of a housing;
a storage medium for storing image sequence information of plural images of a predetermined sequence;
a display control unit for display control of displaying said image sequence information on said display device;
a contact surface portion, disposed on at least one side surface of said housing, and tangible externally;
a touch sensor for detecting rubbing movement in contact with said contact surface portion, to output contact information;
a lateral recess formed in said at least one side surface, said contact surface portion and said touch sensor being disposed at said lateral recess;
an information processing device, connected between said storage medium and said display control unit, provided with said contact information, for processing said image sequence information according to a direction of said rubbing movement for forward or backward page turning of said plural images,wherein said at least one side surface includes right and left side surfaces and wherein said touch sensor is constituted by a right side touch sensor disposed in said right side surface and a left side touch sensor disposed in said left side surface;
wherein the electronic equipment is configured to perform functions of,selecting a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction for page turning according to said contact information from said right and left side touch sensors, anddisabling one of said right and left side touch sensors from detecting contact according to a selection result of said selecting function,wherein said contact surface portion includes a first contact area, and the electronic equipment includes a second contact area separate from said contact surface portion, said second contact area including an upper inclined surface and a lower inclined surface, said upper and lower inclined surfaces being separate from the first contact area and disposed on opposite sides of said first contact area,wherein said information processing device, in case said first contact area is rubbed, processes said image sequence information in a mode for displaying said images by one image, and in case said second contact area is contacted, processes said image sequence information in a mode for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images among said images,wherein said right and left side touch sensors are constituted by one electrically conductive sheet in a flexible form, andwherein the contact surface portion includes touch bar devices that extend in a longitudinal direction, are arranged in a thickness direction, and are separated by a space therebetween.
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Abstract
An electronic book reader includes a touchscreen display device disposed on a front surface of a housing. A storage medium stores image sequence information of plural images of a predetermined sequence. A contact surface portion is disposed on a side surface of the housing. A touch sensor detects contact with the contact surface portion. There is a CPU for display control of displaying the image sequence information on the touchscreen display device. An information processing device is connected between the storage medium and the CPU, for processing the image sequence information according to contact information from the touch sensor. The contact information is information of a rubbing movement in contact with the contact surface portion. The information processing device processes the image sequence information for forward or backward page turning according to a direction of the rubbing movement.
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Citations
9 Claims
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1. Electronic equipment comprising:
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a display device disposed on a front surface of a housing; a storage medium for storing image sequence information of plural images of a predetermined sequence; a display control unit for display control of displaying said image sequence information on said display device; a contact surface portion, disposed on at least one side surface of said housing, and tangible externally; a touch sensor for detecting rubbing movement in contact with said contact surface portion, to output contact information; a lateral recess formed in said at least one side surface, said contact surface portion and said touch sensor being disposed at said lateral recess; an information processing device, connected between said storage medium and said display control unit, provided with said contact information, for processing said image sequence information according to a direction of said rubbing movement for forward or backward page turning of said plural images, wherein said at least one side surface includes right and left side surfaces and wherein said touch sensor is constituted by a right side touch sensor disposed in said right side surface and a left side touch sensor disposed in said left side surface; wherein the electronic equipment is configured to perform functions of, selecting a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction for page turning according to said contact information from said right and left side touch sensors, and disabling one of said right and left side touch sensors from detecting contact according to a selection result of said selecting function, wherein said contact surface portion includes a first contact area, and the electronic equipment includes a second contact area separate from said contact surface portion, said second contact area including an upper inclined surface and a lower inclined surface, said upper and lower inclined surfaces being separate from the first contact area and disposed on opposite sides of said first contact area, wherein said information processing device, in case said first contact area is rubbed, processes said image sequence information in a mode for displaying said images by one image, and in case said second contact area is contacted, processes said image sequence information in a mode for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images among said images, wherein said right and left side touch sensors are constituted by one electrically conductive sheet in a flexible form, and wherein the contact surface portion includes touch bar devices that extend in a longitudinal direction, are arranged in a thickness direction, and are separated by a space therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A display control method for a display device disposed on a front surface of a housing, comprising steps of:
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inputting contact information according to a rubbing movement in contact with a contact surface portion disposed on at least one side surface of said housing, by use of a touch sensor; processing image sequence information including plural images of a predetermined sequence for forward or backward page turning of said images according to a direction of said rubbing movement, for display control of said display device according to said image sequence information being processed, wherein said at least one side surface is right and left side surfaces and wherein said touch sensor is constituted by a right side touch sensor disposed in said right side surface and a left side touch sensor disposed in said left side surface; the display control method further comprising steps of, selecting a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction for page turning according to said contact information from said right and left side touch sensors; and disabling one of said right and left side touch sensors from detecting contact according to a selection result of said selecting step, wherein the housing includes a lateral recess formed in said at least one side surface, said contact surface portion and said touch sensor being disposed at said lateral recess; wherein said contact surface portion includes a first contact area, and the electronic equipment includes a second contact area separate from said contact surface portion, said second contact area including an upper inclined surface and a lower inclined surface, said upper and lower inclined surfaces being separate from the first contact area and disposed on opposite sides of said first contact area, wherein said information processing device, in case said first contact area is rubbed, processes said image sequence information in a mode for displaying said images by one image, and in case said second contact area is contacted, processes said image sequence information in a mode for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images among said images, wherein said right and left side touch sensors are constituted by one electrically conductive sheet in a flexible form, and wherein the contact surface portion includes touch bar devices that extend in a longitudinal direction, are arranged in a thickness direction, and are separated by a space therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A non-transitory storage medium for storing a computer-executable program for electronic equipment including a display device disposed on a front surface of a housing, and a touch sensor for detecting contact with a contact surface portion disposed on at least one side surface of said housing, said computer-executable program comprising:
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a program code for inputting contact information according to a rubbing movement in contact with said contact surface portion by use of said touch sensor; a program code for processing image sequence information including plural images of a predetermined sequence for forward or backward page turning according to a direction of said rubbing movement, and for display control of said display device according to said image sequence information being processed, wherein said at least one side surface is right and left side surfaces and wherein said touch sensor is constituted by a right side touch sensor disposed in said right side surface and a left side touch sensor disposed in said left side surface; the computer-executable program further comprising, a program code for selecting a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction for page turning according to said contact information from said right and left side touch sensors; and a program code for disabling one of said right and left side touch sensors from detecting contact according to a selection result of said selecting step, wherein the housing includes a lateral recess formed in said at least one side surface, said contact surface portion and said touch sensor being disposed at said lateral recess; wherein said contact surface portion includes a first contact area, and the electronic equipment includes a second contact area separate from said contact surface portion, said second contact area including an upper inclined surface and a lower inclined surface, said upper and lower inclined surfaces being separate from the first contact area and disposed on opposite sides of said first contact area, wherein said information processing device, in case said first contact area is rubbed, processes said image sequence information in a mode for displaying said images by one image, and in case said second contact area is contacted, processes said image sequence information in a mode for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images among said images, wherein said right and left side touch sensors are constituted by one electrically conductive sheet in a flexible form, and wherein the contact surface portion includes touch bar devices that extend in a longitudinal direction, are arranged in a thickness direction, and are separated by a space therebetween.
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