Information processing device

• US 9,658,767 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
• 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: Ogita, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adams, Carl
• Application Number:
  US13/568,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20130093680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• Field of Search: 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• 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: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/24 varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal that includes a display panel; a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel; a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; and a controller that controls the display panel based on at least one of a size and number of contacts corresponding to a touch input detected at the second touch panel.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display panel;

a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel;

a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; and

circuitry configured to control the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to a touch input detected at the second touch panel is greater than or equal to a predetermined size;

control the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number;

control the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and

control the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein

the display panel and the first touch panel are provided on a front surface of the mobile communication terminal, and the second touch panel is provided on a rear surface of the mobile communication terminal.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the QWERTY keyboard when no touch input is detected at the second touch panel.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the second keyboard near the right edge of the display panel is the only keyboard displayed by the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and the position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the second keyboard near the left edge of the display panel is the only keyboard displayed by the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and the position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

6. A method performed by a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying data at a display panel of the mobile communication terminal;

detecting a first touch input at a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel;

detecting a second touch input at a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel;

controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to the second touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined size;

controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number;

controlling the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the second touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and

controlling the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code, which when executed by a mobile communication terminal, causes the mobile communication terminal to perform a method comprising:

displaying data at a display panel of the mobile communication terminal;

detecting a first touch input at a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel;

detecting a second touch input at a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel;

controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to the second touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined size;

controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number;

controlling the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the second touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and

controlling the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.