Mobile terminal device, operation method, program, and storage medium

• US 9,864,512 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2017
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tokutake, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US15/398,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-183
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0421 by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
• 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 mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display;

a touch panel configured to detect a touch input; and

processing circuitry configured to

control the mobile terminal device to shift to a suspended state when an input operation is not detected at the touch panel over a predetermined period of time;

detect a double tap touch input operation on the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state;

control the mobile terminal to shift from the suspended state to an active state and activate an application executed by the mobile terminal when the double tap touch input is detected; and

control the display to display a home screen corresponding to the activated application when the double tap touch input operation is detected.

2. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a touch panel configured to detect an input operation; and

processing circuitry configured to;

control the mobile terminal device to shift to a suspend state when an input operation is not detected at the touch panel over a predetermined time period;

detect a plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the mobile terminal device is in the suspend state; and

execute a specific application when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected when the mobile terminal device is in the suspend state.

3. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the plurality of touch inputs include sequential contacts of a predetermined location on the touch panel.

4. The mobile terminal device of claim 3, wherein

the plurality of touch inputs correspond to a drag or swipe operation performed continuously over the predetermined locations on the touch panel.

5. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the plurality of touch inputs is a double tap operation performed by a user'"'"'s finger on the touch panel.

6. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the mobile terminal to shift from the suspend state to an active state when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected.

7. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the mobile terminal to shift from the suspend state to an active state and control a display of the mobile terminal to display a home screen of the specific application when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

8. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to start a camera application when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

9. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to start a music application when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

10. The mobile terminal device of claim 2, further comprising:

a display, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to have a reduced functionality when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

11. The mobile terminal device of claim 10, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display a home screen of the specific application when the plurality of touch inputs on the touch panel corresponding to the specific application are detected.

12. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display;

a touch panel configured to detect a touch input; and

processing circuitry configured to;

detect a double tap touch operation on the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel when the mobile terminal is in a suspend state;

activate an application of the mobile terminal when the double tap touch operation is detected; and

control the display to display application data corresponding to the activated application when the double tap touch operation is detected.

13. The mobile terminal device of claim 12, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to select the activated application from among a plurality of applications based on a detected position of the double tap touch input on the touch panel.

14. The mobile terminal device of claim 12, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to activate the application when the double tap touch input is detected at a predetermined position on the touch panel.

15. The mobile terminal device of claim 12, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the mobile terminal to shift from the suspend state to an active state when the double tap touch operation is detected.

16. The mobile terminal device of claim 12, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the mobile terminal to shift from the suspend state to an active state and control the display to display a home screen of the activated application when the double tap touch operation is detected and the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

17. The mobile terminal device of claim 12, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to have a reduced functionality when the mobile terminal is in the suspend state.

18. The mobile terminal device of claim 17, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display a home screen corresponding to the activated application when the double tap touch operation is detected.

19. A mobile terminal device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

detect a double tap touch input operation on a touch panel based on an output of a touch panel when the mobile terminal is inactive;

activate an application executed by the mobile terminal when the double tap touch input operation is detected; and

control the display to display a home screen corresponding to the activated application when the double tap touch input operation is detected.

20. The mobile terminal device of claim 19, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to control the mobile terminal to shift from a suspend state to an active state and control the display to display the home screen corresponding to the activated application when the double tap touch input operation is detected.