Information processing device, processing method, and non-transitory recording medium

• US 10,331,286 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ryo, Sho
• Primary Examiner(s): Weng, Pei Yong
• Application Number:
  US14/382,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,308 Days
• 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 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3228 Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A portable communication device (1) is capable of setting a sleep mode as an operation mode. An operation receiver (101) receives operations given by a user. A setter (102) sets the operation mode to the sleep mode when the operation receiver (101) receives no operation for a first time period. A displayer (103) displays an indicator on a display when the operation receiver (101) receives a first operation in the sleep mode. A launcher (104) launches, when the operation receiver (101) receives operations for specifying the indicator, an application program associated with the specified indicator.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a controller to be capable of executing a plurality of application programs;

a displayer to display an indicator associated with at least one of the application programs, the indicator being one of a plurality of indicators;

a touch panel;

a hardware key; and

a receiver to receive a first operation through the touch panel, a second operation through the hardware key, and a specific operation to the indicator;

wherein

the controller is configured to;

control switching between;

a first state for displaying normal display information including the plurality of the indicators,

a second state for displaying simple display information including at least one of the plurality of indicators displayed in the first state, wherein;

the simple display information includes fewer indicators than the normal display information, wherein at least one of the fewer indicators is associated with a predetermined application program or a user-selected application program, and

when the receiver receives the specific operation to the at least one of the plurality of indicators, in response to the specific operation, the controller is configured to execute an associated application program,

a third state for indicating, without displaying the indicator, a state in which a lock is set and receiving the first operation and the second operation, and

a fourth state for allowing to receive unlocking information for canceling the lock of the third state; and

control in the third state to;

set a part of the displayer darker than the first state when switching to the second state due to the first operation, and

receive the unlocking information when switching to the fourth state due to the second operation.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, upon receiving the unlocking information through the receiver, cancel the lock.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, upon receiving a password as the unlocking information, cancel the lock.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when performing control to cause darkening, cause darkening by adjusting brightness of the displayer.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when in the third state, not to receive the specific operation.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the indicator is an icon;

and the specific operation is a touch operation by a finger against the icon.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the first operation is a slide operation.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the second operation is to press the hardware key.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the part of the displayer indicates as a background of a display information displaying at the displayer in the second state.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to execute the application program in response to the specific operation to the displayed indicator on both the second state and the first state.

8. A processing method comprising:

controlling switching between

a first state for displaying normal display information including a plurality of indicators associated with an application program,

a second state for displaying simple display information including at least one of the plurality of indicators displayed in the first state, wherein;

the simple display information includes fewer indicators than the normal display information, wherein at least one of the fewer indicators is associated with a predetermined application program or a user-selected application program, and

when the receiver receives the specific operation to the at least one of the plurality of indicators, in response to the specific operation, the controller is configured to execute an associated application program,

a third state for indicating, without displaying the indicators, a state in which a lock is set and receiving the first operation and the second operation, and

a fourth state for allowing to receive unlocking information for canceling the lock of the third state; and

controlling in the third state to;

set the displayer darker than the first state when switching to the second state due to the first operation, and

receive the unlocking information when switching to the fourth state due to the second operation,

wherein the first operation is received through a touch panel, and

wherein the second operation is received through a hardware key.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program for causing a computer to perform:

controlling switching between

a first state for displaying normal display information including a plurality of indicators associated with an application program,

a second state for displaying simple display information including at least one of the plurality of indicators displayed in the first state, wherein

the simple display information includes fewer indicators than the normal display information, wherein at least one of the fewer indicators is associated with a predetermined application program or a user-selected application program, and

when the receiver receives the specific operation to the at least one of the plurality of indicators, in response to the specific operation, the controller is configured to execute an associated application program,

a third state for indicating, without displaying the indicators, a state in which a lock is set and receiving the first operation and the second operation, and

a fourth state for allowing to receive unlocking information for canceling the lock of the third state; and

controlling in the third state to;

set the displayer darker than the first state when switching to the second state due to the first operation, and

receive the unlocking information when switching to the fourth state due to the second operation,

wherein the first operation is received through a touch panel, and

wherein the second operation is received through a hardware key.