INPUT UNIT, MOBILE TERMINAL UNIT, AND CONTENT DATA MANIPULATION METHOD IN MOBILE TERMINAL UNIT

• US 20070146346A1
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Takefumi, SATA, Norifumi
• Application Number:
  US11/617,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20070146346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal unit that includes: a display section that displays thereon content data; a manipulation section that is provided close to the display section for being in charge of manipulation related to the content data; a pad section that detects the movement of an object on the display section and the manipulation section; anda control section that goes through a predetermined process with respect to the content data based on the movement of the object detected by the pad section.

Claims

1. An input unit, comprising:

a display section that displays thereon content data;

a manipulation section that is provided close to the display section for being in charge of manipulation related to the content data; and

a pad section that detects a movement of an object which moves on the display section and the manipulation section.

2. A mobile terminal unit, comprising:

a display section that displays thereon content data;

a manipulation section that is provided close to the display section for being in charge of manipulation related to the content data;

a pad section that detects a movement of an object which moves on the display section and the manipulation section; and

a control section that performs a predetermined process with respect to the content data responsive to the movement of the object detected by the pad section.

3. The mobile terminal unit of claim 2, further comprising a memory section for storing therein the content data, wherein

when the pad section detects the movement of the object being directed from the display section to the manipulation section, the control section controls the memory section so as to store the content data in the memory section.

4. The mobile terminal unit of claim 2, wherein

when the pad section detects the movement of the object from the display section to the manipulation section, the control section controls the display section so as to hide a display of the content data.

5. The mobile terminal unit of claim 3, wherein

the manipulation section includes an explicit-display section that displays the content data being stored in the memory section, and

when the pad section detects the movement of the object from the display section to the manipulation section, the control section controls the explicit-display section so as to explicitly display on the explicit-display section the content data that is stored in the memory section.

6. The mobile terminal unit of claim 5, wherein the explicit-display section explicitly displays a title of the content data.

7. The mobile terminal unit of claim 5, wherein

the manipulation section is of a plurality of manipulation sections,

each of the plurality of manipulation sections are each provided with the explicit-display section, and

when the pad section detects the movement of the object from the display section to the manipulation section, the control section controls the explicit-display sections on which the object terminates movement so as to display on the explicit-display section that the content data is stored in the memory section.

8. The mobile terminal unit of claim 2, further comprising

a memory section that stores therein the content data, wherein

when the pad section detects the movement of the object from the manipulation section to the display section, the control section reads the content data from the memory section.

9. The mobile terminal unit of claim 8, wherein

when the pad section detects the movement of the object from the manipulation section to the display section, the control section controls the display section so as to display the content data on the display section.

10. The mobile terminal unit of claim 3, wherein

when the control section detects a predetermined operation, details of the content data stored in the memory section is notified.

11. The mobile terminal unit of claim 10, wherein

the predetermined operation terminating movement of the object on the manipulation section for a predetermined length of time or longer.

12. The mobile terminal unit of claim 3, wherein when the control section detects the predetermined operation, the control section enlarges and displays the content data with no overlay in a display area of the display section.

13. The mobile terminal unit of claim 12, wherein

the predetermined operation is of tapping the display section.

14. The mobile terminal unit of claim 3, wherein

the manipulation section is provided with a light-guidance section that extends to a surface including a side surface of a cabinet.

15. The mobile terminal unit of claim 2, wherein the pad section detects a movement of a pen or a finger on the display section and the manipulation section.

16. A content data manipulation method using a mobile terminal unit, including:

a display section that displays thereon content data;

a manipulation section that is provided close to the display section for being in charge of manipulation related to the content data;

a pad section that detects a movement of an object which moves on the display section and the manipulation section; and

a control section that exercises control over the display section and the pad section, the method comprising;

a first step of detecting the movement of the object by the pad section; and

a second step of performing a predetermined process by the control section with respect to the content data based on the movement of the object detected by the pad section.