ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTOMATICALLY HIDING KEYPAD METHOD AND DIGITAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA

• US 20090267910A1
• Filed: 03/04/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tsuei, Yuan-Mao
• Granted Patent: US 8,624,848 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• 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 method for automatically hiding keypad, an electronic device, and a digital data storage medium are provided. The keypad automatically hiding method is applied to an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, an input field and a keypad are shown on the touch screen. Next, an item of data is received from the keypad and inputted to the input field. Then, a search list is shown on the touch screen according to the data. Afterwards, the keypad is hidden when the input signal for checking the search list is generated.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen used for showing an input field, a search list, and a keypad, wherein the keypad is used for inputting an item of data to the input field, and the search list is generated according to the data; and

a processing unit coupled to the touch screen, wherein the processing unit hides the keypad when an input signal for checking the search list is generated.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit shows the keypad when an input signal for leaving the search list is generated.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a dialing mode on which the input field, the search list, and the keypad are shown.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the inputted data is an inputted string, the search list comprises m records, and each of the m records is generated according to the inputted string;

wherein m is a positive integer.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit hides the keypad when the input signal is generated in one of the m records and used for checking one of the m records.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the touch screen shows the input field, the 1st to the n-th record, and the keypad when the input signal is generated in the input field, and the processing unit hides the keypad when the input signal is generated in the n-th record and moved to the (n+1)-th record;

wherein n is a positive integer smaller than m.

7. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit shows the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is an upward signal generated in the 1st record.

8. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit shows the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is a downward signal generated in the m-th record.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit shows the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is generated in the input field.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen is further used for showing a keypad access key, and the processing unit shows the keypad on the touch screen when the keypad'"'"'s access key is activated.

11. A method for automatically hiding keypad, applied to an electronic device having a touch screen, wherein the method comprises:

a. showing an input field and a keypad on the touch screen;

b. receiving an item of data from the keypad and inputting the item of data to the input field;

c. showing a search list on the touch screen according to the data; and

d. hiding the keypad when an input signal for checking the search list is generated.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein further comprises:

showing the keypad when an input signal for leaving the search list is generated.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the inputted data is an inputted string, the search list comprises m record, and each of the m records is generated according to the inputted string;

wherein m is a positive integer.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the step d, the keypad is hidden when the input signal is generated in one of the m records and used for checking one of the m records.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the touch screen shows the input field, the 1st to the n-th record, and the keypad when the input signal is generated in the input field, and in the step d of the method, the keypad is hidden when the input signal is generated in the n-th record and moved to the (n+1)-th record;

wherein n is a positive integer smaller than m.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein further comprises:

showing the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is an upward signal generated in the 1st record.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein further comprises:

showing the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is a downward signal generated in the m-th record.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein further comprises:

showing the keypad on the touch screen when the input signal is generated in the input field.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the touch screen comprises a keypad access key, and the method further comprises:

showing the keypad on the touch screen when the keypad access key is activated.

20. A digital data storage medium having a plurality of commands executable on an electronic device, the electronic device executes the keypad automatically hiding method according to claim 11.