PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ICONS THEREOF

• US 20100035659A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIN, CHUNG-CHING, LU, CHI-CHUNG
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• 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 portable electronic device includes a main body, a slidable cover, a display panel, a sensor, and a controlling module. The slidable cover is slidably positioned on the main body. The display panel is positioned on the slidable cover. The sensor is configured to detect a position of the slidable cover relative to the main body. The controlling module is configured to output icons and data to the display panel, and to adjust an area of each icon displayed on the display panel according to a position, detected by the sensor, of the slidable cover relative to the main body.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a main body;

a slidable cover slidably attached on the main body;

a display panel positioned on the slidable cover,

a sensor configured to detect a position of the slidable cover relative to the main body; and

a controlling module configured to output icons and data to the display panel, and to adjust an area of each icon displayed on the display panel according to a position, detected by the sensor, of the slidable cover relative to the main body.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the slidable cover is positioned over the main body or partially positioned over the main body, each icon displayed on the display panel is in the large icon size.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a capacitive touch panel positioned on a surface of the display panel to input data into the portable electronic device.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a keyboard positioned on the main body, wherein the slidable cover is capable of covering the keyboard.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a touch plate positioned underneath the keyboard and a guide mark displayed on the display panel;

the guide mark moves when a finger moves along a surface of the keyboard.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the touch plate is a capacitive touch plate.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein an operating system of the portable electronic device is windows Mobile.

8. A method of managing icons, comprising:

providing a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a main body, a slidable cover slidably positioned on the main body, a sensor, a display panel positioned on the slidable cover and configured to display a plurality of icons having either a large icon size or a small icon size, and a controlling module to output icons to the display panel and adjust an area of each icon displayed on the display panel according to a position detected by the sensor;

detecting a position of the slidable cover relative to the main body by the sensor;

upon a condition that the relative position is larger than a predetermined value, receiving a status that the portable electronic device is in an opened state and displaying the icons having the large icon size;

upon a condition that the relative position is not larger than the predetermined value, receiving a status that the portable electronic device is in a closed state and displaying the icons having the small icon size.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein an area of the large icon size is less than or equal to twice an area of the small icon size.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein when some of the icons having the large icon size are displayed, the other icons are hidden from the touch panel and a scroll menu is displayed in a side of the display panel.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein when some of the icons having the large icon size are displayed, the other icons are hidden from the touch panel and a scroll menu is displayed in a side of the display panel.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the portable electronic device further comprises a capacitive touch panel positioned on a surface of the display panel to input data into the portable electronic device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the portable electronic device further comprises a keyboard positioned on the main body, a capacitive touch plate positioned underneath the keyboard, and a guide mark displayed on the display panel, wherein the slidable cover is capable of covering the keyboard, the guide mark moves when a finger moves along a surface of the keyboard.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein an operating system of the portable electronic device is windows Mobile.