PHONE

• US 20100128858A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Ching-Chieh
• Granted Patent: US 8,295,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.190
• 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 1/72469 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

Phones comprising a touch panel and a controller. The controller is operable to control the touch panel to stop showing a first user interface to show a second user interface when receiving an interrupt signal that is occurred when a dialing icon of the first user interface had been tapped.

Claims

1. A phone, comprising:

a touch panel; and

a controller, operable to switch the touch panel from a first user interface to a second user interface when receiving an interrupt signal that is occurred when a dialing icon of the first user interface had been tapped.

2. The phone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a voice receiver operable to trigger the interrupt signal when receiving a predetermined phrase.

3. The phone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interrupt signal is generated when a predetermined button of the first user interface is tapped.

4. The phone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a switch button operable to trigger the interrupt signal when being pressed.

5. The phone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a voice receiver operable to trigger the interrupt signal after a conversation has been received by the voice receiver for a period of time.

6. The phone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a voice receiver operable to trigger the interrupt signal when receiving a conversation.

7. The phone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a voice receiver coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is further operable to disable a touch function of the touch panel when the voice receiver receives a conversation.

8. A phone, comprising:

a touch panel;

a voice receiver; and

a controller, coupled to the touch panel and the voice receiver, and operable to disable a touch function of the touch panel when the voice receiver receives a conversation.

9. A method for controlling a touch panel of a phone, comprising:

controlling the touch panel to display a first user interface to provide a dialing icon;

detecting an interrupt signal when the dialing icon had been tapped; and

controlling the touch panel to switch from the first user interface to a second user interface when the interrupt signal is detected.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the interrupt signal is generated when a voice receiver of the phone receives a predetermined phrase.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the interrupt signal is generated when a predetermined button of the first user interface is tapped.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the interrupt signal is generated when a switch button of the phone is pressed.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the interrupt signal is generated after a conversation has been detected for a period of time.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the interrupt signal is generated when a voice receiver of the phone receives a conversation.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising disabling a touch function of the touch panel when a voice receiver of the phone receives a conversation.