Mobile device having backpanel touchpad

• US 8,259,083 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2009
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Do-Hyoung Kim, Quber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Do-Hyoung Kim, INNODIGITAL Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ki-Wan
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, DUC Q
• Application Number:
  US12/503,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20100020034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/169, 345/173, 345/174
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile device having a backpanel touchpad, and more particularly, to a technique for enabling cursor movements and execution instructions on a frontpanel display screen to be inputted through a touchpad positioned at a backpanel of a mobile device. Accordingly, a touchpad is disposed on a back side of a mobile device, so that the mobile device can be controlled through a contact point at which a user'"'"'s finger is naturally positioned when a user holds the mobile device with a user'"'"'s hand. Further, a backpanel touchpad is operated, so that a display screen is not covered with the user'"'"'s finger.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a frontpanel touchscreen disposed on a front side of said mobile device, the frontpanel touchscreen having an image display function and a touchpad function;

a backpanel touchscreen disposed on a back side of said mobile device, the backpanel touchscreen having the image display function and the touchpad function; and

a controller that displays a cursor on said frontpanel touchscreen, cursor operations of the frontpanel cursor are provided on said backpanel touchscreen, and receives an execution instruction on said backpanel touchscreen so as to process the execution instruction corresponding to a cursor position of the execution instruction on said frontpanel touchscreen, said controller further displaying a cursor on said backpanel touchscreen, cursor operations of the backpanel cursor being provided on said frontpanel touchscreen, and said controller receiving an execution instruction on said frontpanel touchscreen so as to process the execution instruction corresponding to a cursor position of the execution instruction on said backpanel touchscreen.

2. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said controller alternately switches the image display and touchpad functions of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens, such that when said controller inactivates the touchpad function and activates the image display function for one of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens, said controller activates the touchpad function and inactivates the display function for an other of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens.

3. A mobile device, comprising:

a frontpanel touchscreen disposed on a front side of said mobile device, the frontpanel touchscreen having an image display function and a touchpad function for a first application;

a backpanel touchscreen having a size corresponding to the frontpanel touchscreen and disposed on a back side of said mobile device, the backpanel touchscreen having an image display function and a touchpad function for a second application; and

a controller, wherein;

when an effective content for the first application is provided on said frontpanel touchscreen, the controller displays a cursor on said frontpanel touchscreen, cursor operations of the front panel cursor being provided on said backpanel touchscreen, and receives an execution instruction on said backpanel touchscreen so as to process the execution instruction corresponding to a front panel cursor position of the execution instruction on said frontpanel touchscreen, and

when an effective content for the second application is provided on said backpanel touchscreen, the controller displays a cursor on said backpanel touchscreen, cursor operations of the backpanel cursor being provided on said frontpanel touchscreen, and receives an execution instruction on said frontpanel touchscreen so as to process the execution instruction corresponding to a backpanel cursor position of the execution instruction on said backpanel touchscreen.

4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said controller alternately switches the image display and touchpad functions of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens, such that when said controller inactivates the touchpad function and activates the image display function for one of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens, said controller activates the touchpad function and inactivates the display function for an other of said frontpanel and backpanel touchscreens.