Display device and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10649573-B2
Application number	US-201615284952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	Apr 18, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

The pressing operation detector of a display device detects a pressing of a housing via an area other than an area of the display surface. The display device executes a first processing when detecting only the pressing of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable media having stored thereon a computer program which, when run on one or more processors associated with a display device having display which has a display surface, a housing which includes an opening portion though which the display surface is exposed, a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface and a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a grip force simultaneously applied to opposite sides of the housing that is greater than a threshold value, will cause the one or more processors to:
carry out a first selected operation of a plurality of possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the one or more processors (a) selecting one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation applied to the housing is greater than a first value and less than a second value and (b) selecting a different one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation is applied to the housing is greater than the second value; and
carry out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is applied to the display surface.

2. The non-transitory computer readable media according to claim 1 , wherein the controller selects the first selected operation from the plurality of possible operations as a function of both the amount, greater than zero, that the pressing force is above the threshold value and the length of time that the pressing force is applied to the housing.

3. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of possible operations is executing an initial screen display processing and the another of the plurality of possible operations is a mail transmitting and receiving program.

4. The non-transitory computer readable media according to claim 1 , wherein the first selected operation is selected from the plurality of possible operations as a function of both the amount, greater than zero, that the pressing force is above the threshold value and the length of time the pressing operation is applied to the housing.

5. The non-transitory computer readable media according to claim 1 , wherein the first value is between 0.5 seconds or more and the second value is one second or more.

6. A display device comprising:
a display having a display surface;
a housing which includes an opening portion through which the display surface is exposed;
a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface;
a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a grip force simultaneously applied to opposite sides of the housing that is greater than a threshold value; and
a controller which:
carries out a first selected operation of a plurality of different possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the controller (a) selecting one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation applied to the housing is greater than a first value and less than a second value and (b) selecting a different one of the plurality of possible operations as the first selected operation when the length of time that the pressing operation is applied to the housing is greater than the second value; and
carries out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is being applied to the display surface.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the housing includes a bottom wall located below the bottom surface of the display and at least one side wall located laterally of the display and the pressing operation detector is disposed along an inner surface of the side wall.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the pressing operation detector includes a piezoelectric film made of a chiral polymer.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the chiral polymer is a uniaxially stretched polylactic acid.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the housing includes a bezel that surrounds the display, and the pressing operation detector is disposed within the housing and adjacent the bezel.

11. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the one of the plurality of possible different operations is executing an initial screen display processing and the another of the plurality of possible different operations is a mail transmitting and receiving program.

12. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller selects the first selected operation from the plurality of possible operations both as a function of the amount, greater than zero, that the pressing force is above the threshold value and the length of time the pressing operation is applied to the housing.

13. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the housing includes a bottom wall located below a back surface of the display and the pressing operation detector is disposed along an inner surface of the bottom wall.

14. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first value is between 0.5 seconds and one second and the second value is one second or more.

15. A display device comprising:
a display having a display surface;
a housing which includes an opening through which the display surface is exposed;
a position detector which detects a touch operation applied to the display surface;
a pressing operation detector which detects a pressing operation applied to the housing, the pressing operation being a pressing force applied to the housing that is greater than a threshold value; and
a controller which:
carries out a first selected operation of a plurality of different possible operations when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is not being applied to the display surface, the controller selecting one of the plurality of possible different operations when n consecutive pressing operations are applied to the same location on the housing, n being an integer greater than 1, and selecting a different one of the plurality of possible different operations when m consecutive pressing operations, m being an integer greater than n, are applied to the same location on the housing; and
carries out a second selected operation when the pressing operation detector detects that the pressing operation is being applied to the housing and the position detector detects that the touch operation is being applied to the display surface.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the controller selects the first operation from the plurality of possible different operations both as a function of the amount, greater than zero, that the pressing forc

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Kihara Takashi

Classifications

• G02F1/13338

  Input devices, e.g. touch panels · CPC title

• G06F2203/04105

  Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position · CPC title

• G02F1/133345

  Insulating layers (G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title