Portable device and method of modifying touched position

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334936-A1
Application number	US-201615222798-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A portable device includes a display, a touch panel including at least one curved area, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to, when a touched position on the touch panel is within the curved area, determine a direction from which a touched position indicator has approached the curved area, and modify the touched position based on the determined direction.

First claim

1 . A portable device comprising:
a display; a touch panel configured to include at least one curved area; and at least one processor configured to determine, when a touched position on the touch panel is within the curved area, a direction from which a touched position indicator has approached the curved area, and modify the touched position based on the determined direction.

2 . The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the touch panel is configured to detect a position at which the touched position indicator has approached the curved area and a degree of proximity of the touched position indicator at the position, and the at least one processor is configured to
determine the direction by sequentially acquiring a closest position at which the touched position indicator is closest to the curved area while the touched position indicator is approaching the curved area and determining a movement of the closest position.

3 . The portable device according to claim 2 , wherein
the curved area is an area curved so as to be lowered from the inner side toward the outer side of the touch panel, and the at least one processor is configured to
determine a direction of the movement of the closest position, and
when it is determined that the direction of the movement is a direction from the inner side toward the outer side of the touch panel, modify the touched position to shift to the outer side.

4 . The portable device according to claim 3 , wherein when it is determined that the direction of the movement is a direction from the outer side toward the inner side of the touch panel, the at least one processor is configured to modify the touched position to shift to the inner side.

5 . The portable device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to
determine the amount of movement of the closest position, and when it is determined that the amount of movement is smaller than a predetermined amount, refrain from modifying the touched position.

6 . The portable device according to claim 1 , further comprising a posture detection unit configured to detect a posture of a housing, wherein
the at least one processor is configured to
determine the direction by determining an inclination angle of the housing from a horizontal plane based on a detection result obtained by the posture detection unit.

7 . The portable device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image capturing unit configured to capture an image in a direction which a front surface of a housing is directed, wherein
the at least one processor is configured to
determine the direction by determining whether or not the image captured with the image capturing unit includes a face image.

8 . The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to
determine the direction by determining whether or not an object image to be subjected to an operation is displayed in an area of the display overlapping the curved area.

9 . A touched position modification method for modifying a touched position touched with a touched position indicator, the touched position being detected by a touch panel, the touch panel including at least one curved area, the touched position modification method including:
when the touched position is within the curved area, determining a direction from which the touched position indicator has approached the curved area; and modifying the touched position based on the determined direction.

10 . A portable device comprising:
a display; a touch panel including at least one curved area; and at least one processor configured to, when a touched position on the touch panel is within the curved area, modify the touched position based on a direction from which a touched position indicator has approached the curved area.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Obata Takanori

Classifications

• G06F2203/04108

  Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0418 Primary

  for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title