Mobile terminal and ineffective region setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9106828-B2
Application number	US-201214114169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2012
Priority date	Apr 26, 2011
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A mobile phone 10 includes a camera control circuit 40 to which an image sensor 42 , etc. are connected. If and when a camera function is performed, a through image is displayed on a display 30 on which a touch panel 38 is provided. At a time that the through image is being displayed, if and when a touch operation for designating a region after a touch operation is performed onto a setting key 70 , an ineffective region 74 is set within a touch range of the touch panel 38 . An imaging key 64 and a cancel key 72 are displayed in the effective region within the touch range excepting the ineffective region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal which comprises:
a camera module operable to output an image of an object;
a display that displays an image that is output by the camera module;
a touch panel provided on the display;
a detecting module operable to detect a touch operation on the touch panel;
a performing module operable to perform a predetermined process associated with imaging in response to a processing operation; and
a setting module operable to set an i…

Assignees

• Tanaka Ken
• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Ken

Classifications

• H04N23/62 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/632

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/64

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N23/635

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/04812 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic