Portable terminal and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9836214-B2
Application number	US-201514633128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Priority date	Sep 28, 2006
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

When it is discriminated by an input-means determining unit that an input to display unit is a first input by a pen, a function of an application allocated in advance to an area on a screen of the application specified by an input coordinate of first input means determined by an input-position determining unit is executed on the basis of the first input. When it is discriminated that the input to the display unit is a second input by a finger, the execution of the function of the application allocated in advance on the screen of the application is prohibited and a predetermined function not allocated to the area on the screen of the application is executed on the basis of the second input.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A portable device comprising:
a storing unit configured to store various applications including a first application;
a display unit configured to display a screen of each of the applications;
an input detecting unit configured to detect each of plural inputs touched onto the screen, the plural inputs including a first single input by a first input means and a second single input by a second input means; and
a control unit configured to execute a function in response to one of the plural inputs, wherein
the control unit executes a first function in response to the first single input touched onto a link object displayed on a first screen of the first application,
the first function is assigned to the link object,
the control unit executes, when the first single input is not detected, a second function in response to the second single input by the second input means touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen,
the control unit does not execute, when the first single input is detected, the second function in response to the second single input touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen, and
the second function is not assigned to the link object.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1 wherein the first input means is a finger, and the second input means is a pen.

3. A control method for a portable device including:
a storing unit configured to store various applications including a first application;
a display unit configured to display a screen of each of the applications; and
an input detecting unit configured to detect each of plural inputs touched onto the screen, the plural inputs including a first single input by a first input means and a second single input by a second input means; wherein,
the control method comprises:
executing a first function in response to the first single input by the first input means touched onto a link object displayed on a first screen of the first application, the first function being assigned to the link object;
executing, when the first single input is not detected, a second function in response to the second single input by the second input means touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen; and
not executing, when the first single input is detected, the second function in response to the second single input touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen, the second function not being assigned to the link object.

4. A portable device comprising:
a storing unit configured to store various applications including a first application;
a display unit configured to display a screen of each of the applications;
an input detecting unit configured to detect each of plural inputs touched onto the screen, the plural inputs including a first single input by a first input means and a second single input by a second input means; and
a control unit configured to execute a function in response to one of the plural inputs, wherein
the control unit executes a first function in response to the first single input touched onto a link object displayed on a first screen of the first application,
the first function is assigned to the link object,
the control unit executes, when the first single input is not detected, a second function in response to the second single input by the second input means touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen,
the control unit does not execute, when the first single input is being detected, the second function in response to the second single input touched onto the link object displayed on the first screen, and
the second function is not assigned to the link object.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Kinoshita Kenta

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title