IP Library Granted Patent US 9,658,767
Granted Patent B2
US 9,658,767 · App. 13/568,586 · Granted May 23, 2017

Information processing device

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Patent No.
US 9,658,767
App. No.
13/568,586
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication terminal that includes a display panel; a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel; a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; and a controller that controls the display panel based on at least one of a size and number of contacts corresponding to a touch input detected at the second touch panel.

Claims (9)

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising: a display panel; a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel; a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; and circuitry configured to control the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to a touch input detected at the second touch panel is greater than or equal to a predetermined size; control the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number; control the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and control the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel and the first touch panel are provided on a front surface of the mobile communication terminal, and the second touch panel is provided on a rear surface of the mobile communication terminal.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the QWERTY keyboard when no touch input is detected at the second touch panel.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the second keyboard near the right edge of the display panel is the only keyboard displayed by the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and the position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the second keyboard near the left edge of the display panel is the only keyboard displayed by the display panel when the size corresponding to the touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and the position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

6. A method performed by a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: displaying data at a display panel of the mobile communication terminal; detecting a first touch input at a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel; detecting a second touch input at a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to the second touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined size; controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number; controlling the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the second touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and controlling the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code, which when executed by a mobile communication terminal, causes the mobile communication terminal to perform a method comprising: displaying data at a display panel of the mobile communication terminal; detecting a first touch input at a first touch panel provided on a surface of the display panel; detecting a second touch input at a second touch panel provided on at least one surface of the mobile communication terminal other than the surface of the display panel; controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard when a size corresponding to the second touch input is greater than or equal to a predetermined size; controlling the display panel to display a QWERTY keyboard divided into two separate parts when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size and a number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number; controlling the display panel to display a second keyboard having a size smaller than the QWERTY keyboard near a right edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to the second predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the second touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal; and controlling the display panel to display the second keyboard near a left edge of the display panel when the size corresponding to the second touch input is less than the predetermined size, the number of contacts corresponding to the touch input is less than or equal to a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, and a position corresponding to the touch input is near a right edge of the mobile communication terminal.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048691/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 043943/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL RIGHTS Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042254/0685 →