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App. No. 13/683,609

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THROUGH TOUCH SENSOR

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App. No.
13/683,609
Abstract

An electronic apparatus has a touch sensor provided with a first touching zone including at least a second touching zone and a third touching zone, the second and third touching zones being allocated with different functions. The electronic apparatus is controlled to perform a specific function assigned to a specific touching zone that is the second or the third touching zone when there is a first touch input at first through the specific touching zone and continuously perform the specific function even if there is a second touch input that follows the first touch input, through either the second or the third touching zone that is not the specific touching zone, as long as there is a continuous touch input through the first touching zone from the first to the second touch input with no intermission.

Claims (42)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch sensor; and

a controller to perform:

a process of controlling a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

a process of controlling a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

a process of controlling a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

a process of controlling the second operation so as not to be performed due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a monitor screen, wherein the touch sensor is provided in a manner that the touch sensor is overlapped with the monitor screen.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor is transparent.

4 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first operation is to vary a value related to a function related to the first and third operations to a larger value and the third operation is to vary the value related to the function related to the first and third operations to a smaller value.

5 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic apparatus is an imaging apparatus equipped with a zooming functional component, the function related to the first and third operations is a zooming function to drive the zooming functional component, the first operation is to drive the zooming functional component to a telephoto side to make larger a zoom magnification, and the third operation is to drive the zooming functional component to a wide-angle side to make smaller the zoom magnification.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation is to change a mode of a function from a turn-on mode to a turn-off mode or from the turn-off mode to the turn-on mode.

7 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is an imaging apparatus and the second function is to change a mode of a face detecting function from a turn-on mode to a turn-off mode or from the turn-off mode to the turn-on mode.

8 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is an imaging apparatus and the second function is to change a mode of an automatic exposure adjustments function from a turn-on mode to a turn-off mode or from the turn-off mode to the turn-on mode.

9 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a monitor screen, wherein the touch sensor is provided in a manner that the touch sensor is separated from the monitor screen.

10 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch sensor; and

a controller to perform:

a process of controlling a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

a process of controlling a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

a process of controlling a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

a process of controlling the second operation so as not to be performed in response to an action that is carried out due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

11 . A method of controlling an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch sensor, comprising the steps of:

controlling a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

controlling a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

controlling a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

controlling the second operation so as not to be performed due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

12 . A method of controlling an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch sensor, comprising the steps of:

controlling a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

controlling a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

controlling a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

controlling the second operation so as not to be performed in response to an action that is carried out due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch sensor, cause the electronic apparatus to:

control a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

control a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

control a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

control the second operation so as not to be performed due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch sensor, cause the electronic apparatus to:

control a first operation so as to be performed in response to a first action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after a first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

control a second operation so as to be performed in response to a second action that is carried out due to a second zone of the touch sensor being touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor;

control a third operation related to the first operation so as to be performed in response to a third action that is carried out while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone of the touch sensor is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor; and

control the second operation so as not to be performed in response to an action that is carried out due to the second zone being touched while a touched state of the touch sensor is substantially maintained after the first zone is touched after an untouched state of the touch sensor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 21, 2016
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 037567/0507 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2014
From: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 033802/0376 →