Portable terminal, key operation control method thereof, and program

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit:

a touch panel which is arranged on the display unit and a part other than the display unit extended from the display unit, the touch panel detecting a position touched by a user on the display unit and outside the display unit;

a key part which is arranged outside the display unit on the touch panel, the key part detecting key pressing via the touch panel; and

a control unit which performs first control and second control,

the first control being control which, when detecting that the user touches a detection area set near the key part of the display unit via the touch panel, even if detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing,

the second control being control which, when detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing for a certain period of time, and when detecting that the user touches the detection area or a boundary area within the certain period of time, does not perform a key press processing on the key part regardless of an elapse of the certain period of time, the boundary area being arranged between the display unit and the key part on the touch panel.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when detecting that the user touches the detection area, the control unit does not process the detected touch on the key part as key pressing until a certain period of time elapses or the user's touch is released from the touch panel.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of keys are arranged in the key part, a plurality of detection areas and a plurality of boundary areas are assigned for the detection area and the boundary area depending on the keys, and

when detecting that the user touches any of the detection areas via the touch panel, the control unit does not process, as key pressing, the detected touch on any of the keys according to any of the detection areas touched by the user.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 3 , wherein when detecting that the user touches any of the detection areas, the control unit stops a key press processing on any of the keys according to any of the detection areas touched by the user until a certain period of time elapses or the user's touch is released from the touch panel.

5. The portable terminal according to claim 3 , wherein when detecting that the user touches any of the keys, the control unit does not process the touch on any of the keys as key pressing, and when detecting that the user touches any of the detection areas or any of the boundary areas according to any of the keys within the certain period of time, the control unit does not perform a key press processing on the key part.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the detection area is set in a range in which a detection signal of the touch panel can be notified predetermined times at an interval notified to the control unit when a user's touch is slid on the touch panel.

7. A method for controlling a key operation of a portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising a display unit, a touch panel which is arranged on the display unit and a part other than the display unit extended from the display unit and detects a position touched by a user on the display unit and outside the display unit, and a key part which is arranged outside the display unit on the touch panel and detects key pressing via the touch panel,

wherein a control unit performs first control and second control,

the first control being control which, when detecting that the user touches a detection area set near the key part of the display unit via the touch panel, even if detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing,

the second control being control which, when detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing for a certain period of time, and when detecting that the user touches the detection area or a boundary area within the certain period of time, does not perform a key press processing on the key part regardless of an elapse of the certain period of time, the boundary area being arranged between the display unit and the key part on the touch panel.

8. A non-transitory computer readable information storage medium that stores a key operation control program for a portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising a display unit, a touch panel which is arranged on the display unit and a part other than the display unit extended from the display unit and detects a position touched by a user on the display unit and outside the display unit, and a key part which is arranged outside the display unit on the touch panel and detects key pressing via the touch panel,

the program causing a computer to function as a control unit which performs first control and second control,

the first control being control which, when detecting that the user touches a detection area set near the key part of the display unit via the touch panel, even if detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing,

the second control being control which, when detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing for a certain period of time, and when detecting that the user touches the detection area or a boundary area within the certain period of time, does not perform a key press processing on the key part regardless of an elapse of the certain period of time, the boundary area being arranged between the display unit and the key art part on the touch panel.