IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,821
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,821 · App. 13/149,564 · Granted May 13, 2014

Electronic apparatus and input control method

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,723,821
App. No.
13/149,564
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch screen display, a first region setup module, a second region setup module, an operation detection module, a first data output module and a second data output module. The first region setup module sets a first region including plural input regions on the touch screen display. The second region setup module sets a second region overlapped with the first region. The operation detection module detects whether a touch operation is a first operation or a second operation. The first data output module outputs first data corresponding to a first potion of the first region where the touch operation is performed, when the first operation is detected. The second data output module outputs second data corresponding to a second position where the touch operation is performed, when the second operation is detected.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display;

a first region setup module configured to define on the touch screen display a first region comprising a plurality of input regions;

an operation detection module configured to detect a touch operation on the first region and to determine whether the touch operation is a first operation in which a time period between a touch and a release of the touch is shorter than a first time period or a second operation in which the time period between the touch and the release of the touch is longer than or equal to the first time period;

a first data output module configured to output first data corresponding to a first position of the first region where the touch operation is performed when the first operation is detected;

a second region setup module configured to define a second region which overlaps with the first region in response to performance of the touch operation at a second position when the second operation is detected; and

a second data output module configured to output second data corresponding to a second touch operation on the second region,

wherein the second region setup module is further configured to set a size of the second region based on a distance between the first position and the second position.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second region setup module is further configured to cancel the second region in response to the first operation on the first region.

3. An input control method comprising:

defining a first region comprising a plurality of input regions on a touch screen display;

detecting whether a touch operation on the first region is a first operation in which a time period between a touch and a release of the touch is shorter than a first time period or a second operation in which the time period between the touch and the release of the touch is longer than or equal to the first time period;

outputting first data corresponding to a first position of the first region where the touch operation is performed when the first operation is detected;

defining a second region which overlaps with the first region in response to performance of the touch operation at a second position when the second operation is detected;

setting a size of the second region based on a distance between the first position and the second position; and

outputting second data corresponding to a second touch operation on the second region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2011
From: SAHASHI, MASAYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 026365/0173 →