Electronic device that operates under one of a plurality of input modes, and method of controlling an electronic device
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorHaiwei Zhao
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Abstract
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a display device and an input device for user input. The input device may be movably coupled to the display device. The electronic device may include a processor coupled to the display device and the input device. The processor may detect a first and a second operating mode of the electronic device, and then may control the input device to operate either under the first input mode or the second input mode respectively in accordance with the detected relative arrangement. A method and programming product are also disclosed.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device that provides a plurality of input modes for user input, the input device being movably coupled to the display device;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display device and the input device,
- wherein the processor detects an operating mode of the electronic device and an input method and controls the input device to operate in an input mode based on both the operating mode and the input method, wherein the processor determines the input method based on a contact parameter, wherein in response to a user's finger, the input method is a keyboard input mode and in response to a pen, the input method is a writing input mode.
A method, comprising:
- detecting an operating mode of an electronic device comprising a display device and an input device that is movably coupled to the display device and an input method of the input device;
- and
- controlling the input device of the electronic device to operate in an input mode based on both the operating mode and the input method, wherein the processor determines the input method based on a contact parameter, wherein in response to a user's finger, the input method is a keyboard input mode and in response to a pen, the input method is a writing input mode.
A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:
- detecting an operating mode of an electronic device comprising a display device and an input device that is movably coupled to the display device and an input method of the input device;
- and
- controlling the electronic device to operate in an input mode based on both the operating mode and the input method, wherein the processor determines the input method based on a contact parameter, wherein in response to a user's finger, the input method is a keyboard input mode and in response to a pen, the input method is a writing input mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.