Invalid area specifying method for touch panel of mobile terminal
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTomoya Makiguchi
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Abstract
A touch-panel cellular phone specifies an invalid area not accepting a user's input operation on a touch panel in advance. The cellular phone detects a user's touch area on the touch panel so as to execute a function pre-assigned to the touch area not encompassed by the invalid area. Additionally, it is possible to reduce and display menu icons in the display area precluding the invalid area on the touch panel. Thus, it is possible to prevent an error operation when a user holding a cellular phone inadvertently touches the touch panel.
Claims17
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display comprising a touch panel;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium storing a program,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- specify one of a plurality of identification information in response to a first touch operation on the touch panel;
- after the one of the plurality of identification information is specified, specify information related to a plurality of invalid areas related to the specified one of the plurality of identification information;
- and
- after the information related to the plurality of invalid areas is specified, and in response to a second touch operation being on an area on the touch panel included in the plurality of invalid areas, disable a processing related to the area.
A method performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- specifying one of a plurality of identification information in response to a first touch operation on a touch panel of the mobile terminal;
- after the specifying the one of the plurality of identification information, specifying information related to a plurality of invalid areas related to the specified one of the plurality of identification information;
- and
- after the specifying the information related to the plurality of invalid areas, in response to a second touch operation being on an area on the touch panel included in the plurality of invalid areas, disabling a processing related to the area.
A method performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- after an input operation in response to a first touch operation on a touch panel of the mobile terminal, displaying information indicating that a setting mode is enabled,
- wherein the displayed information includes one or more of first information and second information, the first information displayed before starting the setting mode is enabled and the second information displayed after starting the setting mode is enabled;
- after end of the setting mode, specifying one of a plurality of identification information in response to a second touch operation on the touch panel;
- after the specifying the one of the plurality of identification information, specifying information related to a plurality of invalid areas related to the specified one of the plurality of identification information;
- and
- after the specifying the information related to the plurality of invalid areas, and in response to a third touch operation being on an area on the touch panel included in the plurality of invalid areas, disabling a processing related to the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.