Mobile terminal device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorTakuya HAYASHI
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Abstract
A mobile electronic device and method are presented. One or more contacted positions are detected in response to a user contacting at least one contact detection module not located on a display module. An application program is executed in response to the contacted positions being transitioned, if the contacted positions comprise a predetermined number of contacts.
Claims21
A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a display module;
- a memory module operable to store a plurality of application programs;
- a plurality of contact detection modules provided in a first region different from a second region in which the display module is located, and operable to detect at least one contacted position in response to a user contacting at least one of the contact detection modules;
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- a controller operable to execute at least one application program from among the application programs in response to the at least one contacted position being transitioned, if the at least one contacted position comprises a predetermined number of contacts.
A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a display module;
- a memory module operable to store a plurality of application programs;
- a plurality of contact detection modules provided in a first region different from a second region in which the display module is located, and operable to detect a contact in response to a user contacting a position on the contact detection modules to provide a first contacted position;
- a first determination module operable to determine if the first contacted position comprises a predetermined number of contacts;
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- a second determination module operable to determine if a combination of contact detection modules having detected the first contacted position comprises a specific combination, when the first determination module has determined that the first contacted position comprises a predetermined number of contacts.
A method for operating a mobile electronic device comprising:
- detecting at least one contacted position in response to a user contacting at least one of a plurality of contact detection modules not located on a display module;
- and
- executing at least one application program in response to the at least one contacted position being transitioned, if the at least one contacted position comprises a predetermined number of contacts.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for operating a mobile electronic device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- detecting at least one contacted position in response to a user contacting at least one of a plurality of contact detection modules not located on a display module;
- and
- executing at least one application program in response to the at least one contacted position being transitioned, if the at least one contacted position comprises a predetermined number of contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.