Terminal device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorShunsuke NAGATA
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Abstract
A terminal device is disclosed. The terminal device includes a display unit, an acceleration sensor, a display controller and an operation unit. The acceleration sensor senses an acceleration of a body of the terminal device when the body is being tilted. The display controller displays a vertical screen on the display unit when the body is in a vertical orientation. The display controller also displays a horizontal screen on the display unit when the body is in a horizontal orientation. The display controller further switches between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on an output from the acceleration sensor. The operation unit accepts a setting of a sensitivity of the acceleration sensor. The display controller controls switching based on the sensitivity and the acceleration.
Claims18
A terminal device comprising:
- a display unit;
- an acceleration sensor operable to sense an acceleration of a body of the terminal device when the body is being tilted;
- a display controller operable to:
- display a vertical screen on the display unit when the body is in a vertical orientation;
- display a horizontal screen on the display unit when the body is in a horizontal orientation;
- and
- switch between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on an output from the acceleration sensor;
- and
- an operation unit operable to accept a setting of a sensitivity of the acceleration sensor,
- wherein the display controller is operable to control switching based on the sensitivity and the acceleration.
A method for operating a terminal device comprising:
- displaying a vertical screen on a display unit when a body of the terminal device body is in a vertical orientation;
- displaying a horizontal screen on the display unit when the body is in a horizontal orientation;
- switching between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on an output from an acceleration sensor, operable to sense acceleration of the body when the body is being tilted;
- accepting a setting of a sensitivity of the acceleration sensor;
- and
- controlling switching between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on the sensitivity and the acceleration.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for operating a terminal device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- displaying a vertical screen on a display unit when a body of the terminal device is in a vertical orientation;
- displaying a horizontal screen on the display unit when the body is in a horizontal orientation;
- switching between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on an output from an acceleration sensor, operable to sense acceleration of the body when the body is being tilted;
- accepting a setting of a sensitivity of the acceleration sensor;
- and
- controlling switching between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on the sensitivity and the acceleration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.