# US 2014/0152571 A1 · Electronic device, control program, and control method

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- Number: US 2014/0152571 A1
- Document ID: US20140152571A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/011,548
- Filed: 2013-08-27
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Inventors: Kaoru Ishikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152571A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface}
- G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a display; a touch panel configured to detect a position on a display region of the display; a connection module configured to be connected to a device comprising a keyboard module, and a controller configured to deactivate a position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is not connected to the connection module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a touch panel configured to detect a position on a display region of the display;
a connection module configured to be connected to a device comprising a keyboard module, and
a controller configured to deactivate a position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is not connected to the connection module.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein
the display is configured to display a setting screen for setting whether the position detection function on the touch panel is activated when the device is connected, and
the controller is configured to set whether the position detection function on the touch panel is activated when the device is connected in accordance with input onto the setting screen.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein
the keyboard module is detachably attached to the device to which the connection module is connected, and
the controller is configured to deactivate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and the keyboard module is connected to the device, and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and the keyboard module is not connected to the device.

### Claim 4

A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer comprising a connection module to be connected to a device comprising a keyboard module, cause the computer to perform:
controlling to deactivate a position detection function on a touch panel comprised in the computer when the device is connected to the connection module and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is not connected to the connection module.

### Claim 5

A control method that is executed in an electronic device comprising a display, a touch panel configured to detect a position on a display region of the display, and a connection module configured to be connected to a device comprising a keyboard module, the control method comprising:
controlling to deactivate a position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is not connected to the connection module.