# US 2017/0255358 A1 · Terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0255358 A1 - Document ID: US20170255358A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/528,526 - Filed: 2016-01-06 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-16 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yuhsuke HIRANO; Takao OKU; Tadao ANDOH; Yuhji MAEJIMA; Katsuya DEMOTO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170255358A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - G06F 3/023: Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes - G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F 3/0489: using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof - G06F 3/04892: Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key (arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038) - G06F 21/34: involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is a terminal device (i) in which an application for a touch panel terminal is usable and (ii) which includes a hardware key. A process carried out by the terminal device includes the steps of: detecting an operation to the hardware key (S1310); in a case where a focus is displayed on a location of a user interface image (i.e., YES in step S1330) and the operation is an operation for making a determination (YES in step S1340), accepting an input of a command associated with the user interface image (S1350); and in a case where the operation is not the operation for making a determination (NO in step S1340) and the terminal device has determined that the operation is an operation conducted, to the hard key, for moving a user interface image (YES in step S1360), moving the focus to a next user interface image (S1370). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal device comprising: one or more operation keys configured to accept a command which is inputted to the terminal device; a memory for storing therein an application configured to be executed in accordance with an operation conducted with respect to a touch panel in an electronic device; a monitor configured to display one or more user interface images and a focus image in a case where the application is executed by the electronic device, the one or more user interface images each being configured to accept, via the touch panel, a command to the application, the focus image being used to accept an operation of determining a selection of one of the one or more user interface images; and a control section configured to control an operation of the terminal device, the monitor displaying a first user interface image and a second user interface image, the control section being configured such that, in a case where the focus image is associated with the first user interface image, the control section associates the focus image with the second user interface image in accordance with a first operation conducted with respect to one of the one or more operation keys. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal device as set for in claim 1 wherein the control section is configured to determine, in accordance with a second operation conducted with respect to one of the one or more operation keys, a selection of the second user interface image which selection has been made with use of the focus image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal device as set for in claim 1 wherein the control section is configured such that, in a case where the focus image is associated with the second user interface image, the control section associates the focus image with the first user interface image in accordance with the first operation conducted with respect to one of the one or more operation keys. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal device as set for in claim 1 wherein the one or more operation keys include a key configured to move a cursor. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 A terminal device comprising: one or more operation keys configured to accept a command which is inputted to the terminal device; a monitor configured to display one or more user interface images and a focus image, the focus image being used to accept an operation of determining a selection of one of the one or more user interface images; and a control section configured to control an operation of the terminal device, the monitor displaying a first user interface image and a second user interface image in a case where an application executed by the control section is configured to be executed in accordance with an operation conducted with respect to a touch panel in an electronic device, the first user interface image and the second user interface image each being configured to accept, via the touch panel, a command to the application, the control section executing, in a case where the application is not compliant with a key event inputted by an operation conducted with respect to the one or more operation keys, a conversion process of converting the key event into a touch event inputted by an operation conducted with respect to the touch panel, in the conversion process, the control section being configured such that, in a case where the focus image is associated with the first user interface image, the control section associates the focus image with the second user interface image in accordance with a first operation conducted with respect to one of the one or more operation keys.