Communication device and method for input interface auto-lock thereof
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorsYi-Hua Wang, Yih-Feng Kao
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Abstract
A communication device and a method for auto-locking an input interface thereof are provided. In the present invention, an external volume received by the communication device having the input interface is determined when the communication device enters a communication mode. Thereafter, the external volume is compared to a predetermined volume. An input function of the input interface is disabled if the external volume exceeds the predetermined volume. As a result, activation of other functions due to unintended touch of the input interface during a phone call can be avoided.
Claims12
A method, adapted to a communication device having an input interface, the method comprising:
- entering a communication mode of the communication device in response to receiving or dialing a phone call;
- determining a user's volume received by the communication device;
- comparing the user's volume to a predetermined volume in the communication mode;
- and disabling an input function of the input interface if the user's volume reaches the predetermined volume.
A communication device, comprising:
- an input interface;
- a communication module, for receiving a phone call;
- a volume-receiving module, for receiving a user's volume;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to the input interface, the communication module and the volume-receiving module, and used for comparing a predetermined volume to the user's volume when the communication module receives or dials the phone call and enters a communication mode, and disabling an input function of the input interface when the user's volume reaches the predetermined volume.
A computer-readable recording medium, for storing a program, wherein the program comprising a plurality of program codes that can be loaded into a communication device to execute an auto-lock method, and the method comprises
- when the communication device having an input interface enters a communication mode, determining a user's volume received by the communication device;
- comparing the external volume to a predetermined volume;
- and
- disabling an input function of the input interface if the external volume reaches the predetermined volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.