Mobile electronic device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorAkiko Inami
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Abstract
A device and methods for operating a mobile electronic device are presented. A condition of the mobile electronic device is detected to provide a condition of use. Correspondence relation between inputs detected at a first input detector and a second input detector and the inputs to a first display surface and a second display surface are stored in association with the condition of use. The inputs detected by one of the first input detector and the second input detector are processed as the inputs to one of the first display surface and the second display surface based on the correspondence relation in association with the condition of use.
Claims18
A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a first chassis comprising a first front surface and a first rear surface;
- a second chassis comprising a second front surface and a second rear surface;
- a first display surface provided on the first front surface;
- a second display surface provided on the second front surface;
- a first input detector provided on the first rear surface operable to detect touch inputs;
- a second input detector provided on the second rear surface operable to detect the touch inputs;
- a condition detector operable to detect a condition of the mobile electronic device to provide a condition of use;
- a memory operable to store, in association with the condition of use, correspondence relation between the touch inputs detected at the first input detector and the second input detector and the touch inputs to the first display surface and the second display surface;
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- a control module operable to process the touch inputs detected by one of the first input detector and the second input detector as the touch inputs to one of the first display surface and the second display surface based on the correspondence relation in association with the condition of use.
A method for operating a mobile electronic device comprising:
- detecting a condition of the mobile electronic device to provide a condition of use, the mobile electronic device having a first chassis coupled to a second chassis, the first chassis having a first display on a first front surface of the first chassis and a first input detector on a first rear surface of the first chassis, the second chassis having a second display on a second front surface of the second chassis and a second input detector on a second rear surface of the second chassis;
- storing in association with the condition of use, correspondence relation between touch inputs detected at the first input detector and the second input detector and the touch inputs to the first display surface and the second display surface;
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- processing the touch inputs detected by one of the first input detector and the second input detector as the touch inputs to one of the first display surface and the second display surface based on the correspondence relation in association with the condition of use.
A mobile device comprising:
- a first chassis comprising:
- a first front surface having a first touch display;
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- a first back surface having a first touch input detector;
- a second chassis movably attached to the first chassis, the second chassis comprising:
- a second front surface having a second touch display;
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- a second back surface having a second touch input detector;
- a condition detector operable to determine relative positions of the first touch input detector and the second touch input detector with respect to the first touch display and the second touch display when the mobile electronic device is in one of the opened condition and the closed condition;
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- a control module operable to process inputs detected by either of the first touch input detector and the second touch input detector to control either of the first touch display and the second touch display based on the relative positions determined by the condition detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.