Apparatus and method for controlling an interface based on bending

摘要

An apparatus includes a touch panel display having one or more sensors for detecting an input operation on the touch panel display, the input operation corresponding to a bending operation whereby the touch panel display is bent and/or a touch operation whereby an instruction object contacts a surface of the touch panel display. The apparatus includes circuitry configured to detect, when the bending operation is detected, a presence of a stripe pattern based on sensor values output when the bending operation is detected. The circuitry determines, when the stripe pattern is detected, one or more features of the detected stripe pattern, and based on the one or more features of the detected stripe pattern, determines whether the detected stripe pattern matches a predetermined pattern stored in a memory. The circuitry executes a predetermined function or process corresponding to the predetermined pattern when the detected stripe pattern matches the predetermined pattern.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a touch panel display including one or more sensors to detect an input operation on the touch panel display, wherein the input operation corresponds to a combination of one or more of a bending operation whereby the touch panel display is bent so as to generate a substantially parallel stripe pattern and a touch operation whereby an instruction object contacts a surface of the touch panel display so as to generate a substantially rounded stripe pattern, the substantially parallel stripe pattern and the substantially rounded stripe pattern formed at spaced apart locations on the touch panel display; circuitry configured to:
detect, in response to detecting the bending operation, a presence of the stripe pattern based on sensor values output by the one or more sensors when the bending operation is detected;determine, when the stripe pattern is detected, one or more features of the detected stripe pattern;determine, based on the one or more features of the detected stripe pattern, whether the one or more features of the detected stripe pattern match one or more features of a predetermined pattern stored in a memory; andexecute, when the one or more features of the detected stripe pattern match the one or more features of the predetermined pattern, a predetermined function or process corresponding to the predetermined pattern; and a motion sensor that outputs a motion signal to the circuitry in response to detecting a movement of the apparatus, wherein when the circuitry detects the touch operation and the bending operation concurrently, the circuitry determines one or more features of the touch operation and determines, based on a combination of the one or more detected stripe pattern features and the one or more features of the touch operation, whether the combination matches one or more features of a predetermined combination stored in the memory, and when the circuitry detects the stripe pattern and the movement concurrently, the circuitry determines one or more features of the movement and determines, based on a combination of the one or more detected stripe pattern features and the one or more features of the movement, whether the combination matches a predetermined combination stored in the memory.