RADIOTELEPHONES HAVING CONTACT-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME

摘要

A device includes a housing having a front surface, a rear surface and first and second side surfaces; the rear surface configured engage a user's palm. The device includes a radiotelephone communications transceiver and a contact-sensitive display, supported by the housing. The contact sensitive display is configured to display an image at the front surface of the housing, and produce an output signal in response to moving contact of an object along a contact-sensitive surface of the contact-sensitive display. The device also includes a controller configured to control at least one of the display and the radiotelephone communications transceiver and to scroll displayed rows along an axis of the display based upon the output signal of the contact-sensitive transducer. The controller has a mode that is unresponsive to contact with the contact-sensitive transducer, the second mode being entered in response to an input from a user.

主权项

1. A communication device, comprising:
a housing comprising a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, wherein the first side surface and the second side surface adjoin respective opposite edges of the front surface and extend from the respective opposite edges of the front surface to respective opposite edges of the rear surface, and wherein the housing is configured such that the rear surface confronts a user's palm when the device is held in the user's hand during use; a display, supported by the housing, the display configured to display an image at the front surface of the housing; a contact-sensitive transducer, supported by the housing, the contract-sensitive transducer is configured to produce an output signal that characterizes contact of an object along a contact-sensitive surface of the contact-sensitive transducer; and a controller, operatively associated with the display and configured to respond to the output signal by scrolling displayed rows along an axis of the display based on the output signal of the contact-sensitive transducer, wherein the controller is configured to scroll the displayed rows based on the output signal by:
detecting, based on the output signal of the contact-sensitive transducer, a swipe motion made by the user in a first direction along an axis of the contact-sensitive surface; andscrolling the displayed rows in the first direction in response to detecting the swipe motion.