| 摘要 |
Systems and techniques for controlling an electronic device are described. An electronic device comprises one or more touch sensitive areas, including side touch sensitive areas. Configuration information is stored for operational modes of the electronic device, with the operation of the touch sensitive areas being defined as part of the configuration information. For example, configuration information may define the size, location, responsiveness, and operation of regions operating as controls—that is, regions with which contact causes the device to perform defined operations. The configuration may also include user preference information, which may further define the operation of touch sensitive regions in particular operational modes of the device. Regions of sensitive areas, particularly side touch sensitive areas, may be illuminated to indicate the position and size of controls, and illumination patterns indicating locations and sizes of controls may be stored as part of the configuration information. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; memory configured to store computer program code; wherein the memory configured to store the computer program code is configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: store configuration information defining a plurality of operational modes of an electronic device; wherein the configuration information comprises control information defining a configuration of at least one touch sensitive area of the device, wherein the configuration of the touch sensitive area comprises at least one of location and size, and wherein the configuration information also defines response to contact of at least one region of the touch sensitive area of the device, wherein response to contact comprises performing at least one operation upon detection of a contact, and wherein the configuration of the touch sensitive area is based on an operational mode with which the configuration information is associated; in response to selection of an operational mode of the electronic device, retrieve the configuration information defining the selected operational mode of the device; and cause the electronic device to respond to contacts with the touch sensitive area to perform operations, wherein the response of the electronic device is based at least in part on the configuration information. |
