Title:
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009048628
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a method for controlling an electronic device.
In this method for controlling the electronic device, the electronic device has: a housing; a movable touch screen display restricted by the housing, having a touch sensing input surface covering a display device; a single machine switch disposed between a base of the housing and the rear face of the touch screen display; and an arithmetic component including a processor connected to the touch screen display and the single machine switch, present inside the housing. The touch screen display can move to the base in response to that sufficient force is applied to the single machine switch, and as a result, causes operation of the single machine switch.
Inventors:
GRIFFIN JASON
LANGLOIS MICHAEL
WOOD TODD
LANGLOIS MICHAEL
WOOD TODD
Application Number:
JP2008199063A
Publication Date:
March 05, 2009
Filing Date:
July 31, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD
International Classes:
G06F3/041; G06F3/048; G06F3/0488
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Oshio
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