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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Inventors:
Abhishek Saxena, Taoyuan, TW;
Chia-Wei Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Hsin-Hao Lee, Taoyuan, TW;
Ssu-Po Chin, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
HTC CORPORATION, Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0227 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1242 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus with a display and an input device, which comprises: sensing a tilt angle of the electronic apparatus in a sleep mode, wherein the display is off and the input device is non-active in the sleep mode; activating the input device without turning on the display based on the tilt angle of the electronic apparatus; receiving a user input from the input device while the display is off; and performing a predetermined function based on the user input.