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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a computer including a display screen, the computer having a plurality of modes with respect to the display screen, includes: determining that the computer is set to a first lock mode after inactivity during a non-lock mode over a first time period before a second lock mode is set, the first lock mode, the second lock mode, and the non-lock mode being from among the plurality of modes; switching the computer from the first lock mode to the second lock mode when after inactivity over a second time period subsequent to the first time period; and returning, by a processor in the computer, the computer from the first lock mode to the non-lock mode when an input designating a position included in a certain area of the display screen is detected within the second time period.