Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device

Abstract

A sensor-integrated display panel including an operation surface for performing an input operation and an image display surface which are formed integrally with a sensor as one piece. A data transfer device supplies the sensor-integrated display panel with a drive signal for driving the sensor and outputs sensing data corresponding to a potential of a sensor signal output from the sensor. A contact electrode is provided in a frame formed around the sensor-integrated display panel to vary the potential of the sensor signal when a conductor touches or does not touch to the frame. An application executing device receives and analyzes the sensing data and generates a signal to select an operating function in accordance with an analysis result.

1 - 13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . An electronic device comprising:
 a sensor-integrated display panel including an operation surface for performing an input operation and an image display surface, which are formed integrally with a sensor as one piece;   a data transfer device which supplies the sensor-integrated display panel with a drive signal for driving the sensor and outputs three-dimensional image data corresponding to a potential of a sensor signal output from the sensor, wherein the three-dimensional image data includes at least one of information which shows a three dimensional shape of an object detected by the sensor, and which shows movement characteristics of the object detected by the sensor; and   an application executing device which receives the three-dimensional image data from the data transfer device, and processes and analyzes the three-dimensional image data.   
     
     
         15 . The electronic of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a contact electrode provided in a frame formed around the sensor-integrated display panel to cause the potential of the sensor signal to vary from a case in which a conductor touches the frame to a case in which the conductor does not touch the frame when the input operation is performed,   wherein the application executing device changes the processing of the three-dimensional image data in accordance with a variation in the potential due to the contact electrode.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein
 the processing of the three-dimensional image data includes varying or selecting a threshold value to be taken out.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein
 the application executing device sets threshold value to capture the three-dimensional image data.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein
 the application executing device varies threshold value to capture the three-dimensional image data.   
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein
 the three-dimensional image data received to the application executing device is one of modified into different forms, adjusted, and changed.