Information input user interface

• US 10,101,894 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Xiong, Qilin, Zhan, Chenglin, Gao, Jing
• Primary Examiner(s): Sun, Li P
• Application Number:
  US14/805,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20150324112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,182 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an information input method, device and electronic apparatus and belongs to the technical field of touch control. The method includes displaying a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information; receiving a control signal corresponding to the slider; causing the slider to change a position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal; and, taking the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes. The present disclosure solves the problem of relatively low input efficiency in the existing information input method.

Claims

1. An information input method using a graphical user interface, comprises:

displaying a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node and a mode switching node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information;

receiving a control signal corresponding to the slider;

causing the slider to change a position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal;

taking the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information to a computer program when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes; and

displaying a self-defined input box when the changed position of the slider is the mode switching node, the self-defined input box being used to receive self-defined input information to the computer program, wherein displaying the self-defined input box comprises;

defining the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replacing the first display content with a second display content, the second display content including the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node, and the self-defined input box;

or

defining the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and displaying the first display content and the third display content simultaneously, the third display content including the self-defined input box;

or

defining the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replacing the first display content with a fourth display content, the fourth display content including a portion of the predetermined sliding track that includes the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node and the self-defined input box.

2. The information input method according to claim 1, wherein, after displaying the self-defined input box, the method further comprises:

receiving a switching signal corresponding to the slider, the switching signal being used to control the slider to change from the mode switching node to another position of the predetermined sliding track; and

after having received the switching signal, displaying the first display content again.

3. The information input method according to claim 2, wherein, causing the slider to change the position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal comprises:

if the control signal is a sliding signal, then causing the slider to slide along the predetermined sliding track to change a position according to the sliding signal; and

if the control signal is a clicking signal acting on a certain position on the predetermined sliding track, then causing the slider to skip to the position from an original position according to the clicking signal.

4. The information input method according to claim 1, wherein, the candidate input information corresponding to the respective candidate stop-nodes is different numerical values which belong to a same measuring dimension and whose probabilities to be input are higher than a predetermined threshold.

13. The information input method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sliding track comprises a straight line, a sawtooth wave, or a curve.

5. An information input device, comprises:

a display;

a memory;

a processor coupled to the display and the memory;

the display having a graphical user interface being configured to display a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information;

the processor being configured to receive a control signal corresponding to the slider;

cause the slider to change a position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal; and

when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes, take the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information to a computer program; and

the display being configured to display a self-defined input box when the changed position of the slider is the mode switching node, the self-defined input box being used to receive self-defined input information to the computer program, wherein display the self-defined input box comprises;

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replace the first display content with a second display content, the second display content including the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node, and the self-defined input box;

or

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and display the first display content and the third display content simultaneously, the third display content including the self-defined input box;

or

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replace the first display content with a fourth display content, the fourth display content including a portion of the predetermined sliding track that includes the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node and the self-defined input box.

6. The information input device according to claim 5, wherein, the processor is further configured to receive a switching signal corresponding to the slider, the switching signal being used to control the slider to change from the mode switching node to another position of the predetermined sliding track;

and

the display is configured to, after having received the switching signal, display the first display content again.

7. The information input device according to claim 6, wherein, the processor is further configured to, if the control signal is a sliding signal, then cause the slider to slide along the predetermined sliding track to change a position according to the sliding signal;

and

configured to, if the control signal is a clicking signal acting on a certain position on the predetermined sliding track, then cause the slider to skip to the position from an original position according to the clicking signal.

8. The information input device according to claim 5, wherein, the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-nodes displayed by the display is different numerical values which belong to a same measuring dimension and whose probabilities to be input are higher than a predetermined threshold.

14. The information input device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined sliding track comprises a straight line, a sawtooth wave, or a curve.

9. An electronic apparatus, the apparatus comprises an information input device, and the information input device, includes:

a display;

a memory;

a processor coupled to the display and the memory;

the display having a graphical user interface being configured to display a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information;

the processor configured to receive a control signal corresponding to the slider;

cause the slider to change a position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal; and

when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes, take the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information to a computer program; and

the display being configured to display a self-defined input box when the changed position of the slider is the mode switching node, the self-defined input box being used to receive self-defined input information to the computer program, wherein display the self-defined input box comprises;

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replace the first display content with a second display content, the second display content including the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node, and the self-defined input box;

or

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and display the first display content and the third display content simultaneously, the third display content including the self-defined input box;

or

define, by the processor, the predetermined sliding track and the slider located on the predetermined sliding track as a first display content, and replace the first display content with a fourth display content, the fourth display content including a portion of the predetermined sliding track that includes the mode switching node, the slider staying at the mode switching node and the self-defined input box.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, the processor is further configured to receive a switching signal corresponding to the slider, the switching signal being used to control the slider to change from the mode switching node to another position of the predetermined sliding track;

and

the display is further configured to, after having received the switching signal, display the first display content again.

11. The information input device according to claim 9, wherein, the processor is further configured to, if the control signal is a sliding signal, then cause the slider to slide along the predetermined sliding track to change a position according to the sliding signal;

and

configured to, if the control signal is a clicking signal acting on a certain position on the predetermined sliding track, then cause the slider to skip to the position from an original position according to the clicking signal.

12. The information input device according to claim 11, wherein, the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-nodes displayed by the display is different numerical values which belong to a same measuring dimension and whose probabilities to be input are higher than a predetermined threshold.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined sliding track comprises a straight line, a sawtooth wave, or a curve.