Display processing method and apparatus

• US 10,203,835 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Dong, Xiaoping, Jiang, Xingping, Wang, Renjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Kevin L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Silverman, Seth A
• Application Number:
  US14/138,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A display processing method and apparatus applicable to an electronic device are described. The electronic device has a display area divided into a first area and a second area. The display processing method includes acquiring object information of an object to be displayed; acquiring display position information of the object; displaying the object in a first display mode when the display position information corresponds to the first area; and displaying the object in a second display mode when the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first display mode being different from the second display mode.

Claims

1. A display processing method applicable to an electronic device having a display area being divided into a first area and a second area not overlapped with each other, the first area being a non-edge area of the display area, the second area being an edge area of the display area surrounding the first area, the display processing method comprising:

acquiring object information of a first object to be displayed;

detecting a moving operation for moving the first object from the first area to the second area or from the second area to the first area;

acquiring a destination of the moving operation as display position information of the first object, the display position information indicating the display position of the first object to be displayed is the first area or the second area;

displaying the first object in the first area or the second area according to the display position information of the first object, wherein displaying the first object in the first area in a first display mode if the display position information corresponds to the first area; and

displaying the first object in the second area in a second display mode if the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first display mode being different from the second display mode,

wherein in a case that the moving operation is for moving the first object from the first area to the second area, determining whether a target display position of the first object is in a first subarea of the second area or a second subarea of the second area, the first subarea is a subarea of the second area displaying a second object, the second subarea is a subarea apart from the first subarea of the second area,

if the target display position of the first object is in the second subarea of the second area, the first object being displayed in the first display mode is rotated according to the display position information of the first object in the second subarea of the second area so that only a part of the first object is displayed.

2. The display processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the first display mode, the first object is displayed in the first area with a first display size;

and in the second display mode, the first object is displayed in the second area with a second display size, the first display size being larger than the second display size.

3. The display processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the first display mode, a plurality of display elements of the first object are displayed in the first area with a first layout;

in the second display mode, at least a part of the plurality of display elements of the first object are displayed in the second area with a second layout;

or

in the first display mode, the first object is displayed in the first area in a first operation form;

in the second display mode, the first object is displayed in the second area in a second operation form, the number of operable controls included in the first operation form being greater than the number of operable controls included in the second operation form;

or

in the first display mode, at least a first part of the first object is displayed in the first area;

in the second display mode, at least a second part of the first object is displayed in the second area;

the first part being larger than the second part.

4. The display processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second area is subdivided into a first subarea and a second subarea, and when the display position information corresponds to the second area, displaying the first object in the second area in the second display mode comprises:

judging whether the display position information corresponds to the first subarea; and

displaying the first object in the second subarea in the second display mode when it is judged that the display position information corresponds to the first subarea.

5. The display processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first operation window is displayed in the display area and is arranged with M first operation objects of which an i^th first operation object corresponds to a second operation window, and there are N second operation objects arranged on the second operation window, wherein M is an integer equal to or greater than 1, N is an integer equal to or greater than 1, and i is a random integer from 1 to M, and wherein the first object to be displayed is the second operation window, and the first operation window provides the display position information of the first object to be displayed, the method comprises:

displaying the second operation window in the first display mode when the first operation window is in the first area of the display unit and there is a need for displaying the second operation window; and

displaying the second operation window in the second display mode when the first operation window is in the second area of the display unit and there is a need for displaying the second operation window, such that the second operation window is able to be fully displayed on the display area;

wherein the first area and the second area are not overlapped.

6. The display processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the displaying the second operation window in the second display mode comprises:

judging whether a display position of the second operation window is beyond the display area; and

adjusting the display position of the second operation window when the display position of the second operation window is beyond the display area, such that the second operation window is able to be fully displayed on the display area,

wherein the adjusting the display position of the second operation window is;

rotating the first operation window and the second operation window simultaneously and keeping a relative position of the second operation window and the i^th first operation object unchanged;

or

rotating the second operation window around the center of the first operation window, thus the relative position of the second operation window and the i^th first operation object being changed.

7. The display processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the displaying the second operation window in the second display mode comprises:

obtaining a first operation;

rotating the first operation window in response to the first operation, such that the i^th first operation object is moved to a first predetermined position;

determining the display position of the second operation window based on the first predetermined position and a display direction of the i^th first operation object; and

displaying the second operation window at the display position, a display direction of a q^th second operation object of the N second operation objects being consistent with the display direction of the i^th first operation object, wherein q is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than N.

8. The display processing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the displaying the second operation window in the first display mode comprises:

determining the second operation window based on the display position and display direction of the i^th first operation object on the display unit; and

displaying the second operation window, the display direction of a q^th second operation object of the N second operation objects being consistent with the display direction of the i^th first operation object, wherein q is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than N;

wherein the display position of the i^th first operation object is a first display position and the display direction of the i^th first operation object is a first display direction when the first operation window is at a first position of the first area;

the display position of the i^th first operation object is a second display position and the display direction of the i^th first operation object is a second display direction when the first operation window is at a second position of the first area, the first display direction being different from the second display direction.

9. The display processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring the user'"'"'s operation information for the first object; and

performing a first operation corresponding to the operation information in a first operation function set on the first object when the display position information corresponds to the first area;

performing a second operation corresponding to the operation information in a second operation function set on the first object when the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first operation function set being different from the second operation function set.

10. The display processing method as claimed in claim 9, wherein functions corresponding to the first operation function set are more than functions corresponding to the second operation function set.

11. A display processing apparatus applicable to an electronic device having a display area being divided into a first area and a second area not overlapped with each other, the first area being a non-edge area of the display area, the second area being an edge area of the display area surrounding the first area, the display processing apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory and,

computer coded instructions embodied in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the computer coded instructions are configured to implement a display processing method, the method comprising;

acquiring object information of a first object to be displayed;

detecting a moving operation for moving the first object from the first area to the second area or from the second area to the first area;

acquiring a destination of the moving operation as display position information of the first object, the display position information indicating the display position of the first object to be displayed is the first area or the second area; and

displaying the first object in the first area or the second area according to the display position information of the first object, wherein displaying the first object in the first area in a first display mode if the display position information corresponds to the first area and displaying the first object in the second area in a second display mode if the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first display mode being different from the second display mode,

wherein in a case that the moving operation is for moving the first object from the first area to the second area, determining whether a target display position of the first object is in a first subarea of the second area or a second subarea of the second area, the first subarea is a subarea of the second area displaying a second object, the second subarea is an area apart from the first subarea of the second area,

if the target display position of the first object is in the second subarea of the second area, the first object being displayed in the first display mode is rotated according to the display position information of the first object in the second subarea of the second area so that only a part of the first object is displayed.

12. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein in the first display mode, displaying the first object in the first area with a first display size;

and in the second display mode, displaying the first object in the second area with a second display size, the first display size being larger than the second display size.

13. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein

in the first display mode, displaying a plurality of display elements of the first object in the first area with a first layout;

in the second display mode, displaying at least a part of the plurality of display elements of the first object in the second area with a second layout;

in the first display mode, displaying the first object in the first area in a first operation form;

in the second display mode, displaying the first object in the second area in a second operation form, the number of operable controls included in the first operation form being greater than the number of operable controls included in the second operation form;

in the first display mode, displaying at least a first part of the first object in the first area;

in the second display mode, displaying at least a second part of the first object the second area;

the first part being larger than the second part.

14. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second area is subdivided into a first subarea and a second subarea, and the display processing method comprises:

judging whether the display position information corresponds to the first subarea when the display position information corresponds to the second area; and

displaying the first object in the second subarea in the second display mode when it is judged that the display position information corresponds to the first subarea.

15. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein first operation window is displayed in the display area and is arranged with M first operation objects of which an i^th first operation object corresponds to a second operation window, and there are N second operation objects arranged on the second operation window, wherein M is an integer equal to or greater than 1, N is an integer equal to or greater than 1, and i is a random integer from 1 to M, and wherein the first object to be displayed is the second operation window, and the first operation window provides the display position information of the first object to be displayed, wherein

controlling the second operation window to be displayed in the first display mode when the first operation window is in the first area of the display unit and there is a need for displaying the second operation window;

controlling the second operation window to be displayed in in the second display mode when the first operation window is moved from the first area of the display unit to the second area of the display unit and there is a need for displaying the second operation window, such that the second operation window is able to be fully displayed on the display area;

wherein the first area and the second area are not overlapped.

16. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the controlling the second operation window to be displayed in the second display mode comprises:

judging whether the display position of the second operation window is beyond the display area;

adjusting the display position of the second operation window when the display position of the second operation window is beyond the display area, such that the second operation window is able to be fully displayed on the display area,

wherein adjusting the display position of the second operation window by one of the following manners;

rotating the first operation window and the second operation window simultaneously and keeping a relative position of the second operation window and the i^th first operation object unchanged;

or rotating the second operation window around the center of the first operation window, thus the relative position of the second operation window and the i^th first operation object being changed.

17. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the display processing method further comprises detecting whether there is a first operation;

controlling the second operation window to be displayed in the second display mode comprises;

rotating the first operation window in response to the first operation, such that the i^th first operation object is moved to a first predetermined position, determines the display position of the second operation window based on the first predetermined position and a display direction of the i^th first operation object, and displaying the second operation window at the display position, a display direction of a q^th second operation object of the N second operation objects being consistent with the display direction of the i^th first operation object, wherein q is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than N.

18. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein controlling the second operation window to be displayed in the first display mode comprises:

determining the second operation window based on the display position and display direction of the i^th first operation object on the display unit; and

displaying the second operation window, the display direction of a q^th second operation object of the N second operation objects being consistent with the display direction of the i^th first operation object, wherein q is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than N;

wherein the display position of the i^th first operation object is a first display position and the display direction of the i^th first operation object is a first display direction when the first operation window is at a first position of the first area;

the display position of the i^th first operation object is a second display position and the display direction of the i^th first operation object is a second display direction when the first operation window is at a second position of the first area, the first display direction being different from the second display direction.

19. The display processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display processing method further comprises:

acquiring the user'"'"'s operation information for the first object; and

performing a first operation corresponding to the operation information in a first operation function set on the first object when the display position information corresponds to the first area and performing a second operation corresponding to the operation information in a second operation function set on the first object when the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first operation function set being different from the second operation function set.