Method and wireless handheld device for automatically switching handheld mode

• US 10,282,073 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2014
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Hongxi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Srilakshmi K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Castiaux, Brent D
• Application Number:
  US14/522,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20150042591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,657 Days
• Field of Search: 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0281 for providing single handed use or left/right hand conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for automatically switching a handheld mode and a wireless handheld device. The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies. The method for automatically switching a handheld mode includes: updating, when it is detected that a duration during which handheld positions of a wireless handheld device do not match a preset first handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds a first preset duration, a first user interface matching the first handheld mode to a second user interface matching a second handheld mode, where a layout of controls on the second user interface is a flip horizontal of a layout of controls on the first user interface.

Claims

1. A method for automatically switching a handheld mode, the method comprising:

when a wireless handheld device is in a user-interface locked state, displaying a first preset user interface corresponding to a first handheld mode, wherein the first preset user interface comprises a first unlocking icon and a first unlocking path, and the first unlocking icon is at one end of the first unlocking path, wherein the first handheld mode is a preset mode associated with one of a plurality of first handheld positions and a first preset user interface;

detecting that a duration during which handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match a second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds a first preset duration; and

displaying a second preset user interface corresponding to the second handheld mode in response to detecting that the duration exceeds the first preset duration, wherein the second preset user interface comprises a second unlocking icon and a second unlocking path, and the second unlocking icon is at one end of the second unlocking path, wherein the second handheld mode is a different preset mode associated with one of a plurality of second handheld positions and a second preset user interface, and each of the plurality of the first and second handheld positions comprise a touch position on the back of the wireless handheld device and a touch position on a side of the wireless handheld device, wherein the plurality of first handheld positions are different from the plurality of second handheld positions,

wherein a layout of the second unlocking icon and the second unlocking path on the second preset user interface is a mirror image of a layout of the first unlocking icon and the first unlocking path on the first preset user interface, and wherein the mirror image is a reflection of the layout of controls about a centered axis of a screen of the wireless handheld device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising when the wireless handheld device is in an user-interface unlocked state, displaying a third preset user interface corresponding to the first handheld mode when it is detected that a duration during which handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the first handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds a second preset duration.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface unlocked state, displaying a fourth preset user interface corresponding to the second handheld mode, when it is detected that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the second preset duration, wherein a layout of controls on the third preset user interface is a mirror image of a layout of controls on the fourth preset user interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the first user interface when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface locked state and it is detected that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the first handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the second preset duration.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the first user interface, when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface locked state and it is detected that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device do not match the second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the first preset duration.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the mirror image comprises flip horizontal, and the flip horizontal comprises:

determining that a first control icon is located on a left half of the screen at a first distance from a left edge of the screen and a second distance from a top edge of the screen;

determining that a second control icon is located on the left half of the screen at a third distance from the left edge of the screen and a fourth distance from the top edge of the screen, wherein the first distance is different from the third distance;

translating the first control icon to a right half of the screen to a fifth distance from a right edge of the screen, wherein the first distance is equal to the fifth distance, and wherein the second distance is unchanged; and

translating the second control icon to the right half of the screen to a sixth distance from the right edge of the screen, wherein the third distance is equal to the sixth distance, and wherein the second control icon is at the fourth distance from the top edge of the screen.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting handheld positions of a wireless handheld device using a sensor, wherein a touchscreen is located on a surface of the wireless handheld device and the sensor is located on a different surface of the wireless handheld device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the centered axis is parallel to a length of the wireless handheld device and perpendicular to a width of the wireless handheld device, and wherein the length is greater than the width.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein when the wireless handheld device is in a user-interface locked state, the second preset user interface comprises at least two unlocking paths and an application icon, wherein an end of each unlocking path is the unlocking icon or the application icon.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein one end of each unlocking path is the unlocking icon and the other end of each unlocking path is the application icon.

6. A wireless handheld device, comprising:

a sensor; and

at least one processor coupled to the sensor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

when the wireless handheld device is in a user-interface locked state, display a first preset user interface corresponding to a first handheld mode, wherein the first preset user interface comprises a first unlocking icon and a first unlocking path, and the first unlocking icon is at one end of the first unlocking path, wherein the first handheld mode is a preset mode associated with one of a plurality of first handheld positions and a first preset user interface;

display a second preset user interface corresponding to the second handheld mode when the sensor detects that a duration during which handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds a first preset duration, wherein the second preset user interface comprises a second unlocking icon and a second unlocking path, and the second unlocking icon is at one end of the second unlocking path, wherein the second handheld mode is a different preset mode associated with one of a plurality of second handheld positions and a second preset user interface, and each of the plurality of the first and second handheld positions comprise a touch position on the back of the wireless handheld device and a touch position on a side of the wireless handheld device, wherein the plurality of first handheld positions is different from the plurality of second handheld positions,

wherein a layout of the second unlocking icon and the second unlocking path on the second preset user interface is a mirror image of a layout of the first unlocking icon and the first unlocking path on the first preset user interface, and wherein the mirror image is a reflection of the layout of controls about a centered axis of a screen of the wireless handheld device.

7. The wireless handheld device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display a third preset user interface corresponding to the first handheld mode when the wireless handheld device is in an user-interface unlocked state, and the sensor detects that a duration during which handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the first handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds a second preset duration.

8. The wireless handheld device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display a fourth preset user interface corresponding to the second handheld mode, when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface unlocked state, and the sensor detects that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the first preset duration, wherein a layout of controls on the third preset user interface is a mirror image of a layout of controls on the fourth preset user interface.

9. The wireless handheld device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the first user interface, when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface locked state, and the sensor detects that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device match the first handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the second preset duration.

10. The wireless handheld device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the first user interface, when the wireless handheld device is in the user-interface locked state, and the sensor detects that the duration during which the handheld positions of the wireless handheld device do not match the second handheld mode of the wireless handheld device exceeds the first preset duration.

16. The wireless handheld device of claim 6, wherein when the wireless handheld device is in a user-interface locked state, the second preset user interface comprises at least two unlocking paths and an application icon, wherein an end of each unlocking path is the unlocking icon or the application icon.

17. The wireless handheld device of claim 16, wherein one end of each unlocking path is the unlocking icon and the other end of each unlocking path is the application icon.