Method for adjusting window display position, and terminal

• US 10,318,135 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huertas Torres, Ayesha E
• Application Number:
  US14/900,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20160162169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A method for adjusting a window display position, and a terminal. The method for adjusting a window display position in the present disclosure includes displaying a window in a first position of a terminal screen; acquiring a rotational angular velocity and/or a rotating angle of a terminal; determining a change of a rotation direction of the terminal according to the rotational angular velocity and/or the rotating angle; and adjusting, according to a rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in a second position of the screen. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a function of dynamically adjusting a window display position according to a change of a rotation direction of a terminal is implemented. After the adjustment, a user operation is more convenient.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a window display position, the method comprising:

displaying a window in a first position of a terminal screen;

acquiring a first rotational angular velocity of a terminal about a first axis and a second rotational angular velocity of the terminal about a second axis;

acquiring a first rotating angle of the terminal about the first axis and a second rotating angle of the terminal about the second axis;

comparing an absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity with an absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity;

determining, based on the comparison, that a change of a rotation direction of the terminal occurs about the first axis when the absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity;

determining a rotational change direction of the terminal according to the first rotating angle and the first rotational angular velocity; and

adjusting, according to the rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in a second position of the terminal screen.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the rotational change direction of the terminal comprises determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to a first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than a first threshold and the first rotating angle is greater than a second threshold, wherein the first rotational angular velocity of the terminal being greater than the first threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction, and wherein the first rotating angle of the terminal being greater than the second threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining the rotational change direction of the terminal comprises determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to the first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the first threshold and the first rotating angle is less than a third threshold that indicates movement of the terminal in a second direction about the first axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein before adjusting, according to the rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in the second position of the terminal screen, the method comprises presetting displacement by which the window moves.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein adjusting, according to the rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in the second position of the terminal screen comprises:

moving the window of the terminal towards the rotational change direction by the displacement; and

adjusting the window to be displayed in the second position of the terminal screen.

6. A terminal, comprising:

a display configured to display a window in a first position;

at least one sensor configured to acquire a first rotational angular velocity of the terminal about a first axis, a first rotating angle of the terminal about the first axis, a second rotational angular velocity of the terminal about a second axis, and a second rotating angle of the terminal about the second axis; and

a processor coupled to the display and the at least one sensor and configured to;

compare an absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity with an absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity;

determine, based on the comparison, that a change of a rotation direction of the terminal occurs about the first axis when the absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity; and

determine a rotational change direction of the terminal according to the first rotating angle and the first rotational angular velocity, and

the display being further configured to adjust, according to the rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in a second position.

7. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to a first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than a first threshold and the first rotating angle is greater than a second threshold, wherein the first rotational angular velocity of the terminal being greater than the first threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction, and wherein the first rotating angle of the terminal being greater than the second threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to the first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the first threshold and the first rotating angle is less than a third threshold that indicates movement of the terminal in a second direction about the first axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction.

9. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to preset displacement by which the window moves.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the display is further configured to move the window of the terminal towards the rotational change direction by the displacement, and adjust the window to be displayed in the second position.

11. A method for adjusting a window display position, the method comprising:

displaying a window in a first position of a terminal screen;

acquiring a first rotational angular velocity of a terminal about a first axis and a second rotational angular velocity of the terminal about a second axis;

acquiring a first rotating angle of the terminal about the first axis and a second rotating angle of the terminal about the second axis;

comparing an absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity with an absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity;

determining, based on the comparison, that a change of a rotation direction of the terminal occurs about the first axis when the absolute value of the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the absolute value of the second rotational angular velocity;

determining a rotational change direction of the terminal according to the first rotating angle and the first rotational angular velocity by;

determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to a first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than a first threshold and the first rotating angle is greater than a second threshold, wherein the first rotational angular velocity of the terminal being greater than the first threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction, and wherein the first rotating angle of the terminal being greater than the second threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the first direction;

determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to the first direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is greater than the first threshold and the first rotating angle is less than a third threshold that indicates movement of the terminal in a second direction about the first axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction;

determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to the second direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is less than a fourth threshold and the first rotating angle is less than the third threshold, wherein the first rotational angular velocity of the terminal being less than the fourth threshold indicates movement of the terminal in the second direction; and

determining that the rotational change direction of the terminal corresponds to the second direction about the first axis when the first rotational angular velocity is less than the fourth threshold and the first rotating angle is greater than the second threshold; and

adjusting, according to the rotational change direction of the terminal, the window to be displayed in a second position of the terminal screen.