User interface with figures mapping to the keys, for allowing a user to select and control a portable electronic device

• US 20060294472A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Wang, Hong-Tien, Tsai, Wen-Sung, Cheng, Chih-Chuan, Wang, Tsai-Chung
• Application Number:
  US11/320,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user interface with figures mapping to the keys, for allowing a user to select and control a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprises a display device, and a plurality of hardware keys are disposed on the portable electronic device to form a key field; thereby, the display device will display a figure field with a plurality of figures when the portable electronic device is powered on, and the figures will be mapped to the hardware keys layer by layer, therefore, every function represented by the figures can be executed when the user presses its mapping hardware key. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a portable electronic device having a user interface with figures mapping to the keys.

Claims

1. A user interface with figures mapping to keys for allowing a user to control and select a portable device, said user interface having a plurality of figure fields, said portable device having a display device and a key field comprised of a plurality of hardware keys, wherein said each figure field of each layer includes a plurality of figures, and said each figure of said figure field of each layer has an one-to-one mapping with said each hardware key, such that after said portable device is powered on, said display device display shows one of said plurality of layers of figure fields, and one of said plurality of hardware keys is pressed to execute a corresponding function indicated by said figure, and after said function indicated by said figure is executed, said display device shows a figure field corresponding to a function indicated by said figure in said plurality of layers of figure field.

2. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 1, wherein said portable device is a portable video player or a personal digital assistant. (PDA).

3. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 1, wherein said figure field includes an automatic hidden function, such that when said video data is viewed, said video data is hidden to prevent interferences to a screen, and said figure field will show if any one of said hardware keys is pressed.

4. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 1, wherein said figure field further comprises a Play figure, a Music figure, a Photo figure, and an Exit figure.

5. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 1, wherein if said Play figure is executed, said display device shows a first figure field corresponding a function required for playing said video data.

6. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 5, wherein said first figure field further comprises a Play figure, a Page Up figure, a Page Down figure, and a More figure.

7. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 6, wherein if said Play figure is executed, said display device shows said video data and updates a second figure field of a corresponding function.

8. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 7, wherein said figure field further comprises a Pause figure, a Forward figure, a Review figure, and a Stop figure.

9. The user interface with figures mapping to keys of claim 1, wherein said display device is a crystal liquid display device.