CONTROLLING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100218137A1
• Filed: 01/25/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Inventors: Sim, Mong-Yong, Hung, Jung-Chen, Leelin, Ying, Wu, Cheng-En
• Application Number:
  US12/692,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20100218137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041661 using detection at multiple resolutions, e.g. coarse and fine scanning; using detection within a limited area, e.g. object tracking window
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A controlling method for an electronic device having a screen is provided. A first GUI element is displayed on the screen. An operation distance and an operation time between a first object and a second object above the screen corresponding to the first GUI element are detected. Operation functions are selectively performed to the first GUI element by the electronic device according to the operation distance and the operation.

Claims

1. A controlling method for an electronic device having a screen, the controlling method comprising:

displaying a first GUI element on the screen;

detecting an operation distance and an operation time between a first object and a second object above the screen corresponding to the first GUI element; and

selectively performing operation functions to the first GUI element by the electronic device according to the operation distance and the operation time.

2. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the first GUI element on the screen in a full-screen mode; and

pulling the first GUI element for the operation distance toward a first direction on the screen by the first object and the second object;

pulling and displaying a second GUI element on the screen when the first object and the second object moving toward the first direction of the screen simultaneously, wherein the second GUI element is jointed to an edge of the first GUI element;

continuingly moving the first GUI element in the first direction until the first GUI element vanishes from the screen if the operation distance exceeds a first default distance; and

displaying the second GUI element on the screen in the full-screen mode.

3. The controlling method according to claim 2, wherein if the operation distance is less than the first default distance and the electronic device does not detect the first object and the second object above the screen, the first GUI element moves in a direction opposite to the first direction and the second GUI element vanishes from the screen.

4. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a rectangular selection area on the first GUI element when the electronic device detecting the operation distance between the first object and the second object above the screen exceeds a second default distance, wherein the first object and the second object correspond to two diagonal end-points of the rectangular selection area.

5. The controlling method according to claim 4, wherein when the first object and the second object are not above the screen, the screen enlarges and displays the rectangular selection area.

6. The controlling method according to claim 4, wherein a portion of the first GUI element being out of the rectangular selection area has a second brightness, and the rectangular selection area has a first brightness higher than the second brightness.

7. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selectively performing a zoom-in function and a zoom-out function for the first GUI element by the electronic device when the first object and the second object move simultaneously and are simultaneously pointed to the first GUI element for the operation time not exceeding a first default time and the operation distance between the first object and the second object above the first GUI element not exceeding a second default distance.

8. The controlling method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing the zoom-in function to the first GUI element by the electronic device when it is detected that the first object and the second object simultaneously move towards a second direction; and

performing the zoom-out function to the first GUI element by the electronic device when it is detected that the first object and the second object simultaneously move towards a third direction, wherein the third direction is opposite to the second direction.

9. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a command icon in the first GUI element by the electronic device when it is detected that the first object and the second object are simultaneously pointed to the first GUI element for the operation time exceeding a second default time and the operation distance between the first object and the second object above the first GUI element less than a second default distance.

10. The controlling method according to claim 9, further comprising:

expanding the command icon into a plurality of functional icons by the electronic device when the relative distance between the first object and the second object above the first GUI element exceeds a third default distance.

11. The controlling method according to claim 1, wherein the screen is a touch screen, and the first object and the second object control the electronic device by contacting the touch screen.

12. A controlling method for an electronic device having a screen, the controlling method comprising:

displaying a plurality of GUI elements on the screen; and

detecting the relations between a first object and a second object above the screen and the GUI elements, and performing corresponding functions to the GUI elements by the electronic device according to the detected relations.

13. The controlling method according to claim 12, the GUI elements comprises a first GUI element and a second GUI element, the controlling method comprising:

detecting whether the first object and the second object are simultaneously pointed to the first GUI element and the second GUI element ; and

performing a screen unlocking command by the electronic device when the screen is in a locking state.

14. The controlling method according to claim 13, the controlling method comprising:

pulling the first GUI element by the first object;

performing a screen unlocking command when the first GUI element connecting to the second GUI element.

15. The controlling method according to claim 12, the GUI elements comprising a plurality of icons, the method comprising:

displaying the icons on the screen by one of a plurality of arrangement modes; and

sequentially switching the arrangement modes for displaying the icons when the electronic device detecting the first object and the second object simultaneously double-click the screen except the icons.

16. The controlling method according to claim 15, the arrangement modes comprising a user arrangement mode, wherein positions of the icons in the user arrangement mode are the positions the user sets.

17. The controlling method according to claim 15, the arrangement modes comprising a lattice arrangement mode, wherein the icons are arranged in a lattice in the lattice arrangement mode.

18. The controlling method according to claim 15, the arrangement modes comprising a bar arrangement mode, wherein the icons are arranged in a bar in the bar arrangement mode.

19. A controlling method for an electronic device, having a screen used for displaying a plurality of GUI elements with consecutive numbers, the controlling method comprising:

displaying a first GUI element with a first number at a first size on the screen; and

displaying a second GUI element with a second number in a pre-viewing area at a second size overlapping the first GUI element by the electronic device, wherein the first size is larger than the second size.

20. The controlling method according to claim 19, further comprising:

displaying the pre-viewing area when the electronic device detects a first object, a second object and a third object are simultaneously pointed to the first GUI element and moves in a first direction;

displaying the GUI elements in the pre-viewing area with increasing page numbers when the first object, the second object and the third object are simultaneously moved for a first movement in the first direction, wherein the size of the first movement is proportional to the page switching rate in the pre-viewing area.

21. The controlling method according to claim 20, further comprising:

displaying the GUI elements in the pre-viewing area according to decreasing page number when it is detected that the first object, the second object and the third object are simultaneously moved in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction.