METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STEREOSCOPIC MENU DISPLAY, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20110320983A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Coship Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Coship Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Gao, Wei, Chen, Shaojun, Wang, Guojun, Li, Xu'an
• Application Number:
  US13/142,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20110320983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/836
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/183 On-screen display [OSD] information, e.g. subtitles or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/275 from 3D object models, e.g. computer-generated stereoscopic image signals

Abstract

A method and system for controlling stereoscopic menu display and a mobile communication terminal are provided. Wherein, the method includes: generating and displaying a stereoscopic menu including icons; obtaining a moving track inputted by a user; determining the corresponding rotation tangent planes, rotation directions and rotation speed of the icons in the stereoscopic menu according to coordinates of various points; controlling each icons in the stereoscopic menu to rotate in rotation direction at the rotation speed on the corresponding rotation tangent planes; detecting whether a recovery signal inputted by the user is received, if yes, controlling the stereoscopic menu recovery display according to the icon recovery signal. The present invention, which is based on the moving track inputted on an interface including the stereoscopic menu displayed in an external display unit by the user, determines the rotation tangent planes and rotation direction of each icons in the stereoscopic menu, and controls each icons in the stereoscopic menu to rotate in the determined, rotation directions on the determined corresponding rotation tangent planes respectively, thus enabling a flexible, variable and fun interface display.

Claims

1. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display, comprising:

generating and displaying a stereoscopic menu containing icons;

acquiring a moving track inputted by a user on an interface that contains the stereoscopic menu;

determining rotation tangent planes and a rotation direction of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on coordinates of at least two points on the moving track; and

controlling the icons in the stereoscopic menu to rotate in their corresponding rotation tangent planes along the said rotation direction.

2. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 1 wherein generating the stereoscopic menu that contains icons further includes:

determining a focus of the stereoscopic menu;

determining a boundary of the stereoscopic menu with the focus being the center of the boundary, and distributing the icons on or within the boundary; and

recording and storing coordinates of the boundary and coordinates of the distributed icons.

3. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as defined in claim 2, wherein determining the rotation tangent planes and rotation direction of the icons in the stereoscopic menu are determined based on coordinates of at least two points on the moving track further includes:

determining a line on which coordinates of at least two points on the moving track are located;

comparing the coordinates of the stored boundary with the line on which coordinates of at least two points are located to determine a tangent plane which incorporates the said line and runs vertical to the interface as displayed in the stereoscopic menu by the external display unit;

specifying a plurality of tangent planes that incorporate each of the icons and run parallel to the tangent plane as the corresponding rotation tangent planes of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on coordinates of the stored icons; and

determining the rotation direction by identifying directions of the initial and end points among coordinates of at least two points on the acquired moving track.

4. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 1, wherein generating the stereoscopic menu that contains icons further includes:

locating a focus of the stereoscopic menu;

specifying a boundary of the stereoscopic menu with the said focus being the centre of the boundary;

determining a plurality of tracks within the boundary;

distributing the icons on or within the boundary or on the tracks; and

recording and storing angles of the tracks against a horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external display unit, corresponding to coordinates of the boundary and coordinates of the icons.

5. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as defined in claim 4, wherein determining the rotation tangent planes and rotation direction of the icons in the stereoscopic menu are determined based on coordinates of at least two points on the moving track further includes:

determining an angle of a line, on which coordinates of at least two points on the moving track are located, against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external display unit;

comparing the determined angle against the line with angles of the stored, located tracks against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external unit to obtain the track which is located the most adjacent both to the angle against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external unit and to the angle against the line, and set this track as a benchmark track on which the stereoscopic menu rotates;

determining the tangent plane that incorporates the benchmark track and runs vertical to the interface as displayed via the external display unit in the stereoscopic menu by comparing coordinates of the stored boundary and coordinates of the benchmark track;

specifying a plurality of tangent planes that incorporate the icons and run parallel to the tangent plane as the corresponding rotation tangent planes of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on coordinates of the stored icons; and

determining the rotation direction by identifying directions of the initial and end points among coordinates of two different points.

6. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as defined in claim 1, wherein controlling the icons in the stereoscopic menu rotate in their corresponding rotation tangent planes along the said rotation direction, respectively, further includes:

determining time and distance required to move from an initial point to an end point among coordinates of at least two points on the acquired moving track;

calculating a rotation speed of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on the time and distance; and

controlling the icons in the stereoscopic menu to rotate in their corresponding rotation tangent planes and at the rotation speed along the said rotation direction;

or,

controlling the icons in the stereoscopic menu to rotate at a constant speed in their corresponding rotation tangent planes and at a preset initial speed along the rotation direction.

7. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 6, the method further comprising:

Acquiring the rotation speed of the current icons and controlling each icon to continue rotating at the rotation speed when the user stops inputting the moving track; and

Starting to record the rotation time of each icon when the user stops inputting the moving track, controlling the rotation speed of the icons to decrease by a preset speed limit when the time recorded reaches a preset value, and then driving these icons into inertial rotation at the decreased rotation speed.

8. A method for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 6, the method further comprising:

detecting whether a recovery signal inputted by the user is received, and if yes, controlling the stereoscopic menu to recover its display according to the recovery signal; and

detecting whether a rotation stopping signal inputted by the user is received, and if yes, controlling the rotating icons in the stereoscopic menu to stop rotating in compliance with the rotation stopping signal.

9. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display, comprising:

a Stereoscopic Menu Generating Unit configured to generate a stereoscopic menu containing icons and having the stereoscopic menu displayed via an external display unit;

a User Gesture Acquiring Unit configured to acquire a moving track inputted by a user on an interface that contains the stereoscopic menu generated by the Stereoscopic Menu Generating Unit; and

a Rotation Display Control Unit, configured to determine rotation tangent planes and a rotation direction of the icons in the stereoscopic menu generated by the Stereoscopic Menu Generating Unit according to coordinates of at least two points on the moving track acquired by the User Gesture Acquiring Unit, and used to control the icons in the stereoscopic menu as displayed via the external display unit to rotate in the determined, corresponding rotation tangent planes along the said rotation direction of the icons.

10. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

A rotation Speed Acquiring Unit configured to acquire a rotation speed of the icons as currently displayed via the external display unit when the user stops inputting the moving track;

a Timing Unit for Starting to record rotation time of each icon as displayed via the external display unit when the user stops inputting the moving track; and

an Inertia Display Control Unit, configured to control the icons as displayed via the external display unit to decrease their rotation speed when the time recorded by the Timing Unit reaches the preset value, and then driving them into inertial rotation at the decreased speed.

11. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

a Recovery Signal Detection Unit for detecting whether an icon recovery signal inputted by the user is received; and

a Display Recovery Unit for controlling the stereoscopic menu to recover its display once the Recovery Signal Detection Unit detects and receives the icon recovery signal inputted by the user.

12. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9, further comprising:

a Stopping Signal Detection Unit for detecting whether a rotation stopping signal inputted by the user is received; and

a Display Stopping Unit for controlling the rotating icons in the stereoscopic menu to stop rotating once the Stopping Signal Detection Unit detects and receives the rotation stopping signal inputted by the user.

13. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9, wherein the Stereoscopic Menu Generating Unit further comprises:

a First Focus Locating Module for locating a focus of the stereoscopic menu;

a First Boundary Locating Module for specifying a boundary of the stereoscopic menu with the focus as located by the First Focus Locating Module being the centre;

a First Icon Distributing Module for distributing the icons on or within the boundary specified by the First Boundary Locating Module, and for displaying the interface that contains the stereoscopic menu via the external display unit after the icons are distributed; and

a First Record and Storage Module for recording and storing a position of the boundary specified by the First Boundary Locating Module and coordinates of the icons distributed by the First Icon Distributing Module.

14. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 13, wherein the Rotation Display Control Unit further comprises:

a First Rotation Tangent Plane Locating Module, which is configured to determine a line on which coordinates of at least two points on the moving track acquired by the Coordinates Acquiring Unit are located, and compare the line with the coordinates of the boundary as stored in the First Record and Storage Module to identify a tangent plane which incorporates this line and runs vertical to the interface as displayed via the external display unit, and to find out a plurality of tangent planes, which incorporate the icons and run parallel to the said tangent plane, in the stereoscopic menu and set them as the rotation tangent planes of the icons;

a First Rotation Direction Locating Module, which is configured to determine a rotation direction by acquiring directions of the initial and end points among coordinates of various points on the moving track acquired by the Coordinate Acquiring Unit;

a First Rotation Speed Locating Module, which is configured to determine a rotation speed of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on coordinates of various points on the moving track acquired by the Coordinate Acquiring Unit; and

a First Rotation Control Module for controlling the icons in the stereoscopic menu as displayed via the external display unit to rotate in their corresponding rotation tangent planes as determined by the First Rotation Tangent Plane Locating Module and at the rotation speed as determined by the First Rotation Speed Locating Module along the rotation direction determined by the First Rotation Direction Locating Module.

15. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9, wherein the Stereoscopic Menu Generating Unit further comprises:

a Second Focus Locating Module for locating a focus of the stereoscopic menu;

a Second Boundary Locating Module for specifying a boundary of the stereoscopic menu with the focus as located by the Second Focus Locating Module being the centre;

a Track Determining Module for determining a plurality of tracks within the boundary as specified by the Second Focus Locating Module;

an Icon Distributing Module for distributing the icons on the boundary as specified by the Second Boundary Locating Module and/or on the plurality of tracks as determined by the Track Determining Module; and

a Second Record and Storage Module for recording and storing a position of the boundary as specified by the Second Boundary Locating Module, angles of the tracks as determined by the Track Determining Module against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external display unit, and the coordinates of the icons as distributed by the Second Icon Distributing Module.

16. A system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 15, wherein the Rotation Display Control Unit further comprises:

a Benchmark Track Locating Module, which is configured to determine an angle of the line, on which coordinates of at least two points on the moving track as acquired by the Coordinates Acquiring Unit are located, against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external unit, and compare the angle of the line with the angles of the tracks as stored by the Second Record and Storage Module against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external unit to acquire a track which is located the most adjacent both to the angle against the horizontal position of the interface as displayed via the external unit and to the angle against the line, and set the track as the benchmark track on which the stereoscopic menu rotates;

a Second Rotation Tangent Plane Locating Module, which is configured to compare the coordinates of the boundary as stored in the Second Record and Storage Module with the benchmark track as determined by the Benchmark Track Locating Module to find out a tangent plane which incorporates the benchmark track and runs vertical to the interface as displayed via the external display unit in the stereoscopic menu, and to identify a plurality of tangent planes which incorporate the icons and run parallel to the said tangent plane and set them as the rotation tangent planes for the icons;

a Second Rotation Direction Locating Module, which is configured to determine the rotation direction by acquiring directions of the initial and end points among the coordinates of at least two points on the moving track as acquired by the Coordinate Acquiring Unit;

a Second Rotation Speed Locating Module, which is configured to determine the rotation speed of the icons in the stereoscopic menu based on coordinates of at least two points on the moving track as acquired by the Coordinate Acquiring Unit; and

a Second Rotation Control Module, which is configured to control the icons in the stereoscopic menu as displayed via the external display unit to rotate in their corresponding rotation tangent planes as determined by the Second Rotation Tangent Plane Locating Module and at the rotation speed as determined by the Second Rotation Speed Locating Module along the rotation direction determined by the Second Rotation Direction Locating Module.

17. A mobile communication terminal, comprising a system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 9 and touch screen.

18. A mobile communication terminal, comprising a system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 10 and touch screen.

19. A mobile communication terminal, comprising a system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 11 and touch screen.

20. A mobile communication terminal, comprising a system for controlling stereoscopic menu display as set forth in claim 12 and touch screen.