Window Opening and Arranging Method

• US 20120011467A1
• Filed: 10/11/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Sung, Yi-Chen
• Application Number:
  US12/901,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20120011467A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A window opening and arranging method adapted in a computer system is provided. The method comprises the steps as follow. A window on a screen of the computer system is provided. A continuous touch signal passing two sides of the window inputted from a command input module is detected. A relative position of the continuous touch signal with respect to the window is computed. A window allocation data is determined according to the relative position of the continuous touch signal. The window is split into a first window and a second window according to the window allocation data.

Claims

1. A window opening and arranging method adapted in a computer system comprising the steps of:

providing a window on a screen of the computer system;

detecting a continuous touch signal passing two sides of the window inputted from a command input module;

computing a relative position of the continuous touch signal with respect to the window;

determining a window allocation data according to the relative position of the continuous touch signal; and

splitting the window into a first window and a second window according to the window allocation data.

2. The window opening and arranging method of claim 1, wherein the continuous touch signal is a track signal of a displacement passing the two sides of the window.

3. The window opening and arranging method of claim 2, wherein the command input module is a mouse and the track signal is a mouse signal corresponding to a displacement of the mouse.

4. The window opening and arranging method of claim 2, wherein the screen is a touch screen, the command input module is the touch screen and the track signal is a touch signal corresponding to a displacement of a touch input.

5. The window opening and arranging method of claim 1, wherein the window allocation data is to evenly split the window into the first window and the second window.

6. The window opening and arranging method of claim 2, wherein the window allocation data is to split the window into the first window and the second window according to a direction of the track signal.

7. The window opening and arranging method of claim 6, wherein when the direction is considered vertical, the first window and the second window are allocated in a relative left-right order.

8. The window opening and arranging method of claim 6, wherein when the direction is considered horizontal, the first window and the second window are allocated in a relative top-down order.

9. The window opening and arranging method of claim 1, wherein when the window displays a first application program interface, the first window and the second window both display the first application program interface.

10. The window opening and arranging method of claim 2, wherein the step of detecting the continuous touch signal further comprises showing a track line on the window according to the track signal.

11. The window opening and arranging method of claim 1, further comprising the following steps:

popping up a first menu;

receiving a first user input command selecting an item on the first menu; and

determining the content to be displayed by the second window according to the first user input command.

12. The window opening and arranging method of claim 11, wherein when the window displays a first application program interface, the first window displays the first application program interface.

13. The window opening and arranging method of claim 11, further comprising popping up a second menu when the user input command is not received within a predetermined time interval to request a second user input command indicating whether to terminate the step of splitting the window.

14. The window opening and arranging method of claim 11, wherein the first menu comprises a menu of application programs in active windows, a menu of favorite list and a menu of all application programs.

15. The window opening and arranging method of claim 1, wherein the window allocation data comprises a size and a coordinate of each of the first and the second windows.