ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER INTERFACE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120047464A1
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, CHENG-HAN
• Application Number:
  US12/961,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20120047464A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/836
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for managing a user interface include setting a movement speed of the interface elements in the user interface corresponding to an angle of change of the electronic device, and setting a movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface corresponding to rotation direction. The method further includes confirming the movement speed and the movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface according to the angle of change and the rotation direction, and controlling the interface elements in the user interface to according to the confirmed movement speed and movement direction.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage system;

a display to show a user interface of the electronic device;

an orientation sensor;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system, executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module operable to set a movement speed of interface elements of the user interface, the movement speed corresponding to an angle of change of the electronic device, and set a movement direction of the interface elements of the user interface corresponding to rotation direction of the electronic device;

an acquisition module operable to acquire the angle of change and the rotation direction of the electronic device from the orientation sensor;

a confirmation module operable to confirm the movement speed and the movement direction according to the acquired angle of change and rotation direction; and

a controlling module operable to control the interface elements in the user interface to move according to the confirmed movement speed and movement direction.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface elements in the user interface comprise a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) menus, and 3D submenus of each of the 3D menus, the 3D submenus being 3D cascading under corresponding 3D menus.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the orientation sensor monitors the angle of change and the rotation direction according to a predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device, and wherein a current orientation of the electronic device is user-changeable.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device is defined by setting a vertex of right corner of the display as an origin, a horizontal direction of the display as an x-axis, a vertical direction of the display as a z-axis, and a direction perpendicular to the display as a y-axis.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling module is further operable to:

control the interface elements in the user interface to move down, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the y-axis anticlockwise;

or

control the interface elements in the user interface to move up, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis clockwise.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling module is further operable to:

control the interface elements in the user interface to move right, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the x-axis clockwise;

or

control the interface elements in the user interface to move left, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis anticlockwise.

7. A computer-implemented method for managing a user interface of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an orientation sensor, the method comprising:

setting a movement speed of interface elements in a user interface of the electronic device, the movement speed corresponding to an angle of change of the electronic device, and setting a movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface corresponding to rotation direction of the electronic device;

acquiring the angle of change and the rotation direction of the electronic device from the orientation sensor;

confirming the movement speed and the movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface according to the acquired angle of change and rotation direction;

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move according to the confirmed movement speed and movement direction.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the interface elements in the user interface comprise a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) menus, and 3D submenus of each of the 3D menus, the 3D submenus being 3D cascading under corresponding 3D menus.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the orientation sensor monitors the angle of change and the rotation direction according to a predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device, and wherein a current orientation of the electronic device is user-changeable.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device is defined by setting a vertex of right corner of the display as an origin, a horizontal direction of the display as an x-axis, a vertical direction of the display as a z-axis, and a direction perpendicular to the display as a y-axis.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move down, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the y-axis anticlockwise;

or

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move up, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis clockwise.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move right, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the x-axis clockwise;

or

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move left, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis anticlockwise.

13. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of executed by a processor to perform a method for managing a user interface of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an orientation sensor, the method comprising:

setting a movement speed of interface elements in a user interface of the electronic device, the movement speed corresponding to an angle of change of the electronic device, and setting a movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface corresponding to rotation direction of the electronic device;

acquiring the angle of change and the rotation direction of the electronic device from the orientation sensor, the orientation sensor monitoring the angle of change and the rotation direction according to a predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device;

confirming the movement speed and the movement direction of the interface elements in the user interface according to the acquired angle of change and rotation direction;

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move according to the confirmed movement speed and movement direction.

14. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein interface elements in the user interface comprise a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) menus, and 3D submenus of each of the 3D menus, the 3D submenus being 3D cascading under corresponding 3D menus.

15. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the orientation sensor monitors the angle of change and the rotation direction according to a predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device, and a current orientation of the electronic device can be set to be the predetermined reference orientation according to preference.

16. The storage medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predetermined reference orientation of the electronic device is defined by setting a vertex of right corner of the display as an origin, a horizontal direction of the display as an x-axis, a vertical direction of the display as a z-axis, and a direction perpendicular to the display as a y-axis.

17. The storage medium as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move down, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the y-axis anticlockwise;

or

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move up, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis clockwise.

18. The storage medium as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move right, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a positive direction of the x-axis clockwise;

or

controlling the interface elements in the user interface to move left, in response that the electronic device rotates from the predetermined reference orientation to a negative direction of the y-axis anticlockwise.