SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PICTURES ON TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN

• US 20120166988A1
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, TENG-YU
• Application Number:
  US13/210,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166988A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour

Abstract

A system for presenting pictures on a touch screen is disclosed. The system displays a plurality of pictures associated with a Z-order of layout in the touch screen. When a user selects one of the presented pictures and performs a long tap for a time period on the selected picture, the system changes the Z-order index of the selected picture to a new Z-order index. If necessary, the system adjusts the Z-order indices of the other pictures to accommodate to the new Z-order index of the target picture and generates a new Z-order of layout. Then the system presents the plurality of pictures on the touch screen according to the new Z-order of layout.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting pictures on a touch-sensitive display screen of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of pictures associated with a Z-order of layout in a presentation;

presenting the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the Z-order of layout;

identifying a target picture from the plurality of pictures according to a selection touch on the touch-sensitive display screen;

changing Z-order index of the target picture to a new Z-order index according to an execution touch on the touch-sensitive display screen;

resetting Z-order indices of the plurality of pictures except for the target picture to accommodate to the new Z-order index of the target picture to generate a new Z-order of layout; and

displaying the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the new Z-order of layout.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein Z-order index is zero or integral number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pictures is presented to partially overlap each other.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection touch comprises a short tap on a position of the touch-sensitive display screen without holding where a segment of the target picture is displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution touch comprises a long tap on a position of the touch-sensitive display screen with holding for a time period where a segment of the target picture is displayed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the changing Z-order index comprises increasing the Z-order index of the target picture by a value every a predetermined time period until the time period times out or the new Z-order index reaches an upper limit value.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the resetting Z-order indices comprises:

determining a picture of the plurality of pictures, wherein Z-order index of the picture is greater than the Z-order index of the target picture and not greater than the new Z-order index of the target picture; and

decreasing the Z-order index of the picture by the value.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the changing Z-order index comprises decreasing the Z-order index of the target picture by a value every a predetermined time period until the time period times out or the new Z-order index reaches an lower limit value.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the resetting Z-order indices comprises:

determining a picture of the plurality of pictures, wherein Z-order index of the picture is smaller than the Z-order index of the target picture and not smaller than the new Z-order index of the target picture; and

increasing the Z-order index of the picture by the value.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the execution touch is determined when the time period reaches a predetermined threshold.

11. A system for presenting pictures on a touch-sensitive display screen of an electronic device, the system comprising:

a receiving module adapted to receive a plurality of pictures associated with a Z-order of layout in a presentation;

a presenting module adapted to present the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the Z-order of layout;

an identifying module adapted to identify a target picture from the plurality of pictures according to a selection touch on the touch-sensitive display screen;

a changing module adapted to change Z-order index of the target picture to a new Z-order index according to an execution touch on the touch-sensitive display screen;

a resetting module adapted to reset Z-order indices of the plurality of pictures except for the target picture to accommodate to the new Z-order index of the target picture to generate a new Z-order of layout; and

wherein the presenting module is further adapted to present the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the new Z-order of layout.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the Z-order index is zero or integral number.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of pictures is presented to partially overlap each other.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the selection touch comprises a short tap on a position of the touch-sensitive display screen without holding where a segment of the target picture is displayed.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the execution touch comprises a long tap on a position of the touch-sensitive display screen with holding for a time period where a segment of the target picture is displayed.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the changing module is further adapted to increase the Z-order index of the target picture by a value every a predetermined time period until the time period times out or the new Z-order index reaches an upper limit value.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the resetting module is further adapted to determine a picture of the plurality of pictures, wherein the Z-order index of the picture is greater than the Z-order index of the target picture and not greater than the new Z-order index of the target picture, and decrease the Z-order index of the picture by the value.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the changing module is further adapted to decrease the Z-order index of the target picture by a value every a predetermined time period until the time period times out or the new Z-order index reaches an lower limit value.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the resetting module is further adapted to determine a picture of the plurality of pictures, wherein Z-order index of the picture is smaller than the Z-order index of the target picture and not smaller than the new Z-order index of the target picture, and increase the Z-order index of the picture by the value.

20. A computer-implemented method for presenting pictures on a touch-sensitive display screen of an electronic device, the method comprising:

providing a receiving module, a presenting module, an identifying module, a changing module, and a resetting module;

receiving a plurality of pictures associated with a Z-order of layout in a presentation by the receiving module;

presenting the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the Z-order of layout by the presenting module;

identifying a target picture from the plurality of pictures according to a selection touch on the touch-sensitive display screen by the identifying module;

changing Z-order index of the target picture to a new Z-order index according to an execution touch on the touch-sensitive display screen by the changing module;

resetting Z-order indices of the plurality of pictures except for the target picture to accommodate to the new Z-order index of the target picture to generate a new Z-order of layout by the resetting module; and

displaying the plurality of pictures on the touch-sensitive display screen according to the new Z-order of layout by the presenting module.