ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120192110A1
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Wu, Yi-Hsi
• Application Number:
  US13/077,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20120192110A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/815
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device and an information display method thereof are provided. The electronic device has a screen and is configured to receive signals from a touch input/output interface. The screen displays a file management frame including a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects is corresponding to a view area within the file management frame and has additional information and/or a preview icon. In the present method, an enlargement or shrinking touch signal is detected via the touch input/output interface. The view area corresponding to each of the objects is adjusted according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal. Regarding each of the objects, the content of the additional information to be displayed in the view area corresponding to the object is changed according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal.

Claims

1. An information display method, adaptable to an electronic device configured to receive signals from a touch input/output interface and having a screen, wherein the screen displays a file management frame comprising a plurality of objects, each of the objects is corresponding to a view area within the file management frame, and each of the objects comprises an additional information and/or a preview icon, the information display method comprising:

detecting an enlargement or shrinking touch signal via the touch input/output interface;

adjusting the view area corresponding to each of the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal; and

regarding each of the objects, changing a content of the additional information displayed in the view area corresponding to the object according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal.

2. The information display method according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the view area corresponding to each of the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

simultaneously adjusting the view areas corresponding to the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal.

3. The information display method according to claim 2, wherein the step of simultaneously adjusting the view areas corresponding to the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, enlarging the view areas corresponding to the objects, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal; and

when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, reducing the view areas corresponding to the objects.

4. The information display method according to claim 1, wherein the step of regarding each of the objects, changing the content of the additional information displayed in the view area corresponding to the object according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

correspondingly changing the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal, wherein the content comprises an amount of the additional information and/or one or a combination of a number, a size, and an arrangement of a plurality of sub icons of the preview icon.

5. The information display method according to claim 4, wherein the step of correspondingly changing the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

when a distance between the a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, increasing the amount of the displayed additional information in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal; and

when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, decreasing the amount of the displayed additional information in the view area corresponding to the object.

6. The information display method according to claim 5 further comprising:

enlarging the preview icon of the object while increasing the amount of the displayed additional information; and

reducing the preview icon of the object while decreasing the amount of the displayed additional information.

7. The information display method according to claim 4, wherein the step of correspondingly changing the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, increasing the number of the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal; and

when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, decreasing the number of the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object.

8. The information display method according to claim 4, wherein the step of correspondingly changing the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, enlarging the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal; and

when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, reducing the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object.

9. The information display method according to claim 4, wherein the step of correspondingly changing the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal comprises:

when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, decreasing an overlapped extent between the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal; and

when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, increasing the overlapped extent between the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object.

10. The information display method according to claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises an object creation time and a custom tag.

11. The information display method according to claim 1, wherein each of the objects is one of a file, a shortcut, and a folder, and when the object is the folder, each of the sub icons of the preview icon is corresponding to a sub object in the folder.

12. The information display method according to claim 1, wherein the touch input/output interface is a remote control device, a portable electronic device, a touch pad, or a director.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a screen, for displaying a file management frame comprising a plurality of objects, and for displaying an additional information and/or a preview icon of each of the objects in a view area within the file management frame;

a determination module, for receiving signals from a touch input/output interface and determining whether an enlargement or shrinking touch signal is detected via the touch input/output interface; and

an information display module, coupled to the screen and the determination module, for adjusting the view area corresponding to each of the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal, and regarding each of the objects, changing a content of the additional information to be displayed according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal and controlling the screen to display the additional information and the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the information display module simultaneously adjusts the view areas corresponding to the objects according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, the information display module enlarges the view areas corresponding to the objects, and when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, the information display module reduces the view areas corresponding to the objects, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein regarding each of the objects, the information display module correspondingly changes the content of the displayed additional information according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal, wherein the content comprises a amount of the additional information and/or one or a combination of a number, a size, and an arrangement of a plurality of sub icons of the preview icon.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, the information display module increases the amount of the displayed additional information in the view area corresponding to the object, and when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, the information display module decreases the amount of the displayed additional information in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the information display module enlarges the preview icon of the object while increasing the amount of the displayed additional information and reduces the preview icon of the object while decreasing the amount of the displayed additional information.

19. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, the information display module increases the number of the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, and when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, the information display module decreases the number of the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

20. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, the information display module enlarges the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, and when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, the information display module reduces the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

21. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein when a distance between a first touch signal and a second touch signal increases, the information display module decreases an overlapped extent between the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, and when the distance between the first touch signal and the second touch signal decreases, the information display module increases the overlapped extent between the sub icons of the preview icon in the view area corresponding to the object, wherein the enlargement or shrinking touch signal is composed of the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

22. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the additional information comprises an object creation time and a custom tag.

23. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein each of the objects is one of a file, a shortcut, and a folder, and when the object is the folder, each of the sub icons of the preview icon is corresponding to a sub object in the folder.

24. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the screen and the touch input/output interface are a same module.

25. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the touch input/output interface is a remote control device, a portable electronic device, a touch pad, or a director.