DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL

• US 20130021275A1
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Xuelian, Li, Yan
• Granted Patent: US 9,519,310 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display method and a terminal are described. The terminal has a rectangle display screen with a long side and a short side. The terminal has two states, a first state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane. The terminal has a storage device which stores at least one object with data information. The method includes generating a first display command when the terminal is detected to be in the first state, and in accordance with the first display command, displaying by the display screen a first part of the data information of at least one object; generating a second display command when the terminal is detected to be in the second state, and in accordance with the second display command, displaying by the display screen a second part of the data information of at least one object; wherein a first ratio of the first part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof is smaller than a second ratio of the second part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof.

Claims

1. A display method used for a terminal having a rectangle display screen, the rectangle display screen having a long side and a short side;

the terminal having two states, a first state being a state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state being a state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane;

the terminal having a storage device which stores at least one object with data information;

characterized in that the method comprises;

generating a first display command when the terminal is detected to be in the first state, and in accordance with the first display command, displaying by the display screen a first part of the data information of at least one object;

generating a second display command when the terminal is detected to be in the second state, and in accordance with the second display command, displaying by the display screen a second part of the data information of at least one object;

wherein a first ratio of the first part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof is smaller than a second ratio of the second part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying said first part on a preset position of the display screen when displaying the second part.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores two objects, and when the terminal is at the second state, the second part of the data information of one of the objects is displayed, the method further comprising:

acquiring a touch point position or a touch point motion locus on the touch device; and

displaying a second part of the data information of another one of the objects when said touch point position or touch point motion locus satisfies a preset condition.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying by the display screen the first part of the data information of at least one object comprises:

displaying the first part of data information of at least one object on a specific position of the display screen.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein displaying by the display screen the second part of the data information of at least one object comprises:

displaying by the display screen the second part of data information of the object corresponding to the first part displayed on the specific position.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the specific position of the display screen refers to:

a position of a selection frame;

or

a display position which is closest to the short side of the display screen.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the position of the selection frame refers to:

a fixed position arranged on the display screen;

or

a position where the object corresponding to the second part finally displayed after the first switching is located in a process of switching the display screen from the first state to the second state in two times continuously.

8. A contact information display method used for a terminal having a rectangle display screen, the rectangle display screen having a long side and a short side;

the terminal having two states, a first state being a state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state being a state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane;

the terminal having a storage device which stores contact information of at least two contacts;

characterized in that the method comprises;

acquiring a touch point position or a touch point motion locus on the touch screen when the terminal is at the second state;

switching the contact information of the first contact currently displayed to the contact information of the second contact for display, when the touch point position or the touch point motion locus satisfies the preset condition.

9. A terminal having a rectangle display screen, the rectangle display screen having a long side and a short side;

the terminal having two states, a first state being a state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state being a state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane;

the terminal having a storage unit for storing at least one object with data information;

characterized in that the terminal further comprises;

a first display unit for generating a first display command when the terminal is detected to be in the first state, and displaying a first part of the data information of at least one object on the display screen in accordance with the first display command;

a second display unit for generating a second display command when the terminal is detected to be in the second state, and displaying second part of the data information of at least one object(s) on the display screen in accordance with the second display command;

wherein, a first ratio of the first part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof is smaller than a second ratio of the second part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the second display unit is further used for displaying the first part on the preset position of the display screen when the second part is displayed.

11. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein

the storage unit stores two objects, and the second display unit displays the second part of the data information of one of the objects when the terminal is at the second state;

and

the terminal further includes;

a locus acquisition unit for acquiring the touch point position or the touch point motion locus on the touch device;

wherein the second display unit further displays the second part of the data information of another one of the objects when the touch point position or the touch point motion locus satisfies the preset condition.

12. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein

the first display unit is further used for displaying the first part of data information of one of the objects on the specific position of the display screen;

and

the second display unit is further used for displaying the second part of data information of the object corresponding to the first part displayed on the specific position.

13. A terminal having a rectangle display screen, the rectangle display screen having a long side and a short side;

the terminal having two states, a first state being a state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state being a state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane;

the terminal having a storage device which stores contact information of at least two contacts;

characterized in that the terminal further comprises;

a locus acquisition device for acquiring a touch point position or a touch point motion locus on the touch screen when the terminal is at the second state;

a display device for switching the contact information of the first contact currently displayed to the contact information of the second contact for display, when the touch point position or the touch point motion locus satisfies the preset condition.