ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF USER INTERFACES
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a physical touch pad comprising a touch sensor;
a processing unit; and
a display unit that displays a plurality of user interfaces of the electronic device having different ranks and switching from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface, the user interface having a highest rank defined as a last user interface;
wherein the touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface currently displayed by the display unit; and
the processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having a rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a physical touch pad having a touch sensor, a processing unit, and a display unit. The display unit displays a plurality of user interfaces having different ranks and switches from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface. The user interface having a highest rank is defined as a last user interface. The touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface. The processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having the rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a physical touch pad comprising a touch sensor; a processing unit; and a display unit that displays a plurality of user interfaces of the electronic device having different ranks and switching from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface, the user interface having a highest rank defined as a last user interface; wherein the touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface currently displayed by the display unit; and
the processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having a rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for switching between a plurality of user interfaces, the plurality of user interfaces having different ranks and capable of being displayed by a display unit, the display unit further capable of switching from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than the rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface, the user interface having a highest rank defined as a last user interface;
- the method comprising the steps of;
detecting a slide operation executed on a current user interface currently displayed by the display unit; determining whether the slide operation is a first slide operation; responding to the first slide operation to generate a first touch control signal when it is determined that the slide operation is the first slide operation; and controlling the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having a rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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