ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130227486A1
• Filed: 02/23/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Brinda, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,851,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/830
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The electronic apparatus with a touch screen display executes the following steps: a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display is displayed; a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected; in response to an edge of the list being reached, one or more items in a first direction is moved to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between the adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and the one or more items in a second direction is moved until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising

at a computing device with a touch screen display:

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display;

detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display;

in response to an edge of the list being reached, moving one or more items in a first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between the adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and

moving the one or more items in a second direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein not all of the adjacent items have a gap in between.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the object at an initial location corresponding to an initial item; and

moving the one or more items in the first direction to display the one or more gaps only between the adjacent items located between the first item and the initial item.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein no additional gap is displayed between the adjacent items located between the initial item and a last item of the list while moving the one or more items in the second direction.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying one or more additional gaps between the adjacent items located between the initial item and a last item of the list while moving the one or more items in the second direction; and

moving the one or more items in the second direction until the one or more gaps and the one or more additional gaps are no longer displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting that the object is no longer on or near the touch screen display, updating the list.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting that the object is no longer on or near the touch screen display, displaying an updating hint in a gap of the one or more gaps.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first item is a title bar, a search bar or a digital image.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of items is a list of contacts, mails, messages, call history, or files.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction, horizontal direction, or a diagonal direction.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a finger or a stylus.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the gap is back, gray, white, or a solid color.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the gap is visually distinct from the items.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement of the one or more items in the first and second direction is a spring motion.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving the one or more items one by one in the second direction.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be installed and executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs includes a plurality of instructions to execute the following steps;

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display;

detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display;

in response to an edge of the list being reached while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display, moving the one or more items in a first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and

in response to detecting that the object is no longer on or near the touch screen display, moving the one or more items in a second direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs is stored in the memory and configured to be installed and executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs includes a plurality of instructions to execute the following steps;

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display, moving the list of the items in a first direction;

in response to an edge of the list being reached, moving one or more items in the first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and

moving the one or more items in a second direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, making the device execute following steps:

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display;

detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display;

in response to an edge of the list being reached while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display, moving the one or more items in a first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and

in response to detecting that the object is no longer on or near the touch screen display, moving the one or more items in a second direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, making the device execute following steps:

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display, moving the list of the items in a first direction;

in response to an edge of the list being reached, moving one or more items in the first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and

moving the one or more items in a second direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.