USER INTERFACE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE SAME AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE

• US 20130326391A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Yu-Chang, CHEN, Mei-Chih, LEE, Yi-Huan
• Application Number:
  US13/845,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/779
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A user interface includes a system status bar which is displayed on a desktop permanently. The system status bar includes an integrated toolbar which is displayed on the desktop through a touch panel sensing an input event. The integrated toolbar includes at least one workspace and an application launcher. The application launcher has at least one application icon for launching at least one application. Furthermore, a method for displaying a user interface and an electrical device are also disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A user interface used in an electrical device equipped with a touch panel, wherein the touch panel displays a desktop of the electrical device, and the user interface comprises:

a system status bar displayed permanently on the desktop, comprising;

an integrated toolbar displayed on the desktop through the touch panel sensing a first input event, comprising;

at least one workspace; and

an application launcher having at least one application icon for launching at least one application.

2. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the integrated toolbar further comprises a search box corresponding to searching among a network by entering text, applications of the electrical device or user e-mails, and the application launcher and the search box are displayed at an upper position of the system status bar side by side.

3. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the integrated toolbar is transparent.

4. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the system status bar further comprises an integrated tool icon, and the first input event is an action of clicking the integrated tool icon.

5. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the application launcher further comprises an application adding icon which adds an application icon to the integrated toolbar through the touch panel sensing a second input event.

6. The user interface of claim 5, wherein the second input event is an action of clicking the application adding icon.

7. A method for displaying a user interface, applied in an electrical device equipped with a touch panel, wherein the touch panel displays a desktop of the electrical device, and the method for displaying the user interface comprises:

displaying a system status bar permanently on the desktop,

sensing a first input event through the touch panel; and

displaying an integrated toolbar on the desktop, wherein the integrated toolbar comprises at least one workspace and an application launcher, and the application launcher has at least one application icon for launching at least one application.

8. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 7, wherein the integrated toolbar further comprises a search box corresponding to searching among a network by entering text, applications of the electrical device or user e-mails, and the application launcher and the search box are displayed at an upper position of the system status bar side by side.

9. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 7, wherein the integrated toolbar is transparent.

10. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 7, wherein the system status bar further comprises an integrated tool icon, and the first input event is an action of clicking the integrated tool icon.

11. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 7, further comprising:

sensing a second input event through the touch panel;

sensing a selection action to another application icon displayed on the desktop through the touch panel;

sensing an action of dragging the another application icon into the integrated toolbar through the touch panel; and

adding the another application icon into the integrated toolbar.

12. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 11, wherein the integrated toolbar comprises an application adding icon, and the second input event is an action of clicking the application adding icon.

13. The method for displaying the user interface of claim 7, further comprising:

sensing an action of dragging the application icon in the integrated toolbar away from the integrated toolbar through the touch panel; and

removing the application icon from the integrated toolbar.

14. An electrical device, comprising:

a touch panel displaying a desktop of the electrical device;

a processor for performing a plurality of commands, wherein the commands comprise;

displaying a system status bar permanently on the desktop;

sensing a first input event through the touch panel;

displaying an integrated toolbar on the desktop, wherein the integrated toolbar comprises at least one workspace and an application launcher, and the application launcher has at least one application icon for launching at least one application.

15. The electrical device of claim 14, wherein the integrated toolbar comprises a search box corresponding to searching among a network by entering text, applications of the electrical device or user e-mails, and the application launcher and the search box are displayed at an upper position of the system status bar side by side.

16. The electrical device of claim 14, wherein the integrated toolbar is transparent.

17. The electrical device of claim 14, wherein the system status bar comprises an integrated tool icon, and the first input event is an action of clicking the integrated tool icon.

18. The electrical device of claim 14, wherein the application launcher comprises an application adding icon which adds an application icon into the integrated toolbar through the touch panel sensing a second input event.

19. The electrical device of claim 14, wherein the second input event is an action of clicking the application adding icon.