METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING LIST IN HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20130332888A1
• Filed: 08/15/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: SONG, Dan, DU, Jian, GAO, Ge
• Application Number:
  US13/967,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and devices for operating a list in a handheld device. An exemplary method can be provided by first monitoring a list and acquiring list touch initial information and then determining whether the acquired list touch initial information is multi-area touch information. When the acquired list touch initial information is determined to be the multi-area touch information, list touch final information can be acquired and stored. Based on the acquired list touch initial information and the list touch final information, whether a list operation is an expansion operation or a contraction operation is then determined. The list is expanded, when the expansion operation is determined. The list is collapsed, when the contraction operation is determined. The disclosed methods and devices can improve using experiences for users and improve use performance of the handheld device.

Claims

1. A method for operating a list in a handheld device comprising:

monitoring a list and acquiring list touch initial information;

determining whether the acquired list touch initial information is multi-area touch information;

acquiring and storing list touch final information when the acquired list touch initial information is the multi-area touch information;

determining whether a list operation is an expansion operation or a contraction operation, based on the acquired list touch initial information and the list touch final information; and

expanding the list when the expansion operation is determined or collapsing the list when the contraction operation is determined.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the list touch final information comprises:

pre-setting an update period for touch information;

monitoring and determining that a finger or a touch pen is not lifted off from a touchscreen of the handheld device; and

acquiring and recording the list touch final information, according to the update period of the touch information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, after the acquired list touch initial information is determined to be the multi-area touch information, the method further comprises:

triggering a timer to perform timing, and

performing the operation of acquiring and storing the list touch final information, when a timed time exceeds a pre-set time threshold for long-pressing and a change of a touch area corresponding to the multi-area touch information is within a pre-set change range.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-area touch information comprises two-finger touch information and comprises list touch initial information of a first touch area and list touch initial information of a second touch area;

and wherein the list touch final information comprises list touch final information of the first touch area and list touch final information of the second touch area.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the first touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the first touch area,

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

respectively calculating a final touch position of the first touch area and a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the first touch area and the list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area is greater than a distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area is less than the distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first touch area is a thumb touch area and the second touch area is an index finger touch area, and wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

calculating a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the first touch area is greater than a distance between the initial touch position of the second touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the first touch area is less than the distance between the initial touch position of the second touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the first touch area is a thumb touch area, the second touch area is an index finger touch area, and the thumb touch area maintains unchanged, and wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

calculating a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a difference between a horizontal axis coordinate value of the initial touch position of the second touch area and a horizontal axis coordinate value of the final touch position of the second touch area is greater than zero; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the difference between the horizontal axis coordinate value of the initial touch position of the second touch area and the horizontal axis coordinate value of the final touch position of the second touch area is less than zero.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

performing an animation in one or both of the expansion operation and the contraction operation.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

deleting the list touch initial information and the list touch final information.

13. The method of claim 2, wherein the multi-area touch information comprises two-finger touch information and comprises list touch initial information of a first touch area and list touch initial information of a second touch area;

and wherein the list touch final information comprises list touch final information of the first touch area and list touch final information of the second touch area.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the first touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the first touch area,

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

respectively calculating a final touch position of the first touch area and a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the first touch area and the list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area is greater than a distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area is less than the distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first touch area is a thumb touch area and the second touch area is an index finger touch area, and wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

calculating a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the first touch area is greater than a distance between the initial touch position of the second touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the first touch area is less than the distance between the initial touch position of the second touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first touch area is a thumb touch area, the second touch area is an index finger touch area, and the thumb touch area maintains unchanged, and wherein determining whether the list operation is the expansion operation or the contraction operation comprises:

calculating an initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch initial information of the second touch area; and

calculating a final touch position of the second touch area, based on the acquired list touch final information of the second touch area,

wherein the list operation is the contraction operation, when a difference between a horizontal axis coordinate value of the initial touch position of the second touch area and a horizontal axis coordinate value of the final touch position of the second touch area is greater than zero; and

wherein the list operation is the expansion operation, when the difference between the horizontal axis coordinate value of the initial touch position of the second touch area and the horizontal axis coordinate value of the final touch position of the second touch area is less than zero.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

performing an animation in one or both of the expansion operation and the contraction operation.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

deleting the list touch initial information and the list touch final information.

10. A device for operating a list in a handheld device comprising:

a list touch information acquisition module, a list touch information processing module, and a list processing module, wherein;

the list touch information acquisition module is configured to acquire list touch initial information and list touch final information of a list on a user operating touchscreen, and to output to the list touch information processing module;

the list touch information processing module is configured to determine whether the received list touch initial information is multi-area touch information, and to sequentially output the list touch initial information and the list touch final information to the list processing module, when the received list touch initial information is determined to be the multi-area touch information; and

the list processing module is configured, based on the received list touch initial information and the list touch final information, to determine whether a list operation is an expansion operation or a contraction operation, and to expand the list for the expansion operation or to collapse the list for the contraction operation.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising a timing module configured to perform timing, after receiving from the list touch information acquisition module a notification about the acquisition of the list touch initial information;

and to notify the list touch information acquisition module to acquire the list touch final information of the list on the user operating touchscreen, when a pre-set touch information update period arrives and when it is monitored that the user'"'"'s fingers are not lifted off from the touchscreen.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the list processing module further comprises a touch area position calculation unit, a distance calculation unit, and a list processing unit;

and wherein

the touch area position calculation unit is configured to respectively calculate initial touch position information of a first touch area and initial touch position information of a second touch area, based on the received list touch initial information; and

to respectively calculate final touch position information of the first touch area and final touch position information of the second touch area, based on the received list touch final information; and

to output to the distance calculation unit;

the distance calculation unit is configured to calculate an initial relative distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the initial touch position information of the first touch area and the initial touch position information of the second touch area; and

to calculate a final relative distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area, based on the final touch position information of the first touch area and the final touch position information of the second touch area; and

to output to the list processing unit; and

the list processing unit is configured to collapse the list when the initial relative distance is greater than the final relative distance and to expand the list when the initial relative distance is less than the final relative distance.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the list processing module further comprises a touch area position calculation unit, a distance calculation unit, and a list processing unit;

and wherein

the touch area position calculation unit is configured to respectively calculate initial touch position information of a first touch area and initial touch position information of a second touch area, based on the received list touch initial information; and

to respectively calculate final touch position information of the first touch area and final touch position information of the second touch area, based on the received list touch final information; and

to output to the distance calculation unit;

the distance calculation unit is configured to calculate an initial relative distance between the initial touch position of the first touch area and the initial touch position of the second touch area, based on the initial touch position information of the first touch area and the initial touch position information of the second touch area; and

to calculate a final relative distance between the final touch position of the first touch area and the final touch position of the second touch area, based on the final touch position information of the first touch area and the final touch position information of the second touch area; and

to output to the list processing unit; and

the list processing unit is configured to collapse the list when the initial relative distance is greater than the final relative distance and to expand the list when the initial relative distance is less than the final relative distance.