HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SOFTWARE INTERFACE

• US 20140009504A1
• Filed: 12/22/2012
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, HOU-HSIEN, LEE, CHANG-JUNG, LO, CHIH-PING
• Application Number:
  US13/726,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20140009504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/682
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning

Abstract

In a method for displaying a software interface on a display screen of a handheld device, initial software icons corresponding to an initial state of the handheld device are first displayed on the display screen. The method detects a current state of the handheld device, and determines movement information of the handheld device between the current state and the initial state of the handheld device. The method further determines current software icons on the display screen according to the movement information of the handheld device, and displays the current software icons on the display screen.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a software interface on a physical display screen of a handheld device, the method comprising:

displaying initial software icons corresponding to an initial state of the handheld device on the physical display screen;

detecting a current state of the handheld device;

determining movement information of the handheld device by comparing the current state and the initial state of the handheld device;

determining current software icons on the physical display screen according to the movement information of the handheld device; and

displaying the current software icons on the physical display screen of the handheld device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the movement information comprises a movement direction and a movement angle of the handheld device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the initial software icons are specified icons within a virtual display area of a virtual display screen when the virtual display area is located at an initial position of the virtual display screen, a virtual size of the virtual display area being equal to an actual size of the physical display screen.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the initial state of the handheld device corresponds to an initial angle and an initial direction of the handheld device, and the current state of the handheld device corresponds to a current angle and a current direction of the handheld device.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the current software icons on the physical display screen are determined by:

determining a movement step length of the virtual display area according to the movement angle of the handheld device; and

moving the virtual display area from the initial position to a current position on the virtual display screen according to the determined movement step length, and determining the current software icons within the virtual display area at the current position.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the virtual display area stops moving upon the condition that the movement angle of the handheld device reaches a preset maximum angle.

7. A handheld device, comprising:

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more modules that are stored in the storage device and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising;

an initial state setting module that displays initial software icons corresponding to an initial state of the handheld device on a physical display screen of the handheld device;

a state detecting module that detects a current state of the handheld device;

a state analyzing module that determines movement information of the handheld device by comparing the current state and the initial state of the handheld device;

a software icon updating module that determines current software icons on the physical display screen according to the movement information of the handheld device; and

the software icon updating module further displays the current software icons on the physical display screen of the handheld device.

8. The handheld device according to claim 7, wherein the movement information comprises a movement direction and a movement angle of the handheld device.

9. The handheld device according to claim 8, wherein the initial software icons are specified icons within a virtual display area of a virtual display screen when the virtual display area is located at an initial position of the virtual display screen, a virtual size of the virtual display area being equal to an actual size of the physical display screen.

10. The handheld device according to claim 9, wherein the initial state of the handheld device corresponds to an initial angle and an initial direction of the handheld device, and the current state of the handheld device corresponds to a current angle and a current direction of the handheld device.

11. The handheld device according to claim 9, wherein the software icon updating module determines the current software icons on the physical display screen by:

determining a movement step length of the virtual display area according to the movement angle of the handheld device; and

moving the virtual display area from the initial position to a current position on the virtual display screen according to the determined movement step length, and determining the current software icons within the virtual display area at the current position.

12. The handheld device according to claim 11, wherein the virtual display area stops moving upon the condition that the movement angle of the handheld device reaches a preset maximum angle.

13. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a handheld device, causes the handheld device to perform a method for displaying a software interface on a physical display screen of the handheld device, the method comprising:

displaying initial software icons corresponding to an initial state of the handheld device on the physical display screen;

detecting a current state of the handheld device;

determining movement information of the handheld device by comparing the current state and the initial state of the handheld device;

determining current software icons on the physical display screen according to the movement information of the handheld device; and

displaying the current software icons on the physical display screen of the handheld device.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the movement information comprises a movement direction and a movement angle of the handheld device.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the initial software icons are specified icons within a virtual display area of a virtual display screen when the virtual display area is located at an initial position of the virtual display screen, a virtual size of the virtual display area being equal to an actual size of the physical display screen.

16. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the initial state of the handheld device corresponds to an initial angle and an initial direction of the handheld device, and the current state of the handheld device corresponds to a current angle and a current direction of the handheld device.

17. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the current software icons on the physical display screen are determined by:

determining a movement step length of the virtual display area according to the movement angle of the handheld device; and

moving the virtual display area from the initial position to a current position on the virtual display screen according to the determined movement step length, and determining the current software icons within the virtual display area at the current position.

18. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the virtual display area stops moving upon the condition that the movement angle of the handheld device reaches a preset maximum angle.