ELECTRIONIC DEVICE WITH SHORTCUT FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140181746A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Lo, Kuo Jung
• Application Number:
  US13/845,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181746A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 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

An electronic device used to perform a control method of shortcut function, includes a body, a control unit, at least one button and a touchscreen. The control unit is disposed in the body, for executing a program code. The button and the touchscreen are disposed on the body. The touchscreen includes a main touch-control area and an auxiliary touch-control area. The main touch-control area displays a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code. When the shortcut icon is triggered by a touch, the program code is executed. At least one hotkey region is defined corresponding to the button in the auxiliary touch-control area. When the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon is dragged to overlap with the hotkey region, the control unit sets the button as a shortcut hotkey corresponding to the program code. Therefore, the control unit will execute the program code as the button is pressed.

Claims

1. An electronic device with shortcut function, comprising:

a body;

a control unit, disposed in the body, for executing at least one program code;

at least one button, disposed on the body and electronically connected to the control unit; and

a touchscreen;

disposed on the body and electronically connected to the control unit, including;

a main touch-control area, for displaying a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code, wherein when the shortcut icon is triggered, the touchscreen generates and transmits an execute signal to the control unit, for executing the program code corresponding to the shortcut icon; and

a auxiliary touch-control area, defining at least one hotkey region corresponding to the button, wherein when the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon in the main touch-control area is dragged to overlap with the hotkey region, the control unit generates and transmits a setting signal to the button, for setting the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;

wherein the electronic device is arranged such that when the button is pressed, the button generates and transmits a control signal to the control unit, and the control unit executes the program code.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon in the main touch-control area is dragged to overlap with the hotkey region, the control unit generates and transmits a setting signal to the hotkey region and sets the hotkey region as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;

wherein when the hotkey region is triggered, the touchscreen generates and transmits a control signal to the control unit, and the control unit executes the program code.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the hotkey region or the button is set as the shortcut hotkey, the control unit does not execute the program code or the electronic device is idling, and the hotkey region is triggered or the button is pressed, the touchscreen generates and transmits a control signal to the control unit, and the control unit executes the program code.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon in the main touch-control area is dragged and overlaps with the hotkey region, the control unit controls the touchscreen to display a corresponding setting window, and the touchscreen detects the setting and generates a setting signal according to the setting.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the hotkey region or the button is pressed over a designated time period, the control unit controls the touchscreen to display a corresponding setting window, the touchscreen detects the setting, the control unit generates and transmits a setting signal to the touchscreen according to the setting, and the touchscreen stops the hotkey region or the button linking to the program.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the touchscreen detects the shortcut icon in the main touch-control area is dragged to overlap more than 50% of the area of the hotkey region, the control unit generates the setting signal.

7. A control method of shortcut function, applying to an electronic device with a touchscreen, comprising:

executing program code by a control unit;

displaying a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code in a main touch-control area of the touchscreen;

dragging the shortcut icon to overlap with a hotkey region in an auxiliary touch-control area;

generating and transmitting a setting signal to a button by the control unit, so as to set the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;

detecting a pressing by the button;

generating and transmitting a control signal to the control unit by the button; and

executing the program code by the control unit.

8. The control method of shortcut function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of dragging the shortcut icon to a auxiliary touch-control area further includes:

generating and transmitting a setting signal to the hotkey region by the control unit, so as to set the hotkey region as the shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;

detecting a pressing in the hotkey region;

generating and transmitting a control signal to the control unit by the touchscreen; and

executing the program code by the control unit.

9. The control method of shortcut function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of generating and transmitting a control signal to the control unit by the button further includes:

starting and executing the program code by the control unit when the control unit receives a control signal and detects that the program is not activated or that the electronic device is idling.

10. The control method of shortcut function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of dragging the shortcut icon to a auxiliary touch-control area further includes:

controlling the touchscreen to display a corresponding setting window by the control unit;

detecting the setting in the setting window by the touchscreen; and

determining whether to set the hotkey region or the button as the shortcut hotkey according to the setting by the control unit, wherein if the setting is to set the hotkey region or the button as the shortcut hotkey, the control unit transmits a setting signal to the touchscreen and set the hotkey region or the button as the shortcut hotkey;

if the setting is not to set the hotkey region or the button as the shortcut hotkey, the control unit does not act.

11. The control method of shortcut function as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of generating and transmitting a setting signal to a button by the control unit, so as to set the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code further include:

pressing the hotkey region or the button over a designated time period;

controlling the touchscreen to display a corresponding setting window by the control unit;

detecting the setting in the setting window by the touchscreen; and

generating and transmitting a setting signal to the touchscreen or the button via the control unit when the setting is to initialize the touchscreen or the button, and stopping the hotkey region or the button linking to the program code by the touchscreen or the button if the setting is an initialization action;

when the setting is not to initialize the touchscreen or the button, the control unit stays still.

12. The control method of shortcut function as claimed in claim 7, wherein in the step of dragging the shortcut icon to a auxiliary touch-control area, if the shortcut icon overlaps over 50% of the area of the hotkey region, generating and transmitting a setting signal to the hotkey region or the button, so as to set the hotkey region or the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code.