METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150089431A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Daokuan, Ji, Dongfang, Xing, Xinyan
• Application Number:
  US14/471,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089431A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• 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 3/04886 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

The present disclosure provides a method, a device, and a terminal for displaying a virtual keyboard. The method includes: receiving a preset triggering signal for triggering display of the virtual keyboard; determining a display region according to a triggering location of the preset triggering signal; and displaying the virtual keyboard in the display region.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a virtual keyboard, comprising:

receiving a preset triggering signal for triggering display of the virtual keyboard;

determining a display region according to a triggering location of the preset triggering signal; and

displaying the virtual keyboard in the display region.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the display region is a circular region, the determining of the display region comprises:

obtaining a preset radius R; and

determining the circular region based on the triggering location of the preset triggering signal as a center of the circular region, and the preset radius R.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the display region is an elliptic region, the determining of the display region comprises:

obtaining a preset major axis R1 and a preset minor axis R2; and

determining the elliptic region based on the triggering location of the preset triggering signal as a center of the elliptic region, and the major axis R1 and the minor axis R2.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying of the virtual keyboard in the display region comprises:

uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in the display region in a ring pattern.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying of the virtual keyboard in the display region comprises:

uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in the display region in a tile pattern.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when determining a display region includes determining a first display region and a second display region, the method further comprises:

displaying a part of the virtual keyboard in the first display region in a preset manner and the other part of the virtual keyboard in the second display region in the preset manner, wherein the preset manner comprises at least one of;

uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in at least one of the first and second display regions in a ring pattern;

or uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in at least one of the first and second display regions in a tile pattern.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether the display region is out of a screen display range;

moving the triggering location of the preset triggering signal to a destination location if the detection result indicates that the display region is out of the screen display range; and

re-determining the display region according to the destination location such that the re-determined display region is within the screen display range.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether the display region is out of a screen display range; and

re-determining a part of the display region within the screen display range as a re-determined display region if the detection result indicates that the display region is out of the screen display range.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a drag signal applied to the virtual keyboard; and

redisplaying the virtual keyboard according to the drag signal.

10. A device for displaying a virtual keyboard, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a preset triggering signal for triggering display of the virtual keyboard;

determine a display region according to a triggering location of the preset triggering signal; and

display the virtual keyboard in the display region.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein when the display region is a circular region, the processor is further configured to:

obtain a preset radius R; and

determine the circular region based on the triggering location of the preset triggering signal as a center of the circular region, and the preset radius R.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein when the display region is an elliptic region, the processor is further configured to:

obtain a preset major axis R1 and a preset minor axis R2; and

determine the elliptic region based on the triggering location of the preset triggering signal as a center of the elliptic region, and the major axis R1 and the minor axis R2.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

uniformly arrange buttons of the virtual keyboard in the display region in a ring pattern.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in the display region in a tile pattern.

15. The device according to claim 10, wherein when the processor determines a first display region and a second display region, the processor is further configured to:

display a part of the virtual keyboard in the first display region in a preset manner and the other part of the virtual keyboard in the second display region in the preset manner, wherein the preset manner comprises at least one of;

uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in at least one of the first and second display regions in a ring pattern;

or uniformly arranging buttons of the virtual keyboard in at least one of the first and second display regions in a tile pattern.

16. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether the display region is out of a screen display range;

move the triggering location of the preset triggering signal to a destination location if the detection result indicates that the display region is out of the screen display range; and

re-determine the display region according to the destination location such that the re-determined display region is within the screen display range.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether the display region is out of a screen display range; and

re-determine a part of the display region within the screen display range as a re-determined display region if the detection result indicates that the display region is out of the screen display range.

18. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a drag signal applied to the virtual keyboard; and

redisplay the virtual keyboard according to the drag signal.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method for displaying a virtual keyboard, the method comprising:

receiving a preset triggering signal for triggering display of the virtual keyboard;

determining a display region according to a triggering location of the preset triggering signal; and

displaying the virtual keyboard in the display region.