TERMINAL AND INTERFACE OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20150205507A1
• Filed: 06/18/2012
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommunication Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommunication Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Chen, Lanbo
• Application Number:
  US14/408,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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
• 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 invention provides a terminal, including: a scaling processing unit, configured to perform scaling processing on a current interface towards an appointed scaling direction according to a received scaling instruction. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides an interface operation management method. By means of the technical solutions of the present invention, scaling processing may be performed on the operation interface of the terminal, in order to facilitate a user to operate the contents of the interface by a single hand.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a scaling processing unit, configured to perform scaling processing on a current interface towards an appointed scaling direction according to a received scaling instruction;

wherein the scaling instruction corresponds to a sensed single-point touch track, then the terminal further comprises;

a touch sensing unit, configured to generate the single-point touch track according to a sensed touch action;

an operating hand judging unit, configured to judge whether the operating hand drawing the single-point touch track is the left hand or the right hand of the user; and

a direction determining unit, configured to determine the scaling direction according to the judging result of the operating hand judging unit;

the scaling processing unit is further configured to perform the scaling processing on the current interface under the condition that the single-point touch track is matched with a preset gesture shape.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the operating hand judging unit comprises:

a moving direction detecting subunit, configured to detect the moving direction of the single-point touch track;

a judging subunit, configured to judge the operating hand according to the moving direction.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the scaling processing unit comprises:

end point processing subunit, configured to fix a bottom end point located in the scaling direction on the current interface;

an interface processing subunit, configured to scale the current interface towards the position where the bottom end point is located; and

a moving distance detecting subunit, configured to detect the moving distance of the single-point touch track;

the interface processing subunit is further configured to perform the scaling processing on the current interface according to the moving distance, wherein the scaling degree of the current interface is directly proportional to the moving distance.

7. The terminal of claim 5, wherein

the scaling processing unit further comprises:

a display distance detecting subunit, configured to detect the display distance between the display contents of the current interface and the bottom end point;

the interface processing subunit is further configured to set the scaling degree of the display contents according to the display distance;

when the interface processing subunit sets the scaling degree, the scaling degree is inversely proportional to the display distance.

9. The terminal of claim 5, further comprising:

an area setting unit, configured to set a single-handed touch area on the current interface; and

the scaling processing unit is further configured to perform the scaling processing on the display contents within the single-handed touch area in the current interface.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the display contents comprise out-of-area contents beyond the single-handed touch area and in-area contents within the single-handed touch area, then, the scaling processing unit is further configured to:

perform the scaling processing on the part of the out-of-area contents entering the single-handed touch area, under the condition that the out-of-area contents enter the single-handed touch area with the scaling of the in-area contents.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the area setting unit comprises:

a track detecting subunit, configured to detect a boundary track drawn on the current interface of the terminal at a setting state;

an area processing subunit, configured to set the part below the boundary track on the current interface as the single-handed touch area.

12. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the area setting unit comprises:

a touch point acquiring subunit, configured to acquire the first touch point of the single-point touch track when detecting the single-point touch track;

an area processing subunit, configured to set an arc surface formed on the current interface as the single-handed touch area, wherein the bottom end point is used as a circle center, and the connecting line segment of the first touch point and the bottom end point is used as a radius.

13. The terminal of claim 9, further comprising:

a widget acquiring unit, configured to acquire an operation widget on the current interface after detecting the single-point touch track;

a widget arranging unit, configured to rearrange the operation widget in the single-handed touch area.

14. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the scaling processing unit is further configured to:

recover the current interface to the original display proportion according to a received recovery command after completing the scaling processing of the current interface.

15. The terminal of claim 14, wherein the process of the terminal for generating the recovery command comprises at least one of the following or the combination thereof:

an operation command is not received within a preset time threshold of the current interface, the operation widget on the current interface receives the operation command, and an icon displayed on the current interface is triggered.

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16. An interface operation management method, comprising:

performing, by a terminal, scaling processing on a current interface towards an appointed scaling direction according to a received scaling instruction;

the scaling instruction corresponds to a single-point touch track sensed by the terminal;

if the terminal detects the single-point touch track matched with a preset gesture shape, performing the scaling processing on the current interface;

judging whether the operating hand drawing the single-point touch track is the left hand or the right hand of the user, and determining the scaling direction according to the judging result.

19. The interface operation management method of claim 16, wherein the process of judging the operating hand comprises:

detecting the moving direction of the single-point touch track, and judging according to the moving direction.

20. The interface operation management method of claim 16, wherein the process of performing the scaling processing on the current interface comprises:

fixing a bottom end point located in the scaling direction on the current interface, and scaling the current interface towards the position where the bottom end point is located.

21. The interface operation management method of claim 20, wherein the moving distance of the single-point touch track is detected, and the scaling processing is performed on the current interface according to the moving distance, wherein the scaling degree of the current interface is directly proportional to the moving distance.

22. The interface operation management method of claim 21, further comprising:

detecting the display distance between the display contents of the current interface and the bottom end point, and setting the scaling degree of the display contents according to the display distance;

the scaling degree is inversely proportional to the display distance.

24. The interface operation management method of claim 21, wherein a single-handed touch area is set on the current interface, and the scaling processing is performed on the display contents within the single-handed touch area in the current interface.

25. The interface operation management method of claim 24, wherein the display contents comprise out-of-area contents beyond the single-handed touch area and in-area contents within the single-handed touch area, if the out-of-area contents enter the single-handed touch area with the scaling of the in-area contents, the scaling processing is performed on the part of the out-of-area contents entering the single-handed touch area.

26. The interface operation management method of claim 24, wherein

the process of setting the single-handed touch area comprises:

detecting a boundary track drawn on the current interface of the terminal at a setting state, and setting the part below the boundary track on the current interface as the single-handed touch area;

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the process of setting the single-handed touch area comprises;

acquiring the first touch point of the single-point touch track when detecting the single-point touch track; and

setting an arc surface formed on the current interface as the single-handed touch area, wherein the bottom end point is used as a circle center, and the connecting line segment of the first touch point and the bottom end point is used as a radius;

or

the interface operation management method further comprises;

after detecting the single-point touch track, rearranging an operation widget on the current interface in the single-handed touch area.

29. The interface operation management method of claim 16, further comprising:

after completing the scaling processing of the current interface, recovering the current interface to the original display proportion according to a received recovery command.

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