ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD

• US 20150205522A1
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zeng, Sai
• Application Number:
  US14/469,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 apparatus controlling method applied to an electronic apparatus comprising a touch control display. The electronic apparatus controlling method comprises: (a) displaying a mapping cursor activating icon on the touch control display; (b) triggering the mapping cursor activating icon to generating a mapping cursor on the touch control display and defining an operation mapping region on the touch control display, wherein the mapping cursor moves corresponding to movement of the mapping cursor activating icon; and (c) controlling a mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor to generate a mapping control operation if an initial control operation is performed on the operation mapping region.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus controlling method, applied to an electronic apparatus comprising a touch control display, the electronic apparatus controlling method comprising:

(a) displaying a mapping cursor activating icon on the touch control display;

(b) triggering the mapping cursor activating icon to generating a mapping cursor on the touch control display and defining an operation mapping region on the touch control display, wherein the mapping cursor moves corresponding to movement of the mapping cursor activating icon; and

(c) controlling a mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor to generate a mapping control operation if an initial control operation is performed on the operation mapping region.

2. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the operation mapping region is not displayed on the touch control display.

3. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the operation mapping region is displayed on the touch control display.

4. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the operation mapping region is cancelled after at least the initial control operation is performed.

5. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a sustaining operation mapping region activating icon on the touch control display, wherein the operation mapping region is not cancelled even if at least the initial control operation is performed if the sustaining operation mapping region activating icon is triggered.

6. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 5, wherein the sustaining operation mapping region activating icon is integrated to the mapping cursor activating icon.

7. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an extra function icon on the touch control display;

performing a predetermined control operation or generating the mapping control operation corresponding to the extra function icon in the mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor, if the extra function icon is triggered.

8. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 7, wherein the extra function icon is a zoom icon, wherein a zoom operation is performed in the mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor if the extra function icon is triggered.

9. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a function group icon on the touch control display, wherein the function group icon comprises the mapping cursor activating icon and a moving icon, wherein the function group icon is correspondingly moved while moving the moving icon.

10. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) further comprises:

displaying all buttons for an input interface in a region corresponding to the operation mapping region.

11. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 10, wherein the mapping cursor activating icon does not overlap the input interface while displaying both of the input interface and the mapping cursor activating icon.

12. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an operation mapping region cancelling icon, wherein the operation mapping region is cancelled if the operation mapping region cancelling icon is triggered.

13. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 12, wherein the operation mapping region cancelling icon is integrated to the mapping cursor activating icon.

14. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the operation mapping region is a range that fingers of a single hand can touch when the user holds the electronic apparatus with the single hand.

15. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) displays the mapping cursor activating icon while displaying a phone dialing interface, wherein the phone dialing interface comprises a numeral matrix, wherein the step (b) further comprises moving the mapping cursor to a numeral button of the button matrix via moving the mapping cursor activating icon, wherein the initial control operation in the step (c) is an initial tap operation, and the mapping control operation is a trigger operation for the numeral buttons.

16. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) displays the mapping cursor activating icon while displaying a map, wherein the step (b) further comprises moving the mapping cursor to a specific location of the map via moving the mapping cursor activating icon, wherein the initial control operation in the step (c) is a zoom in triggering operation or a zoom out triggering operation, wherein the mapping control operation is zooming in or zooming out the mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor.

17. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 16, wherein the step (c) comprises at least one of following steps to perform the zoom in operation or the zoom out operation:

displaying a zoom icon on the touch control display, and activating the zoom in triggering operation or the zoom out triggering operation if the zoom icon is triggered; and

performing a plurality of tapping operations on the operation mapping region to perform the zoom in triggering operation or the zoom out triggering operation.

18. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) displays the mapping cursor activating icon while displaying a map;

wherein the step (c) further comprises;

(c1) performing a dragging operation as the initial control operation, wherein the mapping control operation is moving a specific location of the map to the mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor;

(c2) performing a zoom in triggering operation or a zoom out triggering operation as the initial control operation after the step (c1), and using an operation of zooming in or zooming out the mapping cursor region corresponding to the mapping cursor as the mapping control operation.

19. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 18, wherein the step (c2) comprises at least one of following steps to perform the zoom in operation or the zoom out operation:

displaying a zoom icon on the touch control display, and activating the zoom in triggering operation or the zoom out triggering operation if the zoom icon is triggered; and

performing a plurality of tapping operations on the operation mapping region to perform the zoom in triggering operation or the zoom out triggering operation.

20. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) displays the mapping cursor activating icon while displaying a social network software interface, wherein the step (b) moves the mapping cursor to a chatting icon via moving the mapping cursor activating icon, wherein the initial control operation in the step (c) is an initial tapping operation, wherein the mapping control operation is a mapping tapping operation to trigger the chatting icon to display a chatting interface.

21. The electronic apparatus controlling method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) displays the mapping cursor activating icon while displaying a website, wherein the step (b) moves the mapping cursor to a function icon via moving the mapping cursor activating icon, wherein the initial control operation in the step (c) is an initial tapping operation, wherein the mapping control operation is a mapping tapping operation to trigger a function corresponding to the function icon.