TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL WITH TOUCHSCREEN

• US 20150370449A1
• Filed: 01/13/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dongguan Goldex Communication Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dongguan Goldex Communication Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Pan
• Application Number:
  US14/765,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370449A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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

Provided are a terminal and method for controlling a terminal with a touchscreen. The method includes: obtaining a contact range of an operation performed by a user on a touchscreen and icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range; determining whether or not the number of the obtained icons is more than one; if the number of the obtained icons is more than one, then selecting objects to be amplified from a display interface displayed on the touchscreen based on the contact range and amplifying the objects to generate an amplification region; and when it is detected that the user triggers one icon in the amplification region, executing an instruction corresponding to the icon. The above-mentioned method can reduce the complexity of the manual operation of a user, and improve the flexibility of a touchscreen device.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a terminal with a touchscreen, comprising:

obtaining a contact range of an operation performed by a user on a touchscreen and icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

determining whether or not the number of the obtained icons is more than one;

selecting objects to be amplified from a display interface displayed on the touchscreen based on the contact range and amplifying the selected objects to generate an amplification region if the number of the obtained icons is more than one; and

executing an instruction corresponding to one icon when it is detected that the user triggers the one icon in the amplification region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact range comprises the coverage range of a finger when the user performs the operation on the display interface displayed on the touchscreen, or a first specified range the center of which is the same as that of the coverage range.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting the objects to be amplified comprises:

selecting all the icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

or

selecting the first icon adjacent to the center of the contact range and on a straight line connecting the center of one icon to the center of the contact range when the center of the contact range falls within the peripheral region of the one icon;

or

selecting the icons at least a part of each of which falls within a second specified range the center of which is the same as that of the contact range;

or

selecting a third specified range the center of which is the same as that of contact range.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if the instruction corresponding to the icon is jumping to another page, the instruction is executed;

if the instruction corresponding to the icon is not jumping to another page, after the instruction is executed, the display interface is returned to its original proportion.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the terminal detects that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, the terminal starts and executes any one of a default instruction mode and a re-selection mode, starting and executing the default instruction mode and executing the instruction corresponding to one icon during executing the default instruction mode by the terminal comprises:

recognizing the instruction corresponding to one icon the proportion of the coverage area of which within the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger is greatest as the default execution instruction by the terminal;

executing the default execution instruction and returning the display interface to its original proportion when the default execution instruction does not comprise jumping to another page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein if the terminal detects that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, the terminal starts and executes any one of a default instruction mode and a re-selection mode, starting the re-selection mode and executing the instruction corresponding to one icon during executing the re-selection mode by the terminal comprises:

recognizing the touch operation of the user'"'"'s finger as a new touch operation, and generating and transmitting a message for prompting obtaining, to cause the terminal to check the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger on the display interface again, and execute corresponding operation process.

7. A terminal comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain a contact range of an operation performed by a user on a touchscreen and icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the number of the obtained icons is more than one;

a display unit configured to select objects to be amplified from a display interface displayed on the touchscreen based on the contact range and amplify the selected objects to generate an amplification region if the number of the obtained icons is more than one;

a detecting unit configured to detect and obtain a further operation performed by a user on the display interface;

an executing unit configured to execute an instruction corresponding to one icon when the detecting unit detects that the user triggers the one icon in the amplification region.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the contact range comprises the coverage range of a finger when the user performs the operation on the display interface displayed on the touchscreen, or a first specified range the center of which is the same as that of the coverage range.

9. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the step of selecting the objects to be amplified which is executed by the display unit comprises:

selecting all the icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

or

selecting the first icon adjacent to the center of the contact range and on a straight line connecting the center of one icon to the center of the contact range when the center of the contact range falls within the peripheral region of the one icon;

or

selecting the icons at least a part of each of which falls within a second specified range the center of which is the same as that of the contact range;

or

selecting a third specified range the center of which is the same as that of the contact range.

10. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the executing unit is further configured to execute the instruction if the instruction corresponding to the icon is jumping to another page, and further configured to execute the instruction and transmit a message for prompting recovery to the display unit if the instruction corresponding to the icon is not jumping to another page;

the display unit is further configured to return the display interface to its original proportion after receiving the message for prompting recovery transmitted by the executing unit.

11. The terminal of claim 8, wherein when the detecting unit detects that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, any one of a default instruction mode and a re-selection mode is started and executed, the terminal further comprises:

a starting unit configured to start and execute the default instruction mode;

a recognizing unit configured to recognize the instruction corresponding to one icon the proportion of the coverage area of which within the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger is greatest as the default execution instruction, and transmit the default execution instruction to the executing unit;

the executing unit is further configured to receive and execute the default execution instruction, and transmit a message for prompting recovery to the display unit when the default execution instruction does not comprise jumping to another page.

12. The terminal of claim 8, wherein when the detecting unit detects that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, any one of the default instruction mode and the re-selection mode is started and executed;

the starting unit is configured to start the re-selection mode;

the terminal further comprises a prompting unit configured to generate and transmit a message for prompting obtaining to the obtaining unit;

the obtaining unit is further configured to check the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger on the display interface after receiving the message for prompting obtaining transmitted by the prompting unit, and execute corresponding operation process.

13. A terminal comprising:

a touchscreen;

a storage unit storing a plurality of computer-readable program codes; and

a processor electrically connected to the touchscreen and the storage unit and configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to;

obtain a contact range of an operation performed by a user on the touchscreen and icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

determine whether or not the number of the obtained icons is more than one;

select objects to be amplified from a display interface displayed on the touchscreen based on the contact range and amplify the selected objects to generate an amplification region if the number of the obtained icons is more than one; and

execute an instruction corresponding to one icon when it is detected that the user triggers the one icon in the amplification region.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the contact range comprises the coverage range of a finger when the user performs the operation on the display interface displayed on the touchscreen, or a first specified range the center of which is the same as that of the coverage range.

15. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the processor being configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable codes to select the objects to be amplified comprises:

selecting all the icons at least a part of each of which falls within the contact range;

or

selecting the first icon adjacent to the center of the contact range and on a straight line connecting the center of one icon to the center of the contact range when the center of the contact range falls within the peripheral region of the one icon;

or

selecting the icons at least a part of each of which falls within a second specified range the center of which is the same as that of the contact range;

or

selecting a third specified range the center of which is the same as that of contact range.

16. The terminal of claim 13, wherein if the instruction corresponding to the icon is jumping to another page, the processor is configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to execute the instruction;

if the instruction corresponding to the icon is not jumping to another page, the processor is configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to return the display interface to its original proportion after executing the instruction.

17. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to start and execute any one of a default instruction mode and a re-selection mode when it is detected that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, the processor being configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to start and execute the default instruction mode and execute the instruction corresponding to one icon during executing the default instruction mode comprises:

recognizing the instruction corresponding to one icon the proportion of the coverage area of which within the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger is greatest as the default execution instruction;

executing the default execution instruction and returning the display interface to its original proportion when the default execution instruction does not comprise jumping to another page.

18. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the plurality of computer-readable program codes to start and execute any one of a default instruction mode and a re-selection mode when it is detected that the user performs an operation in a non-amplification region, the processor being configured to start the re-selection mode and execute the instruction corresponding to one icon during executing the re-section mode comprises:

recognizing the touch operation of the user'"'"'s finger as a new touch operation, and generating and transmitting a message for prompting obtaining, to cause the terminal to check the contact range of the user'"'"'s finger on the display interface again, and execute corresponding operation process.