METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SHIFT

• US 20160034131A1
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KOSAKA, Junichi
• Application Number:
  US14/447,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20160034131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments include an electronic device that has a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to control aspects of the electronic device, and a touch panel superimposed on or integrated with the display. The electronic device also has circuitry that is configured to initiate a process to shift the GUI on the display upon determining that an area of a touch input exceeds a predetermined area or a continuous duration of the touch input exceeds a predetermined period of time or an applied pressure of the touch input exceeds a predetermined pressure during movement of the area of the touch input.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to control aspects of the electronic device;

a touch panel superimposed on or integrated with the display; and

circuitry configured to

initiate a process to shift the GUI on the display upon determining that an area of a touch input exceeds a predetermined area or a continuous duration of the touch input exceeds a predetermined period of time or an applied pressure of the touch input exceeds a predetermined pressure during movement of the area of the touch input.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the movement of the area of the touch input comprises movement of a finger or a thumb of a hand grasping the electronic device towards a palm of the hand.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the movement of the area of the touch input has a horizontal component and a vertical component.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the shifted GUI returns to an original position within the display when the predetermined area value of the touch input is removed from the touch panel.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the GUI on the display is shifted towards a lower right area of the electronic device for a grasping right hand, and is shifted towards a lower left area of the electronic device for a grasping left hand.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether the touch input comprises a touch from a left-handed or a right-handed finger or thumb.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the right-handed finger or thumb initiates shifting of the GUI when the area of the touch input is moved towards a lower right area of the electronic device, and shifting of the GUI is not initiated when the area of the touch input is moved towards an upper left area of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the left-handed finger or thumb initiates shifting of the GUI when the area of the touch input is moved towards a lower left area of the electronic device, and shifting of the GUI is not initiated when the area of the touch input is moved towards an upper right area of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a predetermined value of a ratio of a longitudinal axis versus a transversal axis of the area of the touch input initiates the GUI of the display to shift a proportional distance.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the proportional distance of the shifted GUI is equal to a distance of the movement of the area of the touch input multiplied by a coefficient.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein a value of the coefficient is proportional to the area of the touch input.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein a moving direction of the shifted GUI is equal to a moving direction of the area of the touch input.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises more than one specific layer of icons.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein only one specific layer of icons is shifted, and icons from other specific layers are not shifted.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein each of the specific layers of icons comprise similar content-related icons.

16. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein at least one of the specific layers of icons comprises a pop-up window.

17. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless smartphone.

18. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless tablet.

19. A method of shifting a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device having a touch panel superimposed on or integrated with a display, the method comprising:

setting a screen shift mode of the electronic device when a touch exceeds a predetermined area of touch or a predetermined pressure of touch or a continuous duration of time has been detected upon movement of the touch panel of the electronic device; and

shifting at least a portion of the GUI in proportion to the movement of the touch panel upon setting the screen shift mode, via a processor of the electronic device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause an electronic device to perform a method comprising:

setting a screen shift mode of the electronic device when a touch exceeds a predetermined area of touch or a predetermined pressure of touch or a continuous duration of time has been detected upon movement of a touch panel of the electronic device; and

shifting at least a portion of a graphical user interface of the electronic device in proportion to the movement of the touch panel upon setting the screen shift mode, via a processor of the electronic device.