Brightness Adjustment Method and Device and Electronic Device

• US 20160054907A1
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Smartisan Digital Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Luo, Yonghao
• Granted Patent: US 9,772,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033

Abstract

A brightness adjustment method and device and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: detecting a click of a user on a designated physical key; if the click is detected, displaying a designated panel on a touch sensitive display, wherein the designated panel comprises a brightness adjustment panel of the touch sensitive display; and adjusting the brightness of the touch sensitive display in accordance with a gesture operation of the user on the brightness adjustment panel.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting brightness of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a touch sensitive display and a designated physical button, wherein the method comprises:

detecting a click from a user on the designated physical button;

displaying a designated panel on the touch sensitive display if the click is detected, wherein the designated panel comprises a brightness adjustment panel of the touch sensitive display; and

adjusting the brightness of the touch sensitive display based on gesture operation of the user on the brightness adjustment panel.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the designated panel on the touch sensitive display comprises:

querying current brightness information of the touch sensitive display, and

displaying a brightness adjustment bar of the touch sensitive display on the touch sensitive display based on the current brightness information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the designated physical button comprises a volume adjustment button.

4. The method according to claim 3,

wherein the designated panel further comprises a volume adjustment panel;

and

wherein the method further comprises, after displaying the designated panel on the touch sensitive display;

adjusting volume of the electronic device, based on gesture operation of the user on the volume adjustment panel and/or operation of the user on the volume adjustment button.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, if the click is detected:

notifying a current application to process the click; and

executing the step of displaying the designated panel on the touch sensitive display if the current application does not process the click.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, after displaying the designated panel on the touch sensitive display:

closing the designated panel if no operation of the user is detected in a designated duration.

7. An apparatus for adjusting brightness of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a touch sensitive display and a designated physical button, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an input detection unit, configured to detect a click from a user on the designated physical button, and if the click is detected, trigger a panel display unit;

the panel display unit, configured to display a designated panel on the touch sensitive display, wherein the designated panel includes a brightness adjustment panel of the touch sensitive display; and

a brightness adjustment unit, configured to adjust the brightness of the touch sensitive display based on gesture operation of the user on the brightness adjustment panel.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein in a case that the panel display unit is configured to display the designated panel on the touch sensitive display, it is configured to query current brightness information of the touch sensitive display, and display a brightness adjustment bar of the touch sensitive display on the touch sensitive display based on the current brightness information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the designated physical button comprises a volume adjustment button.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the designated panel further comprises a volume adjustment panel;

and

wherein the apparatus further comprises;

a volume adjustment unit, configured to adjust volume of the electronic device based on gesture operation of the user on the volume adjustment panel and/or operation of the user on the volume adjustment button.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a current application processing unit, configured to;

before triggering the panel display unit, notify the current application to process the click, and

if the current application does not process the click, trigger the panel display unit.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a panel closing unit, configured to, close the designated panel if no operation of the user is detected in a designated duration.

13. An electronic device, comprising a touch sensitive display, a designated physical button and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a click from a user on the designated physical button;

display a designated panel on the touch sensitive display if the click is detected, wherein the designated panel comprises a brightness adjustment panel of the touch sensitive display; and

adjust the brightness of the touch sensitive display based on gesture operation of the user on the brightness adjustment panel.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein in a case that the processor is configured to display the designated panel on the touch sensitive display, the processor is configured to:

query current brightness information of the touch sensitive display, and

display a brightness adjustment bar of the touch sensitive display on the touch sensitive display based on the current brightness information.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the designated physical button comprises a volume adjustment button.

16. The device according to claim 15,

wherein the designated panel further comprises a volume adjustment panel;

and

wherein the processor is further configured to, after the designated panel is displayed on the touch sensitive display, adjust volume of the electronic device based on gesture operation of the user on the volume adjustment panel and/or operation of the user on the volume adjustment button.

17. The device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to, if the click is detected, notify a current application to process the click, and if the current application does not process the click, execute the operation of displaying the designated panel on the touch sensitive display.

18. The device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to, after the designated panel is displayed on the touch sensitive display, close the designated panel if no operation of the user is detected in a designated duration.