Response Control Method And Electronic Device

• US 20160085347A1
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: QIN, Yue, SU, Wei, HE, Shurong, ZHANG, Ran, YAO, Yingjia
• Granted Patent: US 10,474,409 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• 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 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1415 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

A response control method and an electronic device are provided according to the disclosure. The response control method includes: acquiring a first operation input by an operator to an input apparatus of the electronic device, wherein the input apparatus corresponds to a display screen of the electronic device; determining an input position of the first operation based on the first operation; acquiring a motion parameter of the input apparatus relative to the electronic device, in the case where the input position of the first operation is maintained, wherein at least a one-dimensional motion is supported for the input apparatus relative to the electronic device; and determining and responding to an executive instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter, wherein different motion parameters correspond to different executive instructions.

Claims

1. A response control method, comprising:

detecting a first operation by an operator on a first body of an electronic device;

determining an input position of the first operation on the first body of the electronic device;

detecting motion of the first body of an electronic device relative to a second body of the electronic device; and

performing a corresponding preset function based on the detected motion.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the motion of the first body of the electronic device relative to the second body includes:

acquiring a motion parameter of the motion of the first body relative to the second body, if the input position of the first operation remains unchanged.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of performing the corresponding preset function comprises:

determining and responding to an instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a first operation input by an operator to an input apparatus of the electronic device, wherein the input apparatus corresponds to a display screen of the electronic device and is on the first body;

determining an input position of the first operation;

acquiring a motion parameter of the motion of the input apparatus i relative to the second body of the electronic device, if the input position of the first operation remains unchanged; and

determining and responding to an instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter, wherein different motion parameters correspond to different instructions.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of determining the instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter comprises:

determining the instruction based on the motion parameter, if the input position exists and remains unchanged, during the motion of the input apparatus of the electronic device relative to the second body of the electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the input apparatus is a touch display screen, the method further comprising, before the acquiring the first operation input by the operator to the input apparatus of the electronic device, controlling the touch display screen to display a first display interface;

and

the determining and responding to the instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter comprises;

determining a first display position in the first display interface based on the input position;

generating a zoom-in instruction for the first display interface, if the input position exists and remains unchanged and the motion parameter is a first motion parameter; and

executing the zoom-in instruction for the first display interface, centered on the first display position;

or the determining and responding to the instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter comprises;

determining a first display position in the first display interface based on the input position;

generating a zoom-out instruction for the first display interface, if the input position exists and remains unchanged and the motion parameter is a second motion parameter; and

executing the zoom-out instruction for the first display interface, centered on the first display position.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring a duration during which the motion parameter is acquired continuously and determining a multiple of responses during the duration, if the input position exists and remains unchanged and the motion parameter is acquired continuously.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

controlling the display screen to display a second display interface, wherein the second display interface comprises M display objects, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and an input unit in the input apparatus corresponds to a display unit in the display screen;

the determining and responding to the instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter comprises;

determining a second display position in the second display interface based on the input position;

determining the instruction based on the motion parameter, if the input position exists and remains unchanged; and

responding to the instruction based on the second display position.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the responding to the instruction based on the second display position comprises:

determining a first display object corresponding to the second display position in the second display interface;

generating a movement instruction corresponding to a motion direction of the motion of the input apparatus in the electronic device relative to the second body of the electronic device; and

responding to the movement instruction to change a relative position of the first display object in the second display interface based on the motion direction;

or

the responding to the executive instruction based on the second display position comprises;

generating a display object selecting instruction corresponding to a motion direction of the motion of the input apparatus in the electronic device relative to the second body of the electronic device; and

responding to the display object selecting instruction to select a plurality of display objects during the motion of the input apparatus of the electronic device relative to the second body of the electronic device from the second display position.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a first body and a second body, the first body being movable relative to the second body, wherein the electronic device is operable to detect a first operation by an operator on the first body;

to determine an input position of the first operation on the first body;

to detect a relative motion between the first body and the second body; and

to perform a corresponding preset function based on the detected motion.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the first body includes a display screen for displaying contents.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, further comprising:

at least two connection apparatus, wherein the at least two connection apparatus are located between the first body and the second body, the at least two connection apparatus comprise a first connection apparatus and a second connection apparatus respectively, the first connection apparatus and the second connection apparatus are symmetrically arranged, a structure of the first connection apparatus is the same as that of the second connection apparatus, a sliding distance provided by the first connection apparatus is the same as that of the second connection apparatus;

a response control apparatus located in the first body or the second body, wherein the response control apparatus comprises;

a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first operation by an operator to an input apparatus of the electronic device, wherein the input apparatus corresponds to a display screen of the electronic device;

a first determination unit configured to determine an input position of the first operation based on the first operation;

a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a motion parameter of the motion of the input apparatus in the electronic device relative to the electronic device, if the input position of the first operation remains unchanged;

a second determination unit configured to determine an instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter, wherein different motion parameters correspond to different instructions; and

a response unit, configured to respond to the instruction; and

a movable input apparatus located on the first body,

wherein the first body is slidably movably connected to the second body via the at least two connection apparatus, so that the first body is either slidable into a first state relative to the second body via the at least two connection apparatus, or the first body is slidable into a second state relative to the second body via the at least two connection apparatus, the first body in the first state is at a first utmost position of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connection apparatus, and the first body in the second state is at a second utmost position of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connection apparatus.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the distance value of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connection apparatus is less than a length value of a first edge of the first body arranged correspondingly to the at least two connection apparatus;

or

the distance value of the sliding distance provided by the at least two connection apparatus is less than a length value of a first edge of the second body arranged correspondingly to the at least two connection apparatus.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein an upper surface of the second body is an upper surface formed by extending a second edge, on which the at least two connection apparatus are not arranged, along the first edge by the sliding distance, to expose the upper surface of the second body in the case where the first body is slidable into the first state relative to the second body;

or to expose the upper surface of the second body in the case where the first body is slidable into the second state relative to the second body.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein a lower surface of the second body has a first shape, a sidewall of the second body is formed by extending the lower surface of the second body upward, a first accommodating space is formed by the lower surface of the second body, the sidewall of the second body and the upper surface of the second body;

a slide way is formed by fixing a first connector of the first connection apparatus to the first sidewall;

a lower surface of the first body has a second shape, a sidewall of the first body is formed by extending the lower surface of the first body upward,

a second accommodating space is formed by the lower surface of the first body and the sidewall of the first body, a protrusion is formed by extending a part of the lower surface of the first body corresponding to the connection apparatus downward, and the protrusion is accommodated in the slide way; and

a length of the first connector is equal to the sliding distance provided by the first connection apparatus.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14, further comprising:

M electrical components respectively placed in the first accommodating space and the second accommodating space;

the M electrical components comprise;

a sensing element, configured to acquire a relative motion of the first body to the second body; and

a processing element, configured to determine a respective response instruction based on the acquired relative motion of the first body to the second body of the electronic device.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the M electrical components comprise:

an indicating apparatus arranged on the upper surface of the second body; and

a display screen arranged in the second accommodating space of the first body, wherein a display output region of the display screen is exposed through an upper surface of the first body, and

the indicating apparatus is exposed on the upper surface of the second body if the first body slides to the first utmost position relative to the second body of the electronic device.

18. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the determining by the second determination unit of the instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter comprises:

determining the executive instruction based on the motion parameter, if the input position exists and remains unchanged, during the motion of the input apparatus of the electronic device relative to the second body of the electronic device.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the input apparatus is a touch display screen,

the electronic device further comprises:

a control apparatus, configured to control the touch display screen to display a first display interface;

the second determination unit comprises;

a first determination sub-unit and a first instruction generating sub-unit,

the first determination sub-unit is configured to determine a first display position in the first display interface based on the input position; and

the first instruction generating sub-unit is configured to generate a zoom-in instruction, if the input position exists and remains unchanged and the motion parameter is a first motion parameter, and trigger the response unit to execute the zoom-in instruction for the first display interface, centered on the first display position;

or

the second determination unit comprises;

a second determination sub-unit and a second instruction generating sub-unit,

the second determination sub-unit is configured to determine a first display position in the first display interface based on the input position; and

the second instruction generating sub-unit is configured to generate a zoom-out instruction, and trigger the response unit to execute the zoom-out instruction for the first display interface, centered on the first display position, if the input position exists and remains unchanged and the motion parameter is a second motion parameter.