MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20160162149A1
• Filed: 12/05/2014
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Hsin-Hao
• Application Number:
  US14/561,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20160162149A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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

A mobile electronic device including a motion sensor, a processor, and a touch display is provided. The motion sensor detects motions of the mobile electronic device and generates a detection value accordingly. When the mobile electronic device is in work mode, the processor determines whether the detection value is within a first detection value range or a second detection value range. The touch display displays one of three user interfaces based on the determination described above. The first user interface has a plurality of application program icons displayed along a first side of the touch display. The second user interface has the plurality of application program icons displayed along a second side of the touch display. The third user interface has the plurality of application program icons displayed evenly between the first side of the touch display and the second side of the touch display.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, operable in a sleep mode or a work mode, comprising:

a motion sensor, detecting a motion of the mobile electronic device and accordingly generating a detection value;

a processor, coupled to the motion sensor, wherein when the mobile electronic device is in the work mode, the processor determines whether the detection value is within a first detection value range or a second detection value range; and

a touch display, coupled to the processor, displaying a first user interface when the detection value is determined by the processor to be within the first detection value range, and displaying a second interface when the detection value is determined by the processor to be within the second detection value range, and displaying a third user interface when the detection value is determined by the processor to be not within the first detection value range or the second detection value range, wherein the first user interface has a plurality of application program icons displayed along a first side of the touch display, the second user interface has the plurality of application program icons displayed along a second side of the touch display, the third user interface has the plurality of application program icons displayed evenly between the first side of the touch display and the second side of the touch display.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touch display detects a default operation, when the processor determines that the detection value is within the first detection value range and determines that a track of the default operation is moving counter-clockwise, the touch display displays the first user interface, and when the processor determines that the detection value is within the second detection value range and determines that a track of the default operation is moving clockwise, the touch display displays the second user interface.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor records a top end position of the track and the top end position is an upper limit of display areas of the first and the second user interfaces.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor records a bottom end position of the track and the bottom end position is a lower limit of display areas of the first and the second user interfaces.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touch display detects a plurality of contact positions, the processor determines whether each of the contact positions is within a first display area or a second display area;

when the processor determines the detection value is within the first detection value range and determines a number of the contact positions within the first display area exceeds a first threshold value, the touch display displays the first user interface, and when the processor determines the detection value is within the second detection value range and determines a number of the contact positions within the second display area exceeds a second threshold value, the touch display displays the second user interface.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the first and the second user interfaces includes a control column, and the control column comprises a plurality of icons that can be operated, and the processor places the icons in order of frequency of use or importance;

when the touch display displays the first user interface, the frequently of use or importance of the icons increases from the second side to the first side;

when the touch display displays the second user interface, the frequency of use or importance of the icons increases from the first side to the second side.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein when the processor determines the detection value is within the first detection value range and the touch display detects a first default operation on the first side, the touch display displays the plurality of application program icons along the first side, and when the processor determines the detection value is within the second detection value range and the touch display detects the first default operation on the second side, the touch display displays the plurality of application program icons along the second side.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of application programs icons are arranged in a programs column and includes a search icon used to search at least one application program of the plurality of application programs;

when the touch display detects a second default operation directed to the search icon, the touch display displays a virtual keyboard;

the processor searches the at least one application program based on a search criterion received by the virtual keyboard.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of application programs icons are arranged in a programs column and comprises a search icon used to search at least one application program of the plurality of application programs;

when the touch display detects a second default operation, the touch display displays a characters column, the characters column is directly adjacent to the programs column;

the processor search the at least one application program based on a search criterion received by the characters column.

10. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein when the mobile electronic device enters into the work mode for the first time or enters from the sleep mode into the work mode, the processor determines whether the detection value is within the first detection value range or the second detection value range.

11. The mobile electronic device of claim 10, wherein and the processor determines periodically whether the detection value is within the first detection value range or within the second detection value range in the work mode.

12. A user interface display method, used in a mobile electronic device operable in a sleep mode or in a work mode and comprising a touch display, the method comprising:

detecting a motion of the mobile electronic device and accordingly generating a detection value;

determining whether the detection value is within a first detection value range or a second detection value range;

displaying a first user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the first detection value range, wherein the first user interface includes a plurality of application program icons displayed along a first side of the touch display;

displaying a second user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the second detection value range, wherein the second user interface includes the plurality of application programs displayed along a second side of the touch display; and

displaying a third user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be not within the first or the second detection value range, wherein the third user interface includes the plurality of application programs displayed evenly between the first and the second sides of the touch display.

13. The user interface display method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a default operation;

switching the mobile electronic device from the sleep mode into the work mode in response to the default operation;

analyzing a track of the default operation;

displaying the first user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the first detection value range and the track moves counter-clockwise; and

displaying the second user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the second detection value range and the track moves clockwise.

14. The user interface display method of claim 13, further comprising:

recording a top end position of the track and the top end position is an upper limit of display areas of the first and the second user interfaces.

15. The user interface display method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting the plurality of contact positions on the touch display;

determining whether each of the contact positions is within a first display area or a second display area of the touch display;

displaying the first user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the first detection value range and a number of the contact positions in the first display area is greater than a first threshold value; and

displaying the second user interface on the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the second detection value range and a number of the contact positions in the second display area is greater than a second threshold value.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 12, wherein each of the first and the second user interfaces includes a control column, the control column includes a plurality of icons that can be operated, and when the first user interface is displayed, a frequency of use or importance of the plurality of icons increases from the second side to the first side;

when the second user interface is displayed, the frequency of use or importance of the plurality of icons increases from the first side to the second side.

17. The user interface display method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of application program icons along the first side of the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the first detection value range and the touch display detects a first default operation on the first side; and

displaying the plurality of application program icons along the second side of the touch display when the detection value is determined to be within the second detection value range and the touch display detects the first default operation on the second side.

18. The user display method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of application program icons are arranged in a programs column and includes a search icon used to search at least one application program of the plurality of application programs, the method further comprises:

displaying a virtual keyboard on the touch display when a second default operation directed to the search icon is detected; and

searching the at least one application program based on a search criterion received by the virtual keyboard.

19. The user display method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of application program icons are arranged in a programs column and comprises a search icon used to search at least one application program of the plurality of application programs, and the method further comprises:

displaying a characters column on the touch display when the touch display detects a second default operation, wherein the characters column is directly adjacent to the programs column; and

searching the at least one application program based on a search criterion received by the characters column.

20. A computer-readable recording medium, storing a computer program, wherein when a mobile electronic device loads and executes the computer program, the mobile electronic device performs the user interface display method of claim 12.