ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING FOLDERS FROM TOUCH SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20160187978A1
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: HO, Wan-Ling
• Granted Patent: US 9,864,506 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In a method for removing folders from a touch screen of an electronic device, a preset triggering operation for activating the folders is detected when performed on the touch screen. An acceleration of the electronic device is obtained in real time by the gravity sensor when the preset triggering operation is detected. The electronic device is determined that whether the electronic device is being shaken based on the obtained acceleration; and the folders are removed from the touch screen, the application icons of the folders are displayed on a desktop of the electronic device when the electronic device is being shaken.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for removing folders from a touch screen of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving instructions presetting a triggering operation performable for activating the folders on the touch screen, the folders comprising one or more application icons;

detecting the preset triggering operation performed on the touch screen;

obtaining an acceleration of the electronic device in real time from a gravity sensor of the electronic device when the preset triggering operation is detected;

determining whether the electronic device is being shaken based on the obtained acceleration; and

removing the folders from the touch screen and displaying the application icons of the folders on a desktop of the electronic device when the electronic device is being shaken.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset triggering operation comprises a double-click operation performed on the folders and a press operation performed on an application icon of the folders.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the folders are activated when the preset triggering operation is performed on the touch screen.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is being shaken when the acceleration of the electronic device is changed back and forth within a preset acceleration value range in a predetermined period.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a gravity sensor;

a touch screen;

at least one processor; and

a storage system that stores one or more programs, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

receive instructions presetting a triggering operation performable for activating the folders on the touch screen, the folders comprising one or more application icons;

detect the preset triggering operation performed on the touch screen;

obtain an acceleration of the electronic device in real time from a gravity sensor of the electronic device when the preset triggering operation is detected;

determine whether the electronic device is being shaken based on the obtained acceleration; and

remove the folders from the touch screen and display the application icons of the folders on a desktop of the electronic device when the electronic device is being shaken.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the preset triggering operation comprises a double-click operation performed on the folders and a press operation performed on an application icon of the folders.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the folders are activated when the preset triggering operation is performed on the touch screen.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device is being shaken when the acceleration of the electronic device is changed back and forth within a preset acceleration value range in a predetermined period.

9. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a method for removing folders from a touch screen of the electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving instructions presetting a triggering operation performable for activating the folders on the touch screen, the folders comprising one or more application icons;

detecting the preset triggering operation performed on the touch screen;

obtaining an acceleration of the electronic device in real time from a gravity sensor of the electronic device when the preset triggering operation is detected;

determining whether the electronic device is being shaken based on the obtained acceleration; and

removing the folders from the touch screen and displaying the application icons of the folders on a desktop of the electronic device when the electronic device is being shaken.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the preset triggering operation comprises a double-click operation performed on the folders and a press operation performed on an application icon of the folders.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the folders are activated when the preset triggering operation is performed on the touch screen.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the electronic device is being shaken when the acceleration of the electronic device is changed back and forth within a preset acceleration value range in a predetermined period.