METHOD AND ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT FOR ARRANGING WINDOW ON SCREEN

• US 20160364121A1
• Filed: 06/10/2015
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Ting, Shang-Lun, Chang, Tzu-Wen
• Application Number:
  US14/735,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20160364121A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a circuit for arranging window(s) on a GUI screen of a device. In an embodiment, the method may include: identifying a layout information associated with the window, with the layout information comprising an aspect condition and/or a direction notification; and, performing a layout determination for the window by: causing an aspect of the window to satisfy the aspect condition; and/or, aligning a direction of the window according to the direction notification, independent of a direction of another window on the screen.

Claims

1. A method for arranging a window on a screen of a device, comprising:

identifying a layout information associated with the window, wherein the layout information comprises at least one of the following;

an aspect condition and a direction notification; and

by the device, performing a layout determination for the window by at least one of the following;

causing an aspect of the window to satisfy the aspect condition; and

aligning a direction of the window according to the direction notification, independent of a direction of another window on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the window is a second window to be displayed in a region after a first window is displayed in the region, and the method further comprises:

adjusting the first window to display the second window.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a horizontal aspect with a height of the second window being shorter than a width of the second window, vertically stacking the first window and the second window.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

if the first window is of a horizontal aspect with a height of the first window being shorter than a width of the first window, changing a direction of the region.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a vertical aspect with a height of the second window being longer than a width of the second window, horizontally lining the first window and the second window.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

if the first window is of a vertical aspect with a height of the first window being longer than a width of the first window, changing a direction of the region.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the window is displayed in a region, and the method further comprises:

according to the aspect condition, identifying a longer dimension of the window from two perpendicular sides of the window; and

causing the longer dimension of the window to be perpendicular to a longer dimension of the region, with the longer dimension of the region being a longer one of two perpendicular sides of the region.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to rotation of the region or an attempt to change size of the window, causing the aspect of the window to keep satisfying the aspect condition.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction notification is triggered by user control.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction notification is triggered by image recognition.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the window is a second window displayed along with a first window, and aligning the direction of the second window causes the direction of the second window to differ from a direction of the first window.

12. A method for arranging a window on a screen of a device, comprising:

identifying an aspect condition associated with the window; and

by the device, performing a layout determination for the window by causing an aspect of the window to satisfy the aspect condition.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the window is a second window to be displayed after a first window is displayed, and the method further comprises:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a horizontal aspect with a height of the second window being shorter than a width of the second window, vertically stacking the first window and the second window.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

if the first window is of a horizontal aspect with a height of the first window being shorter than a width of the first window, changing direction of the region.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a vertical aspect with a height of the second window being longer than a width of the second window, horizontally lining the first window and the second window.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

if the first window is of a vertical aspect with a height of the first window being longer than a width of the first window, changing direction of the region.

17. A circuit for arranging a window on a screen of a device, comprising:

a layout information module capable of identifying a layout information associated with the window, wherein the layout information comprises at least one of the following;

an aspect condition and a direction notification; and

a layout determination module capable of performing a layout determination for the window by at least one of the following;

causing an aspect of the window to satisfy the aspect condition; and

aligning a direction of the window according to the direction notification, independent of a direction of another window on the screen.

18. The circuit of claim 17, wherein the window is a second window to be displayed after a first window is displayed, and the layout determination module is further capable of:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a horizontal aspect with a height of the second window being shorter than a width of the second window, vertically stacking the first window and the second window.

19. The circuit of claim 17, wherein the window is a second window to be displayed after a first window is displayed, and the layout determination module is further capable of:

if the aspect condition of the second window requires a vertical aspect with a height of the second window being longer than a width of the second window, horizontally lining the first window and the second window.

20. The circuit of claim 17, wherein the window is a second window displayed along with a first window, and aligning the direction of the second window causes the direction of the second window to differ from a direction of the first window.