METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH DEVICE, AND TOUCH DEVICE

• US 20170060334A1
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WEI, Xing, ZHU, Zhenglong, FENG, Xiang, QIU, Yun
• Granted Patent: US 9,823,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2221 to test input/output devices or peripheral units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a touch device, including steps of detecting an enabled instruction for an assistance mode of the touch device; enabling the assistance mode when the enabled instruction for the assistance mode has been detected and displaying a preconfigured assistance mode operation interface on the touch device; and receiving an operational instruction generated when the assistance mode operation interface is operated via a physical button on the touch device and executing an operation response event corresponding to the operational instruction.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a touch device, comprising steps of:

detecting an enabled instruction for an assistance mode of the touch device;

enabling the assistance mode when the enabled instruction for the assistance mode has been detected and displaying a preconfigured assistance mode operation interface on the touch device; and

receiving an operational instruction generated when the assistance mode operation interface is operated via a physical button on the touch device and executing an operation response event corresponding to the operational instruction.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein prior to the step of detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode of the touch device, the method further comprises detecting whether or not a touch sensor of the touch device is open circuit, and the step of detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode of the touch device comprises detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode when the touch sensor is open circuit.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode of the touch device comprises:

detecting a triggering instruction for a first predetermined button combination, the triggering instruction for the first predetermined button combination being the enabled instruction for the assistance mode, and the first predetermined button combination consisting of at least two predetermined physical buttons, or

detecting a triggering instruction for a predetermined physical button and a shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device, the enabled instruction for the assistance mode consisting of the triggering instruction for the predetermined physical button and the shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device.

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

when a triggering instruction for a second predetermined button combination has been detected upon the receipt of a request for audio or video communication from another device, accepting the request for audio or video commendation and performing the audio or video communication, and

when a triggering instruction for a third predetermined button combination has been detected during the audio or video communication, terminating the audio or video communication,

wherein the second predetermined button combination and the third predetermined button combination each comprise at least two physical buttons.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the assistance mode operation interface comprises a dial menu and/or a message toolbar.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the dial menu comprises a dial pad and a dial window.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the message toolbar comprises a mail toolbar and/or a short-message toolbar.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the assistance mode operation interface further comprises an interface identifier for the assistance mode operation interface.

18. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode of the touch device comprises:

detecting a triggering instruction for a first predetermined button combination, the triggering instruction for the first predetermined button combination being the enabled instruction for the assistance mode, and the first predetermined button combination consisting of at least two predetermined physical buttons, or

detecting a triggering instruction for a predetermined physical button and a shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device, the enabled instruction for the assistance mode consisting of the triggering instruction for the predetermined physical button and the shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device.

19. The method according to claim 2, wherein the assistance mode operation interface comprises a dial menu and/or a message toolbar.

20. The method according to claim 6, wherein the assistance mode operation interface further comprises an interface identifier for the assistance mode operation interface.

9. An apparatus for controlling a touch device, comprising:

an instruction detection module configured to detect an enabled instruction for an assistance mode of the touch device;

a mode enabling module configured to enable the assistance mode and display a preconfigured assistance mode operation interface on the touch device when the enabled instruction for the assistance mode has been detected; and

an operation response module configured to receive an operational instruction generated when the assistance mode operation interface is operated via a physical button on the touch device, and execute an operation response event corresponding to the operational instruction.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a connection detection module configured to, prior to detecting the enabled instruction for the assistance mode of the touch device by the instruction detection module, detect whether or not a touch sensor of the touch device is open circuit, wherein the instruction detection module is configured to detect the enabled instruction for the assistance mode when the touch sensor is open circuit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the instruction detection module is configured to:

detect a triggering instruction for a first predetermined button combination, the triggering instruction for the first predetermined button combination being the enabled instruction for the assistance mode, and the first predetermined button combination consisting of at least two predetermined physical buttons, or

detect a triggering instruction for a predetermined physical button and a shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device, the enabled instruction for the assistance mode consisting of the triggering instruction for the predetermined physical button and the shaking-to-triggering instruction of the touch device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a control module, wherein

the instruction detection module is further configured to detect a triggering instruction for a second predetermined button combination when a request for audio or video communication is received by the touch device from another device;

the control module is configured to, when the triggering instruction for the second predetermined button combination has been detected by the instruction detection module, control the touch device to accept the request for audio and video communication and perform the audio or video communication;

the instruction detection module is further configured to detect a triggering instruction for a third predetermined button combination during the audio or video communication;

the control module is further configured to, when the triggering instruction for the third predetermined button combination has been detected by the instruction detection module, control the touch device to terminate the audio or video communication; and

the second predetermined button combination and the third predetermined button combination each comprise at least two physical buttons.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the assistance mode operation interface comprises a dial menu and/or a message toolbar.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the dial menu comprises a dial pad and a dial window.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the message toolbar comprises a mail toolbar and/or a short-message toolbar.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the assistance mode operation interface further comprises an interface identifier for the assistance mode operation interface.

17. A touch device, comprising:

at least two physical buttons;

the apparatus for controlling the touch device according to claim 9;

a storage unit configured to store a preconfigured assistance mode operation interface; and

a display unit configured to display the assistance mode operation interface stored in the storage unit when an assistance mode is enabled by the apparatus for controlling the touch device.