Electronic reader device and graphical user interface control method thereof
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1. An electronic reader device, comprising:
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a physical control disposed on a surface of the housing and operable to initiate a first function in response to activation of the physical control according to association of the first function and the physical control;
a display enclosed by the housing, physically in contact with the surface of the housing and separated from the physical control, and operable to show a virtual control operable to initiate a second function in response to activation of the virtual control;
a gesture sensor of the display operable to detect a drag operation of moving the virtual control from an original position to an end position where the drag operation terminated, wherein the end position comprises a position on a border of the display, close to the physical control and in a proximity range of the physical control, the drag operation is separated from the physical control, and the physical control is beyond a touch display area of the gesture sensor; and
a processor operable to associate the second function with the physical control to replace the association of the first function and the physical control in response to the drag operation upon a condition that at least a portion of the drag operation is in the proximity range of the physical control, and perform the second function in response to activation of the physical control according to the association of the second function and the physical control.
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Abstract
An electronic reader device with a physical control disposed on a surface of the device housing. The physical control is operable to initiate a first function. A display disposed on the surface of the housing is operable to show a virtual control that initiates a second function. A sensor detects a drag operation moving the virtual control to a position on a border of the display adjacent to the physical control. A processor associates the second function with the physical control in response to the drag operation and performs the second function upon activation of the physical control.
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1. An electronic reader device, comprising:
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a housing; a physical control disposed on a surface of the housing and operable to initiate a first function in response to activation of the physical control according to association of the first function and the physical control; a display enclosed by the housing, physically in contact with the surface of the housing and separated from the physical control, and operable to show a virtual control operable to initiate a second function in response to activation of the virtual control; a gesture sensor of the display operable to detect a drag operation of moving the virtual control from an original position to an end position where the drag operation terminated, wherein the end position comprises a position on a border of the display, close to the physical control and in a proximity range of the physical control, the drag operation is separated from the physical control, and the physical control is beyond a touch display area of the gesture sensor; and a processor operable to associate the second function with the physical control to replace the association of the first function and the physical control in response to the drag operation upon a condition that at least a portion of the drag operation is in the proximity range of the physical control, and perform the second function in response to activation of the physical control according to the association of the second function and the physical control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A graphical user interface control method, executed by an electronic reader device comprising a display and a physical control disposed on a surface of the electronic reader device, wherein the physical control is operable to initiate a first function in response to activation of the physical control according to association of the first function and the physical control, and a virtual control shown on the display is operable to initiate a second function in response to activation of the virtual control, comprising:
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utilizing a first gesture detection function to detect a drag operation of the virtual control on the display from an original position to an end position where the drag operation terminated, wherein the end position comprises a position on the display close to the physical control and in a proximity range of the physical control, the drag operation is separated from the physical control, and the physical control utilizes a second gesture detection function to detect the end position of the drag operation according to the proximity range; associating the second function with the physical control to replace the association of the first function and the physical control in response to the drag operation if the end point of the drag operation is in the proximity range of the physical control; and performing the second function in response to activation of the physical control according to the association of the second function and the physical control. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An electronic reader device, comprising:
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a housing; a physical control positioned on a surface of the housing, wherein the physical control comprises a supplemental display area on a surface of the physical control operable to show a first icon, and the physical control is operable to initiate a first function in response to activation of the physical control according to association of the first function and the first icon; a main display enclosed by the housing such that a surface of the main display is physically in contact with the surface of the housing and separated from the physical control, wherein the main display is operable to show a virtual control operable to initiate a second function in response to activation of the virtual control; a gesture sensor operable to detect a first segment of a drag operation in which the first segment moves the virtual control from an original position to an end position on the main display; a second sensor operable to provide a proximity detection range as a tolerance range for detecting touch operations based on the physical control, and detect an initiating point or an end point of a second segment of the drag operation via the tolerance range, wherein the drag operation consist of the first segment and the second segment and is terminated at an terminating point selected from the end position of the first segment and the end point of the second segment, the tolerance range covering greater than the supplemental display area on the physical control operable to show the first icon, and the drag operation is separated from the first icon; and a processor operable to detect an instance of the drag operation through the gesture sensor and the second sensor, and perform an additional function associated with the physical control in response to the instance of the drag operation, wherein the additional function comprises; associating the second function with the physical control to replace the association of the first function and the first icon in response to the instance of the drag operation; and performing the second function in response to activation of the physical control according to the association of the second function and the physical control. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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