Method and terminal for displaying picture/interface

• US 8,982,073 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2012
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chen, Zhigang, Wang, Pei
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/541,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20120268408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184, 379/100.01, 704/201, 370/310, 715/776
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for displaying a picture/interface on a screen of a terminal comprises obtaining relevant information on a pressure, when the pressure is detected to be applied on the screen, obtaining a corresponding display mode according to the relevant information on the pressure, and displaying the picture/interface according to the display mode. The terminal may adjust the display mode automatically according to the pressure applied on the screen of the terminal by the user, with strong real-time property, simplifying the operations by the user on the terminal and improving the user'"'"'s experience.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a picture/interface on a screen of a terminal, comprising:

obtaining pressure information when pressure is determined to be applied on the screen, the pressure information including a presence frequency of the pressure;

obtaining a corresponding display mode according to the pressure information; and

displaying the picture/interface according to the display mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing, according to a user instruction, the picture/interface displayed according to the display mode.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising restoring a display state of the picture/interface to a state prior to the displaying according to the display mode if it is determined that no pressure is applied on the screen of the terminal in a predetermined period, after displaying the picture/interface according to the display mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure information further includes at least one of a position of the pressure, a magnitude of the pressure, and a direction of the pressure, a duration of the pressure.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal corresponds to at least one of:

a computer, a cell phone, a PlayStation Portable, a digital photo frame, and a remote device with a display screen.

6. A terminal with a display screen, comprising

a first obtaining module for obtaining pressure information when pressure is determined to be applied on the screen, the pressure information including a presence frequency of the pressure;

a second obtaining module for obtaining a corresponding display mode according to the pressure information; and

a displaying module for displaying the picture/interface according to the display mode.

7. The terminal of claim 6, further comprising a storing module for storing, according to a user instruction, the picture/interface displayed according to the display mode.

8. The terminal of claim 6, further comprising a timing module, wherein the timing module starts to count time after the displaying module displays the picture/interface according to the display mode, and if the counted time arrives a predetermined period before the first obtaining module detects a pressure again, the displaying module restores a display state of the picture/interface to a state prior to the displaying according to the display mode.

9. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the pressure information further includes at least one of:

a position of the pressure, a magnitude of the pressure, a direction of the pressure, and a duration of the pressure.

10. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal corresponds to at least one of:

a computer, a cell phone, a PlayStation Portable, a digital photo frame, and a remote device with a display screen.

11. A method of user interface operation, comprising:

pre-storing data that defines a correspondence between an operative instruction and a pressure variation function, wherein the correspondence is one of a user-defined or a default correspondence in a system;

obtaining the pressure variation function applied on a mobile terminal;

determining, according to the pressure variation function, a pre-stored operative instruction corresponding to the pressure variation function; and

performing the operative instruction.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising zooming out a picture continuously in accordance with a predetermined relation when the pressure variation function is an increasing function, or zooming in the picture continuously in accordance with the predetermined relation when the pressure variation function is a decreasing function.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising

a storing module configured to store a correspondence between the operative instruction and a pressure variation function;

an obtaining module configured to obtain the pressure variation function applied on a mobile terminal;

a calling module configured to determine, according to the pressure variation function, a pre-stored operative instruction corresponding to the pressure variation function; and

a performing module for performing the operative instruction.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising a displaying module configured to display the pressure variation function obtained by the obtaining module.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the mobile terminal is a cell phone.