Handheld device and homescreen management method thereof

• US 9,146,634 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Chih-Wei, Su, Huan-Chun, Shih, Wei-Nien
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lau, Johny
• Application Number:
  US13/848,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20130249841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/168, 345/747, 715/702, 715/754, 715/765, 715/778, 455/566
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A handheld device and a homescreen management method thereof are provided. The handheld device comprises a touch screen and a processor electrically connected to the touch screen. The touch screen displays a user interface, and senses a long pressing of an object and generates a first touch signal. The processor executes a homescreen management program according to the first touch signal, and enables the touch screen to display a homescreen management interface corresponding to the homescreen management program. The homescreen management interface comprises a page navigation area and a candidate object area. The page navigation area comprises a first page image and the candidate object area comprises an object image. The touch screen further senses a pressing of the object and generates a second touch signal, and the processor adds the object image into the first page image according to the second touch signal.

Claims

1. A handheld device, comprising:

a touch display panel, being configured to display a user interface; and

a processor electrically connected with the touch display panel, being configured to execute a homescreen management program according to a first touch signal sensed by the touch display panel, and enable the touch display panel to display a homescreen management interface corresponding to the homescreen management program, wherein the homescreen management interface comprises a page navigation area and a candidate object area, and wherein the page navigation area comprises a first page image corresponding to a first homescreen and a second page image corresponding to a second homescreen, and the candidate object area comprises an object image corresponding to an object;

wherein the touch display panel is further configured to sense a pressing action to generate a second touch signal for the object image, and the processor is further configured to determine spaces of the first homescreen and the second homescreen for adding the object, and the object image is added into the first page image according to the second touch signal in response to the processor determines that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object and correspondingly add the object into the first homescreen, and the processor configured to highlight the second page image with a first color in response to the processor determines that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the object,

wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image and to slide to a second region corresponding to the first page image along a path between the object and the first page image.

3. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image, and then press a second region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the first page image;

wherein the second touch signal comprises a fore touch signal and an after touch signal, and the touch display panel generates the fore touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the first region of the touch display panel which corresponds to the object image, and generates the after touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the second region which corresponds to the first page image.

4. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the first page image and then press a second region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image;

wherein the second touch signal comprises a fore touch signal and an after touch signal, and the touch display panel generates the fore touch signal when it senses a pressing corresponds to the first region that corresponds to the first page image, and generates the after touch signal when it senses a pressing corresponds to the second region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image.

5. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor adds the object image into the first page image according to the second touch signal and in response to the processor determines both that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the object and that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object.

6. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor further configured to enable the touch display panel to display a second color to highlight the first page image in response to determining that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object.

7. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first touch signal is generated by sensing a pressing on a region of the touch display panel which corresponds to a blank area of the user interface.

8. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch display panel further configured to sense an another pressing action to generate a third touch signal for adding an another object image corresponding to the another object from the candidate object area to the second page image, and in response to the third touch signal and the processor determines that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the another object, the another object image is moved back to the original position in the candidate object area.

9. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the homescreen management interface further comprises a group classification area, and the group classification comprises a widget classification and an application classification.

2. The handheld device as claimed in 1, wherein the touch display panel displays the object image at a gradually decreasing scale based on the pressing action.

10. A homescreen management method for use in a handheld device, the handheld device comprising a touch display panel and a processor electrically connected to the touch display panel, the touch display panel being configured to display a user interface, and the homescreen management method comprising the following steps of:

executing a homescreen management program by the processor according to a first touch signal sensed by the touch display panel; and

enabling the touch display panel to display a homescreen management interface corresponding to the homescreen management program by the processor, wherein the homescreen management interface comprises a page navigation area and a candidate object area, and the page navigation area comprises a first page image corresponding to a first homescreen and a second page image corresponding to a second homescreen, and the candidate object area comprises an object image corresponding to an object;

sensing a pressing action to generate a second touch signal for the object image by the touch display panel;

determining spaces of the first homescreen and the second homescreen for adding the object, and adding the object image into the first page image according to the second touch signal in response to the processor determines that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object and correspondingly adding the object into the first homescreen by the processor; and

highlighting the second page image with a first color by the touch display panel in response to the processor determines that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the object,

wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image and to slide to a second region corresponding to the first page image along a path between the object and the first page image.

11. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch display panel displays the object image at a gradually decreasing scale based on the pressing action.

12. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image, and then press a second region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the first page image;

wherein the second touch signal comprises a fore touch signal and an after touch signal, and the touch display panel generates the fore touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the first region of the touch display panel which corresponds to the object image, and generates the after touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the second region corresponding to the first page image.

13. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pressing action is to press a first region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the first page image and then press a second region of the touch display panel that corresponds to the object image;

wherein the second touch signal comprises a fore touch signal and an after touch signal, and the touch display panel generates the fore touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the first region which corresponds to the first page image, and generates the after touch signal when the touch display panel senses that a pressing corresponds to the second region of the touch display panel which corresponds to the object image.

14. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the object image is added into the first page image by the processor according to the second touch signal in response to the processor determines both that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the object and that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object.

15. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, further comprises the following steps of:

enabling the touch display panel to display a second color to highlight the first page image by the processor in response to determining that the first homescreen contains available blank block for adding the object.

16. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first touch signal is generated by sensing a pressing on a region of the touch display panel which corresponds to a blank area of the user interface.

17. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the touch display panel further senses an another pressing action to generate a third touch signal for adding an another object image corresponding to the another object from the candidate object area to the second page image, and the homescreen management further comprising:

moving back the another object image to the original position in the candidate object area by the processor in response to the third touch signal and the processor determines that the second homescreen contains no available blank block for adding the another object.

18. The homescreen management method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the homescreen management interface further comprises a group classification area, and the group classification comprises a widget classification and an application classification.