Object determining method, object display method, object switching method and electronic device

• US 9,158,409 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2010
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lv, Lei, Cai, Ming, Yao, Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFFNER, LINH NGUYEN
• Application Number:
  US13/142,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20120218196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,842 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 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

The embodiments of the invention disclose an object determining method, a portable device, an object displaying method, an object switching method and an electronic device. Said method is applied to a touch sensitive portable device. Identifications of multiple objects are displayed within a display area of said portable device. Each of the identifications of said multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected. Said display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status. Said method comprises: obtaining a switch instruction; moving the identification of the first object of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of the second object into the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status according to the switch instruction. The embodiments of the invention can simplify the steps of the user'"'"'s operation.

Claims

1. An object determining method applied to a touch sensitive portable device, identifications of multiple objects are displayed within a display area of said portable device, each of the identifications of said multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected, wherein said display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, the first object is in the first status, the method comprising:

obtaining a switch instruction;

moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of a second object into the first area in sync with moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status, according to the switch instruction;

obtaining an operation instruction;

starting an application according to the operation instruction; and

invoking a first information of the second object within the first area by the application;

wherein the step of obtaining an operation instruction comprises detecting an operation gesture within a second area of the display area of the portable device, and wherein the identification of an application is displayed in the second area and the step of starting an application according to the operation instruction comprises starting the application displayed within the second area according to the operation gesture, without moving the identification of the application into the first area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, said step of obtaining a switch instruction comprising:

detecting a first slide gesture in the first area, and not responding to the original touch point of the first slide gesture;

determining a first direction of the first slide gesture; and

determining the switch instruction according to the first slide gesture and the first direction.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, a page of contact information of the second object is open by the click of the identification of the second object within the first area.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the objects are contacts in a directory.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the application comprises a call program, a short message program, a chat program or an e-mail program.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising switching the display of K objects [D₁, . . . , D_K], wherein, said step of switching comprising:

obtaining a second switch instruction; and

switching from a first mode to a second mode, or from the second mode to the first mode according to the second switch instruction;

wherein,

in the first mode, when a first input instruction is obtained, according to input parameter information of the first input instruction, in the case that the first object is D_j, the second object is D<sub>j−

1</sub>, or D_j+1,

in the second mode, when a second input instruction is obtained, according to input parameter information of the second input instruction, in the case that the first object is D_j, the second object is D<sub>j−

N</sub> or D_j+N,

said K, j, N are integers, and K≧

1, N≧

1, 1≦

j≦

K.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying K objects, said step of displaying the K objects comprising:

obtaining a second switch instruction; and

switching from a first display mode to a second display mode, or from the second display mode to the first display mode according to the second switch instruction;

wherein, in the first display mode, m objects among the K objects are displayed;

in the second display mode, n objects among the K objects are displayed;

said K, m, n are integers, and 1≦

m<

n≦

K.

8. A portable device with a touch sensitive function, with identifications of multiple objects displayed within a display area of the portable device, each of the identifications of the multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected, wherein, the display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, the first object is in the first status, the portable device comprising:

a first obtaining unit for obtaining a switch instruction; and

a switching unit for moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of a second object into the first area in sync with moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status, according to the switch instruction;

a second obtaining unit, for obtaining an operation instruction;

a starting unit, for starting an application according to the operation instruction, wherein, the application invokes a first information of the second object within the first area,

wherein, the second obtaining unit comprises a second detecting unit to detect an operation gesture within a second area of the display area of the portable device, wherein the identification of an application is displayed in the second area and the starting unit comprises a sub starting unit to start the application displayed within the second area according to the operation gesture, without moving the identification of the application into the first area.

9. The portable device according to claim 8, wherein, said first obtaining unit comprising:

a first detecting unit, for detecting a first slide gesture in the first area, and not responding to the original touch point of the first slide gesture;

a first determining unit, for determining a first direction of the first slide gesture; and

a second determining unit, for determining the switch instruction according to the first slide gesture and the first direction.

10. The portable device according to claim 8, wherein, a page of contact information of the second object is open by the click of the identification of the second object within the first area.

11. The portable device according to claim 8, wherein, the portable device comprises a mobile terminal or a notebook computer.

12. The portable device according to claim 8, wherein, the application comprises a call program, a short message program, a chat program, or an e-mail program.

13. The portable device according to claim 8, further comprising a switch unit for switching the displays of K objects [D₁, . . . , D_K], wherein said switch unit comprising:

a third obtaining unit, for obtaining a second switch instruction; and

a mode switching unit, for switching from a first mode to a second mode, or from the second mode to the first mode according to the second switch instruction;

wherein,

in the first mode, when a first input instruction is obtained, according to input parameter information of the first input instruction, in the case that the first object is D, the second object is D<sub>j−

1</sub> or D_j+N,

in the second mode, when a second input instruction is obtained, according to input parameter information of the second input instruction, in the case that the first object is D_j, the second object is D<sub>j−

N</sub> or D_j+N,

said K, j, N are integers, and K≧

1, N≧

1, 1≦

j≦

K.

14. The portable device according to claim 8, further comprising a display processing unit for displaying K objects, said display processing unit comprising:

a third obtaining unit, for obtaining a second switch instruction; and

a mode switching unit, for switching from a first display mode to a second display mode, or from the second display mode to the first display mode, according to the second switch instruction;

wherein,

in the first display mode, m objects among the K objects are displayed;

in the second display mode, n objects among the K objects are displayed;

said K, m, n are integers, and 1≦

m<

n≦

K.

15. An object determining method applied to a touch sensitive portable device having identifications of multiple objects displayed within a display area of the portable device, each of the identifications of the multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected, wherein the display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status, the method comprising:

obtaining a switch instruction;

moving the identification of the first object out of the first area,

switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status,

moving the identification of a second object into the first area in sync with moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, and

switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status, according to the switch instruction;

obtaining an operation instruction;

starting an application according to the operation instruction;

invoking a first information of the second object within the first area by the application;

wherein the step of obtaining an operation instruction comprises detecting a second slide gesture and not responding to the original touch point of the second slide gesture, and wherein the original touch point is located within the first area, the display area of the portable device also has a second area, and the identification of an application is displayed in the second area;

determining a second direction of the second slide gesture, wherein the second direction points to the second area; and

determining the operation instruction according to the second slide gesture and the second direction.

16. A portable device with a touch sensitive function having identifications of multiple objects displayed within a display area of the portable device, each of the identifications of the multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected, wherein, the display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status, the portable device comprising:

a first obtaining unit for obtaining a switch instruction;

a switching unit for moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of a second object into the first area ln sync with moving the identification of the first object out of the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status, according to the switch instruction;

a second obtaining unit for obtaining an operation instruction;

a starting unit for starting an application according to the operation instruction,

wherein the application invokes a first information of the second object within the first area;

the second obtaining unit comprising;

a third detecting unit for detecting a second slide gesture and not responding to the original touch point of the second slide gesture, wherein the original touch point is located within the first area, the display area of the portable device has a second area, and identification of an application is displayed in the second area;

a third determining unit for determining a second direction of the second slide gesture wherein the second direction points to the second area; and

a fourth determining unit for determining the operation instruction according to the second slide gesture and the second direction.