Automatically changing arrangement of soft-operation interface based on detection by gravity sensor

• US 9,671,832 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. (Haier Group Company), Qingdao Haier Multimedia Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Haier Group Corporation (Haier Group Company), Qingdao Haier Electronics Company Limited (Haier Group Company)
• Inventors: Zhao, Xiangyang, Yu, Wenhao, Zhou, Wanhui, Gong, Fanghao, Wan, Tongli
• Primary Examiner(s): Lubit, Ryan A
• Application Number:
  US14/208,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20140267057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• Field of Search: 715773, 715788, 715799
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart equipment and the display control method of the soft-operation interface thereof, wherein the display controlling method of the soft-operation interface of the smart equipment comprising: sensing the action changing information of the smart equipment by the gravity sensor; according to the action changing information, adjusting the soft-operation interface arrangement of the smart equipment on its display screen. By using the present invention, it is convenient for users to carry out one-hand operation on the smart equipment, and the convenience for the users is improved.

Claims

1. A display control method of a soft-operation interface of a smart equipment, the soft-operation interface having soft input keys for the smart equipment, comprising the following steps:

receiving an instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to a one-hand operation mode, wherein the soft-operation interface in the one-hand operation mode has a first display state and a second display state in a display screen of the smart equipment, and the soft-operation interface transforms between the first display state and the second display state based on a motion of one hand holding the smart equipment;

displaying the soft-operation interface in the first display state after receiving the instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to the one-hand operation mode;

sensing an action changing information of the smart equipment by a gravity sensor after receiving the instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to the one-hand operation mode;

according to the action changing information, determining an adjustment of the soft-operation interface from the first display state to the second display state following the motion of the hand to move at least one widget shown in the soft-operation interface towards a position of the hand holding the smart equipment,

wherein the adjustment results in at least one of the following;

(1) the second display state is a mirror of the first display state over a vertical axis, (2) the second display state is a transposition of the first display state such that the second display state is a mirror of the first display state over a diagonal, and (3) the second display state decreases in size of the soft-operation interface and moves the soft-operation interface towards the position of the hand holding the smart equipment; and

displaying the soft-operation interface in the second display state in the display screen of the smart equipment.

2. The display control method of claim 1, wherein the action changing information includes a current tilt angle variation of the smart equipment in a current state relative to that in a preset reference state.

3. The display control method of claim 2, wherein determining the adjustment of the soft-operation interface according to the action changing information includes:

judging whether the current tilt angle variation satisfies a preset triggering condition for triggering the adjustment;

and when yes, determining the adjustment of the soft-operation interface on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state corresponding to the current tilt angle variation, otherwise, maintaining the soft-operation interface on the display screen in the first display state.

4. The display control method of claim 3, further comprising:

establishing and storing a mapping relation between a variation of the smart equipment and the display states of the soft-operation interface; and

setting the triggering condition for triggering the adjustment according to the mapping relation.

5. The display control method of the soft-operation interface of the smart equipment according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the soft-operation interface includes a soft dialing keyboard or a soft input keyboard.

6. The display control method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether there is a second instruction for setting a current display mode of the soft-operation interface as a normal operation mode; and

when yes, adjusting the soft-operation interface to a default display state.

7. The display control method of claim 1, wherein the smart equipment is a handheld smart equipment.

8. A smart equipment, comprising:

a gravity sensor, for sensing an action changing information of the smart equipment; and

a processor in connection with the gravity sensor, the processor configured to;

receive an instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to a one-hand operation mode, wherein the soft-operation interface in the one-hand operation mode has a first display state and a second display state in a display screen of the smart equipment, and the soft-operation interface transforms between the first display state and the second display state based on a motion of one hand holding the smart equipment;

display the soft-operation interface in the first display state after receiving the instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to the one-hand operation mode;

determine an adjustment of the soft-operation interface from the first display state to the second display state following the motion of the hand to move at least one widget shown in the soft-operation interface towards a position of the hand holding the smart equipment according to the action changing information, the soft-operation interface including soft input keys of the smart equipment,

wherein the adjustment results in at least one of the following;

(1) the second display state is a mirror of the first display state over a vertical axis, (2) the second display state is a transposition of the first display state such that the second display state is a mirror of the first display state over a diagonal, and (3) the second display state decreases in size of the soft-operation interface and moves the soft-operation interface towards the position of the hand holding the smart equipment.

9. The smart equipment of claim 8, wherein the action changing information includes a current tilt angle variation of the smart equipment in a current state relative to that in a preset reference state.

10. The smart equipment of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to:

judge whether the current tilt angle variation satisfies a preset triggering condition for triggering the adjustment;

determine the adjustment of the soft-operation interface on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state corresponding to the current tilt angle variation when the current tilt angle variation satisfies a preset triggering condition for triggering the adjustment, otherwise, for maintaining the soft-operation interface on the display screen in the first display state.

11. The smart equipment of claim 10, further comprising:

a storage medium, for establishing and storing a mapping relation between a variation of the smart equipment and the display states of the soft-operation interface;

wherein the processor is configured to set the triggering condition for triggering the adjustment according to the mapping relation.

12. The smart equipment of claim 8, wherein the soft-operation interface includes soft dialing keyboard or soft input keyboard.

13. The smart equipment of claim 8,

wherein the gravity sensor is specifically set to start working to sense the action changing information of the smart equipment after the processor receives the instruction for setting the soft-operation interface to the one-hand operation mode.

14. The smart equipment of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect whether there is a second instruction for setting a current display mode of the soft-operation interface as a normal operation mode; and

adjust the soft-operation interface to a default display state when the second instruction is detected.

15. The smart equipment of claim 8, wherein the smart equipment is a handheld smart equipment.