Method for displaying interface content and user equipment

• US 9,678,658 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Ding, Wu, Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US15/068,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method for displaying interface content and user equipment, which effectively improve interaction experience of a user when the user performs a flick operation on a touchscreen, and enhance pleasure in application interaction. A specific solution is acquiring an initial position and a movement direction of a touch point, determining a motion parameter of an interface element object in each grid on a screen according to the initial position and the movement direction, where the screen is divided in advance into multiple grids, and each grid includes a preset quantity of pixels, and moving the interface element object in each grid according to the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid.

Claims

1. A method for displaying interface content, comprising:

acquiring an initial position and a movement direction of a touch point;

determining a motion parameter of an interface element object in each grid section on a screen according to the initial position and the movement direction, wherein the screen is divided in advance into a grid comprising multiple grid sections arranged in rows and columns, and wherein each grid section comprises a preset quantity of pixels;

setting a row delay of each grid section based on a position of a row of a grid section relative to a row of the touch point;

setting a column section based on a position of a column of a grid section relative to a column of the touch point; and

moving the interface element object in each grid section according to the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid section and a delay corresponding to each grid section, wherein the delay corresponding to each grid section is a sum of the row delay and the column delay, and wherein the row delay and the column delay each increase as a distance between the grid section and the touch point increases.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a coordinate system is set on the screen, wherein acquiring the initial position of the touch point comprises acquiring an initial horizontal coordinate and an initial vertical coordinate of the touch point in the coordinate system, and wherein the movement direction of the touch point comprises a direction of a horizontal axis.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid section on the screen according to the initial position and the movement direction comprises:

determining that in the direction of the horizontal axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of M first unit times; and

determining that in the direction of a vertical axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of B second unit times, wherein N, A, M, and B are all positive integers, wherein the grid section within a preset range moves simultaneously with the touch point, and wherein the touch point is within the preset range.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located, or

wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the grid section in which a point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located is a grid section which a point that is N×

a pixels away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located, wherein the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located is a grid section in which a point that is A×

b pixels away from the initial vertical coordinate is located, and wherein N, A, a, and b are all positive integers.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein a coordinate system is set on the screen, wherein acquiring the initial position of the touch point comprises acquiring an initial horizontal coordinate and an initial vertical coordinate of the touch point in the coordinate system, and wherein the movement direction of the touch point comprises a direction of a vertical axis.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid section on the screen according to the initial position and the movement direction comprises:

determining that in the direction of a horizontal axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of M first unit times; and

determining that in the direction of the vertical axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of B second unit times, wherein N, A, M, and B are all positive integers, wherein the grid section within a preset range moves simultaneously with the touch point, and wherein the touch point is within the preset range.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located, or

wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and that is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the grid section in which a point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located is a grid section in which a point that is N×

a pixels away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located, wherein the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located is a grid section in which a point that is A×

b pixels away from the initial vertical coordinate is located, and wherein N. A, a, and b are all positive integers.

14. A terminal device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, and wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire an initial position and a movement direction of a touch point;

determine a motion parameter of an interface element object in each grid section on a screen according to the initial position and the movement direction, wherein the screen is divided in advance into a grid comprising multiple grid sections arranged in rows and columns, and wherein each grid section comprises a preset quantity of pixels;

set a row delay of each grid section based on a position of a row of a grid section relative to a row of the touch point;

set a column delay of each grid section based on a position of a column of a grid section relative to a column of the touch point; and

move the interface element object in each grid section according to the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid section and a delay corresponding to each grid section, wherein the delay corresponding to each grid section is a sum of the row delay and the column delay, and wherein the row delay and the column delay each increase as a distance between the grid section and the touch point increases.

15. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein a coordinate system is set on the screen of the terminal device, wherein the processor is further configured to acquire an initial horizontal coordinate and an initial vertical coordinate of the touch point in the coordinate system, and wherein the movement direction of the touch point comprises a direction of a horizontal axis or a direction of a vertical axis.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that in the direction of the horizontal axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of M first unit times; and

determine that in the direction of the vertical axis of the coordinate system, the interface element object in the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located needs to move along the movement direction after a delay of B second unit times, wherein the grid section within a preset range moves simultaneously with the touch point, wherein the touch point is within the preset range, and wherein N, A, M, and B are all positive integers.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located, or

wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.

18. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the grid section in which the point that is N first unit distances away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located is a grid section in which a point that is N×

a pixels away from the initial horizontal coordinate is located, wherein the grid section in which a point that is A second unit distances away from the initial vertical coordinate is located is a grid section in which a point that is A×

b pixels away from the initial vertical coordinate is located, and wherein N, A, a, and b are all positive integers.

19. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is in a column comprising a grid section in which the touch point is located, and is on a side, along the movement direction, of the grid section in which the touch point is located.

20. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the grid section is within the preset range when the grid section is within c pixels in a radial direction from a center of the touch point, and wherein c is a non-negative number.