Mobile device and method for responding to events of user interface of mobile device

• US 10,152,202 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Holaverseanghai Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Holaverseanghai Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Yang, Yu, Kai, Zhao, Jiankai
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nicholas, Wendy
• Application Number:
  US14/765,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370427A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,680 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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 3/04883 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

The disclosed are a mobile device and a method for responding to events of a user interface of a mobile device. The method comprises: detecting a first trigger action on the user interface; calculating a coordinate of the position where the first trigger action occurs; according to the coordinate, determining that a response region to which the position belongs is the ith to the nth layer of response region, wherein iϵ[1, n]; judging whether the position belongs to the valid region of the ith layer of response region, and if yes, responding to the first trigger action in the ith layer of response area; otherwise, updating i to i+1, repeating this step until i is equal to n+1. By means of the above-mentioned solution, a mobile device is enabled to accurately respond to an operation of a user on the sector user interface.

Claims

1. A method for responding to events on a user interface of a mobile device, comprising:

detecting a first trigger action on the user interface,

wherein the user interface comprises n layers of response region and one or more user interface elements presented in an valid portion of each layer of response region,

wherein the valid portion of each layer of response region does not overlap, and a valid portion of a first layer of response region is sector-shaped, and a valid portion of a nth layer of response region is annulus-sector-shaped,

wherein n>

1, each layer of response region is a transparent rectangle, the n layers of response region overlap at one of their corners or edges,

wherein a mth layer of response region is larger than a m-1th layer of response region, mϵ

[2, n],

wherein each layer of response region comprises the valid portion and an invalid portion, each layer of response region responds to a trigger action when a position of the trigger action is in the valid portion, each layer of response region does not respond to the trigger action when the position of the trigger action is in the invalid portion;

determining coordinates of a position where the first trigger action occurs;

determining whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to a valid portion of an ith layer of response region;

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, responding to the first trigger action in the ith layer of response region; and

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs does not belong to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, updating i to i+1 and repeating the determining step until i equals n+1.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the determining whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of an ith layer of response region further comprises:

acquiring distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to an origin of the user interface, wherein the origin of the user interface is an end point of a corner where the n layers of response region overlap or a central point of a side edge where the n layers of response region overlap; and

determining whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region according to the distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to the origin of the user interface.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the determining whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region according to the distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to the origin of the user interface, comprises:

determining whether the distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to the origin of the user interface is between an inner arc radius and an outer arc radius of the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, wherein,

for the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region, the inner arc radius is 0 and the outer arc radius is the radius of the sector region, and for each of the valid portions of the 2^nd to the nth layers of response region, the inner arc radius is the inner radius of the annulus sector region, and the outer arc radius is the outer radius of the annulus sector region; and

when a determination result is yes, determining that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, a close user interface element for realizing a user interface closing function is presented in the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region;

and

when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region, the step of responding to the first trigger action in the 1^st layer of response region comprises a step of closing the user interface.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to one of the valid portions of the 2^nd to the nth layers of response region, the responding to the first trigger action in the ith layer of response region comprises:

according to the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs, acquiring an angle of the position where the first trigger action occurs with respect to the origin of the user interface;

according to the angle of the position where the first trigger action occurs with respect to the origin of the user interface, searching for a first block index value in the valid portion of the ith layer of response region corresponding to the first trigger action, wherein the first block index value refers to an index value of one of several blocks into which the valid portion of the ith layer of response region is divided; and

responding to the first trigger action according to the first block index value.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region presents a plurality of tags elements, and the valid portion of each of the 3^rd to the nth layer of response region presents a plurality of application icon elements, wherein the application icon elements refer to application icons used to activate applications of the mobile device;

when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region, the step of responding to the first trigger action according to the first block index value comprises;

placing all the application icon elements of the tag element corresponding to the first block index value into a next container of application icon, the container of application icon is a container used to buffer the application icons;

removing all the application icon elements in a current container of application icon, and removing the plurality of application icon elements presented in the valid portion of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region from the screen; and

moving all the application icon elements in the next container of application icon into the current container of application icon, and presenting the application icon elements in the current container of application icon layer on the screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

moving a tag indicator in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region to a position of the tag element corresponding to the first block index value in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region corresponding to the position where the first trigger action occurs.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the valid portion of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region presents a plurality of application icon elements;

and

when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to one of the valid portions regions of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region, the responding to the first trigger action according to the first block index value comprises;

starting the application corresponding to the application icon element corresponding to the first block index value.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting a second trigger action on the user interface;

determining coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs;

according to the coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs, determining whether the region of the position where the second trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region;

when the judging a determination result is yes, according to the action direction of the second trigger action, searching for a second block index value in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region corresponding to the action direction, wherein the second block index value refers to an index value of one of several blocks into which the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region is divided;

placing all the application icon elements of the tag element corresponding to the second block index value into a next container of application icon;

removing all the application icon elements in a current container of application icon, and removing the plurality of application icon elements presented in the valid region of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region out of the screen; and

moving all the application icon elements in the next container of application icon into the current container of application icon, and presenting the application icon elements in the current container of application icon on the screen.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein before the determining coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs, the method further comprises:

determining whether action speed of the second trigger action satisfies a requirement that it is higher than a predefined threshold value; and

when it is determined that the action speed of the second trigger action satisfies the requirement that it is higher than the predefined threshold value, performing the determining coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

moving a tag indicator in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region to the position of the tag element corresponding to the second block index value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second trigger action is a sliding action.

13. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions that upon execution by the processor cause the mobile device to;

detect a first trigger action on an user interface of the mobile device,

wherein the user interface comprises n layers of response region and one or more user interface elements presented in an valid portion of each layer of response region,

wherein the valid portion of each layer of response region does not overlap, and a valid portion of a first layer of response region is sector-shaped, and a valid portion of a nth layer of response region is annulus-sector-shaped,

wherein n>

1, each layer of response region is a transparent rectangle, the n layers of response region overlap at one of their corners or edges,

wherein a mth layer of response region is larger than a m-1th layer of response region, mϵ

[2, n],

wherein each layer of response region comprises the valid portion and an invalid portion, each layer of response region responds to a trigger action when a position of the trigger action is in the valid portion, each layer of response region does not respond to the trigger action when the position of the trigger action is in the invalid portion;

determine coordinates of a position where the first trigger action occurs;

determine whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to a valid portion of an ith layer of response region;

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, respond to the first trigger action in the ith layer of response region; and

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs does not belong to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, update i to i+1 and repeat a determining step until i equals n+1.

14. The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

acquire distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to an origin of the user interface, wherein the origin of the user interface is an end point of a corner where the n layers of response region overlap or a central point of a side edge where the n layers of response region overlap; and

determine whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region according to the distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to the origin of the user interface.

15. The mobile device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

determine whether the distance from the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs to the origin of the user interface is between an inner arc radius and an outer arc radius of the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, when a determination result is yes, determine that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region;

wherein, for the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region, the inner arc radius is 0 and the outer arc radius is the radius of the sector region;

for each of the valid portions of the 2^nd to the nth layers of response region, the inner arc radius is the inner radius of the annulus sector region, and the outer arc radius is the outer radius of the annulus sector region.

16. The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a close user interface element for realizing a user interface closing function is presented in the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region;

and wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to;

when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the 1^st layer of response region, close the user interface.

17. The mobile device as claimed in claim 14, wherein wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

according to the coordinates of the position where the first trigger action occurs, acquire an angle of the position where the first trigger action occurs with respect to the origin of the user interface;

according to the angle of the position where the first trigger action occurs with respect to the origin of the user interface, search for a first block index value in the valid portion of the ith layer of response region corresponding to the first trigger action, wherein the first block index value refers to an index value of one of several blocks into which the valid portion of the ith layer of response region is divided; and

respond to the first trigger action according to the first block index value.

18. The mobile device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the valid region of the 2^nd layer of response region presents a plurality of tags elements, and the valid region of each of the 3^rd to the nth layer of response region presents a plurality of application icon elements, wherein the application icon elements refer to application icons used to activate applications of the mobile device;

and wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to;

buffer the application icon elements;

when it is determined that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region, place all the application icon elements of the tag element corresponding to the first block index value into a next first container of application icon;

remove all the application icon elements in a current first container of application icon, and remove the plurality of application icon elements presented in the valid portion of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region from the screen; and

move all the application icon elements in the next first container of application icon into the current first container of application icon, and present the application icon elements in the current first container of application icon on the screen.

19. The mobile device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the mobile device further comprises:

a tag indicator which is presented in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region, the tag indicator being moved to a position of the tag element corresponding to the first block index value in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region corresponding to the position where the first trigger action occurs.

20. The mobile device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the valid portion of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region presents a plurality of application icon elements;

and wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to;

determine that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to one of the valid portions of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region, start the application corresponding to the application icon element corresponding to the first block index value.

21. The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

detect a second trigger action on the user interface,

calculate coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs;

according to the coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs, determine whether the position where the second trigger action occurs belongs to a valid portion of a layer among the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region.

22. The mobile device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

according to the action direction of the second trigger action, search for a second block index value in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region corresponding to the action direction, wherein the second block index value refers to an index value of one of several blocks into which the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region is divided;

buffer the application icon elements;

place all the application icon elements of the tag element corresponding to the second block index value into a next second container of application icon;

remove all the application icon elements in a current second container of application icon, and remove the plurality of application icon elements presented in the valid region of each of the 3^rd to the nth layers of response region out of the screen; and

move all the application icon elements in the next second container of application icon into the current second container of application icon, and present the application icon elements in the current second container of application icon on the screen.

23. The mobile device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the memory further stores instructions that upon execution by the processor to cause the mobile device to:

determine whether action speed of the second trigger action satisfies a requirement that it is higher than a predefined threshold value; and

when a determination result is yes, activate calculate coordinates of the position where the second trigger action occurs.

24. The mobile device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the mobile device further comprises:

a tag indicator which is presented in the valid portion of the 2^nd layer of response region, the tag indicator being moved to a position of the tag element corresponding to the second block index value.

25. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for responding to events of a user interface of a mobile device, the operations comprising:

detecting a first trigger action on the user interface,

wherein the user interface comprises n layers of response region and one or more user interface elements presented in an valid portion of each layer of response region,

wherein the valid portion of each layer of response region does not overlap, and a valid portion of a first layer of response region is sector-shaped, and a valid portion of a nth layer of response region is annulus-sector-shaped,

wherein n>

1, each layer of response region is a transparent rectangle, the n layers of response region overlap at one of their corners or edges,

wherein a mth layer of response region is larger than a m-1th layer of response region, mϵ

[2, n],

wherein each layer of response region comprises the valid portion and an invalid portion, each layer of response region responds to a trigger action when a position of the trigger action is in the valid portion, each layer of response region does not respond to the trigger action when the position of the trigger action is in the invalid portion;

determining coordinates of a position where the first trigger action occurs;

determining whether the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to a valid portion of an ith layer of response region;

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs belongs to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, responding to the first trigger action in the ith layer of response region; and

in response to a determination that the position where the first trigger action occurs does not belong to the valid portion of the ith layer of response region, updating i to i+1 and repeating the determining step until i equals n+1.