Intelligent terminal control method utilizing touch contact location and pressure

• US 10,599,252 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2016
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xfusion Digital Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Huang, Maosheng, Huang, Xueyan, Qian, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Laurence J
• Application Number:
  US15/319,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20170123571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/48 Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation

Abstract

The present invention relates to the terminal field, and particularly, to a terminal control method. The method includes: displaying an object management window; detecting a user input performed in the object management window, where the user input includes a screen touch position and a pressure value; determining, according to the screen touch position, the object selected by the user; and performing an operation, when the pressure value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, the object selected by the user. By using the method and apparatus provided in the present disclosure, an operation can be quickly performed on an object in the object management window, which improves user experience.

Claims

1. An intelligent terminal control method, wherein the method comprises:

displaying an object management window;

detecting a user input performed in the object management window, wherein the user input comprises a screen touch position of the user and a pressure value;

determining, according to the screen touch position, an object selected by the user;

displaying a remove animation when the pressure value is greater than or equal to the preset threshold; and

executing, after the remove animation is fully displayed, a remove operation on the object selected by the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining, when it is detected that the user finishes the user input, whether to fully display the remove animation; and

when the remove animation is not fully displayed, stopping displaying the remove animation, and reversely demonstrating, from a stop point, the displayed remove animation from back to front.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a remove trigger when the pressure value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold;

displaying a remove confirmation button when the pressure value is greater than or equal to the preset threshold; and

executing, when the remove trigger is activated, a remove operation on the object selected by the user comprises;

executing, when the remove confirmation button is selected, the remove operation on the object selected by the user.

4. An intelligent terminal control method, comprising:

displaying an emoticon selection window;

detecting a user input performed in the emoticon selection window, wherein the user input comprises a screen touch position of the user and a pressure value;

determining, according to the screen touch position, an emoticon type selected by the user;

displaying, according to a dynamic change of the pressure value, an emoticon or an emoticon animation of the emoticon type selected by the user;

detecting whether the user has finished providing the user input in the emoticon selection window; and

determining and applying, when it is detected that the user has finished providing the user input, the currently displayed emoticon or emoticon animation.

5. An intelligent terminal comprising one or more processors configured to execute program components, wherein the components comprise:

a display unit, configured to display an object management window;

a detection unit, configured to detect a user input performed in the object management window, wherein the user input comprises a screen touch position of the user and a pressure value;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the screen touch position, an object selected by the user, wherein

the display unit is further configured to display a remove animation when the pressure value is greater than or equal to the preset threshold; and

an execution unit, configured to execute, after the remove animation is fully displayed, a remove operation on the object selected by the user.

6. The intelligent terminal according to claim 5, wherein the intelligent terminal further comprises a judging unit, wherein

the judging unit is configured to determine, when the detection unit detects that the user finishes the user input, whether the display unit fully displays the remove animation;

and

the execution unit is further configured to, when the remove animation is not fully displayed, stop displaying the remove animation, and reversely demonstrate, from a stop point, the displayed remove animation from back to front.

7. The intelligent terminal according to claim 5, wherein:

the display unit is configured to;

display a remove trigger when the pressure value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and

display a remove confirmation button when the pressure value is greater than or equal to the preset threshold; and

the execution unit is further configured to execute, when the remove confirmation button is selected, the remove operation on the object selected by the user.

8. An intelligent terminal comprising one or more processors configured to execute program components, wherein the components comprise:

a display unit, configured to display an emoticon selection window;

a detection unit, configured to detect a user input performed in the emoticon selection window, wherein the user input comprises a screen touch position of the user and a pressure value;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the screen touch position, an emoticon type selected by the user, wherein

the display unit is further configured to;

display, according to a dynamic change of the pressure value, an emoticon or an emoticon animation of the emoticon type selected by the user; and

detect whether the user has finished providing the user input in the emoticon selection window; and

an execution unit, configured to determine and apply, when the detection unit detects that the user has finished providing the user input, the emoticon or emoticon animation currently displayed by the display unit.