Electronic device for moving the display position of a screen by a displacement sensor and method thereof

• US 20070211041A1
• Filed: 02/23/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Fan, Xiao-Long, Lai, Cheng-Shing, Chen, Hao
• Application Number:
  US11/709,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20070211041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electronic device for moving the display position of a screen and a method thereof, which comprises a display device for outputting the screen; a displacement sensor for detecting a displacement of said electronic device to generate a displacement signal; and a processor connected separately to said display device and said displacement sensor, capable of issuing a move instruction according to said displacement signal for moving the display position of said screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device for moving the display position of a screen by a displacement sensor, comprising:

a display device, capable of outputting a screen;

a displacement sensor, capable of detecting a displacement of said electronic device to generate a displacement signal; and

a processor, connected separately to said display device and said displacement sensor, capable of issuing a move instruction according to said displacement signal for moving the display position of said screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprises:

a network connecting unit, coupled to said processor, capable of sending a message of said electronic device to a network, and receiving a webpage information transmitted from said network; and

a storage unit, coupled to said processor and having a webpage browser for outputting a webpage screen according to said webpage information, such that when the resolution of said webpage screen is greater than the resolution of said display device, said webpage browser will show a vertical scroll bar and/or a horizontal scroll bar on said webpage screen, and said processor will move said vertical scroll bar and/or said horizontal scroll bar according to said move instruction.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein said storage unit comprises a setup interface, capable of setting and recording said move instruction corresponding to said displacement signal.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein said electronic device includes a switch disposed on a surface of said electronic device, capable of turning on or off the functionality of issuing the move instruction of said processor.

5. A method for moving the display position of a screen by a displacement sensor, which is applied to an electronic device having a display device and

a displacement sensor, comprising the steps of:

detecting a displacement of said electronic device and generating a displacement signal by said displacement sensor;

issuing a move instruction according to said displacement signal; and

moving the display position of a screen outputted by said display device according to said move instruction.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said electronic device further comprises a network connecting unit and a storage unit, comprising the steps of:

starting a webpage browser installed in said storage unit;

receiving a webpage information from a network by said network connecting unit;

outputting a webpage screen on said display device by said webpage browser according to said webpage information;

determining whether or not the resolution of said webpage screen is greater than the resolution of said display device; and

displaying a vertical scroll bar and/or a horizontal scroll bar on said webpage screen by said webpage browser when the resolution of said webpage screen is greater than the resolution of said display device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein when the resolution of said webpage screen is not greater than the resolution of said display device, said webpage browser shows said webpage screen completely on said display device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said display position of said webpage screen is moved by moving said vertical scroll bar and/or said horizontal scroll bar.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said storage unit further comprises a setup interface, comprising the step of:

setting and recording a move instruction corresponding to said displacement signal by the setup interface.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said electronic device includes a switch disposed on a surface of said electronic device, comprising the step of:

issuing said move instruction according to said displacement signal when said switch is turned on.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said electronic device includes a switch disposed on a surface of said electronic device, comprising the step of:

issuing no said move instruction when said switch is turned off.