GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110107269A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Communication Technology Corp. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHIU, KAI-FENG, YANG, SHIH-YUN
• Granted Patent: US 8,302,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/849
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A graphic user interface management system displays all shortcuts on surfaces of a first three-dimensional (3D) graph displayed on a desktop background. The first 3D graph streams objects during rotating. On projection paths of the objects, a first preset number of objects forms system time to be displayed on the desktop background, a second preset number of objects forms a process wall, which displays running processes of shortcuts invoked by a user from the first 3D graph. The shortcuts dragged from the first 3D graph to other positions of the desktop background are represented by second 3D graphs. A rotation speed and direction of the first 3D graph change according to an operation speed and direction on the first 3D. The system further performs corresponding desktop display actions according to manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graphs.

Claims

1. A graphic user interface management system applied in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage device to be executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module operable to set desktop parameters, and store the desktop parameters into the storage device, wherein the desktop parameters comprise a desktop background, first display parameters of a first three-dimensional (3D) graph used to display desktop shortcuts and stream objects during rotation, second display parameters of a process wall used to display running processes of invoked desktop shortcuts, and third display parameters of a second 3D graph representing each of the desktop shortcuts;

the setting module further operable to set associations between desktop display actions and manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph;

a detecting module operable to determine a type of the electronic device according to the configuration information of the electronic device, and determine desktop shortcuts to be displayed on the first 3D graph according to the type of the electronic device;

a display module operable to draw and display the first 3D graph on a corresponding position of the desktop background displayed on the touch screen, according to the first display parameters;

the display module further operable to create the process wall according to the second display parameters, and display the running processes of invoked desktop shortcuts on the process wall;

an executing module operable to generate a second 3D graph on a corresponding position of the desktop background according to the third display parameters, so as to represent a desktop shortcut dragged from the first 3D graph by the second 3D graph; and

the executing module further operable to perform corresponding desktop display actions according to the manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first display parameters comprise a shape, a size, a color, a display position, an initial rotation speed, an initial rotation direction, an initial speed of streaming objects during rotation, and colors of the objects;

the second display parameters comprise a size and a display position of the process wall; and

the third display parameters comprise a shape, an initial size, and a color of the second 3D graph.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first display parameters further comprise an association between a manipulated operation speed on the first 3D graph and a rotation speed of the first 3D graph, an association between the rotation speed of the first 3D graph and a stream speed of the objects, and projection paths of the objects.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the executing module is further operable to automatically adjust the rotation speed of the first 3D graph and the stream speed of the objects according to the manipulated operation speed on the first 3D graph.

5. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the process wall is created by collecting a first preset number of the objects by the display module.

6. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the third display parameters further comprise an association between the size of the second 3D graph and a usage frequency of the second 3D graph.

8. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the detecting module is further operable to detect a current system time of the electronic device from a clock chip of the electronic device, and the display module is further operable to collect a second preset number of objects to display the current system time on a corresponding position of the desktop background.

9. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sizes of the first 3D graph and the process wall, and the display positions of the first 3D graph and the process wall are set according to preset proportions to the size of the display screen of the electronic device.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein setting the associations between desktop display actions and manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph comprises:

setting a pause of a user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph beyond a first time period corresponding to an operation of stopping rotation of the first 3D graph;

setting a left-to-right movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph corresponding to an anti-clockwise rotation of the first 3D graph, and a right-to-left movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph corresponding to an clockwise rotation of the first 3D graph;

setting a click operation on a black area of the first 3D graph corresponding to a unfolding action of all surfaces of the first 3D graph, a left-to-right movement of the user'"'"'s finger on an unfolded surface corresponding to an switching operation between the unfolded surfaces, and an upward-to-downward movement of the user'"'"'s finger on an unfolded surface corresponding to an operation of folding all unfolded surface to resume the first 3D graph;

setting a dragging operation of dragging a second 3D graph from the desktop background to margins of the desktop background corresponding to an operation of deleting the second 3D graph, and a dragging operation of dragging a running process from the desktop background to margins of the desktop background corresponding to an operation of closing the running process; and

setting a dragging operation of dragging a running process from the process wall to other position of the desktop background corresponding to an enlarging operation of the running process.

7. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the executing module is further operable to automatically adjust the size of the second 3D graph according to the usage frequency of the second 3D graph.

11. A graphic user interface management method implemented in an electronic device, the method comprising:

setting desktop parameters, and storing the desktop parameters into a storage device, wherein the desktop parameters comprise a desktop background, first display parameters of a first three-dimensional (3D) graph used to display desktop shortcuts and stream objects during rotation, second display parameters of a process wall used to display running processes of invoked desktop shortcuts, and third display parameters of a second 3D graph representing each of the desktop shortcuts;

setting associations between desktop display actions and manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph;

determining a type of the electronic device according to the configuration information of the electronic device, and determining desktop shortcuts to be displayed on the first 3D graph according to the type of the electronic device;

drawing and displaying the first 3D graph on a corresponding position of the desktop background displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device, according to the first display parameters;

creating the process wall according to the second display parameters, and displaying the running processes of invoked desktop shortcuts on the process wall;

generating a second 3D graph on a corresponding position of the desktop background according to the third display parameters, so as to represent a desktop shortcut dragged from the first 3D graph by the second 3D graph; and

performing corresponding desktop display actions according to the manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the first display parameters comprise a shape, a size, a color, a display position, an initial rotation speed, an initial rotation direction, an initial speed of streaming objects during rotation, and colors of the objects;

the second display parameters comprise a size and a display position of the process wall; and

the third display parameters comprise a shape, an initial size, and a color of the second 3D graph.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first display parameters further comprise an association between a manipulated operation speed on the first 3D graph and a rotation speed of the first 3D graph, an association between the rotation speed of the first 3D graph and a stream speed of the objects, and projection paths of the objects.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

automatically adjusting the rotation speed of the first 3D graph and the stream speed of the objects according to the manipulated operation speed on the first 3D graph.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the process wall is created by collecting a first preset number of objects.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the third display parameters further comprise an association between the size of the second 3D graph and a usage frequency of the second 3D graph.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

automatically adjusting the size of the second 3D graph according to the usage frequency of the second 3D graph.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a current system time of the electronic device from a clock chip of the electronic device; and

collecting a second preset number of objects to display the current system time on a corresponding position of the desktop background.

19. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the sizes of the first 3D graph and the process wall, and the display positions of the first 3D graph and the process wall are set according to preset proportions to the size of the display screen of the electronic device.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein setting the associations between desktop display actions and manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graph comprises:

setting a pause of a user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph beyond a first time period corresponding to an operation of stopping rotation of the first 3D graph;

setting a left-to-right movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph corresponding to an anti-clockwise rotation of the first 3D graph, and a right-to-left movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the first 3D graph corresponding to an clockwise rotation of the first 3D graph;

setting a click operation on a black area of the first 3D graph corresponding to a unfolding action of all surfaces of the first 3D graph, a left-to-right movement of the user'"'"'s finger on an unfolded surface corresponding to an switching operation between the unfolded surfaces, and an upward-to-downward movement of the user'"'"'s finger on an unfolded surface corresponding to an operation of folding all unfolded surface to resume the first 3D graph;

setting a dragging operation of dragging a second 3D graph from the desktop background to margins of the desktop background corresponding to an operation of deleting the second 3D graph, and a dragging operation of dragging a running process from the desktop background to margins of the desktop background corresponding to an operation of closing the running process; and

setting a dragging operation of dragging a running process from the process wall to other position of the desktop background corresponding to an enlarging operation of the running process.