ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING USER INTERFACE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120260213A1
• Filed: 11/15/2011
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YANG, CHENG-KUO
• Application Number:
  US13/297,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20120260213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In a method for arranging a user interface displayed on a touchscreen of an electronic device, a first touch operation is received from the touchscreen when the electronic device receives a trigger instruction for arranging the user interface. The method confirms an icon on a current page displayed on the touchscreen to be moved according to the first touch operation, and controls the confirmed icon to move towards coordinate values of the first touch operation. If a second touch operation has been received while receiving the first touch operation, the method further confirms an orientation of the second touch operation, and controls the current page of the user interface to move towards the orientation of the second touch operation. If the first touch operation has not been received, the method positions the confirmed icon on the user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for arranging a user interface displayed on a touchscreen of an electronic device, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a signal indicative of arrangement of the user interface displayed on the touchscreen from the electronic device, receiving a first touch operation from a first finger contacting the touchscreen;

confirming an icon on a current page of the user interface displayed on the touchscreen to be moved according to the first touch operation;

controlling the confirmed icon to move towards coordinate values of the first touch operation on the touchscreen;

determining whether a second touch operation has been received from a second finger contacting the touchscreen while the first touch operation is being received;

confirming an orientation of the second touch operation, upon the condition that the second touch operation has been received while receiving the first touch operation;

controlling the current page of the user interface to move according to the confirmed orientation; and

positioning the confirmed icon on the user interface when the first touch operation has not been received from the touchscreen.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as rightwards upon the condition that X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as leftwards upon the condition that the X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease, the coordinate system of based on the touchscreen defining a point in the lower left corner of the touchscreen as an origin, a horizontal direction of the touchscreen as an X-axis, and a vertical direction of the touchscreen as a Y-axis.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as upwards upon the condition that Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as downwards upon the condition that the Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the icon is confirmed according to the first coordinate values of the first touch operation.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touchscreen supports multi-touch operations.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of pages, each of the pages comprises a plurality of icons of the electronic device, and each of the icons is a logo, one or more characters, or a combination of the logo and the one or more characters.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform a method for arranging a user interface displayed on a touchscreen of the electronic device, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a signal indicative of arrangement of the user interface displayed on the touchscreen from the electronic device, receiving a first touch operation from a first finger contacting the touchscreen;

confirming an icon on a current page of the user interface displayed on the touchscreen to be moved according to the first touch operation;

controlling the confirmed icon to move towards coordinate values of the first touch operation on the touchscreen;

determining whether a second touch operation has been received from a second finger contacting the touchscreen while the first touch operation is being received;

confirming an orientation of the second touch operation, upon the condition that the second touch operation has been received while receiving the first touch operation;

controlling the current page of the user interface to move according to the confirmed orientation of the second touch operation; and

positioning the confirmed icon on the user interface when the first touch operation has not been received from the touchscreen.

8. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as rightwards upon the condition that X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as leftwards upon the condition that the X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease, the coordinate system of based on the touchscreen defining a point in the lower left corner of the touchscreen as an origin, a horizontal direction of the touchscreen as an X-axis, and a vertical direction of the touchscreen as a Y-axis.

9. The storage medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as upwards upon the condition that Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as downwards upon the condition that the Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease.

10. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the icon is confirmed according to the first coordinate values of the first touch operation.

11. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the touchscreen supports multi-touch operations.

12. The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of pages, each of the pages comprises a plurality of icons of the electronic device, and each of the icons is a logo, one or more characters, or a combination of the logo and the one or more characters.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a touchscreen for displaying a user interface;

a storage system and at least one processor; and

one or more programs that are stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a receiving module operable to receive a first touch operation from a first finger contacting the touchscreen in response to receiving a signal indicative of arrangement of the user interface displayed on the touchscreen from the electronic device;

a confirmation module operable to confirm an icon on a current page displayed on the touchscreen to be moved according to the first touch operation;

a control module operable to control the confirmed icon to move towards coordinate values of the first touch operation;

a determination module operable to determine whether a second touch operation has been received from a second finger contacting the touchscreen while the first touch operation is being received;

the confirmation module further operable to confirm an orientation of the second touch operation, upon the condition that the second touch operation has been received while receiving the first touch operation;

the control module further operable to control the current page of the user interface to move according to the confirmed orientation of the second touch operation, and position the confirmed icon on the user interface when the first touch operation has not been received from the touchscreen.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as rightwards upon the condition that X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as leftwards upon the condition that the X-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease, the coordinate system of based on the touchscreen defining a point in the lower left corner of the touchscreen as an origin, a horizontal direction of the touchscreen as an X-axis, and a vertical direction of the touchscreen as a Y-axis.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the orientation of the second touch operation is confirmed as up upon the condition that Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on a coordinate system of the touchscreen increase, and is confirmed as down upon the condition that the Y-coordinate values of the second touch operation based on the coordinate system decrease.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the icon is confirmed according to the first coordinate values of the first touch operation.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the touchscreen supports multi-touch operations.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of pages, each of the pages comprises a plurality of icons of the electronic device, and each of the icons is a logo, one or more characters, or a combination of the logo and the one or more characters.