CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150185875A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LI, HAI-SHENG, CHIANG, CHIH-SAN, TANG, GANG, ZHANG, ZHAO-PING
• Application Number:
  US14/587,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20150185875A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• 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 control system and method for controlling user interfaces on an electronic device are provided. The control system includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a storage unit to: determine whether a rotation angle of the electronic device is in an angle range; create a rotated user interface group; create a first planar coordinate system on a rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group; define a first region which the rotated user interface is rotated an angle of the rotation angle of the electronic device; create a second planar coordinate system on the rotated user interface group; define a second region which has a same region as that of the first region; and display the contents on the second region.

Claims

1. A control system for controlling user interfaces on an electronic device, the control system comprising a plurality of units stored in a storage unit and being executed by a processor to:

determine whether a rotation angle of the electronic device is within an angle range among a plurality of angle ranges stored in the storage unit;

create a rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces based on the rotation angle of the electronic device and an initial user interface, wherein each rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of an initial user interface group stored in the storage unit;

create a first planar coordinate system on a rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group;

define a first region obtained by rotating the rotated user interface the rotation angle of the electronic device;

create a second planar coordinate system on the rotated user interface group;

define a second region which has a same size as that of the first region; and

display content of the rotated user interface group on the second region.

2. The control system of claim 1, wherein the control system further comprising a plurality of units stored in the storage unit which can be executed by the processor to:

create a first rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces, which have the same number and content as the initial user interface group, when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a first angle range which comprises angles between 0 degrees and 45 degrees or a second angle range which comprises angles between 315 degree and 360 degrees;

create a second rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a third angle range which comprises angles between 45 degrees and 135 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the second rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface 90 degrees;

create a third rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a fourth angle range which comprises angles between 135 degrees and 225 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the third rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface 180 degrees; and

create a fourth rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a fifth angle range which comprises angles between 225 degrees and 315 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the fourth rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface 270 degrees.

3. The control system of claim 1, wherein an origin O1 of the first planar coordinate system is on the center of the rotated user interface;

the axis X1 of the first planar coordinate system extends along a width direction of the rotated user interface;

the axis Y1 of the first planar coordinate system extends along a length direction of the rotated user interface.

4. The control system of claim 3, wherein an origin O2 of the second planar coordinate system is on the center of the rotated user interface;

the axis X2 of the second planar coordinate system extends along a width direction of the rotated user interface;

the axis Y2 of the second planar coordinate system extends along a length direction of the rotated user interface.

5. The control system of claim 1, wherein the angle between the rotated user interface and the first region is opposite to a rotation direction of the electronic device.

6. A control method for controlling user interfaces on an electronic device, the control method comprising:

executing a plurality of units stored in a storage unit by a processor for;

determining whether a rotation angle of the electronic device falls within an angle range among a plurality of angle ranges stored in the storage unit;

creating a rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces based on the rotation angle of the electronic device and an initial user interface, wherein each rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of an initial user interface group stored in the storage unit;

creating a first planar coordinate system on a rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group;

defining a first region obtained by rotating the rotated user interface an angle of the rotation angle of the electronic device;

creating a second planar coordinate system on the rotated user interface group;

defining a second region which has a same size as that of the first region; and

displaying content of the rotated user interface group on the second region.

7. The control method of claim 6, wherein the control method further comprising a plurality of units stored in the storage unit which can be executed by the processor for:

creating a first rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces, which have the same number and content as the initial user interface group, when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a first angle range which comprises angles between 0 degrees and 45 degrees or a second angle range which comprises angles between 315 degrees and 360 degrees;

creating a second rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a third angle range which comprises angles between 45 degrees and 135 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the second rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface 90 degrees;

creating a third rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a fourth angle range which comprises angles between 135 degrees and 225 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the third rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface is rotated 180 degrees; and

creating a fourth rotated user interface group comprising a plurality of rotated user interfaces when the rotation angle of the electronic device is in a fifth angle range which comprises angles between 225 degrees and 315 degrees, wherein each rotated user interface of the fourth rotated user interface group corresponds to an initial user interface of the initial user interface group, and is obtained by rotating a corresponding initial user interface 270 degrees.

8. The control method of claim 6, wherein creating a first planar coordinate system on a rotated user interface of the rotated user interface group comprising:

creating an origin O1 on the center of the rotated user interface;

creating an axis X1 along a width direction of the rotated user interface; and

creating an axis Y1 along a length direction of the rotated user interface.

9. The control method of claim 8, wherein creating a second planar coordinate system on the rotated user interface group comprising:

creating an origin O2 on the center of the rotated user interface;

creating an axis X2 along a width direction of the rotated user interface; and

creating an axis Y2 along a length direction of the rotated user interface.