Interface switching method and electronic device using the same

• US 20160188152A1
• Filed: 12/23/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chu, Shuan-Yi, Yen, Wei-Chi, Sun, Xiao-Gang, Chou, Shu-Hui, Chen, Chi-Nien
• Granted Patent: US 9,804,769 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic device, comprising a touch screen configured to display a circular operation area and a display area; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of applications; and a processing unit coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit, wherein the touch screen receives a touch operation on the circular operation area, the processing unit enables the touch screen to display a circular menu on a periphery of the display area according to the touch operation, and the circular menu includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the applications.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a circular operation area and a display area;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of applications; and

a processing unit coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit,

wherein the touch screen receives a touch operation on the circular operation area, the processing unit enables the touch screen to display a circular menu on a periphery of the display area according to the touch operation, and the circular menu includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the applications.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit determines a moving path of the touch operation on the circular operation area, and the display area switches to display content of the application corresponding to the icon according to a change of the moving path.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the processing unit determines an initial touch position of the touch operation, and the processing unit determines segments corresponding to icons of the applications according to the initial touch position and the application corresponding to the content currently displayed on the display area.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the processing unit detects that the touch operation is within a segment of the icon of the application and determines to zoom in or zoom out an image of the display area according to a moving direction of a moving path of the touch operation.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit determines whether the touch operation is finished, if the touch operation is finished, the touch screen does not display the circular menu.

6. An interface switching method, applied to an electronic device with a touch screen, wherein the method includes the steps:

receiving a touch operation on the touch screen;

displaying a circular menu on a periphery of a display area according to the touch operation, wherein the circular menu includes a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of applications;

determining a moving path of the touch operation along the circular operation area; and

displaying content of the application on the display area according to a segment of the icon corresponding to the moving path.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of displaying the circular menu further includes:

determining an initial touch position of the touch operation and defining a segment of each icon of the circular menu according to the initial touch position.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the circular menu on the periphery of the display area, wherein the segment of the icon corresponding to the initial touch position corresponds to the application whose content is currently displayed on the display area.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

determining whether to zoom in or zoom out an image of the display area according to a moving direction of the moving path within the segment of the icon.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

if the touch operation is finished, the touch screen does not display the circular menu.