WO2013044467A1

WO2013044467A1 - Terminal and menu display method

Info

Publication number: WO2013044467A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/080298
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杨祝林
Original assignee: 宇龙计算机通信科技(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2011-09-28
Filing date: 2011-09-28
Publication date: 2013-04-04

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal and a menu display method. The menu display method comprises: Step 202: detecting a touch operation on a screen of a terminal; Step 204: when the touch operation is a multipoint touch operation, determining a display area of a menu according to two touch points of the multipoint touch operation; and/or when the touch operation is a slide operation, determining a display area of the menu according to a start point and an end point of the slide operation. By means of the technical solution, the menu is displayed in different areas on the screen for users according to the difference between the multipoint touch operation and the slide operation, thereby improving the flexibility of displaying the menu.

Description

Terminal and menu display method

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a terminal and a menu display method. Background technique

With the continuous development of communication technology, mobile terminals have become an indispensable tool in people's daily life. Today's terminal pre-installed applications are rich and colorful, and each application's functions are becoming more powerful. Each application has a corresponding menu, and the user can select the corresponding function from the menu for the next step. Thus, the menu is a function frequently used in mobile terminals.

However, the menu display mode in the existing terminal is mostly displayed from the top left to the bottom of the application interface, or from the bottom left or the lower right corner from bottom to top, and the background color of the display is single. After the user has been using it for a long time, there will be no freshness, and the menu will appear in order to click at a specific location. This display mode is not user-friendly.

Therefore, there is a need for a flexible technical solution for controlling menu display, which can display menus in different areas of the screen according to the needs of the user, and can flexibly set the background color of the menu, so that the display of the menu is not too singular, and the user is guaranteed. The freshness of use enhances the user experience. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technical solution for flexibly controlling menu display, which can display menus in different areas on the screen according to the needs of the user, and can flexibly set the background color of the menu, so that the menu display is not caused. Too simple, to ensure the freshness of the user, and enhance the user experience.

In view of this, the present invention provides a terminal, including: a detecting module, and detecting a screen of the terminal a touch operation on the screen; a display module, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, determining a display area of the menu according to two touch points of the multi-touch operation; and/or When the touch operation is a slide operation, the display area of the menu is determined according to the start point and the end point of the slide operation. In this technical solution, the two touch points may be simultaneously applied to the screen, or may be two click events respectively generated in sequence. In this technical solution, the user can display menus in different areas of the screen according to different multi-touch operations or sliding operations, thereby improving the flexibility of menu display.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display module connects the connection between any two vertices of the menu and the two touch points when the menu has multiple vertices Parallel or coincident or forming any predetermined angle; and/or making a line between any two vertices of the menu parallel or coincident with the line between the starting point and the ending point or forming a preset Any angle. In this technical solution, since most of the menus are rectangular, any side of the rectangular menu and any diagonal line may be set as a connection line of the two touch point lines or a connection between the start point and the end point. Or set to a line segment that is closer to the above connection. Although rectangular menus are more common, this technical solution is applicable to any menu with multiple edges or multiple vertices.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display module uses the two touch points as two points on the edge of the menu, and/or uses the start point and the end point as edges of the menu. Two points on the top. In this technical solution, the display area of the menu is controlled by the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and the scheme is applicable to any shape menu, for example, the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point can be used as menus. The two endpoints of a diameter.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a color setting module, acquiring a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu, and/or acquiring the starting point to the end point The color, as the display color of the menu. In this technical solution, according to the background color of the flexible setting menu, if there are multiple colors between the two touch points or between the start point and the end point, two or more colors may be selected at the same time, or randomly selected. One of the colors is used to set the background color.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: determining, by the determining module, whether the distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or is less than a second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is yes Notifying the display module to display the menu, and/or determining the starting point Whether the distance between the end points is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is YES, notifying the display module to display the menu. In this technical solution, if the distance between the two touch points or the start point and the end point is too long or too short to be suitable for displaying the option content of the menu, the display is not performed.

The present invention further provides a menu display method, including: Step 202: detecting a touch operation on a screen of the terminal; Step 204, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, according to the two-touch operation a touch point to determine a display area of the menu; and/or a display area of the menu according to a start point and an end point of the sliding operation when the touch operation is a slide operation. In this technical solution, the two touch points may be simultaneously applied to the screen, or may be two click events respectively generated in sequence. With this technical solution, the user can display menus in different areas of the screen according to different multi-touch operations or sliding operations, thereby improving the flexibility of menu display.

In the above technical solution, preferably, in the step 204, when the menu has a plurality of vertices, connecting between any two vertices of the menu and the two touch points The lines are parallel or coincident or form any predetermined angle; and/or the lines between any two vertices of the menu are parallel or coincident or coincident with the line between the starting point and the end point Any angle preset. In this technical solution, since most of the menus are rectangular, any side of the rectangular menu and any diagonal line may be set as a connection line of the two touch point lines or a connection between the start point and the end point. Or set to a line segment that is closer to the above connection. Although rectangular menus are more common, this technical solution is applicable to any menu with multiple edges or multiple vertices.

In the above technical solution, preferably, in the step 204, the two touch points are taken as two points on the edge of the menu; and/or the starting point and the end point are used as the Two points on the edge of the menu. In this technical solution, the display area of the menu is controlled by the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and the scheme is applicable to any shape menu, for example, the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point can be used as menus. The two endpoints of a diameter.

In the above technical solution, preferably, in the step 204, the method further includes: acquiring a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu; and/or acquiring the starting point to the The color between the endpoints, as the display color of the menu. In this technical solution, According to the background color of the flexible setting menu, if there are multiple colors between the above two touch points or between the start point and the end point, two or more colors may be selected at the same time, or one of the colors may be randomly selected. The setting of the background color.

In the above technical solution, preferably, in the step 204, the method further includes: determining whether a distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or is less than a second predetermined threshold, and determining When the result is YES, the menu is displayed; and/or whether the distance between the starting point and the end point is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and the result of the determination is When yes, the menu is displayed. In this technical solution, if the distance between the above two touch points or the above start point and end point is too long or too short to be suitable for displaying the menu contents of the menu, the display is not performed.

Through the above technical solution, a terminal and a menu display method can be realized, which can flexibly control the display area of the menu by detecting the specific position of the multi-touch operation and the sliding operation, and can set different background colors for the menu at any time. , to ensure the freshness of the user, and enhance the user experience. DRAWINGS

1 is a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a menu display method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing the operation of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5A to 5D are each a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7A to 7D are each a schematic diagram of an interface of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The above described objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention, but the invention may be practiced in other embodiments other than those described herein. It is not limited to the limitations of the specific embodiments disclosed below.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the present invention provides a terminal 100, including: a detecting module 102, detecting a touch operation on a screen of the terminal 100; and a display module 104, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, according to the Determining a display area of the menu by the two touch points of the multi-touch operation; and/or determining the display of the menu according to the start point and the end point of the sliding operation when the touch operation is a slide operation region. In the technical solution, the two touch points may be simultaneously applied to the screen, or may be two click events respectively generated in sequence. In this technical solution, the user can display menus in different areas of the screen according to different multi-touch operations or sliding operations, thereby improving the flexibility of menu display.

In the above technical solution, when the menu has multiple vertices, the display module 104 makes the connection between any two vertices of the menu parallel to the connection between the two touch points or Coincident or forming any predetermined angle; and/or making a line between any two vertices of the menu parallel or coincident with a line between the starting point and the end point or forming a predetermined arbitrary angle. In this technical solution, since most of the menus are rectangular, any side of the rectangular menu and any diagonal line may be set as a connection line of the two touch point lines or a connection between the start point and the end point. Or set to a line segment that is closer to the above connection. Although rectangular menus are more common, this technical solution is applicable to any menu having multiple edges or multiple vertices.

In the above technical solution, the display module 104 uses the two touch points as two points on the edge of the menu, and/or uses the start point and the end point as the edge of the menu. Two points. In this technical solution, the display area of the menu is controlled by the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and the scheme is applicable to any shape menu, for example, the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point can be used as menus. The two endpoints of a diameter.

In the above technical solution, the method further includes: a color setting module 106, acquiring a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu, and/or acquiring a color between the starting point and the end point , as the display color of the menu. In this technical solution, according to the background color of the flexible setting menu, if there are multiple colors between the two touch points or between the start point and the end point, two or more colors may be selected at the same time, or randomly selected. One of the colors is used to set the background color. In the above technical solution, the method further includes: the determining module 108, determining whether the distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or is less than a second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is yes, notifying The display module 104 displays the menu, and/or determines whether the distance between the starting point and the end point is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and the determination result is When yes, the display module 104 is notified to display the menu. In this technical solution, if the distance between the two touch points or the start point and the end point is too long or too short to be suitable for displaying the option content of the menu, the display is not performed.

2 is a flow chart of a menu display method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the present invention further provides a menu display method, including: Step 202: detecting a touch operation on a screen of the terminal; Step 204, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, according to the multiple The two touch points of the touch operation are used to determine the display area of the menu; and/or when the touch operation is a slide operation, the display area of the menu is determined according to the start point and the end point of the slide operation. In the technical solution, the two touch points may be simultaneously used on the screen, or may be two click events respectively generated in sequence. With this technical solution, the user can display menus in different areas of the screen according to different multi-touch operations or sliding operations, thereby improving the flexibility of menu display.

In the above technical solution, in the step 204, when the menu has multiple vertices, the connection between any two vertices of the menu and the connection between the two touch points is Parallel or coincident or forming any predetermined angle; and/or making a line between any two vertices of the menu parallel or coincident with the line between the starting point and the ending point or forming a preset Any angle. In this technical solution, since most of the menus are rectangular, any side of the rectangular menu and any diagonal line may be set as a connection line of the two touch point lines or a connection between the start point and the end point. Or set to a line segment that is closer to the above connection. Although rectangular menus are more common, this technical solution is applicable to any menu with multiple edges or multiple vertices.

In the above technical solution, in the step 204, the two touch points are taken as two points on the edge of the menu; and/or the starting point and the end point are used as edges of the menu. Two points on the top. In this technical solution, the display area of the menu is controlled by the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and the scheme is applicable to any shape menu, for example, the above two touch points or the above-mentioned starting point and end point can be used as menus. The two endpoints of a diameter. In the above technical solution, in the step 204, the method further includes: acquiring a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu; and/or acquiring the starting point to the end point The color, as the display color of the menu. In this technical solution, according to the background color of the flexible setting menu, if there are multiple colors between the two touch points or between the start point and the end point, two or more colors may be selected at the same time, or randomly selected. One of the colors is used to set the background color.

In the above technical solution, in the step 204, the method further includes: determining whether a distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or is less than a second predetermined threshold, and determining that the result is And displaying the menu; and/or determining whether a distance between the starting point and the end point is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is yes, The menu is displayed. In this technical solution, if the distance between the two touch points or the start point and the end point is too long or too short to be suitable for displaying the option contents of the menu, the display is not performed.

The working scheme of the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal in the technical solution of the embodiment can display the menu in any area on the terminal screen by detecting the touch operation of the user, and the menu background displayed each time is different, giving the user different feelings.

As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal in this embodiment includes the following modules:

The detecting module 302 is configured to: obtain a touch operation of the user on the screen of the terminal; and the determining module 304 is configured to determine whether the distance between the two points of the simultaneous touch of the user, or the distance between the start and end points of the sliding operation, can Meet the conditions for displaying the menu;

Color setting module 306: used to set the background color value of the menu according to the color between two points touched at the same time, or between the start and end points of the sliding operation;

The display module 308 is used to display a menu.

If the user performs a multi-touch operation on the terminal screen, the workflow of the terminal is as shown in FIG. 4:

Step 402, detecting that the current user has two touch points A and B simultaneously on the screen;

Step 404, determining whether the distance between two points A and B in the multi-touch is less than M, And / or greater than m, if yes, proceed to step 406, otherwise end the work, use the technical solution to determine whether the distance between A and B will be too long or too short, not suitable for displaying menus, for example, the distance from m to M Can be equivalent to the appropriate range of length, width or diagonal of the rectangular menu;

Step 406: Obtain a color between two points A and B, and use the color as the background color of the menu. If there are multiple colors between A and B, one or several colors may be selected according to conditions or shorthand. As the background color of the menu;

Step 408: When the connection between the two points A and B is close to horizontal, the menu is displayed in the vertical direction of the line of the two points A and B, and the range of the touch point in the screen is determined. If the edge is near the bottom edge, the display direction is upwardly popped up. If it is near the top edge, it will pop down, as shown in Figure 5A;

When the connection between the two points A and B is close to vertical, the menu can be displayed directly in the direction of A to B or B to A. The display area of the menu should be set as close to the center of the screen. The connection between A and B can be used as a menu. An edge may also be used only as a line parallel to the edge for determining the display area of the menu, as shown in FIG. 5B;

The two points A and B can also be used as the two points of the diagonal of the menu to determine the display area of the menu, as shown in Figure 5C.

The above examples are all for rectangular menus, and for other types of menus, two points A and B can be used as two points on the edge of the menu. For example, for a circular menu, it can be used as two endpoints of a diameter of a circular menu. , as shown in Figure 5D.

If the user performs a sliding operation on the terminal screen, the workflow of the terminal is as shown in FIG. 6:

Step 602, detecting that the current user slides on the screen at the same time, and slides from point C to point D;

Step 604, determining whether the distance between points C and D is less than M, and/or is greater than m, if yes, proceeding to step 406, otherwise ending the work, determining whether the distance between C and D is too long by the technical solution Or too short, not suitable for displaying menus, for example, the distance from m to M can be equivalent to the appropriate range of length, width or diagonal of the rectangular menu;

Step 606: Obtain a color between two points C and D, and use the color as the background color of the menu. If there are multiple colors between C and D, one of the conditions may be selected by condition or shorthand. Or several colors, as the background color of the menu;

Step 608, when the two points of C and D are close to horizontal, the menu is displayed in the vertical direction of the line of the two points C and D, and the range of the touch point in the screen is judged. If it is near the bottom edge, the display direction is upwardly popped up. If it is near the top edge, it will pop down, as shown in Figure 7A;

When the connection between the two points C and D is close to vertical, the menu can be displayed directly in the direction of the slide. The display area of the menu should be set as close to the center of the screen. The connection between C and D can be used as one side of the menu, or only As a line parallel to the side, used to determine the display area of the menu, as shown in FIG. 7B;

The two points C and D can also be used as the two points of the diagonal of the menu to determine the display area of the menu, as shown in Fig. 7C;

The above examples are all directed to a rectangular menu, and are all taken as an example in which one side of the menu is parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the line or sliding operation between the contacts, but one of the menus can be easily imagined by those skilled in the art. The angle of the connection or sliding operation with the contacts at any angle is also an embodiment of the present invention;

In addition to the rectangular menu, for other types of menus, two points C and D can be used as two points on the edge of the menu. For example, for a circular menu, it can be used as two endpoints of a diameter of a circular menu, as shown in the figure. Shown in 7D.

In summary, according to the technical solution of the present invention, a terminal and a menu display method can be realized. By controlling the menu display, the user can perform a multi-touch or slide operation on the screen, and the menu can be popped up. Enter the function that the user wants to use. At the same time, the background color of the menu changes with the change of the touch position, which adds fun and different experience to the user. In fact, in addition to the display area of the menu, the technical solution of the present invention can have better control over the display interface or the area of the window of any application.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

A terminal, comprising:

a detecting module, detecting a touch operation on a screen of the terminal;

a display module, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, determining a display area of the menu according to two touch points of the multi-touch operation, and/or

When the touch operation is a slide operation, the display area of the menu is determined according to the start point and the end point of the slide operation.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display module causes a connection between any two vertices of the menu and the two touches when the menu has a plurality of vertices The lines between the points are parallel or coincident or form any predetermined angle, and/or

The line between any two vertices of the menu is parallel or coincident with the line between the start point and the end point or forms a predetermined arbitrary angle.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display module uses the two touch points as two points on an edge of the menu, and/or

The starting point and the ending point are taken as two points on the edge of the menu.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a color setting module that obtains a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu, and/or

A color between the start point and the end point is obtained as a display color of the menu.

The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

The determining module determines whether the distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or is less than a second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is yes, notifying the display module to display the menu, and / or

Determining whether the distance between the starting point and the ending point is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is YES, notifying the display module to display the menu.

6. A menu display method, comprising:

Step 202: Detect a touch operation on a screen of the terminal;

Step 204, when the touch operation is a multi-touch operation, determining a display area of the menu according to two touch points of the multi-touch operation; and/or

7. The menu display method according to claim 6, wherein in the step 204, when the menu has a plurality of vertices, connecting between any two vertices of the menu The lines between the two touch points are parallel or coincident or form any predetermined angle; and/or

8. The menu display method according to claim 6, wherein in the step 204, the two touch points are taken as two points on an edge of the menu; and/or

The menu display method according to claim 6, wherein in the step 204, the method further includes:

Obtaining a color between the two touch points as a display color of the menu; and/or obtaining a color between the start point and the end point as a display color of the menu.

The menu display method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein, in the step 204, the method further comprises:

Determining whether the distance between the two touch points is greater than a first predetermined threshold and/or whether it is less than a second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is yes, displaying the menu; and/or

It is determined whether the distance between the starting point and the end point is greater than the first predetermined threshold and/or is less than the second predetermined threshold, and when the determination result is YES, the menu is displayed.