CN101482790B - Electronic device capable of transferring objects on two display elements and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device capable of transferring objects on two display elements and a control method thereof. The electronic device includes: the device comprises a shell, a first display element, a second display element, a sensing input element and a processor. The first display element and the second display element are both arranged on the shell; the sensing input element is coupled with the first display element and the second display element and is used for sensing and receiving user input, wherein the user input enables the transfer operation of presenting a second object on the second display element according to a first object presented in the first display element; and the processor is coupled to the first display element, the second display element and the sensing input element, and is used for controlling the second display element according to the user input to present the second object.

Description

Electronic device capable of transferring objects on two display elements and its control method

technical field

The present invention relates to an electronic device, especially an electronic device having a first display element, a second display element and a sensing input element, and enabling the first display element according to the sensing input element sensing and receiving user input. 1. An electronic device for transferring an object displayed on the second display element and a control method thereof.

Background technique

Generally speaking, among the multiple display screens of the handheld electronic device with multiple display screens, one display screen is used as the main display screen, while the other display screens are only used for auxiliary display. Taking a foldable mobile phone with dual screens as an example, the user can control the content displayed on the main display screen through the input elements (such as buttons) of the mobile phone, however, the auxiliary display screen is only used to display information (such as: time, Missed calls or unread short messages), the user cannot control the auxiliary display screen through the input elements of the mobile phone. In other words, on a mobile phone with dual screens, the data between the two screens cannot be interacted with.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of using a sensory input element to enable a shifting operation of presenting a second object on the second display element in accordance with the first object presented on the first display element. An electronic device and a related control method are used to solve the above problems, allowing users to select the information to be displayed on the second display element in a more intuitive manner, thereby generating interaction between these display elements, and of course increasing the operation Interesting and novelty.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a casing, a first display element, a second display element, a sensing input element and a processor. The first display element and the second display element are both disposed on the casing; the sensing input element is coupled to the first display element and the second display element for sensing and receiving user input , wherein the user input is a transition operation enabling presentation of a second object on the second display element in accordance with the first object presented in the first display element; and the processor is coupled to the first display The element, the second display element and the sensing input element are used for controlling the second display element to present the second object according to the user input.

According to another aspect of the present invention, it also discloses a display control method. The method includes: providing a sensory input element for receiving a first user input, wherein the first user input is to enable a display on the second display based on a first object presented in the first display element. a transition operation for presenting a second object on the component; and controlling the second display component to present the second object according to the first user input.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of components of the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the display control method of the present invention.

5 and 6 are schematic diagrams of the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 performing a transfer operation.

[Description of main component labels]

100 Electronic device 110 Housing

120, 130 Display element 140 Sensing input element

150 processor

Detailed ways

Certain terms are used throughout the specification and described claims to refer to particular elements. Those skilled in the art should understand that hardware manufacturers may use different terms to refer to the same component. This description and the scope of the patent application described do not use the difference in name as a way to distinguish components, but use the difference in function of components as a criterion for distinguishing. The "comprising" mentioned in the entire specification and the subsequent claims is an open-ended term, so it should be interpreted as "including but not limited to". In addition, the term "coupled" herein includes any direct and indirect means of electrical connection. Therefore, if it is described herein that a first device is coupled to a second device, it means that the first device may be directly electrically connected to the second device, and indirectly electrically connected to the second device through other devices or connection means.

The different features of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, and the same parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals in each drawing for convenience of description.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 includes a casing 110 , a first display element 120 , a second display element 130 , a sensing input element 140 and a processor 150 . The first display element 120 and the second display element 130 are both disposed on the casing 110; the sensing input element 140 is coupled to the first display element 120 and the second display element 130 for sensing and receiving user input , wherein the user input is a transfer operation enabling the presentation of a second object on the second display element 130 according to the first object presented in the first display element 120; the processor 150 is coupled to the first display element 120 , the second display element 130 and the sensing input element 140 are used to control the second display element 130 to present the second object according to the user input. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a vertical electronic device (Bar-type electronic device), however, this is only used as an example for illustration and is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 can be It is a handheld communication device, a handheld computing device or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 1 , and FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of components of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 2 . In this embodiment, the first display element 120 is a main display screen, the second display element 130 is an auxiliary display screen, and the sensing input element 140 is a touch panel, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the sensing input element 140 (touch panel) is covered on the first display element 120 and the second display element 130 at the same time, however, this is not a limitation of the present invention, in other embodiments, the sensing input element The second display element may not be covered but only on the first display element. In practice, at least a part of the sensing input element only needs to be located on the first display element. For example, a part of the sensing input element is located on the first display element. The display element is above but not completely covering the first display element. In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device includes a first sensing input element and a second sensing input element, the first sensing input element covers the first display element, and the second sensing input element The element is covered on the second display element, and this design change also belongs to the scope of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the display control method of the present invention. The operation of the display control method can be summarized as follows:

Step 400: The first display component displays the first object.

Step 410: Is there any user input detected? If yes, execute step 420; if not, return to step 410 to continuously monitor user input.

Step 420: Generate at least one detection value according to the user input and record the detection value.

Step 430: Perform a predetermined operation on the detection value to generate at least one location data.

Step 440: Control the second display element to display the second object according to the location data.

The operation of the electronic device 100 of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 . FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic diagrams of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 2 performing a transfer operation. In order to facilitate the description of the technical features disclosed in the present invention, the embodiment of the first object presented by the icon as the first display element 120 is used for illustration. For example, in other embodiments, the first object can be text, numbers, symbols or animations. In addition, the present invention emphasizes the transfer operation between the two display elements, so the above steps can also start from the second display element to control the objects presented on the first display element.

The first display element 120 of the electronic device 100 presents a first object (step 400). At the same time, the sensing input element 140 detects whether there is user input (step 410). When the first object moves on the surface of the sensing input element 140 (touch panel) (as shown in FIG. 5 ), the sensing input element 140 will detect the user input, and the processor 150 will or input to generate a detection value and record the detection value (step 420). For example, in this embodiment, the detection value is the last position of the finger before leaving the touch panel (as shown in FIG. 6 ), and then, the processor 150 will perform a predetermined operation on the detection value to generate at least one position data (x, y) (step 430), the position data indicates the position where the second object appears on the second display element 130, and finally, the processor 150 Then control the second display element 130 to present the second object according to the position data (step 440 ). The user can also use a stylus (stylus) or any pointer (pointer) that can generate a reaction on the sensing input element 140 to achieve the above-mentioned transfer operation from step 400 to step 440, and move the selected object Go to the specified location. In addition, the user input can also cause the transfer operation of presenting the third object on the first display element 120 according to the second object presented by the second display element 130. After the description, those skilled in the art should be able to understand how to enable the transfer operation of presenting the third object on the first display element 120 according to the second object presented by the second display element 130, so for the purpose of explaining the content For brevity, a detailed description is omitted here.

The above-mentioned embodiment is illustrated by FIG. 6 , but the present invention also has different implementation styles and technical means to detect the last position of the pointer (eg, finger or stylus) before leaving the touch panel. As mentioned above, the location data (x, y) is an important condition for determining where the selected object will be moved, and in the present invention, the coordinate value (y) of the vertical axis is an indispensable parameter, wherein the vertical axis The coordinate values of the axes are defined to increase from top to bottom. First, a threshold value (threshold value) y _th is set on the vertical axis of the first display element. When the sensing input element 140 detects a user input, the processor 150 will generate a detection value according to the user input and record the value. For the detection value, the processor 150 performs predetermined operations on the detection value to generate position data (x, y). In this embodiment, only the coordinate value y _Input of the vertical axis is considered. For example, if: (1) a part of the sensing input element is located on the first display element, but does not completely cover the first display element, nor does it cover any second display element; (2) the sensing input element completely It is located on the first display element, but does not cover any second display element; (3) the first and second display elements of the electronic device respectively have their own sensing input elements. As in the above three situations, the selected object cannot be directly moved to the desired position through the sensing input element, because the sensing input element does not cover the display elements at the same time, or is separated into two independent The sensor input element, so the detection of the position data cannot be continuous.

Therefore, the present invention first sets a first threshold value (threshold value) y _th on the vertical axis of the first display element. When moving on the surface of the sensor, the sensing input element 140 will detect the user input, and the processor 150 will generate a detection value according to the user input and record the detection value, and the processor 150 will also perform predetermined operations on the detection value to generate The position data (x, y) is only considered for the coordinate value y _Input of the vertical axis, because the detection value is the last position before the pointer leaves the touch panel, so when the value of y _Input exceeds the critical value y _th , It can be determined that the transfer operation is the operation of transferring the selected object from the first display element to the second display element. If the value of y _Input does not exceed the critical value y _th , it means that the object is only displayed in the first display element Similarly, a second critical value y _th can also be set on the vertical axis of the second display element to judge whether the object selected on the second display element will be moved from the second display element. Whether the operation of going to the first display element is valid.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the processor 150 controls the second display element 130 to present the second object, the processor 150 also controls the first display element 120 to continuously present the first object, and the first object and the second object They are all the same graphics. In other words, the transfer operation is to copy the first object presented by the first display element 120 to the second display element 130. However, this is not a limitation of the present invention. For example, When the processor 150 controls the second display element 130 to present the second object, the processor 150 can control the first display element 120 not to present the first object, that is, the transfer operation enabled by the user input can be the second object. A first object presented by a display element 120 is dragged onto a second display element 130, and in other embodiments, the transfer operation enabled by user input may include moving (copying or dragging) the first object. After the object is selected, the processor 150 executes a predetermined program related to the first object.

Please note that in the above embodiments, the first object and the second object are shown in the same illustration, however, this is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments, the first object and the second object can be They are different diagrams respectively. In addition, the data presentation form of the second object is the same as the data presentation form of the first object (that is, the data presentation forms of the first and second objects are both diagrams), however, this It is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments of the present invention, the data presentation form of the second object may be different from the data presentation form of the first object. For example, the first display element 120 presents the first object. After an object is moved (copied or dragged) to the second display element 130, the data presentation form of the second object can be text, number, symbol or animation (not shown).

Please note that in the above embodiments, the second display element 130 is a flexible display, however, this is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments, the second display element can be a cold cathode lamp (CCFL) ) display, light-emitting diode (LED) display or non-volatile (non-volatile) display (for example: electronic paper), in addition, the electronic device 100 also includes a key switch (key switch), which is arranged on the second display element 130 Next, when the user's finger moves to the sensing input element 140 above the second display element 130, the sensing input element 140 receives the user input, and the key switch can provide the user with a haptic feedback. , wherein the key switch can be a dome switch, a membrane switch or a mechanical switch.

Please note that in the above embodiments, the sensing input element 140 is a touch sensor (touch panel), however, this is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments, the sensing input element can also be a non-contact sensor. Touch sensors, for example: operation sensors (such as: acceleration sensor (G-sensor) or angular acceleration sensor (gyroscope)), light sensor, ultrasonic sensor or image capture device, and when using different sensors to When the sensing input element is implemented, the user input sensed and received by the sensing input element is also different. For example, the user input can be moving a finger or tool, waving a finger or tool, moving or rotating the electronic device , Touching or patting the electronic device at least one behavior, since those skilled in the art should be able to easily understand the corresponding relationship between different sensing input elements and different user inputs, therefore, for the sake of brevity in the description, the detailed The description is omitted here.

It can be seen from the above description that compared with the known technology, the electronic device of the present invention has an auxiliary display screen (second display element) and a touch panel (sensing input element). In addition to the function of displaying information, the auxiliary display screen In addition, the user can also interact with the electronic device by operating the auxiliary display screen in a more intuitive manner through the touch panel.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (14)

1. electronic installation includes:

Housing;

First display element is arranged on this housing;

Second display element is arranged on this housing;

Sensing input component; Be coupled to this first display element and this second display element; In order to sensing and receive user input; Wherein this user imports activation presents second object according to first object that is appeared in this first display element on this second display element transfer operation, to be used for from this first display element controlling second object of this second display element of being presented in as starting point; Otherwise; This user imports activation presents first object according to second object that is appeared in this second display element on this first display element transfer operation, to be used for from this second display element controlling first object of this first display element of being presented in as starting point;

Processor; Be coupled to this first display element, second display element and this sensing input component, in order to control this second display element during as starting point from this first display element to present this second object or to control this first display element to present this first object during as starting point from this second display element according to this user input;

Wherein this first and second display element is arranged on the same plane in this housing; And

This sensing input component is a touch panel, and this touch panel is to be positioned on this first display element and this second display element.

2. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein activation presents the 3rd object on this first display element according to second object that is appeared in this second display element transfer operation is gone back in this user's input.

3. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein this transfer operation comprise duplicate, towing or executive routine.

4. electronic installation according to claim 1; Wherein this sensing input component is imported according to this user and is produced at least one detected value; This processor carries out predetermined operation producing at least one position data according to this detected value, and controls this second display element to present this second object according to this position data.

5. electronic installation according to claim 1, when this second display element presented this second object, this this first display element of processor control continued to appear this first object or does not present this first object.

6. electronic installation according to claim 2, when this second display element presented this second object, this this first display element of processor control continued to appear the 3rd object or does not present the 3rd object.

7. electronic installation according to claim 5, wherein the data appearance form of this second object is the data appearance form that is same as or is different from this first object.

8. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein this second display element is a flexible display, and this electronic installation also includes keyswitch, it is to be used for this sensing input component to receive tactile feedback is provided when this user imports.

9. display control method includes:

Receive first user input, wherein this first user imports activation presents second object on this second display element according to first object that is appeared in this first display element transfer operation;

Import according to this first user and to control this second display element to present this second object; And

Receive second user input, wherein this second user imports activation presents the 3rd object on this first display element according to second object that is appeared in this second display element transfer operation;

Import according to this second user and to control this first display element to present the 3rd object.

10. display control method according to claim 9, wherein import and control the step that this second display element presents this second object and include according to this first user:

Import at least one first detected value of generation and write down this first detected value according to this first user;

This first detected value is carried out predetermined operation to produce at least one primary importance data; And

Control this second display element to present this second object according to these primary importance data.

11. display control method according to claim 10 also includes:

Import at least one second detected value of generation and write down this second detected value according to this second user;

This second detected value is carried out predetermined operation to produce at least one second place data; And

Control this second display element according to these second place data and whether still present this second object.

12. display control method according to claim 9, wherein this transfer operation comprises and duplicates, pulls or move to behind this second display element and executive routine.

13. display control method according to claim 9 also includes:

When this second display element presents this second object, control this first display element and continue to appear this first object or do not present this first object.

14. display control method according to claim 12, wherein the data appearance form of this second object is the data appearance form that is same as or is different from this first object.

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