CN101593060B - Touch operation method and operation method of electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A touch operation method and an operation method of an electronic device are provided, the touch operation method includes judging whether an object to be selected displayed on a touch screen is touched. Secondly, when the object to be selected is touched for a first preset time, outputting a corresponding floating menu according to the attribute of the object to be selected. Then, judging whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected, and executing a corresponding first instruction according to the selected menu field when one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected. In addition, when the selected menu domain is selected for a second preset time, the second instruction corresponding to the selected menu domain is executed. Because the floating menu is output when the touch screen is touched, a user can easily operate the object without reciting the operation gesture of the electronic device, thereby not only reducing the misoperation during gesture operation, but also effectively improving the use convenience of the touch screen.

Description

Touch operation method and operation method of electronic device

technical field

The present invention relates to an operating method of a touch screen, and in particular relates to a touch operating method and an operating method of an electronic device.

Background technique

In today's market of various consumer electronics products, portable electronic products such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones (mobile phones), notebook computers (notebooks) and tablet computers (tablet PCs) have widely used touch The touch panel is used as an interface tool for data communication. In addition, since the current design of electronic products is light, thin, short, and small, there is not enough space on the product to accommodate traditional input devices such as keyboards and mice, especially driven by the demand for tablet computers that emphasize humanized design. , The touch panel has become one of the key components. Moreover, the touch panel can not only meet the requirements of multi-level menu design, but also have the functions of keyboard, mouse and other humanized operation methods such as handwriting input, especially the characteristics of integrating input and output in the same interface (screen). , which is beyond the reach of other traditional input devices.

In the existing touch screen, the user can, for example, select a menu displayed on the touch screen or use hardware operation keys configured on the electronic device to operate when operating files in the electronic device. Therefore, only general files or fixed function menus common to files can be listed on the existing touch screen, but different function menus cannot be provided for files with different attributes or files. When the user is operating, he needs to repeatedly move between the menu and the object. If there is an accidental touch during the process, he may even have to start all over again.

In order to improve the above shortcomings, as described in US Patent No. 7479949, the method for operating the touch screen is to operate the touch screen by means of single-point or multi-touch. Taking multi-touch as an example, the user can zoom in and out the photos on the touch screen by using the moving track of two fingers on the touch screen; taking single-touch as an example, the user can use Slide your finger to the left to view the previous page of documents or slide to the right to view the previous page of documents. Such a design does bring convenience to the user, but the disadvantage is that the user must first memorize multiple sets of operation gestures, and the electronic device may also have insufficient force or direction of the object when judging the gestures. The deviation leads to misjudgment, and the user has to make a gesture again.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a touch operation method, which is to output a floating menu when the touch screen is touched, so that the user can easily operate objects and reduce false actions during gesture operations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for operating an electronic device, which allows the user to operate the electronic device smoothly without having to memorize the operation gestures of the electronic device, so that the use of the touch screen can be effectively improved convenience.

The invention proposes a touch operation method, which is suitable for a touch screen. The touch operation method includes judging whether a candidate object displayed on the touch screen is touched. Secondly, when the object to be selected is touched for a first predetermined time, a corresponding floating menu is output according to the attribute of the object to be selected. Next, it is judged whether one of the multiple menu fields on the floating menu is selected, and when one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected, then the corresponding corresponding response is performed according to the selected menu field. The first instruction for the operation of the object to be selected. In addition, when the selected menu field is selected for a second predetermined time, a second instruction for operating the object to be selected corresponding to the selected menu field is executed.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the above step of outputting a floating menu includes outputting a floating menu based on the point where the object to be selected is touched; judging whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is The selected steps include: detecting a lateral pressure of the touched point; performing a direction index operation on the lateral pressure to obtain a direction index; and defining the corresponding One of these menu fields is the selected menu field.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the above-mentioned selected menu field is selected for the second predetermined time, the step of executing the second instruction corresponding to the selected menu field includes judging that the selected menu field is selected Whether the selected menu field is still selected without interruption after being selected for a second predetermined time, but when the selected menu field is still selected without interruption, the second instruction is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals.

The present invention further provides a method for operating an electronic device, the electronic device includes a touch screen, and at least one object to be selected is displayed on the touch screen. The operation method of the electronic device includes outputting a corresponding floating menu based on the touched point of the object to be selected according to the attribute of the object to be selected when the object to be selected is touched for a first predetermined time. Secondly, it is judged whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected; The corresponding first instruction for operating the object to be selected is executed in the menu field, and when the selected menu field is selected for the second predetermined time, the corresponding object of the selected menu field is executed. A second instruction for the operation of the object to be selected. Wherein, the first predetermined time is less than the second predetermined time; the step of judging whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected includes: detecting a side pressure of the touched point; The lateral pressure is calculated as a direction index to obtain a direction index; and according to the direction index, one of the corresponding menu fields is defined as the selected menu field.

Because the present invention outputs a floating menu when the touch screen is touched, the user can easily operate the object without memorizing the operation gestures of the electronic device, which can not only reduce false actions during gesture operations, but also effectively improve the use of the touch screen convenience.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the steps of a touch operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of steps for determining whether an object to be selected is touched in a touch operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of outputting a floating menu on a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram illustrating that a menu field of a floating menu is selected and a corresponding command is executed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of outputting multiple objects to be selected on the touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of a floating menu appearing on the touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4C is a schematic diagram of executing an instruction corresponding to a menu field according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4D is a schematic diagram of executing another command corresponding to the menu field according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Reference number

302, 402: touch screen

304, 306, 308, 310, 404, 406, 408, 410: objects to be selected

312, 412a, 412b, 412c, 412d: floating menu

314, 414: fingers

S102～S128: Flow of each step

S202～S210: Flow of each step

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows a flowchart of steps of a touch operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the touch operation method is applicable to the touch screen of the electronic device. When the electronic device is enabled, the electronic device displays at least one object to be selected on the touch screen (step S102), or It means that when the user touches anywhere on the touch screen, at least one object to be selected will be displayed on the touch screen, or there may be a specific function key on the electronic device or touch screen. When pressed, at least one object to be selected is displayed on the touch screen. Certainly, the manner of displaying the objects to be selected should not be limited thereto.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the object to be selected can be, for example, a photo, an audio-visual file, a document file, an email or other files that can be viewed or edited by the user.

In this embodiment, after the object to be selected is output to the touch screen, the electronic device determines whether the object to be selected is touched (step S104 ). Please refer to FIG. 2 , which shows a flow chart of the steps of judging whether an object to be selected is touched in the touch operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2 , when the electronic device receives the touch location data (step S202 ), it performs a coordinate transformation operation on the touch location data (step S204 ). Wherein, the display screen of the touch screen already has a defined coordinate specification, so the electronic device converts the touch position data into the defined coordinate specification to obtain the coordinate position corresponding to the touch point. Since the candidate object displayed on the touch screen has a range, taking a quadrilateral candidate object as an example, it will have four coordinate positions representing its range. Therefore, after the electronic device obtains the coordinate position of the touch point, it matches the coordinate position with the range of each candidate object on the touch screen, thereby judging which candidate object the touch point falls in. range (step S206).

When the coordinate position of the touch point falls within the range of a candidate object, the electronic device defines that the candidate object has been selected by the user (step S210 ), and returns to step S104 . On the contrary, when the coordinate position of the touch point does not fall within the range of any object to be selected, the electronic device defines that the user has not selected any object to be selected, and returns to step S202.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 1 , when the object to be selected is selected, the electronic device then determines whether the user's touch on the object to be selected reaches a first predetermined time (step S106 ). In this judgment, whether the above-mentioned coordinate position of the touch point always falls within the range of the same candidate object can be used for judgment. When it is determined that the touch on the candidate object has not reached the first predetermined time, then it is determined whether the electronic device receives the touch position data without interruption (step S108 ). That is, it is determined whether the received touch position data are all within the range of the same candidate object after being converted into coordinate positions. When it is determined that the continuously received touch position data all fall within the range of the same candidate object, it is defined as receiving touch position data without interruption, and the process returns to step S106. On the contrary, when the previous and subsequent touch position data fall within the range of different candidate objects, the process returns to step S104.

In this embodiment, after confirming the touched object to be selected, the database of the electronic device is searched for a floating menu corresponding to the object to be selected according to the attribute of the object to be selected (step S110 ). Among them, there will be different floating menus for the objects to be selected with different attributes. Compared with photo files and video files, photo files will have the functions of zooming in, zooming out, and rotating, but video files may not have corresponding functions. Conversely, video files will have the functions of playing, fast forwarding, and rewinding, while photo files may not have the corresponding functions.

After finding the corresponding floating menu, the electronic device outputs the floating menu to the touch screen (step S112 ). The way of outputting the floating menu can be, for example, outputting the floating menu based on the point where the object to be selected is touched, outputting the floating menu to the center of the touch screen, or outputting the menu fields on the floating menu to the touch screen respectively. corners of the screen. Wherein, the floating menu can generally have multiple menu fields. Next, the electronic device determines whether any menu field on the floating menu is selected (step S114 ).

In step S114, a possible method is to use the touch point as the origin when the floating menu is output, and the user does not need to touch the menu field with his finger when selecting the menu field, and only needs to exert lateral pressure on the origin point. Different menu fields can be selected. For example, the position initially represented by the origin is the center position of the floating menu, that is, the menu field in the middle of the floating menu (it can be displayed in reverse so that the user knows the current position). When the pressure exerted on the origin is judged to be a lateral pressure from the direction of the applied force to the lower edge of the screen, the electronic device will consider that what the user selects is the menu field below the middle menu field (the specific field depends on Depends on how long the side pressure exists and how often the electronics makes a judgment). Therefore, the user can use lateral pressure in various directions to select different menu fields. Wherein, when the electronic device detects the lateral pressure at the origin, it performs a calculation of direction on the lateral pressure and obtains a direction index. Next, define the corresponding menu field as the selected menu field according to the direction pointed by the direction indicator and the pressing time.

When the selected menu field is confirmed in step S114, the electronic device executes the corresponding first command according to the function represented by the menu field (step S116). Next, it is judged whether the original menu field is selected (step S117 ), that is, the electronic device will judge whether the user continues to select the same menu field. When the user continues to select the same menu field, the electronic device will further determine whether the selected menu field has been selected for a second predetermined time (step S118 ).

Wherein, the step of judging whether the original selection field is selected may be that after the electronic device receives the touch position data, it performs coordinate transformation on the touch position data to obtain the coordinate position of the current touch point. Then it is judged whether the coordinate position of the current touch point falls within the range of the menu field where the first command has been executed. When it is determined that the coordinate position of the current touch point falls within the range of the menu field that has executed the first command, it is defined as the original menu field is continuously selected. In addition, when the current coordinate position of the touch point does not fall within the range of the menu field where the first command has been executed, the electronic device only executes the first command and returns to step S114. When the floating menu is not touched and the time reaches the third predetermined time, close the floating menu (step S122 ), and return to step S104. On the contrary, when the floating menu has not been touched for less than the third predetermined time, return to step S114 and determine whether there is a menu field selected. If no menu field is selected, go to step S120.

In this embodiment, when the selected menu field is selected for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes a second instruction corresponding to the selected field (step S124 ). Wherein, the first instruction may be, for example, the same as the second instruction, or different, depending on the needs of the designer.

After the electronic device executes the second instruction, it continuously determines whether the selected menu field is continuously selected (step S126 ). Wherein, the judging method is that after the electronic device receives the touch position data, coordinate conversion is performed on the touch position data to obtain the current coordinate position of the touch point. Then determine whether the coordinate position of the current touch point falls within the range of the selected menu field. When it is determined that the coordinate position of the current touch point falls within the range of the selected menu field, the second instruction is repeatedly executed at a predetermined time interval (step S128 ). On the contrary, when the selected menu field is not continuously selected, go to step S120.

Please refer to FIGS. 3A and 3B , which respectively illustrate a schematic diagram of outputting a floating menu on a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention and a schematic diagram of a menu field of the floating menu being selected and executing corresponding commands according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3A , objects 304 - 310 to be selected and a floating menu 312 are displayed on the touch screen 302 . Wherein, after the finger 314 on the touch screen 302 touches the object 304 to be selected, the electronic device performs steps S104 - S112 as shown in FIG. 1 to display the floating menu 312 on the touch screen 302 . Wherein, the floating menu 312 has a plurality of menu fields, and can be e-mail, zoom out, full screen (full screen), rotate counterclockwise (rotate CCW), cancel (cancel), rotate clockwise (rotate CW) ), delete (delete), zoom in (zoom in), and edit (edit).

Please continue to refer to FIG. 3B. When the finger 314 touches the menu field of rotate CCW (rotate CCW), the electronic device executes step S116 in FIG. 1 to rotate the object 304 to be selected counterclockwise. When the finger 314 continues to touch the menu field that rotates counterclockwise (rotate CCW) for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes step S124 of FIG. 1 . Wherein, the first command may be to rotate the candidate object 304 counterclockwise by 45 degrees, and the second command may be to rotate the candidate object 304 counterclockwise by 45 degrees or 1 degree. And after the time when the finger 314 touches the menu field of counterclockwise rotation (rotate CCW) reaches the second predetermined time, the electronic device can, for example, rotate the object 304 to be selected counterclockwise by 45 degrees or 1 degree every 0.5 seconds until until the finger 314 leaves the touch screen 302 , but not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIGS. 4A-4D , which respectively depict a schematic diagram of outputting multiple objects to be selected on a touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention, a schematic diagram of a floating menu appearing on a touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention, and a schematic diagram of a floating menu appearing on a touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention. A schematic diagram of executing an instruction corresponding to the menu field in another embodiment and a schematic diagram of executing another instruction corresponding to the menu field in another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4A , there are objects 404 - 410 and a finger 414 to be selected on the touch screen 402 . When the finger 414 touches the object 404 to be selected, the electronic device disassembles the floating menu in FIG. 3A , and outputs the menu fields 412 a - 412 d to the four corners of the touch screen 402 (as shown in FIG. 4B ). Wherein, for the convenience of description, this embodiment only takes the four menu fields 412a-412d as an example for illustration, but it should not be limited to this in practice.

In this embodiment, while outputting the menu fields 412a-412d, the electronic device also moves the object to be selected 404 to the center of the touch screen 402, and the objects to be selected 406-410 to the edge. An embodiment of the present invention, but actually still depends on the designer's needs.

In FIG. 4C, when the finger 414 touches the menu field 412a (rotate CCW), the electronic device executes step S116 of FIG. 1 to rotate the object 404 to be selected counterclockwise. When the finger 414 continues to touch the menu field 412a for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes step S124 of FIG. 1 . After the finger 414 touches the menu field 412a for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes step S128 of FIG. 1 .

In FIG. 4D , when the finger 414 touches the menu field 412d (zoom in), the electronic device executes step S116 of FIG. 1 to enlarge the object 404 to be selected. When the finger 414 continues to touch the menu field 412a for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes step S124 of FIG. 1 . After the finger 414 touches the menu field 412a for a second predetermined time, the electronic device executes step S128 of FIG. 1 .

To sum up, in the touch operation method and the operation method of the electronic device of the present invention, a floating menu is output when the touch screen is touched, so the user can easily operate the electronic device without reciting the operation gestures Objects can not only reduce false actions during gesture operations, but also effectively improve the convenience of using the touch screen.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The protection scope of the invention should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A touch operation method, applicable to a touch screen, characterized in that, the touch operation method comprises: judging whether a candidate object displayed on the touch screen is touched; When the object to be selected is touched for a first predetermined time, output a corresponding floating menu based on the point where the object to be selected is touched according to an attribute of the object to be selected; judging whether one of at least one menu field on the floating menu is selected; When one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected, execute a corresponding first instruction for operating the object to be selected according to the selected menu field; and When the selected menu field is selected for a second predetermined time, execute a second instruction corresponding to the selected menu field to operate on the object to be selected; The step of judging whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected includes: Detect lateral pressure on the touched point; performing a directional index operation on the lateral pressure to obtain a directional index; and One of the corresponding menu fields is defined as the selected menu field according to the direction indicator. 2. The touch operation method according to claim 1, wherein the step of judging whether the object to be selected is touched comprises: Receive a touch location data; performing a coordinate conversion operation on the touch position data, and obtaining a coordinate position; judging whether the coordinate position is within the range of the object to be selected; and When the coordinate position is within the range of the object to be selected, it is defined that the object to be selected has been touched. 3. The touch operation method according to claim 2, further comprising: When the object to be selected has not been touched for the first predetermined time, it is judged whether the touch position data is received without interruption; When the touch position data is not received, it is judged whether the object to be selected is touched; and When the touch position data is received without interruption, it is judged whether the object to be selected is touched for the first predetermined time. 4. The touch operation method according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the selected menu field is selected for the second predetermined time, the selected menu field is executed. The steps corresponding to the second instruction include: judging whether the selected menu field is still selected without interruption after being selected for the second predetermined time; and When the selected menu field is still selected without interruption, the second instruction is repeatedly executed at a predetermined time interval. 5. The touch operation method according to claim 1, wherein when another object to be selected on the touch screen is touched, the floating menu is closed. 6. The touch operation method according to claim 1, further comprising: When none of the menu fields is selected, it is judged whether the time for which the menu fields are not selected reaches a third predetermined time; and When none of the menu fields is selected for the third predetermined time, the floating menu is closed. 7. A method for operating an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a touch screen, and at least one object to be selected is displayed on the touch screen, and the method for operating the electronic device includes: When the object to be selected is touched for a first predetermined time, output a corresponding floating menu based on the point where the object to be selected is touched according to an attribute of the object to be selected; as well as judging whether one of at least one menu field on the floating menu is selected; When one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected for less than a second predetermined time, execute the corresponding first operation on the object to be selected according to the selected menu field An instruction, and when the selected menu field is selected for the second predetermined time, execute the second instruction corresponding to the selected menu field to operate the object to be selected ; Wherein, the first predetermined time is less than the second predetermined time; The step of judging whether one of the menu fields on the floating menu is selected includes: Detect lateral pressure on the touched point; performing a directional index operation on the lateral pressure to obtain a directional index; and One of the corresponding menu fields is defined as the selected menu field according to the direction indicator. 8. The operation method of the electronic device according to claim 7, wherein when the selected menu field is selected for the second predetermined time, the selected menu field is executed The corresponding steps of the second instruction include: judging whether the selected menu field is still selected without interruption after being selected for the second predetermined time; and When the selected menu field is still selected without interruption, the second instruction is repeatedly executed at a predetermined time interval. 9. The operating method of the electronic device according to claim 7, wherein when another object to be selected on the touch screen is touched, the floating menu is closed. 10. The method for operating an electronic device according to claim 7, further comprising: When none of the menu fields is selected, it is judged whether the time for which the menu fields are not selected reaches a third predetermined time; and When none of the menu fields is selected for the third predetermined time, the floating menu is closed.

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