CN101727268A - Handheld electronic device and program display switching method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a handheld electronic device and a program display switching method thereof. The handheld electronic device comprises a visual touch area for displaying images. The program display switching method comprises the following steps: providing a non-visible touch area, wherein the non-visible touch area is coupled to the visible touch area; detecting whether the invisible touch area is touched; if the invisible touch area is touched, displaying a program menu on the visible touch area, wherein the program menu comprises a plurality of program small images which respectively represent a plurality of programs currently executed in the handheld electronic device; detecting a sliding operation in the invisible touch area to select one of the program small images in the program menu; and if the invisible touch area is touched again within a preset time, displaying one of the programs corresponding to the selected program small image on the visible touch area according to the selected program small image.

Description

Handheld electronic device and its program display switching method

technical field

The invention relates to a hand-held electronic device with program display switching and a program display switching method thereof, which can conveniently switch between different display windows.

Background technique

In today's era of rapid technological development, handheld electronic devices (handheld electronic devices) have become indispensable in modern life. Currently common handheld electronic devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (personal digital assistant, PDA) and so on.

Currently, the functions of handheld electronic devices are becoming more and more powerful to meet the needs of users. For example, the handheld electronic device can play video and audio files, shoot images, and so on.

As the handheld electronic devices can provide more and more functions, users may simultaneously open several windows or perform multiple operations at the same time. For example, the user may be currently playing an audio-visual file, but suddenly wants to edit the address book to add a friend's contact information.

However, when the user needs to perform multiple operations or open several programs on the handheld electronic device, because the existing handheld electronic device does not support multi-program display switching, the user must first switch the existing operations to A new window (such as the address book editing screen) can be opened only after the window (such as the video and audio execution screen) is closed, or a program to be displayed can be selected from the list.

Alternatively, the user can invoke a new executable file to open a new window but keep the old one. However, if the user wants to operate the old window again, the user must call out the execution file of the old window again to operate the old window again. This is quite inconvenient for the user.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a hand-held electronic device with the function of switching between display programs and displays. In addition to the visible touch area of the hand-held electronic device, an invisible touch area is also provided. When the user wants to switch between different When the program display window (display screen), the user can operate on the invisible touch area to select the desired program display window.

One aspect of the present invention provides a handheld electronic device with program display switching function, comprising: a visible touch area for image display; an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area ; and a memory, the memory has an application program. Wherein, in response to the invisible touch area being touched, the application program displays a program menu on the visible touch area, and the program menu includes a plurality of program small images, which respectively represent the All currently executing multiple programs in the device; the application detects a sliding operation in the invisible touch area to select one of these program small images in the program menu; and if within a predetermined time, The invisible touch area is touched again, and according to the selected small program image, the application program displays one of the programs corresponding to the selected program small image on the visible touch area.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a hand-held electronic device with program display switching function, including: a visible touch area for image display; an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area area; and a memory, the memory has an application program. Wherein, the invisible touch area is divided into multiple sub-areas, and each sub-area corresponds to each program of a plurality of programs currently being executed; if the invisible touch area is touched, the application program detects that it is touched. The touched position falls on a touched sub-area among the sub-areas; and according to the touched sub-area, the application program displays the program corresponding to the touched sub-area on the visible touch area.

Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a program display switching method applied to a handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a visual touch area for image display. The program display switching method includes: providing an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area; detecting whether the invisible touch area is touched; if the invisible touch area is touched, a program menu is displayed on the visual touch area, and the program menu includes a plurality of program small images, which respectively represent a plurality of programs currently executing in the handheld electronic device; Swipe operation in the invisible touch area to select one of the program small images in the program menu; and if within a predetermined time, the invisible touch area is touched again, according to the selected program A small image, one of the programs corresponding to the selected program small image is displayed on the visible touch area.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a program display switching method applied to a handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a visual touch area for image display. The program display switching method includes: providing an invisible touch area, the invisible touch area is coupled to the visible touch area; dividing the invisible touch area into a plurality of sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to Each program of multiple programs currently being executed; detect whether the invisible touch area is touched; if the invisible touch area is touched, detect that the touched position falls on one of these sub-areas Touching a sub-area; and according to the touched sub-area, displaying one of the programs corresponding to the touched sub-area on the visible touch area.

Description of drawings

In order to make the above content of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are schematic diagrams and flowcharts showing the operation of the handheld electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the handheld electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In the embodiment of the present invention, besides the visible touch area of the handheld electronic device, an invisible touch area is also provided. When the user wants to switch between different display windows (display screens), the user performs a sliding operation or a button operation on the invisible touch area to select a desired display window.

first embodiment

In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the user wants to switch between different program display windows, the user can perform a sliding operation on the touch panel to select the desired program display window.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the handheld electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention at least includes: a visible touch area 110 a , an invisible touch area 110 b , a button area 120 and a memory 130 . The memory 130 stores an application program 131 for executing the program display switching function.

The visible touch area 110 a receives an image signal transmitted from an image driving circuit (not shown) in the handheld electronic device 100 and displays it for the user to watch. For example, an operation window (screen) and the like are displayed on the visible touch area 110a. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the visible touch area 110a is composed of a touch panel and a display panel, or is composed of a part of a touch panel and a display panel; The hand-held electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is controlled by touch operation on the touch area 110a.

The invisible touch area 110b is coupled to the visible touch area 110a, which allows the user to select a desired program display window through a sliding operation, and the details are described below. The invisible touch area 110b does not display images, and its function is different from that of the visible touch area 110a. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the invisible touch area 110b is also a touch panel, or a part of the touch panel.

In this embodiment, the visible touch area 110a and the invisible touch area 110b can be constituted by the same touch panel, a part of the touch panel is used for the visible touch area 110a, while other parts of the touch panel are It is used for the invisible touch area 110b.

The key area 120 includes one or more keys. For example, the keypad 120 includes other function keys such as an OK key.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show the operation schematic diagram and the operation flowchart of the handheld electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 at the same time.

First, when the user wants to switch the program display window, the user needs to touch the invisible touch area 110b. Therefore, in step 310 of FIG. 3 , the application program 131 detects whether the user touches the invisible touch area 110 b. If the user touches the invisible touch area 110b, it means that the user may want to switch the program display window at this time, and the process continues to step 320; otherwise, continue to detect whether the user touches the invisible touch area 110b .

In step 320, when the user touches the invisible touch area 110b, the application program 131 will display the program menu 210 on the visible touch area 110a. The program menu 210 is shown in FIG. 2 . In FIG. 2, the program menu 210 includes five small program icons (icons) 210a-210e, which respectively represent all currently executing software or windows. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, if there are currently 10 programs being executed, the program menu 210 will include small images of these 10 programs.

Next, in step 330, the application program 131 detects the user's sliding operation in the invisible touch area 110b, so as to select a desired program small image in the program menu. In more detail, when the user slides (moves) left and right in the invisible touch area 110b with a hand or a stylus, the cursor will move sequentially in the small program images 210a-210e until the cursor moves to the user's The desired program small image so far.

Next, in step 340 , the application program 131 detects whether the user touches the invisible touch area 110 b again within a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). More specifically, when the cursor moves to the small program image desired by the user, the user must touch the invisible touch area 110b again within a predetermined time. In this way, it can be confirmed that the user really wants to switch the display window of the program. Sometimes, the user may accidentally touch the invisible touch area 110b, and the user does not want to switch the program display window, and step 340 can be used to avoid this situation from happening.

Next, the application program 131 displays the program display window switched by the user on the visible touch area 110 a, as shown in step 350 .

In this way, the user can slide the invisible touch area 110b to select the desired program display window. In this way, it is convenient for the user to switch between display windows of different programs.

second embodiment

In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user wants to switch between different program display windows (display screens), the user performs button operations on the touch panel to select the desired program display window. Basically, the functional schematic diagram of the handheld electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same or similar to FIG. 1 . Therefore, its details are not repeated here. Different from the first embodiment, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user performs a button operation on the invisible touch area 110b, the program menu 210 will not be displayed on the visible touch area 110a. Of course, in other embodiments of the present invention, when the user performs a button operation on the invisible touch area 110b, the program menu 210 can also be displayed on the visible touch area 110a, which is all within the spirit of the present invention. with the range.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the handheld electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 4.

First, in step 410, the application program 131 in the handheld electronic device will divide the invisible touch area 110b into a plurality of sub-areas in advance, assuming M areas, where M is a positive integer, and M is related to the handheld electronic device. The number of all currently executing programs on the device. For example, when the number of currently executing programs of the handheld electronic device is 5, then M can be set to 5. That is to say, each sub-area in the invisible touch area 110b corresponds to a currently executing program.

Similarly, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user wants to switch the program display window, the user needs to touch the invisible touch area 110b. Therefore, in step 420, the application program 131 will detect whether the user There is a touch to the invisible touch area 110b. If the user touches the invisible touch area 110b, it means that the user may want to switch the program display window at this time, and the process continues to step 430; otherwise, continue to detect whether the user touches the invisible touch area 110b .

In step 430, when the user touches the invisible touch area 110b, the application program 131 will detect which sub-area among the M sub-areas the position touched by the user belongs to. Here, it is assumed that the user touches The Nth sub-area is touched, where N is also a positive integer, and N=1-M.

Next, in step 440, the application program 131 displays the Nth program display window among the M program display windows currently being executed. In this way, the program display switching can be completed. Of course, if the user wants to switch to another program display window, he only needs to repeat steps 430 and 440 .

In this manner, the user can select the desired program display window by means of button operation in the invisible touch area 110b. In this way, it is convenient for the user to switch between display windows of different programs.

To sum up, in the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention, when the user wants to switch the program display window, the user can switch to the desired program display window by performing sliding selection or button selection on the invisible touch area . In this way, it will bring great convenience to the user in operation.

To sum up, although the present invention has been disclosed by several embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the technical field to which the present invention belongs may make various equivalent changes or substitutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the appended claims of the application.

Claims (4)

1. A handheld electronic device with program display switching function, comprising: a visual touch area for image display; an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area; and a memory, the memory has an application program; Wherein, in response to the invisible touch area being touched, the application program displays a program menu on the visible touch area, and the program menu includes a plurality of program small images, which respectively represent the All currently running programs in the device; The application detects a swipe within the invisible touch area to select one of the program small images in the program menu; and If the invisible touch area is touched again within a predetermined period of time, according to the selected program small image, the application program displays the selected program small image corresponding to the visible touch area. one of the programs. 2. A handheld electronic device with program display switching function, comprising: a visual touch area for image display; an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area; and a memory, the memory has an application program; Wherein, the invisible touch area is divided into multiple sub-areas, and each sub-area corresponds to each program of the currently executing multi-program; If the invisible touch area is touched, the application detects that the touched position falls on a touched sub-area among the sub-areas; and According to the touched sub-area, the application program displays the program corresponding to the touched sub-area on the visible touch area. 3. A program display switching method, applied to a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device includes a visible touch area for image display, the program display switching method comprises: providing an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area; Detect whether the invisible touch area is touched; If the invisible touch area is touched, a program menu is displayed on the visible touch area, and the program menu includes a plurality of program small images, which respectively represent all currently executing programs in the handheld electronic device multiple programs of detecting a swipe operation within the invisible touch area to select one of the small program icons in the program menu; and If the invisible touch area is touched again within a predetermined time, according to the small image of the program selected, one of the programs corresponding to the small image of the selected program is displayed on the visible touch area one. 4. A program display switching method, applied to a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device includes a visible touch area for image display, the program display switching method comprises: providing an invisible touch area coupled to the visible touch area; The invisible touch area is divided into multiple sub-areas, and each sub-area corresponds to each program of a plurality of programs currently being executed; Detect whether the invisible touch area is touched; If the invisible touch area is touched, it is detected that the touched position falls in a touched sub-area among the sub-areas; and According to the touched sub-area, one of the programs corresponding to the touched sub-area is displayed on the visible touch area.

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