CN104461095A - Adjustable direction prompting method and system of pointing component - Google Patents

Abstract

An adjustable direction prompting method and system of a pointing component are applied to a portable electronic device. The method comprises the following steps: detecting the position of a pointing component in a display picture, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction; judging whether any set direction corresponding to the position of the pointing component is different from the pointing direction; if any set direction corresponding to the position is different from the pointing direction, displaying direction adjustment prompt information to prompt the pointing component to be at least one adjustable direction of the position. The system comprises: a position detection module; a direction comparison module; and a direction adjustment prompting module. The invention prompts the pointing component to adjust the pointing direction according to the current position and the current pointing direction, so that a user can automatically adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the requirement.

Description

Adjustable direction prompt method and system for pointing components

technical field

The present invention relates to an adjustable direction prompting method and system for a pointing component, in particular to an adjustable direction prompting for a pointing component that prompts the adjustable direction corresponding to the pointing component according to the position of the pointing component in a display screen. methods and systems.

Background technique

Currently, a new generation of operating systems has begun to support touch functions, allowing users to directly operate traditional window system desktops through the display panels of electronic devices. However, when the size of the display panel is small and the image resolution is high, the objects displayed on the panel may be too small to be precisely clicked. In order to solve this problem, some manufacturers have designed a touch pointing component (such as a floating touchpad) similar to a general cursor to assist users in performing click operations. As shown in FIG. 1, when the touch-type pointing component 70 is displayed on the display screen 80, the user can press and move the touch-type pointing component 70 in a touch manner, and the pointing tip 71 of the touch-type pointing component 70 is You can precisely click on the object you want to click.

Although the touch-type pointing component 70 has improved the aforementioned problem of being unable to click accurately, the touch-type pointing component 70 must have a touch-pressing portion 72 of a certain area for use in the operation of the touch-type pointing component 70 itself. or smooth touch to move. Therefore, if the pointing tip 71 of the touch-sensitive pointing assembly 70 can only maintain a fixed direction (for example, fixed to the upper left), for the object 81 approaching the lower edge of the display screen, when the user is restricted by the touch portion 72 and cannot continue When the touch-sensitive pointing component 70 is controlled to move downward (for example, the touch-sensitive pointing component 70 moves to the position shown by the dotted line in the figure), the plurality of objects 81 cannot use the pointing tip of the touch-sensitive pointing component 70 71 clicks smoothly, which will cause confusion for the user.

Therefore, how to design the direction adjustment prompting and transformation mechanism of the pointing tip of the aforementioned touch-sensitive pointing component to effectively improve the problems that may be caused by the aforementioned touch-sensitive pointing component is really a topic worthy of research.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an adjustable direction prompting method and system for a pointing component that prompts the adjustable direction corresponding to the pointing component based on the different positions of the pointing component in the display screen, so as to solve the problems existing in the prior art. The technical problem that the pointing component cannot change its pointing direction according to user needs.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an adjustable direction prompting method for a pointing component, which is applied to a portable electronic device. The method includes the following steps: detecting the position of the pointing component in the display screen, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction; judging whether any set direction corresponding to the position of the pointing component is different from the pointing direction; if the position corresponds to If any set direction is different from the pointing direction, then display direction adjustment prompt information to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at its location.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the direction adjustment prompt information is displayed around the pointing component, and the display position of the direction adjustment prompt information can be changed according to user settings or changes in the location of the pointing component.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display screen is divided into multiple areas, and each area corresponds to at least one setting direction; by detecting the area corresponding to the position of the pointing component, at least one setting corresponding to the position is known direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes the following steps: receiving a direction change command; and adjusting the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the direction change command.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the direction adjustment prompt information is an icon button, and when it is detected that the icon button is pressed, the direction change instruction is received.

In order to better achieve the above object, the present invention also provides an adjustable direction prompting system for pointing components, including a position detection module, a direction comparison module and a direction adjustment prompting module. The position detection module is used to detect the position of the pointing component in the display screen, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction; the direction comparison module is used to judge whether any set direction corresponding to the position is different from the pointing direction; the direction adjustment prompt module When any set direction corresponding to the position is different from the pointing direction, display direction adjustment prompt information to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at the position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the direction adjustment prompt information is displayed around the pointing component, and the display position of the direction adjustment prompt information can be changed according to user settings or changes in the location of the pointing component.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display screen is divided into multiple areas, and each area corresponds to at least one set direction; the area corresponding to the position of the pointing component is detected by the position detection module, so as to know at least one direction corresponding to the position. - Set the direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the system further includes a direction adjustment module, configured to receive a direction change command and adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the direction change command.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the direction adjustment prompt information is an icon button, and when the direction adjustment module detects that the icon button is pressed, it receives a direction change command.

Technical effect of the present invention is:

When the user moves the pointing component to any position in the display screen, the method of the present invention can prompt the user to adjust the reference of the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the current location of the pointing component and the current pointing direction, allowing the user to adjust the pointing direction according to the needs. Adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component to improve the convenience and practicality of operation.

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but not as a limitation of the present invention.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art pointing component applied to a display screen;

Fig. 2 is the system block diagram of the adjustable direction prompting system of the pointing assembly of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component of the present invention;

Fig. 4A is a schematic diagram of the pointing component and direction adjustment prompt information of the present invention;

Fig. 4B is a schematic diagram of the divided regions of the display screen of the present invention;

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are schematic diagrams of pointing components of the present invention in different areas of the display screen;

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of changing the pointing direction of the pointing assembly of the present invention.

reference sign

10: Adjustable direction hint system for pointing components

11: Position detection module 12: Direction comparison module

13: Direction adjustment prompt module 14: Direction adjustment module

100: point to component 101: point to tip

102: Press part 110: Icon button

200: Display screen A1～A9: area

S1～S5: steps

current technology

70: Touch pointing component 71: Pointing tip

80: Display screen 81: Object

Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, structural principle and working principle of the present invention are specifically described:

Please refer to FIG. 2 which is a system block diagram of the adjustable direction prompting system 10 of the pointing component of the present invention. The adjustable direction prompt system 10 of the pointing component of the present invention is applied to portable electronic devices, especially to electronic devices that support screen touch input functions, such as smart phones, tablet computers or computer devices with touch screens, etc. , but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The aforementioned portable electronic device includes a processing unit, a storage unit and a display unit (not shown). The processing unit (such as the central processing unit) is used to issue instructions to execute the operating system or application program stored in the storage unit (such as memory or hard disk), and display the corresponding display screen through the display unit; this display screen can be the The system interface or the program interface of the application program, and an operable pointing component (such as a mouse or a floating touchpad) is displayed on the display screen; the pointing component points to a pointing direction with a pointing tip, and performs a click operation when the user , use the pointing tip as the corresponding click input point. In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating system may be a Microsoft windows system (for example, windows8) to support touch input, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Since the above-mentioned processing unit, storage unit and display unit are common and necessary components of electronic devices, no more details are given here.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the adjustable direction prompt system 10 of the pointing assembly of the present invention includes a position detection module 11 , a direction comparison module 12 and a direction adjustment prompt module 13 , and each module is electrically connected to each other. In one embodiment of the present invention, the position detection module 11, the direction comparison module 12, and the direction adjustment prompt module 13 can each be an application program or a hardware chip that performs a specific function, but the present invention is not limited thereto. A combination of any two or more of hardware, software, and firmware is also possible.

The position detection module 11 is used for detecting the current position of the pointing component in the display screen. The position detection module 11 can judge the current position of the pointing component in the display screen by detecting the corresponding coordinates of the current position of the pointing component, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the position detection module 11 can also use other methods to detect the pointing The location of the component.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the position detection module 11 can cooperate with the touch display panel of the portable electronic device to divide the display screen into multiple areas, and set each area to correspond to at least one set direction; The so-called set direction here refers to the corresponding direction of the pointing direction of the set pointing component when the pointing component is located in the area. It should be noted that the division method of multiple areas and the number of formed areas will vary according to different designs.

The direction comparison module 12 is used to determine whether any set direction corresponding to the current position of the pointing component is different from the pointing direction. The pointing component itself points to its pointing direction with the pointing tip, and each of the above-mentioned regions divided also has at least one corresponding set direction. Therefore, the direction comparison module 12 compares whether the current pointing direction of the pointing component is different from any set direction corresponding to the position of the pointing component.

The direction adjustment prompt module 13 is used for prompting at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at its location. The direction adjustment prompt module 13 may display a direction adjustment prompt message on the display screen to prompt the user to point at least one adjustable direction of the component. Here, the direction adjustment prompt information can be displayed around the pointing component and move with the pointing component, so as to facilitate the user's real-time confirmation or operation; however, the direction adjustment prompt information can also be fixedly displayed in the corner or other positions of the display screen. In addition, the direction adjustment prompt module 13 can change the display position of the direction adjustment prompt information according to the user's setting or judging that the position of the pointing component in the display screen changes. For example, the direction adjustment prompt module 13 can change the direction adjustment prompt information correspondingly displayed on the left or right of the pointing component according to whether the dominant hand in the user setting is left-handed or right-handed; When approaching the edge of the display screen, the direction adjustment prompt module 13 can adjust the display position of the prompt information according to the direction adjustment, so as to prevent the direction adjustment prompt information from moving out of the display screen.

In addition, the adjustable direction prompting system 10 of the pointing assembly of the present invention further includes a direction adjustment module 14 . The direction adjustment module 14 will correspondingly adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the direction change command input by the user.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a flow chart of the adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component of the present invention. It should be noted that, although the adjustable direction prompting system 10 of the pointing component shown in FIG. 2 is used as an example to illustrate the adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component in the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 3 , the adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component of the present invention includes steps S1 to S3. Each step of the method will be described in detail below.

Step S1: Detect the position of the pointing component on the display screen, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction.

The adjustable direction prompting method of the pointing component of the present invention will determine the direction adjustment prompt information corresponding to the display according to the position of the pointing component in the display screen; therefore, when the user moves the pointing component to any position in the display screen as required, The current position of the pointing component in the display screen is detected by the aforementioned position detection module 11 .

Please refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B together below. FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a pointing component and direction adjustment prompt information of the present invention; FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of divided regions of a display screen of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4A , in one embodiment of the present invention, the pointing component 100 is a touch-sensitive pointing component, which includes a pointing tip 101 and a touch portion 102; no matter where the pointing component 100 is located in the display screen, The pointing tips 101 all point to a pointing direction. The pressing portion 102 is used for the user to press and operate to control or move the pointing assembly 100 . For example, generally, the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 is oriented toward the upper left corner of the pointing component 100 by default.

In this embodiment, the direction adjustment prompt information is in the form of an icon button 110, and the icon button 110 is displayed around the pointing component 100 (eg, the upper right corner of the pointing component 100 in the figure). The icon button 110 may include four directional buttons: upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right. Each directional button will be displayed or not displayed correspondingly according to the position of the pointing component 100, but the embodiment of the icon button 110 is not limited thereto. For example, the icon buttons 110 can be displayed in different ways according to different locations, for example, buttons in different directions can be displayed in different colors and sizes, and buttons in different directions can be formed with solid or dotted lines, respectively. And the user can directly press the corresponding direction button of the icon button 110 to input related operation instructions.

As shown in FIG. 4B , in an embodiment of the present invention, the position detection module 11 divides the display screen 200 into nine areas A1 to A9 in the form of a nine-square grid, and sets each area to correspond to at least one set direction. (such as the direction of the dotted arrow shown in each area in the figure). For example, the corner areas A1, A3, A7, and A9 of the display screen 200 only correspond to a single setting direction, while the interval areas A2, A4, A5, A6, and A8 between the two corner areas correspond to two a set direction. It should be noted that at least one set direction corresponding to each area can be changed according to different designs, and is not limited to this embodiment. Accordingly, the position detection module 11 can determine which area the current position of the pointing component corresponds to by detecting the corresponding coordinates of the current position of the pointing component, and then know at least one set direction corresponding to the position.

Step S2: Determine whether any set direction corresponding to the location is different from the pointing direction.

After detecting the current location of the pointing component, the direction comparison module 12 will compare the current pointing direction of the pointing component with the set directions corresponding to the current position of the pointing component one by one to determine the current location of the pointing component. Whether any set direction corresponding to the position is different from the pointing direction. If it is determined that any one of the set directions corresponding to the location is different from the pointing direction, then continue to step S3; if it is judged that any one of the set directions corresponding to the location is not different from the pointing direction, then return to step 1 to Continuously detect the position of the pointing component in the display screen.

As shown in FIG. 4B , for example, assume that the current location of the pointing component 100 is located in the area A3, and the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 points to the upper left. Based on the aforementioned settings, the set direction corresponding to the area A3 is toward the upper right, so when the direction comparison module 12 compares the set direction corresponding to the area A3 with the pointing direction of the pointing component 100, the set direction and the pointing direction can be judged. different, and continue to execute step S3.

It is also assumed that the current location of the pointing component 100 is located in the area A2, and the pointing direction still points to the upper left. Since the set directions corresponding to the area A2 are upper left and upper right, the direction comparison module 12 compares the set directions corresponding to the area A2 one by one with the pointing direction of the component 100 . Although one of the two set directions is the same as the pointing direction, the set direction facing the upper right is different from the pointing direction, so step S3 is still executed.

It is also assumed that the current location of the pointing component 100 is located in the area A1, and the pointing direction still points to the upper left. Since the set direction corresponding to the area A1 is the upper left, when the direction comparison module 12 compares the pointing direction of the pointing component 100 with the set direction corresponding to the area A1, it can judge that the set direction is the same as the pointing direction, and re- Go back to step S1. The setting direction of other areas is determined in the same way as the pointing direction of the pointing component 100 .

Step S3: Displaying direction adjustment prompt information to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at the location.

When it is determined that any set direction corresponding to the current position of the pointing component is different from the pointing direction, the direction adjustment prompt module 13 will display direction adjustment prompt information on the display screen to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at the current position. direction. In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one adjustable direction corresponds to at least one set direction pointing to the area where the component is located; that is, if the current area pointing to the component only corresponds to a single set direction, the direction adjustment prompt The information will only display a single adjustable direction that is the same as the set direction; if the current area of the pointing component corresponds to multiple set directions, the direction adjustment prompt information will only display multiple adjustable directions that are the same as the multiple set directions. Adjust the direction.

As shown in FIG. 4B, for example, no matter which direction the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 is pointing, when the pointing component 100 enters the area (for example, area A2), it will display direction adjustments corresponding to all the set directions of the area. Prompt information (for example, displaying the top left and top right icon buttons 110 at the same time) to prompt the user of the adjustable direction of the pointing component.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, the direction adjustment prompt module 13 defines each adjustable direction as a set direction different from the current pointing direction of the pointing component. Please refer to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , which are schematic diagrams of the pointing component of the present invention in different areas of the display screen. As shown in FIG. 5A , for example, assume that the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 points to the upper left, and the area A2 corresponds to the set directions of the upper right and the upper left; when the pointing component 100 enters the area A2, only the Icon button 110 on the upper right. Also as shown in FIG. 5B , assuming that the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 is still pointing to the upper left, and the area A8 corresponds to the set direction of the lower right and lower left; when the pointing component 100 enters the area A8, it will simultaneously display the Icon buttons 110 below and to the left.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a flow chart of another embodiment of the method for prompting an adjustable direction of the pointing component of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 , in this embodiment, the method for prompting an adjustable direction of a pointing component of the present invention further includes steps S4 and S5 . The steps added to this method are described in detail below:

Step S4: Receive a direction change instruction.

After the direction adjustment prompt information is displayed, the user can refer to the adjustable direction suggested by the direction adjustment prompt information, and input an instruction to change the direction of the pointing component. In one embodiment of the present invention, since the direction adjustment prompt information is in the form of an icon button, the user can directly input the direction change command by pressing the icon button corresponding to the direction, but the way of command input is not limited by this. limit. When the direction adjustment module 14 detects that the icon button is pressed, it receives the direction change instruction, and executes the subsequent step S6 according to the direction change instruction.

Step S5: Adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the direction changing instruction.

The direction adjustment module 14 will correspondingly adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component according to the direction changing instruction, so that the user can use the pointing component to perform a click operation. After the pointing direction is adjusted, return to step S2 to re-comparison the current adjusted pointing direction with the set direction of the area to determine whether to display a new direction adjustment prompt message.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a schematic diagram of changing the pointing direction of the pointing assembly of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7 , for example, assuming that the pointing tip 101 of the pointing component 100 originally points to the upper left, when the pointing component 100 enters the area A7, an icon button 110 facing down to the left will be displayed. And when the user presses the icon button 110, the pointing component 100 can adjust its pointing direction, and point the pointing tip 101 to the lower left. However, after the pointing direction of the pointing assembly 100 is adjusted, since the pointing direction is already the same as the setting direction of the area A7, there is no need to display the icon button 110 at this time and it will be eliminated.

Accordingly, the present invention can display corresponding direction adjustment prompt information according to the position of the pointing component in the display screen, so as to remind the user to adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component as required. In addition, the user can also directly adjust the pointing direction of the pointing component, so as to meet the operation requirements of the pointing component in the display screen and improve the convenience of operation.

Certainly, the present invention also can have other multiple embodiments, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make various corresponding changes and deformations according to the present invention, but these corresponding Changes and deformations should belong to the scope of protection of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An adjustable direction prompting method for a pointing component, applied to a portable electronic device, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: Detecting a position of a pointing component in a display frame, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction; judging whether any set direction corresponding to the location is different from the pointing direction; and If any one of the set directions corresponding to the location is different from the pointing direction, a direction adjustment prompt message is displayed to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at the location. 2. The adjustable direction prompting method of a pointing component according to claim 1, wherein the direction adjustment prompt information is displayed around the pointing component, and a display position of the direction adjustment prompt information can be set according to a user Or the position of the pointing component changes. 3. The adjustable direction prompting method of a pointing component according to claim 2, wherein the display screen is divided into a plurality of areas, and each of the areas corresponds to at least one set direction; by detecting the direction of the pointing component The area corresponding to the current position is used to obtain at least one set direction corresponding to the current position. 4. The event integration method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises the following steps: receive a change of direction order from a party; and The pointing direction of the pointing component is adjusted according to the direction changing instruction. 5. The method for prompting an adjustable direction of a pointing component according to claim 4, wherein the direction adjustment prompt information is an icon button, and when it is detected that the icon button is pressed, the direction change instruction is received . 6. An adjustable direction prompt system for pointing components, applied to a portable electronic device, characterized in that the system includes: A position detection module, used to detect a position of a pointing component in a display screen, wherein the pointing component points to a pointing direction; A direction comparison module, used to determine whether any set direction corresponding to the location is different from the pointing direction; and A direction adjustment prompting module, used for displaying a direction adjustment prompting message to prompt at least one adjustable direction of the pointing component at the position when any one of the set directions corresponding to the position is different from the pointing direction. 7. The adjustable direction prompting system of a pointing component according to claim 6, wherein the direction adjustment prompt information is displayed around the pointing component, and a display position of the direction adjustment prompt information can be set according to a user Or the position of the pointing component changes. 8. The adjustable direction prompt system of the pointing component according to claim 7, wherein the display screen is divided into a plurality of areas, and each of the areas corresponds to at least one set direction; detected by the position detection module The area corresponding to the location of the pointing component is used to obtain at least one set direction corresponding to the location. 9. The adjustable direction prompting system of a pointing component according to claim 6, characterized in that the system further comprises a direction adjustment module for receiving a direction change command and adjusting the direction change command of the pointing component according to the direction change command. pointing direction. 10. The adjustable direction prompt system for pointing components according to claim 9, wherein the direction adjustment prompt information is an icon button, and when the direction adjustment module detects that the icon button is pressed, it receives to the direction change instruction.