CN101506869A - Method and apparatus for controlling a display in an electronic device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A novel method and apparatus for controlling a display of an electronic device is provided. In an embodiment, the device is a portable electronic device with the combined features of wireless email and telephony. The portable electronic device also includes a camera. The device includes a trackball which can be used to control the image shown in the viewfinder when the device is being used as a camera.
Description
Technical field
Disclosure relate generally to electronic equipment more specifically, relates to a kind of apparatus and method that are used for controlling the display of electronic equipment.
Background technology
Portable electric appts continues to become littler and in conjunction with greater functionality.As everyone knows, for function and push mail ability with traditional personal digital assistant (" PDA ") are incorporated in the individual equipment, from the Blackberry of the Jiexun Research Ltd of Canadian Waterloo
TMAs the example of portable electric appts and occur.Same well-known is also wireless speech function, music and video player to be incorporated in the portable electric appts.
Along with more feature and function are incorporated in the portable electric appts, the control and the demonstration of disposing this equipment become very difficult with maximized availability.Video camera is incorporated in the portable electric appts more and more, and this brings unique challenges for strengthening equipment availability.
Really, in order to strengthen the availability of equipment, and keep in order to ensure portable and less form factor expectation, the input media on the equipment should serve many purposes.For example, Blackberry
TM7100 portable electric appts and predecessor thereof comprise the roller (trackwheel) that is positioned at the portable electric appts side.When this equipment of user's handling and when checking device display, can actuate roller with thumb and read menu, and can inwardly carry out menu and select by pressing roller to roll.Those skilled in the art can recognize that roller can be the very useful multifunction input device of portable electric appts.
Yet when being incorporated into video camera in the portable electric appts, because the camera lens of video camera typically is positioned at the rear portion of portable electric appts, roller has just become problem.Make it towards thumb during with operated roller when the user holds portable electric appts, because he or she has held this portable electric appts, so this user's forefinger may make camera lens fuzzy.Really, those skilled in the art will recognize that, because the form factor of traditional video camera is to design at the availability relevant with catching photograph image, and the form factor of cell phone or personal digital assistant is to show that at carrying out telephone communication or text based mutual availability designs, so the conventional shape factor of video camera is fundamentally different than the form factor of cell phone or personal digital assistant.
Prior art be on the other hand, on the video camera of prior art, generally start camera function feature (as zoom ON/OFF, flashlamp ON/OFF) by independent physical button, this physical button is to be exclusively used in this particular camera function uniquely.Yet, be on the portable electric appts of communication (for example call and Email) in major function, this equipment lacks the special button that is used as the main input of camera function.Therefore, it is very important the existing key on the equipment and controller being used for camera function.Yet, use such key should meet user's intuition.
Although known camera feature will being incorporated in cell phone and/or the personal digital assistant, the availability of prior art equipment still has the improved place of many needs.
Summary of the invention
An aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of method that is used to control the display of the portable electric appts with camera function.Described portable electric appts comprises the trace ball that is used to receive the light-sensitive transducer of first image and is used as user input apparatus.Described method comprises:
Default zoom level is set;
Activate view finder by on display, producing with corresponding second image of described image; Described second image has and the corresponding visual field of default zoom level;
Reception is from the rolling input of trace ball; Instruction that the described visual field is amplified or dwindled is represented in described input;
Indicate amplification still to dwindle based on instruction and adjust level of zoom; And
Again produce described second image on view finder, according to the level of zoom in the set-up procedure, described second image of Chan Shenging has the visual field of amplifying or dwindling again.
Described equipment can comprise at least one additional function except that camera function, and described method can also may further comprise the steps: before step is set, receive the request that activates camera application.
Described at least one additional function can comprise at least one in wireless telephone, push mail and the wireless instant message transrecieving.
Trace ball can be represented to amplify along the rolling input of first direction, and trace ball can be represented to dwindle along the rolling input of the second direction opposite with first direction.In any case trace ball can be rolled along any direction.
Described method can also may further comprise the steps: receive corresponding with the trace ball that just is being pressed, import from trace ball; And according to level of zoom, catch with view finder on the corresponding image of image.
Described method can also may further comprise the steps: produce the icon image of trace ball on display, described icon image is in rest position or is in scrolling position corresponding to trace ball.
Described rest position can be corresponding with the zoom on arbitrary level of zoom in being in minimum level of zoom, middle level of zoom and maximum level of zoom, and described method can also may further comprise the steps: produce one of three icon images.
Can indicate only permission to amplify with the corresponding icon of minimum level of zoom.Can indicate with the corresponding icon of by-level and allow to amplify and dwindle.Can indicate with the corresponding icon of maximum level of zoom and only to allow to dwindle.
Described equipment can comprise phone or instant message transrecieving application, can also may further comprise the steps: present the notification screen that covers on the view finder, described notification screen indication receives the communication that is entering via described application.
Described notification screen can comprise the initiator's of the communication that enters identifier, and described identifier can comprise initiator's photo or comprise that the figure of representing the initiator is to replace photo.
Described notification screen can comprise ignores territory and acceptance domain.When at first activating notification screen, can highlight defaultly and ignore the territory.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of portable electric appts, comprising: processor, itself and trace ball, light-sensitive transducer, display, permanent storage device and volatile memory device are connected to each other.Described processor can dispose and be used for producing view finder on display.Described view finder carries out real-time replay to the image that receives in real time via light-sensitive transducer.Described processor also disposes and is used for: via the trace ball input of receive rolling, and amplify or dwindle image on the view finder according to the direction of the input of rolling.
Described light-sensitive transducer can be charge-coupled image sensor (" CCD ") array.
Described processor can dispose and be used for: receive and the corresponding signal of trace ball that just is being pressed, and in response to described signal, catch at least a portion of the image that is received by light-sensitive transducer, and it is stored on the permanent storage device.The visual field of the image on the visual field of the image of being caught and the view finder is corresponding.
Rolling input along first direction can be represented to amplify, and can represent to dwindle along the rolling input of the second direction opposite with first direction.
The processor of described equipment can also dispose and be used for: in conjunction with view finder, produce the icon image of trace ball on display, described icon image is in rest position or is in scrolling position corresponding to trace ball.
Described rest position can be corresponding with the zoom on arbitrary level of zoom in being in minimum level of zoom, middle level of zoom and maximum level of zoom.
Described processor can dispose and be used for producing and corresponding three icons of rest position.First icon in the icon is corresponding with minimum level of zoom, can indicate only to allow to amplify.Second icon in the icon is corresponding with by-level, can indicate to allow to amplify and dwindle.The 3rd icon in the icon is corresponding with maximum level of zoom, can indicate only to allow to dwindle.
Described equipment can comprise phone or instant message transrecieving application.Described processor can also dispose and be used for producing notification screen above view finder, and described notification screen indication is being used via phone or instant message transrecieving and received the communication that enters.Described notification screen can comprise the initiator's of the communication that enters identifier, and described identifier can comprise initiator's photo.Described notification screen can comprise ignores territory and acceptance domain.In one embodiment, highlight defaultly and ignore the territory.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of computer-readable media, is used to store the set according to the program design instruction of above-mentioned either side.
The invention provides a kind of new method and device that is used to control the display of electronic equipment.In one embodiment, described equipment is the portable electric appts with assemblage characteristic of push mail and phone.Described portable electric appts also comprises video camera.Described equipment comprises trace ball, and when equipment was used as video camera, trace ball can be used to control the image that illustrates on the view finder.In other embodiments, can substitute trace ball with touch pads.
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Referring now to accompanying drawing pure exemplary embodiment is described, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is schematically illustrating according to the front elevation of the portable electric appts of an embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the schematically illustrating of rear view of the portable electric appts of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the equidistant decomposition view of specific components of the equipment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 in more detail, show the trace ball in the equipment of Fig. 1 with three kinds of operator schemes;
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of specific internal components of the equipment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of describing according to the method for display another embodiment, the control portable electric appts;
That Fig. 7 shows is relevant with the main body that will take, the equipment among Fig. 1;
Fig. 8 shows through the main body among Fig. 7 of the view finder of the equipment of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 shows term of execution enlarging function part the control to the display of the equipment of Fig. 7;
Figure 10 shows term of execution reduction capability part the control to the display of the equipment of Fig. 7;
Figure 11 shows when enlarging function is complete control to the display of the equipment of Fig. 7;
Figure 12 shows when reduction capability is complete control to the display of the equipment of Fig. 7;
Figure 13 shows the producible preview screen according to another embodiment;
Figure 14 shows according to the producible cutting selection of another embodiment screen;
Figure 15 shows the cutting of Figure 14 and selects screen, but has wherein moved the selection window; And
Figure 16 shows the incoming call screen according to another embodiment.
Embodiment
Referring now to Fig. 1, indicated front elevation generally at 30 places according to the portable electric appts of an embodiment.In the present embodiment, equipment 30 comprises the function of wireless telephone, push mail paging equipment and digital camera.
Can see best that in Fig. 1 equipment 30 comprises shell 34, shell 34 is trapped among a plurality of input medias of the form of keyboard 38, a group of soft key 42, trace ball 46 and microphone 50 in the framework.Shell 34 also is trapped among a plurality of output units of the form of display 54 and loudspeaker 58 in the framework.
Correspondingly, the user of equipment 30 can carry out alternately with input media and output unit, with send and receive Email, carry out voice telephone calls, management appointment and contact person, browsing internet and carry out other functions that can find on as the known of equipment 30 and so on or the electronic equipment that do not envision as yet.
To should be appreciated that in order making an explanation, equipment 30 to be simplified that in other embodiments, equipment 30 can comprise additional and/or different functions and/or application, and correspondingly comprises the input and output device.Other functions like this can comprise music, audio recording and video playback.The example of the input/output device of combination can comprise USB (universal serial bus) (" USB ") port, be used for hands free headset is connected to the head phone jack or the bluetooth of equipment 30
TM(or equivalence techniques) transceiver.Similarly, be appreciated that from the instruction here the specific function that comprises the equipment 30 can omit.
In the present embodiment, equipment 30 also comprises video camera.Referring now to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 shows the rear view of equipment 30.Therefore, equipment 30 also comprises the additional input device of camera lens/light-sensitive transducer 62 forms and the annex output unit of flashlamp 66 forms.One skilled in the art will recognize that light-sensitive transducer 62 may be implemented as a plurality of light-sensitive transducer of arranging with array format, wherein each transducer is corresponding to a pixel.The example of known light-sensitive transducer comprises charge-coupled device (CCD), and in fact CCD has created the electric signal via the image of the light-sensitive transducer reception of video camera.
To point out at this, in the present embodiment, the form factor of equipment 30 is configured to makes the user hold equipment 30 with the left hand or the right hand, and can be enough thumb activate soft key 42 and trace ball 46 (although trace ball 46 disposes at thumb, but should be appreciated that the user also can use its other fingers on hand).Similarly, camera lens and light-sensitive transducer 62 are arranged in display 54 back, make the user when the equipment 30 of catching, thereby its forefinger can make the use of lens blur jamming equipment 30 as video camera.When equipment 30 was used as video camera, because display 54 will present the scene that is located immediately at display 54 back to the user, therefore light-sensitive transducer 62 is placed on display 54 back had also improved the availability of display 54 as view finder.
Referring now to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 illustrates in greater detail the part of keyboard 38, soft key 42, trace ball 46 and shell 34 (as the framework of display 54).In the present embodiment, keyboard 38 is QWERTY style keyboard of simplifying, makes the width of equipment 30 allow to hold equipment 30 with one.Yet, also can expect other keyboard layouts and configuration.It should be noted that trace ball 46 and soft key 42 are positioned at display 54 belows, keyboard 38 tops.Trace ball 46 is disposed between the soft key 42.Trace ball 46 and soft key 42 are arranged to the function that makes them and can change according to applied environment or the data that just presenting on display 54.Particularly, soft key 42 is placed as and makes when appropriate, and the function that is associated with it can be present on the display 54 instinctively and corresponding position, the position of particular soft key 42.
Fig. 3 also shows the transducer enclosure 70 that is rendered as cavity, and this cavity holds trace ball 46 and allows trace ball 46 freely to roll therein.As will be further discussed, can be along any direction motion track ball 46 to provide the user to import.The rotation of the transducer sensing track ball 46 in the transducer enclosure 70.Also can inwardly push trace ball 46, thus with soft key 42 and keyboard 38 on the essentially identical mode of other any keys input is provided.Also comprised skirt section (skirt) 74 among Fig. 3, it is provided on the transducer enclosure 70 around trace ball 46 peripheries.
Referring now to Fig. 4, under three kinds of different operator schemes, illustrate in greater detail trace ball 46, transducer enclosure 70 and skirt section 74.Under Mode A, user's opposing thumb T moves in the direction of arrow F, and trace ball 46 is rolled along the direction of arrow F1.Below, direction F1 is called forward direction F1.Under Mode B, thumb T moves along the direction of arrow R, and trace ball is rolled along the direction of arrow R1, and the direction of arrow R1 is the direction opposite with forward direction F1.Below direction R1 is called reverse R1.Under pattern C, show thumb T and move to skirt section 64 in the direction of arrow D, thereby push trace ball 46 and promote trace ball 46 along the direction of arrow D1.Below direction F1 be called press to D1.Those skilled in the art can recognize now, and are basic identical to the effect of key when pressing to D1 with the key pushed as thumb T on the keyboard 38.
Can recognize that Mode A and B are opposite directions in essence.Can also recognize, can be not limited to the direction shown in Mode A and the B along any direction motion track ball 46.Can use the similar rotation of Mode A and B and trace ball 46 to come cursor on the mobile display 54, perhaps roll and read or browsing content, perhaps change the focus in the dialog box shown on the display 54.Similarly, can recognize, can use pattern C to come content displayed on the display 54 is made final selection.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the degree of depth and the inside tapering that tilts towards trace ball 46 in skirt section 74 are chosen as the shape that meets thumb T, so that under Mode A and B, trace ball 46 is placed on relative position of exposing during rotary motion trace ball 46, make that thumb T does not contact skirt section 74 during Mode A and B.Yet, the degree of depth in skirt section 74 also is selected as making during pattern C, when thumb T along pressing to D1 when moving, the exposed edge in skirt section engages with thumb T, thereby introduce friction force, and reduce when in fact the user attempts to push trace ball 46 by pattern C the possibility of rotary motion trace ball 46 unintentionally thumb T.
Referring now to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 shows the block diagram of the specific internal components of indication equipment 30.Thereby equipment 30 comprises processor 78, and processor 78 is connected to each other with the input media (being trace ball 46, soft key 42, keyboard 38, the photosensitive transducer 62 of video camera and microphone 50) of equipment 30 and the output unit (being loudspeaker 58, display 54 and flashlamp 66) of equipment 30.Processor 78 also is connected to permanent storage device 82 and (can uses flash memory to wait and realize permanent storage device 82, and/or permanent storage device 82 can comprise other programmable read-only memory (prom) technology, and/or can comprise ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) technology, and/or can comprise removable " smart card " and/or, can combine by foregoing).Equipment 30 also comprises radio unit 86, and radio unit 86 is disposed in the shell 34, with the wireless connections of one of base station network, with push mail, phone and the web browsing function that equipment 30 is provided.
Referring now to Fig. 6, in process flow diagram, represented to be used for to control the method for the display of electronic equipment, indicated this method generally at 300 places.In order to help understanding method 300, the form of the operation of carrying out by use equipment 30 in the environment of trace ball 46 is come interpretation procedure 300.Yet, not should be appreciated that and should explain this discussion in limiting sense, can be on the equipment that is different from equipment 30 implementation method 300, and/or can change method 300.
The place begins in step 310, receives the request at camera application.On equipment 30, can realize this step according to the menu screen among Fig. 7, this menu screen has presented a plurality of application to the user of equipment 30.The user can read various application to roll by rotary motion trace ball 46, up to highlighting camera application.In case highlight, the user just can push trace ball 46 with the actual request camera application.The user can select camera application to catch the digital picture of main body S.When processor 78 receive via trace ball 46 input, when expression user expectation is used the input of camera application, method 300 advances to step 315 from step 310.
Next, in step 315 and 320, activate view finder with default zoom level.
For equipment 30, term " view finder " is meant digital viewfinder, and this view finder is implemented as the software application of processor 78 in conjunction with transducer 62 and display 54 execution.The function of the optical finder that uses on this software application mimics traditional cameras.Yet, the instruction here can be applied to optical finder that uses on the traditional cameras and/or the video camera that has optical finder and digital viewfinder simultaneously.
It shall yet further be noted that for equipment 30 term " zoom " is meant that digital zoom, digital zoom are the Zoom effects that reaches by the software application of carrying out on processor 78.This software application adopts mode well known by persons skilled in the art that the image that receives from transducer 62 is handled and produces corresponding image at display 54.Yet, should be appreciated that also method 300 is applicable to the equipment of employing " optical zoom ", in optical zoom, reach Zoom effect by moving of camera lens.Therefore, the instruction here is applicable to digital zoom, optical zoom and combination thereof.
Can recognize that between step 310 and 315, the function of trace ball 46 changes immediately,, change into the zoom control input device immediately from the navigation input media at least In the view of the user.Therefore, all the other steps of method 300 the term of execution, the special-purpose input media (being trace ball 46) that the behavior of equipment 30 is used to control level of zoom has imitated the video camera of prior art, and therefore, the experience when user experience is operated the video camera of prior art to the user is similar substantially.
In the present embodiment, default zoom level is set to 2.6x (2.6 times).Represented step 315 and 320 among Fig. 8, wherein display 54 has been shown and presents view finder 100.Realize view finder 100 by configuration processor 78, to receive the image of main body S, the expression that on display 54, produces this image then by light-sensitive transducer 62.In this example, the size of the main body S on the view finder 100 is consistent with the level of zoom of 2.6x, correspondingly, be not main body S be illustrated as occupying viewfinder area on the display 54 all.
Except view finder 100, processor 78 also disposes and is used to control display 54, to present status bar 104 thereon.Status bar 104 comprises zoom level indicator 108 and flash icon 112.Thus, in Fig. 8, zoom level indicator 108 is shown with the value " 2.6x " of indicating level of zoom.When flash icon 112 effectively the time, its indication flashlamp 66 when the shooting actual picture will glisten.Status bar 104 also comprises picture count indicator 116, and indication can be taken and can be stored in number of pictures in the storer of equipment 30.Status bar 104 also comprises fast gate control designator 120.
Present fast gate control designator 120 in the mode with trace ball 46 same columns on display 54, indication will be controlled the operation of video camera to actuating of trace ball 46.Fast gate control designator 116 comprises the icon of camera picture form in the center, if the expression user pushes trace ball 46 in the mode consistent with pattern C, then will take and store the picture of the main body in the view finder 100.
Also fast gate control designator 120 is rendered as the filled circles in the open circles, will controls the video camera amplification or dwindle main body S according to the mode rolling track ball 46 consistent with Mode A or B (or icotype) with expression.Fast gate control designator 120 is located substantially on the level of status bar 104 and the point of crossing of median vertical line.The fact that this position is represented that trace ball 46 is static and do not rolled.Can recognize that now the outward appearance of fast gate control designator 120 has been imitated the overall appearance of trace ball 46, thereby has indicated trace ball 46 function relevant with video camera intuitively.
Next, in step 325, determine whether to have rotated trace ball.If not, then method 300 advances to step 330, determines whether to have pushed trace ball 46 in this step.If "No", then method 300 advances to step 335 from step 330, and determines whether to continue to use camera function.In step 335, may make determining of "No" for a variety of reasons.For example, incoming call may make camera function interrupt automatically, so that should be used for managing incoming call on the equipment 30.Alternatively, the user of equipment 30 can use soft key 42 or keyboard 38 to come input command, and the indication user wishes to withdraw from camera application.
Yet, return step 330, if push trace ball 46 in the mode consistent with pattern C, method 300 advances to step 345 from step 330, in this step, catches the image of main body when the image of main body occurring in view finder 100.
Yet, return step 325, if rotated trace ball 46, method 300 advances to step 350 from step 325.In step 350, determine whether the rotation of trace ball 46 has been indicated " amplification " instruction.In the present embodiment, when with the mode consistent (wherein direction F points to fast gate control designator 120) rotary motion trace ball 46, make definite "Yes" in step 350 with Mode A.In other words, if the cardinal point consistent (as shown in Figure 8) of trace ball 46 rotary directions and compass, then when along " north " direction rotary motion trace ball, make definite "Yes" (alternatively or additionally, when to " east " direction rotary motion trace ball 46, can make definite "Yes") in step 350.
If in the "No" that is defined as of step 350,, determine whether the rotation of trace ball 46 has been indicated " dwindling " instruction then in step 360.In the present embodiment, when with the mode consistent (wherein direction R points to keyboard 38) rotary motion trace ball 46, make definite "Yes" in step 350 with Mode A.In other words, if trace ball 46 rotary directions are consistent with the cardinal point of compass, then when along " south " direction rotary motion trace ball, make definite "Yes" (alternatively or additionally, when to " west " direction rotary motion trace ball 46, can make definite "Yes") in step 350.
Therefore, step 355 and 365 is preserved for carrying out actual amplification or reduction capability respectively.At the initial part of step 355, when along the north during to the rotary motion trace ball, the outward appearance of fast gate control designator 120 changes, and occurs with the form of as shown in Figure 9 icon 120a.Shutter control icon 120a appears at the position of the horizontal central line top that is positioned at status bar 104 in the status bar 104, and this has indicated to the user and has received the just input of the trace ball of edge " north " direction rotation.The feature of icon 120a also is the projection at its peripheral top, makes the fineness degree of line of this protuberance office greater than the fineness degree of the line at place, peripheral bottom.In addition, occurred in icon 120a " adding " number, indication is receiving the order that is used for " amplification ".
Similarly, at the initial part of step 365, when along south during to the rotary motion trace ball, the outward appearance of fast gate control designator 120 changes, and occurs with the form of as shown in figure 10 icon 120b.Shutter control icon 120b appears at the position of the horizontal central line below that is positioned at status bar 104 in the status bar 104, and this has indicated to the user and has received the just input of the trace ball of edge " south " direction rotation.The feature of icon 120b also is the projection of its peripheral bottom, makes the fineness degree of line of this protuberance office greater than the fineness degree of the line at place, peripheral top.In addition, occurred in icon 120b " bearing " number, indication is receiving the order that is used for " dwindling ".
Figure 11 has represented the amplification result of step 355 (and being back to step 320).In Figure 11, zoom level indicator is present is shown as " 5x ", and in the present embodiment, this is the maximum amplification level of equipment 30.Therefore, in view finder 100, it is nearer that main body S seems.Now, icon 120c appears at the level of status bar 104 and the point of crossing of median vertical line.The position of icon 120c represents that trace ball 46 is static now.Comprise that except icon 120c icon 120c is identical with icon 120 outward appearances outside " bearing " number (indication further " amplification " is impossible, and " dwindling " is present unique selection) of bottom.If the user attempts to continue " amplification ", then alternatively, processor 78 can dispose and be used for icon 120c is rendered as the horizontal central line top (with icon 120a same position) that appears at status bar 104, but in fact further amplification can not take place.Replace, " bearing " number designator will continue as the visual cues to the user: it is impossible further amplifying.In order to obtain other help, the user can check zoom level indicator 108, and zoom level indicator 108 is to the current level of zoom of user notification.The user can determine that although icon 120 has changed outward appearance during the rolling of trace ball 46, level of zoom does not change.Therefore, provide following visual feedback to the user: equipment 30 is receiving input, but because the level of zoom that reached capacity, so equipment 30 can not be made response.
Similarly, Figure 12 has represented the amplification result of step 365 (and being back to step 320).In Figure 12, zoom level indicator is present is shown as " 1x ", and in the present embodiment, this is the minimum level of zoom of equipment 30.Therefore, in view finder 100, it is farther that main body S seems.Now, icon 120d appears at the level of status bar 104 and the point of crossing of median vertical line.The position of icon 120d represents that trace ball 46 is static now.Comprise that except icon 120c icon 120d is identical with icon 120 outward appearances outside " adding " number (indication further " dwindling " is impossible, and " amplification " is present unique selection) at top.If the user attempts to continue " dwindling ", then alternatively, processor 78 can dispose the horizontal central line below (with icon 120b same position) that is used for icon 120d is presented on status bar 104, but in fact further amplification can not take place.Replace, " adding " number designator will continue as the visual cues to the user: it is impossible further dwindling.Equally, in order to obtain other help, the user can check zoom level indicator 108.The user can determine that although icon 120 has changed outward appearance during the rolling of trace ball 46, level of zoom does not change.Therefore, provide following visual feedback to the user: equipment 30 is receiving input, but because the level of zoom that reached capacity, so equipment 30 can not be made response.
Although the foregoing description has been conceived three level of zoom, should be appreciated that the level of zoom that can realize arbitrary number when needing.Yet in the present embodiment, three levels have determined to realize the availability of higher level.The foregoing description also contemplates, and only produces a level of zoom (or amplify or dwindle) for the given rolling of trace ball 46, and avoiding unexpectedly directly becoming 5x from 1x, but this is optional.By returning this one side that is appreciated that present embodiment with reference to Fig. 4, among Fig. 4, determine in order to realize "Yes" in step 350, must trace ball 46 be rotated minor increments along forward direction F1.Yet in case surpass this minor increment, no matter the actual range (or number of degrees) of trace ball 46 actual rotation is much, and step 350 all will turn back to rest position and the Shi Caihui that stops operating finishes up to trace ball 46.Minor increment helps to guarantee that during pushing trace ball 46 accident of trace ball 46 is rolled and can be mistaken as amplification or dwindle order.Similarly, determine, trace ball 46 is rotated minor increments along reverse R1 in order to realize "Yes" in step 360.Yet, in case surpass this minor increment, no matter the actual range (or number of degrees) of trace ball 46 actual rotation nearly, step 350 all will just can be finished when trace ball 46 stops to rotate in the direction.
Be stressed that at this picture of structure main body S is comparatively complicated, and require the height of User Part to be absorbed in.Therefore, the high degree of availability that needs equipment 30.Between the picture tectonic epochs, the user may must tackle thorny light condition, mobile main body and from the interference that appears at other objects between light-sensitive transducer 62 and the main body S.When the structure picture, other difficulties may appear.Correspondingly, expectation at present is configured to the rolling sensitivity of trace ball 46 fully low so that push the not understanding external trigger zoom of trace ball 46 when pictures taken.In the present embodiment, according to structure shown in Figure 4, arranged the configuration of skirt section 74, trace ball 46 and transducer enclosure 70, make when method 300 is operated between step 325 and step 330, as mentioned above, reduce user error ground his or her intention has been conveyed to the possibility of processor 78, thereby improved 30 couples of users' of equipment availability.That is to say that this configuration allows user to carry out alternately amplifying or dwindling order clearly to provide with trace ball 46 clearly, thereby or allow the user to push clearly that trace ball 46 is taken as view finder 100 in work as the pictures of front construction.
In another embodiment, provide a kind of novel preview screen, be used to watch the photo of previous shooting to electronic equipment as equipment 30 and so on.In Figure 13, show novel screen generally at 124 places according to this embodiment.For example, after the step 345 of manner of execution 300, processor 78 can produce preview screen 124 on display 54.Continue to describe this concrete example, the screen among Figure 13 124 is shown the main body S picture that has according to Figure 12 structure.Thereby preview screen 124 comprises picture window 128, and picture window 128 shows the main body S of structure in the view finder 100 in Figure 12.Preview screen 124 also comprises the preview status bar 132 that replaces status bar 104.
Preview status bar 132 comprises 5 icons, and these 5 icons are corresponding with 5 different options that the user can use.These icons are: turn back to view finder 136, deletion picture 140, cutting 144, transmission 148 and file 152.When presenting preview screen 124 after manner of execution 300, (in the picture 124) picture will be stored in and the adjacent document location of file icon (file 152).Turn back to view finder 136, as its name suggests, according to the visible filename and location of file 152 adjacents, the picture shown in the picture window 128 is kept in the permanent storage 82.Can use selection to turn back to view finder 136 and restart method 300.Deletion picture 140 can be used for from the picture shown in the permanent storage device 82 deletion picture window 128.In case selected deletion picture 140, just delete this picture, method 300 is restarted then.Cutting 144 can be used for selecting the specific part of the picture of picture window 128 storages, and really these parts can be used as new picture-storage on permanent storage device 82, and/or can be associated with the one or more contact persons in contact person-manager application of carrying out on the equipment 30.Push mail function that transmission 148 can be used for via e-mail, (MMS) or use equipment 30 are served in the Multimedia Message transmitting-receiving or the like sends the picture in the picture window 128.File 152 can be used for checking and/or the filename of editing picture and/or browse other photos of storage on the permanent storage device 82 and it is written into to check at preview screen 124.
Highlighted by using trace ball 46 sequentially to highlight each icon up to the icon of expectation, can select each icon on the preview status bar 132, push the function that trace ball 46 comes actual selection to be associated with this icon then.
In another embodiment, provide cutting to select screen, can visit this screen by selecting crop icon 144.In Figure 14, show novel screen generally at 156 places according to this embodiment.In the present embodiment, cutting selects screen 156 can be used to create the picture of cutting, and the contact person in can using with the contact manager on the equipment 30 preserves the picture that cuts out explicitly.Although optional, typically, the picture that cuts out will be individual's a face.Cutting is selected screen 156 to comprise and is selected window 160, and selection window 160 is made up of chooser window 164 and context sub-window 168 then.Chooser window 164 is circular and transparent, and is preferably transparent fully and have as shown in the figure a visual border of defining.Context sub-window 168 is rectangles, occupies the full height of display 54, but does not occupy complete width.Context sub-window is translucent, and preferably, it is transparent to be not so good as chooser window 164.Cutting selection screen 156 is optimised for and allows the user that picture is carried out cutting, thereby selects with the face or the main preservation of preserving main body in the picture facial.Select screen 156 also to be optimized at availability to cutting, so that simplify user's clipping function when on equipment 30 grades, realizing selecting screen 156.The face-image of main body is caught in expectation, makes these identical face-images of being caught can be saved the field in the record of using into the contact manager of operation on equipment 30.
As a setting, the record in the contact manager is associated with a whole set of contact method and the address details of the main body that has been taken.Equally, read photo in contact manager is used, come use equipment 30 to make a phone call, send e-mails or carry out other and get in touch with the people who selects expectation, so this can strengthen the overall availability of equipment 30 because the user can roll.Similarly, in equipment 30, can dispose " vision " identification characteristics (for example " caller ID "), wherein, (or other communications of 30 the incoming call from main body to equipment, use as Email or instant message transrecieving) picture of this main body of being preserved will be presented in the display 54, thus help the source of the communication that the User Recognition of equipment 30 enters and allow the user correspondingly to make a response.
When user accesses screen 156, the user can use trace ball 46 to select still to move selection window 160 to " west " (with respect to the view among Figure 14) to " east ".Can see that in Figure 14 chooser window 164 does not surround the face of main body S so that the face of main body S appears at the central authorities of chooser window 164.As shown in figure 15, can use trace ball 46 that chooser window 164 is moved to the left, thereby the face of main body S be placed the central authorities of chooser window 164.Advantageously, context sub-window 168 allows the user to check selected portion picture part on every side, makes that the user has other information so that the part that can select to expect in the picture move selection window 160 by trace ball 46 during.In case will select window 160 to place desired locations, the user just can push trace ball 46 (or equivalent input is provided) to come actual cutting picture according to selection.
In the above-described embodiments, chooser window 164 is circular and transparent, and context sub-window 168 is full height rectangle and that occupy display 54 but does not occupy its complete width.Should be appreciated that chooser window 164 can be the arbitrary shape in the context sub-window 168, comprises square or rectangle.Context sub-window 168 also can have different shapes, can be littler than chooser window 164.Similarly, can omit chooser window 164 fully, it is regional corresponding to make that selection window and context sub-window are covered.Also can desired configuration equipment 30 so that the user can predefine chooser window 164 and/or the shape and/or the size of context sub-window 168.
Except screen 156 is selected in cutting, or screen 156 is selected in the replacement cutting, when the user selects crop icon 144, can provide following selection to the user: the picture in the preview screen 124 is set to the main screen of equipment 30, makes this picture to occur as the background on the main menu screen shown in Figure 7.Select crop icon 144 can cause providing following selection to the user: proceeds to cutting and select screen 156, or this picture is set to the picture of main screen simply, or with contact manager in contact person's picture explicitly.Alternatively, except selecting individual face simply, can also use cutting to select screen 156 to come the cutting picture for other purposes with being stored in the contact manager application.
In another embodiment, provide the incoming call screen, during manner of execution 300, can produce this screen at any time.In Figure 16, show novel incoming call screen generally at 172 places according to this embodiment.When equipment 30 during manner of execution 300 receives Inbound Calls communication (or similar communication), incoming call screen 172 occurs, thereby incoming call screen 172 covers on the view finder 100, with to the user notification incoming call.
Incoming call screen 172 comprises identification field 176, and in this example, this identification field shows " from the incoming call of Sally Chan+1 (555) 555-5555 ".Therefore, identification field 176 has identified the characteristic (being that telephone message is with respect to instant message) of the communication that enters, caller's name (being Sally Chan) and caller's telephone number.
Incoming call screen 172 also comprises photograph field 180, shows incoming call person's's (being " Sally Chan " in this embodiment) photo in photograph field 180.The photo that shows in photograph field 180 can be that previous using method 300 is caught and is stored in the permanent storage device 82, perhaps can be stored in the permanent storage device 82 by some other means.
Incoming call screen 172 also comprises ignores territory 184 and acceptance domain 188.Can use trace ball 46 to roll betwixt, select to ignore in territory 184 and the acceptance domain 188 any.Selected actual territory is highlighted, under the situation of Figure 16, highlight and ignore territory 184.By pushing trace ball 46, the corresponding option in territory that can finally activate and highlight.Selection is ignored territory 184 and will be caused incoming call to be rejected, and handles this calling by voice mail or other desired functions.If selected to ignore territory 184, the then operation of equipment 30 restoration methods 300, in this example, this causes display 54 to turn back to state shown in Figure 8.Select acceptance domain 188 will cause incoming call to be accepted, and with communicating by letter between common mode apparatus for establishing 30 and the incoming call person.When needing, equipment 30 can dispose and be used for continuing manner of execution 300 during telephone relation (perhaps by activating the speaker-phone option or using headphone), allows the user to carry out telephone relation in Method Of Accomplishment 300.Alternatively, equipment 30 can be configured to, if accepted incoming call, then terminating method 300.
In the present embodiment, screen 172 has been configured to make to be ignored territory 184 and is highlighted defaultly, allow the characteristic of user's rapid evaluation incoming call and only refuse this calling by pushing trace ball 46, and allow the user to turn back to the execution of method 300 as quickly as possible, make incoming call show minimum interference to the execution of method 300.Yet, also can desired configuration screen 172 so that acceptance domain 188 is highlighted defaultly, allow the user to accept this calling fast.Can expect that also equipment 30 can be configured to, when having activated screen 172, allowing the user to select to ignore in territory 184 or the acceptance domain 188 which will be highlighted defaultly.
The 172 relevant discussion of above-mentioned and screen also are applicable to notice other types, that may occur in pictures taken.The example of the notice of such other types is the Email of input, the text message of input, the instant message and the calendar alarm clock of input.When needing, equipment 30 can be configured to have the screen as screen 172 and so on that can occur during manner of execution 300.Alternatively, can provide following selection to the user: according to individual preference, be configured to allow the execution of the notice interrupt method 300 of which type in these notices, and the execution that does not allow the notice interrupt method 300 of which type.
Foregoing has been represented exemplary embodiments, but should not limit the scope of claims.
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1. method that is used to control the display of portable electric appts with camera function; Described portable electric appts comprises the trace ball that is used to receive the light-sensitive transducer of first image and is used as user input apparatus; Described method comprises:
Default zoom level is set;
Activate view finder by on described display, producing with corresponding second image of described first image; Described second image has and the corresponding visual field of described default zoom level;
Reception is from the rolling input of described trace ball; Instruction that the described visual field is amplified or dwindled is represented in described input;
Indicate amplification still to dwindle based on described instruction and adjusted described level of zoom; And
Again produce described second image on described view finder, according to the described level of zoom in the described set-up procedure, described second image of Chan Shenging has the visual field of amplifying or dwindling again.
2. the method for claim 1, wherein described equipment comprises at least one additional function except that described camera function; Described method is further comprising the steps of: described step is set before, receive to activate the request of camera application.
3. method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described at least one additional function comprises at least one in wireless telephone and the push mail.
4. as each described method in the claim 1,2 or 3, wherein, amplify, dwindle along the described rolling input expression of the second direction opposite with described first direction along the described rolling input expression of first direction.
5. as each described method in the claim 1,2,3 or 4, further comprising the steps of: receive corresponding with the described trace ball that just is being pressed, from the input of described trace ball; And at least a portion of catching described first image, according to described level of zoom, described part is corresponding with described second image in the described view finder.
6. as each described method in the claim 1 to 5, further comprising the steps of: produce the icon image of described trace ball on described display, described icon image is in rest position or is in scrolling position corresponding to described trace ball.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described rest position be in minimum level of zoom, middle level of zoom and maximum level of zoom in arbitrary level of zoom on zoom corresponding; Described method is further comprising the steps of: produce one of three icon images.
8. method as claimed in claim 7 wherein, only allows to amplify with the corresponding described icon indication of described minimum level of zoom; Allow to amplify and dwindle with the corresponding described icon indication of described by-level; And only allow to dwindle with the corresponding described icon indication of described maximum level of zoom.
9. as each described method in the claim 1 to 8, wherein, described equipment comprises phone or instant message transrecieving application, described method is further comprising the steps of: present the notification screen that covers on the described view finder, described notification screen indication receives the communication that enters via described application.
10. method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described notification screen comprises the initiator's of the described communication that enters identifier; Described identifier comprises described initiator's photo.
11. method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, described notification screen comprises ignores territory and acceptance domain, and the described territory of ignoring is highlighted defaultly.
12. a portable electric appts comprises:
Processor is connected to each other with trace ball, light-sensitive transducer, display, permanent storage device and volatile memory device;
Described processor configuration is used for producing view finder on described display; Described view finder reappears the image that receives via described light-sensitive transducer; Described image has the visual field;
Described processor configuration is used to receive the rolling input from described trace ball, and amplifies or dwindle the described visual field of the described image on the described view finder according to the direction of described rolling input.
13. equipment as claimed in claim 12, wherein, described processor also disposes and is used for: receive and the corresponding signal of described trace ball that just is being pressed, and catch in response to described signal, be stored on the described permanent storage device with the image of will be caught; According to described level of zoom, the image of being caught is corresponding with the described image on the described view finder.
14. as each described equipment in claim 12 or 13, wherein, amplify, dwindle along the described rolling input expression of the second direction opposite with described first direction along the described rolling input expression of first direction.
15. as each described equipment in the claim 12,13 or 14, wherein, described processor also disposes and is used for: in conjunction with described view finder, produce the icon image of described trace ball on described display, described icon image is in rest position or is in scrolling position corresponding to described trace ball.
16. equipment as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described rest position be in minimum level of zoom, middle level of zoom and maximum level of zoom in arbitrary level of zoom on zoom corresponding.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described processor configuration is used for producing and corresponding three icons of described rest position; First icon in the described icon is corresponding with described minimum level of zoom, and indication only allows to amplify; Second icon in the described icon is corresponding with described by-level, and indication allows to amplify and dwindle; And the 3rd icon in the described icon is corresponding with described maximum level of zoom, and indication only allows to dwindle.
18. as each described equipment in the claim 12 to 17, wherein, described equipment comprises at least one in phone application or the instant message transrecieving application; Described processor also disposes and is used to produce the notification screen that covers on the described view finder, and described notification screen indication is being used via described phone or instant message transrecieving and received the communication that enters.
19. equipment as claimed in claim 18, wherein, described notification screen comprises the initiator's of the described communication that enters identifier; Described identifier comprises described initiator's photo.
20. equipment as claimed in claim 19, wherein, described notification screen comprises ignores territory and acceptance domain; The described territory of ignoring is highlighted defaultly.
21. a computer-readable medium is used to store the program design instruction set according to as the described method of claim 1 to 11.
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