CN101598987B - Configuration pointing operation device and computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

A configuration type pointing operation device and a computer system are provided. The configuration type pointing operation device comprises a touch screen for detecting a touch signal and an operation interface establishing module. The operation interface establishing module is used for displaying a configuration type pointing operation interface on the touch screen. The configuration type pointing operation interface can change the display position, the display direction or the configuration mode according to different use requirements. Further, an operation method for ensuring the convenience of operation and the portability of the mobile electronic device is provided for the user.

Description

Configuration pointing operation device and computer system

technical field

The present invention relates to a pointing operation device and an operation interface, and particularly relates to a configuration type pointing operation device and a computer system having the program of the configuration type pointing operation interface.

Background technique

When users operate mobile electronic devices equipped with touch screens, they often use input tools such as stylus pens or fingers to operate them. However, when the user is in the above operation situation, it is necessary to free up one hand to control the input tool, so the mobile electronic device can only be held by the other hand. It is not difficult to imagine that holding a mobile electronic device with one hand will not only reduce the stability of holding the device, but also as the use time increases, the user may have to find other support points to place the mobile electronic device in order to reduce hand fatigue. This will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the portability of the mobile electronic device.

Taking a common tablet computer (Tablet PC) on the market as an example, a cursor control point and physical buttons corresponding to the functions of the left and right buttons of the mouse may be additionally arranged on the outer frame of the screen. When the user rotates the keyboard to store it under the screen, the position of the cursor can be controlled through the cursor control point, and the function of the left button or the right button of the mouse can be activated through the physical buttons. But whether it is the cursor control point or the physical buttons representing the left and right mouse buttons, they are usually fixed on the left and right sides of the screen frame. In other words, when the user changes the direction of use of the mobile electronic device from landscape to portrait, the cursor control point and physical buttons cannot be operated with both hands at the same time, which causes a lot of inconvenience.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a configurable pointing operation device to display a configurable pointing operation interface on the touch screen, so as to ensure that the user can hold the mobile electronic device with both hands and perform pointing operations at the same time, thereby improving the user experience. on the convenience.

The present invention provides a computer system, the stored program is used to display a configuration pointing operation interface on the touch screen which can freely change the display position, display direction and configuration mode, so as to make the operation action more flexible and at the same time It is also closer to the user's usage habits.

In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention proposes a configurable pointing operation device, which includes a touch screen for detecting touch signals, and an operation interface building module. Wherein, the operation interface establishment module is connected with the touch screen to display a configuration pointing operation interface on the touch screen. The configuration pointing operation interface includes a mouse button area and a cursor position control area. The operation interface building module includes a mouse-key function driving module and a cursor position controlling module. The mouse button function driver module is used to trigger the mouse button function when it is judged that the touch signal is located in the mouse button area; and the cursor position control module is used to trigger the mouse button function according to the position of the touch signal in the cursor position control area when it is judged that the touch signal is located in the cursor position control area. Shift to move the cursor displayed on the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mouse button area and the cursor position control area are adjacently displayed on the touch screen. The operation interface building module is used for displaying a configuration pointing operation interface near the edge of the touch screen. This edge includes either the left or right edge of the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mouse button area and the cursor position control area are displayed separately on the touch screen. In addition, the operation interface building module displays a mouse button area and a cursor position control area respectively at positions close to two different edges of the touch screen. Wherein, the two different edges are the left edge and the right edge of the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation interface establishment module further includes a display position adjusting module (display position adjusting module), to define a display position adjustment area in the configuration pointing operation interface, and determine that the touch signal is located at the display position When adjusting the area, move the configuration pointing operation interface correspondingly on the touch screen according to the displacement of the touch signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation interface establishment module further includes an interface rotation control module (interface rotation controlling module), to define an interface rotation control area in the configuration pointing operation interface, and determine that the touch signal is located in the interface rotation When controlling the area, switch the configuration type to point to the display direction of the operation interface. Wherein, the display direction is parallel to the viewing direction of the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation interface establishment module further includes a common hand setting module to define a common hand setting area in the configuration-style pointing operation interface, and when the touch signal is judged to be located When using the manual setting area, swap the display positions of the mouse button area and the cursor position control area.

In one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the mouse button function driving module also includes defining the left mouse button area and the right mouse button area in the mouse button area, and when it is judged that the touch signal is located in the left mouse button area, triggering mouse button function, and trigger the mouse button function corresponding to the right mouse button when it is judged that the touch signal is located in the right mouse button area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation interface creation module further includes displaying a configuration-style pointing operation interface on the touch screen according to the transparency. In addition, when the touch screen does not receive any touch signal, the operation interface building module displays a configuration pointing operation interface on the touch screen with high transparency.

From another point of view, the present invention proposes a computer system to store a computer program including a plurality of program codes, and the computer program can be loaded into a mobile electronic device with a touch screen to display a configurable pointing operation interface on the touch screen . Wherein, the configuration pointing operation interface includes a mouse button area and a cursor position control area. Wherein, the mouse button area is used to trigger the mouse button function, and the cursor position control area is used to control the position of the cursor on the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mouse button area and the cursor position control area are adjacently displayed on the touch screen. And the configuration pointing operation interface is displayed near the edge of the touch screen, and the edge includes the left edge or the right edge of the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mouse button area and the cursor position control area are displayed separately on the touch screen. Wherein, the mouse button area and the cursor position control area can be respectively displayed at positions close to two different edges of the touch screen, and the two different edges are the left edge and the right edge of the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration-type pointing operation interface further includes a display position adjustment area for adjusting the display position of the configuration-type pointing operation interface on the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration-type pointing operation interface further includes an interface rotation control area for switching the display direction of the configuration-type pointing operation interface. Wherein, the display direction is parallel to the viewing direction of the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration pointing operation interface further includes a customary manual setting area for exchanging the display positions of the mouse button area and the cursor position control area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mouse button area further includes a mouse left button area and a mouse right button area, wherein the left mouse button area is used to trigger the mouse button function corresponding to the left mouse button, and the mouse right button area is used to trigger the corresponding mouse button function. The mouse button function of the right mouse button.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration pointing operation interface is displayed on the touch screen according to the transparency. However, when the touch screen does not receive any touch signal, the configuration pointing operation interface is displayed on the touch screen with relatively high transparency.

The present invention displays a configurable pointing operation interface on the touch screen that allows the user to freely change its display position, display direction, and interface configuration mode. The user can perform directional operations on the mobile electronic device while holding the mobile electronic device with both hands. Accordingly, the convenience in operation and the portability of the mobile electronic device are ensured.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments will be described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a configurable pointing and operating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a configuration pointing operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D are schematic views of a mobile electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a configuration pointing operation interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of a mobile electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of main component symbols]

100: Configuration pointing operation device

110: touch screen

120: Operation interface building module

121: Mouse button function driver module

123: Cursor position control module

125: display position adjustment module

127: Interface rotation control module

129: Customary manual setting module

200: Configuration pointing to the operation interface

201, 401: Right mouse button area

202, 402: Left mouse button area

203, 403: cursor position control area

204, 404: display position adjustment area

205, 405: interface rotation control area

206, 406: customary manual setting area

300, 500: Mobile Electronic Devices

Detailed ways

In order to make the content of the present invention more clear, the following specific examples are given as examples in which the present invention can indeed be implemented.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a configurable pointing and operating device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 , the configuration pointing operation device 100 includes a touch screen 110 and an operation interface creation module 120 . Wherein, the touch screen 110 is not only used to display the execution screens of various application programs, but also can receive a touch signal generated by a user's touch operation. The operation interface creation module 120 connected to the touch screen 110 is used to display a configuration pointing operation interface on the touch screen 110 . In one embodiment, the configuration pointing operation interface includes a mouse button area and a cursor position control area displayed adjacently. The operation interface building module 120 will display the configuration pointing operation interface near the edge of the touch screen 110, and the above edge can be the left edge or the right edge of the touch screen 110, and the scope is not limited here.

For the convenience of description, the following assumes that the appearance of the configuration pointing to the operation interface is shown in Figure 2. In the configuration-type pointing operation interface 200, there are defined a right mouse button area 201, a left mouse button area 202 (the two are combined to be called a mouse button area), a cursor position control area 203, a display position adjustment area 204, and an interface rotation control area 205, and the customary manual setting area 206. However, it must be emphasized that the configuration pointing to the operation interface 200 and the arrangement positions of the above-mentioned regions are just examples for convenience of description, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the operation interface creation module 120 includes a mouse button function driver module 121 , a cursor position control module 123 , a display position adjustment module 125 , an interface rotation control module 127 , and a customary manual setting module 129 . Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time. Each module in the operation interface creation module 120 will be described in detail below according to the configuration pointing to the operation interface 200 .

The mouse button function driving module 121 is used to determine the triggering of the mouse button function when the touch signal is located in the mouse button area of the configuration pointing operation interface 200 . That is, when the mouse button function driver module 121 judges that the touch signal is located in the left mouse button area 202, then trigger the mouse button function corresponding to the left mouse button; when the mouse button function driver module 121 judges that the touch signal is located in the right mouse button area 201, Then trigger the mouse button function corresponding to the right button of the mouse.

The cursor position control module 123 is used to determine that the touch signal is located in the cursor position control area 203 , and move the cursor displayed on the touch screen 110 correspondingly according to the displacement of the touch signal in the cursor position control area 203 . Therefore, the user can touch the right mouse button area 201, the left mouse button area 202, and the cursor position control area 203 on the operation interface 200 by finger touch configuration, so as to achieve the purpose of performing the function of the left mouse button or the right button and moving the cursor position. .

The display position adjustment module 125 is used for defining a display position adjustment area 204 in the configuration pointing operation interface 200 . When the display position adjustment module 125 determines that the touch signal is located in the display position adjustment area 204 , the display position adjustment module 125 correspondingly moves the configuration pointing operation interface 200 on the touch screen 110 according to the displacement of the touch point. In other words, the user can touch the display position adjustment area 204 to perform a sliding operation on the configurable pointing operation interface 200 , and then drag the configurable pointing operation interface 200 to a convenient position for the user to operate.

The interface rotation control module 127 is used to define the interface rotation control area 205 in the configuration pointing operation interface 200 . When the interface rotation control module 127 determines that the touch signal is located in the interface rotation control area 205 , the interface rotation control module 127 will switch the configuration to point to the display direction of the operation interface 200 . For example, the interface rotation control module 127 can switch the display direction of the configuration pointing operation interface 200 to be parallel to the viewing direction of the user, so as to facilitate the user to view and operate the configuration type pointing operation interface 200 .

In this embodiment, the operation interface creation module 120 further includes a customary manual setting module 129 , and the customary manual setting module 129 is used to define a customary manual setting area 206 in the configuration pointing operation interface 200 . When the manual manual setting module 129 determines that the touch signal is located in the manual manual setting area 206 , the display positions of the mouse button area (including the right mouse button area 201 and the left mouse button area 202 ) and the cursor position control area 203 are exchanged. In detail, when the user touches the customary manual setting area 206, the customary manual setting module 129 will switch the cursor position control area 203 originally located on the right side of the mouse button area to the left side of the mouse button area. That is, when the manual manual setting module 129 determines that the touch signal is located in the manual manual setting area 206 , the manual manual setting module 129 will exchange the display positions of the mouse button area and the cursor position control area 205 . In this way, both right-handed and left-handed users can easily set a convenient mode through the manual-dominant setting area 206 .

It is worth mentioning that the operation interface creation module 120 displays the configurable pointing operation interface 200 on the touch screen 110 according to a transparency, so as to prevent the configurable pointing operation interface 200 from covering the original A screen displayed on the touch screen 110 . In another embodiment, if the touch screen 110 does not receive any touch signal, it means that the user is not going to perform any operation through the configuration pointing operation interface 200, so the operation interface creation module 120 will use a higher transparency The configurable pointing operation interface 200 is displayed on the touch screen 110 , so that the user can view the screen content on the touch screen 110 more clearly.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the configurable pointing operation device 100 can be configured in a mobile electronic device such as a Tablet PC (Tablet PC) or an Ultra Mobile PC (Ultra Mobile PC, UMPC), and then the configurable pointing operation device 100 is displayed on the touch screen 110. The operation interface 200 is convenient for the user to operate the configuration-style pointing operation interface 200 with the thumb while holding the mobile electronic device with both hands, thereby avoiding the fatigue caused by holding the mobile electronic device with one hand and achieving lifting operation Convenience Purposes.

3A , 3B, 3C and 3D are schematic diagrams of mobile electronic devices configured with the configuration pointing operation device 100 . As shown in the mobile electronic device 300 in FIG. 3A , through the operation of the configurable pointing operation device 100 , the user can see the configurable pointing operation interface 200 on the touch screen 110 . Therefore, when a right-handed user uses the mobile electronic device 300, he can easily hold the left and right sides of the mobile electronic device 300 with both hands, and point to the operation interface 200 through the configuration displayed near the right edge of the touch screen 110. to move the cursor or perform mouse button functions. However, as shown in FIG. 3B , when the user wants to rotate the mobile electronic device 300 shown in FIG. 3A 90 degrees to the left or right to change its use direction, the user can also point to the operation interface 200 by touching the configuration. The interface rotation control area 205 is used to switch the display direction of the configuration pointing operation interface 200 so that the display direction is parallel to the user's viewing angle. In this way, no matter how the user rotates the mobile electronic device 300, the configuration pointing operation interface 200 can be adjusted to the most appropriate display direction for the user to hold the mobile electronic device 300 with both hands while configuring The mobile electronic device 300 is operated by pointing to the operation interface 200 .

Please refer to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3C. For left-handed users, they can touch the display position adjustment area 204 to move the configuration pointing operation interface 200 to the left edge of the touch screen 110, and touch the configuration The customary manual setting area 206 on the configuration pointing operation interface 200 is used to adjust the display positions of the mouse button area (including the right mouse button area 201 and the left mouse button area 202 ) and the cursor position control area 203 in the configuration type pointing operation interface 200 . After the above operations, the pointing operation interface 200 shown in FIG. 3A will be as shown in FIG. 3C . FIG. 3D shows that the user changes the direction of use of the mobile electronic device 300 in FIG. 3C . The user only needs to touch the interface rotation control area 205 to switch the display direction of the configuration pointing operation interface 200 . It can be clearly found that left-handed users can also hold the left and right sides of the mobile electronic device 300 with both hands, and touch the configuration pointing operation interface 200 displayed near the left edge with the thumb of the left hand, so as to facilitate mobile The electronic device 300 operates.

As mentioned above, the display position and display direction of the configuration pointing operation interface 200 on the touch screen 110, as well as the arrangement of the right mouse button area 201, the left mouse button area 202 and the cursor position control area 203, can all be used according to different applications. Get used to making flexible adjustments. Compared with the traditional cursor control point and physical buttons fixedly arranged on the outer frame of the screen, the configurable pointing operation interface 200 of this embodiment undoubtedly provides users with a more convenient and flexible way to operate the mobile electronic device 300 .

Then please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 at the same time. In the following embodiments, the configuration-style pointing operation interface 400 displayed on the touch screen 110 by the operation interface creation module 120 includes a mouse button area (ie, a right mouse button area 401) displayed in a dispersed manner. and the left mouse button area 402) and the cursor position control area 403. Wherein, located below the right mouse button area 401 and the left mouse button area 402 is a display position adjustment area 404 , which can be used to adjust the display positions of the right mouse button area 401 and the left mouse button area 402 on the touch screen 110 . In addition, a display position adjustment area 404 , an interface rotation control area 405 , and a customary manual setting area 406 are included below the cursor position control area 403 . Since the functions of these regions are the same or similar to those described in the above embodiments, details are not described here.

Similarly, the configuration pointing operation interface 400 displayed by the operation interface creation module 120 also has transparency to avoid covering the screen on the touch screen 110 . When the touch screen 110 does not receive any touch signal, the operation interface creation module 120 will display the configuration pointing operation interface 400 with the highest transparency, thereby providing a complete browsing area.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of a mobile electronic device 500 configured with a configuration pointing operation device 100 . As shown in FIG. 5A, the operation interface building module 120 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) displays the mouse button area and the mouse button area of the configuration pointing operation interface 400 (as shown in FIG. Cursor position control area 403 . Therefore, when the user holds the left and right sides of the mobile electronic device 500 with both hands, the user can respectively touch the right mouse button area 401, the left mouse button area 402 and the cursor position control area 405 with the thumbs of both hands to control the mobile electronic device 500. to operate. Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5B again. The user can also change the configuration pointing operation interface through the display position adjustment area 404, the interface rotation control area 405, and the customary manual setting area 406 on the configuration pointing operation interface 400. The display position and display direction of 400 make the configuration pointing operation interface 400 more suitable for use. In this embodiment, when the user holds the mobile electronic device 500 with both hands, he can simultaneously move the cursor or activate the functions of the left button and the right button with the thumbs of both hands, so that the operation stability is still maintained under a long operation time, and Portability of the mobile electronic device 500 can be maintained.

In yet another embodiment, in order to allow users to more clearly identify the functions represented by each area in the configuration-style pointing operation interface, when the operation interface creation module displays the configuration-type pointing operation interface, it will also Corresponding icons are displayed in each area to prompt the user, thereby avoiding misoperation.

In addition, the above-mentioned configurable pointing operation interface 400 can also be provided with a functional touch area that can combine the mouse button area and the cursor position control area 403 displayed separately. The user only needs to touch this function touch area to combine. The mouse button area and the cursor position control area 403 are distributed and displayed to achieve the configuration pointing operation interface 200 as shown in FIG. 2 .

It is worth mentioning that as long as the content of the above-mentioned embodiments is designed as a computer program including a plurality of program codes, built in a computer system, or using a computer-readable storage medium (such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, and a removable hard disk) etc.) to store the computer program, and after the computer program is loaded into the mobile electronic device, the configuration pointing operation interface can be displayed on the touch screen, so that the user can control the computer system or the mobile device through the configuration pointing operation interface. electronic device to operate.

In summary, the configurable pointing operation device and the computer system recording the program for displaying the configurable pointing operation interface according to the present invention allow users to Operate mobile electronic devices. Not only can it ensure that the user can hold and operate the device for a long time, but also the appearance of the configurable pointing operation interface can be changed according to various usage habits, so as to improve the convenience and flexibility of operating the mobile electronic device.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall prevail as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (9)

1. configurational directional operation device comprises:

One touch-screen is to detect a touch signal; And

One operation interface is set up module, is coupled to this touch-screen, and on this touch-screen, to show a configurational directional operation interface, wherein this configurational directional operation interface comprises a mousebutton district and a cursor position control zone, and this operation interface is set up module and comprised:

One mouse button functions driver module with when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this mousebutton district, triggers a mouse button functions;

One cursor position control module with according to the displacement of this touch signal in this cursor position control zone, moves and is presented at the cursor on this touch-screen; And

One display position adjusting module; With definition one display position adjustment district in this configurational directional operation interface; And when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this display position adjustment district, on this touch-screen, move this configurational directional operation interface accordingly according to the displacement of this touch signal.

2. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this operation interface is set up module at this configurational directional operation interface of position display near the one edge of this touch-screen.

3. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this operation interface is set up module in the position near different two edges of this touch-screen, shows this mousebutton district and this cursor position control zone respectively.

4. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this operation interface is set up module and is also comprised:

One interface Spin Control module with definition Spin Control district, one interface in this configurational directional operation interface, and when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this Spin Control district, interface, is switched a display direction of this configurational directional operation interface.

5. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein this interface Spin Control module is a view directions that is parallel to the user to switch this display direction.

6. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this operation interface is set up module and is also comprised:

One habitual manual setting module with the one habitual manual setting district of definition in this configurational directional operation interface, and when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this habitual manual setting district, exchanges the display position of this mousebutton district and this cursor position control zone.

7. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1; Wherein this mouse button functions driver module also is included in definition one a left mouse button district and a right mouse keypad in this mousebutton district; And when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this left mouse button district; Triggering is corresponding to this mouse button functions of left mouse button, and when judging that this touch signal is positioned at this right mouse keypad, triggering is corresponding to this mouse button functions of right mouse button.

8. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this operation interface is set up module and is also comprised according to a transparency and on this touch-screen, show this configurational directional operation interface.

9. configurational directional operation device as claimed in claim 8, wherein this operation interface is set up module when this touch-screen does not receive any touch signal, on this touch-screen, shows this configurational directional operation interface with this higher transparency.

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