CN103019419B - Electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof - Google Patents

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CN103019419B
CN103019419B CN201110280472.3A CN201110280472A CN103019419B CN 103019419 B CN103019419 B CN 103019419B CN 201110280472 A CN201110280472 A CN 201110280472A CN 103019419 B CN103019419 B CN 103019419B
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Abstract

The invention provides a kind of electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof, the touch area of described electronic equipment is the first touch area, and described touch area control method comprises: receive touch area regulating command; In response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And the mark of display for representing described second touch area; Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, do not perform the operation corresponding to described input.

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Electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to the field of electronic equipment, more specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof.
Background technology
In recent years, there is the electronic equipment increased popularity of touch sensor.In such electronic equipment, usually touch sensor and display stack-up are arranged, to form touch display screen.User, by the surface with the operating body contact touch display screen such as pointed, sends input instruction to described electronic equipment.Along with the demand that user increases for the area of display, the area also corresponding increase of touch sensor, makes the edge of touch sensor more and more close to the edge of electronic equipment.In the case, when user grasps electronic equipment, due to the difference of the difference and use habit of such as pointing the physiological make-up of size, the finger of certain customers may touch touch sensor, causes maloperation.
Summary of the invention
Because above-mentioned situation, the invention provides a kind of electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof, it can make user suitably regulate the touch area of touch sensor as required, effectively reduces maloperation.In addition, the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the present invention and touch area control method thereof, by the mark of display for showing the touch area after adjustment, making to regulate result visualization, further improving Consumer's Experience.
According to one embodiment of the invention, provide a kind of touch area control method, be applied to an electronic equipment, the touch area of described electronic equipment is the first touch area, and described touch area control method comprises: receive touch area regulating command; In response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And the mark of display for representing described second touch area; Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, do not perform the operation corresponding to described input.
Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area can comprise: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described touch sensor; And other parts turned off in described touch sensor except described Part II.
Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area can comprise: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described touch sensor; And the Part III in described touch sensor is set to disabled status, under described disabled status, when receiving the touching signals from described Part III, described touching signals is not responded.
Described electronic equipment can comprise display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, described touch area control method also can comprise: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit.
Described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area can be comprised: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described display unit; The Part II in described display unit is utilized to show the display frame of described electronic equipment; And other parts turned off in described display unit except Part II.
Described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area can be comprised: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described display unit; And the Part III controlled in described display unit shows the picture irrelevant with described display frame.
Described electronic equipment comprises display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, described touch area control method also can comprise: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit; And, described display frame comprises can by the input control of user operation and can not by the content of user operation, described input control is presented at the primary importance on described first viewing area, described content is presented at the second place on described first viewing area, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area can comprise: described input control is presented at the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area, and keeps described content to be presented at the described second place.
In described first viewing area, display can by the input control of user operation and can not by the content of user operation, described input control is presented at the primary importance on described first viewing area, described content is presented at the second place on described first viewing area, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area can comprise: described input control is presented at the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area, and described content is presented at the 4th position in described second touch area.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, provide a kind of electronic equipment, its touch area is the first touch area, and described electronic equipment comprises: receiving element, receives touch area regulating command; Regulon, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, is adjusted to the second touch area by the touch area of described electronic equipment; And first display processing unit, show the mark for representing described second touch area; Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, described electronic equipment performs the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, described electronic equipment does not perform the operation corresponding to described input.
Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and described regulon can comprise: the first determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part II in described touch sensor; And first turns off unit, turns off other parts in described touch sensor except described Part II.
Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and described regulon can comprise: the second determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part III in described touch sensor; And setting unit, the Part III in described touch sensor being set to disabled status, under described disabled status, when receiving the touching signals from described Part III, described touching signals not being responded.
Described electronic equipment comprises display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, described electronic equipment also can comprise: the second display processing unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit.
Described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described second display processing unit can comprise: the 3rd determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described display unit; First sub-display processing unit, utilizes the Part II in described display unit to show the display frame of described electronic equipment; And second turns off unit, turns off other parts in described display unit except Part II.
Described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described second display processing unit can comprise: the 4th determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described display unit; And the second sub-display processing unit, control the picture that Part III display in described display unit is irrelevant with described display frame.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, provide a kind of electronic equipment, comprise touch sensor, its touch area is the first touch area, and described electronic equipment also comprises: input interface, is configured to receive touch area regulating command; Processor, is configured to, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And display, be configured to show the mark for representing described second touch area; Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, described processor is configured to perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, described processor is configured to not perform the operation corresponding to described input.
In the electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof of the embodiment of the present invention, by in response to touch area regulating command, turn off or forbidding touch sensor at least partially, have adjusted the touch area of electronic equipment, make user suitably can regulate the touch area of touch sensor as required, thus make the setting of touch area be more suitable for physiological make-up and the use habit of user, can maloperation be reduced.Further, in the electronic equipment and touch area control method thereof of the embodiment of the present invention, by the mark of display for representing the touch area after adjustment, making it possible to the effect showing touch area adjustment visually, further improving the experience of user.
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Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of diagram according to the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of diagram according to the main configuration of the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the main configuration illustrating electronic equipment according to another embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 4 A-4C is the schematic diagram of diagram according to the application example of the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention.
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The embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to accompanying drawing.
First, with reference to Fig. 1, the touch area control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is described.
Touch area control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied in electronic equipment.Described electronic equipment is smart mobile phone, personal digital assistant, panel computer etc. such as.Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor.The region supplying user to carry out touch operation that described touch sensor provides is called touch area.In addition, touch sensor described here can be resistive touch sensor, capacitive touch sensors etc.And described touch sensor not only comprises the touch sensor of contact, the touch sensor etc. of proximity also can be comprised.In addition, described touch sensor can be single-sensor, also can be multiple sensors of such as arranged in arrays.
In addition, described electronic equipment also can comprise display screen, also referred to as display or display unit time hereafter suitably.The area of described display screen can be identical with the area of described touch sensor, also can be different.Alternatively, by described display screen and the stacked setting of described touch sensor, to form touch display screen.
When the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention starts, the touch area of described electronic equipment is the first touch area.Described first touch area such as corresponds to the Part I sensor in described touch sensor.
As shown in Figure 1, in step S101, the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention receives touch area regulating command.Particularly, described touch area control method receives the regulating command of described touch area by various ways.
More specifically, such as, can to the hardkey switch of described electronic equipment setting for sending touch area regulating command.Described touch area control method receives touch area regulating command in response to detecting described hardkey switch to be switched on.
Again such as, the control (soft key switch) for sending touch area regulating command is set on the touch display screen of described electronic equipment by software.Described touch area control method receives touch area regulating command in response to control described in user operation being detected.
In addition, the certain gestures pattern for sending touch area regulating command can be pre-set.Described touch area control method can receive touch area regulating command in response to the described certain gestures that user makes being detected.Gesture mode suitable arbitrarily can be set to described certain gestures pattern by those skilled in the art as required, does not specifically limit at this.
In addition, the touch area regulating command that described touch area control method receives can specify the size of the touch area after adjustment.More specifically, the regulating command of described touch area can be step-type regulating command, as corresponded to the regulating command of large touch area, middle touch area and little touch area.Such as, described touch area control method can pre-set the different gears of multiple hardkey corresponding to the touch area regulating command of above-mentioned size at different levels or soft key switch or single hardkey or soft key switch.After this, described touch area control method can receive the regulating command of the touch area of corresponding size in response to the selection of connection or corresponding gear that corresponding switch detected.
Alternatively, the touch area regulating command that described touch area control method receives can also be the regulating command of continous way.Such as, described touch area control method can in response to any enclosed figure that user draws for touch sensor being detected and receiving the regulating command of the touch area corresponding with this figure.
In step S102, the touch area of described electronic equipment, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, is adjusted to the second touch area by described touch area control method.
Particularly, in one embodiment, described touch area control method in response to the regulating command of described touch area, can determine the Part II in described touch sensor.More specifically, described touch area control method is based on the size of the touch area after adjustment specified in the regulating command of described touch area, determine the scope with the touch sensor corresponding to the touch area of this size, that is, determine the Part II in described touch sensor.That is, the Part II in described touch sensor corresponds to described second touch area.
After this, described touch area control method turns off other parts in described touch sensor except described Part II.Now, when described in user contacts in described touch sensor during other parts, other parts described in described touch sensor will not respond the contact of user.
In other words, in the case, when described touch area control method receives the input from described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is performed.On the other hand, when described touch area control method receives the input beyond described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is not performed.
In another embodiment, described touch area control method in response to the regulating command of described touch area, can determine the Part III in described touch sensor.More specifically, described touch area control method is based on the size of the touch area after adjustment specified in the regulating command of described touch area, determine the scope with the touch sensor corresponding to the touch area of this size, and the part in described touch sensor except above-mentioned scope is defined as described Part III.That is, described Part III corresponds to the region in the touch area of described touch sensor except described second touch area.
After this, Part III in described touch sensor is set to disabled status by described touch area control method, under described disabled status, when user contacts the Part III of described touch sensor, although the Part III of described touch sensor produces touching signals in response to the contact of user, but described touch area control method does not respond described touching signals.Such as, described touch area control method can shield described touching signals.
In other words, in the case, when described touch area control method receives the input from described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is performed.On the other hand, when described touch area control method receives the input beyond described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is not performed.
Next, in step S103, the mark of control method display in described touch area for representing described second touch area.Such as, described touch area control method can show the wire frame corresponding to described second touch area, as described mark.Again such as, the display in described second touch area can show, as described mark with Special Effect Show (as different colours, different brightness etc.) by described touch area control method.Certainly, those skilled in the art can arrange arbitrarily the mark for representing described second touch area as required, specifically do not limit at this.
Above, the touch area control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is described.By in response to touch area regulating command, turn off or forbidding touch sensor at least partially, have adjusted the touch area of electronic equipment, make user suitably can regulate the touch area of touch sensor as required, thus make the setting of touch area be more suitable for physiological make-up and the use habit of user, can maloperation be reduced.Further, in the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention, by the mark of display for representing the touch area after adjustment, making it possible to the effect showing touch area adjustment visually, further improving the experience of user.
It is to be noted, after the process by above-mentioned steps S101-S103 have adjusted touch area, described touch area control method can by shown for representing that the mark of described second touch area continues to be presented at described electronic equipment in step S103, with the scope making user can know current touch area intuitively.Alternatively, described touch area control method also can make described mark no longer be presented on described electronic equipment after predetermined time interval, so that user more clearly can check the display frame on described electronic equipment.
In addition, also it is pointed out that the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention not only can regulate touch area, viewing area can also be regulated further.
More specifically, as mentioned above, described electronic equipment comprises display unit.Described display unit can be LED display unit, liquid crystal display etc.Described display unit has a viewing area.In addition, when the method for the embodiment of the present invention starts to regulate viewing area, a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in described viewing area.Described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit.
Now, described display frame in response to the regulating command of described touch area, can be presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit by described touch area control method.
Particularly, in one embodiment, described touch area control method in response to the regulating command of described touch area, to operate with like the class of operation in above-mentioned steps S102, can determine the Part II in described display unit.Next, described touch area control method utilizes the Part II in described display unit to show the display frame of described electronic equipment, and turns off other parts in described display unit except Part II.
Thus, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area by described touch area control method.
In another embodiment, described touch area control method can in response to the regulating command of described touch area, to operate with like the class of operation in above-mentioned steps S102, determine the Part III in described display unit, and the picture that the Part III display controlled in described display unit and described display frame have nothing to do.Such as, described touch area control method can make described Part III show the color identical with the color of the frame of described electronic equipment, and to make the angle from user, described Part III is ready-made frame shape.
It is pointed out that in above-described embodiment, described touch area control method have adjusted viewing area based on touch area regulating command.Alternatively, described touch area control method also can regulate viewing area based on independent viewing area regulating command.In other words, the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention can regulate touch area and viewing area respectively in response to the touch area regulating command separated and viewing area regulating command, also can regulate touch area and viewing area in response to independent order simultaneously.
In addition, it is pointed out that in above-described embodiment, described touch area control method based on touch area regulating command by integrally-regulated for display frame for being presented at the second viewing area.Alternatively, described touch area control method also based on touch area regulating command, can carry out different adjustments according to the different information in described display frame.
Below, with reference to Fig. 4 A-4C, be described in conjunction with a concrete example.
Fig. 4 A-4C is the schematic diagram of diagram according to the application example of the touch area control method of the embodiment of the present invention.In Figure 4 A, 401 is the edge of electronic equipment 400, and 402 is (touch sensor) first touch area of electronic equipment, is also electronic equipment (display unit) first viewing area simultaneously.That is, in Figure 4 A, the touch area that described electronic equipment is current is identical with viewing area.In addition, show in described first viewing area 402 and can carry out the input control 403-405 that operates and can not by the video content of user operation by user.
In one embodiment, described touch area control method based on the composition information of display frame, can recognize described display frame and comprises two kinds of pictures of different nature: can by the input control of user operation and can not by the content of user operation.Thus, when described touch area control method receives touch area regulating command, described input control and described content are regulated respectively.
Particularly, suppose that described input control is presented at the primary importance on described first viewing area 402 in Figure 4 A, described content is presented at the second place on described first viewing area 402 in Figure 4 A.Now, on the one hand, the touch area of described electronic equipment, in response to touch area regulating command, is adjusted to the second touch area 406 as shown in the dotted line in Fig. 4 B by described touch area control method.On the other hand, described touch area control method is in response to touch area regulating command, based on above-mentioned recognition result, the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area 406 can be presented at by the described input control of user operation, as the position residing for the 403-405 in Fig. 4 B, and keep to be presented at the described second place by the described content of user operation.The display of the electronic equipment 400 after adjustment as shown in Figure 4 B.
Visible by comparison diagram 4A and Fig. 4 B, in the case, described touch area control method only by position adjustments to the second touch area 406 of input control 403-405, thus facilitates the operation of user.Meanwhile, described touch area control method keeps video content to continue to present with large-size, thus facilitates the viewing of user.
In another embodiment, described touch area control method does not carry out above-mentioned identifying operation to display frame, but regulates the display of display frame entirety.Now, on the one hand, the touch area of described electronic equipment, in response to touch area regulating command, is adjusted to the second touch area 407 as shown in FIG. 4 C by described touch area control method.On the other hand, described touch area control method is in response to touch area regulating command, described input control is presented at the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area 407, as and by as described in content be presented at as described in the 4th position in the second touch area 407.The display of the electronic equipment 400 after adjustment as shown in Figure 4 C.
Visible by comparison diagram 4A and Fig. 4 C, in the case, the display of control method to display frame entirety of described touch area regulates, thus maintain regulate before and after each element in display frame (such as, can by the input control 403-405 of user operation and can not by the video content of user operation) the consistance of layout.
Above, the touch area control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is described.Below, with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the electronic equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention is described.
According to electronic equipment such as smart mobile phone, personal digital assistant, the panel computer etc. of the embodiment of the present invention.Described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor.The region supplying user to carry out touch operation that described touch sensor provides is called touch area.In addition, touch sensor described here can be resistive touch sensor, capacitive touch sensors etc.And described touch sensor not only comprises the touch sensor of contact, the touch sensor etc. of proximity also can be comprised.In addition, described touch sensor can be single-sensor, also can be multiple sensors of such as arranged in arrays.
In addition, described electronic equipment also can comprise display screen, also referred to as display or display unit time hereafter suitably.The area of described display screen can be identical with the area of described touch sensor, also can be different.Alternatively, by described display screen and the stacked setting of described touch sensor, to form touch display screen.
The current touch area of described electronic equipment is the first touch area.Described first touch area such as corresponds to the Part I sensor in described touch sensor.
As shown in Figure 2, receiving element 201, regulon 202 and the first display processing unit 203 is comprised according to the electronic equipment 200 of the embodiment of the present invention.
Described receiving element 201 receives touch area regulating command.Particularly, described receiving element 201 receives the regulating command of described touch area by various ways.
More specifically, such as, can to the hardkey switch of described electronic equipment setting for sending touch area regulating command.Described receiving element 201 receives touch area regulating command in response to detecting described hardkey switch to be switched on.
Again such as, the control (soft key switch) for sending touch area regulating command is set on the touch display screen of described electronic equipment by software.Described receiving element 201 receives touch area regulating command in response to control described in user operation being detected.
In addition, the certain gestures pattern for sending touch area regulating command can be pre-set.Described receiving element 201 can receive touch area regulating command in response to the described certain gestures that user makes being detected.Gesture mode suitable arbitrarily can be set to described certain gestures pattern by those skilled in the art as required, does not specifically limit at this.
In addition, the touch area regulating command that described receiving element 201 receives can specify the size of the touch area after adjustment.More specifically, the regulating command of described touch area can be step-type regulating command, as corresponded to the regulating command of large touch area, middle touch area and little touch area.Such as, described electronic equipment can pre-set the different gears of multiple hardkey corresponding to the touch area regulating command of above-mentioned size at different levels or soft key switch or single hardkey or soft key switch.After this, described receiving element 201 can receive the regulating command of the touch area of corresponding size in response to the selection of connection or corresponding gear that corresponding switch detected.
Alternatively, the touch area regulating command that described receiving element 201 receives can also be the regulating command of continous way.Such as, described receiving element 201 can in response to any enclosed figure that user draws for touch sensor being detected and receiving the regulating command of the touch area corresponding with this figure.
The touch area of described electronic equipment, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, is adjusted to the second touch area by regulon 202.
Particularly, in one embodiment, described regulon 202 can comprise the first determining unit and the first shutoff unit.Described first determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described touch sensor.More specifically, described first determining unit is based on the size of the touch area after adjustment specified in the regulating command of described touch area, determine the scope with the touch sensor corresponding to the touch area of this size, that is, determine the Part II in described touch sensor.That is, the Part II in described touch sensor corresponds to described second touch area.Described first shutoff unit turns off other parts in described touch sensor except described Part II.Now, when described in user contacts in described touch sensor during other parts, other parts described in described touch sensor will not respond the contact of user.
In other words, in the case, when described electronic equipment 200 receives the input from described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is performed.On the other hand, when described electronic equipment 200 receives the input beyond described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is not performed.
In another embodiment, described regulon 202 can comprise the second determining unit and setting unit.Second determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described touch sensor.More specifically, described second determining unit is based on the size of the touch area after adjustment specified in the regulating command of described touch area, determine the scope with the touch sensor corresponding to the touch area of this size, and the part in described touch sensor except above-mentioned scope is defined as described Part III.That is, described Part III corresponds to the region in the touch area of described touch sensor except described second touch area.
Described setting unit, is set to disabled status by the Part III in described touch sensor, under described disabled status, when receiving the touching signals from described Part III, does not respond described touching signals.That is, under described disabled status, when user contacts the Part III of described touch sensor, although the Part III of described touch sensor produces touching signals in response to the contact of user, but described electronic equipment 200 does not respond described touching signals.Such as, described electronic equipment 200 can shield described touching signals.
In other words, in the case, when described electronic equipment 200 receives the input from described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is performed.On the other hand, when described electronic equipment 200 receives the input beyond described second touch area, the operation corresponding to described input is not performed.
Described first display processing unit 203 shows the mark for representing described second touch area.Such as, described first display processing unit 203 can show the wire frame corresponding to described second touch area, as described mark.Again such as, the display in described second touch area can show, as described mark with Special Effect Show (as different colours, different brightness etc.) by described first display processing unit 203.Certainly, those skilled in the art can arrange arbitrarily the mark for representing described second touch area as required, specifically do not limit at this.
It is pointed out that the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the present invention not only can regulate touch area, viewing area can also be regulated further.
Now, described electronic equipment also comprises: the second display processing unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit.
Particularly, in one embodiment, described second display processing unit can comprise: the 3rd determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described display unit; First sub-display processing unit, utilizes the Part II in described display unit to show the display frame of described electronic equipment; And second turns off unit, turns off other parts in described display unit except Part II.Thus, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area by described touch area control method.
In another embodiment, described second display processing unit can comprise: the 4th determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described display unit; And the second sub-display processing unit, control the picture that Part III display in described display unit is irrelevant with described display frame.Such as, described second sub-display processing unit can make described Part III show the color identical with the color of the frame of described electronic equipment, and to make the angle from user, described Part III is ready-made frame shape.
Below, the main configuration of electronic equipment is according to another embodiment of the present invention described with reference to Fig. 3.As shown in Figure 3, described electronic equipment 300 comprises touch sensor 301, and its touch area is the first touch area, and described electronic equipment 300 also comprises:
Input interface 302, is configured to receive touch area regulating command;
Processor 303, is configured to, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And
Display 304, is configured to show the mark for representing described second touch area;
Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, described processor is configured to perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, described processor is configured to not perform the operation corresponding to described input.
The configuration of each unit of described electronic equipment 300 is described in detail in the control method of described touch area with reference to figure 1 with operation, no longer repeats at this.
Described above is the electronic equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention.By in response to touch area regulating command, turn off or forbidding touch sensor at least partially, have adjusted the touch area of electronic equipment, make user suitably can regulate the touch area of touch sensor as required, thus make the setting of touch area be more suitable for physiological make-up and the use habit of user, can maloperation be reduced.Further, in the electronic equipment of the embodiment of the present invention, by the mark of display for representing the touch area after adjustment, making it possible to the effect showing touch area adjustment visually, further improving the experience of user.
Above, electronic equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention and touch area control method thereof is described referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 4.
It should be noted that, in this manual, term " comprises ", " comprising " or its any other variant are intended to contain comprising of nonexcludability, thus make to comprise the process of a series of key element, method, article or equipment and not only comprise those key elements, but also comprise other key elements clearly do not listed, or also comprise by the intrinsic key element of this process, method, article or equipment.When not more restrictions, the key element limited by statement " comprising ... ", and be not precluded within process, method, article or the equipment comprising described key element and also there is other identical element.
In addition, it should be noted that, conveniently a unit and another unit are distinguished mutually when statement such as such as " first ", " second " etc. is above only for describing, and do not mean that its two unit that must be set to physically be separated.That is, such as, the first display processing unit and the second display processing unit can be set to two unit be separated, and also can be set to a unit.
Finally, also it should be noted that, above-mentioned a series of process not only comprises with the order described here temporally process that performs of sequence, and comprises process that is parallel or that perform respectively instead of in chronological order.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that the present invention can add required hardware platform by software and realize, and can certainly all be implemented by hardware.Based on such understanding, what technical scheme of the present invention contributed to background technology can embody with the form of software product in whole or in part, this computer software product can be stored in storage medium, as ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, CD etc., comprising some instructions in order to make a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) perform the method described in some part of each embodiment of the present invention or embodiment.
In embodiments of the present invention, units/modules can use software simulating, to be performed by various types of processor.For example, the executable code module of a mark can comprise one or more physics or the logical block of computer instruction, and for example, it can be built as object, process or function.However, the executable code of institute's identification module is does not have to be physically positioned at together, but the different instruction be stored in not coordination can be comprised, and when these command logics combine, its Component units/module and realize the regulation object of this units/modules.
When units/modules can utilize software simulating, consider the level of existing hardware technique, so can with the units/modules of software simulating, when not considering cost, those skilled in the art can build corresponding hardware circuit and realize corresponding function, and described hardware circuit comprises existing semiconductor or other discrete element of conventional ultra-large integrated (VLSI) circuit or gate array and such as logic chip, transistor and so on.Module can also use programmable hardware device, the realizations such as such as field programmable gate array, programmable logic array, programmable logic device.
Above to invention has been detailed introduction, applying specific case herein and setting forth principle of the present invention and embodiment, the explanation of above embodiment just understands method of the present invention and core concept thereof for helping; Meanwhile, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, all will change in specific embodiments and applications, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.

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1. a touch area control method, is applied to an electronic equipment, and the touch area of described electronic equipment is the first touch area, and described touch area control method comprises:
Receive touch area regulating command;
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And
The mark of display for representing described second touch area;
Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, do not perform the operation corresponding to described input;
Wherein, described electronic equipment comprises display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, and described touch area control method also comprises:
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit.
2. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, and described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area comprises:
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part II in described touch sensor; And
Turn off other parts in described touch sensor except described Part II.
3. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, and described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area comprises:
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part III in described touch sensor; And
Part III in described touch sensor being set to disabled status, under described disabled status, when receiving the touching signals from described Part III, described touching signals not being responded.
4. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area and comprises:
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part II in described display unit;
The Part II in described display unit is utilized to show the display frame of described electronic equipment; And
Turn off other parts in described display unit except Part II.
5. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area and comprises:
In response to the regulating command of described touch area, determine the Part III in described display unit; And
Control the picture that the Part III display in described display unit has nothing to do with described display frame.
6. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, described electronic equipment comprises display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, described touch area control method also comprises: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit;
And, described display frame comprises can by the input control of user operation and can not by the content of user operation, described input control is presented at the primary importance on described first viewing area, described content is presented at the second place on described first viewing area, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area comprises:
Described input control is presented at the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area, and keeps described content to be presented at the described second place.
7. touch area as claimed in claim 1 control method, wherein, in described first viewing area, display can by the input control of user operation and can not by the content of user operation, described input control is presented at the primary importance on described first viewing area, described content is presented at the second place on described first viewing area, and described display frame is presented at the second viewing area comprises:
Described input control is presented at the 3rd position being positioned at described second touch area, and described content is presented at the 4th position in described second touch area.
8. an electronic equipment, its touch area is the first touch area, and described electronic equipment comprises:
Receiving element, receives touch area regulating command;
Regulon, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, is adjusted to the second touch area by the touch area of described electronic equipment; And
First display processing unit, shows the mark for representing described second touch area;
Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, described electronic equipment performs the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, described electronic equipment does not perform the operation corresponding to described input;
Wherein, described electronic equipment comprises display unit, and a display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit, and described electronic equipment also comprises:
Second display processing unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display unit by described display frame.
9. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, and described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and described regulon comprises:
First determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described touch sensor; And
First turns off unit, turns off other parts in described touch sensor except described Part II.
10. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described electronic equipment comprises touch sensor, and described first touch area corresponds to the Part I in described touch sensor, and described regulon comprises:
Second determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described touch sensor; And
Setting unit, is set to disabled status by the Part III in described touch sensor, under described disabled status, when receiving the touching signals from described Part III, does not respond described touching signals.
11. electronic equipments as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described second display processing unit comprises:
3rd determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part II in described display unit;
First sub-display processing unit, utilizes the Part II in described display unit to show the display frame of described electronic equipment; And
Second turns off unit, turns off other parts in described display unit except Part II.
12. electronic equipments as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described first viewing area corresponds to the Part I in described display unit, and described second display processing unit comprises:
4th determining unit, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, determines the Part III in described display unit; And
Second sub-display processing unit, controls the picture that the Part III display in described display unit has nothing to do with described display frame.
13. 1 kinds of electronic equipments, comprise touch sensor, and its touch area is the first touch area, and described electronic equipment also comprises:
Input interface, is configured to receive touch area regulating command;
Processor, is configured to, in response to the regulating command of described touch area, the touch area of described electronic equipment is adjusted to the second touch area; And
Display, is configured to show the mark for representing described second touch area;
Wherein, when receiving the input from described second touch area, described processor is configured to perform the operation corresponding to described input; When receiving the input beyond described second touch area, described processor is configured to not perform the operation corresponding to described input;
Wherein, one display frame is presented at the first viewing area in the viewing area of described display, described processor is also configured to: in response to the regulating command of described touch area, described display frame is presented at the second viewing area in the viewing area of described display.
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