CN111459382A

CN111459382A - Touch input method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111459382A
Application number: CN202010239090.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 上官昕阳; 肖学军
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-30
Filing date: 2020-03-30
Publication date: 2020-07-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a touch input method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problem that the traditional touch key setting mode has poor man-machine interaction performance. The specific scheme comprises the following steps: receiving a first input to any sub-region of the N sub-regions; responding to the first input, displaying N function identifiers in a display screen, wherein the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas; and if second input to the target sub-area in the N sub-areas is received, responding to the second input, and executing the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area. The scheme is applied to a scene that a user carries out touch operation on the touch area of the side frame of the electronic equipment.

Description

Touch input method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a touch input method and electronic equipment.

Background

In order to facilitate the user to use the electronic device, a physical key is usually provided on the electronic device. Currently, the physical keys include traditional mechanical keys and touch keys based on pressure-sensitive touch technology. However, since the mechanical keys are vulnerable, more and more electronic devices use touch keys instead of the mechanical keys.

Generally, a plurality of touch keys, such as a volume + key, a volume-key, a power key, and the like, may be disposed on the electronic device. The user can trigger the electronic device to execute the touch function corresponding to the touch key through inputting one touch key of the touch keys according to actual use requirements.

However, in a case where there are many touch keys, a user may not be able to determine which touch function each touch key specifically corresponds to, which may easily cause a user to perform a misoperation on the touch key. Therefore, the existing setting mode of the touch key has the problem of poor man-machine interaction performance.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a touch input method and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the problem of poor man-machine interaction performance of a traditional touch key setting mode.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a touch input method. The method is applied to electronic equipment comprising a display screen and a side frame, wherein a touch area is arranged on the side frame and comprises N subregions, each subregion corresponds to one function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1. The method can comprise the following steps: receiving a first input to any sub-region of the N sub-regions; responding to the first input, displaying N function identifiers in a display screen, wherein the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas; and if second input to the target sub-area in the N sub-areas is received, responding to the second input, and executing the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device. The electronic equipment comprises a display screen and a side frame, wherein a touch area is arranged on the side frame and comprises N sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to one function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1. The electronic equipment comprises a receiving module, a display module and a processing module. The receiving module is used for receiving a first input of any sub-area in the N sub-areas; the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying N function identifiers in a display screen, and the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas; and the processing module is used for responding to a second input and executing the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area if the receiving module receives the second input to the target sub-area in the N sub-areas.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the electronic device implements the steps of the touch input method in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the touch input method in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment comprises a display screen and a side frame provided with a touch area, wherein the touch area comprises N sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to one function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1. The electronic equipment can receive first input of a user to any sub-area in the N sub-areas; responding to the first input, displaying N function identifiers in the display screen, wherein the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas; after that, if a second input to the target sub-region in the N sub-regions is received, the electronic device may execute a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input. By the scheme, when the touch area of the side frame of the electronic device comprises the N sub-areas, if a user wants to trigger the electronic device to execute a certain function operation, the user can trigger the electronic device to display the N function identifiers in the display screen through one input. Because the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas, a user can determine a target sub-area from the N sub-areas according to the display positions of the N function identifiers, and perform one input on the target sub-area, so that the electronic device can execute a function operation corresponding to the target sub-area. Therefore, under the condition that the user does not turn over the electronic equipment to check the side frame, the user can determine the target sub-region from the plurality of sub-regions according to the display positions of the N function marks, so that misoperation of the user on the sub-regions can be avoided, and the experience performance of man-machine interaction can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of an android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a touch input method according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic interface diagram of the sub-areas distributed in the touch area according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic interface diagram for displaying a function identifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an interface for adjusting transparency according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a second schematic diagram of a touch input method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an interface for reducing sub-regions according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an interface for adding sub-regions according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an interface for adjusting the display scale of a sub-area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a second schematic view of an interface for adjusting the display scale of the sub-area according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments without inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the invention.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," etc. herein are used to distinguish between different objects and are not used to describe a particular order of objects. For example, the first input and the second input, etc. are for distinguishing different inputs, rather than for describing a particular order of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

Taking an android operating system as an example, a software environment to which the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the invention is applied is introduced.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a possible android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in fig. 1, the architecture of the android operating system includes 4 layers, which are an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, L inux kernel layer).

The application program layer comprises various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in an android operating system. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may specifically execute the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area through some application programs.

The application framework layer is a framework of the application, and a developer can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principle of the framework of the application.

Generally, an application program may include two parts, one part refers to content displayed on a screen of an electronic device, for example, the electronic device may display N function identifiers in a display screen; the other part is a service (service) running in the background of the electronic device, and is configured to detect an input of the user for the application program, and perform a corresponding action in response to the input, for example, if a second input to a target sub-region in the N sub-regions is received, perform a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and android operating system runtime environments. The library mainly provides various resources required by the android operating system. The android operating system running environment is used for providing a software environment for the android operating system.

The kernel layer is an operating system layer of the android operating system and belongs to the lowest layer of a software layer of the android operating system, and the kernel layer provides core system services and hardware-related drivers for the android operating system based on L inux kernels.

Taking an android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer may develop a software program for implementing the touch input method provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the android operating system shown in fig. 1, so that the touch input method may operate based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. Namely, the processor or the electronic device can implement the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the invention can be a terminal device. The terminal device may be a mobile terminal device or a non-mobile terminal device. For example, the mobile terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile terminal device may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

The execution main body of the touch input method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the electronic device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the touch input method in the electronic device, which may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes an electronic device as an example to exemplarily describe the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the invention.

Generally, in a case that the electronic device includes a plurality of touch keys, in order to enable a user to distinguish functions corresponding to the touch keys, each touch key may be provided with a function identifier, and the function identifier may be used to indicate the function corresponding to the touch key. When a user wants to use a function corresponding to a certain touch key, if the user is not familiar with the distribution position of each key on the side frame, the user can turn over the electronic device first to check the specific distribution condition of each touch key on the side frame, so as to determine the touch key specifically wanted to be triggered according to the function identifier corresponding to each touch key. For example, the electronic device includes a first touch key and a second touch key, where the function corresponding to the first touch key is to increase the volume, and the corresponding function identifier is a "+" symbol; the function corresponding to the second touch key is to reduce the volume, and the corresponding function identifier is a symbol "-". If the user wants to increase the volume of the electronic device for playing the voice, the user can determine the first touch key from the first touch key and the second touch key according to the symbol "+" and perform touch input on the first touch key, so that the electronic device responds to the touch input and increases the volume of the played voice.

The following describes an exemplary touch input method and an exemplary electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the invention provides a touch input method. The method may be applied to an electronic device that includes a display screen and a side bezel. The method may include S201 to S203 described below.

S201, the electronic equipment receives a first input of any sub-area in the N sub-areas.

In the embodiment of the invention, the display screen of the electronic equipment covers the side frame of the electronic equipment, and each boundary of the display screen is connected with the side frame of the electronic equipment. The side frame may be provided with a touch area, the touch area may include N sub-areas, each sub-area may correspond to one function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1. In particular, each sub-area may be provided with at least one pressure sensor, which may be used to detect a touch input of a user to the touch area. When a user wants to trigger the electronic device to execute a certain function operation through a touch area on a side frame of the electronic device, the user may first perform a first input on any sub-area of the N sub-areas of the touch area, so that the electronic device may receive the first input of the user on any sub-area of the N sub-areas through the pressure sensor.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the N sub-regions may be understood as N function keys, and one sub-region is one function key.

In addition, the thickness and shape of the side frame and the size of each sub-region are not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present invention. For example, the side frame may be a frame body with a rectangular cross section with rounded corners, and the display screen is covered on the side frame.

Optionally, the side frame provided in the embodiment of the present invention may include S outer side walls, and a touch area is disposed on at least one outer side wall of the S outer side walls, that is, the N sub-areas may be areas on at least one outer side wall. Wherein S is a positive integer.

Optionally, the N sub-regions may be different regions on one outer sidewall, or may be regions on different outer sidewalls. For example, as shown in fig. 3, taking N as 3 as an example, the 3 sub-regions include sub-region 1, sub-region 2, and sub-region 3, and the side frame includes outer sidewall 10 located at the top of the display screen and outer sidewall 20 located at the right side of the display screen. One possible implementation is that, as shown in fig. 3 (a), sub-region 1, sub-region 2, and sub-region 3 are all regions on the outer sidewall 20; another possible implementation is that, as shown in fig. 3 (b), the

sub-regions

1 and 2 are regions on the outer sidewall 20, and the sub-region 3 is a region on the outer sidewall 10.

Optionally, the N sub-regions may be regions that facilitate user input when the user holds the electronic device with one hand. For example, when the user holds the electronic device with the right hand, in a state where the electronic device is held in a stable state, the user's thumb may easily touch an upper area of the outer sidewall located on the right side of the display screen, and thus, the N sub-areas may be areas located in the upper area of the outer sidewall located on the right side of the display screen.

Optionally, the first input may be a touch input. For example, the touch input may be a click input or a long-press input of the user on any sub-area of the N sub-areas.

It should be noted that, the first input is different from an input that directly triggers the electronic device to execute a function operation corresponding to a certain sub-region in the prior art, that is, a user may directly trigger the electronic device to execute a function operation corresponding to a certain sub-region through one other input, or may trigger the electronic device to execute a function operation corresponding to a certain sub-region through a scheme provided in an embodiment of the present invention. For example, if the user clicks a first touch sub-area of the N sub-areas, the electronic device may directly execute a function corresponding to the first touch sub-area; if the user presses the first touch sub-area of the N sub-areas for a long time, the electronic device may display the N function identifiers in the display screen, that is, execute the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

S202, the electronic equipment responds to the first input and displays N function identifications in a display screen.

Wherein, each function identifier in the N function identifiers is used for indicating an operation function. For each function identifier in the N function identifiers, the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas, and the one function identifier is used for indicating the function operation corresponding to the one sub-area.

In one mode, the display position of each function identifier is adjacent to the sub-area corresponding to the function operation indicated by each function identifier.

For example, as shown in fig. 4 (a), N is 3, and the outer wall surface 20 of the electronic device includes a sub-region 1, a sub-region 2, and a sub-region 3. After receiving a first input of a user to any sub-region in the 3 sub-regions, the electronic device may respond to the first input, and display 3 function identifiers in the display screen, where the 3 function identifiers may be "volume +" corresponding to the sub-region 1, "volume-" corresponding to the sub-region 2, and "power key" corresponding to the sub-region 3, respectively, that is, the function operation indicated by the "volume +" corresponds to the sub-region 1, the function operation indicated by the "volume-" corresponds to the sub-region 2, and the function operation indicated by the "power key" corresponds to the sub-region 3. Since the display position of "volume +" is adjacent to the sub-area 1, the display position of "volume-" is adjacent to the sub-area 2, and the display position of "power key" is adjacent to the sub-area 3. Therefore, the user can determine the position of the sub-region corresponding to the function operation indicated by each function identifier according to the display positions of the 3 function identifiers.

In another mode, the display position of each function identifier has an indication relationship with the sub-area corresponding to the function operation indicated by each function identifier.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4 (b), still taking N as 3, the outer wall surface 20 of the electronic device includes sub-region 1, sub-region 2, and sub-region 3. After receiving a first input of a user to any sub-region of the 3 sub-regions, the electronic device may display, in response to the first input, 3 function identifiers and 3 arrows in the display screen, where each arrow of the 3 arrows may be used to indicate a correspondence between one function identifier and one sub-region. For example, the 3 arrows may be used to indicate "volume +" corresponding to sub-region 1, "volume-" corresponding to sub-region 2, and "power key" corresponding to sub-region 3, respectively. Because the arrow corresponding to one function identifier points to one sub-area, the user can determine the position of the sub-area corresponding to the function operation indicated by each function identifier according to the 3 function identifiers and the 3 arrows.

Optionally, the N function identifiers may include one or more of characters, letters, symbols, icons or other possible expressions, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, at the edge of the display screen, the electronic device may display the N function identifiers in an overlapping manner with a preset transparency. Specifically, the preset transparency may be a transparency configured by a default of the system, or may be a transparency configured in advance by a user.

Illustratively, taking the preset transparency as the transparency pre-configured by the user as an example, as shown in fig. 5, the user may trigger the electronic device to display the transparency adjustment interface 30 through one input, and at least one of the drag bar 31 and the input box 32 may be included in the transparency adjustment interface 30. The user can input the transparency of the N function identifications by dragging the drag bar 31 or inputting numbers in the input box 32. After the user clicks and inputs the "determine" control in the interface, the electronic device may receive the transparency input by the user and determine the transparency input by the user as the preset transparency.

Optionally, the preset transparency may be smaller than the transparency of contents other than the N function identifiers in the screen of the electronic device. For example, taking the function operation of adjusting the volume in N sub-regions as an example, when the user views a video screen with a first transparency, which is displayed on the electronic device, in a full-screen mode, if the user wants to adjust the volume of the video, a first input may be performed on any sub-region of the N sub-regions, so that the electronic device displays N function identifiers with a second transparency in response to the first input, where the second transparency is smaller than the first transparency. Therefore, the N function identifiers can be prevented from covering other contents in the display screen of the electronic equipment to a certain extent, and the experience of watching video pictures by a user is improved.

And S203, if a second input to the target sub-area in the N sub-areas is received, the electronic equipment responds to the second input and executes the function operation corresponding to the target sub-area.

Optionally, the target sub-area may be a sub-area corresponding to a function operation that a user wants to trigger the electronic device to execute; it is also possible for the user to select one sub-region from the N sub-regions at will in an unconscious state.

Optionally, the second input may be a touch input. For example, the touch input may be a click input or a long-press input of the user on the target sub-area.

Optionally, the first input in S201 and S202 and the second input in S203 may be the same input or different inputs. For example, one implementation is that the first input is a click input of a user to the first sub-region, and the second input is a click input of a user to the second sub-region; another implementation manner is that the first input is a click input of the user to the first sub-area, and the second input is a long-press input of the user to the second sub-area. The first sub-area and the second sub-area may be the same area or different areas. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

The second input is input by the user in a state where the N function identifiers are displayed on the electronic device. I.e. the user can make the second input only after making the first input.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the electronic equipment displays the N function identifiers in the display screen, a user can determine the position of the target sub-region from the N sub-regions according to the N function identifiers displayed by the electronic equipment. If the electronic device receives a second input of the user to the target sub-region, the electronic device may execute a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input.

Illustratively, the above-mentioned (a) in fig. 4 is still taken as an example. The electronic device can display a function identifier of "volume +" corresponding to the sub-region 1, a function identifier of "volume-" corresponding to the sub-region 2, and a function identifier of "power key" corresponding to the sub-region 3 in the edge region of the display screen. If the user wants to reduce the volume of the electronic device when playing the voice data, the user can perform a second input on the sub-region 1, and after the electronic device receives the second input of the user on the sub-region 1, the electronic device can take the sub-region 1 as a target sub-region in response to the second input and reduce the volume of the electronic device when playing the voice data; if the user wants to increase the volume of the electronic device when playing the voice data, the user can perform a second input on the sub-region 2, and after the electronic device receives the second input of the user on the sub-region 2, the electronic device can respond to the second input, take the sub-region 2 as a target sub-region, and increase the volume of the electronic device when playing the voice data; if the user wants to turn off the display screen of the electronic device, the user may make a second input to the sub-region 3, and after the electronic device receives the second input to the sub-region 3 by the user, the electronic device may regard the sub-region 3 as a target sub-region and turn off the display screen of the electronic device in response to the second input.

The embodiment of the invention provides a touch input method, wherein when a touch area of a side frame of an electronic device comprises N sub-areas, if a user wants to trigger the electronic device to execute a certain function operation, the user can firstly trigger the electronic device to display N function identifiers in a display screen through one input. Because the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas, a user can determine a target sub-area from the N sub-areas according to the display positions of the N function identifiers, and perform one input on the target sub-area, so that the electronic device can execute a function operation corresponding to the target sub-area. Therefore, under the condition that the user does not turn over the electronic equipment to check the side frame, the user can determine the target sub-region from the plurality of sub-regions according to the display positions of the N function marks, so that misoperation of the user on the sub-regions can be avoided, and the experience performance of man-machine interaction can be improved.

Optionally, after the electronic device displays the N function identifiers, if the electronic device keeps displaying the N function identifiers for a long time, on one hand, power consumption of the electronic device may be increased, and on the other hand, a visual effect of displaying other contents by the electronic device may be affected. Therefore, in the case that a second input to the target sub-region by the user is received within the preset time, the electronic device may cancel displaying the N function identifiers and execute the function operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input; or, in a case that any input to the N sub-regions by the user is not received within the preset time (that is, any input to the N sub-regions is not received when the preset time is reached), the electronic device may keep displaying the N function identifiers within the preset time, and cancel displaying the N function identifiers after the preset time.

For example, after the above S202, the touch input method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S204, and the above S203 may be specifically implemented by the following S203 a.

S204, if any input to the N sub-areas is not received within the preset time, the electronic equipment cancels the display of the N function identifiers after the preset time is reached.

Optionally, the preset time may be a default time configured by the system, or may be a time configured in advance by the user. For the implementation manner of the user pre-configuring the preset time, reference may be made to the related description of the user configuring the preset transparency in S202, which is not described herein again.

It is understood that the electronic device may periodically detect whether the user input is received within a preset time. If no input is received when the preset time is reached, the electronic device may cancel displaying the N function identifiers. After the electronic device cancels displaying the N function identifiers, if the user wants to view the N function identifiers again in the screen and triggers the electronic device to execute the function operation corresponding to a certain sub-region by inputting the certain sub-region, the user may input any sub-region of the N sub-regions again according to the methods in S201 and S202, and the electronic device is triggered to display the N function identifiers again in the display screen, so that the user may select the certain sub-region. Reference may be made to the detailed description of S201 to S203 in the above embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

Optionally, if the electronic device displays the N function identifiers due to a user misoperation, the user may trigger the electronic device to immediately cancel displaying the N function identifiers through the first operation. For example, the first operation may be a user's click input on a blank area of the screen.

S203a, if a second input to the target sub-region of the N sub-regions is received within the preset time, the electronic device executes a function operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input.

For example, the preset time is 3 seconds, and the function operation corresponding to the target sub-area is to reduce the volume when the electronic device plays the voice data. If the electronic device receives a second input to the target sub-region from the user within 3 seconds, the volume of the electronic device when playing the voice data may be reduced in response to the second input.

S201, S202, S203a, and S204 of the embodiment of the present invention are exemplarily described below with reference to fig. 6.

As shown in fig. 6, the electronic device may continuously detect user input to any of the N sub-regions. If a first input of the user to any sub-area of the N sub-areas is received, the electronic device may display the N function identifiers in the display screen in response to the first input. Then, within a preset time, the electronic device may detect whether an input of a user to a certain sub-region of the N sub-regions is received. If a second input of the user to the target sub-region is received within the preset time, the electronic device may execute a function operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input. If no input is received when the preset time is reached, the electronic device may cancel displaying the N function identifiers.

It should be noted that, after the electronic device executes the function operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input, or after the display of the N function identifiers is cancelled, the electronic device may continue to continuously detect whether the user inputs any sub-region in the N sub-regions.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the N function identifiers are displayed, the electronic equipment can cancel the display of the N function identifiers under the condition that the preset time is reached and the second input is not received, so that the electronic equipment can be prevented from keeping displaying the N function identifiers for a long time, the electric quantity loss of the electronic equipment can be reduced, and the visual effect of the electronic equipment for displaying other contents is improved.

Optionally, the usage habits and requirements of different users may be different, and if the number of sub-areas in the touch area and the proportion of each sub-area in the touch area are set in a single manner, inconvenience may be brought to some users, so the electronic device may adjust the number of sub-areas in the touch area and/or the proportion of each sub-area in the touch area according to the input of the user.

For example, the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include S205 and S206 described below.

And S205, the electronic equipment receives a third input of the user.

It should be noted that the execution sequence of S201 to S203 and S205 to S206 is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention. For example, the electronic device may first execute S201 to S203 and then execute S205 to S206, or may first execute S205 to S206 and then execute S201 to S203. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the method is not limited in this respect.

Optionally, the third input may be at least one of:

(1) the user reduces the input of at least one sub-area in the touch area.

(2) The user adds at least one sub-area in the touch area and sets a function operation input for each added sub-area.

(3) And (3) adjusting the proportion of each subarea in the N subareas in the touch area by the user for inputting.

S206, the electronic equipment responds to the third input and executes at least one of the following items: reducing at least one sub-area in the touch area; adding at least one sub-area in the touch area, and setting a function operation for each added sub-area; and adjusting the proportion of each sub-area in the N sub-areas in the touch area.

It should be noted that, in a case that the third input includes an input that the user decreases at least one sub area in the touch area, the electronic device may decrease at least one sub area in the touch area in response to the third input; in a case where the third input includes an input that the user adds at least one sub-area in the touch area and sets one function operation for each added sub-area, the electronic device may add at least one sub-area in the touch area and set one function operation for each added sub-area in response to the third input; when the third input includes an input that the user adjusts the proportion of each sub-area in the N sub-areas in the touch area, the electronic device may adjust the proportion of each sub-area in the N sub-areas in the touch area.

The following describes an implementation process in which the electronic device receives a third input from the user and performs each operation in response to the third input, by using 3 examples.

Example 1, in a case that the third input is an input that the user decreases at least one sub-area in the touch area, as shown in (a) of fig. 7, if the user wants to decrease the sub-area 3 on the outer side wall surface 20, the user may trigger the electronic device to display a custom function interface of the touch area by a long-press input to the sub-area 3, where the custom function interface includes a touch input switch control 41, and the user may perform a click input on the touch input switch control 41, and then, as shown in (b) of fig. 7, the electronic device may close the touch function of the sub-area 3 in response to the click input, so that the user cannot trigger the electronic device to perform a function operation corresponding to the sub-area 3 by the touch input to the sub-area 3.

Example 2, in a case that the third input is that the user adds at least one sub-area in the touch area and sets one type of function operation input for each added sub-area, as shown in (a) in fig. 8, if the user wants to newly add a sub-area 3 on the outer side wall surface 20, the user may trigger the electronic device to display a custom function interface of the touch area by long-time pressing input on the sub-area 3, and then, the user may first perform one click input on the touch input switch control 41, so that the electronic device opens the right of the touch function of the sub-area 3. Thereafter, the user may select one function from the customized functions as the function operation corresponding to the sub-area 3, for example, as shown in (b) of fig. 8, if the user selects the function operation of "camera", the electronic device may display the selection indicator 42 in the function operation field of "camera" and cancel displaying the selection indicator 42 in the function operation field of "power key" set before.

Example 3, in a case where the third input is an input that the user adjusts a ratio of each of the N sub-areas in the touch area, as shown in (a) of fig. 9, the user may trigger the electronic device to display a ratio adjustment interface through one input, where the ratio adjustment interface includes position information, ratio information, and an adjustment control 43 of each of the sub-areas in the touch area. The user may first select a sub-region (for example, the user selects sub-region 1), and a click input is performed on the sub-region 1, and the electronic device may differentially display the sub-region 1 in response to the click input by the user. Thereafter, as shown in (b) of fig. 9, the user may trigger the electronic device to adjust the display scale of the sub-area 1 in the touch area by dragging the adjustment control 43. For example, when the user drags the adjustment control 43 in the direction from "-" to "+", the electronic device may increase the proportion of the sub-area 1 in the touch area; when the user drags the adjustment control 43 along the direction from "+" to "-", the electronic device can reduce the proportion of the sub-area 1 in the touch area.

Optionally, the area of the touch area may be fixed, and each sub-area in the touch area may be a continuous area. When the user adjusts the proportion of a certain sub-area in the touch area, the electronic device may adjust the proportion of the sub-area adjacent to the certain sub-area in the touch area under the condition of adjusting the proportion of the certain sub-area in the touch area. For example, as shown in (a) of fig. 10, the proportions of the sub area 1, the sub area 2, and the sub area 3 in the touch area are equal. After the user performs a click input on the sub-region 1 to make the electronic device to display the sub-region 1 in a differentiated manner, as shown in fig. 10 (b), the user may drag the adjustment control 43 along the direction from "-" to "+", and the electronic device may increase the proportion of the sub-region 1 in the touch region and decrease the proportion of the sub-region 2 in the touch region in response to the third input.

Optionally, the user may trigger the electronic device to decrease at least one sub-area by dragging the adjustment control 43. For example, when the electronic device reduces the proportion of the sub area 2 in the touch area to 0, the electronic device may cancel the function corresponding to the sub area 2 in the touch area.

It should be noted that the above three examples are exemplary illustrations of implementation processes of triggering the electronic device to execute each operation by a user, and other implementation manners may also exist in practical applications, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment can adjust the number of the sub-areas in the touch area and/or the proportion of each sub-area in the touch area according to the input of the user, so that the user can trigger the electronic equipment to adjust the sub-areas in the touch area according to the own requirements and habits, and the touch input mode of the electronic equipment can meet different use habits and requirements of the user.

Optionally, because the number of sub-areas that can be set in the touch area is limited, if one sub-area only corresponds to one function operation, only a few function operations can be directly implemented through the touch area, and thus, the convenience of the user in using the electronic device may be reduced. In order to enable the electronic device to execute as many function operations as possible according to the input of the user to the touch area, the user can control the input parameters of the second input, so that the electronic device can execute different function operations according to the input parameters of the second input after receiving the second input to a certain sub-area.

For example, in the touch input method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the "executing the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area" in S203 may be specifically implemented by S203b to S203c described below.

S202b, the electronic equipment acquires input parameters of the second input.

The input parameters may include at least one of input times, input pressure values, and input durations. Of course, the input parameters may also include any other possible input parameters, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and this is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the input times refer to touch times when the user performs a second input on the target sub-area. For example, the second input may be a single-click input of the user on the target sub-region, or may be a double-click number of the user on the target sub-region.

Optionally, the input pressure value refers to any one of a maximum pressure value, a minimum pressure value or an average pressure value detected by the electronic device in unit time when the user performs the second input on the target sub-region.

Optionally, the input duration refers to a duration of time for which the user touches the target sub-region, which is detected by the electronic device, when the user performs the second input on the target sub-region.

S203c, the electronic device executes the function operation corresponding to the input parameter in the M kinds of function operation.

The functional operations corresponding to the target sub-region may include M kinds of functional operations, where M is an integer greater than 1.

It is understood that the M kinds of function operations refer to multiple kinds of function operations corresponding to the target sub-region, and different input parameters may correspond to different function operations.

For example, the input parameter is taken as the input times. Assuming that the M types of function operations include a first function operation and a second function operation, and the function operation corresponding to the single-click input of the user to the target sub-region is the first function operation, and the function operation corresponding to the double-click input of the user to the target sub-region is the second function operation, when the electronic device obtains the input parameter of the second input as the single-click input of the user to the target sub-region, the electronic device may execute the first function operation; when the electronic device obtains the input parameter of the second input as the double-click input of the user on the target sub-region, the electronic device may execute a second function operation, where the first function operation and the second function operation are different function operations.

In the embodiment of the invention, as the user can control the input parameters of the second input, the electronic equipment can execute different functional operations according to the input parameters of the second input after receiving the second input to a certain sub-area. Therefore, the electronic equipment can execute the function operation as much as possible according to the input of the user to the touch area, and the convenience of the user for operating the electronic equipment can be improved.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, each step in the touch input method may be implemented by combining any other combinable step illustrated in the above embodiment, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention and is not described herein again.

As shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of the invention provides an electronic device 1100 that includes a display screen and a side bezel. The side frame is provided with a touch area, the touch area may include N sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to a function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1. The electronic device 1100 may include a receiving module 1101, a display module 1102, and a processing module 1103. The receiving module 1101 may be configured to receive a first input to any sub-region of the N sub-regions. The display module 1102 may be configured to display N function identifiers in a display screen in response to the first input received by the receiving module 1101, where a display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area of the N sub-areas. The processing module 1103 may be configured to, if the receiving module 1101 receives a second input to the target sub-region in the N sub-regions, perform a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the display module 1102 may be specifically configured to display N function identifiers in an overlapping manner at an edge position of the display screen with a preset transparency.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the processing module 1103 may be specifically configured to, if the receiving module 1101 receives a second input to a target sub-region in the N sub-regions within a preset time, respond to the second input, and execute a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region. The display module 1102 may be further configured to cancel displaying the N function identifiers after the preset time is reached, if the receiving module 1101 does not receive any input to the N sub-areas within the preset time after the N function identifiers are displayed in the display screen.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1101 may be further configured to receive a third input from the user. The processing module 1103 may be further configured to, in response to the third input received by the receiving module 1101, perform at least one of: reducing at least one sub-area in the touch area; adding at least one sub-area in the touch area, and setting a function operation for each added sub-area; and adjusting the proportion of each sub-area in the N sub-areas in the touch area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the function operations corresponding to the target sub-region include M kinds of function operations, where M is an integer greater than 1. The processing module 1103 may be specifically configured to acquire an input parameter of the second input received by the receiving module 1101, and execute a function operation corresponding to the input parameter in the M kinds of function operations, where the input parameter may include at least one of an input number, an input pressure value, and an input duration.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment, wherein when a touch area of a side frame of the electronic equipment comprises N sub-areas, if a user wants to trigger the electronic equipment to execute a certain function operation, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to display N function identifiers in a display screen through one input. Because the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas, a user can determine a target sub-area from the N sub-areas according to the display positions of the N function identifiers, and perform one input on the target sub-area, so that the electronic device can execute a function operation corresponding to the target sub-area. Therefore, under the condition that the user does not turn over the electronic equipment to check the side frame, the user can determine the target sub-region from the plurality of sub-regions according to the display positions of the N function marks, so that misoperation of the user on the sub-regions can be avoided, and the experience performance of man-machine interaction can be improved.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device configuration shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 110 may be configured to control the user input unit 107 to receive a first input to any sub-region of the N sub-regions; the control display unit 106 responds to the first input, displays N function identifiers in the display screen, and the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas; and for performing a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to a second input if the user input unit 107 receives the second input to the target sub-region of the N sub-regions.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 1101 in the structural schematic diagram of the electronic device (for example, fig. 11) may be implemented by the user input unit 107, the display module 1102 may be implemented by the display unit 106, and the processing module 1103 may be implemented by the processor 110.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 102, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic apparatus 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode.

The electronic device 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. As one type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of an electronic device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (L CD), an organic light-emitting diode (O L ED), or the like.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. Touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near touch panel 1071 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 12, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the electronic apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 100 and the external device.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the electronic device, connects various parts of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the electronic device and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the electronic device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, the first user interface, the application program, and the like, and the modem processor mainly handles the wireless communication. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to each component, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the electronic device 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes the processor 110 shown in fig. 12, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of running on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the touch input method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the touch input method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling an electronic device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A touch input method is applied to electronic equipment comprising a display screen and a side frame, and is characterized in that a touch area is arranged on the side frame and comprises N sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to a function operation, and N is an integer greater than 1, and the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a first input to any sub-region of the N sub-regions;

responding to the first input, displaying N function identifiers in the display screen, wherein the display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area in the N sub-areas;

and if second input to a target sub-area in the N sub-areas is received, responding to the second input, and executing functional operation corresponding to the target sub-area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying N function identifiers in the display screen comprises:

and displaying the N functional identifications in an overlapping manner at the edge position of the display screen by using a preset transparency.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein if a second input to a target sub-region of the N sub-regions is received, performing a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input comprises:

if a second input to a target sub-region in the N sub-regions is received within a preset time, responding to the second input, and executing a function operation corresponding to the target sub-region;

after displaying the N function identifiers in the display screen, the method further includes:

and if any input to the N sub-areas is not received within the preset time, canceling the display of the N function identifiers after the preset time is reached.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving a third input of the user;

in response to the third input, performing at least one of:

reducing at least one sub-area in the touch area;

adding at least one sub-area in the touch area, and setting a function operation for each added sub-area;

and adjusting the proportion of each sub-area in the N sub-areas in the touch area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the functional operations corresponding to the target sub-region include M functional operations, M being an integer greater than 1;

the executing the functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region comprises:

acquiring input parameters of the second input;

executing the function operation corresponding to the input parameter in the M kinds of function operations;

the input parameters comprise at least one of input times, input pressure values and input duration.

6. An electronic device comprises a display screen and a side frame, and is characterized in that a touch area is arranged on the side frame, the touch area comprises N sub-areas, each sub-area corresponds to a function operation, N is an integer greater than 1, and the electronic device comprises a receiving module, a display module and a processing module;

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input to any sub-area in the N sub-areas;

the display module is configured to display N function identifiers in the display screen in response to the first input received by the receiving module, where a display position of one function identifier corresponds to one sub-area of the N sub-areas;

the processing module is configured to, if the receiving module receives a second input to a target sub-region of the N sub-regions, respond to the second input and execute a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display the N function identifiers in an overlapping manner at an edge position of the display screen with a preset transparency.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to, if the receiving module receives a second input to a target sub-region of the N sub-regions within a preset time, execute a functional operation corresponding to the target sub-region in response to the second input;

the display module is further configured to cancel displaying the N function identifiers after a preset time is reached if the receiving module does not receive any input to the N sub-regions within the preset time after the N function identifiers are displayed in the display screen.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 or 7, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input from a user;

the processing module is further configured to, in response to the third input received by the receiving module, perform at least one of:

reducing at least one sub-area in the touch area;

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the functional operations corresponding to the target sub-region include M functional operations, M being an integer greater than 1;

the processing module is specifically configured to acquire the input parameter of the second input received by the receiving module, and execute a function operation corresponding to the input parameter in the M kinds of function operations;

11. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the touch input method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the touch input method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.