CN1242663A - Method for displaying selectable and non-selectable elements on small screen - Google Patents
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A structured screen display process presents structured information that includes a plurality of selectable and non-selectable elements on any width screen display so that the user is able to see as many of the elements as possible at once, and is able to see the complete text of any element as needed. The process dynamically adapts the display of structured information to the screen display width of a device. The structured information is presented on a screen display by displaying at least a portion of each element of a plurality of elements on the screen display where at least one of the selectable elements has a width greater than a width of the screen display. The at least one selectable element is scrolled horizontally while continuing to display the other elements of the plurality of elements.
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The present invention relates generally to display message on the small display curtain, and be particularly related to the method that is used to show the structural information that comprises optional and non-selectable unit, the some of them selectable unit has the width bigger than screen display width.
Portable or mobile device, such as mobile phone and beep-pager, and desk phone, can both receive and show the structural information of sending from off-site now.Nowadays, these install the screen display width that has the screen size that has nothing in common with each other usually and have nothing in common with each other natch.Thereby the editor of a structural information can't be for the screen size customized information layout of a concrete device, because screen size is subordinated to device.
In view of the screen size change between the device, prior art had been attempted making a user can adapt to information to be received already to the solution of display structure information and had been made it the mode display message useful to the user with a kind of.
At present, solve the demonstration text and surpass,, have three kinds to select way fully such as the problem of the small screen displays width on mobile phone or beep-pager.In first method, shown in Figure 1A, be longer than panel display width 101 as the text of a unit 110, text is gathered into folds by volume and makes and flows down display screen 125.In Figure 1A to 1D, a rectangle 108 that is limited by solid line is represented display screen 125.Other unit in structure text information only is illustrated to be provided as the context of following description.
In the method, mismatch the unit of display screen 125, for example the unit 111 to 113, and being blocked also can be by volume access down vertically.This is similar to the used method of for example computer word processor.Body structure is divided into 110 to 113 4 unit this point, is not considered when showing text.Unit 110 to 113 is considered to a continuous text message.
Vertical last volume can be a delegation, once shows a screen (stating the discussion of Fig. 3 A to 3D as follows), or the part of a display screen.In this example, once roll up next line, under volume so after operating, display screen 125 is shown in Figure 1B.The user sees the part of unit 110 and the part of unit 111.Fig. 1 C is illustrated in the display screen 125 after other delegation volume is operated down.Fig. 1 D graphic extension is just showing the display screen of the 4th test unit 113, and it will just obtain from the state of the display screen among Fig. 1 C 125 by operation under repeatedly delegation rolls up.
As the graphic extension of Figure 1A to 1D, the user can not observe all four selections in the tabulation on display screen 125 an even part.In this example, utilize a four lines display screen, the user observes a complete selectable unit or selection to multipotency.The user must vertically roll up down and just see other selectable unit or selection.This makes the user which be difficult to keep firmly in mind is useful selection, has to finish under the various volumes after operation removes to see other selection the user especially.
Second kind of display packing is also automatically synthetic single file flatly to be crossed over screen display with multirow as single file to go to show a message.This is similar to for example mode of the delegation's information demonstration on the Times Square, New York.
Above-mentioned second method, wherein text is aligned in delegation and scrolling flatly, and is not suitable for the above example of discussing with reference to Figure 1A to 1D.The selection that four linkings are got up twists in the delegation, as shown in Figure 2, can make the device of band the small screen useless to the user.
Last a kind of method is the mixture of above-mentioned two kinds of methods.Text is stacked on the screen display by volume, and of short duration but look be enough to read the intermittence of text after, text is just automatically vertically rolled, and once rolls a complete screen display usually.The graphic extension in Fig. 3 A to 3D of this display packing, wherein, each unit is individually shown in this example.
Above-mentioned last a kind of method and first method have same defective.Particularly, the user once can only see a selection.Screen display automatically is rolled onto these actual conditions of next screen display and makes that the user is more difficult and keep selection firmly in mind, because before the user recognized to present to his or her selection if having time, automatic coiling just may take place.
Three kinds of rolling methods described above are to showing that non-structure text information (as a text message) is very suitable.These three kinds of methods often are used in the mobile phone of beep-pager or support paging.
Yet, as mentioned above, said method is to construction unit, such as in the tabulation of user's selection, in user's selection scheme menu or to be presented on a screen too little and in the data list on the display screen all display structure unit, use not good.In each method discussed above, though structural information can be used, these methods only can not considered structural information as a string continuous text manipulation all unit in the structure.
On a small display curtain, present structure list and cause many also unsolved challenges.The unsolved so far reason of this problem is, has the device of small display curtain till up to now, such as beep-pager or mobile phone, only shows in device the information of programming in advance, or shows non-structure text information.Programmed and designed under the situation of access to plant in information, for example with the relevant selection menu of configuration of device, with the developer of these menus programming confirmation to installing optimization and selecting wording to go to guarantee that selection matches among the screen display width.
When information when producing, has only non-structural information example to realize beyond device, and said method has used and good achievement has been arranged.Outside structural information is created in device and when planning on having the device of various display screen size, to show, then there is not effective way to go layout to be used for the information of a special screen display size as yet, for example, to this information preprogram.
Thereby, in structural information, for example selection and long text (selectable unit), tabulation with short text (non-selectable unit), can use expediently before phone, mobile phone, beep-pager and other have the device of small display curtain, must solve and the information-related problem of display structure on the small display curtain.
According to principle of the present invention, a structure screen display process presents the structural information that comprises a plurality of unit on any width screen display, so that the user can see The more the better unit simultaneously, and can see the complete text of required any unit.The present invention can be efficiently be adapted to the screen display width with the demonstration of structural information.In addition, with this high-effect adaptability, user a glance just can be seen the unit of structure as much as possible, and reads any one unit with the meaning of use, and its mode and the use for example structural information of the tabulation of a selectable unit and non-selectable unit are consistent.
In an example of the inventive method, structural information by on screen display, is displayed at least the part of each selectable unit in a plurality of optional and non-selectable units, and be presented on the screen display, wherein have at least a selectable unit to have the width of width greater than display screen.Above-mentioned its width in predetermined direction, for example in the horizontal direction by scrolling, meanwhile then continues to show the part of each other unit in a plurality of unit greater than the unit of display screen width.
These and other some performance of the present invention, situation and advantage will become better and understand according to following description, appended claim and accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1A to Fig. 1 D graphic extension is used for the first prior art solution of display structure information on a small display curtain;
Fig. 2 graphic extension is used for second kind of prior art solution of display structure information on a small display curtain;
Fig. 3 A to 3D graphic extension is used for the third prior art solution of display structure information on a small display curtain;
Fig. 4 A illustrates a representative example that comprises the screen display of optional and non-selectable unit;
Fig. 4 B illustrates and is used to describe demonstrative structure information of the present invention, and the exemplary screen demonstration comprises optional and non-selectable unit, and some selectable units also comprise minor structure information;
Fig. 5 A is used for the structural information screen display of Fig. 4 B according to the principle of the invention to the 5L graphic extension, wherein structural information is presented on the display screen, so that the user can see construction unit as much as possible simultaneously, and can work as the complete full text of seeing any unit when needing;
Fig. 6 A and 6B graphic extension one are used for the process chart of the embodiment of a structure procedure for displaying of the present invention; And
Fig. 7 graphic extension pointer and pointer are to an embodiment of the relation of the structural information that is stored in the employed buffer storage of structure procedure for displaying of the present invention.
In following detailed description of the present invention,, thorough understanding of the present invention stated countless specific details for being provided.Yet the present invention can implement and not need these specific details concerning those professionals.In other example, the not detailed as yet descriptions of being familiar with such as method, program, parts and line system, unnecessary smudgy to avoid opinion of the present invention is had.
In following detailed description of the present invention, mostly follow procedure, step, logical block, processing and other symbolic representation manifest, the similar data processing equipment of symbolic representation, comprise the both-way communication interactive apparatus, such as the remote controller of mobile phone, two-way paging, phone and the contact of band internet etc.The employed method of people that these process prescriptions and symbolic representation are had experience by those or know the business is to transmit its work essence most effectively to other people who knows the business.The present invention is a kind of method that is used for showing optional and non-selectable unit on the small screen.Below the method that will describe in detail is the required result's of a kind of self-congruent guiding process or step.These steps or process are those step or processes of needing the manipulation of physical actual amount.Often, though nonessential, the electrical signal form that this tittle can adopt and can be stored, transmit, make up, compare, show or handle in computer system or computing electronics in addition.Referring to these signals is binary digit, numerical value, unit, symbol, operating process, message, bar item, numeral or the like, proves frequently very easily, mainly due to its versatility.Must keep firmly in mind, all these similar terms remain to be interrelated with appropriate actual amount, and as just the mark that makes things convenient for that is applied to this tittle.Unless narration specially separately, as clear and definite from following description, it should be understood that, spread all over the present invention, all discussion that utilizes term such as " processing " or " calculating " or " checking " or " demonstration " or the like, system is used to refer to the action and the process of generation one calculation element, and other data of representing as actual amount are similarly handled and be transformed into to the data that this device will be represented as actual amount in the RS of device in calculation element or other electronic installation.
According to principle of the present invention, a structure screen display process shows unit as much as possible simultaneously on display screen, and allows the user to see any unit when needed fully.Wherein, a structure screen display is made up of identifiable unit individually.Fig. 4 graphic extension one representational structure screen display comprises selectable unit 402,404,406,408,412 and 414, and non-selectable unit 410 and 416.Unit 402 is a long text message, and its width is greater than the width of display screen.One typical mobile phone LCD (liquid crystal diode) display screen is that 4 row * 20 words are wide, and this is meaning unit 402 and will have to partly show and unlikely other unit that covers.As remaining to be done below a more important performance of the present invention of describing, unit 402 is made to a selectable unit, and therefore, the first of this unit is revealed, and remainder can show when selected in this unit.
Selectable unit 404,406,408,412 and 414 form a selection menu or user's option tabulation.Though nonessential, these selectable units 404,406,408,412 and arbitrary unit of 414 can constitute the structure screen display that another comprises the tabulation of user's option.For example, a US News bulleted list will be shown, if the user has selected " US News " 404 selections.Non-selectable unit 410 and 416 is often used for being paid close attention to immediately by the user, only be used to show purpose, and unmatchful any other structure screen display has more connection.
For ease of describing the present invention, in Fig. 4 B, illustrate a demonstrative structure screen display 420, four selectable units 424,426,432 and 436 are wherein arranged, and two non-selectable units 422 and 434.Should understand, unit 428 is a long text, resembles the unit 402 of Fig. 4 A, and it is as a selectable unit, though it is not the selection in the menu.Two minor structure screen displays 430 and 440 also are shown in Fig. 4 B, and they cause showing respectively when selectable unit 424 and 426 is selected respectively.Minor structure screen display 430 and 440 also has selectable unit and non-selectable unit.The people who knows the business understands in one embodiment, is created in device information in addition, and generally being processed into structure has as if a top tree down; Each node is with reference to being a selection of representing in selectable unit, leaf then store can be optional maybe can be the real information of non-selectable unit.
Fig. 5 A to 5L ordered series of numbers display screen of demonstrating is used for demonstrative structure screen display 420 as above.According to principle of the present invention, unit 422,424,426 and 428 is presented at respectively on the display line of the display screen 504 that can carry four display lines.As using therein, a display screen is the actual displayed device in a device, for example lcd screen of one 4 * 20 words.One screen display is the image that is presented on the display screen.In the limited demonstration of line number, each unit is the implementation of Chang Xuan the most with a line.Yet the usage of each line in unit is as just the illustration of the principle of the invention, rather than goes to limit to the present invention with this particular embodiment intentionally.On the other hand, each unit can show on two or more lines and not influence the present invention.Should be appreciated that to have the display screen 504 of four lines again,, and many display screens are in fact also nonessential significant display line arranged, and should understand that principle of the present invention is suitable for similarly to this just to purpose of illustration.
As shown in Fig. 5 A, unit 424 and 428 length surpass the width 502 of display screen 504, and unit 424 and 428 demonstration are cut short, and each unit only has the many like that words that match with the width 502 of display screen 504 just can see in Fig. 5 A.In this embodiment, the unit is cut in a word boundary, i.e. a subelement border is not so can show incomplete word.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a screen display showed first, first selectable unit was selected.So, be shown unit 424 in unit 422,424,426 and 428 when selected, select character or unit indicator 506 indicated by a unit.Should understand, first selecteed selectable unit depends on the preferential selection when fulfiling.An importance of the present invention is once can only select a selectable unit.
In this embodiment, a selected unit indicate to the user measurably by unit indicator 506, and this designator is put in number designation " 1 " back, and indicating this unit is first selection in structure screen display 420 menus.Yet, any other method, for example peimage or video, character is selected in a different unit, or the position of unit can be used to indicate this to select the unit especially for use, and can not bring influence to operation of the present invention all the time in the top or the bottom that show.
User vertically upper and lower volume moving cell designator 506 selects a different unit.Being used for the ad hoc approach that on display screen 504 unit indicator 506 moved up and down, is not substantive characteristics of the present invention.Because the disclosing of present technique, those people that know the business just can implement the present invention with mobile designator 506 mechanisms that are used for of any needs.For example, a thumb wheel, mouse or a rock and roll controller as available at some video game machine, can be worked to such an extent that be used for same good of the mechanism of scrolling unit designator 506 with those.
Irrelevant with the method that is used for mobile unit designator 506, when a specific unit was selected, the information in the selectable unit that this is selected for use was automatically with predetermined mode scrolling flatly.In this embodiment, as graphic extension in Fig. 5 B and 5C, this selectable unit of selecting for use 424, be aligned on the word boundary and suspending an intermittently back scrolling one screen display width through one section, look enough user of this intermittent time reads recently visible text, and remaining display unit 422,426 and 428 then remains unchanged.At this, be aligned on the word boundary, meaning is behind a horizontal scrolling, and the most left visible word of unit, volume back is invisible first word before scrolling.In this embodiment, scrolling is kept till whole unit have been shown to the user in the unit of selecting for use 424 after each suspends intermittently.In once implementing, this method scrolling passes through whole unit three times, has the sufficient time to go to read the unit of selecting for use to guarantee the user.
Illustrated as Fig. 5 A to 5D, for long selectable unit, its common use-case such as numeral are come mark, are scrollings not of this mark or the unit indicator of selecting for use 506.This helps the user to keep context relation, and connects visible text recently, regards as to belong to selected and now just at the selection of scrolling.Yet even without the context relation that keeps a specific selection, novel principles of the present invention is significantly increased than big problematic art methods in structural information shows.
In this embodiment, when structural information was presented on the display screen 504 for the first time, first selectable unit 424 of structural information was selected, and automatically begins horizontal scrolling.The action that native system can only be optionally abideed by the user for example changes to be selected to start horizontal scrolling, and does not influence the present invention.
Fig. 5 E illustrates as the user and vertically rolls up down selectable unit of selection, rather than what happens during previously selected first unit.Because there are two selectable units 424 and 426 to be presented in the display screen 504, downwards unit of scrolling causes unit indicator 506 424 to move to unit 426 from the unit.Because the unit of selecting for use 426 is all shown, so there is not horizontal scrolling.
If the user also will move down 506 1 unit of unit indicator to the unit 428, Fig. 5 F illustrates unit indicator 506 and is just referring to selectable unit 428, and that is a long text.Be noted that all unit that has shown keep identically, and have only selectable unit 428 to be applicable to that unit indicator 506 goes to indicate a menu unit.As indicated, selectable unit 428 is long texts, and its width is greater than screen width 502.The first of this unit at first is shown, as shown in Fig. 5 F.According to an embodiment, first shows about 1.5 seconds, and second portion use word boundary shown in Fig. 5 G showed for 1 second, and meanwhile remaining unit that has shown is constant.Before the first of unit 428 shows again, verification unit 428 whether to also have more part.If also have more part to have part to be shown, all to show with the identical duration respectively with sequentially, promptly allow the user to read all parts.Fig. 5 H illustrates the 3rd one of unit 428 in demonstration and the unit that remaining has shown is constant.Be noted that more unit indicator 506 no longer shows when second and third part of long unit 428 are presented on the display screen 504 at the word boundary place respectively.When the other parts beyond the first of optional long text unit when showing, the cancellation of unit indicator 506 is to impress to the user, be exactly the unit that selected be not selection in the menu, do not have minor structure information to be connected to the there, thereby need or not permit other triggered activity.This is and shows a long selection, and for example selectable unit 424, important difference.Fig. 5 I illustrates, and after the decline of unit 428 showed, its first returned.Be noted that present unit indicator 506 shows with first again, the user knows that at this point selection makes wherein.
Downward again scrolling, Fig. 5 J illustrates original unit, and promptly non-selectable unit 422 has been rolled out display screen 504 and a new selectable unit 432 has been involved in and demonstration at this point.This should take place, and does not point to because there has been selectable unit to go to aim at for unit indicator 506 on display screen 504.The first that it is also noted that selectable unit 428 is showing and is keeping show state not have horizontal scrolling and take place, because unit 428 is not selected now.If the user wants to move to next the selection, unit indicator 506 will move to next selectable unit.Because unit 434 is not a selectable unit, and for selected, a selectable unit must be among display screen 504.Fig. 5 K illustrates another unit 434 and adds display screen 504, and display screen 504 has been released in unit 424.Yet be noted that the unit 434 that shows recently is non-selectable units.Represent that unit indicator 506 is only aimed at and point to a selectable unit, unit indicator 506 still keeps sensing selectable unit 432 states in Fig. 5 K.To those people that know the business is not say self-evidently, promptly keep a unit indicator and only point to selectable unit, and be not the necessary condition among the present invention.Unit indicator should be able to, for example, realize going to point to each independent unit, and no matter it is optional or non-selectable unit.
With unit indicator 506 volume next units, cause a selectable unit 436 immigrations and selectable unit 426 to shift out display screen 504 again.Because unit 436 is that optionally unit indicator 506 points to the selectable unit 436 that aligning shows recently now.From Fig. 5 J to 5L, unit indicator 506 moves to next selectable unit from a selectable unit, but skips each non-selectable unit.
Fig. 5 A to 5L illustrates the optional and non-selectable unit that is showing of a sequence, but wherein some menu shows the width that has greater than the screen display width.One of advantage of the present invention is the complete text that allows the user to see construction unit as much as possible simultaneously and see any unit when needed.When a selected selectable unit had width greater than the screen display width, this selected long unit was by flatly and the then partly all demonstrations one by one of the part of the long unit that will select circularly.The definite timing and the speed of optional long unit horizontal scrolling can change widely.These timings and speed is the problem of preference just, and can customize to increase use comfortable.Handle the number of times of the whole unit of scrolling, can change into any many numbers of repetition and can not influence the present invention's operation.
What should pay attention to is because structural information is showing and because the present invention in the notion of utilizing the selected unit in structural information, so scrolling to a unit and selected this unit and trigger the scrolling of level are not to use person's action fully.This is a significant difference that is different from prior art rolling method described above, and the text that this method imagination has shown does not have structure.
In an embodiment of the present invention, structure screen display process is included in the several different methods, carries out on the processor of these methods in a portable handheld device.Other is by the method that portable handheld device is finished, and is unimportant to the present invention, thereby no longer considers.Because following technology is open, those people that know the business can be structure screen display method sum total auto levelizer of the present invention, so that this method was finished in the appropriate time.For example, method of the present invention, available client module (Clientmodule) is implemented, this module is at Alain Rossmann, one of inventor of the application, title is the U.S. Patent application No.08/570 of " method and the system that are used for the interactive two-way data communication network ", describes in 210, and this application all is incorporated among the application as a reference.Client's module comprises a plurality of management program modules, this management program module comprises a navigation management program module, the network supervisor module, the HDML management program module, the archive management program module, the local management program module, the incident management program module, the timer supervisor module, user's interface management program module, a Storage Unit Management program module and an equipment correlation module, wherein HDML represents hand-held device markup language (Handheld Device Markup Language), once be referred to as terminal interaction language (TIL, terminal interaction languge) in the past.
Fig. 6 illustrates a process flow diagram that is used for a structure procedure for displaying embodiment of the present invention, and it will connect together with Fig. 5 A to 5L and Fig. 7 and understand, Fig. 7 graphic extension one screen buffer memory layout.According to an embodiment, there are two incidents can start structure screen display method 600 of the present invention.First incident is a demonstration of screen recently, and it means that the new structural information display screen of packing into is used for showing that second incident then is to start a unit by the user to select character keys.It is to specify in the keyboard to remove to move up and down the key of unit indicator that character keys is selected in this unit.Generally, specify as the unit at a pair of arrow key (upper and lower) of a keypad for cellular phone and to select character keys, perhaps, the unit select character keys certain the time realize as in one shows frequently act, showing.In this imagination, if the user selects character keys to continue to press the unit, screen display selects character keys discharge unit to the unit up to the user from the unit scrolling, selects till the specific unit.
Select the incident that character keys produced by releasing unit, comprise the evaluation of a specific selectable unit of selecting for use by the user.When the selectable unit of selecting for use has width greater than the display screen width, then horizontal scrolling automatically takes place.Certainly, if the number of unit in the structure screen display, greater than the number of unit that on display screen 504, can show simultaneously, because unit indicator 506 is when moving to the selectable unit that is not shown, screen display by scrolling vertically to demonstrate the unit that unit indicator 506 is just being located now.The vertical scrolling of information goes to keep the demonstration of a pointer on screen display, those people that know the business is familiar with, thereby does not form basic sides of the present invention.
So in structure display packing 600 (Fig. 6 A and 6B), the structure screen display button.onrelease in the incident management program at first by the check 601 of new screen display incident, checks whether present incident is a new screen display.If present incident is a new screen display, check 601 enters with regard to transfer processing and starts storage operation 602.
In an embodiment that starts storage operation 602, each memory cell in a screen display buffer storage 725 (as shown in Figure 7), for example 702, be set at a value of predesignating, for example a negative or perhaps an illegal value, this value are used for stipulating for screen display the end of each unit.Screen display buffer storage 725 can dispose with random access memory (RAM, random accessmemory).On the other hand, each unit can comprise a unit termination character, indicates the end of this unit.In two kinds of situations, be used for each unit of screen display, all be stored in the screen display buffer storage 725, be used for demonstration afterwards.
In this example, one falls oblique line as the unit termination character, and it is optional that the oblique line before the unit is then indicated this unit.And in Fig. 7, vertical dotted line is superimposed upon the memory graphic extension screen display width that gets on.Memory 725 comes graphic extension as a layout in this example, and the how access according to an embodiment of structural information is so that show in the limited display screen of a size.Thereby unit 0 is stored as three subelements, and wherein each subelement is exactly the information that can show simultaneously on display screen.The subelement that has unit 0 as presenting in Fig. 7, is stored in the memory cell (0,0), (0,1) and (0,2) of memory 725, and the first wherein a pair of number represent this unit, and identifies the subelements of this unit at second number of a centering.
The notion that stores subelement is only to be the graphic extension purpose.Generally, a unit only is stored in the Memory Storage Unit of adjacency.Important performance is that the words of a unit or other parts are not crossed over two screen displays and disconnected, and is equipped with the mechanism level land scrolling Unit one that anhydrates.The use intention of subelement is just impelled the visualization of this process.In this embodiment, one cell mesh selector 720 is used for identifying the initial of next bar screen display in a unit, the width 502 of display screen 504 is known simultaneously, so the appropriate part of unit can correctly show during the horizontal scrolling of this unit.Those people that know the business understand, and cell mesh selector 720 is address pointers of the counter of a free oscillating circuit control.
All unit in the adjacent memory cells of buffer storage 725 store, and as graphic extension in Fig. 7, only are for the ease of graphic extension principle of the present invention.The specific technology that is used to store the unit that is presented at screen display 504 is not an importance of the present invention.
In starting storage operation 602, it is unit zero by setting that scrolling unit pointer 730 starts to zero that top screen cursor 715 is activated aligned units zero and unit indicator 506.In operation 602, cell mesh selector 720 is also set the beginning of going aligned units zero.Thereby operation 602 is not only storing in the structural informations that show, but also starts with the scrolling of information on display screen 504 and locate relevant pointer.
Store in the unit that into memory 725 and various indicating device are after operation 602 starts, a N unit shows in showing N unit operations 603.In this embodiment, N is an integer, and it is defined as follows:
N=(screen line number)/(every unit line number) is if arbitrary in the N unit has width greater than screen display width 502, then have only the first of this unit to be shown, for example for text (text), initial t character or less, wherein t is the max number of characters order that can show in delegation.In this embodiment, a word does not divide, and does not promptly show the part of word.Show a N unit operations 603, transfer to the unit greater than screen display width checked operation 605.
If the incident of startup method 600 selects character keys to cause by the unit, so optional check 604 is by checking that first character decision unit to be shown is optional or non-optional.If there is not special character, an oblique line for example, this just means that these unit right and wrong are optional, and shows this unit.If it is optional spcial character that this unit of indication is arranged, so optional check 604 transfer processing arrive the unit greater than screen display width checked operation 605, and the value of scrolling unit pointer 730.
In this embodiment, as described above, scrolling unit pointer 730 is being indicated at the position of the unit indicator on the display screen 504 506 and top screen cursor 715 marks and memory cell in the memory 725 of the first module that is showing.Thereby, consider to do the unit of horizontal scrolling, be positioned in and be in top screen cursor 715 and scrolling unit pointer 730 and position number in the memory 725.
If a unit greater than screen display width 502, the first of first module, this part is the position (0,0) that is stored among Fig. 7 in this example, testedly goes to determine whether the unit termination character is included among the first.If the unit termination character is not included among the first, be presented at the first module on the display screen 504, for example, unit zero, has width greater than screen display width 502, so check 605 setup unit part selectors 720 to go to aim at second portion initial of this unit.Check 605 transfer processing deactivation counters operation 606.
On the contrary, if the unit termination character is included among the first, this first, promptly the unit zero, has a width less than screen display width 502, thereby do not need horizontal scrolling.In this example, the end operation that the removing of carrying out any necessity is transferred in check 605, and show and return control to the incident management program.
In one embodiment, unit horizontal ground and circularly by scrolling.In another embodiment, the moving number of times of predesignating of a unit horizontal floor-covering roll.The number of times of predesignating is selected for use and is convenient to the user and has the enough time to see whole unit, thereby the user connects information and the special label that is used for this unit.Generally, predetermined times is three.Therefore, for this embodiment, enabling counting device 606 is set a horizontal scrolling counter to three, and transfer processing is to pausing operation 610.Certainly, if do not need to repeat to predesignate the horizontal scrolling of number of times, operation 606 and maximum scrolling number check 614 (hereinafter will more completely describe) can be undone.
Point out that as above each part of the unit of selecting for use shows one period of predesignating, it is looked is enough to make the user to remove easily to read the new visible part in selected unit.Thereby pausing operation 610 and the following pausing operation that will describe 613 only are the time delays to predetermined period.In this embodiment, be implemented on the time delay in pausing operation 610 and 613, all identical to each part of unit.In each example, pausing operation 610 is transferred to processing and is shown next part operation 611.
Yet, for horizontal scrolling provides the enforcement of various time delays by the each several part of selected unit, or be that different horizontal scrollings passes through a unit, provide the enforcement of different time lags, also all within the scope of the invention.When for example, first pause flag can be set in firm access method 600.In pausing operation 610, when pause flag is set, the first that long time-out is used for having shown, whether go to allow the user determine is that horizontal scrolling selects a unit to be different from the first module that has shown.To entering for the first time of pausing operation 610 pause flag is removed.And the user also can not need the time of as much to go to read this unit unit of menu on the horizontal scrolling in the end.Thereby the value of pausing operation 610 energy usage level scrolling counters goes to select a specific time delay.
Show next part operation 611, be presented at the initial cell mesh of memory cell of cell mesh selector 720, and transfer to the unit and finish checked operation 612.
The unit finishes checked operation 612, tests this part, and this part is stored in the position (0,1) among Fig. 7, removes the second portion that determines whether unit knot character is included in this unit.If the unit termination character is not included in the second portion, then be presented at the first module in the display screen 504, have a width greater than screen display width twice, thereby check setup unit part selector 720 goes to aim at the initial of this unit third part.When the display part of present selected unit is not the decline of this unit, checked operation 612 transfer processing are to pausing operation 610.
When processing turned back to pausing operation 610, the next part of this unit showed the time of predesignating, and handled then to transfer to show next part operation 611 again.Show next part operation 611, show the next part of being identified by cell mesh selector 720 of this unit, and transfer to unit end operation 612.Operation 610 and 612 is repeated until that the unit finishes checked operation 612 and detects the unit termination character, and transfer processing arrives till the pausing operation 613.
On the contrary, if the unit termination character is included in second portion, then this second portion has a width that is less than or equal to screen display width 502, and the horizontal scrolling of this selectable unit finishes.At this moment, second pausing operation 613 is transferred in check 612.
In case enter pausing operation 613, whole unit show, but the decline of this unit just shows in operation 611.Therefore, pausing operation 613 postpones one period scheduled time, so that user's decline of read unit is comfily transferred to processing maximum scrolling number checked operation 614 then.
Maximum scrolling number checked operation 614 at first is set to cell mesh selector 720 and aims at the initial of selected unit.Check the value of 614 testing level scrolling counters.If the value of counter is not zero, in this embodiment, i.e. second predetermined value, this unit number of times of scrolling maximum number flatly not as yet upgrades scrolling counter operation 616 thereby handle to transfer to so.On the contrary, if the value of horizontal scrolling counter is second predetermined value, then this unit number of times of scrolling maximum number is transferred to update displayed operation 615 and handle.Update displayed operation 615 shows the part of being selected 720 unit of aiming at by cell mesh, and end operation 607 is transferred in processing, and this describes above.
When the unit as yet flatly scrolling upgrade the operation 616 of scrolling counter and the values of horizontal scrolling counter are changed go another horizontal scrolling of indicating member to finish when the predetermined times.Upgrade scrolling counter operation 616, display operation 617 is transferred in processing.Display operation shows the first of selected unit, and cell mesh selector 720 is set to the initial of the second portion of aiming at selected unit, and forwards processing to pausing operation 610.
Operation 610 to 614 and 616,617 is repeated until that the unit is till the number of times of horizontal scrolling maximum number.As above indication, check 614 is transferred to and is shown first's operation 615 when this takes place, and end operation 607 is transferred in this operation successively again.
Thereby according to principle of the present invention, structural information is presented on the screen, so that the user can see construction unit as much as possible simultaneously, and can see whole texts of any unit when needed.Therefore, be created in device structural information in addition, such as phone, beep-pager, mobile phone and the similar device that has the small screen, the handy method of the present invention of energy is easily handled and is shown.Those people that know the business understand, and the open of this example approach only made with exemplary method, and countless changes can be classified again and do not broken away from the spirit and scope of the present invention in the layout of parts and step and combination, as being listed among the Patent right requirement.Correspondingly, scope of the present invention system be can't help above-mentioned embodiment and describes by annex claim defined.
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1, a kind of method that is used for display structure information on screen is characterized in that, described method comprises:
Show: show the part of described structural information on described screen, this part is made up of the some unit that are included in the described structural information, and wherein one of described unit in described part is the selectable unit of its width greater than described screen width at least; With
Scrolling: by the direction of predesignating, the described selectable unit when selected in the described part of scrolling continues to show each other unit in the described part simultaneously.
2, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, the described selectable unit of described scrolling comprises:
The first that shows described selectable unit reaches first preset time.
3, method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the described selectable unit of described scrolling also comprises:
The second portion that shows described selectable unit reaches second preset time.
4, method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, the described selectable unit of described scrolling also comprises:
Test determines whether described selectable unit comprises more than a part.
5, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described method also comprises: repeat the described selectable unit predetermined times of scrolling.
6, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described selectable unit is its length greater than the long text and the described predetermined direction of described screen width is level.
7, a kind of method that is used for display structure information on screen is characterized in that, described method comprises:
Show the part of described structural information on described screen, this part is made up of the some unit that are included in the described structural information;
Be chosen in a unit in the described part that is showing on the described screen;
Whether the width of determining a described unit is greater than the width of described screen; And,
When the width of determining a described unit was width greater than described screen, just the described unit of scrolling flatly by this way made that in any given time, only whole words all is presented on the described screen in a described unit.
8, method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, it also comprises: when the described unit of scrolling flatly, also show each other unit in the described part on described screen.
9, method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, it also comprises: the number of times that repeats the described unit of described scrolling flatly one predetermined number.
10, method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the described unit of described scrolling flatly also comprises: show first one section preset time of a described unit, wherein said first comprises whole words.
11, method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, the described unit of described scrolling flatly also comprises: determine the several portions number that a described unit is held.
12, method as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, the described unit of described scrolling flatly also comprises: show, in turn and respectively, one section preset time of the described number part of each of a described unit.
13, a kind of method that is used for display structure information on screen is characterized in that, described method comprises:
Reception comprises the described structural information of a plurality of optional and non-selectable units;
A part that on described screen, shows described a plurality of optional and non-selectable unit; Described part comprises at least one described selectable unit, and this selectable unit is the long selectable unit of its length greater than described screen width; Described part also comprises whole words;
Select described long selectable unit;
But determine some display parts number of described long selectable unit, but to guarantee that at any time only whole words all are presented on the described screen in each part of described display part according to the width of described screen; And,
Scrolling, in turn, respectively and repeatedly, but each display part of described long selectable unit.
14, method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, described selectable unit comprises selection scheme and long text; Described non-selectable unit is included in displayable fully short text of while on the described screen.
15, method as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, each described selection scheme comprises minor structure information, and when a suitable scheme of described selection scheme was selected, the part of described at least minor structure information showed.
16, method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, but the described described number of determining the described display part of described long selectable unit comprises:
According to the width of described screen but described long selectable unit is divided into described display part in a word boundary; But with the number that calculates described display part.
17, method as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, but the described display part of each described number of the described long selectable unit of scrolling in turn, respectively and repeatedly comprises:
But be presented at the one section preset time of first in the described display part; With
But be presented in the described display part each with afterwards part a period of time, this section period,, be shorter than the described scheduled time slightly according to described number.
18, method as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, but the described display part of each described number of the described long selectable unit of scrolling in turn, respectively and repeatedly comprises:
But in turn show each one section preset time in described display part.
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