TW201443759A - Screen display method of communication program - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a screen display method of a communication program which is executed on at least two electronic devices by which at least two users send messages mutually, the method comprising: A. displaying representative icons representing the users and text messages sent as dialogue windows on the screens of the electronic devices sent, displaying the representative icons respectively in the first areas of the dialogue windows, and displaying the test messages in the second areas of the dialogue windows; B. under given conditions, starting the camera lens of the electronic devices to capture an image and generate new representative icons; and C. transmitting the new representative icons to the electronic devices of the representative icons in step A of users represented by the new representative icons, and replacing the representative icons.

Description

Communication software display method

The invention relates to a communication software, and in particular to a screen display method of a communication software.

Press, the communication software allows more than two users to send messages to each other, no matter where the user is located, they can transmit or receive messages at any time, making communication between people more convenient.

The figure shown in FIG. 1 is a screen displayed by the electronic device of the smart phone 1 as an example. The smart phone 1 has a screen 1a, and the user starts the execution of the communication software after the smart phone 1 starts. A dialog window 1b is displayed on the screen 1a. The user can pre-set the favorite picture as the representative image when sending the message, and the two users send the message to each other as an example. When the first user sends the message, the first user's Representing the image F1 and the message, when the same second user sends a message, the representative image F2 and the message of the second user are also displayed in the dialog window 1b. Since the dialog window 1b only displays the representative images F1, F2 and the message of the user, the user can only know the meaning of the other party by the message; however, under certain conditions (such as joy or anger), The feelings of the mood cannot be effectively transmitted through the message, so there is a situation in which the communication between the two parties is misunderstood. Therefore, the screen display of the conventional communication software is still not perfect, and there is still room for improvement.

In view of the above, the main object of the present invention is to provide a screen display method for a communication software, which can convert a user's image into a dialog window representing a image and displayed on the communication software.

The image display method of the communication software provided by the present invention is provided, wherein the communication soft system is separately executed on at least two electronic devices, and each electronic device has a screen, wherein at least one of the electronic devices has a photographic device; the communication software is configured to allow at least two users to respectively transmit text messages and represent representative images of the users through the at least two electronic devices; the screen display method comprises the following steps: A. The representative image of the user and the transmitted text message are respectively displayed on the screen of the transmitted electronic device in a dialog window, and the representative images are respectively displayed in the first area of one of the dialog windows, and The text messages are respectively displayed in a second area of one of the dialog windows; B. starting the photographing device to capture an image under predetermined conditions, and generating a new representative image of the electronic device user accordingly; And C. transmitting the new representative image generated in step B to the electronic device on which the representative image of the new representative image is located in the representative image of step A And the substituted representative image.

Thereby, through the screen display method of the communication software, a new representative image having a user's facial expression, motion, and the like can be transmitted to the dialog window of the communication software to display and replace the old representative image, which is convenient for others. The user understands the transmitted message with the new representative image.

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F1‧‧‧ representative image

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10‧‧‧Smart mobile phone

12‧‧‧Photographic lens

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F1‧‧‧ representative image

F2‧‧‧ representative image

P1‧‧‧ new representative image

P2‧‧‧ new representative image

P3‧‧‧ new representative image

Figure 1 shows the screen displayed by the conventional communication software; 2 is a flowchart of a screen display method of a communication software according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a smart phone according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing that representative images of the first and second users are displayed in the first An area; FIG. 4A discloses that the representative image of the first user is replaced with a new representative image; FIG. 4B discloses that the representative image of the second user is replaced with a new representative image; FIG. 5A is a diagram of another embodiment of the present invention; The representative image of the second user is displayed in the first area; FIG. 5B discloses that the representative image of the second user is replaced with the new representative image; FIG. 6 is a new representative image of the first user according to another embodiment of the present invention. The brightness is higher than other users; and FIG. 7 is another embodiment of the present invention, which discloses that the second user's message is clicked and the second user's new representative image brightness is higher than other users.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly described, the preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a screen display method of a communication software according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The communication soft system is executed by an electronic device such as the smart phone 10 shown in FIG. 10 has a photographing device exemplified by the photographic lens 12 and a screen 14, and a first user and a second user respectively transmit text messages or pictures to each other through the smart phone 10, and represent representatives of the users. image. Since the communication software executed by each of the user's smart phones 10 is the same, the following uses the smart phone 10 used by the first user as an example. The screen display method includes the following steps:

A. After the first user starts executing the communication software, A dialog window 20 is displayed on the screen 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the dialog window 20 is divided into a first area 20a and a second area 20b. In this embodiment, the first area 20a is located in the second area. Above the 20b, the first area 20a simultaneously displays the representative image F1 of the first user and the representative image F2 representing the second user. The second area 20b displays a text message or a picture transmitted by the users to each other; the text message or picture sent from the first user's smart phone 10 is displayed on the right side of the second area 20b; A text message or a picture received by a user's smart phone 10 is displayed on the left side of the second area 20b, whereby the first user can intuitively distinguish the second user from the dialog window 20 The text message or image sent is not to be confused with the text message or image sent by yourself.

B. When the first user transmits a text message or a picture, the communication software activates the photographic lens 12 to capture an image of the first user, and generates a new representative of the first user according to the captured image. image. Since the first user's face is facing the photographic lens 12 when the first user is using the smart phone 10, the photographic lens 12 can capture the facial expression or limb of the first user. The image of the action. In practice, it can also be designed to capture images when the first user switches from the window of another software to the dialog window of the communication software.

C. When the representative image F1 corresponding to the first user is displayed on the first area 20a (as shown in FIG. 3), the new representative image P1 generated in step B is substituted for the first area. The representative image F1 of the first user in 20a (the state shown in Fig. 4A). Since the second user's smart phone performs the same communication software, when the second user transmits a message to the first user's smart phone 10, the second user's smart phone 10 also Obtaining an image of the second user and generating a new representative image P2 of the second user, and transmitting the image to the first user's smart phone 10, and the first user's smart phone 10 receives the first After the new representative image P2 transmitted by the user, the representative image of the second user in the first area 20a is F2 is replaced with a new representative image P2 of the second user (state shown in Fig. 4B).

Similarly, when the first area on the smart phone of the second user displays the representative image F1 of the first user, the new representative image P1 generated by the first user's smart phone 10 is used. And replacing the representative image F1 of the first user on the smart phone of the second user.

D. Repeat steps B and C until the dialog window is closed. In other words, each time the first user sends a text message or a picture, another new representative image is generated, the original new representative image P1 of the first user is updated; and the second user is received. In the case of a text message or a picture, the new representative image P2 representing the second user is also updated with another new representative image generated by the second user's smart phone 10. In this way, each user can see the facial expression of himself or the other party when transmitting the text message or the picture, and feel the meaning of the other party.

In an embodiment, in the foregoing step B, the photographic lens 12 can be activated to capture an image to generate a new representative image P1 every predetermined time. After step D is performed, the new representative images P1, P2 of the users can be repeatedly updated.

In another embodiment, the first area 20a of the transmitted smart phone 10 in step A displays the last representative image of the user who sent the text message or picture. For example, referring to FIG. 5A, the second user is the user who finally sends the text, and in step C, the smart phone 10 replaces the representative image of the second user with the new representative P2 of the second user. Like F2 (state shown in Figure 5B).

In the above description, the two users transmit text messages or pictures to each other as an example, and the two electronic devices are all smart phones 10. Of course, one of the electronic devices may be an electronic device without a photographic lens ( For example, a desktop computer, the difference is that the electronic device without the photographic lens does not capture the image, but the new representative image transmitted from other electronic devices will still replace The representative image of the original electronic device on which the photographic lens is not mounted.

In addition, the method of the present invention can also be applied to three or more users to transmit messages to each other, so that the expressions of the users can be displayed on the screen, and the application can be used when multiple people discuss or communicate. Anyone can understand the meaning of the other party through the facial expressions of other users, making discussion or communication more efficient.

Taking three users as an example, the first, second, and third users respectively transmit messages through the smart phone. In the above step A, the first and second displays in the first area 20a can be selected according to actual needs. Or a representative image of one or two of the third users, or select to display a representative image of the three users simultaneously, or a representative image of the user who last sent the message; In the step of replacing, the original representative image of each user is replaced by a new representative image of each user.

In order to make each user more easily recognize the text message or picture sent by other users in use, in step A, the representative image of the user who finally sends the text message or picture in the first area 20a, Its display will be different from other users. For example, the representative images of the first, second, and third users in the first region 20a have been replaced with the new representative images P1, P2, and P3 of the respective users (as shown in FIG. 6), If the user is the last user to send a message, the brightness of the representative image corresponding to the first user will be higher than that of the other users. Therefore, after the representative image is replaced with the new representative image P1, the new representative image P1 The brightness is also higher than other users, so as to highlight the effect of the first user. In an embodiment, the frame of the first user may be added with a frame to make the display different from other users, or the first used representative image may be in the first area 20a. In the middle of the center to achieve the effect of highlighting.

In an embodiment, when any text message or picture sent by one of the users is clicked in the second area 20b, in step A, the text message or picture is sent in the first area 20a. User representative The image will be displayed differently from other users. In addition, in step A, a representative image of the user who sent the text message or picture is further displayed in the second area 20b, and in step C, when the user who sent the text message or picture appears in the second area When the image is represented, the representative image of the user who transmitted the text message or the picture in the second area 20b of the selected smart phone 10 is replaced with the new representative image of the user who sent the text message or picture. For example, referring to FIG. 7, when the text message sent by the second user is clicked by the finger in the second area 20b, the representative image of the second user in the first area 20a is highlighted and replaced with a new representative. The image P2, and the representative image of the second user is also displayed in the second area 20b and replaced with the new representative image P2, so that the highlighting effect can be enhanced to avoid mixing with other users' messages. Of course, when the electronic device is a computer, it can also be designed to click on the mouse pointer.

In practice, when the number of messages sent by such users exceeds When the range that can be displayed by the second area 20b is displayed, the second area 20b can be designed as a scrolling display mode, so that each user can view the text message or picture received or transmitted by the smart phone 10. After each user selects a text message or image that has been sent by himself, the selected text message or image can be modified or removed.

Through the screen display method of the present invention, the user is allowed to use When the message is transmitted by the software, the representative image corresponding to the other party's image can be viewed. By using the text to match the expression or action of the other party, the meaning of the other party can be better understood, and the communication software is more interesting and pullable. The distance between people and people.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the focus of the present invention is a screen display method of a communication software. The applied electronic device is only for explaining the present invention, and the application of the present invention and the scope of the patent application are Variations of the equivalent method are intended to be included in the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

A screen display method of a communication software, wherein the communication soft system is separately executed on at least two electronic devices, and each electronic device has a screen, wherein at least one of the electronic devices has a photographing device; the communication software is used for And at least two users respectively transmit text messages and representative images of the users through the at least two electronic devices; the screen display method comprises the following steps: A. representative images of the users and transmitted The text messages are respectively displayed on the screen of the transmitted electronic device in a dialog window, and the representative images are respectively displayed in the first area of one of the dialog windows, and the text messages are respectively displayed on the screens. a second area of the dialog window; B. starting the photographing device to capture an image and generating a new representative image of the user of the electronic device; and C. generating the new representative image of the user The new representative image is transmitted to the electronic device on which the representative image of the new representative image is located, and the representative image is replaced. The method for displaying a screen of the communication software according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition in the step B is when the user transmits the text message. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition in the step B is a predetermined time interval; the screen display method further includes a step D, and the step B is repeated. Step C until the dialog window is closed. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 1, wherein in the step A, the first area is located above the second area. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 4, wherein the text messages transmitted by the users are respectively displayed on the right side of the second area of the dialog window of the transmitted electronic device; the electronic device received by the transmitted device The text message is displayed on the left side of the second area of the dialog window of the electronic device being transmitted. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two electronic devices has one photographing device. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 6, wherein the step A further comprises: displaying the representative image of each user in the first area of the dialog window of the electronic device used by the user. The screen display method of the communication software according to claim 7, wherein in step A, the representative image of the user who finally sends the text message is displayed differently from other users. The method for displaying a screen of the communication software according to claim 7 further includes, in step A, when any text message sent by one of the users in the second area of any electronic device is clicked, the foregoing is In the first area of the selected electronic device, the representative image of the user who sent the text message is displayed in a different manner from other users. The method for displaying a screen of the communication software according to claim 6, further comprising, in step A, when selecting any text message sent by one of the users in the second area of any electronic device, in the foregoing In the second area of the selected electronic device, the user who sent the text message is further displayed. a representative image, and step C further includes: when the representative image of the user who sent the text message is displayed in the second area of the selected electronic device, the text message is sent in step B. The user's new representative image replaces the representative image of the user who sent the text message in the second area of the previously selected electronic device.