TWI436247B - Method for moving objects and electronic apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Description

Method for moving an object and electronic device using the same

The present invention relates to a method of moving an object, and more particularly to a method of using a multi-touch method to move a moving object of an object displayed on a desktop of the system, and an electronic device to which the method is applied.

In order to enable the electronic device to have a variety of application functions, a general user installs various software programs in the electronic device for use when needed. The installed software program will generate a corresponding shortcut icon on the system desktop. The user can select the shortcut icon through the touch point to execute the corresponding software program. When more software programs are installed, the shortcut icons displayed on the system desktop are relatively increased. In this case, for the convenience of the user to execute the commonly used software programs, the management of the shortcut icons is particularly important.

Taking a smart phone as an example, it has a plurality of display pages that can be switched. When a user wants to move a shortcut icon between pages, the current practice is to first pull the shortcut icon to the page by touch. At the edge, after waiting for the system to sense and switch the page, the touch operation of the shortcut icon is released, and the shortcut icon is placed in the switched page. However, during the foregoing operation, the error often occurs when the user pulls the shortcut icon, or the system fails to accurately sense that the shortcut icon has moved to the edge of the page, so that the shortcut icon cannot be smoothly moved between pages. It is easy to cause trouble for users.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for moving a moving object of an object displayed on a desktop of a system by using a multi-touch method and an electronic device using the same.

To achieve the above object, the method for moving an object of the present invention is applied to an electronic device having a multi-touch function, the electronic device can be loaded into the operating system to display the system desktop, and display at least one object on the system desktop, the method includes The following steps: receiving the first touch command, the first touch command includes at least one first touch signal; selecting at least one target object from the at least one object according to the first touch command; and continuously receiving the first touch In the state of the command, determining whether to receive the second touch command, the second touch command is a moving track signal generated by the second touch signal, and when the second touch command is received, according to the first The two touch commands cause the desktop of the system to perform a desktop change operation with respect to at least one target object, and at least one target object is maintained to be displayed on the system desktop after the desktop change operation. With this design, the user can freely determine the first position and the second position according to the finger touching the first sensing device and the second sensing device, thereby controlling the soft object to perform different corresponding movements, so that the user can operate more Intuitive and convenient.

Further, the present invention also provides an electronic device to which the aforementioned method of moving an object is applied. The electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage module and a processing module. The touch screen is configured to receive a first touch command and a second touch command input by the user, and the first touch command includes at least one first touch. The second touch command includes a moving track signal generated by the second touch signal to perform the sliding operation; the storage module is used to store the operating system; the processing module is connected to the touch screen and the storage module. The processing module is configured to load the operating system to display the system desktop by the touch screen, and display at least one object on the system desktop; the processing module is configured to select at least one of the at least one object according to the first touch command. Target object. In the state that the first touch command is continuously received, the processing module determines whether the second touch command is received, and performs a desktop change operation on the desktop of the system with respect to at least one target object according to the second touch command, and at least one The target object remains displayed on the system desktop after the desktop change operation.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a schematic diagram of the electronic device 1 of the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1 is a smart phone, but depending on the type of application, the electronic device 1 can also be a tablet computer, a PDA, a global positioning system (GPS), or Other devices that can be operated in a multi-touch mode are not limited to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 1 of the present invention includes a touch screen 10 , a storage module 20 , and a processing module 30 , and the processing module 30 is electrically connected to the touch screen 10 and the storage module 20 . The touch screen 10 is a display screen capable of supporting multi-touch input, and the user can perform single-touch input, single-point slip input or multi-touch input on the touch screen 10. In this embodiment, the touch screen 10 is configured to receive a first touch command and a second touch command input by the user, where the first touch command includes at least one first touch signal, that is, the first touch The command may be a single first touch signal generated by the user touching the touch screen 10 at a single point, or a plurality of first touch signals generated by the multi-touch touch screen 10. The second touch command includes a moving track signal generated by the second touch signal, and the second touch command can generate a single second touch signal for the user to touch the touch screen 10 with a single touch. Thereafter, the sliding is performed while continuously touching the touch screen 10 to form a moving track to generate a moving track signal.

The storage module 20 is configured to store the operating system and various applications. The application module can be executed in the operating system loading state. In this embodiment, the storage module 20 can be a hard disk, a memory or other storage. Device. The processing module 30 is configured to load the operating system, generate a system desktop for the user to operate after the system is loaded, and display the system desktop by using the touch screen 10. The system desktop can be presented in different ways according to the type of the electronic device 1 to be applied. For example, in the case of a smart phone, the system desktop uses a multi-page type system desktop composed of different system desktops, and can be operated by the user. Switching between desktops of each system is performed, but the invention is not limited thereto. At least one object is displayed on the system desktop, and the object can be a desktop shortcut, a file, a folder, an icon or an application. Any of the above desktop shortcuts corresponds to any application, and the user can select any desktop shortcut through the touch point to notify the processing module 30 to execute the application corresponding to the desktop shortcut. In this embodiment, the processing module 30 can be a processor or a combination thereof with a software.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flow chart of a first embodiment of a method for moving an object of the present invention. It should be noted that although the electronic device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example to illustrate the method for moving the object of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the electronic device 1 and any other electronic device having a similar structure is also used. The method of moving objects of the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the method of moving an object of the present invention includes steps S201 to S206. The various steps of the method are described in detail below.

Step S201: Receive a first touch instruction. The electronic device 1 includes a touch screen 10, and when the user performs a touch operation on the system desktop displayed on the touch screen 10, the first touch command input by the user can be received through the touch screen 10, wherein the first The touch command includes at least one first touch signal. In this embodiment, the first touch command includes only a single first touch signal.

Step S202: Select at least one target object from at least one object according to the first touch instruction. Since at least one object is displayed on the desktop of the system, after the user inputs the first touch command, the processing module 30 determines, according to the received first touch command, whether at least one target object is selected from at least one object. As the target of the upcoming mobile operation.

Hereinafter, please refer to FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 3(d) for the operation of the first embodiment of the method for moving objects of the present invention. In this embodiment, the system desktop is the aforementioned multi-page type system desktop, and at least one object is displayed on each system desktop. As shown in FIG. 3(a), the first system desktop 11 is displayed on the touch screen 10, and the first system desktop 11 is displayed with a plurality of objects 11a to 11f. When the user wants to move the object 11c to a different system desktop, the first touch command is input, that is, the position of the object 11c is displayed on the touch screen 10 in a single touch manner, and the first touch pressure is applied. Point P1 generates a first touch signal; at this time, when the processing module 30 determines that the position of the first touch signal (ie, the first touch pressure point P1) and the position of the object 11c overlap at least partially, the object is 11c is selected as the target object (the state in which the object is selected as the target object by oblique lines in FIG. 3(a)), and the above-mentioned judgment comparison manner can be judged by using the position coordinates or the block obtained by the processing module 30 through calculation. However, the invention is not limited thereto.

Step S203: Determine whether to receive the second touch instruction in a state in which the first touch command is continuously received. When the user continues to touch the object 11a, the processing module 30 will continue to receive the first touch command, and the processing module 30 will determine whether the touch signal is generated by another different point. The second touch command, wherein the second touch command is a moving track signal generated by the sliding operation of the second touch signal.

Step S204: Perform a desktop change operation on the system desktop with respect to at least one target object according to the second touch instruction, and at least one target object is maintained to be displayed on the system desktop after the desktop change operation.

As shown in FIG. 3(b), in a state where the user continuously touches the object 11a, the user generates a second touch signal by touching the second touch point P2 on the touch screen 10, and The two touch points P2 perform a slip operation (shown by an arrow in the figure) to generate a moving track signal; at this time, the processing module 30 can determine that the user has input the second touch command, and the second touch command is The first system desktop 11 performs a desktop change operation. According to the moving direction of the moving track signal, the corresponding moving direction of the desktop changing operation is determined. Therefore, the present embodiment performs the desktop changing operation according to the direction of the arrow in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 3(b) and FIG. 3(c), in the embodiment, after receiving the second touch command, the processing module 30 performs a desktop switching operation on the first system desktop 11 A system desktop 11 is moved in the direction of the arrow to switch to the second system desktop 12; the second system desktop 12 is displayed with a plurality of objects 12a, 12b. During the operation, the first system desktop 11 is moved in the direction of the arrow relative to the object 11c selected as the target object, that is, the object 11c is displayed on the opposite touch screen due to the touch pressure of the user's first touch command. The fixed position on the 10, even if it has been switched from the first system desktop 11 to the second system desktop 12, the object 11c remains displayed on the second system desktop 12, and moves without being affected by the desktop changing operation. The foregoing desktop change operation includes, in addition to the desktop switching operation between different system desktops, in the state that the system desktop is larger than the display screen of the touch screen 10, the desktop moving operation may be performed on the same system desktop to change the object to be placed. Corresponding to the desktop location, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Step S205 is further included after step S204: determining whether the first touch instruction continues to be received. After the desktop change operation is performed according to the second touch command, the processing module 30 determines whether the first touch command is continuously received, that is, whether the user continuously touches the object 11c. If yes, the state continues to be maintained; if not, then step S206 is continued.

Step S206: Place at least one target object on the system desktop after the desktop change operation. As shown in FIG. 3(d), when the user stops touching the object 11c, the processing module 30 cannot receive the first touch command, and the processing module 30 processes the object 11c to place the object 11c. The second system desktop 12 is configured to complete the overall operation of the mobile object 11c to different system desktops. The object 11c is placed on the second system desktop 12, and the object 11c can be automatically moved to the object arrangement position set in the second system desktop 12 as shown in FIG. 3(d), or directly placed on the object 11c. The relative position of the second system desktop 12 corresponding to the present, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5(a) to FIG. 5(f) below. 4 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of a method of moving an object of the present invention. 5(a) to 5(f) are schematic views showing the operation of the second embodiment of the method of moving an object of the present invention. The second embodiment is a variation of the foregoing first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the method for moving an object of the present invention includes steps S401 to S408, wherein steps S401 to S406 are the same as step S201 of FIG. 2 described above. The same as step S206. The various steps of the method are described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 5(a), in the embodiment, when the user inputs the first touch command through step S401, the plurality of positions on the touch screen 10 can be touched at one time to obtain the first touch point. P11 and P12 generate a plurality of first touch signals, wherein the positions of the first touch signals (ie, the first touch points P11 and P12) correspond to the objects 11c and 11f on the first system desktop 11 respectively. The positions are at least partially overlapped, so the processing module 30 selects the objects 11c, 11f as the target objects according to step S402.

As shown in FIG. 5(b) and FIG. 5(c), when the first touch command is continuously received, the processing module 30 receives the second touch command input by the user (by the second touch pressure). After the point P21 is slid in the direction of the arrow, the desktop changing operation is performed accordingly to move the first system desktop 11 in the direction of the arrow with respect to the objects 11c, 11f, switch to the second system desktop 12, and the objects 11c, 11f are maintained. Displayed on the second system desktop 12. If the foregoing steps S405 and S406 are continued, after the user stops inputting the first touch command, the objects 11c and 11f are placed on the second system desktop 12, and the plurality of objects are moved from one system desktop to another. The operation of a system desktop.

If it is considered that the different objects 11c, 11f are respectively moved to different system desktops, step S404 may further include step S407: determining whether any one of the at least one first touch signals continues to be received. After the desktop touch operation is performed according to the second touch command, the first touch command includes a plurality of first touch signals, and the processing module 30 confirms according to each touch signal to determine whether to continuously receive at least one. Any one of the first touch signals, that is, whether the user continues to touch the object 11c or the object 11f. If yes, the state continues to be maintained; if not, then step S408 is continued.

Step S408: Place at least one first touch target signal corresponding to the selected target object on the system desktop after the desktop change operation. When the user stops touching the object 11c or the object 11f, the processing module 30 cannot receive the corresponding first touch signal, and the processing module 30 processes the object 11c or the object 11f. As shown in FIG. 5(d), in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user has stopped touching the object 11c, so the processing module 30 places the object 11c on the second system desktop 12 and maintains the fixed display state of the object 11f. Therefore, the operation of moving the object 11c from the first system desktop 11 to the second system desktop 12 can be completed first. In the present embodiment, the object 11c is placed directly at the relative position of the currently corresponding second system desktop 12.

As shown in FIG. 5(d) and FIG. 5(e), after step S408, the process returns to steps S403 to S404, and the user inputs the second touch command again while the user continues to touch the object 11f. (sliding in the direction of the arrow by the second contact pressure point P22) to perform the second desktop changing operation, so that the second system table top 12 moves relative to the object 11f in the direction of the arrow (the moving direction of the moving track signal) to switch For the third system desktop 13. This third system desktop 13 is shown with a plurality of objects 13a, 13b. Finally, the steps S405 to S406 are continued. As shown in FIG. 5(e) and FIG. 5(f), when the user stops touching the object 11f, the processing module 30 determines that the first touch command is not received (ie, the remaining When the first point touches the signal, the object 11f is processed and placed on the third system desktop 13 to complete the operation of the moving object 11f from the second system desktop 12 to the third system desktop 13.

Please refer to FIG. 6(a) to FIG. 6(b) for the operation of the third embodiment of the method for moving objects of the present invention. The third embodiment is a variant of the foregoing first embodiment. In addition to the foregoing object selection method for the target object used in step S202, when the first touch command includes a plurality of first touch signals, The target object can be selected in other ways. As shown in FIG. 6( a ), in the embodiment, the user touches the touch screen 10 to generate two first touch points P11 and P12 as the first touch command, and the processing module 30 After confirming the positions of the respective first contact pressure points P11 and P12 and converting them into coordinates, after performing the correlation calculation process, the virtual straight lines L1 and L2 which are parallel to the sides of the touch screen 10 through any points of P11 and P12 can be calculated. The rectangular range block formed by the intersection of L3 and L4. The processing module 30 can select each object in the rectangular range block as the target object (for example, the objects 11a and 11b), and change the position of the range block according to the position of each first touch point, thereby Provides the effect of selecting single or multiple objects through a simple touch operation.

As shown in FIG. 6(b), it is assumed that the user touches the touch screen 10 to generate three first touch points P11, P12, and P13 as the first touch command, and the processing module 30 confirms each. After the positions of the first touch points P11, P12, and P13 are converted into coordinates, the points can be connected to each other to form a triangular range block by performing a correlation calculation process. At this time, the processing module 30 can select the objects in the triangle range block or at least partially overlap with the triangular range block as the target object (for example, the objects 11b and 11e), and also the position of the first touch point is different. Changing the position of the block of the range also has the effect of selecting a single or multiple objects. Similarly, when the number of the first contact points exceeds three or more, it may be connected in the foregoing manner to form a polygonal range block, which is not limited to the embodiment.

Therefore, with the design of the third embodiment of the present invention, the processing module can calculate the range block according to the position of the first first touch signal, and the object or the range block located in the range block. At least partially overlapping objects are selected as target objects to improve the efficiency of selection of the target object.

In addition to the foregoing embodiments, the electronic device 1 of the present invention can be combined with the dynamic sensing device to detect the displacement of the touch screen 10 by the dynamic sensing device, instead of inputting the second touch command. You can also perform desktop changes. For example, after the user touches the touch screen 10 to input the first touch command, and the target object is selected, the user can perform a shaking operation such as shaking or rotating on the body of the electronic device 1 when the dynamic sensing device detects the displacement operation. At this time, the processing module 30 is notified to perform the desktop changing operation in order to achieve the same effect as the foregoing embodiment. The dynamic sensing device can be an accelerator, a G-sensor, a gyroscope, or the like.

With the design of the invention, the user can easily complete the moving operation of the desktop shortcut and the like through the multi-touch method, so that the user can conveniently classify and manage the desktop objects, thereby effectively improving the convenience of operation.

In summary, the present invention is a breakthrough in terms of its purpose, means and efficacy, and it is different from the characteristics of the prior art. It is a great breakthrough for the reviewer to ask for an early patent, and to benefit the society. Debian. It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and its advantages, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Modifications and variations of the embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be as described in the scope of the patent application to be described later.

1. . . Electronic device

10. . . Touch screen

11. . . First system desktop

11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b. . . object

12. . . Second system desktop

13. . . Third system desktop

20. . . Storage module

30. . . Processing module

P1, P11, P12, P13. . . First touch point

P2, P21, P22. . . Second touch point

L1, L2, L3, L4. . . straight line

1 is a schematic view of an electronic device of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a first embodiment of a method of moving an object of the present invention.

3(a) to 3(d) are schematic views showing the operation of the first embodiment of the method of moving an object of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of a method of moving an object of the present invention.

5(a) to 5(f) are schematic views showing the operation of the second embodiment of the method of moving an object of the present invention.

6(a) and 6(b) are schematic views showing the operation of the third embodiment of the method of moving an object of the present invention.

Claims (11)

A method for moving an object is applied to an electronic device having a multi-touch function, the electronic device can load an operating system to display a system desktop, and display at least one object on the desktop of the system, the method comprising the following steps Receiving a first touch command, the first touch command includes at least one first touch signal; selecting at least one target object from the at least one object according to the first touch command; wherein at least one target is selected The object includes: selecting, when the position of any one of the at least one first touch signals at least partially overlaps the position of any one of the at least one object, selecting the object as the target object; or When the first touch command includes the first first touch signal, the position of the first touch signal is calculated according to the position of the first touch point to form a range block, and is located in the range block or The object that is at least partially overlapped by the range block is selected as the target object; in the state of continuously receiving the first touch command, determining whether to receive a second touch command, the first The touch command is a moving track signal generated by the sliding operation of the second touch signal; and when the second touch command is received, the desktop of the system is compared with the second touch command. At least one target object performs a desktop changing operation, and the at least one target object is maintained displayed on the desktop of the system after the desktop changing operation. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: determining whether the first touch command is continuously received; If so, the at least one target object is placed on the desktop of the system after the desktop change operation. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: determining whether any one of the at least one first touch signal is continuously received; if yes, placing the at least one first touch signal originally Corresponding to the selected target object on the desktop of the system after the desktop change operation. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving direction is determined according to one of the moving track signals to determine a moving direction of the desktop changing operation. The method of claim 1, wherein the desktop change operation comprises a desktop move operation for one of the same system desktops or a desktop switch operation for a different desktop of the system. An electronic device includes: a touch screen for receiving a first touch command and a second touch command input by a user, the first touch command comprising at least a first touch signal, The second touch command includes a moving track signal generated by a second touch signal to perform a sliding operation; a storage module for storing an operating system; and a processing module coupled to the touch screen The processing module is configured to load the operating system to display a system desktop by using the touch screen, and display at least one object on the desktop of the system; the processing module is configured to The first touch command selects at least one target object from the at least one object; and the step of selecting at least one target object includes: Selecting the object as the target object when the position of any one of the at least one first touch signals is at least partially overlapping with the position of any one of the at least one object; or when the first touch When the control command includes the first touch signal of the plurality of points, the position of the first touch signal is calculated according to the position of the complex point to form a range of blocks, and the block is located in the range block or at least part of the range block The overlapping object is selected as the target object; in the state of continuously receiving the first touch command, the processing module determines whether the second touch command is received, and causes the system according to the second touch command The desktop performs a desktop change operation with respect to the at least one target object, and the at least one target object is maintained displayed on the system desktop after the desktop change operation. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processing module determines that the first touch instruction is not continuously received, and then places the at least one target object on the desktop of the system after the desktop change operation. In the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processing module determines that the at least one first touch signal is not continuously received, the at least one first touch signal is placed. The corresponding selected target object is on the system desktop after the desktop change operation. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processing module moves a direction according to one of the moving track signals to determine a moving direction of one of the desktop changing operations. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the desktop change operation comprises a desktop move operation for one of the same desktop of the system or a desktop switch operation between different desktops of the system. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the object is a desktop shortcut, a file, a folder, an icon or an application.