TWI442307B - System for displaying helping messages with reducing screen and method thereof - Google Patents

Description

System and method for reducing screen to display auxiliary information

A system and method for displaying an auxiliary message, in particular, a system and method for reducing a picture to display an auxiliary message.

In the current digital device, if the digital device includes a display module, various softwares executed on the digital device usually have auxiliary information that is provided for reading by the user, such as input auxiliary information when inputting, and help for troubleshooting. Auxiliary messages, etc. In general, the user can press a specific button on the digital device or perform a software help function to browse the auxiliary message of the software, to obtain a method of use or to solve the problem in the operation.

Most software displays the program that is being executed when the auxiliary message is input, and displays the function corresponding to each button or each input method in another program. This way, in the software with less functions, Applicable, but once the function of the software exceeds a certain amount, such as application software or games, the user can not record the corresponding button of all functions after reading a few input auxiliary messages, so the user It is often necessary to open the input auxiliary message to find the button corresponding to the function it needs, and then remember the button, then close the input auxiliary message and return to the original program to continue execution, so that the keys corresponding to each function are continuously memorized. The method is not convenient for the user to use, especially if the buttons corresponding to the functions are different under different operation interfaces, it is an operational burden for the user.

In summary, it can be seen that in the prior art, there has been a long-standing problem that the input auxiliary message cannot be displayed simultaneously with the executing program, and therefore it is necessary to propose an improved technical means to solve the problem.

In view of the problem that the prior art input auxiliary message cannot be displayed simultaneously with the executing program, the present invention discloses a system for reducing an image to display an auxiliary message and a method thereof, wherein: the reduced screen of the present invention is used to display an auxiliary message. The system includes: a signal generation module for generating a video signal; a determination module for determining whether the display condition is triggered; and a message providing module for generating or reading an input auxiliary message, wherein the auxiliary message is input The description includes a schematic diagram indicating an input module and a function corresponding to each input mode; the calculation module is configured to calculate a ratio of the video signal reduction according to at least one side length of the input auxiliary message and at least one side length of the display area; the signal reduction module For reducing the video signal when the display condition is triggered; the display module is configured to display the reduced video signal in the display area, and display the input auxiliary message outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal, After the video module needs to be reduced by the calculation module, the signal reduction module is reduced. Video signal presented via the display module screen by screen display module area outside of the video signal input rendered display auxiliary information, so as to solve the problems of the prior art.

The method for reducing an image to display an auxiliary message according to the present invention includes the steps of: generating a video signal; generating or reading an input auxiliary message, wherein the input auxiliary message includes a schematic diagram indicating the input module and corresponding to each input mode Description of the function; calculating the ratio of the video signal reduction according to at least one side length of the input auxiliary message and at least one side length of the display area; when the display condition is triggered, reducing the video signal according to the ratio; displaying the reduced video signal in the display area; Displaying an auxiliary auxiliary message outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal, which reduces the ratio of the video signal to reduce the displayed image of the video signal, and displays the input auxiliary message in the area where the video signal is not present to solve the prior art. The problem.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are as above, and the difference between the prior art and the prior art is that after calculating the required reduction ratio of the video signal, the size of the picture displayed in the display area is displayed according to the scale reduction, and the video signal is The area outside the rendered screen displays the input auxiliary message. Through the above technical means, the present invention can achieve the technical effect of displaying the input auxiliary message without interrupting the originally executed program.

The detailed features and embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments, which are sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to readily understand the technical means to which the present invention solves the technical problems. The achievable effect of the invention.

In the following, the system operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the system diagram of the reduced picture of the present invention to display the auxiliary message. As shown in FIG. 1, the system of the present invention includes a signal generation module 120, a determination module 130, a message providing module 150, a calculation module 160, a signal reduction module 170, and a display module 180.

In fact, the electronic device that provides the execution of the present invention also needs to have an input module, and the input module is responsible for providing the user with input behavior, including but not limited to a keyboard, a tablet, etc., if the input module is a keyboard, The user's input behavior includes but is not limited to pressing a specific button in the keyboard; if the input module is a tablet/trackpad, etc., the user's input behavior includes but is not limited to writing a specific symbol with a stylus Or text, etc.

The signal generation module 120 is responsible for generating a video signal, and the foregoing video signal includes However, it is not limited to game screens, pictures, etc., and video signals are displayed in the display area where the electronic device of the present invention is executed.

The judging module 130 sets the display condition and determines whether the set display condition is triggered. The foregoing display conditions include, but are not limited to, a specific button in the input module is pressed, the user idle time exceeds a predetermined value, or the software including the present invention needs to display an input auxiliary message to execute the present invention, etc., and the determination module 130 There are not only one display condition that can be set, and several display conditions can be set at the same time.

When the specific button is pressed by the user, an input signal corresponding to the specific button is generated, and the determining module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered when detecting that the input signal corresponding to the specific button is generated.

When the display condition is related to the idle time, the determination module 130 calculates the time difference between the time when the user last used the input module to perform the input behavior and the current time, and when the calculated time difference exceeds the predetermined value, it indicates that the display condition is triggered.

The message providing module 150 is responsible for generating or reading an input auxiliary message, and the input auxiliary message includes a schematic diagram of the input module and a description of functions corresponding to various input actions using the input module. The schematic diagram of the input module allows the user to directly feel the input module and the image in the schematic after seeing the schematic, so that the user can quickly input the behavior between the functions and the functions. Correspondence relationship.

For example, when the input module is a 4x3 keyboard, the input auxiliary message contains a picture identical to the appearance of the keyboard, that is, a schematic diagram of a 4x3 keyboard, and the user performs various functions corresponding to the input behavior. For example, the message providing module 150 can read the description of the function corresponding to each button at the time, and then superimpose it on the button in the foregoing schematic diagram, that is, the first row and the first column on the keyboard. The description of the function corresponding to when the button is pressed will be displayed in the first column of the first row in the diagram, and the other buttons and so on.

The input auxiliary message may also be a schematic diagram in which a function corresponding to each button is included in advance, and the message providing module 150 only needs to read the schematic.

The calculation module 160 is responsible for calculating the ratio of the video signal reduction according to at least one side length of the input auxiliary message and at least one side of the display area of the electronic device when the determination module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered, so that the input auxiliary message can be completed. Displayed in the display area, for example, when the input auxiliary message is 200 pixels wide and 50 pixels high, and the display area is 200 pixels wide and 300 pixels high, the calculation module 160 calculates that the width of the video signal does not need to be reduced. The maximum is at least 50 pixels; or the video signal is reduced by 50 pixels, and the width is reduced by 33 pixels.

The signal reduction module 170 is configured to reduce the video signal generated by the signal generation module 120 according to the calculated ratio of the calculation module 160. The signal reduction module 170 can reduce the video signal displayed when being displayed on the display module 180. The width or height of the picture is reduced, or the width and height of the picture presented by the video signal are reduced. When the signal reduction module 170 is reduced in width and height, the signal reduction module 170 can scale down the width and height or Different ratios are reduced in width and height.

The display module 180 is configured to display the video signal generated by the signal generating module 120 on the display area of the electronic device when the display condition is not triggered, so that the display area only displays the video signal generated by the signal generating module 120, and After the determining module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered, the video signal reduced by the signal reduction module 170 is displayed in the display area, and is displayed in the reduced video signal. The input information is displayed at a position other than the screen, so that the user can view the functions corresponding to various input behaviors while viewing the screen presented by the video signal in the display area, so that the input auxiliary information is used to learn various input behaviors. The function being executed.

Next, an operational system and method of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, a flowchart of a method for reducing an image to display an auxiliary message according to the present invention will be described.

In the electronic device of the present invention, the mobile phone 300 shown in FIG. 3 is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The display condition proposed by the present invention is exemplified by the "*" key in the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Assuming that the game executed by the user on the mobile phone 300 includes the present invention, when the user is playing the game, the signal generation module 120 generates a video signal that is provided to the display module 180 to display the game screen (step 201).

After the signal generating module 120 generates the video signal (step 201), the determining module 130 determines whether the display condition is triggered (step 220), that is, the determining module 130 determines whether the user has pressed the keyboard 310 (ie, Enter the "*" key on the module). Since the user does not press the "*" button at this time, the judging module 130 judges that the display condition is not triggered, so the video signal generated by the signal generating module 120 will not be subjected to any processing, and thus the display module 180 The picture presented by the video signal is displayed throughout the display area 320 (step 280).

As the game progresses, the signal generation module 120 continuously generates a video signal that is provided to the display module 180 to display the game screen (step 201). If the user wants to check the function of each button on the keyboard while the game is in progress, the user will press a specific button on the keyboard 310, that is, the "*" button.

When the game is initially executed, the message providing module 150 reads a schematic diagram 321 ("4A map", "4B map", "4C map") which can represent the button on the mobile phone 300, and The description of the function corresponding to each button at this time is superimposed on the schematic diagram 321 to provide an input auxiliary message including a schematic diagram 321 of the input module 310 (keyboard) and a description of the functions corresponding to the input modes (step 210), for example: Pressing the number key "1" indicates that the function of using the item is to be executed in the game. In the figure, the position of the number key "1" is superimposed with the "item" by the message providing module 150, so that the user can get Knowing that the function of using the item can be executed by pressing the number key "1", and so on, in this embodiment, the position of the number key "2" will be superimposed on the position of "closet" and the number key "3". The position where "Love" and the number key "4" are superimposed will be superimposed with "Training", the position of the number key "5" will be superimposed with "Outgoing", and the position of the number key "6" will be superimposed with "Friends". And so on.

During the progress of the game, when the user presses the "*" key, the determination module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered (step 220). Therefore, the calculation module 160 according to the schematic diagram 321 (input auxiliary message) The length of the video signal needs to be reduced by the length of one side of the display area 320 (step 231). It is assumed that the video signal generated by the signal generating module 120 is 320 pixels wide and 240 pixels high, and the width and height of the display area 320 are both video and video. The signals are the same, and the schematic is 300 pixels wide and 100 pixels high. If the calculation module 160 is used to maximize the video signal in the display area 320, the calculation module 160 calculates only the high video signal. The ratio is the same as the width, and the height is reduced to 140 pixels. If the calculation module 160 does not change the scale of the image presented by the video signal, the calculation module 160 calculates the ratio of the width of the reduction by 133 pixels and the reduction by 100 pixels. If the width of the schematic is 120 pixels and the height is 240 pixels, the ratio calculated by the calculation module 160 may also be 200 pixels wide and constant.

After the calculation module 160 calculates the proportion of the video signal to be reduced (step 231), the signal reduction module 170 reduces the video signal generated by the signal generation module 120 according to the calculation calculated by the calculation module (step 232).

In fact, the step (step 231) of calculating the ratio of the video signal to be reduced by the calculation module 160 does not necessarily need to be performed after the determination module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered (step 220), and may be performed in the determination module. 130 determines that the display condition is triggered before being triggered (step 220). In addition, the step of providing the input auxiliary message by the message providing module 150 (step 210) may also be performed after the determining module 130 determines that the display condition is triggered, thereby speeding up loading of the game.

After the signal reduction module 170 reduces the size of the video signal (step 232), the display module 180 displays the reduced video signal in the display area 320 (step 251), and the displayed image in the display area 320 will follow The ratio of the video signal to the size of the video signal is different. For example, "4A" is a picture in which the width is constant and only the height is reduced, and "4B picture" is a picture in which the width and height are reduced in proportion. "4Cth picture" is a picture that is only reduced in width but not reduced in height.

After the display module 180 displays the reduced video signal in the display area 320 (step 251), the display module 180 also displays the input auxiliary message in the display area 320, and the input auxiliary message does not cover the reduced information. The display module 180 can determine the position to be displayed by the reduced video signal, so that the display module 180 can determine that the reduced video signal is present in the display area 320, so the display mode is displayed. The group 180 can display the input auxiliary message in an area outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal (step 252), for example, when the reduced video signal is as shown in "Ath 4A", the top left pixel is displayed in In the upper left corner of the display area 320, the display module 180 determines that the reduced video signal is displayed in the vertical direction of the display area 320 by 1 to 140 pixels, so the display module will display the schematic image 320 from the vertical direction. The pixel starts to be displayed, and the video signal in "4B" is higher in the same picture as "4A", so it can be analogized, and in "4C", it is displayed. After the set 180 will reduce the video signal determination section is displayed in a horizontal direction to 200 pixels, and therefore will begin to show a schematic diagram 321 201 pixels in the horizontal direction. In this way, the user can view the input auxiliary message while viewing the screen generated by the game, so that the user can obtain the help of the input behavior without interrupting the execution of the game.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that after having the reduced ratio required for calculating the video signal, the size of the display video signal is displayed in the display area according to the scale reduction, and the picture presented by the video signal is displayed. The external area displays the input auxiliary message, and the technical means can solve the problem that the input auxiliary message existing in the prior art cannot be displayed simultaneously with the executing program, thereby achieving the program that displays the input auxiliary message without interrupting the original execution. Technical efficacy.

In the above embodiment, if the user presses the "*" button to display the input auxiliary message, when the user presses the "*" button again, the display module 180 stops displaying the input auxiliary message (step 270). The signal reduction module 170 stops the video signal generated by the signal generation module 120, so that the display module 180 can display the video signal using the complete display area 320 (step 280).

Furthermore, the reduced screen of the present invention can be implemented in a combination of hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any changes or modifications in the form and details of the embodiments of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is to be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

120. . . Signal generation module

130. . . Judging module

150. . . Signal providing module

160. . . Computing module

170. . . Signal reduction module

180. . . Display module

300. . . Mobile phone

310. . . Input module

320. . . Display area

321. . . schematic diagram

Step 201: generating a video signal

Step 210 generates or reads an input auxiliary message, where the input auxiliary message includes a schematic diagram indicating the input module and a description of the function corresponding to each input mode.

Step 220 shows whether the condition is triggered

Step 231: calculating a ratio of video signal reduction according to at least one side length of the display area and at least one side length of the input auxiliary message

Step 232 is based on scaling down the video signal

Step 251: displaying the reduced video signal in the display area

Step 252: displaying the input auxiliary message outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal

Step 270 Stop displaying the input auxiliary message

Step 280 shows the original video signal

Figure 1 is a system architecture diagram of the present invention for reducing the picture to display an auxiliary message.

2 is a flow chart of a method for reducing a picture to display an auxiliary message according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a screen and a supplementary auxiliary message after the height reduction mentioned in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a picture of the reduced width and an input auxiliary message proposed by the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4C is a picture and input auxiliary message after reducing the height and width according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 201: generating a video signal

Step 210 generates or reads an input auxiliary message, where the input auxiliary message includes a schematic diagram indicating the input module and a description of the function corresponding to each input mode.

Step 220 shows whether the condition is triggered

Step 231: calculating a ratio of video signal reduction according to at least one side length of the display area and at least one side length of the input auxiliary message

Step 232 is based on scaling down the video signal

Step 251: displaying the reduced video signal in the display area

Step 252: displaying the input auxiliary message outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal

Step 270 Stop displaying the input auxiliary message

Step 280 shows the original video signal

Claims (10)

A method for reducing a picture to display an auxiliary message is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an input module and a display area, the method comprising the steps of: generating a video signal; generating or reading an input auxiliary message The input auxiliary message includes a description of a schematic diagram of the input module and a function corresponding to each input mode; and calculating the video signal according to at least one side length of the input auxiliary message and at least one side length of the display area a ratio; when a display condition is triggered, the video signal is reduced according to the ratio; the reduced video signal is displayed in the display area; and the input auxiliary message is displayed outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal . The method for reducing the screen to display the auxiliary message according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the step of triggering the display condition is to press a specific button in the input module, or write one in the input module. Specific symbol or text. The method for reducing the picture to display the auxiliary message according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the step of reducing the picture presented by the video signal reduces the width or height of the video signal, so that the reduced video signal is presented. The screen is not adjacent to one of the display areas, or the width and height of the screen are scaled down, and the screen is displayed at any of the display areas. The method for reducing the screen to display the auxiliary message as described in claim 1 is the method for generating the auxiliary message, wherein the step of reading the input auxiliary message is read, and the description is superimposed on the schematic. The method for reducing the screen to display the auxiliary message according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the method further comprises the step of stopping the reduction of the video signal and displaying the original video signal when determining that the stop display condition is triggered. A system for reducing an image to display an auxiliary message is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an input module and a display area, the system comprising: a signal generating module for generating a video signal; a module for determining whether a display condition is triggered; a message providing module for generating or reading an input auxiliary message, wherein the input auxiliary message includes a schematic diagram indicating the input module and each input mode a calculation module, configured to calculate a ratio of the video signal to be reduced according to at least one side length of the input auxiliary message and at least one side length of the display area; a signal reduction module for displaying When the condition is triggered, the video signal is reduced according to the ratio; and a display module is configured to display the reduced video signal in the display area, and display the input outside the screen presented by the reduced video signal Auxiliary message. A system for reducing an image as shown in claim 6 for displaying an auxiliary message, wherein the display condition is that a specific button of the input module is pressed, or a specific symbol or text is used in the input module. Was written. A system for reducing an image as shown in claim 6 to display an auxiliary message, wherein the signal reduction module reduces the width, height or width and height of the picture. A system for reducing an image as shown in claim 6 to display an auxiliary message, wherein the input auxiliary message is superimposed on the schematic of each of the descriptions. The system for reducing the screen to display the auxiliary message according to the sixth aspect of the patent application, wherein the determining module is further configured to determine whether the stop display condition is triggered, and the signal reduction module stops when the stop display condition is triggered. The video signal is reduced, and the video signal generated by the signal generating module is displayed by the display module.