WO2013178192A2

WO2013178192A2 - Touchscreen single-point control method, device and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013178192A2
Application number: PCT/CN2013/080663
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐华; 王巍; 黄勤波
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-11-15
Filing date: 2013-08-01
Publication date: 2013-12-05
Also published as: CN103019585B; CN103019585A; WO2013178192A3

Abstract

Disclosed is a touchscreen single-point control method, comprising: presetting the correlation between each key of a mobile terminal with the drag-and-drop direction of a virtual dot, and displaying the drag-and-drop virtual dot in a central area of a touchscreen; and when a drag-and-drop signal of the virtual dot is received, judging the drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot, and displaying interfaces which respond to the click of each key on the screen according to the correlation between each key and the drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot. Also provided is a touchscreen single-point control device and a mobile terminal which are used for realizing the method mentioned above. The present invention can solve the technical problem in the prior art that a mobile terminal user needs to depend on the upper and lower keys or left and right keys to manipulate a mobile terminal, enable the mobile terminal user to get rid of the dependence on the keys and manipulate the mobile terminal more conveniently.

Description

Single-point control method, device and mobile terminal for touch screen

The present invention relates to communication technologies, and specifically describes how to determine and trigger an automatic switching method, apparatus, and mobile terminal between dual-homed active and standby servers. Background technique

With the development of mobile phone technology, mobile terminal control has advanced from button control to touch era, and the touch screen has also moved from resistive to capacitive screen. At present, users can complete various operations with a finger on the screen.

Although the operation on the touch screen of the mobile terminal can perform most operations at present, there is still no way to complete the functions that must be completed by pressing the button of the mobile terminal by simple operation on the touch screen, for example: menu, return to the main interface Or adjust the volume, etc. In particular, some of the latest smartphones use a virtual button navigation bar, and the navigation bar occupies the screen space. Some users expect to hide the navigation bar to get a larger display effect. This requires a technology to complete the function of the virtual button navigation bar. . Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a single point control method for a touch screen, which aims to solve the technical problem that the mobile terminal user needs to rely on the up and down or left and right buttons to control the mobile terminal in the prior art, resulting in insufficient convenience.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a single point control method for a touch screen, which includes the following steps:

Presetting the correspondence between each button of the mobile terminal and the direction of the virtual dot drag and drop, and displaying the virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in the middle area of the touch screen;

When receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, determining the direction of the virtual dot drag and drop, according to The correspondence between each button and the direction of the virtual dot drag and drop is displayed on the screen in response to the click of each button.

Preferably, the method further comprises: after receiving the signal for releasing the virtual dot, the virtual dot returns to the middle portion of the screen.

Preferably, when the correspondence between the buttons of the preset terminal and the direction of the virtual dot dragging and dropping is performed, the method further includes: defining an angular range of different dragging directions of the virtual dot.

Preferably, the method further includes: when receiving the single-point signal of the virtual dot, displaying a correspondence between another group of buttons and a virtual dot drag and drop direction.

Preferably, the method further includes: when receiving the signal of long pressing the virtual dot, displaying a function prompt to remind the user to perform the drag and drop function setting, and setting according to the displayed drag and drop operation direction and the corresponding function.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a single point control device for a touch screen, the device comprising: a virtual dot function setting module configured to preset a correspondence between each button and a virtual dot drag and drop direction, and display in a middle area of the touch screen Drag and drop virtual dots;

The virtual dot service module is configured to: when receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, determine the direction of the virtual dot drag and drop, and display the response according to the corresponding relationship between the button and the virtual dot drag and drop direction The interface when the button is clicked.

Preferably, the virtual dot service module is configured to return the virtual dot to the middle area of the screen after receiving the signal for releasing the virtual dot.

Preferably, the virtual dot function setting module is configured to define an angular range of different drag and drop directions of the virtual dots.

Preferably, the virtual dot service module is configured to display a correspondence between another group of buttons and a virtual dot drag and drop direction when receiving a single point signal of the virtual dot.

Preferably, the virtual dot service module is configured to display a function prompt when receiving a signal of long pressing a virtual dot, and prompt the user to perform a drag and drop function setting, according to the displayed drag and drop operation side. Set to the corresponding function.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, which includes a single point control device of the touch screen, and the single point control device of the touch screen includes:

The virtual dot function setting module is configured to preset a correspondence between each button of the mobile terminal and the angle range of the touch screen, and display a virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in a central area of the touch screen;

The virtual dot service module is configured to determine the drag and drop direction when receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, and display the screen as an interface in response to each button click according to the correspondence between each button and the angle range of the touch screen.

The embodiment of the invention presets the corresponding relationship between the buttons of the mobile terminal and the angle range of the touch screen, and displays the virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in the middle area of the touch screen, and the mobile terminal user can simply and conveniently drag and drop the virtual dot to complete the most basic operation. Further clicking the virtual dot can also switch the function group to complete more operations, and solve the technical problem that the mobile terminal user needs to rely on the up and down or left and right buttons to control the mobile terminal in the prior art, so that the mobile terminal user can get rid of the dependence on the button and control Mobile terminals are more convenient. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a single point control method of a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart showing steps of presetting a corresponding relationship between each button of a mobile terminal and a touch screen angle range, and displaying a virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in a central area of the touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a specific operation of a virtual dot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of application of a single point control method of a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of application of a single point control method of a touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a touch screen according to still another embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the application of the single point control method; FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of a single point control device for a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. The implementation, functional features and advantages of the object of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments. Step description. detailed description

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a flow chart of a single point control method of a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. In the embodiment of the invention, the single point control method of the touch screen comprises the following steps:

Step S10: preset a correspondence between each button of the mobile terminal and a virtual dot drag and drop direction, and display a virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in a middle area of the touch screen;

Step S20: When receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, determining the virtual dot drag and drop direction, according to the corresponding relationship between the button and the virtual dot drag and drop direction, displaying an interface on the screen in response to each button click.

As shown in Figure 2, a detailed schematic diagram of the virtual dot function setting is shown. The figure sets the four most basic operations of dragging and dropping in the up, down, left, and right directions; respectively, "Task Management", "Main Interface", "Return" , "Menu", in the lower left corner of the figure, slides to the lock screen function; where the operation within the specified angle range of each direction is considered to be drag and drop in that direction. Figure 2 shows only the settings for a set of functions, and several groups can be set as needed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, step S10 includes: defining an angular range corresponding to different drag and drop directions of the virtual dots.

For example, the virtual dot drag and drop direction is any direction, any path. The mobile terminal user defines the range of angles for different virtual dots to be dragged and dropped, and defines different button functions for angle ranges in different directions.

Preferably, the above method may further comprise the following steps: after receiving the signal for releasing the virtual dot, returning the virtual dot to the middle area of the screen. As shown in Figure 3, the specific operation diagram is demonstrated. The dot starts at the position of A in the figure. When the user drags and drops and drags and drops according to path 1, it will respond to the "return" operation. After the operation is completed, the virtual dot is pressed by path 2. Automatically return to the position of the intermediate area B; Dragging the dot on user path 3 will respond to the "menu" operation, where the dot is in the middle zone and stays in position C. Avoid virtual dots that stay on the edge of your phone screen.

The single-point control method of the touch screen in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps: When receiving the single-point signal of the virtual dot, the prompting defines a correspondence relationship between the other group of buttons and the angle range of the touch screen. For example: By default, the virtual dot drag and drop direction defines Action01, Action02, and Action03 are the most commonly used "main interface", "return", "menu", etc.; the second group can define Actionl 1, Actionl2, Actionl3, ActionH, Is a shortcut to some applications to launch; more groups can be defined. You can switch between function groups with a single virtual point.

Preferably, based on the foregoing embodiment, the single-point control method of the touch screen in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps: when receiving a signal of long-pressing a virtual dot, displaying a function prompt to remind the user of the drag and drop at this time Function setting, display defines the direction of drag and drop operation and corresponding function prompts. For example, remind the user whether to change the correspondence between the drag and drop direction and the button.

As shown in FIG. 4, a single point control method of the touch screen in the embodiment of the present invention can replace the virtual navigation bar method of the mobile terminal. For example, generally, the current virtual navigation bar has "return", "main interface", and "task management". The buttons include the following steps:

Step 301: The virtual dot operation function setting sets the virtual dot to the left to the "return" function, the downward to the corresponding "main interface" function, and the rightward to the "task management" function;

Step 302: Start the service, or set the startup to start automatically, and then wait for the user to operate; Step 303: When the user needs to perform the "return" operation, drag and drop the virtual dot to the left side, wherein the drag and drop does not consider the path , determine the drag and drop direction based on the start and end points.

The determining the drag and drop direction is: forming a straight line according to the start point and the end point, and if the angle of the straight line is within a specified range of the corresponding direction, determining that the direction is a drag and drop direction. In this step, it is considered to be dragged to the left.

Step 304: When the user needs to return from the application to the main interface, drag and drop the virtual dot downwards, and perform the operation of "returning to the main interface", and the same range is considered to be downward. Step 305: Drag and drop the virtual dot to the left to perform the "task management" function.

Step 306: The process ends.

As shown in FIG. 5, a single point control method of the touch screen in the embodiment of the present invention can also replace the physical button function method of the mobile terminal, and it is assumed that the mobile phone has the following function buttons: the front three operating keyboards "main interface" and "menu" And the "return" button, there are two buttons on the side, "up" and "down", plus the "switch" button. Specifically, the following steps are included:

Step 401: The virtual dot operation function setting, setting the virtual dot to the left to the "return" function, dragging and dropping to the corresponding "main interface" function, and dragging to the right to the "menu" function, upward Drag and drop to the "switch" button.

These features act as a set of commonly used keys.

Step 402: Define the second set of operation function settings, set the virtual dot to the left to "down" the volume, and drag to the right to "tall" the volume.

Step 403: Start the service, or set the boot to start automatically.

Waiting for user action.

Step 404: Similar to step 303, step 304, step 305, drag and drop the "main interface", "menu", "return" and "switch" functions corresponding to the physical button in different directions.

Step 405: When the user needs to adjust the volume, he only needs to click the virtual dot to perform the function group switching. Step 406: Drag and drop the virtual dot and perform the "tall up" or "down" volume function; Step 407: The process ends.

As shown in FIG. 6, a single-point control method for a touch screen in the embodiment of the present invention may also perform a shortcut method, which specifically includes the following steps:

Step 501: Set the virtual dot operation function, set the virtual dot to the left to start the "SMS" function, the right to enter the "Call" module, and the downward direction to enter the "Card" function.

Step 502: Start the service, or set the boot to start automatically.

Then wait for the user to operate; Step 503: Similar to step 303, step 304, step 305, dragging and dropping to different directions can quickly enter corresponding functions such as "sms", "call", "business card holder" and the like.

Step 504: The process ends.

According to the above method of the embodiment of the present invention, various mobile phone function operations can be completed efficiently, simply and quickly. Users can set the corresponding drag and drop function according to their own definitions, in addition to being able to get rid of the dependence on the buttons, and also can quickly and conveniently operate the functions of the phone.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a single point control device for the touch screen, which is used to implement the above method. Referring to Figure 7, the device includes:

The virtual dot function setting module 10 is configured to preset a correspondence relationship between each button of the mobile terminal and the angle range of the touch screen, and display a virtual dot that can be dragged and dropped in a middle area of the touch screen;

The virtual dot service module 20 is configured to determine the drag and drop direction when receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, and display the screen as an interface corresponding to the click of each button according to the correspondence between each button and the angle range of the touch screen. In the embodiment of the present invention, the single point control device of the touch screen is computer software loaded in the mobile terminal. For the purpose and function of the setting of the virtual dot function setting module 10 and the virtual dot service module 20, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 and its corresponding embodiments, and those skilled in the art should be able to write according to the description of the foregoing method embodiments. The corresponding program implements its corresponding function, so it will not be described in detail here.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual dot service module 20 is configured to return the virtual dot to the middle area of the screen after receiving the signal for releasing the virtual dot.

Specifically, as shown in Figure 3, the dot starts at the position of A in the figure. When the user drags and drops and drags and drops according to path 1, it will respond to the "return" operation. After the operation is completed, the virtual dot will automatically return according to path 2. To the position of the middle area B; then the user path 3 drags and drops the dot, it will respond to the "menu" operation, and the dot is in the middle area, then stay at the position C. Avoid virtual dots that stay on the edge of the phone screen.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual dot function setting module 10 is configured to preset each button and virtual The corresponding relationship between the drag and drop directions of the dots, and the virtual dots that can be dragged and dropped are displayed in the middle of the touch screen. In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual dot service module 20 is configured to determine the direction of the virtual dot drag and drop when receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, and according to the corresponding direction of each button and the virtual dot drag and drop direction Relationship, the screen displays the interface in response to each button click.

For example, when the mobile terminal receives the single-point signal of the virtual dot, the virtual dot service module 20 prompts to define a correspondence relationship between the other group of buttons and the touch screen angle range. For example: For example, the virtual dot drag and drop direction is defined by default to define ActionOl, Action02, Action03. For example, the most commonly used "main interface,,", "back,", "menu,, and so on; the second group can define Actionl l, Actionl2, Actionl3, ActionH, for example, some application shortcuts can be started; can be defined more Multiple groups. You can switch between function groups with a single virtual point.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual dot service module 20 is configured to display a function prompt when receiving a signal of pressing a virtual dot, and remind the user of the drag and drop function setting at this time, and display the definition of the drag and drop operation direction and the corresponding function. prompt. For example, remind the user whether to change the correspondence between the drag and drop direction and the button.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a mobile terminal, which can be a mobile phone, and includes a single point control device of the touch screen. The function of the device and its implementation process can be referred to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be described in detail herein. With the device, the mobile terminal of the embodiment of the present invention can implement the drag and drop virtual dot to complete the most basic key operation, and further complete the operation by further clicking the dot switching function group, thereby solving the prior art that the mobile terminal user needs to rely on Up and down or left and right buttons to control the technical problems of the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal user can get rid of the dependence on the button, and it is more convenient to control the mobile terminal.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the present invention and the drawings are used directly or indirectly in other related technical fields. The same is included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

claims

1. A single-point control method of a touch screen, the method includes:

Preset the corresponding relationship between each button of the mobile terminal and the drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot, and display the drag-and-drop virtual dot in the middle area of the touch screen;

When receiving the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot, the drag and drop direction of the virtual dot is determined, and based on the corresponding relationship between each button and the drag and drop direction of the virtual dot, an interface in response to the click of each button is displayed on the screen.

2. The single-point control method of the touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

After receiving the signal to release the virtual dot, the virtual dot returns to the middle area of the screen.

3. The single-point control method of the touch screen according to claim 1, wherein when the corresponding relationship between each button of the terminal and the virtual dot drag and drop direction is preset, the method further includes:

Define the angular range of different drag and drop directions of the virtual dot.

4. The single-point control method of a touch screen according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further includes:

When the single point signal of the virtual dot is received, the corresponding relationship between another set of keys and the drag and drop direction of the virtual dot is displayed.

5. The single-point control method of the touch screen according to claim 4, wherein the method further includes:

When receiving the signal of long pressing the virtual dot, a function prompt is displayed to remind the user to set the drag and drop function, and set it according to the displayed drag and drop operation direction and the corresponding function.

6. A single-point control device for a touch screen, the device includes:

The virtual dot function setting module is configured to preset the corresponding relationship between each button and the drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot, and display the drag-and-drop virtual dot in the middle area of the touch screen;

The virtual dot service module is configured to determine whether the drag and drop signal of the virtual dot is received. The drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot is described, and according to the corresponding relationship between each button and the drag-and-drop direction of the virtual dot, an interface that responds to the click of each button is displayed on the screen.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the virtual dot service module is configured to return the virtual dot to the middle area of the screen after receiving a signal to release the virtual dot.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein,

The virtual dot function setting module is configured to define the angle range of different drag and drop directions of the virtual dot.

9. The device according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the virtual dot service module is configured to display another set of keys and a virtual dot drag when receiving a single point signal of the virtual dot. Correspondence of placement direction.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein,

The virtual dot service module is configured to display a function prompt when receiving a long press signal on the virtual dot to remind the user to set the drag and drop function, and set it according to the displayed drag and drop operation direction and the corresponding function.

11. A mobile terminal, including the single-point control device of the touch screen according to any one of claims 6 to 10.