Method of controlling mobile electronic device through a cover, mobile electronic device using the same and non-transitory storage medium thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10289156-B2
Application number	US-201815884412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Priority date	Mar 24, 2014
Publication date	May 14, 2019
Grant date	May 14, 2019

Abstract

In one of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, a method of controlling through a cover of a mobile electronic device would include not limited to detecting, by the mobile electronic device, for a first event and a device triggering event; displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, a first image; replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected; displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event while the first image or the second image is still being displayed; and performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a touch input on third image being detected by the touch screen through the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a cover of a mobile electronic device comprising:
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
detecting a first touch input on the cover by the touch screen;
adjusting the first image be a lighter first image in response to the first touch input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen;
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, a first event;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event having been detected;
detecting a second touch input on the cover by the touch screen; and
adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image in response to the second touch input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is a device triggering event that is received externally or generated by an application of the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, the device triggering event;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the first another touch input performed on the third image through the cover, wherein in response to the another touch input being performed on the cover, the another touch input is detected the touch screen through the cover.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is a holiday event according to an application of the mobile electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
replacing the second image with the first image in response to the expiration of the first event.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a plurality of different user interfaces in sequence as each of the plurality of user interfaces is displayed for a predetermined period.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a weather information user interface to be displayed for a first period, a phone icon user interface to be display for a second period, and a default user interface.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the phone icon user interface comprises a phone icon, which upon touch, switches to a phone mode in which a call history is displayed in response to a gesture.

9. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a touch screen for detecting touch events;
a cover for covering the touch screen; and
a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen and is configured at least for:
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
detecting a first touch input on the cover by the touch screen;
adjusting the first image be a lighter first image in response to the first touch input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event having been detected;
detecting a second touch input on the cover by the touch screen; and
adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image in response to the second touch input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first event is a device triggering event that is received externally or generated by an application of the mobile electronic device.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured for:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, the device triggering event;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to another touch input performed on the third image through the cover, wherein in response to the another touch input being performed on the cover, the another touch input is detected the touch screen through the cover.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first event is a holiday event according to an application of the mobile electronic device.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured for:
replacing the second image with the first image in response to the expiration of the first event.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured for:
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a plurality of different user interfaces in sequence as each of the plurality of user interfaces is displayed for a predetermined period.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a weather information user interface to be displayed for a first period, a phone icon user interface to be display for a second period, and a default user interface.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the phone icon user interface comprises a phone icon, which upon touch, switches to a phone mode in which a call history is displayed in response to a slide and touch gesture.

17. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a touch screen for detecting touch events including a first event and a device trigger event;
a cover for covering the touch screen; and
a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen and is configured at least for:
displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected;
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a first touch input performed on the third image through the cover which covers the touch screen, wherein in response to the first touch input being performed on the cover, the first touch input is detected by the touch screen through the cover; and
adjusting the first image to be a lighter first image when displaying the first image or adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image when displaying the second image in response to the first touch input being detected on the third image of the cover by the touch screen.

18. A non-transitory storage medium, incorporated within a mobile electronic device having a cover, contains computer readable instructions which control the mobile electronic device to execute functions comprising:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, a first event and a device triggering event;
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
adjusting the first image be a lighter first image in response to a first input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen;
adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image in response to a second input having been detected on the cover by the touch screen;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corr

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Ku Tai-Hsin
• Chien Chia-Mo
• Huang Sheng-Hsin
• Lin Fang-Ju
• Yen Wei-Chia
• Huang Jen-Hou
• Chen Chun-Ta

Classifications

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