Information display method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9292052-B2
Application number	US-201213468006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2012
Priority date	Jul 10, 2011
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

An information display method for an electronic device is provided, wherein the electronic device includes a display apparatus, a processor and a sensor unit. The display apparatus displays at least a stacked icon composed of a plurality pieces of information. The information display method includes processing the sensing signal received from the sensor unit by the electronic device. According the sensing signal, a launching signal is provided by the processor. According the launching signal, the stacked icon is spread out by the processor to display each piece of the information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information display method of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display apparatus, a processor and a sensor circuit, the information display method comprising:
displaying a plurality of stacked icons on the display apparatus by the processor, wherein each of the stacked icons is composed of a plurality pieces of dynamic information partially overlapped and stacked one upon another, the pieces of dynamic information of each of the stacked icons are generated by a same application program;
processing a sensing signal of an event corresponding to a selected stacked icon among the stacked icons received from the sensor circuit by the electronic device, wherein the sensing signal of the event is an acceleration variation of the electronic device, wherein the acceleration variation is produced when the electronic device rotates along a rotation axis thereof;
generating a launch signal by the processor according the sensing signal; and
spreading out and displaying each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon on the display apparatus by the processor according the launch signal, wherein each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon is spread out along a direction of the acceleration variation of the electronic device.

2. The information display method of the electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pieces of dynamic information of each of the stacked icons have a same attribute.

3. The information display method of the electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon are generated by executing a selected application program, and the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon, based on a same theme, respectively provide a different information content.

4. The information display method of the electronic device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pieces of dynamic information of the selected icon respectively provides the different information content according to a time section, a regional division or a category.

5. The information display method of the electronic device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon is spread out in at least one partial overlapping stack, wherein each of the at least one partial overlapping stack corresponds to a main theme of the selected stacked icon, and wherein a top-most piece of dynamic information of each of the at least one partial overlapping stack corresponds to a sub theme of the selected stacked icon, and wherein each other pieces of dynamic information of each of the at least one partial overlapping stack corresponds to a category of the sub theme of the selected stacked icon.

6. An electronic device, comprising:
a display apparatus, displaying a plurality of stacked icons, wherein the stacked icons are composed of a plurality pieces of dynamic information partially overlapped and stacked one upon another, the pieces of dynamic information of each of the stacked icons are generated by a same application program;
a sensor circuit, sensing an event corresponding to a selected stacked icon among the stacked icons, and generating a launch signal according to the event, wherein the event comprises an acceleration variation of the electronic device, wherein the acceleration variation is produced when the electronic device rotates along a rotation axis thereof;
a storage medium circuit, storing a computer readable and writable program;
a processor, executing a plurality of instructions of the computer readable/writable program, wherein the instructions comprise spreading out and displaying each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icons according to the launch signal, wherein each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon is spread out along a direction of the acceleration variation of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pieces of dynamic info illation of each of the stacked icons have a same attribute.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon are generated by the processor by executing a selected application program, and the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon are based on a same theme, and respectively provide a different information content.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the pieces of dynamic information of the selected icon respectively provide the different information content according to a time section, a regional division or a category.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sensor circuit comprises a touch sensor, a G-sensor, a gyro sensor or a compass sensor.

11. The information display method of the electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the pieces of dynamic information of the selected stacked icon is spread out in a tree-like representation, wherein a root of the tree-like representation corresponds to a main theme of the selected stacked icon, and wherein child nodes of root correspond to at least one sub theme of the selected stacked icon.

Assignees

• Hsu Wei-Ling
• Weng Ming-Che
• Huang Yu-Jen
• Wang Hong-Tien
• Chen Shi-Kuan
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hsu Wei-Ling
• Weng Ming-Che
• Huang Yu-Jen
• Wang Hong-Tien
• Chen Shi-Kuan

Classifications

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F1/1694 Primary

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title