Electronic apparatus and object processing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9727214-B2
Application number	US-201113976654-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2011
Priority date	Dec 31, 2010
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and an object processing method are provided. An interface management module of the apparatus generates a user operation interface on the display screen. The interface has a first operating area and a second operating area, which have their respective sizes associated with each other in the interface. A first functional module displays a first object in the first operating area. A second functional module displays a second object in the second operating area. A first application program unit performs a corresponding process operation on the first object. An acquisition unit acquires a first operation by a user on the first operating area. A control unit controls the first application program unit to be in a ready state, when the first operation satisfies a predetermined condition.

First claim

We claim:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display screen; and
a host device comprising:
an interface management module configured to generate a user operation interface on the display screen, the user operation interface including a first operating area and a second operating area, wherein the first operating area and the second operating area have their respective sizes associated with each other in the user operation interface;
wherein the interface management module is configured to provide a control module on the user operation interface,
a first functional module configured to display an icon of a first object in the first operating area;
a second functional module configured to display an icon of a second object in the second operating area;
a first application program unit configured to perform a corresponding process operation on the first object;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first operation by a user on the control module controlling the size of the first operating area; and
a control unit configured to control the first application program unit to be in a ready state when the first operation satisfies a predetermined condition,
wherein the first application program unit is configured to perform the corresponding process operation on the first object after the first application program unit is controlled to be in the ready state,
wherein the control unit is configured to determine that the first operation satisfies the predetermined condition when the control module is drawn to a first region of the display screen to control the size of the first operating area, and when a distance from any point in the first region to a vertex of the display screen is smaller than a predetermined value, and
in response to the determination, automatically trigger opening of a first application program and displaying a first interface corresponding to the first application program unit
wherein the interface of the first application program unit exclusively occupies the display screen.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interface management module is further configured to control the sizes of the first and second operating areas based on a current position of the control module during the drawing of the control module to the first region, and wherein the interface management module is further configured to adjust the objects displayed in the first and second operating areas in terms of number or display size based on changing of the sizes of the first and second operating areas.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the host device further comprising:
a system unit configured to provide a first service and a second service, wherein the first functional module is further configured to perform a first processing on the first object in the first operating area based on the first service,
wherein the second functional module is further configured to perform a second processing on the second object in the second operating area based on the second service, and wherein the first application program unit is configured to perform the corresponding process operation on the first object based on the first service.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first application program unit is configured to perform the corresponding process operation on the first object from a first position of the first object based on the first service after it is controlled to be in the ready state, wherein the first position is a position by which the first object has been processed by the first functional module before the first application program unit is controlled to be in the ready state.

5. An object processing method in an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprising a display screen, the object processing method comprising:
generating a user operation interface on the display screen, the user operation interface including a first operating area and a second operating area, wherein the first operating area and the second operating area have their respective sizes associated with each other in the user operation interface;
displaying an icon of a first object in the first operating area; displaying an icon of a second object in the second operating area;
providing a control module on the user operation interface;
acquiring a first operation by a user on the control module controlling the size of on the first operating area;
controlling a first application program unit, which is capable of performing a corresponding process operation on the first object, to be in a ready state when the first operation satisfies a predetermined condition;
performing the corresponding process operation on the first object by the first application program unit after the first application program unit is controlled to be in the ready state; and
determining that the first operation satisfies the predetermined condition when the control module is drawn to a first region of the display screen to control the size of the first operating area, and when a distance from any point in the first region to a vertex of the display screen is smaller than a predetermined value, and
in response to the determination, automatically trigger opening of a first application program and displaying a first interface corresponding to the first application program unit,
wherein the interface of the first application program unit exclusively occupies the display screen.

6. The object processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
controlling the sizes of the first and second operating areas based on a current position of the control module during the drawing of the control module o the first region; and
adjusting the objects displayed in the first and second operating areas in terms of number and/or display size based on changing of the sizes of the first and second operating areas.

7. The object processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
performing a first processing on the first object in the first operating area based on a first service provided by a system unit; and
performing a second processing on the second object in the second operating area based on a second service provided by the system unit,
wherein the first application program unit is configured to perform the corresponding process operation on the first object based on the first service.

8. The object processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
performing the corresponding process operation on the first object from a first position of the first object based on the first service by the first application program unit after it is controlled to be in the ready state,
wherein the first position is a position by which the first object has been processed before the first application program unit is controlled to be in the ready state.

Assignees

• He Zhiqiang
• Xu Haisheng
• Yang Rong
• Cai Ming
• Chai Haixin
• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• He Zhiqiang
• Xu Haisheng
• Yang Rong
• Cai Ming
• Chai Haixin

Classifications

• G06F3/048 Primary

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F8/38

  for implementing user interfaces · CPC title

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04M1/72583

  Electricity · mapped topic