Patent Application
20160154564
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201410717987.9 filed on Dec. 1, 2014, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to graphic user interfaces (GUI), and more specifically relates to an electronic device and a method for providing a desktop user interface.
Software applications may be run on a computing device. Typically, a GUI including the application icons is provided for allowing a user to interact with the applications.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts have been exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The present disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
Furthermore, the word “module,” as used hereinafter, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, written in a programming language, such as, for example, Java, C, or assembly. One or more software instructions in the modules may be embedded in firmware. It will be appreciated that modules may comprise connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and may comprise programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors. The modules described herein may be implemented as either software and/or hardware modules and may be stored in any type of non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or other computer storage device. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The desktop user interface providing system 10 can provide a spherical desktop user interface, and classify display icons of application programs on the spherical desktop user interface.
In one embodiment, the storage device 30 can include various types of non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums. For example, the storage device 30 can be an internal storage system, such as a flash memory, a random access memory (RAM) for temporary storage of information, and/or a read-only memory (ROM) for permanent storage of program code or data of the desktop user interface system 10. The storage device 30 can also be an external storage system, such as a hard disk, a storage card, or a data storage medium. The at least one processor 40 can be a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, or other data processor chip that performs functions of the desktop user interface system 10 in the electronic device 100. The touch screen 20 can sense touch operations applied on the touch screen 20.
At block 201, the generating module generates a spherical desktop interface.
At block 202, the obtaining module receives a class icon selection request and obtains applications associated with a class represented by the selected class icon.
In an embodiment, the storage device 30 stores application icons and class icons. The application icons are associated with the application programs installed on the electronic device 100. Each class icon represents one class of application programs. In an alternative embodiment, the storage device 30 further stores the number of the application programs which belongs to a signal class, a display order of the application programs, or the like.
In the embodiment, the obtaining module 12 determines the class icon selected by a user according to operations on the spherical desktop interface. In an embodiment, the user applies an operation on the second interface area 22 (herein after “a second operation”); the obtaining module 12 determines the selected class icon based on the second operation. The second operation can be an operation selected from the group consisting of a left sliding operation, a right sliding operation, an upward sliding operation, a downward sliding operation, a clockwise sliding operation and a counter-clockwise sliding operation. For example, the obtaining module 12 determines a class icon backward next to the currently selected class icon is selected by the user when the user applies a right sliding operation on the second interface area 22, and a class icon forward next to the currently selected class icon is selected by the user when the user applies a left sliding operation on the second interface area 22.
In other embodiments, the user applies an operation on the third interface area 23 (herein after “a third operation”); the obtaining module 12 determines the selected class icon based on the third operation. The third operation can be an operation selected from the group consisting of a left sliding operation, a right sliding operation, an upward sliding operation, a downward sliding operation, a clockwise sliding operation, a counter-clockwise sliding operation, a click operation, a double click operation and a long press operation. For example, the obtaining module 12 determines a class icon backward next to the currently selected class icon is selected by the user when the user applies a right sliding operation on the third interface area 23, and a class icon forward next to the currently selected class icon is selected by the user when the user applies a left sliding operation on the third interface area 23. The obtaining module 12 determines a class icon corresponding with the place of the click operation, the double click operation or the long press operation on the third interface area 23.
At block 203, the microprocessor displays the obtained applications on the first interface area, and displays the selected class icon on the second interface area.
In an embodiment, the microprocessor 13 displays the class icons on the third interface area 23, including all class icons or part class icons. In the embodiment, the microprocessor 13 displays at least the current selected class icon; a class icon forward next to the selected class icon and a class icon backward next to the selected class icon on the third interface area 23.
At block 24, the obtaining module obtains a first operation on the first interface area.
At block 25, the microprocessor adjusts the side surface of the spherical desktop interface to be displayed based on the obtained first operation and displays the adjusted side surface of the spherical desktop interface.
In the embodiment, the microprocessor 13 only adjusts the side surface of the first interface area to be displayed based on the first operation and displays the adjusted side surface of the first interface area.
The storage device 30 stores a sheet recording relationships between slide operations and rotation of the spherical desktop interface, including relationships between the slide direction and the rotation direction, and relationships between the slide distance and the rotation angle. The microprocessor 13 determines a rotation direction based on the slide direction of a slide operation and determines a rotation angle based on the slide distance of the slide operation. The microprocessor 13 further controls the displayed side surface of spherical desktop interface to rotate the rotation angle in the rotation direction, then application icons displayed on the other side surfaces of the spherical desktop interface can be shown to users.
In one embodiment, the microprocessor 13 makes application icons located on the adjusted side surface vibrate up or down according to a predefined order such as, the icons located in the top position are vibrated first, then the middle position, and the last the bottom position.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201410717987.9 | Dec 2014 | CN | national |
