METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION AND INPUT APPARATUS

Abstract

A method for controlling display output of the multidimensional information comprises: setting a corresponding relation of the moving distance and moving direction information of the multidimensional parameter information and the display information in multidimensional directions in advance, so that the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in multidimensional directions can be determined according to the collected multidimensional parameter information; and moving the current display information according to the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions, and display outputting the relative position relation information between the current display information and the whole display information in which the current display information is located. According to the method, when the display information is larger than the displayable space, it is possible to move to the corresponding display information position conveniently, and to conveniently inform the user of the relative position information displayed currently.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to computer technology fields, and more particularly to an information technique of output-control.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In a computer device, it is necessary to provide functions for friendly and convenient Human Computer Interaction/Interface (HCI) and User Interface (UI). Such above two functions are one of the key technologies for computers.

Along with the rapid development of computer technology, more and more various applications of display techniques are emerging, especially in computer and communication fields. Though the size of a display has become much larger, users still prefer a larger visual display screen. In particularly, a larger display space is desired on various HCI, digital and electronic display devices such as desktop computers, laptop computers, palmtop computers, mobile telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), Personal Information Manager (PIM), tablet Personal Computer (PC), whiteboards and electronic whiteboards.

In a digital, electronic and the other display device such as a Windows computer system, when office application software, drawing software (e.g. photoshop, view, ACDSee and etc.) and adobe software are running, various files may be moved in a two-dimension mode on the window of the display device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling output of multidimensional information and also provides an input apparatus, so as to simplify the operating procedure for controlling the output of the multidimensional information and improve the efficiency of controlling the output of the multidimensional information.

In accordance with an embodiments of the present invention, a method for controlling output of multi-dimension information is provided, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the method including:

collecting the value of the at least one parameter inputted,

determining more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension for the current output information according to the collected value of the at least one parameter, and

outputting relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs.

In accordance with an embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus for controlling output of multidimensional information is provided, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the apparatus including:

a moving distance and moving direction determining unit, adapted for determining more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension for the current output information according to the collected value of the at least one parameter;

a display information movement processing unit, adapted for moving the current output information according to the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit and outputting the moved output information; and

a relative position relationship displaying unit, adapted for outputting the relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs according to the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit.

In accordance with an embodiments of the present invention, an input apparatus is provided, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the apparatus including: a means for inputting the at least one parameter simultaneously; wherein, the at least one parameter is collected by an output apparatus to output relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the specific structure of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relative position information displayed on the screen in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart illustrating the processing procedure of an embodiment in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Applicant of the present invention finds that:

Output information can be moved in a two-dimension mode according to the prior art, however, during the movement in the two-dimension mode, the corresponding operation process is relatively complicated since the restriction of the device's functions, and it is impossible to implement the multidimensional movement simultaneously.

In addition, when there are multiple independent display units to be displayed, a user can not select to display and output a designated display unit flexibly and conveniently.

To sum up, there exist the following problems in HCI environment and other digital and electronic display processing devices:

(1) It is impossible to move or select the position, page or file to be displayed randomly and simultaneously in a multidimensional mode;

(2) The position displayed currently is changed slowly, inaccurately and inflexibly.

Therefore, in accordance with an invention provided by Applicant, the display processing device may be applied more flexibly and conveniently, multidimensional and simultaneous movement implemented in the display and input control procedure is more rapid, convenient, flexible and with spaces being saved, and a rapid selection of candidate display information can also be implemented, so that, better visual experiences and larger visual spaces are brought to the display processing device's users. An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for controlling output of the multidimensional information and also provide an input apparatus, so as to control the output information flexibly and conveniently. Herein, the output in the present invention refers to displaying information in a window, outputting information to a printer, or outputting information to a cache. In the following embodiments, the output refers to the displaying the information in the window.

A method for controlling display of the multidimensional information provided by the present invention includes: setting, in advance, a corresponding relationship between the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions of the display information and the multidimensional parameter information, so that the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information is controlled according to the corresponding relationship and the collected multidimensional parameter information, for example, for the two-dimension display information, the moving distance and moving direction in any direction on a two-dimension plane may be controlled according to the inputted multidimensional parameter information. Where, the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions may be named as more than one offset respectively in more than one dimensions; and the multidimensional parameter information may refer to the value of at least one predefined parameter for determining the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter.

After the corresponding relationship is set, the corresponding process of controlling the display of the multidimensional information may include: first, collecting multidimensional parameter information inputted, and determining the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions of the current display information according to the multidimensional parameter information; secondly, moving the current display information according to the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions, and displaying (outputting) the display information being moved; at the same time, displaying (outputting) the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs where all the forthcoming display information can be regarded as an output unit (e.g., a document, a page of a document, a layer of a page or etc.), so that a user is able to acquire the relative position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information. Herein, the corresponding relationship may refer to a function related with the multidimensional parameter information and the moving distance and moving direction information, or refer to a table recording the multidimensional parameter information and the moving distance and moving direction information thereof, where, the moving distance and moving direction information may be calculated using the multidimensional parameter information according to the function, and alternatively, the moving distance and moving direction information may be obtained by searching the table with the multidimensional parameter information.

In practical applications of the present invention, in the process of determining the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in multidimensional directions according to the multidimensional parameter information, the moving distance and moving direction information may be adjusted according to the corresponding linear or nonlinear function, or the corresponding continuous or discontinuous function, and the adjusted information is regarded as the practical moving distance and moving direction information. And alternatively, the corresponding moving distance and moving direction information may be directly regarded as the practical moving distance and moving direction information. For example, in a two-dimension plane, the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in a two-dimension coordinate system may be adjusted in both two dimensional directions simultaneously according to certain linear or nonlinear relationship, so as to acquire the adjusted practical moving distance and moving direction information.

In practical applications of the present invention, in the process of moving the current display information (supposing it is a display page), components indicating the movement of the display unit such as a horizontal scroll bar, a vertical scroll bar or a window component may also be controlled to change in comply with the movement of the current display page, so that the present invention is compatible with other controlling operations of display output in applications.

In practical applications of the present invention, the multidimensional parameter may include but not limited to at least one of a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter. The pressure parameter may be collected by a pressure sensor. The electromagnetic quantity parameter may be collected by an electromagnetic quantity parameter inputting apparatus. The energy parameter may be inputted by an energy inputting apparatus. The time parameter may be inputted by an operating key, an input apparatus or a unit of an input apparatus, and an internal clock, e.g. after an operation on a key, an input apparatus, a unit of an input apparatus pen-point input or a touch-screen such as sliding is implemented, the information can be moved a predetermined distance at certain time according to the time value of an internal clock. And the displacement parameter can be collected by a touch board, a touch screen, a mouse or an input pen.

Moreover, in order to collect a parameter conveniently by the part for controlling the display, corresponding information may be configured, including at least one of: a designated key, a designated input apparatus, a designated unit of an input apparatus (it may be a single key or the combination of multiple keys, single-click or multi-click on which is applicable), a designated pressure parameter, a designated electromagnetic quantity parameter, a designated energy parameter, a designated time parameter and a designated displacement parameter. The input of at least one of the key, the input apparatus or the unit of the input apparatus, the pressure, the electromagnetic quantity, the energy, the time and the displacement means that a user needs to input the multidimensional parameter to control the display procedure. At this point, the process for collecting the inputted multidimensional parameter information may include: if it is determined that it is needed to input the multidimensional parameter information according to at least one of an inputted parameter of a key, an input apparatus or a unit of an input apparatus, a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter, collecting the multidimensional parameter information inputted via an input apparatus, so that the display can be controlled according to the multidimensional parameter information to meet the user's requirement for moving the display information of the current display screen. Any other input apparatus, any other unit of one or more input apparatus, or any combination thereof may also be used to indicating that a user needs to input the multidimensional parameter.

In the above-mentioned, the “input” includes a linear or nonlinear relationship, a continuous or discontinuous quantity, or “input apparatus”. And the “input apparatus” includes a device or object capable of inputting a linear or nonlinear relationship, or a continuous or discontinuous quantity, and the “input apparatus” refers to one or more things capable of inputting one or multiple variables simultaneously or asynchronously, such as a device or object, part or member of an device or object, the software being used, a part, control or button of the software. The “input apparatus” includes but not limited to at least one of: a mouse, an input pen, a keyboard, an input glove, an input clothes, a finger, a part of a body, a body, an object, an inductor or sensor device, any object having action, vision, dumb show, sign language, voice, or any object with a machine, physics, chemistry, life or society movement form. And a “identity graphic” including a cursor and arrowhead may also be a kind of the “input apparatus”.

In specific applications of the present invention, whether to display the indication graphic of the “relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs” may further be controlled according to the user's requirement. Correspondingly, a display sign of the relative position relationship may be set, where, if the sign is valid, it is indicated that a user wants to display the relative position relationship information, and if the sign is invalid, it is indicated that the user does not want to display the relative position relationship information. Therefore, the process of displaying (outputting) the relative position relation information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs includes: displaying (outputting) the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information before upon the set display sign of the relative position relationship is identified as valid.

In specific applications of the present invention, corresponding display effect indication information of the relative position relationship may also be set to meet the customized requirement of users, according to which, the displaying of the position, color, gray scale, shape and/or transparency of the relative position relationship information may be controlled. Therefore, the process of displaying (outputting) the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs may further include: identifying the display effect indication information of the relative position relationship set by a user, and displaying (outputting) the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs according to the display effect indication information relative position relation.

The present invention further provides an apparatus for controlling output of the multidimensional information, the specific structure of the apparatus is as shown in FIG. 1, mainly including:

(1) A Corresponding Relationship Storage Unit

The unit is mainly used for storing the preconfigured corresponding relationship of the moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional directions of the display information and the multidimensional parameter information, so that, by using the collected multidimensional parameter information, the moving distance and moving direction of the current display information is controlled according to the corresponding relationship. For example, for three-dimension display information, the moving distance and moving direction in any dimensional direction on a three-dimension space may be controlled according to the inputted multidimensional parameter information.

(2) A Moving Distance and Moving Direction Determining Unit

The unit is mainly used for, by use of the information stored in the corresponding relationship storage unit, computing or determining the moving distance and moving direction information of the display information in multidimensional directions according to the inputted multidimensional parameter information. In a two-dimension plane or in a space with no less than three dimensions, it is necessary to determine the moving distance and moving direction information in each dimensional direction respectively. For example, for a two-dimension plane, it is necessary to determine respectively the moving distance and moving direction in the horizontal coordinate direction of two-dimension coordinates and those in the vertical coordinate direction of the two-dimension coordinates.

(3) A Display Information Movement Processing Unit

The unit is mainly used for moving the current display information according to the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in multidimensional directions determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit, and outputting the display information being moved, e.g. the display information is moved under control by a moving distance and a moving direction in each dimensional direction simultaneously according to the determined moving distance and moving direction information in multidimensional direction, so that the movement of the display information is controlled rapidly and conveniently.

In the above-mentioned, the display information movement processing unit may specifically include:

a moving distance and moving direction information acquiring unit, used for acquiring the multidimensional parameter information collected by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit, and determining the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in each dimensional direction respectively. For example, in a three-dimension space, the moving distance and moving direction in each dimensional direction is determined respectively.

a movement performing unit, used for moving the current display information in each dimensional direction simultaneously according to the moving distance or/and moving direction information in each dimensional direction acquired by the moving distance and moving direction information acquiring unit, so as to control the movement of the display information rapidly.

(4) A Relative Position Relationship Displaying Unit

The unit is mainly used for displaying (outputting) the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs according to the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in multidimensional directions determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit, so that a user is able to acquire the relative position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information.

In the above-mentioned, the information displayed by the relative position relationship displaying unit on the screen may be as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2H, and the information displayed may also be referred to as a widget (may also be referred to as a display icon, an auxiliary tool or a virtual device). Wherein, the relative position relationship information is presented by an indicating mark in the widget which may be called a position indicating window. The position indicating window (or called a display icon, an assistance tool or a virtual device) can be of any shape, e.g., rectangle, square, hexagon, ellipse, circle, or any combination of these shape; the application of different colors will make the display more convenient and the shape vivider. The indicating mark may be in any shape, including but not limited to rectangle, circle or line. The relative position of the indicating mark in the position indicating window reflects, as a whole, the position of the current output information relative to the output unit to which the current output information belongs.

The small square frame (a kind of indicating mark) in FIG. 2A represents the position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information. When the whole output unit or the current output information is moved, the relative position of the small rectangle in the large rectangle shall move accordingly to indicate the two-dimensional, horizontal and vertical, changes of the position of the current page in the whole document; on the other hand, when a user changes the position of the small rectangle by dragging the small rectangle with a hand, a mouse, a pen or any other input means, the display of the current page will be changed accordingly in proportion (or according to a specific function F (X, Y)=f (x, y)).

Two small short line segments (a kind of indicating mark) in FIGS. 2B, 2C, 2E and 2F respectively represent the position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information in two-dimension coordinates. The cross point (a kind of indicating mark) of two line segments in the square frame of FIG. 2D represents the position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information. Three small short line segments in FIG. 2G respectively represent the position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information in three dimensional directions under three-dimension coordinates. Four small short line segments in FIG. 2H respectively represent the position of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information in four dimensional directions under four-dimension coordinates. Various display indications (refers to the indicating marks) of FIGS. 2A to 2H (refers to the small short line segments, segments, cross points, or small square frames) may change along with the change of parameters, i.e. the relative position condition of the current practical display information may be presented in real time. On the contrary, the display indication presenting the relative position condition of the outputted display information in all the forthcoming display information may be adjusted on the display screen by an input apparatus or finger, and then the current display information may be moved in each corresponding dimensional direction simultaneously, so that the relative position between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information is changed correspondingly in each dimensional direction.

The widget may be any shape or line, or may be any combination of shapes and/or lines, for example, it may be any one of any combination of a rectangle, a square, a hexagon, an ellipse and rotundity, and it may further be displayed in any color and/or any transparency.

In the above widget, the display methods in FIGS. 2B and 2A may give users a display space as larger as possible. It may be a good selection to apply such methods to PDA/PIM/palmtop computers and mobile telephones.

In FIG. 3B, 3C, 3E, 3G or 3H, a long horizontal line in a cross indicates the width of the document and a long vertical line in the cross indicates the length of the document, and a short line intersecting the cross (e.g., a short horizontal line or a short vertical line) indicates the relative horizontal or X-axis (or vertical or Y-axis) position of the current page displayed. When the whole document or the displayed part of the document is moved, the relative position of the short lines intersecting the cross shall move accordingly to indicate the horizontal and vertical changes of the position of the current page in the whole document; on the other hand, when a user changes the position of the small rectangle by dragging the short horizontal/vertical line intersecting the cross with a hand, a mouse, a pen or any other input means, the display of the current page will be changed accordingly in proportion (or according to a specific function F (X, Y)=f (x, y)). In FIG. 3D, the horizontal (or vertical) line of the cross indicates the relative horizontal or X-axis (or vertical or Y-axis) position of the current page displayed in the view area, basically the same as in the drawing shown in FIG. 3B. The position of the currently displayed part in the whole page to be displayed can thus be shown accurately and conveniently, which also makes the operation on the page accurate and convenient. As a movement can be made in both horizontal and vertical directions at the same time, therefore one movement equals four movements in the conventional art (1, move to a scrollbar; 2, move the scrollbar; 3, move to the other scrollbar; 4, move the other scrollbar) and speed of the operation is increased four times. The position indicating window and the current page displayed in the view area are designed to overlap one another, and the position indicating window is placed as an opaque layer on top of the current page displayed in the view area. When a user needs to watch the graphic or text covered by the position indicating window, the user can drag the position indicating window. The position indicating window can also be a transparent or translucent layer, e.g., a layer of 70% transparency, on top of or at the bottom of the current page displayed in the view area, hence all of the page can be shown regardless of the position indicating window and a user no longer needs to drag the position indicating window to watch the graphic or text covered by the position indicating window. The edges of the large and small rectangles in FIG. 3A can be set to be of the same or different transparency level relative to the current page displayed in the view area, or the color filling the large or the small rectangle can be set to be of the same or different transparency level relative to the current page displayed in the view area, therefore the user will be able to distinguish the large rectangle and the small rectangle. The drawings in FIGS. 3B-3F consist of lines which can be set to be translucent, including 70% transparent, to save more display space than the conventional scrollbars do.

Among FIGS. 3A-3F, the display pattern in FIG. 3A is better than the conventional method of using scrollbars in that the user can be provided with maximum display space. FIG. 3F is a special case of the method of FIG. 3C.

The preceding description describes two-dimensional display patterns, however, in virtual space or spherical surface display, display patterns in more-than-two dimensions may be needed, and FIGS. 3G and 3H show three-dimensional and four-dimensional display patterns respectively, in which the way of indicating the position of the current display content in the view area relative to the content to be displayed as a whole is similar to the way shown in FIG. 3B.

The graphics shown in the figures can be set between transparent and opaque; when the graphics are transparent, those under the graphics will be completely visible. Since only the part to be displayed is displayed and the indicating graphic is hidden, the display space can be larger and the space can be fully utilized base on more accurate, faster and more convenient indicating tool that has almost all the functions of a mouse. The technical scheme can be applied to all related display applications in the field of IT and automatic mechanics, and is even more suitable for devices with small display space, such as mobile phones, PDA and PIM.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include: an input parameter collecting unit, used for collecting at least one of an inputted pressure parameter, an inputted electromagnetic quantity parameter, an inputted energy parameter, an inputted time parameter and an inputted displacement parameter, and transmitting the parameter(s) collected to the moving distance and moving direction determining unit.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include: an input identification processing unit, used for informing the input parameter collecting unit that the multidimensional parameter information is to be collected after determining that it is needed to input the multidimensional parameter information according to the inputted parameter of a key, an input apparatus or a unit of an input apparatus.

Optionally, in order to automatically control in the apparatus whether to display the relative position relationship information between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information to which the current display information belongs according to the user's requirement, the apparatus may further include: a display controlling unit, used for informing the relative position relationship displaying unit that the relative position relationship information is to be displayed after the set relative position relationship display identifier is identified as valid, where, if the identifier is valid, it indicates that a user wants the relative position relationship information to be displayed, and if the identifier is invalid, it indicates that a user does not want the relative position relationship information to be displayed.

Optionally, corresponding display effect indication information of the relative position relationship may also be set in the apparatus to meet the customized requirement of users, so that the position, color, gray scale, shape and/or transparency of the relative position relationship information may be displayed under control according to the display effect indication information. Therefore, the apparatus may further include: a display effect indicating unit, used for identifying the set display effect indication information of the relative position relationship, and controlling the relative position relationship displaying unit to display the relative position relationship information according to the display effect indication information of the relative position relationship.

To understand an embodiment of the present invention conveniently, various application embodiments of the present invention may be hereinafter described in details with respect to accompanying drawings.

EMBODIMENT 1

As shown in FIG. 3, a mouse having an input key (or sensor) for inducing pressure changes is used as an input apparatus in the embodiment. Suppose that the movement display is controlled by the mouse's movement and pressure on the mouse in a three-dimension space currently displayed, where, the mouse's movement is used for controlling the movement in a two-dimension plane in the three-dimension space and a pressure parameter is used for controlling the movement in the third dimensional (i.e. space depth) direction. And the processing procedure for controlling the display information to change in three dimensional directions simultaneously may include the followings:

In Step 1, determine whether the clicked key of the mouse is a predetermined key and the clicking times of the key meet a predetermined requirement. If it is determined that the clicked key is the predetermined key and the clicking times of the key meet the predetermined requirement, determine that it is needed to control the movement of the display information in the three-dimension space. For example, supposing that the predetermined key is the middle key of mouse and the predetermined requirement is that the clicking times of the key is even integer, it is to determine whether the middle key of the mouse is clicked, and whether the clicking times of the key are even integer is determined if the middle key of mouse is clicked. And if the clicking times of the key are even integer, it indicates that the predetermined requirement is met.

In Step 2, collect the mouse movement parameter and the inputted pressure parameter in real time.

In Step 3, determine whether the current inputted pressure parameter meets the predetermined requirement. For example, determine whether the inputted value of the pressure parameter is in a predetermined pressure value range. If the determining result is yes, proceed to Step 4, and if the determining result is no, output an error indication and prompt to input a pressure value again.

In Step 4, collect the inputted pressure parameter, match the inputted pressure parameter with the saved corresponding relationship to determine the moving distance and moving direction information corresponding to the currently inputted pressure parameter, and regard the moving distance and moving direction information as the moving distance and moving direction of the current display information in the third dimensional (depth) direction. And match the collected displacement parameter of the mouse movement with the saved corresponding relation to determine the moving distance and moving direction information corresponding to the collected displacement parameter of the mouse movement, and regard the moving distance and moving direction as the moving distance and moving direction information of the current display information in the two-dimension plane. Herein, the moving distance and moving direction information corresponding to the currently inputted pressure parameter is determined by matching the inputted pressure parameter according to the saved corresponding relationship, where, the corresponding relationship may refer to a function and the matching refers to calculating the moving distance and moving direction information using the value of the pressure parameter according to the function, and alternatively, the corresponding relationship may refer to a table and the matching refers to mapping the currently inputted pressure parameter to the corresponding moving distance and moving direction information according to the table.

In Step 5, respectively move the current display information in three dimensional directions simultaneously, and adjust the relative position condition of the current display information in all the forthcoming display information on the display screen according to the movement condition.

In the above-mentioned, the moving distance and moving direction in each dimensional direction is determined according to the processing result of Step 4.

On the contrary, the relative position condition of the outputted display information in all the forthcoming display information may be adjusted on the display screen by an input apparatus or finger, and then the current display information may be moved in each of the three dimensional directions simultaneously, so that the relative position between the current display information and all the forthcoming display information is changed correspondingly in the three dimensional directions.

To sum up, embodiments of the present invention provides a technical solution for moving the current display information conveniently, rapidly, flexibly and accurately. The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present invention has the following advantages according to the above description:

(1) It is possible to move the corresponding display information in the multidimensional mode randomly and simultaneously, and a user is able to acquire the relative position relationship between the current display information and all forthcoming display information;

(2) It is possible to change the current display position rapidly, flexibly and accurately, so that the display is controlled more conveniently.[0][0][0]

The foregoing is only preferred embodiments of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention, however, is not limited to the above description. Any change or substitution, within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, obvious to those skilled in the art should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be compatible with the protection scope stated by claims.

Claims

1. A method for controlling output of multi-dimension information, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the method comprising: collecting the value of the at least one parameter inputted,determining more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension for the current output information according to the collected value of the at least one parameter, andoutputting relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension is determined according to the collected value of the at least one parameter and a predefined relationship between the value of the at least one parameter and the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the more than one dimension comprises three dimensions; and the at least one parameter comprises the pressure parameter and the displacement parameter, wherein, the displacement parameter corresponds to a two-dimension plane, and the pressure parameter corresponds to the dimension other than the two-dimension in the three dimensions.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the value of the at least one parameter is collected when it is determined that a predefined enabling parameter is valid.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, the enabling parameter comprises at least one of a parameter of an input key, a parameter of an input apparatus, a parameter of a unit of an input apparatus, a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the collected value of one or more of the at least one parameter inputted meets a predetermined requirement, wherein,determining the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension if it is determined that the collected value of the one or more of the at least one parameter inputted meets the predetermined requirement, andprompting to input the one or more parameter, if it is determined that the collected value of which does not meet the predetermined requirement.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the one or more of the at least one parameter inputted comprises the pressure parameter, and the determining whether the collected value of the one or more of the at least one parameter inputted meets the predetermined requirement comprises: determining whether the collected value of the pressure parameter meets the predetermined requirement.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the outputting the relative position relationship information comprises: displaying the relative position relationship information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the relative position relationship information is displayed when a relative position relationship display sign is valid.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the relative position relationship information is displayed in a display effect indicated by predefined display effect indication information for the relative position relationship when the predefined display effect indication information is identified.

12. An apparatus for controlling output of multidimensional information, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the apparatus comprising: a moving distance and moving direction determining unit, adapted for determining more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension for the current output information according to the collected value of the at least one parameter;a display information movement processing unit, adapted for moving the current output information according to the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit and outputting the moved output information; anda relative position relationship displaying unit, adapted for outputting the relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs according to the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: a corresponding relationship storage unit, adapted for storing a predefined relationship between the value of the at least one parameter and the more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension;wherein, the moving distance and moving direction determining unit is adapted to determine the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension for the current output information according to the collected value of the at least one parameter and the in the predefined relationship from the corresponding relationship storage unit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising: an input parameter collecting unit, adapted for collecting the value of the at least one parameter and transmitting the collected value of the at least one parameter to the moving distance and moving direction determining unit;wherein, the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: an input identification processing unit, adapted for informing the input parameter collecting unit that the value of the at least one parameter is to be collected if it is determined that the at least one parameter is to be inputted according to at least one of the parameter of an inputted key, an input apparatus or a unit of an input apparatus, a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter.

16. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: a display controlling unit, adapted for informing the relative position relationship displaying unit that the relative position relationship information is to be displayed if it is identified that a predefined display sign is valid.

17. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: a display effect indicating unit, adapted for identifying display effect indication information set for the relative position relationship information, and controlling the relative position relation displaying unit to output the relative position relationship information according to the display effect indication information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the display information movement processing unit further comprises: a moving distance and moving direction information acquiring unit, adapted for acquiring the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension determined by the moving distance and moving direction determining unit, and moving the current output information according to and outputting the moved output information; anda moving performing unit, adapted for moving the current output information in the more than one dimension simultaneously according to the more than one offset respectively in the more than one dimension acquired by the moving distance and moving direction information acquiring unit.

19. An input apparatus, wherein, at least one parameter for determining more than one offset respectively in more than one dimension is predefined, wherein each parameter corresponds to at least one dimension and is for determining at least one offset respectively in the at least one dimension, and one dimension is corresponded to one parameter, the apparatus comprising: a means for inputting the at least one parameter simultaneously;wherein, the at least one parameter is collected by an output apparatus to output relative position relationship information between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs.

20. The input apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the input apparatus is further adapted for presenting the relative position relationship information; the input apparatus further comprising: a means for receiving the value of at least one of: parameters of a key, an input apparatus, a unit of an input apparatus, a pressure parameter, an electromagnetic quantity parameter, an energy parameter, a time parameter and a displacement parameter; anda means for changing the presented position relative position relationship information according to the received value of the alt least one parameter, according to which, the relative position between the current output information and the output unit to which the current output information belongs is changed by the output apparatus.