IP Library Granted Patent US 9,804,775
Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,775 · App. 14/713,741 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Electronic device and method for managing user interface

Inventors: Yu-Hsien Lin (New Taipei, TW); Hung-Ling Wei (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 9,804,775
App. No.
14/713,741
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for managing user interface of an electronic device includes detecting touch points on a back panel of the electronic device within a predetermined time interval when the electronic device is unlocked. When a first number of the detected touch points on a left part of a back panel is more than a second number of the detected touch points on a right part of the back panel, icons are displayed on a right part of a display device of the electronic device. When a first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is less than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, the icons are displayed on a left part of the display device.

Claims (15)

1. An electronic device, comprising: a display device; a back panel; at least one processor; and a storage device that stores one or more programs which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: detect touch points on the back panel within a predetermined time interval when the electronic device is unlocked; compare a first number of the detected touch points on a left part of the back panel with a second number of the detected touch points on a right part of the back panel; and change locations of one or more icons on the display device according to a result of the comparing of the first number with the second number;

wherein the locations of one or more icons are changed by: when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is more than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a right part of the display device; or when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is less than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a left part of the display device.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing sizes of the functions icons according to a first predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing a space between each two of the icons according to a second predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a pressure sensor to detect the touch points on the back panel.

5. A method for managing a user interface of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display device and a back panel, the method comprising: detecting touch points on the back panel within a predetermined time interval when the electronic device is unlocked; comparing a first number of the detected touch points on a left part of the back panel with a second number of the detected touch points on a right part of the back panel; and changing locations of one or more icons on the display device according to a result of the comparing of the first number with the second number;

wherein the locations of one or more icons are changed by: when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is more than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a right part of the display device; or when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is less than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a left part of the display device.

6. The method according to claim 5 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing sizes of the functions icons according to a first predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

7. The method according to claim 5 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing a space between each two of the icons according to a second predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic device comprises a pressure sensor to detect the touch points on the back panel.

9. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, causes the at least one processor to perform a method for managing a user interface of the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display device and a back panel, wherein the method comprises: detecting touch points on the back panel within a predetermined time interval when the electronic device is unlocked; comparing a first number of the detected touch points on a left part of the back panel with a second number of the detected touch points on a right part of the back panel; and changing locations of one or more icons on the display device according to a result of the comparing of the first number with the second number;

one or more icons are changed by: when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is more than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a right part of the display device; or when the first number of the detected touch points on the left part of the back panel is less than the second number of the detected touch points on the right part of the back panel, displaying the icons on a left part of the display device.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing sizes of the functions icons according to a first predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , when the left part or the right part of the display device has not enough space to show the icons, further comprising: reducing a space between each two of the icons according to a second predetermined proportion until all of the icons are displayed on the left part or the right part of the display device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic device comprises a pressure sensor to detect the touch points on the back panel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: MOBILE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: MOBILE DRIVE NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 057391/0564 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
To: MOBILE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 051442/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2015
From: LIN, YU-HSIEN; WEI, HUNG-LING
To: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 035668/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 103137528 A · Oct 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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