US 2014/0181746 A1Published application

Electrionic device with shortcut function and control method thereof

AssigneeGiga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.

InventorKuo Jung Lo

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Abstract

An electronic device used to perform a control method of shortcut function, includes a body, a control unit, at least one button and a touchscreen. The control unit is disposed in the body, for executing a program code. The button and the touchscreen are disposed on the body. The touchscreen includes a main touch-control area and an auxiliary touch-control area. The main touch-control area displays a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code. When the shortcut icon is triggered by a touch, the program code is executed. At least one hotkey region is defined corresponding to the button in the auxiliary touch-control area. When the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon is dragged to overlap with the hotkey region, the control unit sets the button as a shortcut hotkey corresponding to the program code. Therefore, the control unit will execute the program code as the button is pressed.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An electronic device with shortcut function, comprising:

a body;
a control unit, disposed in the body, for executing at least one program code;
at least one button, disposed on the body and electronically connected to the control unit;
and
a touchscreen;
disposed on the body and electronically connected to the control unit, including:
a main touch-control area, for displaying a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code, wherein when the shortcut icon is triggered, the touchscreen generates and transmits an execute signal to the control unit, for executing the program code corresponding to the shortcut icon;
and
a auxiliary touch-control area, defining at least one hotkey region corresponding to the button, wherein when the touchscreen detects that the shortcut icon in the main touch-control area is dragged to overlap with the hotkey region, the control unit generates and transmits a setting signal to the button, for setting the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;
wherein the electronic device is arranged such that when the button is pressed, the button generates and transmits a control signal to the control unit, and the control unit executes the program code.

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A control method of shortcut function, applying to an electronic device with a touchscreen, comprising:

executing program code by a control unit;
displaying a shortcut icon corresponding to the program code in a main touch-control area of the touchscreen;
dragging the shortcut icon to overlap with a hotkey region in an auxiliary touch-control area;
generating and transmitting a setting signal to a button by the control unit, so as to set the button as a shortcut hotkey linking to the program code;
detecting a pressing by the button;
generating and transmitting a control signal to the control unit by the button;
and
executing the program code by the control unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.