Interface switching method and electronic device using the same
AssigneeASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
InventorsShu-Hui Chou, Shuan-Yi Chu, Chi-Nien Chen, Wei-Chi Yen, Xiao-Gang Sun
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Abstract
An electronic device, comprising a touch screen configured to display a circular operation area and a display area; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of applications; and a processing unit coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit, wherein the touch screen receives a touch operation on the circular operation area, the processing unit enables the touch screen to display a circular menu on a periphery of the display area according to the touch operation, and the circular menu includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the applications.
Claims10
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display a ring-shaped operation area and a display area, wherein the display area is disposed within the ring-shaped operation area;
- a storage unit configured to store a plurality of applications;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit,
- wherein a ring-shaped menu is generated on the touch screen by a single touch operation, and the ring-shaped menu has a plurality of icons,
- wherein an application corresponding to one of the plurality of icons is activated by touching a position outside the ring-shaped menu and adjacent to the icon so as to display content of the application inside the display area.
An interface switching method, applied to an electronic device with a touch screen, wherein the method includes the steps:
- providing a circular display area and a ring-shaped operation area on the touch screen, wherein the circular display area is disposed within the ring-shaped operation area;
- generating a ring-shaped menu on the touch screen by a single touch operation, wherein the ring-shaped menu has a plurality of icons;
- performing a moving path along the ring-shaped operation area, wherein the moving path is disposed outside the ring-shaped menu and adjacent to one of the plurality of icons;
- and
- activating an application corresponding to the icon so as to display content of the application inside the circular display area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.