CN1294341A - Method for generating animated keys - Google Patents
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A method for generating animated keys is used for the electronic devices providing function menu, such as palm computer and PDA. The multiple icons expressing same event and continuous actions are sequentially arranged and associated with the key. After it is activated, it can begin to show dynamic icons.
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The present invention relates to a kind of production method of choosing button with animated, be applied to provide electronic product (as: palm PC (the Handly Personal Computer of functional menu, abbreviation HPC), personal digital assistant (Personal digital assistant is called for short PDA)).
In common known various main frames of people and electronic product, it chooses button is a kind ofly to realize choosing button content to be expressed by single static graphics or the diagram of character narrate (ICON), see also " Fig. 1 ", be shown with the primary option menu 10 of a recreation that constitutes with aforesaid traditional approach among the figure, it includes eight kinds of recreation and chooses button 11 and and withdraw from button 12, each button is all with the diagram corresponding to the character narrate of its content, the user need only desire to choose push button exciting (as: mode with the mouse control vernier is carried out) with a certain when choosing, this chooses button and will present anti-white after clicking (Click), then just clicks once more and can enter the related content picture.This implementation though meet the button that the general logic of people requires, also just because of this, brings the dullness in people's use, uninteresting and dull sense easily, is difficult to mention user's use interest.In addition, after clicking, choose button and be anti-white, and the tone of choosing button after anti-white can be deepened, so the user is difficult for the content of button is done once more the knowledge of debating, causes when operating easily therefore that the user is visual to obscure, moreover if choose diagram represented on the button, with function under it is actual, when content is proper mutually, can allow the user judge by accident again or mistake is understanded, and cause the inconvenience in the use.
General choose that button is many represents function that it has or affiliated incident with literal or static diagrams, after being clicked, just represent that in anti-white mode it is activated by the user, but because of choosing its tone of button and can deepen deepening after anti-white, therefore can feel that fuzzy pictures is unclear to the people, the identification once more of difficult quilt, so cause easily and operationally obscure, also flow in dull, mechanical, do not have sight, and more not eye-catching.
The objective of the invention is to represent pattern, propose a kind of production method that respectively represents with animated that makes in the menu, with not making the user that stiff, uninteresting impression is arranged so that the visual effect of menu does not have by bond energy at the menu of traditional electronic product.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides a kind of production method that respectively represents with animated that makes in the menu by bond energy.The present invention is according to the functional attributes of respectively choosing button in the menu, make several the diagrams that can represent that same incident and action link up respectively, after according to series arrangement with respectively choose button and produce related, when the user enters a certain menu, press the key control process by one, making a certain in the menu choose button represents with the form of dynamic diagram, remaining chooses button then is to be in static illustrated form, person to be used click some static graphic forms choose button after, the diagram that button just changes dynamic-form into of choosing that is clicked represents, original button of choosing that represents with dynamic-form then becomes static illustrated form, so except can have the purpose identical with traditional anti-white mode, more with visual aesthetic feeling with lively.This method may further comprise the steps: activate in the display unit this by an input block and choose button; From a data in graph form storehouse, extract and choose the relevant diagram collection of button with this; And in this display unit this choose the button position, the content that repeat playing should the diagram collection.
The present invention represents incident or the object of choosing the button representative with animated, can improve the visual effect of menu, and can allow the user choose animation in the button by each, understands to choose button and desire handling procedure that carries out or the function that possesses.
Detailed content of the present invention and technology are described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 represents the synoptic diagram of the mode of menu for tradition;
Fig. 2 produces the process flow diagram of choice of dynamical button for the present invention;
Fig. 3 is for constituting a certain diagram synoptic diagram of choosing button in the primary option menu of the present invention;
Fig. 4 for of the present invention have dynamically represent the synoptic diagram of choosing the button primary option menu;
Fig. 5 produces the control flow chart of choosing button of dynamic-form for the present invention.
Each symbol description in the accompanying drawing is as follows:
10 expression primary option menus, 10a represents primary option menu, button is chosen in 11 expressions, 111～116 presentation graphics diagram, button is withdrawed from 12 expressions, 13 expression diagram collection.
The technology that is presented according to the present invention, see also " Fig. 2 ", at first by different incident or objects, make the diagram (step 201) of several graphical content action tool continuities respectively, please consult " Fig. 3 " again, promptly be to be used for expression to withdraw from the required graphic illustration of button 111～116 in " Fig. 1 " as shown in FIG., the then broadcasting speed (as: 1/24/second) of again these graphic illustration 111～116 being allowed with human vision, make the diagram collection 13 of a tool dynamic effect according to the sequence of movement of graphical content, and set diagram collection 13 and must can represent (step 202 with dynamic-form when choosing button and being activated corresponding, 203), wherein activating the mode of choosing button 11 can be by an input block (as: keyboard, mouse, writing pencil) showing primary option menu 10 or choosing the activation that realizes choosing button 11 in the display unit of button 11 in direct or indirect mode, and then make respectively in order in the primary option menu 10 among expression as " Fig. 1 " each according to aforesaid step and to choose the diagram collection 13 of button 11, and several diagram collection 13 are deposited in the data in graph form storehouse (step 204), so " Fig. 1 " just shown in primary option menu 10 can change into and as shown in " Fig. 4 ", have an illustrated primary option menu 10a that chooses button 11 of different graphic.
In above-mentioned, the mode that represents diagram collection 13 is to be undertaken by " Fig. 5 " described control flow, at first be to choose button at each one audit window is set, and with a counter (step 501 that makes zero, 502), then a certain choose button 11 and be activated in, in the data in graph form storehouse, extract corresponding to diagram collection 13, and comply with set broadcasting speed and play graphic illustration in the position of choosing button, and counter also adds up one by one along with the broadcast of graphic illustration, when the aggregate-value of counter and graphic illustration total identical, just counter is made zero, and open the beginning to first of graphic illustration again and play according to order, otherwise play next graphic illustration (step 503～507) of following current graphic illustration, the diagram collection 13 that is constituted with the graphic illustration 111～116 of " Fig. 3 " is an example, it is pairing when withdrawing from button 12 and being activated when audit window finds, this diagram collection 13 is just taken out from the data in graph form storehouse, counter makes zero, and go out first graphic illustration 111 in the position display that withdraws from button 12 places, counter accumulative total once afterwards, therefore the aggregate-value of hour counter do not reach as yet graphic illustration 111～116 sum and, so speed according to 1/24 (opening/second), play second graphic illustration 112, play so in regular turn, up to the sum of the aggregate-value of counter and graphic illustration 111～116 with when identical, just immediately counter is made zero, again begin to play from first graphic illustration simultaneously, when treating that window finds choosing button 11 and being activated of other, the button 12 that withdraws from that is originally dynamically representing just reverts to the graphic illustration that is static, chooses button 11 and just begins it and represent (its mode that dynamically represents as described above) dynamically and be activated this moment.
Comprehensively above-mentioned, the technology that the present invention presented in can be used on aforesaid primary option menu, also can be used for pull-up, pulldownmenus, or in the function button.
As mentioned above; realized the present invention with a preferred embodiment, but be not that those skilled in the art can be without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention in order to qualification the present invention; the present invention is made amendment and changes, so protection scope of the present invention is limited by appended claim.
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1. production method of choosing button with animated, being applied to provides in the electronic product of functional menu, and it comprises step:
Activate in the display unit this by an input block and choose button;
From a data in graph form storehouse, extract and choose the relevant diagram collection of button with this; And
In this display unit this chosen the button position, and repeat playing should illustrate the content of collection.
2. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this input block is a mouse.
3. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this input block is a writing pencil.
4. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this diagram collection is made up of the graphic illustration that many actions link up.
5. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, the content of wherein playing this diagram collection also includes the following step:
One counter is made zero; And
With this counter the number of this graphic illustration in playing is counted.
6. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 5, wherein this counter is a number of counting this graphic illustration that has shown in the mode of accumulative total.
7. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this chooses key configurations in a primary option menu.
8. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this chooses key configurations in a pull-up menu.
9. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this chooses key configurations in a pull-down menu.
10. the production method of choosing button with animated as claimed in claim 1, wherein this to choose button be a function button.
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