TWI493434B - Electronic device and application software interface adjustment method - Google Patents

Description

Electronic device and application software interface adjustment method

The present invention relates primarily to the application of software interface adjustment techniques, and more particularly to techniques for providing an automatic analysis and detection mechanism to adjust the application software interface.

In recent years, due to the rapid development of wireless communication technology, a wide variety of portable and handheld devices, such as mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets (Tablet PCs) ) Electronic products are constantly being introduced in the market, and the functions of these electronic products are increasingly diversified. In addition, due to the convenience of these devices, these devices have also become one of the necessities of people's lives.

When the user is operating the mobile phone or the tablet computer, the user interface presented by the application software on different electronic devices tends to be accidentally touched because the two buttons are too close to the button, which may cause the user to make a wrong selection, that is, It is said that when the trigger conditions representing two or more different events are too close, the behavior of the false touch will be caused. For example, when the two buttons are small and close, the system of the device cannot correctly judge the user. Clicking on the button, resulting in a trigger event error, or because of the size of the panel, the size of the user's palm / finger, etc., can cause false touches.

In view of the above prior art problems, the application software interface adjustment technology can provide an automatic analysis and detection mechanism to adjust the application software interface. Technology.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device includes: a touch unit; a processing unit that executes an application software according to operation of one of the touch elements; and an application software detection module To detect an interface information of the application software; a device environment detection module for detecting environmental information of one of the electronic devices; a memory unit for recording a user operation behavior; and an analysis unit for analyzing the above The interface information, the environmental information, and the user operation behavior generate an adjustment setting; and a display unit displays an interface including the plurality of objects generated by executing the application software, and displays the adjusted interface according to the adjustment setting .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an application software interface adjustment method is provided. The method is applicable to an electronic device, including: performing an application software according to operation of a user of a touch unit, wherein the application software includes an interface, and The interface includes a plurality of objects; detecting an interface information of the application software; detecting environmental information of the electronic device; and analyzing the interface information, the environmental information, and a user operation behavior by an analysis unit to generate an adjustment setting And according to the above adjustment setting, the above interface of the adjustment is displayed on a display unit.

The present invention is described in the following paragraphs, and is intended to be illustrative of the present invention, and is intended to be illustrative of the scope of the invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims. .

1 is a diagram showing an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. 100 architecture diagram. As shown in the figure, an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the invention includes a touch unit 110, a processing unit 120, an application software detection module 130, a device environment detection module 140, and a device The memory unit 150, an analysis unit 160, and a display unit 170.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 120 executes an application software according to the operation of the user in the touch unit 110, and displays, on the display unit 170, an interface including a plurality of objects generated by executing the application software. The plurality of objects in the user can be selected or clicked by the user to trigger the function corresponding to the object, wherein the plurality of objects can be buttons or images for the user to click or for the user to input data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the application software detection module 130 is configured to detect an interface information S1 of the application software executed by the user, where the interface information S1 includes the location of the object triggered by the user (for example, the object x coordinate and y coordinate) and size (for example: length and width of the object), and the resolution used by the application software (for example: 640*480, 800*600, 1280*800, etc.), according to the interface information S1 It is known that the user generates information about the interface containing the plurality of objects after executing the application software. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the information about the location and size of the object information S1 can also be used as a basis for the subsequent adjustment interface by using the image information generated by the snapshot function built in the electronic device 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the device environment detecting module 140 is configured to detect an environmental information S2 of the electronic device 100, wherein the environment information S2 includes a device name (eg, a brand, model, etc. of the electronic device), Device serial number (S/N), a device panel size (for example: 3.8吋, 4吋, 5吋, etc.), a device resolution (for example: 800*600, 1280*800, 1280*1024, etc., according to the environmental information S2, information about the electronic device 100 currently used by the user can be known.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 150 is configured to record a user operation behavior S3, where the user operation behavior S3 refers to an operation habit commonly used by the user in using the electronic device 100, and includes a user. One of the habits of click behavior, a drag behavior, and a rotation behavior. More specifically, the user's click behavior may include: triggering the coordinates of the object, the position of the trigger object, and the size of the trigger object. For example, if the size and position of a button is at (200, 300)-(250, 350), when the user clicks on the coordinates (230, 330), the user's habit of clicking in the area usually falls to the center point (225, 325). At the bottom right, that is, the user usually clicks on the lower right side of the object. As for the size of the trigger object area, it is indicated that the size of the finger or the palm of the different users may make the area of the object accessible. The user's drag behavior includes: triggering the coordinate track of the object, and triggering the position of the object. For example, when the user slides to the right, the coordinate system moves toward the upper right; when the user slides to the left, the coordinate system moves toward the lower left, indicating that the user is sliding to the right. When you are accustomed to the direction of the upper right; when sliding to the left, you are used to the direction of the lower left. The user's rotation behavior includes: the user is accustomed to the direction of the object. According to the user operation behavior S3, the electronic device 100 can be assisted to determine the operation habits of the user in different panel areas and different trigger object sizes as a basis for adjusting the interface. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 150 can operate according to the user's habits collected within a predetermined time (one day or several hours), that is, the user frequently uses the action within the predetermined time. Record or Update user action behavior S3. According to an embodiment of the invention, when the electronic device 100 is used by a plurality of users, the memory unit 150 can record the operations of different users according to a period of time that may be used by a certain user. Behavior S3. For example, the user A may use the electronic device 100 more frequently during the day, and the user B may use the electronic device 100 more often at night. The memory unit 150 may record the operation behaviors of the user A and the user B according to the usage habit. S3.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the analyzing unit 160 is configured to analyze the interface information S1, the environment information S2, and the user operation behavior S3 to generate an adjustment setting S4, and the display unit 170 displays the adjusted interface of the application software according to the adjustment setting. This adjustment setting can be used to directly adjust the interface, or it can adjust the interface displayed by the application software by jumping out of a redraw interface.

2A is a schematic diagram of an adjustment interface according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the user wants to click on the object 1 but the user does not actually click on the object due to the parallax factor generated by the human eye, the analysis unit 160 generates the analysis unit 160 according to the analysis. An adjustment setting S4 is used to adjust a threshold corresponding to the object. The analysis unit 160 gives the object 1 a larger threshold value (as indicated by the dashed line of the object 1 in Figure 2A). For example, the range of acceptable touch of the object 1 can be changed from (200, 300) - (250, 350) to ( 150, 280) - (300, 370). In particular, the analysis unit 160 can only adjust the threshold value of the specific object clicked by the user in the interface (the interval between the applicable objects is relatively large to avoid interference with other objects), or the specificity of the equalization adjustment interface. The threshold of the object and all objects around it.

2B is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2B, if a plurality of objects (B1 to B6) are included in one interface, when the user clicks on the touch unit 110 to trigger a plurality of objects (B1, B2, and B3), according to the analysis of the analyzing unit 160, A redrawing interface 172 is displayed on the interface 171, and the redrawing interface 172 includes a plurality of objects (B1, B2, and B3) clicked by the user with increased spacing for the user to select, and the user The object to be selected may be clicked from the objects (B1, B2, B3) of the redraw interface 172 which have increased the spacing, so as to avoid accidental contact with other objects.

2C is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2C, if a plurality of objects (B1 to B6) are included in one interface, when the user clicks on the touch unit 110 to trigger a plurality of objects (B3, B5, and B6), according to the analysis of the analyzing unit 160, A redrawing interface 172 is displayed on the interface 171, wherein the redrawing interface 172 includes a plurality of objects (B3, B5, B6) clicked by the user who has increased the size for the user to select, and the user can In the oversized object (B3, B5, B6) of the redrawing interface 172, click on the object to be selected, and avoid accidentally touching other objects.

2D is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2D, if a plurality of objects (B1 to B6) are included in one interface, when the user clicks on the touch unit 110 to trigger a plurality of objects (B1, B2, and B3), the analyzing unit 160 generates a vibration. The prompting is to prompt the user to trigger multiple objects at the same time, and according to the analysis by the analyzing unit 160, a redrawing interface 172 is jumped out on the interface 171 until the user only clicks on the object of the redrawing interface 172 (B1, B2). B3), analysis Unit 160 will stop the vibrating alert. Specifically, in the embodiment, the objects (B1, B2, and B3) displayed by the redrawing interface 172 can be presented in an increased pitch or an enlarged size, and in the second DD, the object is enlarged. The spacing is an example.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the user clicks on the touch unit 110 to trigger a plurality of the objects, the analyzing unit 160 generates a voice prompt to notify the user that multiple objects may be triggered at the same time, and inform the user to click again. Tip, for example, if the user wants to select an object that is closer to the right, the voice prompt may prompt the user. If you want to select an object that is closer to the right, you may need to click the finger a little to the right. Or, by making certain gestures to select objects, the user can re-click on the object to be selected according to the voice prompt. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user can also respond to the voice prompt generated by the analyzing unit 160 by using a voice, that is, the user can directly respond to the voice prompt of the analyzing unit 160 by using the voice mode to select the desired voice click. object.

It is to be noted that the manner of the above-mentioned adjustment interface is not limited to the method described in an embodiment, and any person skilled in the art can change the embodiment according to the embodiment of the present invention. Choose the most appropriate approach for different scenarios in which the application software displays different interfaces. In addition, the drawings of the above embodiments are for illustrative purposes only, and different interfaces displayed by different application softwares are not limited thereto.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart 300 showing an application software interface adjustment method according to an embodiment of the invention. First, in step S310, an application software is executed according to an operation of the user in a touch unit, wherein the application software includes an interface, and the interface includes a plurality of objects; S320, detecting one interface information of the application software; detecting environmental information of the electronic device in step S330; analyzing the interface information, the environment information, and a user operation behavior by using an analyzing unit, in step S340, An adjustment setting is generated; in step S350, the interface of the adjustment is displayed on a display unit according to the adjustment setting.

Figure 4 is a flow chart 400 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S410, when the user does not actually click on the object due to a parallax factor, according to the analysis of the analysis unit, one threshold value corresponding to the object is adjusted; in step S420, according to the adjusted threshold value, A display unit displays the interface for adjustment.

Figure 5 is a flow chart 500 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S510, when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of objects, according to the analysis of the analysis unit, a redraw interface is jumped out on the interface, wherein the redraw interface includes multiple clicks of the increased pitch. The object is; in step S520, the object to be selected is re-clicked by the redraw interface.

Figure 6 is a flow chart 600 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S610, when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of objects, according to the analysis of the analysis unit, a redraw interface is jumped out on the interface, wherein the redraw interface includes multiple clicks of the increased size. The object is; in step S620, the object to be selected is re-clicked by the redraw interface.

Figure 7 is a flow chart 700 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S710, when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger multiple objects, the analysis unit generates a vibration prompt. And according to the analysis of the analysis unit, jump out of the interface on the interface; in step S720, the object to be selected is re-clicked by the redraw interface; in step S730, until the user only clicks on one of the objects, the vibration is stopped. prompt.

Figure 8 is a flow chart 800 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S810, when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of objects, the analyzing unit generates a voice prompt; in step S820, the user can click again on the one of the objects to be selected according to the voice prompt. . According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user can also respond to the voice prompt generated by the analyzing unit by using a voice, that is, the user can directly use the voice prompt of the analyzing unit to select the object that he wants to click. .

When a traditional user operates a mobile phone or a tablet computer, the user interface presented by the application software on different devices often causes the user to click the object to be triggered correctly because the trigger object is too close, for example, When the two buttons are small and close, the system of the electronic device cannot correctly determine the button selected by the user, thus causing an erroneous triggering event. Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present specification provides an application software interface adjustment method to solve the above problems, and provides the following advantages, (1) provides an automatic screen adjustment mechanism, which is monitored according to the environment in which the device operates. The user interface, if the native interface is difficult to judge, the device provides a better operating interface environment; the application software developer needs to adjust for different devices or different environments to increase the usability of the application software; (2) improve The threshold value of the touch object increases the threshold value of each trigger object without causing mutual influence of each trigger object, thereby increasing the use The probability of clicking on the triggering component; (3) increasing the convenience of the user, according to the operating environment of the electronic device, the electronic device can adjust the current user interface appropriately, so that the user can easily trigger the idea The triggered object increases the convenience of use.

The specific features, structures, or properties mentioned in the "invention" or "embodiment" referred to in the specification may be included in at least one embodiment of the present specification. Therefore, statements that appear in different places, "in one embodiment," may not all refer to the same embodiment. In addition, this particular feature, structure, or property may be combined with one or more embodiments in any suitable manner.

While the present invention has been described with respect to the embodiments of the present invention, the disclosed embodiments are intended to protect the scope of the invention and the scope of the invention. Thus, the embodiments disclosed herein will readily appreciate the advantages described above for anyone skilled in the art. After reading the contents of the specification, any person skilled in the art can make appropriate changes and substitutions in a broad manner without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Moreover, in various embodiments, the present invention may reuse the same index number and/or text. The use of such indexing labels and/or text is intended to simplify and clarify the invention, but is not intended to indicate that the various embodiments and/or disclosed structures must have the same features.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧Touch unit

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Application software detection module

140‧‧‧Device Environment Detection Module

150‧‧‧ memory unit

160‧‧‧Analysis unit

170‧‧‧ display unit

171‧‧‧ interface

172‧‧‧Redraw interface

300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800‧‧‧ flow chart

1, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6‧‧‧ objects

S1‧‧‧ interface information

S2‧‧‧Environmental Information

S3‧‧‧User operation

S4‧‧‧Adjustment settings

Steps S310, S320, S330, S340, S350, S410, S420, S510, S520, S610, S620, S710, S720, S730, S810, S820‧‧

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.

2A is a schematic diagram of an adjustment interface according to an embodiment of the invention.

2B is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

2C is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

2D is a schematic diagram of a adjustment interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart 300 showing an application software interface adjustment method according to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart 400 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart 500 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart 600 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a flow chart 700 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a flow chart 800 showing the generation of adjustment settings in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧Touch unit

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Application software detection module

140‧‧‧Device Environment Detection Module

150‧‧‧ memory unit

160‧‧‧Analysis unit

170‧‧‧ display unit

S1‧‧‧ interface information

S2‧‧‧Environmental Information

S3‧‧‧User operation

S4‧‧‧Adjustment settings

Claims (18)

An electronic device includes: a touch unit; a processing unit that executes an application software according to operation of one of the touch units; and an application software detection module for detecting one of the application software interfaces Information; a device environment detection module for detecting environmental information of one of the electronic devices; a memory unit for recording a user operation behavior; an analysis unit for analyzing the interface information, the environmental information, and the use The operation behavior generates an adjustment setting; and a display unit displays an interface including the plurality of objects generated by executing the application software, and displays the adjusted interface according to the adjustment setting. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the interface information includes a location and a size of the object triggered by the user, and a resolution used by the application software. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the environmental information includes a device name, a device serial number, a device panel size, and a device resolution. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user operation behavior comprises: the user is accustomed to one click behavior, one drag behavior, and a rotation behavior. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is generated The adjustment setting includes adjusting a threshold value corresponding to the object according to the analysis of the analyzing unit when the user does not actually click on the object due to a parallax factor. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the generating the setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, according to the analysis of the analyzing unit, jumping out of the interface The interface, wherein the redrawing interface comprises a plurality of the objects that have been clicked by the increased pitch for the user to select. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the generating the setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, according to the analysis of the analyzing unit, jumping out of the interface The interface, wherein the redrawing interface comprises a plurality of the above-mentioned items that have been clicked to the user for selection. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the generating the adjustment setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, the analyzing unit generates a vibration prompt, and according to the analyzing unit In the analysis, a redrawing interface is jumped out on the above interface until the user only clicks on one of the objects, and the vibration prompt is stopped. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the generating the setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, the analyzing unit generates a voice prompt, and the user can The voice prompt re-clicks on one of the above objects that you want to select. An application software interface adjustment method suitable for an electronic device includes: Performing an application software according to operation of the user in a touch unit, wherein the application software includes an interface, and the interface includes a plurality of objects; detecting an interface information of the application software; detecting one of the electronic devices Environmental information; analyzing the interface information, the environmental information, and a user operation behavior by an analysis unit to generate an adjustment setting; and displaying the adjusted interface in a display unit according to the adjustment setting. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the interface information includes a location and a size of the object triggered by the user, and a resolution used by the application software. The application software interface adjustment method as described in claim 10, wherein the environmental information includes a device name, a device continuation number, a device panel size, and a device resolution. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the user operation behavior includes a user's habit of one click behavior, one drag behavior, and a rotation behavior. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the generating the adjustment setting comprises: when the user does not actually click on the object due to a parallax factor, adjusting the object according to the analysis of the analysis unit. Corresponds to a threshold value. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the generating the adjustment setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, according to the analysis unit In the above interface, a redrawing interface is jumped out, wherein the redrawing interface includes a plurality of the above-mentioned objects that have been clicked by the increased spacing. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the generating the adjustment setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, according to the analysis of the analysis unit, on the interface Jumping out of a redrawing interface, wherein the redrawing interface includes a plurality of objects that have been clicked to the increased size. The application software interface adjustment method of claim 10, wherein the generating the adjustment setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, the analyzing unit generates a vibration prompt, and according to The analysis of the above analysis unit jumps out of the redraw interface on the interface, until the user only clicks on one of the objects, and then stops the vibration prompt. The application software interface adjustment method according to claim 10, wherein the adjustment setting comprises: when the user clicks on the touch unit to trigger a plurality of the objects, the analyzing unit generates a voice prompt, and the user may Re-clicking on one of the above-mentioned objects to be selected according to the above voice prompt.