Patent ID: 9395898
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling an electronic device, applied to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display unit, and the method comprising: displaying a first operating region on the display unit, with M first operation objects being arranged at the first operating region, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, a display direction of each of the M first operations is identical to a radial from a central of the first operating region to a center of each of the M first operations; selecting an i-th first operation object from the M first operation objects in response to a first operation in the case where the first operation is detected and obtained, where i is any integer between 1 and M, the first operation is detected by a sensor unit arranged in the display unit; determining a second operating region based on a display position and a display direction of the i-th first operation object on the display unit; and displaying the second operating region, with N second operation objects being arranged at the second operating region, and a display direction of a q-th second operation object of the N second operation objects being identical to the display direction of the i-th first operation object, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and q is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, wherein the display position of the i-th first operation object is a first display position and the display direction of the i-th first operation object is a first display direction in the case where the first operating region is located at a first position on the display unit; the display position of the i-th first operation object is a second display position and the display direction of the i-th first operation object is a second display direction in the case where the first operating region is located at a second position on the display unit, and the first display direction is different from the second display direction; wherein in a case that the display unit supports multi-touch, after displaying a first operating region, the method further comprises: selecting a j-th first operation object from the M first operation objects in response to a second operation in the case where the second operation is detected, wherein the j-th first operation object is adjacent to the i-th first operation object, j is any integer between 1 and M which is different from i, and the second operation is detected by the sensor unit; determining a fourth operating region based on a display position and a display direction of the j-th first operation object on the display unit; displaying the fourth operating region, with S second operation objects being arranged at the fourth operating region, and a display direction of the k-th second operation object of the S second operation objects being identical to the display direction of the j-th operation object, wherein the fourth operating region is not completely overlapped with the second operating region, S is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to S, wherein the display position of the j-th first operation object is a third display position and the display direction of the j-th first operation object is a third display direction in the case where the first operating region is located at the first position; the display position of the j-th first operation object is a fourth display position and the display direction of the j-th first operation object is a fourth display direction in the case where the first operating region is located at the second position, and the third display direction is different from the fourth display direction.