Patent ID: 9696841
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for controlling an electric device which has a touch screen, comprising: detecting whether there is an operation input on said touch screen, forming a sliding track on said touch screen in response to said operation if it is detected there is an operation input on said touch screen; deciding whether said sliding track meets a predetermined condition, wherein said predetermined condition is that said sliding track is a curvilinear track and comprises a first contact point and a second contact point, said first contact point and said second contact point being contact points which coincide or do not coincide with each other; and determining an closed area enclosed by the sliding track as an independent operation area separated from other operation area on said touch screen if it is decided that said sliding track meets said predetermined condition, where a display orientation of a displayed object within said independent operation area is independent of the display orientation within other operation area on said touch screen and is determined based on said sliding track, and wherein said first contact point is the starting position of said sliding track and said second contact point is the ending position of said sliding track; and wherein the display orientation of a displayed object within said independent operation area is determined as: the top of the displayed object close to said first contact point and said second contact point.