Selecting and updating location of virtual keyboard in a GUI layout in response to orientation change of a portable device

摘要

A method of controlling the location of a virtual keyboard in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display screen of a handheld electronic device is disclosed, the method comprising: monitoring for change in device orientation, wherein the device orientation comprising a left hand device orientation and a right hand device orientation; and updating location of the virtual keyboard in the GUI in response to detection of device orientation change.

主权项

1. A method of controlling the location of a virtual keyboard in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
monitoring for change in device orientation, wherein the device orientation includes a left hand device orientation and a right hand device orientation, the monitoring further including:
detecting a set of movement parameters of the handheld electronic device, the set of movement parameters including multiple spatial movement parameters and one temporal movement parameter; anddetermining whether the spatial movement parameters satisfy a predefined spatial movement condition to change the device orientation and the temporal movement parameter satisfies a predefined temporal movement condition to confirm the change of the device orientation; and updating location of the virtual keyboard in the GUI in accordance with a satisfaction of the predefined spatial movement condition and the predefined temporal movement condition.