ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN ORIENTATION THEREOF

摘要

A method for controlling a screen orientation for an electronic device is provided. The method comprises generating a sensing signal when an edge of the electronic device is held by a user, determining a screen display mode according to the sensed signal, determining a direction of a gravity vector from a center of gravity of the electronic device, determining a right-side-up display orientation according to the determined direction of the gravity vector, and displaying a screen in the right-side-up orientation under the determined screen display mode. An electronic device using the method for controlling the screen orientation is also provided.

主权项

1. An electronic comprising:
a cover comprising four edges, two of which are short edges parallel to each other and the other two of which are long edges parallel to each other; a display unit; a plurality of detection modules, each of which associates with and is arranged under an edge of the cover, and is configured for generating a sensing signal when the associated edge is held by a user; a gravity sensing module, configured for determining a direction of a gravity vector from the center of gravity of the electronic device; a processing unit, comprising:
a mode control module, configured for determining a screen display mode according to the sensing signals;an orientation control module, configured for orienting the screen display in a right-side-up orientation according to the sensed direction of the gravity vector from the center of gravity of the electronic device; anda display control module, configured for controlling the display unit to display the screen in the oriented screen display orientation under the determined screen display mode.