416 results about "Keyboard shortcut" patented technology

This invention is an ergonomic method and apparatus for integrating the operation of computer keyboards and cursor control devices. It employs hand location detection to determine when the mouse hand is absent from its keyboard typing position or is present at the mouse. A detector output automatically transforms the functions of a set of keyboard keys lying under the non-mouse hand from their original actions into new actions which can include mouse clicks, keyboard shortcuts and macros. These keys usually include the home keys (a s d f, or j k l ;). The new functions are preprogrammed into this set of keys at an inactive level, and do not affect actions unless the hand position sensor detects that the mouse hand is absent from its keyboard typing position or is present at the mouse. This invention allows the non-mouse hand to actuate clicks at the keyboard by using the home keys as click switches, and also makes it possible for the non-mouse hand to type, with a single keystroke, keyboard shortcuts not normally available to it. When the mouse hand returns to the keyboard the keys automatically revert to their default functions. This method increases working speed, reduces the number of trips back and forth between keyboard and mouse, and relieves stress on the mouse hand. It is of special value to persons with carpal tunnel syndrome or Repetitive Strain Injuries. Detection of hand position or location is accomplished by sensors at the keyboard and/or at the pointing device, or by software detection of any data output from the mouse (movement or click) or from any keypress on the mouse side of the keyboard. This invention can be embodied solely as software, as firmware in an external device or keyboard, or as any combination of software and firmware. It essentially converts the non-mouse side of the keyboard into single-key macros: mouse buttons, tool selection keys, and special function keys. It can also be used to temporarily assign an alternate set of actions to mouse motion, mouse buttons and scrolling devices. Optionally this invention includes a floating on-screen palette which serves as an indicator of transformation and provides a map of the new functions. With simultaneous transformation of both a keyset and its corresponding palette, the palette always displays the new functions in the same geometric pattern as the actual layout of the new functions on the keyboard. This enables eye-to-hand pattern transfer for intuitive tool selection via the keyboard without using the mouse.

A method for controlling a graphical user interface (GUI) for a touchscreen-enabled computer systems provides a variety of software methods (tools) provide for high-fidelity control of the user interface. The TrackScreen tool provides finger-friendly mouse functions such as scrolling, dragging and clicking. The Magnifier application continuously captures the current screen image, and displays a magnified subset of it. Selecting within this magnified area with a pointing device (mouse, touchscreen, digitizer, etc) causes the application to simulate the action on the portion of the screen corresponding to the point in the magnified image that was selected. A KeyBoard application, a keyboard is rendered on screen, with sufficient size that the individual keys are easily selectable with an unaided finger. The Common Tasks Tool or CTT) allows common keyboard shortcuts, mouse events, and other user interface events to be specified in a configuration file and represented on screen as a large, easy-to-click button. The Touchscreen Task Switcher is invoked using any interface (software or hardware) element, and visually takes up the entire screen. The Touchscreen Snapshot utility ties in with an external camera with a physical button on it. The Window Template Manager (WTM), is used to specify, and then instantiate, the position and sizes of multiple windows for use with a touchscreen display. The Touch Portal is a full-screen application with a set of customizable buttons representing applications and other tools.

The present invention is to provide a cellular phone for a specific person who is not skilled in operating a typical cellular phone, which comprises a plurality of shortcut keys and a plurality of software packages installed in a control circuit, the software packages being linked to the shortcut keys so that a pressing of one of the shortcut keys causes a corresponding software package to run for commanding the cellular phone to make a call by dialing a selected one of a plurality of predetermined phone numbers. Thus, the manufacturing cost of the cellular phone will be significantly reduced due to without having complicated function keys or complicated software packages, and a user can easily use the cellular phone without worrying about how to operate it.

A method for providing an application list depending on an external device connected to a mobile device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of first shortcut keys for executing a plurality of first applications, on a display of the mobile device, determining whether the mobile device is connected to an external device, if the mobile device is connected to the external device, displaying on the display at least one second shortcut key for executing at least one second application, with which the external device can be used, among the plurality of first applications, determining whether the second shortcut key displayed on the display is selected, if the second shortcut key is selected, executing a second application corresponding to the selected second shortcut key in the mobile device, and displaying execution results of the second application on the display.

The invention relates to a device and a method for entering a power-saving mode of a hand-held terminal rapidly. The device comprises a central processing unit (CPU), a power-saving mode shortcut key, a power supply detection module and a hand-held terminal interface module. The method comprises the following steps of: judging whether the power-saving mode shortcut key is triggered or not by using the CPU; if so, entering the power-saving mode of the hand-held mode, and otherwise, judging whether the residual electric quantity is lower than a preset value or not; and if the residual electric quantity is lower than the preset value, entering power-saving mode of the hand-held mode. The power-saving mode shortcut key and the power supply detection module are adopted to enter the power-saving mode of the hand-held terminal rapidly, close unnecessary system services and application services, invoke a system interface, turn down the brightness of a screen, turn down the volume of the system and reduce the frequency of the CPU, so that the power consumption of the hand-held terminal can be reduced to a maximum degree and the standby time of hand-held terminal can be prolonged.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for realizing prearranged operation at a specific area of the electronic equipment. The electronic equipment comprises a touch information collecting module and a display screen, wherein the touch information collecting module is provided with an input area which is divided into a first area and a second area; and the first area is coincident with the display screen; the specific area is the second area. The method comprises the following steps of receiving the touch information of a pointed object at the starting position in the specific area, judging the touch type corresponding to the touch information, and determining and executing the corresponding operation instruction according to the relationship between the prearranged touch type and the operation instruction. In the whole process, a user can only need to carry out gesticulation operation at any position in the specific area of the electronic equipment, so as to start the operation instruction corresponding to the gesticulation. The embodiment of the invention also discloses the electronic equipment and a handset; functional keystrokes does not need to be set in the specific area, as long as the corresponding gesticulation operations are carried out, the function of shortcut keys can be started correspondingly, and the operation flexibility of the user can be improved.

Automatic assignment of shortcut keys for launching applications or for providing other commands is provided based on the position of corresponding application listings or shortcuts in a menu. The menu may include an applications menu, such as a start menu. The menu may also include an application launch bar listing applications that may be launched therefrom by selecting the respective application, or by entering shortcut keys that are automatically assigned based on the position of the application listing on the launch bar. Methods are provided for assigning application launch shortcut keys, for identifying assigned shortcut keys, for modifying shortcut keys, and for using shortcut keys for instantiating or switching applications.

There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image generating apparatus, and an image processing method, capable of automating assignment of keys to functions and registration of macros provided by the image generating apparatus and presenting an index such as a shortcut key associated with one of the registered functions to a user at the timing when the user uses that function. To achieve this, first an operation command issued by a user through a control panel 1000 is received and history information about the operation command is stored in a storage device 900. A controller unit 200 detects history information about an operation command received through the control panel 1000 from among the history information, creates and registers a shortcut key for performing a operation command received through the control panel 1000 on the basis of the result of the detection, and presents the shortcut key to the user at a predetermined timing.

A method for setting a shortcut key and performing a function based on fingerprint recognition is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) activating a fingerprint registering menu according to a request signal of setting a shortcut key; b) selecting a telephone number for setting the shortcut key to make a call when the request signal is a call request signal; c) receiving a fingerprint data from a fingerprint scanning unit by activating the fingerprint scanning unit; and d) storing the setting of the shortcut key including the selected telephone number and the received fingerprint data.

A device and method provide for maintenance of a shortcut key to an application accessible at the device. The method includes assigning a first application to a shortcut key at a device, wherein the shortcut key at the device is a button on the device; storing an identifier of the first application to a first file at the device; determining if the first application at the device assigned to the shortcut key remains executable at the device; if the first application is determined to be unexecutable at the device, assigning a second application to the shortcut key at the device, wherein an identifier of the second application is stored in a second file at the device, and further wherein the second application is executable at the device.

A dial switch is operative to be rotated or tilted and to be pushed down, which can select any one of icons displayed on a menu screen of a display portion and display information regarding a function of an onboard apparatuses corresponding to a selected icon on the display portion. A central pushing switch is configured to function as a home key such that a default-state menu screen is displayed on the display portion whenever this switch is pushed down. Left or right pushing switches is configured to function as a shortcut key such that information regarding a function of an onboard apparatus corresponding to left-positioned or right-positioned icons positioned on left and right sides of a central icon is displayed on the display portion whenever the left or right pushing switches is pushed down.

The invention discloses a mobile terminal and a method and device for quickly starting the mobile terminal through pressure detection and belongs to the technical field of mobile terminals. A plurality of pressing intensity ranges and application programs corresponding to the pressing intensity ranges are prestored in the mobile terminal. The method includes the first step of collecting a pressing intensity value when a starting instruction is received, the second step of comparing the collected intensity value with a preset intensity range to judge which intensity range the collected intensity value is located in and obtaining the application program corresponding to the intensity range where the collected intensity value is located, and the third step of starting the obtained application program. According to the mobile terminal and the method and device, multiple shortcut key functions can be set on one key, so shortcut functions can be added easily, devices corresponding to the corresponding functions can be used more conveniently, the shortcut functions are more in line with habits of people to start the shortcut functions of a terminal device when using the key, and user experience is improved.

A system and method for navigating within a graphical user interface without using a pointing device is described. A set of one or more keyboard shortcuts is defined, including at least one key. Each keyboard shortcut specifies an action effecting a graphical user interface, which is executed upon input of each key in the keyboard shortcut and at least one key corresponding to a semantically-meaningful hyperlink within Web content. The graphical user interface is navigated. The Web content is provided on a view within the graphical user interface and a graphical pointer indicating a location within the view is included. At least one key input by a user is intercepted and the intercepted key to one such keyboard shortcut is mapped. The action specified by the keyboard shortcut is executed and the view within the Web content is updated relative to the graphical pointer.

The invention discloses a screen unlocking method for a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps of 1) capturing input unlocking characteristic information with an unlocking characteristic; 2) comparing and matching the unlocking characteristic with at least one prestored unlocking characteristic, and performing a step 3) if the input unlocking characteristic is matched with a certain prestored unlocking characteristic, wherein each prestored unlocking characteristic corresponds to a screen unlocking command and one executive command; and 3) executing the screen unlocking command and the executive command which corresponds to the unlocking characteristic. By the screen unlocking method for the mobile terminal, a shortcut key is set in a screen locked state, so a user uses the shortcut key of mobile equipment, the unlocking mode is not single, and the currently locked screen can be flexibly used for operating the equipment; and the user can safely access an application program in a shortcut mode in the screen locked state, and the problem that a shortcut application is unconsciously accessed is solved.

The invention relates to a path password input method based on touch spots, which is as follows: an input device displays a password input matrix on the display screen of the input device; users lay off a path from the password input matrix as a password through a mouse or a touch screen and other input devices, the password input information is transferred to a processor in the input device; the processor of the input device transforms the path password information into letters or figures, then compares the letters or the figures with the pre-stored password in the processor, if matching, the password validation is passed, and if not, the users need to return to re-input the password. The path password input method based on touch spots has the advantages that: the users orderly pass each spot of the password input matrix to form the path as the password, which ensures the password input becomes easy and rapid, improves the memorability of the password and high intensity of the setting,; and the path password does not have any relations with the personal profile, which is not easy to form the password dictionary. The path password input method based on touch spots not only can be used for password input, but also can be used as a short cut for starting a certain program or can be used as a shortcut key of a certain function of the program.

Processing for pressing a shortcut key to close a menu and processing for pressing the same shortcut key to enter a specific menu are made compatible. A specific menu among hierarchical menus including a plurality of menus for making a setting or an operation instruction about a display control apparatus is assigned to a specific operation unit. If the specific operation unit is operated when the specific menu is displayed, display of the menu is cleared. If the specific operation unit is operated when a menu different from the specific menu and a menu one level above the specific menu is displayed, the specific menu is displayed.

A method for controlling the operation of a keyboard and a mouse of a computer by a mobile phone with Bluetooth relates to a method for establishing connection on various occasions by using the Bluetooth, thus realizing the remote control of various operations of the computer by mobile phone. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, a client software is installed at a mobile phone terminal and a server software is installed at a computer terminal; later the client software of the mobile phone and the server software of the computer terminal are opened and then connected by the Bluetooth; later a mobile phone key is pressed by the client software for sending the key mapping information to a server terminal; when the server terminal receives the message, according to the set in a configuration document for the shortcut key which the user customizes, the message is analyzed as corresponding mouse keyboard operation commands, and the corresponding relationship between the key at the mobile phone terminal and the function of the computer mouse, so the control to the computer is realized. Both the server terminal and the client terminal use Java for compiling, can run under different platforms, and have good portability; and the shortcut key which the user can customize is suitable for different occasions.

An integrated device provides functionality of both a PDA and cellular telephone. Features include a power button offering control of both the computing and telephony functions of the device; a lid that turns the device on and off and controls additional telephony functions; a jog rocker that activates the device and is used to select from a variety of menu options; application buttons that offer direct access to applications stored on the device, and which can be configured to operate in conjunction with secondary keys to offer added functionality; a keyboard that enables data input into the device; an automatic word completion function that verifies and corrects a user's typing in real time; and a simplified keyboard navigation system that allows the navigation of menus using keyboard shortcuts.

The present invention provides a multifunctional shortcut key setting device for operating different functions according the pressing times and time of the shortcut key and a method, and a mobile terminal with the same. The characteristic of the multifunctional shortcut key is that the device include the following parts: a key inputting part for inputting information according to the function operating command for pressing the key; a key command control part for receiving and storing the function operating commond information for operating said shortcut function and said shortcut function information which are storied as key mapping data and determining the input of said key and reading the key function information for key inputting from said key mapping data or outputting after operatingthe shortcut key function commond; a key mapping storage part for storing said key mapping data; a display part for outputing the user interface image used for setting the shortcut key function of said key.

The invention provides a controller based on a composite MEMS (Micro-electromechanical System) sensor and a gesture control keying method thereof and relates to the field of wireless sensor control technologies, in particular to the gesture control recognition field. The invention solves the problem that the conventional controller based on the composite MEMS sensor does not have gesture recognition function. The controller comprises a USB receiver and a controller body, wherein a switching control key or a gesture recognition activation key which is connected with a single chip and used for enabling the controller body to be in a mouse model and a gesture control mode is also arranged on the controller body. When the controller is in the gesture recognition model, the cursor positioning is stopped, corresponding gestures are recognized according to the displacement change of the controller body, and corresponding key codes are output according to the gestures without moving a cursor, which is similar to carry out shortcut key operation through a keyboard, therefore, the use is convenient.

The invention comprises: a remote controller comprising multi shortcut keys each can be configured with a shortcut control function; a set-top box for browsing webpage, ordering video program and making living broadcast, which is used to receive the key code from the remote controller, and executing the functional instruction corresponding to the key code; a display for making display according to the control signals from set-top box. Wherein, the set-top box also comprises: a comparison table for comparing the shortcut key code with the shortcut function; configuration module for displaying the configuration interface in order to help user to bind the shortcut key code with the shortcut function, and to renew the comparison table by using the configured function.

The invention discloses a rapid management method for moving an application icon onto a desktop. The method comprises the following steps: S1: clicking a shortcut key of ''accessing a desktop icon rapid management interface''; S2: accessing the desktop icon rapid management interface, wherein the interface comprises a desktop preview sub-interface and an application icon list sub-interface; S3: detecting and identifying a user touch gesture; S4: performing corresponding operation according to the user touch gesture. According to the method, the desktop icon rapid management interface can be directly accessed through a shortcut icon or the shortcut key, the interface comprises the desktop preview sub-interface and the application icon list sub-interface, on the same display surface, an application icon on the application icon list sub-interface can be moved onto the desktop preview sub-interface, the operation is simple, the moving is rapid, the positioning is accurate, and the position of the application icon on the desktop format can be intuitively observed during the moving of the application icon, so that an icon disorder phenomenon can be effectively avoided.

The invention relates to a keyboard technology in computer peripheral equipment, in particular to a keyboard, which can automatically define and can automatically memorize the mapping relations between the keys and the software identifiable shortcut keys. The invention solves the defects that the operation efficiency of the combination keys and the shortcut keys in the prior art is not high, and the keyboard end can't memorize the mapping relations. Through adding a memory unit at the keyboard end, and through defining a logical unit or automatically defining a module, the invention carries out the definition of the mapping relations between the key scanning codes and the key identifying codes of standard keyboard identifiable by a host computer. Therefore, the automatic defining keyboard of the invention can express a combination of a plurality of keys to the host system with a key, thereby greatly improving the implementation efficiency of the shortcut keys.

Disclosed is an electronic device and method for providing a shortcut interface. In the method, a control unit of the device allots a shortcut key to a shortcut target item among items displayed in a display region, depending on shortcut target item information used to distinguish the shortcut target item in the items. Then the control unit displays the shortcut key in the display region. When the shortcut key is selected, the control unit performs a particular function of the shortcut target item to which the selected shortcut key is allotted.