CN104182157A - Virtual key display control method - Google Patents

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CN104182157A
CN104182157A CN201310195558.5A CN201310195558A CN104182157A CN 104182157 A CN104182157 A CN 104182157A CN 201310195558 A CN201310195558 A CN 201310195558A CN 104182157 A CN104182157 A CN 104182157A
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谢先明
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The invention discloses a virtual key display control method, which is applied to an air conditioner control system based on a touch screen, wherein the air conditioner control system comprises the touch display screen and a function controller; the method comprises the following steps: generating a key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen; and executing the key control instruction to modify the display style of the virtual key. The touch display screen is applied to the air conditioner control system, the existing entity keys are replaced by the virtual keys, corresponding key control instructions are generated according to various touch actions of a user on the virtual keys through the method, and the display styles of the virtual keys are modified under the control of the control instructions, so that the styles of the virtual keys are set according to the use habits and preferences of the user, the keys are personalized, the application requirements of different users are met, and the problems in the prior art are solved.

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Virtual key display control method
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of air conditioner application, in particular to a virtual key display control method.
Background
As one of the common electric appliances, various types of air conditioners are used by more and more users. As users increase, demands for the appearance, performance, and the like of the air conditioner are also diversified. For the functional keys such as refrigeration, heating and temperature, the prior art generally adopts entity keys, the appearance style of the entity keys is determined by the design of manufacturers and can not be changed randomly, and the operation habits and the application requirements of different users are difficult to meet.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, an object of the present application is to provide a virtual key display control method, so as to solve the problem that the conventional method for controlling an air conditioner by using a physical key with a fixed appearance style is difficult to meet the operation habits and application requirements of different users.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:
a virtual key display control method is applied to an air conditioner control system based on a touch screen, wherein the air conditioner control system comprises the touch display screen and a function controller;
the touch display screen is used for displaying virtual keys, sensing touch actions of a user on the virtual keys and converting the touch actions into corresponding electric signals;
the function controller is used for controlling the air conditioner to execute the function corresponding to the virtual function key for receiving the touch action according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen;
the method comprises the following steps:
generating a key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen;
and executing the key control instruction to modify the display style of the virtual key.
Preferably, the virtual keys comprise virtual control keys and virtual function keys for controlling the operation mode of the air conditioner; the virtual control keys comprise appearance control keys comprising icon control keys for modifying display icons of the virtual function keys on the touch display screen;
the touch action comprises a virtual function key long-time pressing action and an icon control key clicking action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen comprises:
generating a control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the virtual function key length pressing action; the control key display instruction is used for enabling the virtual control key to be displayed on the touch display screen;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the icon control key clicking action; and the function key icon modification instruction is used for modifying the display icon of the virtual function key on the touch display screen.
Preferably, the icon control keys comprise a graffiti key and/or an illustration key; wherein,
when the icon control key comprises the graffiti key, the icon control key clicking action comprises a graffiti key clicking action;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the icon control key clicking action conversion, wherein the function key icon modification instruction comprises the following steps:
generating a functional key doodling instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the doodling key clicking action; the function key scrawling instruction is used for taking a graph drawn on the touch display screen by a user as an icon of the virtual function key;
when the icon control key comprises an illustration key, the icon control key clicking action comprises an illustration key clicking action;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the icon control key clicking action conversion, wherein the function key icon modification instruction comprises the following steps:
generating a functional key illustration instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the illustration key clicking action; and the function key illustration instruction is used for taking a pre-stored picture selected by a user as an icon of the virtual function key.
Preferably, the appearance control keys further comprise a size control key for modifying the display size of the virtual function keys on the touch display screen;
the touch action further comprises a size control key clicking action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a function key size modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the size control key; and the function key size modification instruction is used for modifying the display size of the virtual function key on the touch display screen.
Preferably, the size control key includes an enlargement key and a reduction key;
the click action of the size control key comprises an enlargement key click action and a reduction key click action;
generating a function key size modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the click action of the size control key, comprising the following steps:
generating a function key amplification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the amplification key clicking action; the function key amplification instruction is used for amplifying the virtual function key;
generating a function key reduction instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the reduction key clicking action; the function key reduction instruction is to reduce the virtual function key.
Preferably, the modifying the display size of the virtual function key on the touch display screen specifically includes: uniformly modifying the sizes of all virtual function keys displayed on the touch display screen, or only modifying the size of the virtual function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the latest time;
the modifying of the display icon of the virtual function key on the touch display screen specifically includes: and uniformly modifying icons of all virtual function keys displayed on the touch display screen, or only modifying the icon of the virtual function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key last time.
Preferably, the virtual control keys further comprise a reset key, and the touch action further comprises a reset key click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating an appearance control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the reset key clicking action; the appearance control key display instruction is used for enabling the appearance control key to be displayed on the touch display screen.
Preferably, the appearance control keys further include a reset save key, a reset return key, and a reset cancel key; the touch actions further comprise a save key resetting click action, a return key resetting click action and a cancel key resetting click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a reset and save instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset and save key; the reset saving instruction is used for keeping the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key in the current state and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen;
generating a reset return instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset return key; the reset return instruction is used for canceling the latest modification of the size and/or the icon of the virtual control key;
generating a reset cancellation instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the click action of the reset cancellation key; the reset canceling instruction is used for enabling the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key to be restored to a state before the reset key clicking action occurs, and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen.
Preferably, the virtual function keys comprise system function keys and custom function keys; the virtual control keys further comprise a delete key, a new key and a cancel key, and the touch actions further comprise a delete key click action, a new key click action and a cancel key click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a function key deleting instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the deleting key; the function key deleting instruction is used for deleting the user-defined function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the last time;
generating a new function key command according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the new key; the function key new establishment instruction is used for saving the current operation mode of the air conditioner as the function corresponding to the user-defined function key which receives the virtual function key long pressing action for the last time;
generating a control key hiding instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the cancel key clicking action; the control key hiding instruction is used for canceling the display of the virtual control key on the touch display screen.
Preferably, the method further comprises: dividing the virtual function keys into frequently-used function keys and non-frequently-used function keys according to the use frequency, controlling the touch display screen to display and only display the frequently-used function keys, and storing the set of the non-frequently-used function keys in a key package form;
generating a key package display instruction according to the clicking action of the key package control key so as to control each frequently-used function key in the key package to be displayed on the touch display screen; the key packet control keys are specifically solid keys or virtual keys arranged on the touch display screen;
generating a common function key reduction instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the common function key; the common function key reduction instruction is used for converting the common function keys into the non-common function keys;
generating a common function key increasing instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the non-common function key; and the frequently-used function key adding instruction is used for converting the frequently-used function key into a frequently-used function key.
According to the technical scheme, the touch display screen is applied to the air conditioner control system, the existing entity keys are replaced by the virtual keys, the corresponding control instructions are generated according to various touch actions of the user on the virtual keys, and the display patterns of the virtual keys are modified under the control of the control instructions, so that the patterns of the virtual keys are set according to the use habits and the preference of the user, the keys are personalized, different operation habits and application requirements of different users are met, and the problems in the prior art are solved.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a virtual key display control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating a virtual function key displayed on a touch display screen in a general state according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2(b) is a schematic view of a display window of a virtual control key of a touch display screen in a function key setting state according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3(a) is another schematic view of a display window of a virtual control key of a touch display screen in a function key setting state according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3(b) is another schematic view of an appearance control key display window of the touch display screen in a function key setting state according to the embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a flowchart of a virtual key display control method according to a second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5(a) is a schematic view of a display window of a virtual control key of a touch display screen after a system function key is pressed for a long time according to a second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5(b) is a schematic view of a display window of a virtual control key of a touch display screen after an undefined custom function key is pressed for a long time according to the second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5(c) is a schematic view of a display window of a virtual control key of a touch display screen after long-time pressing of a defined user-defined function key according to the second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5(d) is a schematic view of display contents of the touch display screen in the new custom mode provided in the second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5(e) is a schematic view of an appearance control key display window of the touch display screen after a reset key click action occurs according to the second embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6(a) is a schematic diagram of a touch display screen displaying common function keys in a general state according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating a touch display screen displaying a frequently-used function key and an unusually-used function key in a partitioned manner after a control key of a key package is clicked according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6(c) is a schematic diagram of displaying a common function key on the touch display screen after dragging a corresponding function key and returning to a normal state in the state shown in fig. 6 (b).
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The embodiment of the application discloses a virtual key display control method, which aims to solve the problem that the existing mode of controlling an air conditioner by adopting an entity key with fixed appearance style is difficult to meet the operation habits and application requirements of different users.
The embodiment of the application provides a virtual key display control method, which is applied to an air conditioner control system based on a touch screen.
The air conditioner control system comprises a touch display screen and a function controller. The touch display screen is used for displaying virtual keys, sensing touch actions of a user on the virtual keys and converting the touch actions into corresponding electric signals; the function controller is used for controlling the air conditioner to execute the function corresponding to the virtual function key for receiving the touch action according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen.
Referring to fig. 1, based on the air conditioner control system, a virtual key display control method provided in an embodiment of the present application includes the following steps:
s101: generating a key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen;
s102: and executing the key control instruction to modify the display style of the virtual key.
According to the method steps, the touch display screen is applied to the air conditioner control system, the existing entity key is replaced by the virtual key, the corresponding control instruction is generated according to various touch actions of the user on the virtual key, and the display style of the virtual key is modified under the control of the control instruction, so that the style of the virtual key is set according to the use habits and the preference of the user, the key is personalized, and different operation habits and application requirements of different users are met.
Specifically, the virtual keys displayed on the touch display screen comprise virtual function keys and virtual control keys for controlling the operation mode of the air conditioner; the virtual control keys comprise appearance control keys comprising icon control keys that modify display icons of the virtual function keys on the touch display screen. The touch action comprises a virtual function key long-time pressing action and an icon control key clicking action.
Correspondingly, the above-mentioned key control instruction is generated according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen, and the method specifically includes:
generating a control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the virtual function key length pressing action; further executing the control key display instruction, so that the virtual control key can be displayed on the touch display screen;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the clicking action of the icon control key; and further executing the function key icon modification instruction, so that the display icon of the virtual function key on the touch display screen can be modified.
When the style (e.g., icon) of the virtual function key is not required to be adjusted, the virtual function keys, such as virtual function key 1, virtual function key 2, virtual function key 3, virtual function key 4, etc., shown in fig. 2(a), are sequentially displayed on the touch display screen. When the user presses any virtual function key for a long time (for example, presses the virtual function key 1 for a long time), that is, a virtual function key long-pressing action occurs, a control key display instruction is generated to control the virtual control key to be displayed on the touch display screen, as shown in fig. 2 (b).
When the user further clicks the icon control key shown in fig. 2(b), that is, a click action of the icon control key occurs, the icon of the virtual function key is modified by generating a function key icon modification instruction. The default icons of the system are replaced by the icons set by the user, so that the virtual keys can be personalized, and the aesthetic concepts of different users are met.
Further, the appearance control keys in the above embodiments of the present application include a size control key in addition to the icon control key, as shown in fig. 3 (a); the touch action also comprises a size control key clicking action; correspondingly, according to the electric signal generation button control instruction that touch display screen generated, still include: and generating a function key size modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the size control key. And executing the function key size modification instruction to modify the display size of the virtual function key on the touch display screen.
When the user further clicks the size control key shown in fig. 3(a), that is, a size control key clicking action occurs, the size of the virtual function key is modified by generating a function key size modification instruction. By increasing the virtual function keys, users (especially the old, the myopia patients and other people with poor eyesight) can easily recognize each function key, and misoperation is avoided; by reducing the virtual function keys, more function keys can be displayed on the touch display screen at the same time, and the air conditioner can be controlled in multiple ways.
More specifically, the size control keys include an enlargement key (enlargement) and a reduction key (Small), and the icon control keys include a graffiti key (Drawing) and an illustration key (Picture), as shown in fig. 3 (b).
It should be noted that the control objects of the function key size modification instruction and the function key icon modification instruction may be all virtual function keys displayed on the touch display screen, that is, styles (sizes and/or icons) of all virtual function keys are modified synchronously through the instruction. Preferably, in order to make the virtual key more personalized and more convenient to distinguish, the embodiment of the present application defines the control pair quadrant of the instruction as the virtual function key that receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key most recently. As shown in fig. 3(a), when the size control key click operation occurs, the virtual control keys including the size control keys displayed on the touch display screen are displayed by long-pressing the virtual function key 1, that is, when the virtual function key that has received the virtual function key long-pressing operation most recently before the current function key size modification instruction is generated is the virtual function key 1, the control target of the current function key size modification instruction is only the virtual function key 1. Other instructions are similar to the function key size modification instruction, and can be obtained by corresponding reasoning by a person skilled in the art, and are not described herein again.
In addition, the second embodiment of the application also provides a virtual key display control method, which is applied to an air conditioner control system based on a touch screen.
The air conditioner control system comprises a touch display screen and a function controller. The touch display screen is used for displaying virtual keys, sensing touch actions of a user on the virtual keys and converting the touch actions into corresponding electric signals; the function controller is used for controlling the air conditioner to execute the function corresponding to the virtual function key for receiving the touch action according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen. The touch display screen can be directly arranged on the air conditioner cabinet body, and can also be designed into a remote controller form, and electric signals obtained by conversion of various touch actions are transmitted in an infrared ray or electromagnetic wave form.
The virtual keys displayed on the touch display screen comprise virtual function keys and virtual control keys. The virtual function keys comprise system function keys and user-defined function keys. The virtual control keys comprise a reset key (reset), a Delete key (Delete), a New key (New), a Cancel key (Cancel) and an appearance control key; the appearance control keys include an enlargement key (enlarger), a reduction key (Small), a graffiti key (draw) and an illustration key (Picture), and a reset Save key (Save), a reset Cancel key (Cancel-def) and a reset return key (Back).
Correspondingly, the touch actions which can be executed on the virtual keys at least comprise a virtual function key long-time pressing action, a reset key clicking action, a delete key clicking action, a new key clicking action, a cancel key clicking action, an enlarged key clicking action, a reduced key clicking action, a doodle key clicking action and an illustration key clicking action. Different touch actions are converted by the touch display screen to obtain different electric signals.
Referring to fig. 4, based on the air conditioner control system, according to the difference of the electrical signals, the virtual key display control method according to the second embodiment of the present application includes the following steps:
s401: generating and executing a control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the virtual function key length pressing action;
the control key display instruction is used for enabling the virtual control key to be displayed on the touch display screen. Specifically, if the action object of the virtual function key long-press action is a system function key, a reset key (reset) and a Cancel key (Cancel) are displayed on the touch display screen under the control of the control key display instruction, as shown in fig. 5 (a); if the action object of the virtual function key long-press action is a self-defined function key which is not endowed with any function, displaying a reset key (reset), a New key (New) and a Cancel key (Cancel) on the touch display screen under the control of the control key display instruction, as shown in fig. 5 (b); if the function object of the virtual function key long press operation is a self-defined function key to which a function has been assigned, the reset key (reset), the Delete key (Delete), the New key (New), and the Cancel key (Cancel) are touched on the display screen under the control of the control key display instruction, as shown in fig. 5 (c).
S402: generating and executing a function key new-built instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the new-built key;
the new function key establishing instruction is used for saving the current operation mode of the air conditioner as the function corresponding to the user-defined function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the last time.
For the user-defined function key which is not endowed with any function, the user can define the current operation mode as the function of the user-defined function key by clicking the new key. After clicking a New key (New), a user can set parameters such as the cooling temperature, the heating temperature and the wind speed of the air conditioner according to the requirement of the user; after the setting is completed, it can be confirmed by clicking the Mode Save key (Mode Save) to Save the set custom Mode as the function of the custom function key 1 in this step, or Cancel the saving by clicking the Mode Cancel key (Mode Cancel), as shown in fig. 5(b) and 5 (d). When the air conditioner is in a starting state, a user clicks the self-defined function 1 and is combined with the function controller, the air conditioner can operate according to the set parameters such as temperature and wind speed, repeated setting is avoided, operation is simpler, and the simple control of the air conditioner by users in all ages is facilitated.
S403: generating and executing a function key deleting instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the deleting key;
the function key deleting instruction is used for deleting the user-defined function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the last time.
As shown in fig. 5(c), for all the softkeys, especially the softkey to which the corresponding function has been assigned by the function key new creation command, the user can Delete the softkey by clicking the Delete key (Delete), or only clear the function of the softkey.
S404: generating and executing a control key hiding instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the cancel key clicking action;
the control key hiding instruction is used for canceling the display of the virtual control key on the touch display screen. As shown in fig. 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c), for all the system function keys and the custom function keys, the user can stop operations such as deleting, creating, resetting (modifying the size or the diagram) of the virtual function keys by clicking a Cancel key (Cancel) on the touch display screen to make the touch display screen not display any more various virtual control keys.
S405: generating and executing an appearance control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the reset key clicking action;
the appearance control key display instruction is used for enabling the appearance control key to be displayed on the touch display screen. Preferably, in order to make the content displayed on the touch display screen more concise, the virtual control keys are in a hierarchical display form. Specifically, under the control of the control key display instruction, only at least two virtual control keys among the reset key (reset), the Delete key (Delete), the New key (New), and the Cancel key (Cancel) are correspondingly displayed, and the appearance control key is not displayed, as shown in fig. 5(a), 5(b), and 5 (c); if and only if a reset key click command occurs, the appearance control keys, including an enlargement key (Enlarge), a reduction key (Small), a doodle key (draw), and an illustration key (Picture), and a reset Save key (Save), a reset return key (Back), and a reset Cancel key (Cancel-def), are displayed under the control of the correspondingly generated appearance control key display command, as shown in fig. 5 (e).
For all the system function keys and the user-defined function keys, the user can display the appearance control keys by clicking the reset key on the touch display screen, and then execute the following steps S406 to S412 by clicking the corresponding appearance control keys.
S406: generating and executing a function key amplification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the click action of the amplification key;
the function key enlargement instruction is for enlarging the virtual function key.
S407: generating and executing a function key reduction instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the reduced key clicking action;
the function key reduction instruction is for reducing the virtual function key.
Specifically, the virtual function keys in steps S406 and S407 may be enlarged/reduced by a predetermined multiple, or the user may manually adjust the virtual function keys to a size that is satisfactory for the user.
S408: generating and executing a function key doodling instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the doodling key clicking action;
the function key doodling instruction is used for enabling the graph drawn on the touch display screen by the user to serve as the icon of the virtual function key. Under the control of the function key doodling instruction, a user can draw a graph through a hand or a handwriting pen matched with the touch display screen.
S409: generating and executing a function key illustration instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the illustration key clicking action;
the function key illustration instruction is used for taking a pre-stored picture selected by a user as an icon of the virtual function key. Under the control of the function key illustration instruction, the user can select any one of the prestored pictures, move and adjust the size of the picture, so that all or part of the selected picture is used as the icon of the virtual function key.
S410: generating and executing a reset and save instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset and save key;
the reset saving instruction is used for keeping the size and/or the icon of the virtual control key in the current state and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen;
s411: generating and executing a reset return instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset return key;
the reset return instruction is used for canceling the latest modification of the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key;
s412: generating and executing a reset cancellation instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset cancellation key;
the reset canceling instruction is used for enabling the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key to be restored to the state before the reset key clicking action occurs, and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen.
For a virtual function key (specifically, a system function key or a user-defined function key), each appearance control key is displayed on the touch display screen by clicking a reset key (reset), and the size and icon of the virtual function key are reset (modified) by clicking an enlargement key (enlargement), a reduction key (Small), a graffiti key (Drawing) or an illustration key (Picture). As shown in fig. 5(e), in the resetting process, the size and icon of the virtual function key can be saved as the current state by clicking the reset Save key (Save); or, by clicking a reset Cancel key (Cancel-def), canceling all reset operations on the virtual function key after clicking the reset key, and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen (that is, finishing the current reset on the virtual function key, and correspondingly returning the touch display screen to the state shown in fig. 5(a), 5(b) or 5 (c)); or, the last modification to the size or icon of the virtual control key is cancelled by clicking a reset Back key (Back). More specifically, for the virtual control key with size 0 and style 1 as the icon, after the reset key (Redefine) and the appearance control key are clicked and displayed on the screen, the user performs the following setting: clicking an enlargement key (enlarger) to Enlarge the virtual function key from size 1 to size 2; clicking a graffiti key (Drawing), and replacing the icon of the virtual function key with a style 2; click the reduce key (Small) to reduce the virtual function key from size 2 to size 3. At this time, if a reset return key (Back) is clicked once, the virtual function key can be restored from size 3 to size 2, and the icon is still in style 2; if the Cancel reset key (Cancel-def) is clicked, the size of the virtual function key is restored to size 1, and the icon is restored to style 1.
In addition, corresponding to a plurality of control parameters and operation modes of the air conditioner, the number of virtual function keys is large, and the virtual function keys are displayed on the touch display screen at the same time, so that not only is the display interface of the touch display screen disordered, but also different keys are not convenient to identify and distinguish, and misoperation is easily caused. In view of this, in other embodiments of the present application, each virtual function key is divided into a frequently-used function key (a virtual function key with a higher frequency of use) and an unusually-used function key (a virtual function key with a lower frequency of use) according to a frequency of use; controlling the touch display screen to display and only displaying the frequently-used function keys; storing the set of each non-common function key into a storage medium such as a ROM in the form of a key package; generating a key package display instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the clicking action of the key package control key so as to control each non-common function key in the key package to be displayed on the touch display screen; generating a common function key reduction instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the common function key so as to take the common function key dragged into the key package display area as an uncommon function key; and generating a common function key increasing instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the non-use function key, so that the non-use function key dragged out of the display area of the key packet is used as the common function key.
The button pack control key may be a virtual button always displayed on the touch display screen, or may be an entity button disposed in a non-display area of the touch display screen, for example, an on-off button of the touch display screen is directly used as a button pack control key (whether a user intends to switch on or off the touch display screen or display a button pack can be identified by continuously pressing the entity button for a long time).
As shown in fig. 6(a), generally, only the commonly used function keys are displayed on the touch display screen: function key a1, function key a2 … … function key An.
As shown in fig. 6(b), after the key pack control key is clicked, the touch display screen is divided into a common key display area and a key pack display area, the common key display area displays a function key a1 and a function key a2 … …, and the key pack display area displays An emergency function key: function key B1, function key B2 … … function key Bm. The function key B1 is dragged to the frequently-used key display area from the key packet display area, so that the function key B1 can be converted from an unused function key into a frequently-used function key and displayed on the touch display screen in a general state; by dragging the function key a2 from the normal key display area to the key pack display area, the function key a1 can be converted from the normal function key to an unusual function key and is no longer displayed on the touch display screen in a normal state, as shown in fig. 6 (c).
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above when the computer program is executed. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

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1. A virtual key display control method is characterized by being applied to an air conditioner control system based on a touch screen, wherein the air conditioner control system comprises the touch display screen and a function controller;
the touch display screen is used for displaying virtual keys, sensing touch actions of a user on the virtual keys and converting the touch actions into corresponding electric signals;
the function controller is used for controlling the air conditioner to execute the function corresponding to the virtual function key for receiving the touch action according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen;
the method comprises the following steps:
generating a key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen;
and executing the key control instruction to modify the display style of the virtual key.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual keys comprise a virtual control key and a virtual function key for controlling an air conditioner operation mode; the virtual control keys comprise appearance control keys comprising icon control keys for modifying display icons of the virtual function keys on the touch display screen;
the touch action comprises a virtual function key long-time pressing action and an icon control key clicking action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen comprises:
generating a control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the virtual function key length pressing action; the control key display instruction is used for enabling the virtual control key to be displayed on the touch display screen;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the icon control key clicking action; and the function key icon modification instruction is used for modifying the display icon of the virtual function key on the touch display screen.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the icon control keys comprise a graffiti key and/or an illustration key; wherein,
when the icon control key comprises the graffiti key, the icon control key clicking action comprises a graffiti key clicking action;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the icon control key clicking action conversion, wherein the function key icon modification instruction comprises the following steps:
generating a functional key doodling instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the doodling key clicking action; the function key scrawling instruction is used for taking a graph drawn on the touch display screen by a user as an icon of the virtual function key;
when the icon control key comprises an illustration key, the icon control key clicking action comprises an illustration key clicking action;
generating a function key icon modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the icon control key clicking action conversion, wherein the function key icon modification instruction comprises the following steps:
generating a functional key illustration instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the illustration key clicking action; and the function key illustration instruction is used for taking a pre-stored picture selected by a user as an icon of the virtual function key.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the appearance control further comprises a size control that modifies a display size of the virtual function keys on the touch display screen;
the touch action further comprises a size control key clicking action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a function key size modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the size control key; and the function key size modification instruction is used for modifying the display size of the virtual function key on the touch display screen.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the size control key comprises a zoom-in key and a zoom-out key;
the click action of the size control key comprises an enlargement key click action and a reduction key click action;
generating a function key size modification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the click action of the size control key, comprising the following steps:
generating a function key amplification instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the amplification key clicking action; the function key amplification instruction is used for amplifying the virtual function key;
generating a function key reduction instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the reduction key clicking action; the function key reduction instruction is to reduce the virtual function key.
6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the modifying the display size of the virtual function key on the touch display screen is specifically: uniformly modifying the sizes of all virtual function keys displayed on the touch display screen, or only modifying the size of the virtual function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the latest time;
the modifying of the display icon of the virtual function key on the touch display screen specifically includes: and uniformly modifying icons of all virtual function keys displayed on the touch display screen, or only modifying the icon of the virtual function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key last time.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the virtual control keys further comprise a reset key, and the touch action further comprises a reset key click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating an appearance control key display instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the conversion of the reset key clicking action; the appearance control key display instruction is used for enabling the appearance control key to be displayed on the touch display screen.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the appearance control keys further comprise a reset save key, a reset return key, and a reset cancel key; the touch actions further comprise a save key resetting click action, a return key resetting click action and a cancel key resetting click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a reset and save instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset and save key; the reset saving instruction is used for keeping the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key in the current state and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen;
generating a reset return instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the reset return key; the reset return instruction is used for canceling the latest modification of the size and/or the icon of the virtual control key;
generating a reset cancellation instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the click action of the reset cancellation key; the reset canceling instruction is used for enabling the size and/or the icon of the virtual function key to be restored to a state before the reset key clicking action occurs, and canceling the display of the appearance control key on the touch display screen.
9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the virtual function keys comprise a system function key and a custom function key; the virtual control keys further comprise a delete key, a new key and a cancel key, and the touch actions further comprise a delete key click action, a new key click action and a cancel key click action;
the generating of the key control instruction according to the electric signal generated by the touch display screen further comprises:
generating a function key deleting instruction according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the deleting key; the function key deleting instruction is used for deleting the user-defined function key which receives the long-time pressing action of the virtual function key at the last time;
generating a new function key command according to the electric signal obtained by the click action conversion of the new key; the function key new establishment instruction is used for saving the current operation mode of the air conditioner as the function corresponding to the user-defined function key which receives the virtual function key long pressing action for the last time;
generating a control key hiding instruction according to the electric signal obtained by converting the cancel key clicking action; the control key hiding instruction is used for canceling the display of the virtual control key on the touch display screen.
10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: dividing the virtual function keys into frequently-used function keys and non-frequently-used function keys according to the use frequency, controlling the touch display screen to display and only display the frequently-used function keys, and storing the set of the non-frequently-used function keys in a key package form;
generating a key package display instruction according to the clicking action of the key package control key so as to control each frequently-used function key in the key package to be displayed on the touch display screen; the key packet control keys are specifically solid keys or virtual keys arranged on the touch display screen;
generating a common function key reduction instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the common function key; the common function key reduction instruction is used for converting the common function keys into the non-common function keys;
generating a common function key increasing instruction according to an electric signal obtained by converting the dragging action of the non-common function key; and the frequently-used function key adding instruction is used for converting the frequently-used function key into a frequently-used function key.
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