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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Ya-Shian Huang, New Taipei, TW;
Ting-Yao Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-Chi Li, New Taipei, TW;
Chen-Pu Yang, New Taipei, TW;
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for displaying a virtual button are provided in the invention. The method includes the following steps. First, the virtual button is activated. Each interactive object displayed on a display frame of a touch screen is detected to obtain an object region occupied by each of the interactive objects, and an initial position of the virtual button on the display frame is obtained. Next, whether the initial position of the virtual button is located within the object region determined. If yes, the virtual button would be displayed at the initial position. If no, whether a non-object region satisfies a first predetermined condition is determined so as to accordingly display the virtual button at the initial position, a first designated position lies within the non-object region, or a second designated position lies within both of the object region and the non-object region.