CN106445352B

CN106445352B - Edge touch device and method of mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN106445352B
Application number: CN201611018805.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李鑫
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-15
Filing date: 2016-11-15
Publication date: 2021-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-15
Also published as: CN106445352A

Abstract

The invention discloses an edge touch method of a mobile terminal, which comprises the following steps: when detecting that touch operation exists in the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal, acquiring position information of a touch point corresponding to the touch operation; setting the touch points at the appointed positions in the touch points at the same side as target touch points according to the position information of the touch points; and when the target touch point has the corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction. The invention also discloses an edge touch device of the mobile terminal. According to the invention, the corresponding operation is executed by identifying the target touch point in the edge touch area, so that the flexibility of the edge touch of the mobile terminal is improved, and the false touch rate of the edge touch area of the mobile terminal is reduced.

Description

Edge touch device and method of mobile terminal

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of mobile terminal equipment, in particular to an edge touch device and method of a mobile terminal.

Background

With the continuous development of the intelligent mobile terminal, the frameless mobile terminal gradually becomes an important direction for the development of the mobile terminal. FIT (Frame Interactive Technology, edge interaction Technology) based on frameless mobile terminal makes full use of the C area (namely the edge sensing area) of the mobile terminal, so that the overall dimension of the mobile terminal can be fully utilized, the screen size of the mobile terminal is greatly expanded, the requirement of a user on a large screen is met, edge input operation is diversified, diversified and the user experience is enhanced.

However, the area C of the existing mobile terminal is set in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, the edge interaction technology FIT is applied in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, and due to individual differences of users, when a user holds a frameless mobile terminal, a finger may touch the edge touch area, so that the mobile terminal may generate corresponding misoperation, and the false touch rate of the edge touch area of the mobile terminal is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an edge touch device and method of a mobile terminal, aiming at improving the flexibility of edge touch of the mobile terminal and reducing the false touch rate of an edge touch area of the mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an edge touch device of a mobile terminal, including:

the mobile terminal comprises an acquisition module, a processing module and a display module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring position information of a touch point corresponding to a touch operation when the touch operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal;

the setting module is used for setting the touch points at the appointed positions in the touch points at the same side as target touch points according to the position information of the touch points;

and the execution module is used for executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction when the corresponding matched operation instruction exists in the target touch point.

Optionally, the setting module is further configured to, when the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state and a plurality of touch points exist in the edge touch area on the same side, set a leftmost or rightmost touch point on the same side as a target touch point according to position information of each touch point;

and when the mobile terminal is in a vertical screen state and a plurality of touch points exist in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the uppermost or lowermost touch point on the same side as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point.

Optionally, when the touch operation is a pressing operation, the target touch point includes pressing time and pressing pressure;

the execution module is further used for determining a matched time interval according to the pressing time when the pressing degree reaches a preset pressure value; and determining the corresponding matched operation instruction according to the mapping relation between the time interval and the operation instruction, and executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

Optionally, the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further includes:

and the output module is used for outputting corresponding prompt information when the target touch point does not have the corresponding matched operation instruction.

Optionally, the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further includes:

the determining module is used for receiving a setting instruction input by a user after the edge touch mode is started, and determining an edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal to be detected according to the setting instruction; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

recognizing the gesture of a user holding the mobile terminal, and determining the edge touch control area needing to be detected on the same side of the mobile terminal according to the gesture of the user holding the mobile terminal.

In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides an edge touch method of a mobile terminal, including:

when detecting that touch operation exists in the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal, acquiring position information of a touch point corresponding to the touch operation;

setting the touch points at the appointed positions in the touch points at the same side as target touch points according to the position information of the touch points;

and when the target touch point has the corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

Optionally, the setting, according to the position information of the touch points, the touch point at the specified position among the touch points on the same side as the target touch point includes:

when the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state and a plurality of touch points exist in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the leftmost or rightmost touch point on the same side as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point;

when the target touch point has the corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction comprises the following steps:

when the pressing degree reaches a preset pressure value, determining a matched time interval according to the pressing time;

and determining the corresponding matched operation instruction according to the mapping relation between the time interval and the operation instruction, and executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

Optionally, after setting the touch point at the specified position in the touch points on the same side as the target touch point according to the position information of the touch point, the method includes:

and outputting corresponding prompt information when the target touch point does not have the corresponding matched operation instruction.

Optionally, when it is detected that a touch operation exists in an edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal, before the acquiring the position information of the touch point corresponding to the touch operation includes:

after the edge touch mode is started, receiving a setting instruction input by a user, and determining an edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal to be detected according to the setting instruction; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

The mobile terminal acquires the position information of each touch point when detecting that multi-point touch operation exists in the edge touch areas on the same side, and then sets the touch point at the specified position in the touch points on the same side as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point. And when the target touch point has the corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction. The method and the device realize that corresponding operation is executed by identifying the target touch point in the edge touch area, improve the flexibility of edge touch of the mobile terminal, and reduce the false touch rate of the edge touch area of the mobile terminal.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an alternative mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a wireless communication device of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of an edge touch device of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a user touching a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a user touching a mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a user touching a mobile terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal in a landscape state according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal in a portrait screen state according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching of edge touch areas when the mobile terminal is in a landscape state according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an edge touch device of a mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of an edge touch method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an edge touch method of a mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in themselves. Thus, "module" and "component" may be used in a mixture.

The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet computer), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation device, and the like, and a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal in addition to elements particularly used for moving purposes.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, a user input unit 130, an output unit 140, a memory 150, a controller 160, a power supply unit 170, an interface unit 120, an acquisition module 10, a setting module 20, an execution module 30, and the like. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 typically includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication device or network. For example, the wireless communication unit may include at least one of a mobile communication module 111, a wireless internet module 112, and a short-range communication module 113.

The mobile communication module 111 transmits and/or receives radio signals to and/or from at least one of a base station (e.g., access point, node B, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data transmitted and/or received according to text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless internet module 112 supports wireless internet access of the mobile terminal. The module may be internally or externally coupled to the terminal. The wireless internet access technology to which the module relates may include WLAN (wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (wireless broadband), Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access), and the like.

The short-range communication module 113 is a module for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include bluetooth^TMRadio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultraBroadband (UWB), zigbee^TMAnd so on.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to perform various operations of edge touch of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keypad, a dome sheet, a trigger pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects a change in resistance, pressure, capacitance, etc., due to being touched), a jog wheel, a jog stick, and the like. In particular, when the trigger plate is superimposed on the display unit 141 in the form of a layer, a trigger screen may be formed.

The interface unit 120 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The identification module may store various information for authenticating a user using the mobile terminal 100 and may include a User Identity Module (UIM), a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. In addition, a device having an identification module (hereinafter, referred to as an "identification device") may take the form of a smart card, and thus, the identification device may be connected with the mobile terminal 100 via a port or other connection means. The interface unit 120 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal and the external device.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 120 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the cradle are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be used as signals for recognizing whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the cradle. The output unit 140 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner.

The output unit 140 may include a display unit 141 and an audio output module 142, and the like, and the display unit 141 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 141 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 141 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 141 and the trigger plate are stacked on each other in the form of a layer to form a trigger screen, the display unit 141 may function as an input device and an output device. The display unit 141 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The trigger screen may be used to detect a trigger input pressure as well as a trigger input position and a trigger input area.

The audio output module 142 may convert audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 150 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output module 142 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output module 142 may include a sound pickup, a buzzer, and the like.

The memory 150 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 160, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or is to be output. Also, the memory 150 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals that are output when a trigger is applied to the trigger screen.

The memory 150 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 150 through a network connection.

The controller 160 generally operates as a whole of an edge touch of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 160 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. In addition, the controller 160 may include a multimedia module 161 for reproducing (or playing back) multimedia data, and the multimedia module 161 may be constructed within the controller 160 or may be constructed separately from the controller 160. The controller 160 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the trigger screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 170 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate the respective elements and components under the control of the controller 160.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 160. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a process or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows performing at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in memory 150 and executed by controller 160.

Up to this point, mobile terminals have been described in terms of their functionality. Hereinafter, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals, such as a folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminal, and the like, will be described as an example for the sake of brevity. Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal 100 as shown in fig. 1 may be configured to operate with communication means such as wired and wireless communication means and satellite-based communication means that transmit data via frames or packets.

A communication apparatus in which a mobile terminal according to the present invention is operable will now be described with reference to fig. 2.

Such communication devices may use different air interfaces and/or physical layers. For example, the air interface used by the communication device includes, for example, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and universal mobile telecommunications device (UMTS) (in particular, Long Term Evolution (LTE)), global system for mobile communications (GSM), and so forth. The following description relates to a CDMA communication device, as a non-limiting example, but such teachings are equally applicable to other types of devices.

Referring to fig. 2, the CDMA wireless communication apparatus may include a plurality of mobile terminals 100, a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) 270, Base Station Controllers (BSCs) 275, and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 280. The MSC280 is configured to interface with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 290. The MSC280 is also configured to interface with a BSC275, which may be coupled to the base station 270 via a backhaul. The backhaul may be constructed according to any of several known interfaces including, for example, E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL, or xDSL. It will be understood that an apparatus as shown in fig. 2 may include a plurality of BSCs 275.

Each BS270 may serve one or more sectors (or regions), each sector covered by a multi-directional antenna or an antenna pointing in a particular direction being radially distant from the BS 270. Alternatively, each partition may be covered by two or more antennas for diversity reception. Each BS270 may be configured to support multiple frequency allocations, with each frequency allocation having a particular frequency spectrum (e.g., 1.25MHz,5MHz, etc.).

The intersection of partitions with frequency allocations may be referred to as a CDMA channel. The BS270 may also be referred to as a base transceiver sub-assembly (BTS) or other equivalent terminology. In such a case, the term "base station" may be used to generically refer to a single BSC275 and at least one BS 270. The base stations may also be referred to as "cells". Alternatively, each sector of a particular BS270 may be referred to as a plurality of cell sites.

As shown in fig. 2, a Broadcast Transmitter (BT)295 transmits a broadcast signal to the mobile terminal 100 operating within the apparatus. In fig. 2, several global positioning device (GPS) satellites 300 are shown. The satellite 300 assists in locating at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals 100.

In fig. 2, a plurality of satellites 300 are depicted, but it is understood that useful positioning information may be obtained with any number of satellites. Other techniques that can track the location of the mobile terminal may be used instead of or in addition to GPS tracking techniques. In addition, at least one GPS satellite 300 may selectively or additionally process satellite DMB transmission.

As a typical operation of the wireless communication apparatus, the BS270 receives reverse link signals from various mobile terminals 100. The mobile terminal 100 is generally engaged in conversations, messaging, and other types of communications. Each reverse link signal received by a particular base station 270 is processed within the particular BS 270. The obtained data is forwarded to the associated BSC 275. The BSC provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions including coordination of soft handoff procedures between BSs 270. The BSCs 275 also route the received data to the MSC280, which provides additional routing services for interfacing with the PSTN 290. Similarly, the PSTN290 interfaces with the MSC280, the MSC interfaces with the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 accordingly control the BS270 to transmit forward link signals to the mobile terminal 100.

Based on the above-mentioned hardware structure of the mobile terminal and the structure of the communication device, the present invention provides various embodiments of the method.

Fig. 3 shows a first embodiment of an edge touch device of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. The edge touch device of the mobile terminal of the embodiment includes:

the acquiring module 10 is configured to acquire position information of a touch point corresponding to a touch operation when the touch operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal;

in this embodiment, the type of the mobile terminal may be set according to actual needs, for example, the mobile terminal includes a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like. The mobile terminal may be a narrow-bezel mobile terminal, in which a touch area is provided in a side surface to receive a touch operation of a user, or a borderless mobile terminal, in which a side surface is a portion of a display screen to receive a touch operation input by a user. The borderless mobile terminal will be described in detail below as an example.

The touch area of the mobile terminal is divided into a main screen touch area and an edge touch area in advance, wherein the edge touch area is located on the left side and the right side of the main screen, is independent of the main screen, and can be subjected to touch operation based on FIT. The edge touch area can be divided into sub-areas, and the same touch operation in each sub-area can correspond to the same or different operation instructions.

After the mobile terminal is started, whether touch operation exists in the edge touch area is detected in real time, in order to reduce misoperation, a switch of an edge touch mode can be set, after the edge touch mode is started, touch operation can be carried out in the edge touch area, and at the moment, whether touch operation exists in the edge touch area needs to be detected. The user can open or close the edge touch mode according to the use requirement of the user in the process of using the mobile terminal.

When the mobile terminal detects that touch operation exists in the edge touch area on the same side, whether the touch operation has a plurality of touch points is judged, the touch operation comprises click operation, press operation, sliding operation and the like, and the touch points can be touch points generated by the click or press operation and can also be sliding tracks generated by the sliding operation. When there is a single touch point, the obtaining module 10 obtains the position information of the touch point; when there are a plurality of touch points, the obtaining module 10 obtains position information of each touch point. The position information includes coordinate information of the touch point, and it is understood that a touch area may be generated when the user finger touches the edge touch area, and therefore, a center point of the touch area may be set as the coordinate information of the touch point.

It should be noted that, when touch operations exist in the edge touch areas on the left and right sides of the mobile terminal, one of the edge touch areas can be selected as a detection object according to specific situations.

A setting module 20, configured to set, as a target touch point, a touch point at a specified position among touch points on the same side according to the position information of the touch point;

when there is a single touch point on the same side, the setting module 20 directly sets the touch point as a target touch point according to the acquired position information of the touch point. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a (i.e., a main screen touch area) and an area C (i.e., left and right edge touch areas), the right edge touch area is set as a detection object, and when a user holds the mobile terminal and performs a touch operation on the right edge touch area with a thumb, a touch point is generated, which is a target touch point, in response to the operation of the target touch point.

When there are multiple touch points on the same side, the setting module 20 sets the touch point at the specified position in the multiple touch points as the target touch point according to the obtained position information of each touch point. For example, the uppermost or lowermost touch point on the same side may be set as the target touch point, or the newly generated touch point may be set as the target touch point, and so on.

The following examples are given. As shown in fig. 5, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a and an area C, the right edge touch area is set as a detection object, and when the user holds the mobile terminal with one hand and performs a touch operation on the right edge touch area by a finger of the other hand, a touch point generated by the finger performing the touch operation on the right edge touch area is set as a target touch point at the moment so as to respond to the operation of the target touch point.

It should be noted that, in the process of detecting whether there is a touch operation in the edge touch area, the mobile terminal may determine the touch time generated by the touch point corresponding to the touch operation, and when the touch time generated by the touch point is greater than the preset time, the touch time is the touch point generated when the user holds the mobile terminal, so that the touch point with a longer time may be shielded.

And the execution module 30 is configured to execute a corresponding operation according to the operation instruction when the corresponding matched operation instruction exists at the target touch point.

In this embodiment, a mapping relationship between the touch points and the operation instructions may be preset, for example, the touch points at different positions correspond to different operation instructions, or the touch points correspond to different operation instructions at different pressing times or pressing pressures, or the touch points correspond to different operation instructions at different sliding directions and distances. The operation instruction includes turning on or off a specified application, volume adjustment, brightness adjustment, inputting numbers or letters, and the like.

It should be noted that, for different application scenarios, the mapping relationship between the touch point corresponding to the touch operation generated in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal and the operation instruction may be set, so that the mobile terminal has different functions in different application scenarios. For example, in an application scene of playing a video, the mobile terminal slides up and down in the left touch area to adjust the volume; under the application scene of browsing pictures, the mobile terminal slides upwards in the touch area to amplify the pictures, and slides downwards to reduce the pictures; the mobile terminal can start a screen recording function by double clicking in the touch area in an application scene of playing games; the mobile terminal can realize the photographing function by clicking in the touch area in the photographing application scene.

After determining the target touch point, the executing module 30 may determine whether the target touch point has a corresponding matched operation instruction, if so, execute a corresponding operation according to the operation instruction, and if not, not execute the operation. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a and an area C, and when the user performs a click operation in the edge touch area on the right side, the camera application is opened according to an instruction for opening the camera application corresponding to the click operation.

Further, a second embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that in this embodiment, the setting module 20 is further configured to, when the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state and a plurality of touch points exist in the edge touch area on the same side, set a leftmost or rightmost touch point on the same side as a target touch point according to position information of each touch point;

In this embodiment, the setting module 20 may determine the state of the mobile terminal first in the process of setting the target touch point, and then set the target touch point according to the state of the mobile terminal. Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, when the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state, it is determined whether there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, and when there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, the setting module 20 sets the leftmost or rightmost touch point on the same side as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point; and when a single touch point exists in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the touch point as a target touch point.

As shown in fig. 8, when the mobile terminal is in the vertical screen state, it is determined whether there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, and when there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, the setting module 20 sets the uppermost or lowermost touch point on the same side as the target touch point according to the position information of each touch point; and when a single touch point exists in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the touch point as a target touch point.

It should be noted that, when the mobile terminal is in the landscape state, for the convenience of the user operation, the edge touch areas may be switched from two sides of the mobile terminal in the extending direction of the screen length to two sides of the mobile terminal in the extending direction of the screen width, as shown in fig. 9. In order to facilitate the use of the user, a switch can be further arranged, the user can turn on or turn off the switching function through the switch according to the use requirement, and when the switching function is turned on and the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state, the position of the edge touch area can be adjusted. Therefore, the edge touch area of the mobile terminal can change the distribution position along with the screen of the mobile terminal, the user can conveniently operate the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, and the problems that the user is not used to the edge touch area and even the function is disordered are avoided.

According to the mobile terminal, the leftmost touch point, the rightmost touch point, the uppermost touch point or the lowermost touch point in the same side is set as the target touch point according to the state of the mobile terminal and the position information of each touch point, so that the convenience and the accuracy of setting the target touch point by the mobile terminal are improved.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal, a third embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal is provided, where the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal is that in this embodiment, the executing module 30 is further configured to determine a matching time interval according to the pressing time when the pressing force reaches a preset pressure value; and determining the corresponding matched operation instruction according to the mapping relation between the time interval and the operation instruction, and executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

In this embodiment, taking the touch operation as the pressing operation as an example, different pressing times can be set to match different operation instructions. Specifically, when the touch operation is a press operation, the target touch point includes a press time and a press pressure, and when the press operation exists in the edge touch area, the execution module 30 first determines whether the press pressure of the press operation reaches a preset pressure value, where the preset pressure value can be flexibly set according to specific conditions. When the pressing force reaches the preset pressure value, the mobile terminal responds to the operation, namely, the matched time interval is determined according to the pressing time corresponding to the pressing operation. Since the operation instructions corresponding to each time interval are different, the execution module 30 may determine the corresponding matched operation instruction according to the mapping relationship between the time interval and the operation instruction, and then execute the corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

It should be noted that, the mobile terminal may also obtain an application scene currently running, for example, video playing, web browsing, game playing, and the like, and then determine, according to the application scene, a mapping relationship between a touch point generated by a touch operation in a touch area at the edge of the mobile terminal and an operation instruction. When the touch operation exists in the edge touch area, the corresponding operation is executed according to the operation instruction which is correspondingly matched with the touch point generated by the touch operation, so that the edge touch area has different functions under different application scenes of the mobile terminal.

In this embodiment, when the touch operation is a pressing operation, after the pressing force degree corresponding to the pressing operation satisfies the response condition, the mobile terminal determines a corresponding matched time interval according to the pressing time corresponding to the pressing operation to determine a corresponding matched operation instruction, so as to execute the corresponding operation, thereby improving the flexibility of edge touch.

Further, as shown in fig. 10, a fourth embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is provided based on the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal, and the difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is that the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further includes:

and the output module 40 is configured to output corresponding prompt information when the corresponding matched operation instruction does not exist in the target touch point.

In this embodiment, when the user forgets to set the mapping relationship between the touch point generated by the touch operation and the operation instruction based on the edge touch area, and after the user performs any operation in the edge touch area, when the determined target touch point does not have a corresponding matched operation instruction, the output module 40 may fetch and display the mapping relationship list between the touch point and the operation instruction, so as to prompt the user to perform a correct operation. Or the output module 40 outputs the prompt information related to the operation error in a screen display mode, a voice broadcast mode or the like. For example, only a click operation can be performed through the edge touch area, and when the user performs a sliding operation, information such as an operation instruction corresponding to the click operation is displayed in a display screen of the mobile terminal to remind the user of performing a correct operation.

In this embodiment, when the target touch point does not have the corresponding matched operation instruction, the mobile terminal outputs corresponding prompt information, so that the user can be prompted, and the user experience is improved.

Further, a fifth embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal is provided based on any of the first to fourth embodiments of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal, where the difference between this embodiment and any of the first to fourth embodiments of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further includes:

In this embodiment, in order to reduce the misoperation, before detecting the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal needs to be controlled to enter the edge touch mode. Specifically, a user can select whether to start the edge touch mode in a designated setting interface, or quickly start the edge touch mode through a preset key, and enter the edge touch mode when the mobile terminal receives the start edge touch mode input by the user. After the edge touch control mode of the mobile terminal is started, whether touch control operation exists in the edge touch control area on the same side is detected. Therefore, the phenomenon that when a user normally uses the mobile terminal, the touch operation is generated in the edge touch area due to the fact that the user holds the mobile terminal in a hand mode, and misoperation is caused is avoided. When the user does not need the mobile terminal to be in the edge touch mode, the mobile terminal can be controlled to exit the edge touch mode.

In order to enable the mobile terminal to effectively detect the edge touch area on one side before the mobile terminal detects the edge touch area on the same side, in an embodiment, a user can set the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal through a preset key or in an appointed setting interface according to the use requirement of the user, and at this time, the determining module determines the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal to be detected according to a setting instruction input by the user.

In another embodiment, the determining module may automatically identify a gesture of the user holding the mobile terminal, for example, identify whether the user holds the mobile terminal by a right hand or a left hand, and then determine that the edge touch areas on the same side of the mobile terminal need to be detected according to the gesture of the user holding the mobile terminal. For example, when the user holds the mobile terminal with the right hand, the edge touch area on the right side is set as the object to be detected, and when the user holds the mobile terminal with the left hand, the edge touch area on the left side is set as the object to be detected. Or, when the user holds the mobile terminal with the right hand, the left edge touch area is set as the object to be detected, and when the user holds the mobile terminal with the left hand, the right edge touch area is set as the object to be detected.

The mobile terminal can determine that the edge touch areas on the same side of the mobile terminal need to be detected according to the received setting instruction input by the user; or, the gesture of holding the mobile terminal by the user is recognized to determine the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal to be detected, so that the operation of the user is facilitated, and the false touch rate is reduced.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 11, a first embodiment of an edge touch method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention is provided. The edge touch method of the mobile terminal of this embodiment corresponds to the first embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal, and the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of this embodiment includes:

step S10, when detecting that touch operation exists in the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal, acquiring position information of a touch point corresponding to the touch operation;

When the mobile terminal detects that touch operation exists in the edge touch area on the same side, whether the touch operation has a plurality of touch points is judged, the touch operation comprises click operation, press operation, sliding operation and the like, and the touch points can be touch points generated by the click or press operation and can also be sliding tracks generated by the sliding operation. When a single touch point exists, acquiring the position information of the touch point; when a plurality of touch points exist, the position information of each touch point is acquired. The position information includes coordinate information of the touch point, and it is understood that a touch area may be generated when the user finger touches the edge touch area, and therefore, a center point of the touch area may be set as the coordinate information of the touch point.

Step S20, setting, as a target touch point, a touch point at a specified position among touch points on the same side according to the position information of the touch point;

and when a single touch point exists on the same side, directly setting the touch point as a target touch point according to the acquired position information of the touch point. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a (i.e., a main screen touch area) and an area C (i.e., left and right edge touch areas), the right edge touch area is set as a detection object, and when a user holds the mobile terminal and performs a touch operation on the right edge touch area with a thumb, a touch point is generated, which is a target touch point, in response to the operation of the target touch point.

When a plurality of touch points exist on the same side, the touch point of the appointed position in the plurality of touch points is set as the target touch point according to the acquired position information of each touch point. For example, the uppermost or lowermost touch point on the same side may be set as the target touch point, or the newly generated touch point may be set as the target touch point, and so on.

And step S30, when the target touch point has a corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction.

It should be noted that, for different application scenarios, the mapping relationship between the touch point corresponding to the touch operation generated in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal and the operation instruction may be set, so that the mobile terminal has different functions in different application scenarios. For example, in an application scene of playing a video, the mobile terminal slides up and down in the left edge touch area to adjust the volume; under the application scene of browsing pictures, the mobile terminal slides upwards in the edge touch area to enlarge the pictures, and slides downwards to reduce the pictures; the mobile terminal can start a screen recording function by double clicking in the edge touch area in an application scene of playing games; the mobile terminal can realize the photographing function by clicking in the edge touch area in the photographing application scene.

After the target touch point is determined, whether the target touch point has a corresponding matched operation instruction or not can be judged, if yes, corresponding operation is executed according to the operation instruction, and if not, the operation is not executed. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a and an area C, and when the user performs a click operation in the edge touch area on the right side, the camera application is opened according to an instruction for opening the camera application corresponding to the click operation.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal, a second embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal is provided, and the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of this embodiment corresponds to the second embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal. The difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that step S20 in the present embodiment includes:

In this embodiment, in the process of setting the target touch point, the mobile terminal may first determine the state of the mobile terminal, and then set the target touch point according to the state of the mobile terminal. Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, when the mobile terminal is in a landscape state, it is determined whether there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, and when there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, the leftmost or rightmost touch point on the same side is set as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point; and when a single touch point exists in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the touch point as a target touch point.

As shown in fig. 8, when the mobile terminal is in the vertical screen state, it is determined whether there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, and when there are multiple touch points in the edge touch area on the same side, the uppermost or lowermost touch point on the same side is set as the target touch point according to the position information of each touch point; and when a single touch point exists in the edge touch area on the same side, setting the touch point as a target touch point.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal, a third embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal is provided, and the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of this embodiment corresponds to the third embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal. The difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that step S30 in the present embodiment includes:

In this embodiment, taking the touch operation as the pressing operation as an example, different pressing times can be set to match different operation instructions. Specifically, when the touch operation is a pressing operation, the target touch point includes pressing time and pressing pressure, and when the pressing operation exists in the edge touch area, it is first determined whether the pressing pressure of the pressing operation reaches a preset pressure value, and the preset pressure value can be flexibly set according to specific conditions. When the pressing force reaches the preset pressure value, the mobile terminal responds to the operation, namely, the matched time interval is determined according to the pressing time corresponding to the pressing operation. Because the operation instructions corresponding to each time interval are different, the corresponding matched operation instruction can be determined according to the mapping relation between the time intervals and the operation instructions, and then the corresponding operation is executed according to the operation instruction.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, a fourth embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is provided based on the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal, and the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present embodiment corresponds to the fourth embodiment of the edge touch device of the mobile terminal. The difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that, after the step S20, the present embodiment includes:

and step S40, outputting corresponding prompt information when the target touch point does not have a corresponding matched operation instruction.

In this embodiment, when the user forgets to set the mapping relationship between the touch point and the operation instruction generated by the touch operation based on the edge touch area, after the user performs any operation in the edge touch area, and when the determined target touch point does not have a corresponding matched operation instruction, the mapping relationship list between the touch point and the operation instruction may be retrieved and displayed, so as to prompt the user to perform a correct operation. Or outputting the related prompt information of the operation error in a screen display mode, a voice broadcast mode and the like. For example, only a click operation can be performed through the edge touch area, and when the user performs a sliding operation, information such as an operation instruction corresponding to the click operation is displayed in a display screen of the mobile terminal to remind the user of performing a correct operation.

Further, a fifth embodiment of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is provided based on any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal, and the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present embodiment corresponds to the fifth embodiment of the edge touch apparatus of the mobile terminal. The difference between this embodiment and any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the edge touch method of the mobile terminal of the present invention is that, in this embodiment, the step S10 includes:

In an embodiment, a user can set the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal to be detected through a preset key or in a specified setting interface according to the use requirement of the user, and at this time, the mobile terminal determines that the edge touch area on the same side of the mobile terminal needs to be detected according to a setting instruction input by the user.

In another embodiment, the mobile terminal may automatically recognize a gesture of the user holding the mobile terminal, for example, recognize whether the user holds the mobile terminal by a right hand or a left hand, and then determine that the edge touch areas on the same side of the mobile terminal need to be detected according to the gesture of the user holding the mobile terminal. For example, when the user holds the mobile terminal with the right hand, the edge touch area on the right side is set as the object to be detected, and when the user holds the mobile terminal with the left hand, the edge touch area on the left side is set as the object to be detected. Or, when the user holds the mobile terminal with the right hand, the left edge touch area is set as the object to be detected, and when the user holds the mobile terminal with the left hand, the right edge touch area is set as the object to be detected.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An edge touch device of a mobile terminal, the edge touch device comprising:

the execution module is used for executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction when the corresponding matched operation instruction exists in the target touch point;

the switch of the edge touch control mode is used for opening or closing the edge touch control mode, and touch control operation can be carried out in the edge touch control area after the switch is opened;

the edge touch area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas, and each sub-area comprises an operation instruction corresponding to the same touch operation or different operation instructions;

the setting module is further used for setting the leftmost or rightmost touch point in the same side as a target touch point according to the position information of each touch point when the mobile terminal is in a horizontal screen state and a plurality of touch points exist in the edge touch area on the same side;

2. The edge touch device of claim 1, wherein when the touch operation is a pressing operation, the target touch point comprises a pressing time and a pressing pressure;

3. The edge touch device of the mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further comprises:

4. The edge touch device of the mobile terminal of any one of claims 1-3, wherein the edge touch device of the mobile terminal further comprises:

5. An edge touch method of a mobile terminal is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the target touch point has a corresponding matched operation instruction, executing corresponding operation according to the operation instruction;

when the switch of the edge touch control mode is turned on, the edge touch control mode is started, and touch control operation can be carried out in an edge touch control area;

the setting, according to the position information of the touch points, the touch point at the specified position among the touch points at the same side as a target touch point includes:

6. The edge touch method of claim 5, wherein when the touch operation is a pressing operation, the target touch point comprises a pressing time and a pressing pressure;

7. The edge touch method of claim 5, wherein the setting, as the target touch point, the touch point at the specified position among the touch points on the same side according to the position information of the touch points comprises:

8. The edge touch method of any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein when it is detected that there is a touch operation in the edge touch region on the same side of the mobile terminal, acquiring the position information of the touch point corresponding to the touch operation comprises: