CN111240549B

CN111240549B - Display control method, electronic device, and medium

Info

Publication number: CN111240549B
Application number: CN202010031104.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔宇
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-13
Filing date: 2020-01-13
Publication date: 2021-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-13
Also published as: CN111240549A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a display control method, electronic equipment and a medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem of inconvenience in single-hand operation. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a user; displaying N controls in a first area in response to the first input, wherein each control comprises first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; receiving a second input of the user; updating display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N and M are both positive integers.

Description

Display control method, electronic device, and medium

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a display control method, an electronic device, and a medium.

Background

The touch screen of the existing electronic equipment is larger and larger, downloadable application programs are richer and richer, and more application program icons can be contained on the display interface of the touch screen. However, since the length of the fingers of a person is limited, the fingers of the user cannot reach the icons which are positioned far away from the touch screen when the user holds the mobile terminal with one hand to operate the mobile terminal. For these electronic devices with large touch screens, one-handed operation becomes quite difficult.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a display control method, which can solve the problem of inconvenience in single-hand operation in the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control method, including:

receiving a first input of a user;

displaying N controls in a first area in response to the first input, wherein each control comprises first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input;

receiving a second input of the user;

updating display of M of the N controls in response to the second input;

wherein N and M are both positive integers.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

a first display module, configured to display, in response to the first input, N controls in a first area, each of the N controls including first information, where the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input;

the second receiving module is used for receiving a second input of the user;

a first update module to update a display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N and M are both positive integers.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the display control method in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the display control method as in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment receives a first input of a user; displaying N controls in a first area in response to the first input, wherein each control comprises first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; receiving a second input of the user; updating display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N is a positive integer. The N controls are displayed in the first area by receiving first input of a user, and then display of M controls in the N controls is updated by receiving second input of the user, so that the controls can be displayed in the area associated with the first input, and the controls can be updated according to the input of the user, and therefore single-hand operation of the user is more convenient.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating updating of display areas of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an arrangement manner of updating M controls in the display control method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is one of schematic diagrams illustrating updating display contents of M controls according to a display control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a second schematic diagram illustrating an update of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a third schematic diagram illustrating updating of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating updating of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a fifth schematic view illustrating updating of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a sixth schematic view illustrating updating of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a seventh schematic diagram illustrating an update of display contents of M controls according to the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. 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 invention.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and "fourth," etc. in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first input, the second input, the third input, the fourth input, etc. are used to distinguish between different inputs, rather than to describe a particular order of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control method applied to a first electronic device, and the method may include steps 111 to 114 described below. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is a scene in which the electronic device is held by one hand, and fig. 2 (a) shows a scene in which the electronic device is held by a right hand.

Step 111, receiving a first input of a user;

optionally, the first input includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to an actual need, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the first input is executed, the first input may be a single-point input, such as a sliding input using a single finger, a click input, or the like; or multi-point input, such as sliding input and clicking input by using two fingers simultaneously. The first input may also be a first operation. Alternatively, the input position of the first input may be any position of the display screen of the electronic device.

Step 112, responding to the first input, displaying N controls in a first area, wherein each control comprises first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; n is a positive integer.

Optionally, each of the controls includes first information, and the first information may be displayed in the control, or may not be displayed, which may be determined specifically according to an actual situation.

Optionally, N may be preset, or may be set according to a habit of a user, and may be determined according to an actual situation.

Optionally, the first information may include, but is not limited to, an application icon, a target interface of the application, and the like, wherein the target interface of the application includes, but is not limited to, a main interface, a shortcut interface, a function interface, and the like of the application. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited in any way.

Optionally, the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input, and the first area may include an area of a first range of input positions of the first input. The first range may be preset or set by a user, and may be determined according to an actual situation.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2 (a), an input position of a first input by a user is a position indicated by 203, a first area associated with the input position of the first input is a dashed area indicated by 201, and N controls are displayed in the first area 201, wherein the controls 202 may include icons of first information App1, and icons of App1 may be displayed in the controls.

Step 113, receiving a second input of the user;

optionally, the second input includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to an actual need, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the second input is executed, the second input may be a single-point input, such as a sliding input using a single finger, a click input, or the like; or multi-point input, such as sliding input and clicking input by using two fingers simultaneously. The second input may also be a second operation.

Step 114, responding to the second input, and updating the display of M controls in the N controls;

wherein N and M are both positive integers.

Optionally, step 114 comprises:

step 1141, acquiring input characteristics of the second input;

alternatively, the input characteristics of the second input may include, but are not limited to, a direction of the input, a distance of the input, a trajectory of the input, a magnitude of a pressure of the input, a moving speed of the input, or a contact duration of an input area of the operation electronic device performing the input, and the like.

And 1142, updating the display of the M controls in the N controls based on the input characteristics of the second input. In this way, some or all of the N controls can be updated based on the input characteristics of the second input.

Optionally, updating the display of M of the N controls includes at least one of: the display content of the M controls is updated, the display positions of the M controls are updated, the arrangement modes of the M controls are updated, and the like, wherein the updating of the arrangement modes of the M controls may include updating the arrangement order of the M controls, updating the display positions of any controls in the M controls, and the like, and may be specifically determined according to actual conditions.

Optionally, the input position of the first input is a first position, and the input position of the second input is a second position;

step 114 comprises: and updating the display areas of the N controls into a target area, wherein the target area is an area of a preset range including the second position. In this way, according to the second input of the user, the display positions of the N controls can be updated, so that the display areas of the N controls are associated with the input position of the input, and if the input is the input of the finger of the user, the controls can be displayed around the finger and can move along with the movement of the finger.

Optionally, the preset range may be preset or set by a user, and may be determined according to actual conditions.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2 (a), the input position of the first input is a first position 203, as shown in fig. 2 (b), and the input position of the second input is a second position 205, then in response to the second input, the display areas of the N controls may be updated from the first area 201 shown in fig. 2 (a) to the target area 204 shown in fig. 2 (b). Wherein the first input is that the user clicks the screen at the first position 203, and the second input may be that the user slides from the first position 203 to the second position 205; the second input may also be the user clicking on the screen at the second location 205. Of course, the first input and the second input are not limited to the above listed cases, and may be determined according to actual situations, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, the input features comprise direction features or distance features;

step 114 comprises: and updating the arrangement mode of M controls in the N controls based on the direction features or the distance features. Therefore, the arrangement mode of the controls can be updated according to the direction or distance characteristic of the second input of the user.

Optionally, the input feature is a directional feature, the direction may be any direction such as upward, downward, leftward, rightward, or may be any direction such as upward first then downward, leftward first then rightward, upward first then leftward first, downward first then leftward first, or the like, and the direction may be preset, or may be set by a user according to a habit of the user. Of course, the directional characteristics are not limited to the above-listed cases, and may be determined according to practical situations, and any combination of any directions is included in the scope of the present invention.

Alternatively, the input feature is a distance feature, the distance may be a sliding distance, and the sliding distance may refer to a distance between a sliding start point and a sliding end point.

Alternatively, the input features may include a direction feature and a distance feature, for example, if the second input is a sliding from a middle position to a lower right corner of the screen of the electronic device, the corresponding sliding direction is that the middle position points to the lower right corner, and the sliding distance is a distance from the sliding start point to the sliding end point.

Illustratively, the arrangement of the 4 controls is as shown in (a) in fig. 3, the second input of the user is to slide from the first position 203 in (a) in fig. 3 to the second position 302 in (b) in fig. 3, and since the lower control 301 is not placed below the second position 302, the arrangement of the 4 controls can be updated as shown in (b) in fig. 3.

Optionally, step 114 comprises: updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls into the ith second information;

the ith second information is associated with the ith first information, or the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, wherein the target control is at least one control of the N controls except the ith control; i is a positive integer. In this way, the first information of the control can be updated to the second information associated with the control itself or with other controls.

Optionally, updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls to the ith second information; wherein the ith second information is associated with the ith first information.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4 (a), 4 controls are displayed, the control 401 includes an App1 icon, the control 402 includes an App2 icon, the control 403 includes an App3 icon, the control 404 includes an App4 icon, and a second input of the user, which may be a downward slide, may be obtained, as shown in fig. 4 (b), a first information App1 icon of a first control 401 of the 4 controls is updated to a first second information, which is an App1 first page, the first second information is associated with the first information, and similarly, a second first information of a second control 402 is updated to a second information, which is an App2 first page, the second information is associated with the second first information, a third first information of the third control 403 is updated to a third second information, which is an App3 page, the third second information is associated with the third first information, the fourth first information of the fourth control 404 is updated to fourth second information, the second information is the App4 first page, and the fourth second information is associated with the fourth first information. It is understood that the first page may include, but is not limited to, a home page, a shortcut page, a function page, a shortcut control, and the like.

Optionally, updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls to the ith second information; the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, and the target control is at least one control of the N controls except the ith control.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5(a), 4 controls are displayed, the control 401 includes an App1 icon, the control 402 includes an App2 icon, the control 403 includes an App3 icon, the control 404 includes an App4 icon, and a second input of the user is received, so that as shown in fig. 5(b), the first information App1 icon of the first control 401 of the 4 controls is updated to first second information, the first second information App2 icon of the second control 402 is updated to second information, and the second information is associated with the first information of the target control 401, it can be understood that the third control 403 and the fourth control 404 are updated according to the same principle, and are not described herein again.

Optionally, the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, where the target control is at least one control of the N controls except for the ith control;

the second input comprises a first sub-input and a second sub-input, the first sub-input is used for determining the target control;

the ith piece of second information comprises s-th level page information or h-th type page information associated with the first information of the target control, wherein s and h are positive integers. Therefore, the target control can be determined according to the second input, the first information of the ith control can be updated to the s-th level page information or the h-th level page information associated with the first information of the target control, and different levels of pages or different types of pages of the application program can be conveniently switched according to the input of the user.

Optionally, the first sub-input or the second sub-input includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the first sub-input or the second sub-input is executed, the first sub-input or the second sub-input may be a single-point input, such as a sliding input using a single finger, a click input, or the like; the input method may also be a multi-point input, such as a sliding input, a click input, and the like, which are performed by using two fingers simultaneously, where the first sub-input may be a first sub-operation, and the second sub-input may be a second sub-operation.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 6 (a), 4 controls are displayed, the control 401 includes an App1 icon, the control 402 includes an App2 icon, the control 403 includes an App3 icon, the control 404 includes an App4 icon, and a second input of the user is received, where the second input may include a first sub-input and a second sub-input, the first sub-input is a sliding input to the target control 401 for selecting the target control 401, and the second sub-input is a sliding sub-input in a counterclockwise direction for updating the display of the M controls, so that as shown in fig. 6 (b), the

controls

401, 402, 403, and 404 are updated to a first level page, a second level page, a third level page, and a fourth level page associated with the first information of the target control 401, respectively.

Optionally, the different types of pages may be different types of pages in the same level of pages, or different types of pages in different levels of pages, and may be determined specifically according to actual conditions. Illustratively, if App1 in fig. 5(a) is an address book application program and the main page includes a "dial" class, a "contact" class, a "favorite" class and another "class, then control 401 in fig. 5(b) is the first page of App1, which may be a" dial "class page, control 402 is updated to the second page of App1, which may be a" contact "class page, control 403 is updated to the third page of App1, which may be a" favorite "class page, and control 404 is updated to the fourth page of App1, which may be another" class page.

Optionally, the second input comprises a third sub-input and a fourth sub-input, the third sub-input is used for determining the target control;

the ith second information is associated with the first information of the target control;

the updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls to the ith second information includes:

updating ith first information of the ith control in the M controls into ith second information, and displaying a first identifier in a second area;

wherein the second region is a region associated with the target control; the first identification is used for indicating first information associated with the target control. In this way, the user can more intuitively view the first information associated with the target control through the first identifier.

Optionally, the third sub-input or the fourth sub-input includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the third sub-input or the fourth sub-input is executed, the single-point input may be performed, for example, a single finger is used for sliding input, clicking input, and the like; the input may also be a multi-point input, such as a slide input, a click input, and the like, which are performed by using two fingers at the same time, the third sub-input may be a third sub-operation, and the fourth sub-input may be a fourth sub-operation.

Optionally, the second area is an area associated with the target control, and may be an area within a second range of the target control, where the second range may be preset or may be set by a user.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5(a), 4 controls are displayed, a second input of the user is received, the second input may include a first sub-input and a second sub-input, the first sub-input is sliding towards the target control 401 for selecting the target control 401, the second sub-input is sliding counterclockwise for updating the display of the M controls, and as shown in fig. 5(b), the

controls

401, 402, 403, and 404 are updated to App1 first page, second page, third page, and fourth page associated with the first information of the target control 401, respectively. The first page, the second page, the third page and the fourth page of App1 can be any pages of App1, such as a main page, a shortcut page, a function page and the like. In the second area, a first identifier 501 is displayed for indicating first information associated with the target control 401, where the first information is an App1 icon.

Optionally, the ith second information is associated with the ith first information; the input features of the second input are directional features; the ith first information is the f-th level page information or the g-th class page information of the ith control;

the updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls to the ith second information based on the input features comprises:

under the condition that the direction feature of the second input is a first direction feature, updating ith first information of an ith control in the M controls into ith second information, wherein the ith second information is f + 1-level page information of the ith control;

under the condition that the direction feature of the second input is a second direction feature, updating ith first information of an ith control in the M controls into ith second information, wherein the ith second information is f-1 level page information of the ith control;

under the condition that the direction feature of the second input is a third direction feature, updating ith first information of an ith control in the M controls into ith second information, wherein the ith second information is g + 1-th page information of the ith control;

under the condition that the direction feature of the second input is a fourth direction feature, updating ith first information of an ith control in the M controls into ith second information, wherein the ith second information is g-1 type page information of the ith control;

wherein f and g are both positive integers. Therefore, the information of the control can be updated according to the direction characteristics input by the user, so that the pages with different levels or the pages with different categories can be conveniently switched.

Optionally, the first directional feature, the second directional feature, the third directional feature or the fourth directional feature may include, but is not limited to, any direction such as upward, downward, leftward, rightward, and the like, and may also be upward first and then downward, leftward first and then rightward, upward first and then leftward first and then downward second and then leftward second and the like, and the first directional feature or the second directional feature may be preset, or may be set by a user according to own habits. Of course, the specific situation can be determined according to the actual situation, and any directional characteristic is included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7 (a), taking the first control 701 as an example, the first information of the first control 701 is the second-level page information of App1, and in the case that the directional characteristic of the second input is the first directional characteristic, such as in the case of a counterclockwise direction, the first information of the first control 701 is updated to the first second information, which is the third-level information of the first control 401 as shown in fig. 7 (b).

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8 (a), taking the first control 701 as an example, the first information of the first control 701 is the second-level page information of App1, and in a case that the directional characteristic of the second input is the second directional characteristic, such as a clockwise direction, the first information of the first control 701 is updated to the first second information, as shown in fig. 8 (b), the first second information is the first-level information of the first control 401.

Illustratively, as shown in (c) of fig. 7, taking the first control 702 as an example, the first information of the first control 701 is the second type page information of App1, and in the case that the directional feature of the second input is the third directional feature, for example, in the case of a downward direction, the first information of the first control 702 is updated to the first second information, as shown in (d) of fig. 7, the first second information is the third type information of the first control 401.

Illustratively, as shown in (c) in fig. 8, taking the first control 702 as an example, the first information of the first control 701 is the second type page information of App1, and in a case that the directional feature of the second input is the third directional feature, such as in an upward direction, the first information of the first control 702 is updated to the first second information, as shown in (d) in fig. 8, the first second information is the first type information of the first control 401.

Optionally, the second input comprises M sub-inputs;

and under the condition that the ith sub-input direction feature is a fifth direction feature, updating ith first information of an ith control in the M controls into ith second information, wherein the ith second information is information of an application program corresponding to the ith control. In this way, the first information of the M controls can be sequentially updated according to the directional characteristics input by the user.

Optionally, the M sub-inputs include, but are not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to an actual need, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the first input is executed, the first input may be a single-point input, such as a sliding input using a single finger, a click input, or the like; the input may also be a multi-point input, such as a slide input, a click input, etc. using two fingers at the same time, and the M sub-inputs may also be M sub-operations.

Optionally, the third directional characteristic may include, but is not limited to, any direction such as upward, downward, leftward, rightward, or the like, or may be upward first then downward, leftward first then rightward, upward first then leftward first, downward first then leftward first, or the like, and the first directional characteristic or the second directional characteristic may be preset, or may be set by a user according to own habit. Of course, the specific situation can be determined according to the actual situation, and any directional characteristic is included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), 4 controls are displayed, when M is 4, the second input includes 4 sub-inputs, taking the first sub-input as an example, in a case that the directional feature of the first sub-input is the third directional feature, and in a case that the directional feature of the first sub-input is downward, the 1 st first information of the 1 st control 901 in the M controls is updated to the 1 st second information, and the 1 st second information is associated with the 1 st first information, which is obtained as shown in fig. 9 (b). Similarly, when the directional feature of the second sub-input is the third directional feature, for example, when the directional feature of the second sub-input is downward, the 2 nd first information of the 2 nd control 902 in the M controls is updated to the 2 nd second information, the 2 nd second information is associated with the 2 nd first information, and so on, the first information of the M controls may be sequentially updated to the second information.

Optionally, the method further comprises: receiving a third input of a user to a first control of the N controls;

displaying at least one second identifier in a third area in response to the third input, the third area being an area associated with the first control; each second mark is used for indicating target information of the first control. In this way, at least one second identifier is displayed in the area associated with the first control for indicating the target information of the first control. And the user can conveniently and quickly display the target information by inputting the second identifier.

Optionally, the third input includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a slide input, a click input, a drag input, a long-press input, a hover touch input, and the like, which may be specifically set according to an actual need, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the third input is executed, the third input may be a single-point input, such as a sliding input using a single finger, a click input, or the like; or multi-point input, such as sliding input and clicking input by using two fingers simultaneously. The third input may also be a third operation.

Optionally, each of the second identifiers is used to indicate target information of the first control, and the target information may include, but is not limited to, a main interface, a function interface, a shortcut control, and the like of the first control.

Optionally, after displaying the at least one second identifier, receiving a fourth input of the user to a target identifier in the second identifiers, and in response to the fourth input, displaying target information indicated by the target identifier.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the user may press the control 901 for a long time, that is, the first control is the control 901, and in response to the third input, 2 second identifiers may be displayed in the third area as shown in fig. 10 (a), where the second identifier 1001 is used to indicate target information of the first control 901, for example, may indicate first page information of the first control 901. The user can also click the second identifier 1001 to display the first page information of the first control 901 indicated by the second identifier 1001.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the user may press the control 902 for a long time, that is, the first control is the control 902, and in response to the third input, 3 second identifiers may be displayed in the third area, as shown in fig. 10 (b), where the second identifier 1002 is used to indicate target information of the first control 902, for example, may indicate first function information of the first control 902, and when the App2 is a music-class application, the second identifier 1002 may be used to indicate a fast forward function in the App 2. The user may also click on second indicator 1002 to perform the fast forward function of first control 902 indicated by second indicator 1002.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the user may press the control 902 for a long time, that is, the first control is the control 902, and in response to the third input, 2 second identifiers may be displayed in the third area, as shown in fig. 10 (c), where the second identifier 1002 is used to indicate target information of the first control 902, for example, may indicate second function information of the first control 902, for example, when App2 is a chat-type application, the second identifier 1003 may be used to indicate an avatar of a contact in App 2. The user can click on the second identifier 1003 to open a chat interface of the contact in App2 indicated by the second identifier 1003.

As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device 120, where the electronic device 120 includes: a first receiving module 121, a first display module 122, a second receiving module 123 and a first updating module 124.

The first receiving module 121 is configured to receive a first input of a user; the first display module 122, configured to display, in response to the first input, N controls in a first area, each of the N controls including first information, where the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; the second receiving module 123 is configured to receive a second input of the user; the first updating module 124, configured to update the display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N and M are both positive integers.

Optionally, the electronic device further comprises: the acquisition module is used for acquiring the input characteristics of the second input; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update the display of M controls of the N controls based on the input feature of the second input.

Optionally, the input position of the first input is a first position, and the input position of the second input is a second position. The first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update the display areas of the N controls to be target areas, where the target areas are areas including the preset range of the second position.

Optionally, the input features comprise direction features or distance features; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update the arrangement manner of M controls in the N controls based on the direction feature or the distance feature.

Optionally, the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update the ith first information of the ith control of the M controls to the ith second information; the ith second information is associated with the ith first information, or the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, wherein the target control is at least one control of the N controls except the ith control; i is a positive integer.

Optionally, the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, where the target control is at least one control of the N controls except for the ith control; the second input comprises a first sub-input and a second sub-input, the first sub-input is used for determining the target control; the ith piece of second information comprises s-th level page information or h-th type page information associated with the first information of the target control, wherein s and h are positive integers.

Optionally, the second input comprises a third sub-input and a fourth sub-input, the third sub-input is used for determining the target control; the ith second information is associated with the first information of the target control; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update the ith first information of the ith control of the M controls to the ith second information, and display the first identifier in the second area; wherein the second region is a region associated with the target control; the first identification is used for indicating first information associated with the target control.

Optionally, the ith second information is associated with the ith first information; the input features of the second input are directional features; the ith first information is the f-th level page information or the g-th class page information of the ith control; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to, when the direction feature of the second input is a first direction feature, update ith first information of an ith control of the M controls to ith second information, where the ith second information is f +1 th-level page information of the ith control; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to, when the direction feature of the second input is a second direction feature, update ith first information of an ith control of the M controls to ith second information, where the ith second information is f-1 th-level page information of the ith control; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to, when the direction feature of the second input is a third direction feature, update ith first information of an ith control of the M controls to ith second information, where the ith second information is g + 1-th page information of the ith control; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to, when the directional feature of the second input is a fourth directional feature, update ith first information of an ith control of the M controls to ith second information, where the ith second information is g-1-th page information of the ith control; wherein f and g are both positive integers.

Optionally, the second input comprises M sub-inputs; the first updating module 124 is specifically configured to update, when the ith sub-input directional feature is a fifth directional feature, the ith first information of the ith control of the M controls to be ith second information, where the ith second information is associated with the ith first information.

Optionally, the electronic device further comprises: the third receiving module is used for receiving a third input of the user to the first control in the N controls; a second display module, configured to display at least one second identifier in a third area in response to the third input, where the third area is an area associated with the first control; each second mark is used for indicating target information of the first control.

The electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 10, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device configuration shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The user input unit 107 is used for receiving a first input of a user; a display unit 106, configured to display, in response to the first input, N controls in a first area, where each control includes first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; a user input unit 107 for receiving a second input by the user; a processor 110 for updating a display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N and M are both positive integers.

According to the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the electronic equipment receives the first input of a user; displaying N controls in a first area in response to the first input, wherein each control comprises first information, and the first area is an area associated with an input position of the first input; receiving a second input of the user; updating display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N is a positive integer. The N controls are displayed in the first area by receiving first input of a user, and then display of M controls in the N controls is updated by receiving second input of the user, so that the controls can be displayed in the area associated with the first input, and the controls can be updated according to the input of the user, and therefore single-hand operation of the user is more convenient.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, receive downlink data from a base station and then process the received downlink data to the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 102, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic apparatus 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the Graphics processor 1041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode.

The electronic device 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. As one type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of an electronic device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 106 may include a Display panel 1061, and the Display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. Touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near touch panel 1071 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 12, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 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 interface unit 108 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 electronic apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 100 and the external device.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the electronic device, connects various parts of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the electronic device and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the electronic device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the electronic device 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which may include the processor 110 shown in fig. 12, the memory 109, and a computer program stored on the memory 109 and capable of being executed on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements each process of the display control method shown in any one of fig. 1 to fig. 10 in the foregoing method embodiments, and may achieve the same technical effect, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the display control method shown in any one of fig. 1 to 10 in the foregoing method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

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 an electronic 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.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A display control method applied to electronic equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first input of a user;

receiving a second input of the user;

updating display of M of the N controls in response to the second input;

wherein N and M are positive integers;

the updating the display of the M of the N controls comprises:

updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls into the ith second information;

the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, and the target control is at least one control of the N controls except the ith control; i is a positive integer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the display of M of the N controls in response to the second input comprises:

acquiring input features of the second input;

updating display of M of the N controls based on the input features of the second input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the input location of the first input is a first location and the input location of the second input is a second location;

the updating the display of the M of the N controls comprises:

and updating the display areas of the N controls into a target area, wherein the target area is an area of a preset range including the second position.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the input features comprise direction features or distance features;

said updating display of M of said N controls in response to said second input comprises:

and updating the arrangement mode of M controls in the N controls based on the direction features or the distance features.

5. The method of claim 1,

the ith piece of second information comprises s-th level page information or h-th type page information associated with the first information of the target control, wherein s and h are positive integers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input comprises a third sub-input and a fourth sub-input, the third sub-input being used to determine the target control;

wherein the second region is a region associated with the target control; the first identification is used for indicating first information associated with the target control.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ith second information is associated with the ith first information; the input features of the second input are directional features; the ith first information is the f-th level page information or the g-th class page information of the ith control;

updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls to the ith second information based on the input features, including:

wherein f and g are both positive integers.

8. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second input comprises M sub-inputs;

and under the condition that the direction characteristic of the ith sub-input is a fifth direction characteristic, updating the ith first information of the ith control in the M controls into the ith second information, wherein the ith second information is associated with the ith first information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third input of a user to a first control of the N controls;

displaying at least one second identifier in a third area in response to the third input, the third area being an area associated with the first control; each second mark is used for indicating target information of the first control.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

the second receiving module is used for receiving a second input of the user;

a first update module to update a display of M of the N controls in response to the second input; wherein N and M are positive integers;

the first updating module is specifically configured to update ith first information of an ith control of the M controls to ith second information; the ith second information is associated with first information of a target control, and the target control is at least one control of the N controls except the ith control; i is a positive integer.