CN117528719A

CN117528719A - Power saving method and electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN117528719A
Application number: CN202210907364.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 顾兴权; 郑鹏珍
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-29
Filing date: 2022-07-29
Publication date: 2024-02-06
Also published as: WO2024022255A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a power saving method and electronic equipment. In the power saving method, a multi-stage power saving mode can be adopted, and the electronic equipment has different battery power when entering different power saving modes. Thereby the service time of the electronic equipment can be prolonged. In the power saving method, the boost circuit can be started when the battery electric quantity is reduced to the battery electric quantity which is to be shut down, the battery electric quantity can be fully utilized by the technical scheme, or the power consumption speed of the battery electric quantity is further reduced, and the service time of the electronic equipment under low electric quantity is prolonged.

Description

Power saving method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of electronics, and more particularly relates to a power saving method and electronic equipment.

Background

The use of electronic devices depends on the amount of battery power, and in order to sufficiently extend the standby time of the electronic device using a limited amount of power, various manufacturers have introduced a power saving mode. In general, when the battery power of the electronic device is consumed to a preset power, the electronic device is automatically turned off and cannot be used.

Therefore, how to increase the service life of the electronic device under the limited battery power becomes a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a power saving method and electronic equipment.

In a first aspect, a power saving method is provided, where the power saving method is applied to an electronic device, and the method includes: when the triggering condition of the power saving mode of the electronic equipment is met, the electronic equipment enters a first power saving mode, and the battery electric quantity of the electronic equipment when entering the first power saving mode is a first electric quantity; and in the first power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to a second electric quantity, entering a second power saving mode, wherein the second electric quantity is smaller than the first electric quantity.

In this embodiment, when the electronic device detects the power saving mode triggering condition, the electronic device may enter the first power saving mode automatically or in response to the operation of the user, and in the first power saving mode, further, when the battery power is reduced to the second power, the electronic device may enter the second power saving mode. According to the technical scheme, the power consumption speed of the electronic equipment can be reduced through the multi-stage power saving mode, so that the use duration of the electronic equipment under low electric quantity is prolonged.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the power saving mode triggering condition includes that the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to a first power level, and/or the electronic device detects a first operation of a user, where the first operation is used to instruct the electronic device to enter a first power saving mode.

In this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may automatically enter the first power saving mode when detecting that the battery power is reduced to the first power, and/or may enter the first power saving mode when detecting that the user clicks the operation of entering the first power saving mode.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to the second electric quantity, starting a boost circuit.

In this embodiment of the application, when detecting that battery power reduces to the second electric quantity, electronic equipment can also start boost circuit, can fully release battery final electric quantity through this boost circuit, and then promotes electronic equipment's use duration.

In other embodiments, the first power saving mode may be the same as the second power saving mode, and the boost circuit may be started when the battery level is detected as the second level.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: the electronic equipment displays a first display interface in the first power saving mode, wherein the first display interface comprises a preset application program, and the application program in the first display interface can be added or removed.

The preset application may be, for example, a telephone application, a short message application, etc.

In this embodiment, in a first power saving mode, the electronic device has a proprietary first display interface in the first power saving mode, where the first display interface may include a preset application program, so that a user may use the preset application program. In addition, the user can change, such as add or remove, the application program in the first display interface through the operation, so that the control of the user on the electronic equipment can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: in response to a second operation by the user, the electronic device adds the application program selected by the user to the first display interface or removes one or more of the preset application programs from the first display interface.

For example, the first display interface may include an add button or a remove button therein, and the second operation may be an operation of selecting an application program in the pop-up interface by clicking the add button, or an operation of removing the application program by clicking the remove button.

According to the technical scheme, the user can select the application program to be used in the power saving mode, so that the control of the user on the electronic equipment can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes, in the second power saving mode, displaying a second display interface by the electronic device, where the second display interface includes a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface are not addable or not removable.

The preset application program may be a phone application program, a short message application program, etc., and the application component may be a payment card of a payment application program, such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, etc., and the application card may also be a card of other application programs, etc.

In this embodiment, in the second power saving mode, the electronic device has a proprietary second display interface in the second power saving mode, where the second display interface may include a preset application program and/or an application component, and the second display interface may not be changed, for example, an application program and/or an application component may be added or removed. According to the technical scheme, the electronic equipment is further limited to be only capable of using the preset application program and/or application card, so that the use of other application programs can be limited while the basic function of the electronic equipment is ensured, the battery power consumption speed of the electronic equipment can be further reduced, and the use duration of the electronic equipment is prolonged.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the entering, by the electronic device, the second power saving mode includes: and responding to a third operation in an interface displayed when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power by a user, and entering the second power saving mode by the electronic equipment.

The third operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the confirm button in a prompt box popped up by the electronic apparatus.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may also enter the second power saving mode directly.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device enters the second power saving mode, a prompt box may be popped up to the user, and when the user clicks to confirm, the electronic device may enter the second power saving mode. According to the technical scheme, the autonomy of the user can be improved, and the control of the user on the electronic equipment is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the starting boost circuit includes: the electronic device detects whether the electronic device comprises the boost circuit; and when the electronic equipment is determined to comprise the booster circuit, the electronic equipment starts the booster circuit.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device enters the second power saving mode, it needs to determine whether a boost circuit exists in the electronic device, and when it is determined that the boost circuit exists, the boost circuit may be started, and through the boost circuit, the battery power may be effectively released, so that the service life of the electronic device may be prolonged.

In other embodiments, the shutdown interface may be invoked to shut down when the electronic device detects the absence of the boost circuit.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and responding to a fourth operation of a user, and exiting the second power saving mode and shutting down the electronic equipment.

The fourth operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the exit button.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can exit the second power saving mode and shut down by clicking the exit button, so that part of the battery power of the electronic equipment can be saved, and the user can use the electronic equipment when needed.

In other embodiments, the method further comprises: and responding to the starting operation of a user, and enabling the electronic equipment to enter the second power saving mode.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is turned off by clicking the exit button, a portion of electric quantity still exists in the battery of the electronic device, and when the user turns on again, the electronic device directly enters the second power saving mode, so that the electronic device can be used continuously.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and in the second power saving mode, the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, and the electronic equipment is powered off.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the second electric quantity.

In this embodiment, when the electronic device is charged, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is a third power larger than the second power, the electronic device may silence to exit the second power saving mode and display a normal system desktop, so that the user may use the electronic device normally, and the user experience is better.

In other embodiments, the method further comprises: and in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the first electric quantity.

In this embodiment, when the battery power is increased to a third power greater than the first power, the desktop of the system may be automatically displayed, and normal use of the user may be resumed. According to the technical scheme, when the user uses the application program with high power consumption, the situation that the electronic equipment reenters the second power saving mode due to the fact that the electric quantity is rapidly reduced is avoided, and therefore user experience can be improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and when the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, the step-up circuit is closed.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device exits the second power saving mode, the boost circuit may be turned off, so that power consumption of the electronic device may be saved.

With reference to the first aspect, in an implementation manner of the first aspect, the second electric quantity is 1%.

In general, when the battery power of the electronic device is 1%, the user is prompted to shut down the electronic device, and in the embodiment of the present application, when the battery power is 1%, the electronic device may enter the second power saving mode, so that the service life of the electronic device is prolonged.

In a second aspect, a power saving method is provided, where the power saving method is applied to an electronic device, and the method includes:

when the electronic equipment detects a power saving mode triggering condition, the electronic equipment displays a first display interface, wherein the first display interface comprises a preset application program, the application program in the first display interface can be added or removed, and the battery electric quantity of the electronic equipment when entering the first power saving mode is a first electric quantity;

When the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is continuously reduced to the second electric quantity, the electronic equipment starts the boost circuit and displays a second display interface, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface can not be added or removed.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the power saving mode triggering condition is detected, the electronic device displays a first display interface, and when the battery power is detected to be continuously reduced to a second power, a second display interface including a preset application program and/or application card is displayed, and the application program or application card in the second display interface is not added or removed. According to the technical scheme, when the battery power is low, the use of the electronic equipment by a user can be limited in a grading manner, so that the consumption speed of the battery power of the electronic equipment can be reduced; further, by starting the boost circuit, the final electric quantity of the battery of the electronic equipment can be fully released, and the service life of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

It will be appreciated that the power saving mode trigger condition may be referred to in relation to the description in the first aspect.

With reference to the second aspect, in an implementation manner of the second aspect, an exit button is included in the second display interface, and the method further includes: and responding to the operation of clicking the exit button by a user, and closing the booster circuit and shutting down the electronic equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can close the boost circuit and shut down by clicking the exit button, so that part of the battery electric quantity of the electronic equipment can be saved, and the user can use the boost circuit when needed.

With reference to the second aspect, in an implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes: and responding to the starting operation of a user, and starting the booster circuit and displaying the second display interface by the electronic equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, when the electronic device is powered off by clicking the exit button, a part of electric quantity still exists in the battery of the electronic device, and when the user is powered on again, the electronic device directly enters the second display interface, so that the electronic device can be used continuously.

With reference to the second aspect, in an implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes: when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment closes the boost circuit and displays a system desktop, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the second electric quantity.

In this embodiment, when charging the electronic device, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is a third power larger than the second power, a normal system desktop may be displayed, so that the user may use the electronic device normally, and the user experience is better.

With reference to the second aspect, in an implementation manner of the second aspect, the second electric quantity is 1%.

In a third aspect, a power saving method is provided, where the power saving method is applied to an electronic device, and the method includes: the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to second power, wherein the second power is the battery power when the electronic equipment prompts to be shut down; and in response to the battery power level decreasing to the second power level, the electronic device starts a boost circuit.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power, the electronic device starts the boost circuit in response to the reduction of the battery power to the second power. According to the technical scheme, the booster circuit is started, so that the electric quantity of the battery can be fully used, and the use time of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes: when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to the second electric quantity, entering a second power saving mode; the electronic device displays a second display interface in the second power saving mode, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface can not be added or removed, and the electronic device can only use the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface.

In this embodiment, in the second power saving mode, the electronic device has a proprietary second display interface, where the second display interface may include a preset application program and/or an application component, and the electronic device may only use the preset application program and/or the application component. According to the technical scheme, when the battery power is low, the electronic equipment can enter the second power saving mode and display the special interface, so that the use of the electronic equipment by a user is limited, and the use duration of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the entering, by the electronic device, the second power saving mode includes: and responding to a first operation of a user in a first display interface, wherein the electronic equipment enters a second power saving mode, and the first display interface is an interface of the electronic equipment before entering the second power saving mode.

The first operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the confirm button in a prompt box popped up by the electronic apparatus.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the electronic device starts a boost circuit, including: the electronic device detects whether the electronic device comprises the boost circuit; and when the electronic equipment is determined to comprise the booster circuit, the electronic equipment starts the booster circuit.

In this embodiment of the application, the electronic device needs to determine whether a boost circuit exists in the electronic device, and when determining that the boost circuit exists, the boost circuit can be started, and the battery electric quantity can be effectively released through the boost circuit, so that the service life of the electronic device can be prolonged.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes: and responding to a second operation of a user, and closing the boost circuit and shutting down the electronic equipment by the electronic equipment.

The second operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the exit button.

With reference to the third aspect, in one implementation manner of the third aspect, in response to a power-on operation of a user, the electronic device enters the second power saving mode.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes: and in the second power saving mode, the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, and the electronic equipment is powered off.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes: and in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment turns off the boost circuit, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the second electric quantity.

With reference to the third aspect, in an implementation manner of the third aspect, the second electric quantity is 1%.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an electronic device comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories; the one or more memories store one or more computer programs comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the power saving method as described in the first to third aspects and any possible implementation thereof to be performed.

In a fifth aspect, a power saving device is provided, comprising means for implementing a power saving method as described in the first to third aspects and any possible implementation thereof.

In a sixth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip comprising a processor and a communication interface for receiving signals and transmitting the signals to the processor, the processor processing the signals such that the power saving method as described in the first to third aspects and any one of their possible implementations is performed.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium has stored therein computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause a power saving method as described in the first to third aspects and any one of their possible implementations to be performed.

In an eighth aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product comprising computer program code which, when run on a computer, causes a power saving method as described in any one of the first to third aspects and any one of the possible implementations thereof to be performed.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic software structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic flow chart of a method for entering an emergency power saving mode according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flow chart of another method for entering an emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flow chart of another method for entering an emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart of a method for exiting an emergency power saving mode according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 14 is a schematic flow chart of another method of exiting an emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 15 is a schematic flow chart of another method of exiting an emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 16 is a schematic flowchart of a power saving method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 17 is a schematic flow chart of another set of power saving methods provided by embodiments of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The method for controlling the electric quantity in the embodiment of the application can be applied to electronic devices such as smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, personal computers (personal computer, PC), ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPC), netbooks, personal digital assistants (personal digital assistant, PDA), vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices and the like, and can also be applied to mobile devices such as car computers, robots and the like.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, keys 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, and a subscriber identity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, etc. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It is to be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiments of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or certain components may be combined, or certain components may be split, or different arrangements of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signal processor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural network processor (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors.

The controller may be a neural hub and a command center of the electronic device 100, among others. The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation codes and the time sequence signals to finish the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or recycled. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided and the latency of the processor 110 is reduced, thereby improving the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interfaces may include an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processor interface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, a subscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface, and/or a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, among others.

The I2C interface is a bi-directional synchronous serial bus comprising a serial data line (SDA) and a serial clock line (derail clock line, SCL).

The I2S interface may be used for audio communication. In some embodiments, the processor 110 may contain multiple sets of I2S buses. The processor 110 may be coupled to the audio module 170 via an I2S bus to enable communication between the processor 110 and the audio module 170.

PCM interfaces may also be used for audio communication to sample, quantize and encode analog signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 and the wireless communication module 160 may be coupled through a PCM bus interface.

The UART interface is a universal serial data bus for asynchronous communications. The bus may be a bi-directional communication bus. It converts the data to be transmitted between serial communication and parallel communication. In some embodiments, a UART interface is typically used to connect the processor 110 with the wireless communication module 160.

The MIPI interface may be used to connect the processor 110 to peripheral devices such as a display 194, a camera 193, and the like.

The GPIO interface may be configured by software. The GPIO interface may be configured as a control signal or as a data signal. In some embodiments, a GPIO interface may be used to connect the processor 110 with the camera 193, the display 194, the wireless communication module 160, the audio module 170, the sensor module 180, and the like.

The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard specification, and may specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130 may be used to connect a charger to charge the electronic device 100, and may also be used to transfer data between the electronic device 100 and a peripheral device.

It should be understood that the interfacing relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiments of the present application is only illustrative, and does not limit the structure of the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also use different interfacing manners, or a combination of multiple interfacing manners in the foregoing embodiments.

The charge management module 140 is configured to receive a charge input from a charger. The charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charge management module 140 may receive a charging input of a wired charger through the USB interface 130. In some wireless charging embodiments, the charge management module 140 may receive wireless charging input through a wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. The charging management module 140 may also supply power to the electronic device through the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is used for connecting the battery 142, and the charge management module 140 and the processor 110.

The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc., applied to the electronic device 100.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. The modulator is used for modulating the low-frequency baseband signal to be transmitted into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator is used for demodulating the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. The demodulator then transmits the demodulated low frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor and then transferred to the application processor. The application processor outputs sound signals through an audio device (not limited to the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, etc.), or displays images or video through the display screen 194. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be a stand-alone device. In other embodiments, the modem processor may be provided in the same device as the mobile communication module 150 or other functional module, independent of the processor 110.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide solutions for wireless communication including wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN) (e.g., wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (BT), bluetooth low energy (bluetooth low energy, BLE), global navigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field wireless communication technology (near field communication, NFC), infrared technology (IR), etc., as applied on the electronic device 100.

In some embodiments, antenna 1 and mobile communication module 150 of electronic device 100 are coupled, and antenna 2 and wireless communication module 160 are coupled, such that electronic device 100 may communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication techniques.

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. Processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may be a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), or a display panel made of one of organic light-emitting diode (OLED), active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED), flexible light-emitting diode (flex), miniled, microLed, micro-OLED, or quantum dot light-emitting diode (quantum dot light emitting diodes, QLED). In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The electronic device 100 may implement photographing functions through an ISP, a camera 193, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like.

The ISP is used to process data fed back by the camera 193. The camera 193 is used to capture still images or video.

The digital signal processor is used for processing digital signals, and can process other digital signals besides digital image signals.

Video codecs are used to compress or decompress digital video. The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to enable expansion of the memory capabilities of the electronic device 100.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code including instructions. The processor 110 executes various functional applications of the electronic device 100 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121.

The electronic device 100 may implement audio functions through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, an application processor, and the like. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a "horn," is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals.

A receiver 170B, also referred to as a "earpiece", is used to convert the audio electrical signal into a sound signal.

Microphone 170C, also referred to as a "microphone" or "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals.

The earphone interface 170D is used to connect a wired earphone.

The pressure sensor 180A is used to sense a pressure signal, and may convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display screen 194.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine a motion gesture of the electronic device 100.

The air pressure sensor 180C is used to measure air pressure. In some embodiments, electronic device 100 calculates altitude from barometric pressure values measured by barometric pressure sensor 180C, aiding in positioning and navigation.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect the magnitude of acceleration of the electronic device 100 in various directions (typically three axes).

A distance sensor 180F for measuring a distance.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect a fingerprint.

The touch sensor 180K, also referred to as a "touch panel". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen".

The bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal. In some embodiments, bone conduction sensor 180M may acquire a vibration signal of a human vocal tract vibrating bone pieces. The bone conduction sensor 180M may also contact the pulse of the human body to receive the blood pressure pulsation signal.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration cue.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, may be used to indicate a state of charge, a change in charge, a message indicating a missed call, a notification, etc.

The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect a SIM card.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture, or a cloud architecture. In this embodiment, taking an Android system with a layered architecture as an example, a software structure of the electronic device 100 is illustrated.

Fig. 2 is a software configuration block diagram of the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application. The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each with distinct roles and branches. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer, an application framework layer, an Zhuoyun row (Android run) and system libraries, and a kernel layer, respectively. The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 2, the application package may include applications for cameras, gallery, calendar, phone calls, map, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short messages, wallet, cell phone steward, etc. In the embodiment of the application, when the electronic equipment enters the emergency power saving mode, the mobile phone manager can limit the use of the application program of the electronic equipment by the user.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for application programs of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in fig. 2, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, a power management service, a battery management service, and the like.

The window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can acquire the size of the display screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make such data accessible to applications. The data may include video, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phonebooks, etc.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls to display text, controls to display pictures, and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface including a text message notification icon may include a view displaying text and a view displaying a picture.

The telephony manager is used to provide the communication functions of the electronic device 100. Such as the management of call status (including on, hung-up, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application program, such as localization strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and the like.

The notification manager allows the application to display notification information in a status bar, can be used to communicate notification type messages, can automatically disappear after a short dwell, and does not require user interaction. Such as notification manager is used to inform that the download is complete, message alerts, etc. The notification manager may also be a notification in the form of a chart or scroll bar text that appears on the system top status bar, such as a notification of a background running application, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, a text message is prompted in a status bar, a prompt tone is emitted, the electronic device vibrates, and an indicator light blinks, etc.

The power management service may include a query interface, an on/off interface. The query interface is used for a desktop process to query whether a boost circuit exists. The open/close interface is used for the electronic device to open or close the boost circuit.

The battery management service may include an exit interface. The exit interface can be used for the electronic equipment to send a broadcast message for exiting the emergency power saving mode to a mobile phone manager and a desktop process through the exit interface.

Android runtimes include core libraries and virtual machines. Android run time is responsible for scheduling and management of the Android system.

The core library consists of two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes java files of the application program layer and the application program framework layer as binary files. The virtual machine is used for executing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media library (media library), three-dimensional graphics processing library (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engine (e.g., SGL), desktop process (symUI), etc.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

Media libraries support a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, still image files, and the like. The media library may support a variety of audio video encoding formats, such as: MPEG4, h.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The systemUI is used to manage a desktop of the electronic device, detect a power of the electronic device, and the like.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises display drive, camera drive, audio drive, sensor drive, booster circuit drive, electric quantity drive and the like.

The use of electronic devices depends on the amount of battery power, and various manufacturers have introduced various power saving modes in order to extend the standby time of the electronic devices sufficiently with limited power. In general, when the battery power of the electronic device reaches a preset power (e.g., 1%), the electronic device is automatically turned off and cannot be used.

In view of this, the embodiment of the application provides a power saving method and an electronic device, which can further limit the use of the user electronic device on the basis of fully utilizing the battery power of the electronic device, thereby improving the use time of the electronic device under low power.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a set of graphical user interfaces (graphical user interface, GUI) provided by an embodiment of the present application. Here, the procedure of the user using the emergency power saving mode is shown from (a) to (f) in fig. 3.

Referring to (a) of fig. 3, the GUI is a display desktop 310 of the mobile phone, and icons of a plurality of applications installed by a user may be included in the display desktop 310. When the mobile phone detects an operation of the user clicking on the icon 311 of the setup application, a GUI as shown in (b) of fig. 3 may be displayed.

Referring to (b) of fig. 3, the GUI is a display interface 320 of settings of the mobile phone, and a plurality of setting options such as biometric and password, application and service, battery, storage, security, etc. may be included in the display interface 320. When the mobile phone detects an operation in which the user clicks the area where the battery is located, a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 3 may be displayed.

Referring to fig. 3 (c), the GUI is a display interface 330 of the battery, and the display interface 330 may include multiple modes supported by the mobile phone, for example, a performance mode 331, a power saving mode 332, a super power saving 333, and an emergency power saving 334, and the user may select different modes according to the requirement, and the display interface 330 may further include content such as a battery percentage display mode, more battery settings, and the like. When the mobile phone detects an operation of clicking the function button 335 in the emergency power saving 334 by the user, a GUI as shown in (d) of fig. 3 may be displayed.

Referring to (d) in fig. 3, the GUI is a display interface 340 of the mobile phone in the emergency power saving mode, the display interface 340 may include a phone App, information App and App1 and App2, and the App1 and App2 may be payment apps, such as Hua being payment; the two-dimensional payment code or bar code of App1 and App2 may be displayed in the display interface 340; the display interface 340 may further include an exit function button 341 for exiting the emergency power saving mode. When the handset detects that the user clicks the exit function button 341, a GUI as shown in (e) of fig. 3 may be displayed.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the mobile phone enters the emergency power saving mode, the user may use the basic functions of calling, sending a short message, paying, etc. of the application program in the display interface 340, but the use of other application programs by the user is limited, so as to further extend the use duration while meeting the basic use requirement of the user as much as possible.

Referring to (e) in fig. 3, a text prompt box 360 may be popped up in the display interface 340 of the mobile phone, and the text prompt box 360 may include text content "do it exit the emergency power saving mode? The text prompt box may also include a cancel button 361 and an exit button 362. After the mobile phone detects that the user clicks the exit button 362, if the battery level of the mobile phone is less than the preset value at this time, a GUI as shown in (f) of fig. 3 may be displayed.

It should be appreciated that after the mobile phone detects that the user clicks the exit button 362, if the battery power of the mobile phone is greater than the preset value, the mobile phone may display a normal system desktop.

Referring to fig. 3 (f), a text prompt box 350 may be popped up in the display interface 340 of the mobile phone, and the text prompt box 350 may include text content "the mobile phone will be turned off after 30 s".

In the embodiment of the application, in the setting interface of the battery in the mobile phone, a plurality of modes are provided for the user, wherein the modes comprise an emergency power saving mode, so that the user can select to enter the emergency power saving mode under extreme conditions, and the service time of the mobile phone is prolonged as much as possible.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. Here, a procedure in which the user uses the emergency power saving mode is shown from (a) to (d) in fig. 4.

Referring to fig. 4 (a), the GUI is a display interface 430 of a battery of the mobile phone. The display interface 430 may include a plurality of modes supported by the mobile phone, for example, a performance mode 431, a power saving mode 432, and a super power saving mode 433, and the display interface 430 may further include a battery percentage display mode, more battery settings, and the like. When the mobile phone detects the user's operation of clicking the function button 434 of the super power saving 433, a GUI as shown in (b) of fig. 4 may be displayed.

Referring to (b) of fig. 4, the super power saving 433 in the display interface 430 of the mobile phone may further include an emergency power saving 435, and when the mobile phone detects an operation of clicking a function button 436 in the emergency power saving 435 by a user, a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 4 may be displayed.

Referring to fig. 4 (c), a text prompt box 450 may be popped up in the display interface 430 of the mobile phone, and "do it enter emergency power saving mode? "the text prompt box 450 may further include functionality controls 451 and 452, and when the mobile phone detects that the user clicks the functionality control 451, a GUI as shown in (d) of fig. 4 may be displayed.

It should be appreciated that after the handset detects the user clicking on the functionality control 452, a super power saving interface may be entered.

Referring to fig. 4 (d), the GUI is a display 440 of the handset in the emergency power saving mode. See the relevant description in (d) of fig. 3.

In the embodiment of the application, the emergency power saving mode is a further power saving scheme under the super power saving mode, when the user selects the super power saving mode, the emergency power saving mode can be further selected, and when the user determines to enter the emergency power saving mode, the mobile phone can enter the emergency power saving mode. When the user chooses not to enter the emergency power saving mode, the mobile phone can enter the super power saving mode.

In other embodiments, after the mobile phone enters the super power saving mode, when the electric quantity of the mobile phone is 1%, and is about to be turned off, a text prompt box can be popped up to prompt the user whether to enter the emergency power saving mode, when the user selects to enter the emergency power saving mode, the mobile phone can enter the emergency power saving mode, and when the user selects not to enter the emergency power saving mode, the mobile phone calls the power off interface to turn off. Or after the mobile phone enters the super power saving mode, when the electric quantity of the mobile phone is about to be shut down at 1%, the mobile phone automatically enters the emergency power saving mode.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. Here, (a) to (d) in fig. 5 show a process of entering the emergency power saving mode by the mobile phone.

Fig. 5 (a) may be referred to in fig. 4 (a) for brevity and will not be described again. After the mobile phone detects the operation of the user clicking the function control 434 of the super power saving 433, a GUI as shown in (b) of fig. 5 may be displayed.

In other embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the battery level is lower than a preset value, for example, 10%, the mobile phone may enter a super power saving mode.

Referring to fig. 5 (b), the GUI is a display interface 220 of the mobile phone in the super power saving mode. The display interface 220 may include a phone App and a short message App, and the display interface 220 may further include add functionality controls 223 and 224, an exit functionality control 221, and an edit functionality control 222.

When the user clicks the exit function 221, the handset may exit the super power saving mode; when the user clicks the add function control 223 or 224, an application program which is desired to be added can be selected in the popped-up interface, that is, the application program can be used in the super power saving mode; when the user clicks on edit functionality control 222, the application in display interface 220 may be selectively deleted.

In the super power saving mode, when the battery power of the mobile phone is reduced to a first preset value (e.g., 1%), the mobile phone may display a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 5.

Referring to (c) of fig. 5, a text prompt box 250 may be popped up in the display interface 220 of the mobile phone, and "do it enter the emergency power saving mode? "the text prompt box 250 may further include functionality controls 251 and 252, and when the handset detects that the user clicks on the functionality control 251, a GUI as shown in fig. 5 (d) may be displayed.

In some embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity is 1%, the mobile phone can also directly enter the emergency power saving mode, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In some embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity is 1%, it may also be determined whether the emergency power saving mode is supported, if so, the mobile phone directly enters the emergency power saving mode, and if not, the mobile phone may be directly powered off.

Referring to fig. 5 (d), the GUI is a display interface 230 of the mobile phone in the emergency power saving mode, and in particular, reference may be made to the description of fig. 4 (d).

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electric quantity reaches a preset value in the super power saving mode, the user may enter the emergency power saving mode, and in the emergency power saving mode, the user may be restricted from using only the application program in the display interface. According to the technical scheme, two-stage power saving can be achieved, so that the electric quantity of the battery can be fully utilized, and the service life of the electronic equipment is prolonged as much as possible.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. Here, (a) to (d) in fig. 6 show the procedure of the mobile phone from entering the emergency power saving mode to exiting the emergency power saving mode.

Referring to fig. 6 (a), the GUI is a display desktop 510 of the mobile phone, and when the mobile phone detects that the battery level is reduced to a first preset value (e.g. 1%), a text prompt box 520 may be popped up in the display desktop 510. The text prompt box 520 may display the text content "the handset will shut down after 60 seconds-! Whether to enter emergency power saving mode ", functionality controls 521 and 522 may also be included in text prompt 520. When the handset detects an operation of clicking the function control 521 by the user, a GUI as shown in (b) of fig. 6 may be displayed.

It should be appreciated that when the handset detects that the user clicks the functionality control 522, the handset may display text content "the handset will power off after 60 seconds," or the handset may directly invoke the power off interface to power off.

In other embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the battery power is reduced by 1%, the user may also be prompted by voice whether to enter the emergency power saving mode, and when the user answers a "yes" or "enter the emergency power saving mode" or the like for an utterance indicating "ok", the mobile phone may display a GUI as shown in (b) of fig. 6. Alternatively, the mobile phone may perform voice prompt and the like while displaying the text prompt box.

In other embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the battery power is reduced to 1%, the user may also be prompted by ejecting the card to enter the emergency power saving mode.

Referring to fig. 6 (b), the GUI is a display 530 of the handset in the emergency power saving mode. The display interface 530 may include a phone App, a message App, app1, app2, where App1, app2 may be payment App, such as a smart phone payment, a WeChat payment, a payment device payment, etc. An exit function button 531 may also be included in the display interface 530.

In some embodiments, the payment two-dimensional code or bar code of App1, app2 may be displayed in the display interface 530, thereby facilitating direct payment by the user; alternatively, the embodiment of the present application is not limited by clicking on the icon of the two-dimensional code or the bar code, entering the payment interface, and the like. In some embodiments, only phone App, information App, app1, or phone App, information App, app2 may be displayed in the display interface 530.

It should be appreciated that when the handset enters the emergency power saving mode, a handset keeper in the handset may close all running applications, allowing the user to use only a portion of the applications in the emergency power saving mode. Or when the mobile phone enters the emergency power saving mode, a mobile phone manager in the mobile phone can close all application programs except the application program in the emergency power saving mode so as to save the power consumption of the mobile phone.

When the mobile phone detects an operation of the user clicking the exit function button 531, a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 5 may be displayed.

Referring to fig. 6 (c), a text prompt box 560 may be popped up in the display interface of the mobile phone, and the text prompt box 560 may include text content "do it exit from the emergency power saving mode? The text prompt box 560 may also include a cancel button 561 and an exit button 562. When the handset detects an operation of the user clicking the exit button 562, a GUI as shown in (d) of fig. 6 may be displayed.

Referring to fig. 6 (d), a text prompt box 550 is popped up in the handset display interface 530, and the text content "the handset will be turned off after 30 s" may be displayed in the text prompt box 550.

In some embodiments, the text content in the text prompt box 550 may also be that the mobile phone will be turned off after 15s or 40s, and the specific duration is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment of the application, when the mobile phone electric quantity reduces to 1%, the user can be prompted whether to enter into the emergency power saving mode, and when the user selects to enter into the emergency power saving mode, the user switches to the emergency power saving interface so as to improve the service time of the electronic equipment. The user can also exit the emergency power saving mode by actively clicking the exit function button, so that part of the electric quantity can be reserved.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. Here, (a) to (c) in fig. 7 show a procedure from entering the emergency power saving mode to exiting the emergency power saving mode by the user.

It should be understood that (a) and (b) in fig. 7 may be referred to the corresponding descriptions of (a) and (b) in fig. 6, and will not be repeated for brevity.

In the emergency power saving mode, when the mobile phone detects that the last 1% of the battery is about to run out, the mobile phone may display a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 7.

Referring to fig. 7 (c), a text prompt box 560 may be displayed in the display interface 530 of the mobile phone, and the text prompt box 560 may include text content "power-up, the mobile phone will be turned off after 30 s. Alternatively, the handset may voice report "power spent" that the handset will shut down after 30 s.

Based on the embodiment of the application, when the mobile phone enters the emergency power saving mode and the last 1% of the electric quantity of the battery of the mobile phone is exhausted, the mobile phone calls the power off interface to power off, and at this time, the mobile phone cannot be started under the condition that the electric quantity is not supplemented.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. Here, (a) to (c) in fig. 8 show a procedure from entering the emergency power saving mode to exiting the emergency power saving mode by the user.

It should be understood that (a) and (b) in fig. 8 may be referred to the corresponding descriptions of (a) and (b) in fig. 6, and are not repeated for brevity.

In the emergency power saving mode, the user charges the mobile phone, and when the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity of the battery reaches a second preset value (for example, 2%), the mobile phone can display a GUI as shown in (c) of fig. 8.

Referring to fig. 8 (c), the GUI is a display desktop 840 of the handset. That is, when the battery power reaches the second preset value, the mobile phone can automatically exit the emergency power saving mode to display a normal desktop. At this time, the user can normally use the mobile phone.

It should be appreciated that when the handset exits the emergency power saving mode, the handset housekeeper may not need to limit the applications and the user may use all applications installed by the handset normally.

In this embodiment of the application, when the user charges the mobile phone, and the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity reaches a second preset value (such as 2%), the mobile phone can automatically exit the emergency power saving mode to display a normal system desktop, so that the user does not need to manually exit, and the user experience can be improved.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another set of GUIs provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, when the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity of the battery of the mobile phone is reduced to a first preset value (for example, 1%), a text prompt box 720 can be popped up in the display interface 710 of the mobile phone, and text content "the electric quantity is about to be exhausted" can be displayed in the text prompt box 720, and the mobile phone is turned off after 60 s.

For example, when the mobile phone detects that the electric quantity of the battery of the mobile phone is reduced to 1%, the mobile phone can detect whether the mobile phone supports the emergency power saving mode, such as whether a booster circuit exists in the mobile phone, and when the mobile phone detects that the booster circuit does not exist, it can be determined that the mobile phone does not support the emergency power saving mode, and at this time, the mobile phone can display that the electric quantity is about to be exhausted, and the mobile phone is shut down after 60 s.

In other embodiments, when the mobile phone detects that the battery power is reduced to 1%, the mobile phone can also be voice-prompted to "power is about to be exhausted" and shut down after 60 s. Alternatively, the mobile phone may perform voice prompt and the like while displaying the text prompt box.

Fig. 10 is a schematic flow chart of entering an emergency power saving mode provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, the method 900 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 900 may include steps 910 to 960.

910, the electronic device detects the battery power as a first preset value.

It should be understood that the first preset value may be 1%, 2% or the like, or the first preset value may be a range of values, for example, 0.8% to 1.5%, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. For example, the first preset value is 1%, and when the battery power of the electronic device is 1% along with the use of the electronic device by the user, it means that the battery power of the electronic device is extremely low at this time, and the electronic device is about to be turned off.

Illustratively, a desktop process (systemUI) in the electronic device may detect the battery level in real time, and when it is detected that the battery level is 1%, step 920 may be performed.

920, the electronic device determines whether a boost circuit is present.

The boost circuit may be a chopper (boost) boost circuit, for example. The boost circuit can release the last 1% of the electric quantity of the battery.

It should be understood that the boost circuit may be other boost circuits, and embodiments of the present application are not limited.

In some embodiments, a power management service is provided in an application framework layer (FWK), and a query interface for querying whether a boost circuit exists may be included in the power management service, and through the query interface, whether the boost circuit exists may be queried. An opening or closing interface for opening or closing the boost circuit is also provided in the power management service.

It should be appreciated that this step 920 is an optional step, and in some embodiments this step 920 may not be performed, with the default electronic device having a boost circuit.

930, when the electronic device confirms that the boost circuit is not present, it prompts that the electric quantity is about to be exhausted, and is shut down after 60 s.

For example, the electronic device may prompt the user for an impending shutdown in a voice broadcast, text display, card, or the like.

In some embodiments, 60s in the prompt is preset, but may be other values, such as 30s, etc., which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

940, when the electronic device confirms that the boost circuit exists, prompting the user whether to enter an emergency power saving mode.

For example, the electronic device may query the user as to whether to enter the emergency power saving mode in the form of a text prompt box. Referring to fig. 5, the handset may prompt the user with a text prompt box 520 whether to enter an emergency power saving mode.

In one possible implementation, the user may choose to enter the emergency power saving mode, and step 950 may be performed.

Illustratively, referring to (a) in fig. 6, when the handset detects that the user clicks the functionality control 521, the handset may enter an emergency power saving mode.

In another possible implementation, the user may choose not to enter the emergency power saving mode, and step 960 may be performed.

950, entering an emergency power saving mode, and displaying an emergency power saving interface by the electronic equipment.

When the user selects to enter the emergency power saving mode, the electronic equipment can enter the emergency power saving mode and display an emergency power saving interface.

It should be understood that, in the emergency power saving interface, only the two-dimensional code or bar code for payment of the telephone, the sms and the payment application may be displayed, and other applications are not allowed to use.

In some embodiments, a cell phone steward of an electronic device can shut down all applications running after the electronic device enters an emergency power save mode and only allow the user to use the applications in the emergency power save interface.

For example, referring to (b) in fig. 6, the mobile phone enters the display interface 530 in the emergency power saving mode, including the phone App, the information App, app1, app2, so that the requirements of calling, sending a short message, and paying by the user can be satisfied, and other applications are not available, so as to extend the service duration of the mobile phone as much as possible.

Step 960 may be performed when the electronic device is in an emergency power saving mode and the battery level is depleted.

960, invoking a shutdown interface to shutdown.

In one example, the electronic device invokes a shutdown interface to shut down when the last 1% of the battery power of the electronic device is exhausted. The electronic device may not be powered on without charging.

In another example, when the user selects not to enter the emergency power saving mode, the electronic device may also call the power off interface to power off, but since the battery still has 1% of electricity, the electronic device may be turned on according to the user power on operation after power off, and at this time, the electronic device may directly enter the emergency power saving mode after power on.

In an embodiment of the application, when the electronic device detects that the battery power reaches 1%, the user can be prompted whether to enter the emergency power saving mode, and when the user selects to enter the emergency power saving mode, the user switches to the emergency power saving interface so as to improve the use duration of the electronic device. According to the technical scheme, the electronic equipment can fully utilize the last 1% of electric quantity of the battery, so that the service time is prolonged. Further, in the emergency power saving mode, the user can perform operations such as calling, sending short messages, paying and the like, and user experience can be improved.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of the present application for entering an emergency power saving mode. As shown in fig. 11, the method 1500 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1500 may include steps 1510 through 1570.

1510, the electronic device detects that the battery power is a first preset value, and enters a super power saving mode.

It should be appreciated that the super power saving mode may be entered when the electronic device detects that the battery level is a first preset value. The first preset value may be 10%,5%, etc., and the specific value of the first preset value in the embodiment of the present application is not limited.

In other embodiments, the user may actively enter the super power saving mode, for example, the user may select a super power saving function control at a setting interface of the battery, thereby entering the super power saving mode.

In some embodiments, after the electronic device enters the super power saving mode, a display interface in the super power saving mode may be displayed, see (c) in fig. 5, in the display interface 220 in the super power saving mode, the user may click an add button to add the application program desired to be used to the display interface 220, and for the application program in the display interface 220 that does not display the icon, the user may not use the application program.

1520, in the super power saving mode, the electronic device detects the battery power as a second preset value, where the second preset value is smaller than the first preset value.

It should be understood that, in the super power saving mode, the battery power of the electronic device is consumed from the first preset value to the second preset value, where the second preset value may be 1%, 2%, and the like, and the specific value of the second preset value is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In other embodiments, step 1530 may also be performed when the electronic device detects that the mobile phone is to be powered off in the super power saving mode.

1530, the electronic device determines if a boost circuit is present.

1540, when the electronic device confirms that the boost circuit is not present, prompting that the electric quantity is about to be exhausted, and shutting down after 60 s.

1550, prompting the user whether to enter an emergency power saving mode when the electronic device confirms that the boost circuit exists.

1560, entering an emergency power saving mode, the electronic device displaying an emergency power saving interface.

1570, a shutdown interface is invoked to shutdown.

The descriptions of steps 920 to 960 may be detected in steps 1530 to 1570, and are not repeated here for brevity.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the battery power is a first preset value, the electronic device may enter a super power saving mode, and along with the consumption of the power, when the battery power is a second preset value (such as 1%), the electronic device may enter an emergency power saving mode according to the selection of the user or by itself, so as to further limit the use of the electronic device by the user, thereby implementing two-stage power saving, and further improving the use duration of the electronic device.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of the present application for entering an emergency power saving mode. As shown in fig. 12, the method 1000 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1000 may include steps 1010 through 1050.

1010, the electronic device detects that the battery level reaches a first preset value, and the user selects not to enter the emergency power saving mode.

It will be appreciated that this first preset value may be referred to in the foregoing description, and may be 1%, for example.

Illustratively, when the electronic device detects that the battery level reaches 1%, a prompt box is popped up in the display interface to ask the user whether to enter the emergency power saving mode, and when the user selects no, step 1020 may be executed.

1020, the electronic device invokes a shutdown interface to shutdown.

1030, detecting that the user presses the power key for a long time, and executing a startup action by the electronic device.

It should be appreciated that, since the user chooses not to enter the emergency power saving mode before the electronic device is powered off, 1% of the battery power remains in the battery of the electronic device, and the electronic device may start the boost circuit to release the battery power, so that a power-on operation may be performed.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may also detect whether a boost circuit is present, and perform a power-on action when it is determined that the boost circuit is present; and when the boost circuit is determined not to exist, the starting-up action is not executed.

1040, the electronic device enters an emergency power saving mode and displays an emergency power saving interface.

It should be understood that the electronic device directly enters the emergency power saving mode after being started, and the display interface displays the emergency power saving interface. It should be understood that the first-aid power saving interface may be referred to in the foregoing description, and will not be repeated for brevity.

1050, the electronic device detects the exhaustion of the electric quantity and invokes the shutdown interface to shutdown.

In the emergency power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, the shutdown interface is called to shut down. At this time, since the last 1% of the battery is also consumed, the electronic device cannot be started up without charging.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the battery power of the electronic device reaches a preset value and the user selects not to enter the emergency power saving mode, the electronic device performs a shutdown action. When a user presses a power key for a long time, as the battery still leaves the last 1% of electric quantity, the electronic equipment can start the booster circuit to release the electric quantity of the battery, so that the starting action can be executed, and the electronic equipment directly enters an emergency power saving mode after being started, so that the service time of the electronic equipment is prolonged.

Fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart of exiting an emergency power saving mode provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 13, the method 1100 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1100 includes steps 1110 to 1120.

1110, the electronic device detects that the user clicks the exit functionality control in the emergency power saving mode.

Illustratively, referring to (b) in fig. 6, when the handset detects that the user clicks the exit function control 531, the emergency power saving mode may be exited.

1120, the electronic device invokes a shutdown interface to shutdown.

Illustratively, referring to (c) in fig. 6, the handset invokes the handset interface to power off and displays text content "handset will power off after 30 s".

In one embodiment of the application, the user can exit the emergency power saving mode through active operation in the emergency power saving mode, so that part of the electric quantity of the electronic equipment can be reserved.

Fig. 14 is a schematic flow chart of another exit from emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 14, the method 1200 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1200 may include steps 1210 through 1220.

1210, the electronic device detects that the battery is about to run out, prompting a shutdown after 30 seconds.

1220, the electronic device invokes a shutdown interface to shutdown.

For example, referring to (b) and (c) in fig. 7, when the mobile phone is in the emergency power saving mode, the user is prompted to shut down the mobile phone at 30s when the battery is detected to be about to run out.

It should be understood that the electronic device en may also prompt to shut down after 60s when it detects that the battery is about to run out, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited to this specific duration.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device enters the emergency power saving mode and the last 1% of the power of the electronic device is exhausted, the electronic device invokes the shutdown interface to shut down, and at this time, the electronic device cannot be started up without supplementing the power.

Fig. 15 is a schematic flow chart of another exit from emergency power saving mode provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 15, the method 1300 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1300 may include steps 1310 to 1320.

1310, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is greater than a second preset value, exiting the emergency power saving mode.

It should be appreciated that in the case where the user charges the electronic device, the electronic device may detect a change in the power in real time, and when detecting that the battery power is greater than a second preset value (e.g., 2%), the electronic device may exit the emergency power saving mode.

In some embodiments, an exit interface is included in an application framework layer in the electronic device through which the electronic device can send broadcast messages to the electronic device manager and the systemUI when the battery level is greater than a second preset value. After receiving the broadcast message, the system UI switches the desktop of the electronic equipment from the display interface of the emergency power saving mode to the system desktop, and after receiving the broadcast message, the electronic equipment manager releases the limit on other application programs, so that the electronic equipment is restored to be normal.

1320, the electronic device displays the system desktop.

For example, referring to (b) and (c) in fig. 8, when the battery level is greater than the second preset value, the mobile phone may exit the emergency power saving mode and display the desktop of the system. At this point, the cell phone steward no longer restricts the use of the application by the user.

In an embodiment of the application, when the user charges the electronic device, the electronic device detects that the electric quantity reaches a second preset value (such as 2%), the electronic device can automatically exit the emergency power saving mode to display a normal system desktop, so that the user does not need to manually exit, and the user experience can be improved.

Fig. 16 is a schematic flowchart of a power saving method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 16, the method 1600 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1600 may include steps 1610 to 1620.

1610, when the triggering condition of the power saving mode is met, the electronic device enters a first power saving mode, and the battery power of the electronic device when entering the first power saving mode is the first power.

In some embodiments, the power saving mode trigger condition may include the electronic device detecting that the battery power is reduced to a first power level, and/or the electronic device detecting a first operation by a user, the first operation being for instructing the electronic device to enter the first power saving mode.

For example, referring to (a) and (b) in fig. 5, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, the first power saving mode may be super power saving, and the mobile phone may enter the super power saving mode in response to a user clicking the super power saving function button 434.

Or when the mobile phone detects that the battery power is the first power, the mobile phone can also enter a super power saving mode. Illustratively, the first amount of power may be 5%, 4%, etc. Or when the mobile phone detects that the battery electric quantity is the first electric quantity and the user clicks the determination button, entering a super power saving mode.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is the first power, a prompt box may be popped up, and when the selection operation of the user is not detected within a preset period of time, the first power saving mode may be automatically entered.

1620, in the first power saving mode, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to a second power, the electronic device enters the second power saving mode, wherein the second power is smaller than the first power.

For example, referring to (c) and (d) in fig. 5, when the mobile phone detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power in the super power saving mode, the electronic device may enter the emergency power saving mode.

For example, the second electric quantity may be 0.8% to 1.2%, and the specific value of the second electric quantity is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

the electronic device starts the boost circuit when detecting that the battery power is reduced to the second power.

In other embodiments, the first power saving mode may be the same as the second power saving mode, and the boost circuit may be started when the battery level is detected as the second level. According to the technical scheme, the battery electric quantity can be further released in the power saving mode, so that the service life of the electronic equipment is prolonged.

In other embodiments, when the electronic device detects the power saving mode triggering condition, the electronic device enters a first power saving mode, and in the first power saving mode, the boost circuit may be started when detecting that the battery power is reduced to the second power. According to the technical scheme, the battery electric quantity can be further released in the power saving mode, so that the service life of the electronic equipment is prolonged.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

the electronic device displays a first display interface in a first power saving mode, wherein the first display interface comprises a preset application program, and the application program in the first display interface can be added or removed.

For example, referring to (b) in fig. 5, the first display interface may be a display interface 220 of a mobile phone, the preset application may be a phone application and a sms application, and the application in the display interface 220 may be changed, such as adding or removing some applications, and the application user in the display interface 220 may use normally.

It should be appreciated that the preset application may also be other applications.

In other embodiments, the first display interface may also include a preset application component.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

in response to a second operation by the user, the electronic device adds the application selected by the user to the first display interface or removes one or more of the preset applications from the first display interface.

Illustratively, referring to (b) of fig. 5, the user may select other applications to be added to the display interface 220 in the pop-up interface by clicking the add function button 223 or 224, and may also remove the selected applications from the display interface 220 by clicking the edit button 222.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

the electronic equipment displays a second display interface in a second power saving mode, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface are not added or removed.

Illustratively, referring to (d) in fig. 5, the second display interface may be a display interface 230 of a mobile phone, and the application program and/or the application component may be a phone application program, a short message application program, and App1, app2. And the applications, and/or application components, that can be included in the display interface 230 are unalterable, such as added or removed. That is, in the emergency power saving mode, the electronic device can only use the application programs and/or application components in the display interface, and other application programs cannot be used, so that the consumption of the battery power can be reduced.

It should be appreciated that the application component (application widget, app widget), which may also be referred to as a card or service component (service widget) or application widget or application gadget, may be a widget or widget. The Application component is generally used for displaying important information of an Application program (Application) on a desktop of the electronic device, realizing a certain business characteristic of the Application program, and enabling a user to use the Application component through a shortcut gesture so as to achieve the purposes of serving one-step direct and reducing level jump.

For example, an application component based on android operating system settings may be referred to as an ongoing card (on card), and an application component based on hong operating system settings may be referred to as a service card, such as a Form Availability (FA).

Illustratively, the App1 is a service card for payment, and when the user clicks on the service card, a two-dimensional code or a bar code for payment may be displayed in the enlarged card to provide the user with a payment function.

In some embodiments, the electronic device enters a second power saving mode comprising: and responding to a third operation in an interface displayed when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power, and entering a second power saving mode by the electronic equipment.

In some embodiments, starting up the boost circuit includes: the electronic device detects whether the electronic device comprises a boost circuit; upon determining that the electronic device includes the boost circuit, the electronic device activates the boost circuit.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may not include a boost circuit, and the electronic device may directly prompt the shutdown.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

And responding to a fourth operation of the user, and exiting the second power saving mode and shutting down the electronic equipment.

The fourth operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the exit button. Referring to (c) and (d) of fig. 6, the fourth operation may be an operation that the user clicks the exit button 562, and the mobile phone may exit the second power saving mode and prompt the user that the mobile phone will be turned off after 30 s.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

in response to a power-on operation of the user, the electronic device enters a second power saving mode.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise: in the second power saving mode, the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, and the electronic equipment is powered off.

For example, referring to fig. 7, in the emergency power saving mode, when the cell phone battery is exhausted, the user may be prompted that the cell phone will be powered off after 30 s. At this time, the mobile phone cannot be started up under the condition of not supplementing electric quantity.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise: in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is increased to the third power, the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, wherein the third power is larger than the second power.

In some embodiments, the system desktop may be displayed when the electronic device exits the second power saving mode.

Illustratively, referring to fig. 8 (c), the system desktop may be a display interface 840 of the mobile phone, and the system desktop may be a main interface of the mobile phone, for example, a main interface displayed after the screen lock password is input by powering on.

It is understood that the third charge may be 2%, 3%, etc.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 further comprises:

in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is increased to the third power, the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode and displays a desktop of the system, wherein the third power is larger than the first power.

In some embodiments, the method 1600 may further comprise:

and when the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, the boost circuit is turned off.

In some embodiments, the second charge is 1%.

Fig. 17 is a schematic flowchart of a power saving method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 17, the method 1700 may be applied to an electronic device, and the method 1700 may include steps 1710 through 1720.

1710, the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to a second power, where the second power is the battery power when the electronic device prompts that the electronic device is about to be turned off.

1720, in response to the battery charge decreasing to a second charge, the electronic device activates the boost circuit.

In some embodiments, the second power is 1%, and when the electronic device detects that the battery power is 1%, the electronic device in the application may start the boost circuit. The second electric quantity may also be other values, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

When the battery electric quantity of the electronic equipment is reduced to the second electric quantity, the electronic equipment can start the voltage boosting circuit to release the battery electric quantity so as to prolong the service life.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power, the second power saving mode may be entered, and in response to the reduction of the battery power to the second power, the electronic device starts the boost circuit. According to the technical scheme, the booster circuit is started, so that the electric quantity of the battery can be fully used, and the use time of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

In other embodiments, the electronic device may be in the normal mode or the super power saving mode before the battery power is reduced to the second power, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment of the application, when battery electric quantity reduces to the second electric quantity, electronic equipment can start boost circuit to can make the electric quantity of battery obtain make full use, further promote electronic equipment's use duration.

In some embodiments the method 1700 may further comprise:

when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power, the electronic equipment enters a second power saving mode;

the electronic device displays a second display interface in a second power saving mode, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface are not addable or removable.

For example, referring to (b) in fig. 6, the second display interface may be a display interface 530 of the mobile phone, the preset application program and/or application card may be a phone application program, a short message application program, and App1, app2, and the mobile phone may only use these application programs and/or application cards. That is, in the emergency power saving mode, other application programs cannot be used, so that the consumption of the battery power can be reduced.

In this embodiment, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power, the second power saving mode may be entered. In the second power saving mode, the electronic device is provided with a special second display interface, the second display interface can comprise a preset application program and/or application card, and the electronic device can only use the preset application program and/or application card. According to the technical scheme, when the battery power is low, the electronic equipment can enter the second power saving mode and display the special interface, so that the use of the electronic equipment by a user is limited, and the use duration of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

In some embodiments, the electronic device enters a second power saving mode comprising: and responding to a first operation of the user in a first display interface, wherein the electronic equipment enters a second power saving mode, and the first display interface is an interface of the electronic equipment before entering the second power saving mode.

Referring to fig. 6, the first display interface may be a display interface 510 of a mobile phone, and the first operation may be an operation of clicking a function control 521 by a user.

In some embodiments, an electronic device activates a boost circuit, comprising: the electronic device detects whether the electronic device comprises a boost circuit; upon determining that the electronic device includes the boost circuit, the electronic device activates the boost circuit.

In some embodiments, the method 1700 further comprises:

in response to a second operation by the user, the electronic device turns off the boost circuit and shuts down.

The second operation may be, for example, an operation in which the user clicks the exit button. Referring to (c) and (d) of fig. 6, the second operation may be an operation in which the user clicks the exit button 562, and the mobile phone may turn off the booster circuit and prompt the user that the mobile phone will be turned off after 30 s.

In some embodiments, the method 1700 further comprises:

and responding to the starting operation of a user, and enabling the electronic equipment to enter the second power saving mode.

For example, in response to a user's long-pressing of a power key, the electronic device is turned on and directly enters an emergency power saving mode.

In some embodiments, the method 1700 may further comprise:

in the second power saving mode, the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, and the electronic equipment is powered off.

In some embodiments, in the second power saving mode, when the electronic device detects that the battery power is increased to a third power, the electronic device turns off the boost circuit, wherein the third power is greater than the second power.

It is understood that the third charge may be 2%, 3%, etc.

In some embodiments, the second amount of power is 1%.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a power saving method that may be applied to an electronic device, which may include 1810 to 1820.

1810, when the electronic device detects a power saving mode triggering condition, the electronic device displays a first display interface, wherein the first display interface comprises a preset application program, the application program in the first display interface can be added or removed, and the battery power of the electronic device when entering the first power saving mode is a first power.

For example, referring to (a) and (b) in fig. 5, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, and the first display interface may be a display interface 220 of the mobile phone. The preset applications may be phone applications and sms applications, and the applications in the display interface 220 may be changed, such as adding or removing applications.

1820, when the electronic device detects that the battery power continues to decrease to the second power, the electronic device starts the boost circuit and displays a second display interface, where the second display interface includes a preset application program and/or application component, and the application program and/or application card in the second display interface is not addable or not removable.

For example, referring to (c) and (d) in fig. 5, the second display interface may be the display interface 230 of the mobile phone. The preset application program or application card may be a phone application program, a short message application program, and App1, app2, and the application program or application card that can be included in the display interface 230 is not modifiable, such as added or removed.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device detects a power saving mode trigger condition, a first display interface is displayed, and an application program in the first display interface may be added or removed, and when it is detected that the battery power continues to decrease to a second power, a second display interface including a preset application program and/or an application component is displayed, and an application program and/or an application component in the second display interface may not be added or removed. According to the technical scheme, when the battery power is low, the use of the electronic equipment by a user can be limited in a grading manner, so that the consumption speed of the battery power of the electronic equipment can be reduced; further, by starting the boost circuit, the final electric quantity of the battery of the electronic equipment can be fully released, and the service life of the electronic equipment is further prolonged.

It should be appreciated that the power saving mode trigger condition may be referred to in the foregoing description.

In some embodiments, the second display interface includes an exit button therein, the method further comprising:

in response to a user clicking an exit button, the electronic device turns off the boost circuit and shuts down.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

and responding to the starting operation of the user, and starting the booster circuit and displaying a second display interface by the electronic equipment.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is increased to a third power, the electronic equipment closes the boost circuit and displays a desktop of the system, wherein the third power is larger than the second power.

In some embodiments, the second amount of power is 1%.

The embodiment of the application also provides electronic equipment, which comprises: one or more processors; one or more memories; the one or more memories store one or more computer programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause a power saving method as described in any of the possible implementations hereinbefore to be performed.

The embodiment of the application also provides a chip, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for receiving signals and transmitting the signals to the processor, and the processor processes the signals so that the power saving method as described in any one of the possible implementation modes is executed.

The present embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer instructions that, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the above-described related method steps to implement the power saving method in the above-described embodiments.

The present embodiment also provides a computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the above-mentioned related steps to implement the power saving method in the above-mentioned embodiments.

In addition, embodiments of the present application also provide an apparatus, which may be specifically a chip, a component, or a module, and may include a processor and a memory connected to each other; the memory is used for storing computer-executable instructions, and when the device is running, the processor can execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the chip executes the power saving method in each method embodiment.

The electronic device, the computer readable storage medium, the computer program product or the chip provided in this embodiment are used to execute the corresponding method provided above, so that the beneficial effects thereof can be referred to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method provided above, and will not be described herein.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A power saving method, wherein the power saving method is applied to an electronic device, the method comprising:

when the triggering condition of the power saving mode of the electronic equipment is met, the electronic equipment enters a first power saving mode, and the battery electric quantity of the electronic equipment when entering the first power saving mode is a first electric quantity;

and in the first power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to a second electric quantity, entering a second power saving mode, wherein the second electric quantity is smaller than the first electric quantity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the power saving mode trigger condition comprises the electronic device detecting that the battery level decreases to a first level, and/or the electronic device detecting a first operation by a user, the first operation being for instructing the electronic device to enter a first power saving mode.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to the second electric quantity, starting a boost circuit.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the method further comprises:

The electronic equipment displays a first display interface in the first power saving mode, wherein the first display interface comprises a preset application program, and the application program in the first display interface can be added or removed.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to a second operation by the user, the electronic device adds the application program selected by the user to the first display interface or removes one or more of the preset application programs from the first display interface.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-5, further comprising:

the electronic equipment displays a second display interface in the second power saving mode, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface can not be added or removed.

7. The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the entering a second power saving mode comprises:

and responding to a third operation in an interface displayed when the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to the second power by a user, and entering a second power saving mode by the electronic equipment.

8. The method of any of claims 3-7, wherein the enabling the boost circuit comprises:

the electronic device detects whether the electronic device comprises the boost circuit;

and when the electronic equipment is determined to comprise the booster circuit, the electronic equipment starts the booster circuit.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-8, further comprising:

and responding to a fourth operation of a user, and exiting the second power saving mode and shutting down the electronic equipment.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-10, further comprising:

and in the second power saving mode, the electronic equipment detects that the battery is exhausted, and the electronic equipment is powered off.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, further comprising:

and in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the second electric quantity.

13. The method according to any one of claims 8-12, further comprising:

and when the electronic equipment exits the second power saving mode, the step-up circuit is closed.

14. The method of any one of claims 1-13, wherein the second electrical quantity is 1%.

15. A power saving method, wherein the power saving method is applied to an electronic device, the method comprising:

the electronic equipment detects that the battery power is reduced to second power, wherein the second power is the battery power when the electronic equipment prompts to be shut down;

and in response to the battery power level decreasing to the second power level, the electronic device starts a boost circuit.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is reduced to the second electric quantity, entering a second power saving mode;

the electronic equipment displays a second display interface in the second power saving mode, wherein the second display interface comprises a preset application program and/or an application component, and the application program and/or the application component in the second display interface are not added or removed.

17. The method of claim 15 or 16, wherein the electronic device enters a second power saving mode comprising:

and responding to a first operation of a user in a first display interface, wherein the electronic equipment enters a second power saving mode, and the first display interface is an interface of the electronic equipment before entering the second power saving mode.

18. The method of any of claims 15-17, wherein the electronic device activates a boost circuit, comprising:

19. The method according to any one of claims 15-18, further comprising:

and responding to a second operation of a user, and closing the boost circuit and shutting down the electronic equipment by the electronic equipment.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

21. The method according to any one of claims 15-20, further comprising:

22. The method according to any one of claims 15-21, further comprising:

and in the second power saving mode, when the electronic equipment detects that the battery electric quantity is increased to a third electric quantity, the electronic equipment turns off the boost circuit, wherein the third electric quantity is larger than the second electric quantity.

23. The method of any one of claims 15-22, wherein the second electrical quantity is 1%.

24. An electronic device, comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories; the one or more memories store one or more computer programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the power saving method of any of claims 1-23 to be performed.

25. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the power saving method of any of claims 1-23 to be performed.