CN106527930A

CN106527930A - Terminal application control apparatus and method

Info

Publication number: CN106527930A
Application number: CN201610934279.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨奎; 汪健
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-10-31
Filing date: 2016-10-31
Publication date: 2017-03-22

Abstract

The invention provides a terminal application control apparatus and method. The method comprises the steps of obtaining contact position parameters generated by touching corresponding surfaces of a terminal through capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in two side bezels of the terminal in a state that an application in the terminal is enabled; determining current touch operation type and touch position of touch performed on the terminal according to the current obtained contact position parameters; and querying application control instructions corresponding to the current touch operation type and touch position according to a preset mapping relationship among the touch operation type, the touch position and the application control instructions, and executing the corresponding application control instructions. By implementing the control apparatus and method, the application in the terminal is correspondingly operated through the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in the two side bezels of the terminal, so that a user is prevented from performing operation on a touch screen as far as possible, the shielding of the sight line of the user during the operation is improved, and the user experience is enhanced.

Description

Terminal application control device and method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a terminal application control apparatus and method.

Background

In the corresponding operation of the application of the terminal, the operation logics of the applications are mostly the same and different, especially under the condition that the popularization rate of the intelligent terminal is high, the operations of sliding, clicking and the like are not available for the operation of a touch screen, the biggest problem of the operation is that the sight line is shielded, a user has to adopt the mode of operation, namely finger releasing, operation to use the intelligent terminal, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to reduce the conflict between the operation of the application in the terminal and the sight line shielding in the prior art; aiming at the technical problem, a terminal application control method is provided, which comprises the following steps:

the acquisition module is used for respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch operation on the corresponding surface of the terminal through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in the frames at two sides of the terminal in an open state of the terminal application;

the determining module is used for determining the current touch operation type and the touch position performed on the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameter;

the query module is used for querying the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction;

and the execution module is used for executing the application control instruction.

Optionally, the method further includes establishing a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position, and the application control instruction according to the following manner:

and click and double-click operations on designated positions in the capacitive proximity sensor are arranged on the back surface or two side frames of the terminal and correspond to backspacing and advancing application control instructions respectively.

the transverse sliding operation and the longitudinal sliding operation on the designated position in the capacitance type proximity sensor are arranged in the back of the terminal and respectively correspond to left/right turning and up/down turning application control instructions.

and a refresh application control command corresponding to the reciprocating sliding operation at the designated position in the capacitive proximity sensor is arranged on the back surface or two side frames of the terminal.

Optionally, the system further comprises a detection module and a switch module;

the detection module is used for determining whether enabling triggering is carried out or not according to contact position parameters monitored by the capacitive proximity sensors by arranging the capacitive proximity sensors in specific enabling positions of the frame;

and the switch module is used for carrying out switch control on the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at two sides according to the enabling trigger.

The invention also provides a terminal application control method, which comprises the following steps:

respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch operation on the corresponding surface of the terminal through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in the frames at two sides of the terminal in an open state of the terminal application;

determining the current touch operation type and touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameters;

and inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and executing the application control instruction.

Optionally, the method further includes establishing a preset application relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position, and the application control instruction according to the following manner:

and click and double-click operations on specified positions in the capacitive unique sensor are arranged on the back surface or two side frames of the terminal and correspond to the application control instructions of backward movement and forward movement respectively.

Optionally, the method further includes establishing a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction according to the following manner;

Optionally, the method further includes:

the method comprises the steps that a capacitive proximity sensor is arranged in a specific enabling position of a frame, and whether enabling triggering is carried out or not is determined according to contact position parameters monitored by the capacitive proximity sensor;

and carrying out on-off control on each capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at two sides according to the enabling trigger.

In addition, a mobile terminal is also provided, which comprises the terminal application control device.

Advantageous effects

The invention provides a terminal application control device and a terminal application control method, wherein in an open state of a terminal application, touch position parameters generated by touch on the corresponding surface of the terminal are respectively acquired through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in frames at two sides of the terminal; determining the current touch operation type and touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameters; and inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and executing the corresponding application control instruction. Through the implementation of the invention, the corresponding operation of the application in the terminal is realized by utilizing the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at the two sides, the operation of a user on the touch screen is avoided as much as possible, the shielding of the sight of the user during the operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, in which:

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

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal application control apparatus module according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a terminal assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a terminal application control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a terminal application control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the operation of a capacitive proximity sensor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the detection of linear sliding motion according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating detection of a trajectory according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a distribution diagram of capacitive proximity sensors on a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the suffix of "unit" used to denote an element is used only for facilitating the description of the present invention, and has no specific meaning in itself.

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

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

The mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an a/V (audio/video) input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190, etc. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented, and that more or fewer components may instead be implemented, the elements of the mobile terminal being described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 typically includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system or network. For example, the wireless communication unit may include at least one of a mobile communication unit 112, a wireless internet unit 113, a short range communication unit 114, and a location information unit 115.

The mobile communication unit 112 transmits and/or receives radio signals to and/or from at least one of a base station (e.g., access point, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data transmitted and/or received according to text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless internet unit 113 supports wireless internet access of the mobile terminal. The unit may be internally or externally coupled to the terminal. The wireless internet access technology to which the unit relates may include WLAN (wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (wireless broadband), Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access), and the like.

The short-range communication unit 114 is a unit for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include bluetooth (TM), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), zigbee (TM), and the like.

The location information unit 115 is a unit for checking or acquiring location information of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the location information unit is a GPS (global positioning system). According to the current technology, the GPS unit 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites and applies triangulation to the calculated information, thereby accurately calculating three-dimensional current location information according to longitude, latitude, and altitude. Currently, a method for calculating position and time information uses three satellites and corrects an error of the calculated position and time information by using another satellite. In addition, the GPS unit 115 can calculate speed information by continuously calculating current position information in real time.

The a/V input unit 120 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The a/V input unit 120 may include a camera 121 and a microphone 1220, and the camera 121 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 151. The image frames processed by the cameras 121 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the wireless communication unit 110, and two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the construction of the mobile terminal. The microphone s122 can receive sounds (audio data) via the microphone in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and can process such sounds into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the mobile communication unit 112 in case of the phone call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome sheet, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, and the like due to being touched), scroll wheel, joystick, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.

The sensing unit 140 detects a current state of the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., an open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), a position of the mobile terminal 100, presence or absence of contact (i.e., touch input) by a user with the mobile terminal 100, an orientation of the mobile terminal 100, acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100, and the like, and generates a command or signal for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is implemented as a slide-type mobile phone, the sensing unit 140 may sense whether the slide-type phone is opened or closed. In addition, the sensing unit 140 can detect whether the power supply unit 190 supplies power or whether the interface unit 170 is coupled with an external device. The sensing unit 140 may include a light sensor 141.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification unit, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The identification unit may store various information for authenticating a user using the mobile terminal 100 and may include a user identity Unit (UIM), a subscriber identity unit (SIM), a universal subscriber identity Unit (USIM), and the like. In addition, a device having an identification unit (hereinafter, referred to as an "identification device") may take the form of a smart card, and thus, the identification device may be connected with the mobile terminal 100 via a port or other connection means. The interface unit 170 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal and the external device.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the cradle are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be used as signals for recognizing whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the cradle. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner.

The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151, an audio output unit 152, and the like.

The display unit 151 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are overlapped with each other in the form of a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The touch screen may be used to detect a touch input pressure as well as a touch input position and a touch input area.

The audio output unit 152 may convert audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output unit 152 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or will be output. Also, the memory 160 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.

The memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. In addition, the controller 180 may include a multimedia unit 181 for reproducing (or playing back) multimedia data, and the multimedia unit 181 may be constructed within the controller 180 or may be constructed separately from the controller 180. The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 180. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a procedure or a function may be implemented with separate software units allowing to perform at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.

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

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

The following is a detailed description of specific examples.

First embodiment

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal application control device module according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal application control apparatus in this embodiment includes:

the acquisition module 201 is configured to, in an open state of the terminal application, respectively acquire, through each capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back of the terminal and in the side frames on both sides, a contact position parameter generated by a touch operation on the corresponding side of the terminal;

a determining module 202, configured to determine a current touch operation type and a touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently obtained contact position parameter;

the query module 203 is configured to query an application control instruction corresponding to a current touch operation type and a touch position according to a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction;

and the execution module 204 is used for executing the application control instruction.

In the prior art, taking a smart phone as an example, a touch key set in the smart phone generally only has a power key, a volume key, and a virtual or physical key set below the front of the phone, and all manufacturers produce different keys, which generally include a home key, and also have a menu key and a back key separately. In addition, all touch operations are provided by the touch screen, a great amount of operations of the user on the terminal are completed on the touch screen, so that the user can shield the sight of the user to a certain extent, the user experience is reduced, and the touch screen and the terminal have higher requirements on the manufacturing process of the touch screen.

In the present embodiment, the capacitive proximity sensor disposed in the terminal may also be referred to as a capacitive displacement sensor, or a capacitive proximity switch, etc., which may be referred to as a sensor in the present embodiment; as shown in fig. 6, in one embodiment, it can be determined whether an object is close to the sensor and the degree of proximity, such as far, near, light, heavy, etc., according to the detected capacitance value C of the sensor; the method comprises the following specific steps:

as can be seen from the capacitance calculation formula C ═ S/d:

in the scenario shown in fig. 6a, no finger of the user approaches the sensor, and the distance d between the two plates of the sensor is infinite, where the capacitance C is 0;

in the scenario shown in fig. 6b, a user 'S finger approaches the sensor, the user' S finger serves as one of the plates of the capacitor, at this time, the distance d between the two plates is small, and at this time, the capacitance value C ═ S)/d is greater than 0; therefore, whether a finger is close can be determined according to whether the capacitance value exists; for example, it is foreseeable that when the terminal is in a holding state, the sensor on the side of the terminal is generally pressed and contacted by the finger and the palm of the user, so the trigger capacitance value of the sensor on the side of the terminal can be set to a larger value, and correspondingly, the trigger capacitance values of the sensors on other parts of the terminal can be set to a smaller value, which is convenient for the user to operate.

In the scenario shown in fig. 6C, a user 'S finger lightly presses on the sensor, the user' S finger serves as one of the plates, and a distance D between the two plates is a distance from the sensor to an outer shell of the terminal, that is, a thickness D of the outer shell of the terminal, where a capacitance value C is (S)/D; because the user lightly presses, the contact area S between the two polar plates is smaller, and the capacitance value is smaller;

in the scenario shown in fig. 6D, the user 'S finger presses hard on the sensor, the user' S finger serves as one of the plates, the distance D between the two plates is the thickness D of the terminal shell, and the capacitance C is (S)/D; because the user presses heavily, the contact area S between the two polar plates is larger, and the capacitance value is larger; that is, the degree of user pressing (light pressing or heavy pressing) may be determined according to the magnitude of the capacitance value.

Based on the analysis, the touch screen can detect parameters such as sliding, pressing and pressing size (force) of a user on the surface of a terminal such as a mobile phone based on the capacitive proximity sensor. It should be noted that the capacitive motion displacement sensor is characterized in that it can detect objects of any material, including living bodies including human bodies, or inorganic substances, etc., and the finger part of a person is commonly used, and most users use fingers to operate the terminal.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, a plurality of sensors are provided in the terminal, and mainly include:

the sensors are arranged on the side surface of the terminal in the length direction, wherein the sensors have at least one row and can have two or more rows; in a general arrangement, the sensor on the side of the terminal is divided into two ends, and the upper part and the lower part of the side of the terminal are the center of gravity of the arrangement, because the user has long fingers in these positions during the operation of the terminal, for example, when the user holds the terminal in a vertical screen, the lower part of the side of the terminal is always in a held state. Since the side portion is formed in a long and narrow shape, and is highly adaptable to detection of displacement motion in the longitudinal direction, the sensor provided at the side portion of the terminal is mainly used for monitoring operations such as pressing, linear sliding, and the like of the user. Of course, the sensor provided at the side of the terminal can still detect the sliding, pressing (clicking), or other displacement motion in the width direction of the user.

The sensor is arranged on the back of the terminal, wherein the upper part and the lower part of the back are the gravity centers of the back arranged sensor, also because the movement of the fingers on these parts is convenient for the user during the operation of the terminal. Because the area of the back of the terminal is larger, the number and the area of the arranged sensors can also be larger, and a plurality of sensors can be arranged to form a matrix as shown in fig. 9; these sensors may be used to detect user presses, linear slides, track slides, and the like.

On the basis, the acquiring module 201 is further configured to acquire the touch position parameter through at least one capacitive proximity sensor disposed on the back side or both sides of the terminal. The touch position parameters may include a touch operation type and a touch position, the touch operation type may include clicking and sliding, and the touch position may include a terminal back, a terminal side, and specifically, an upper portion and a lower portion of the terminal back, an upper portion and a lower portion of a left side of the terminal, an upper portion and a lower portion of a right side of the terminal, and the like.

In this embodiment, the current touch operation type and the touch position both belong to contents that can be directly detected by the capacitive proximity sensor; referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a situation that the obtaining module 201 obtains the contact position parameter when the touch operation type includes linear sliding. At time T1, sensor 1 is detected to be pressed, and at time T2, sensor 2 is detected to be pressed, then:

the linear sliding direction is: the position corresponding to the sensor 1 is changed to the position corresponding to the sensor 2;

the linear sliding length is: a distance length L1 from the position corresponding to sensor 1 to the position corresponding to sensor 2;

the speed of the linear sliding is: the quotient v between the distance length L1 from the position corresponding to the sensor 1 to the position corresponding to the sensor 2 and the sliding time T1 (T1-T2-T1) is L1/T1.

As shown in fig. 9, the click position of the user may be determined according to the identifier of the sensor and the pre-stored correspondence between the identifier and the position, the click type of the user may be determined according to the time length of the capacitor, such as long press, heavy press, double click, triple click, and the like, and the number of simultaneously clicked click points may be calculated according to the detected number of sensors in which the capacitor simultaneously appears.

As shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 illustrates a case where the acquiring module 201 acquires the contact position parameter when the touch operation type is track sliding. At time T1, sensor 1 is detected to be pressed, at time T2, sensor 2 is detected to be pressed, and at time T3, sensor 3 is detected to be pressed, then: the shape of the track is the track formed by the sensor 1 passing through the sensor 2 to the sensor 3, and the speed of the track is the ratio of the distance from the sensor 1 to the sensor 2 to the time length, and the ratio of the distance from the sensor 2 to the sensor 3 to the time length, and then the average is taken, including arithmetic average or weighted average, and the like. And determining the position of the sensor for detecting the track in the terminal according to the identifier of the sensor and the corresponding relation between the pre-stored identifier and the position.

In this embodiment, each contact position parameter, including the touch operation type, the touch position, and the like, is not limited to one, and multiple contact position parameters may be used in combination; for example, the touch operation type included in one of the contact position parameters is double-click, and the touch position is the upper part of the back surface of the terminal; the other touch position parameter includes a touch operation type of linear sliding, and the touch position is the lower part of the left side of the terminal. The two kinds of the contact position parameters belong to different interactive logics, can still be combined, and can be combined for use according to a specific sequence and interval time, and the combined contact position parameters can be used as the contact position parameters.

The query module 203 is configured to query the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position according to a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction. The application control instruction is an operation instruction performed on the currently opened application, and the specific application control instruction may include: rollback, forward, left/right flip, up/down flip, refresh, and so on. The method comprises the steps of returning back, namely returning to the previous stage, wherein a back-back instruction corresponds to a currently displayed page to be changed into a previous page, and if the currently displayed page is changed into a next page, the displayed content between the previous page and the next page is changed into the displayed content between the previous page and the next page; the left/right turning is to slide the currently displayed page left/right, for different applications, the left/right turning corresponds to different functions, some can switch to display different pages, such as different types of news columns in a news application, some can be applied to the display of a larger page, a larger page terminal screen cannot display the page completely, and other parts of the page are browsed by left/right turning; the up/down turning is to make the currently displayed page slide up/down, and is generally applied to the display of the same page, and the page slides up/down to display other parts of the same page; the refresh is to reload the page, and display the latest content of the page, generally the updated content on the network side. The refresh may include active refresh, which is an inherent refresh mechanism of an application and may be refresh once in a few minutes or a few seconds, and auto refresh, which is a spontaneous refresh performed by a user, and manual refresh is a good choice in the case that the user wants to know whether the content is up-to-date and what the content is up-to-date. The refresh referred to in this embodiment is generally an active refresh.

In this embodiment, the method may include establishing a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position, and the application control instruction in the following manner: and click and double-click operations on designated positions in the capacitive proximity sensor are arranged on the back surface or two side frames of the terminal and correspond to backspacing and advancing application control instructions respectively. The designated position may refer to a sensor on the back of the terminal, or may refer to sensors on the side frames on both sides of the terminal, and may be preset to perform single-machine operation on the sensor on the back of the terminal, corresponding to the rollback of the application; a double-click operation on the sensor on the back of the terminal corresponds to the advance of the application.

In this embodiment, the method may further include establishing a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position, and the application control instruction in the following manner: the transverse sliding operation and the longitudinal sliding operation on the designated position in the capacitance type proximity sensor are arranged in the back of the terminal and respectively correspond to left/right turning and up/down turning application control instructions. The sliding from the right side to the left side corresponds to left turning, and the sliding from the left side to the right side corresponds to right turning; the vertical sliding corresponding to the up/down application control command specifically includes: sliding from bottom to top corresponds to upturning, and sliding from top to bottom corresponds to downturning. The sliding operation in this embodiment may be mainly performed by a sensor on the back surface of the terminal, and may also be performed by capacitive proximity sensors on the frames on both sides of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the method may further include establishing a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position, and the application control instruction in the following manner: and a refresh application control command corresponding to the reciprocating sliding operation at the designated position in the capacitive proximity sensor is arranged on the back surface or two side frames of the terminal. The reciprocating sliding refers to the sliding operation having at least one return stroke, such as sliding from left to right in the horizontal direction, and then sliding from right to left, which is regarded as a reciprocating sliding. The reciprocating sliding is not limited to a specific direction, and can be reciprocating sliding operation performed in any direction, and the reciprocating sliding operation can be performed on the back surface of the terminal or on both sides of the terminal; the refreshing operation of the terminal application is realized by detecting the reciprocating motion operation, and the terminal application is very visual while being simple and convenient to operate.

In this embodiment, in order to prevent false touch, the touch control device may further include a detection module 205 and a switch module 206, where the detection module 205 is configured to determine whether enabling triggering is performed by setting a capacitive proximity sensor in a specific enabling position of the bezel and monitoring a touch position parameter according to the capacitive proximity sensor; the switch module 206 is configured to perform on-off control on each capacitive proximity sensor disposed on the back side and in the two side frames of the terminal according to the enable trigger. In order to avoid a possible false touch situation, capacitive proximity sensors are arranged in specific enabling positions of a frame of the terminal, and by utilizing the holding characteristics of the terminal used by a user, for example, when the user holds the terminal in a vertical screen mode, a thumb is located at a side position of the terminal. The specific parameters of the contact position may include a position of the contact and a type of the contact, where the position of the contact is located at a specific enabling position, and whether the type of the contact conforms to a preset enabling trigger, for example, if the preset enabling trigger is to press a capacitive proximity sensor in the middle of either side of the terminal, if the user performs a corresponding operation, the enabling trigger is considered to be performed. The specific enabling trigger condition may be set according to the habit and preference of the user, and is not specifically limited herein, and it should be understood that any feasible scheme is allowed in the embodiment.

The embodiment provides a terminal application control device which comprises an acquisition module, a determination module, an inquiry module and an execution module, wherein in the open state of a terminal application, contact position parameters generated by touch control of the corresponding surface of a terminal are acquired through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface of the terminal and in frames at two sides of the terminal; determining the current touch operation type and touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameters; and inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and executing the corresponding application control instruction. Through the implementation of the invention, the corresponding operation of the application in the terminal is realized by utilizing the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at the two sides, the operation of a user on the touch screen is avoided as much as possible, the shielding of the sight of the user during the operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

In this embodiment, the controller 180 in fig. 1 may include functions of the obtaining module 201, the determining module 202, the querying module, and the executing module in this embodiment, and at this time, the above embodiment may be:

firstly, in an open state of a terminal application, the controller 180 acquires contact position parameters generated by touch operation on a corresponding surface of the terminal through each capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back surface and in the side frames of the terminal, determines the current touch operation type and the touch position of the terminal according to the contact position parameters, queries an application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position according to a preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and then executes the application instruction to realize control over the application of the terminal.

The embodiment provides a terminal, which presets a mapping relationship between a touch operation type, a touch position and an application control instruction, wherein the application control is used for triggering corresponding control on an application in the terminal, on the basis, the terminal can acquire a contact position parameter generated by touch operation on a corresponding surface of the terminal through at least one capacitive proximity sensor arranged in the terminal, determine the current touch operation type and the touch position according to the contact position parameter, then match the current touch operation type and the touch position with the corresponding application control instruction, and execute the application control instruction after the matching is successful.

Second embodiment

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention, including: an Input Output (IO) bus 31, a processor 32, a RAM 33, a memory 34, and a sensor 35; wherein,

the input/output (IO) bus 31 is connected to other components (the processor 32, the memory 33, and the memory 34) of the terminal to which it belongs, and provides a transmission line for the other components.

The processor 42 typically controls the overall operation of the server to which it belongs. For example, processor 42 performs computations, validation, etc. The processor 42 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), among others. In this embodiment, the processor 42 at least needs to have the following functions: the method comprises the steps of obtaining contact position parameters generated by touch operation on a corresponding surface of a terminal through at least one capacitive proximity sensor arranged in the terminal, determining the current touch operation type and touch position according to the contact position parameters, matching the current touch operation type and touch position with a corresponding application control instruction, and executing the application control instruction after matching is successful.

The RAM43 stores processor-readable, processor-executable software code containing instructions for controlling the processor 42 to perform the functions described herein (i.e., software executing functions). In the present embodiment, the RAM43 needs to store at least the programs necessary for realizing the above-described functions performed by the processor 42.

In the terminal application control device provided by the present invention, software codes for implementing the functions of the acquiring module 201, the determining module 202, the querying module 203, and the executing module 204 may be stored in the memory 33, and executed by the processor 32 or compiled and then executed.

The memory 34, which is typically a semiconductor memory unit, includes Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), and CACHE memory (CACHE), of which RAM is the most important. The memory 34 is one of the important components in the computer, and is a bridge for communicating with the CPU, and the operation of all programs in the computer is performed in the memory, and is used for temporarily storing the operation data in the CPU and the data exchanged with an external storage such as a hard disk, and the like.

A sensor 35, which is provided as shown in fig. 9, for generating a corresponding capacitance according to a user's operation, and transmitting to the processor 32.

In this embodiment, in an open state of a terminal application, a contact position parameter generated by a touch operation on a corresponding surface of the terminal is acquired by each capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back surface and in the side frames of the terminal, a current touch operation type and a touch position performed at the terminal are determined according to the contact position parameter, an application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position is queried according to a preset mapping relationship between the touch operation type, the touch position and the application control instruction, and then the application instruction is executed to control the application of the terminal.

Third embodiment

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of a terminal application control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention, including:

s401, under the condition that the terminal application is opened, respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch operation on the corresponding surface of the terminal through each capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back surface of the terminal and in the frames at the two sides of the terminal; (ii) a

S402, determining the current touch operation type and the touch position performed on the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameter;

s403, inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and executing the application control instruction.

A capacitive sensor, which may also be referred to as a capacitive displacement sensor, or a capacitive proximity switch, etc., disposed in the terminal, and may be referred to as a sensor in this embodiment; as shown in fig. 6, in an embodiment, whether an object is close to the sensor and the degree of proximity, such as far, near, light, heavy, etc., may be determined according to the detected capacitance value C of the sensor.

The method and the device can detect parameters such as sliding, pressing and pressing sizes (force) of the user on the surfaces of the mobile phone and other terminals based on the capacitive proximity sensor. It should be noted that the capacitive motion displacement sensor is characterized in that it can detect objects of any material, including living bodies including human bodies, or inorganic substances, etc., and the finger part of a person is commonly used, and most users use fingers to operate the terminal.

On the basis, the contact position parameters are acquired by at least one capacitive proximity sensor arranged on the back surface or two sides of the terminal. The touch position parameters may include a touch operation type and a touch position, the touch operation type may include clicking and sliding, and the touch position may include a terminal back, a terminal side, and specifically, an upper portion and a lower portion of the terminal back, an upper portion and a lower portion of a left side of the terminal, an upper portion and a lower portion of a right side of the terminal, and the like.

In this embodiment, the current touch operation type and the touch position both belong to contents that can be directly detected by the capacitive proximity sensor; referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a situation of obtaining a contact position parameter when a touch operation type includes linear sliding. At time T1, sensor 1 is detected to be pressed, and at time T2, sensor 2 is detected to be pressed, then:

And inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and the touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction. The application control instruction is an operation instruction performed on the currently opened application, and the specific application control instruction may include: rollback, forward, left/right flip, up/down flip, refresh, and so on. The method comprises the steps of returning back, namely returning to the previous stage, wherein a back-back instruction corresponds to a currently displayed page to be changed into a previous page, and if the currently displayed page is changed into a next page, the displayed content between the previous page and the next page is changed into the displayed content between the previous page and the next page; the left/right turning is to slide the currently displayed page left/right, for different applications, the left/right turning corresponds to different functions, some can switch to display different pages, such as different types of news columns in a news application, some can be applied to the display of a larger page, a larger page terminal screen cannot display the page completely, and other parts of the page are browsed by left/right turning; the up/down turning is to make the currently displayed page slide up/down, and is generally applied to the display of the same page, and the page slides up/down to display other parts of the same page; the refresh is to reload the page, and display the latest content of the page, generally the updated content on the network side. The refresh may include active refresh, which is an inherent refresh mechanism of an application and may be refresh once in a few minutes or a few seconds, and auto refresh, which is a spontaneous refresh performed by a user, and manual refresh is a good choice in the case that the user wants to know whether the content is up-to-date and what the content is up-to-date. The refresh referred to in this embodiment is generally an active refresh.

In this embodiment, in order to prevent a false touch, a capacitive proximity sensor may be disposed in a specific enabling position of the frame, and whether enabling triggering is performed is determined according to a parameter of the contact position monitored by the capacitive proximity sensor; and performing on-off control on the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back face of the terminal and in the frames on the two sides according to the enabling trigger. In order to avoid a possible false touch situation, capacitive proximity sensors are arranged in specific enabling positions of a frame of the terminal, and by utilizing the holding characteristics of the terminal used by a user, for example, when the user holds the terminal in a vertical screen mode, a thumb is located at a side position of the terminal. The specific parameters of the contact position may include a position of the contact and a type of the contact, where the position of the contact is located at a specific enabling position, and whether the type of the contact conforms to a preset enabling trigger, for example, if the preset enabling trigger is to press a capacitive proximity sensor in the middle of either side of the terminal, if the user performs a corresponding operation, the enabling trigger is considered to be performed. The specific enabling trigger condition may be set according to the habit and preference of the user, and is not specifically limited herein, and it should be understood that any feasible scheme is allowed in the embodiment.

The embodiment provides a terminal application control method, which comprises the following steps: respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch control of the corresponding surface of the terminal through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in the frames at two sides of the terminal in an open state of the terminal application; determining the current touch operation type and touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameters; and inquiring the application control instruction corresponding to the current touch operation type and touch position according to the preset mapping relation between the touch operation type and the touch position and the application control instruction, and executing the corresponding application control instruction. Through the implementation of the invention, the corresponding operation of the application in the terminal is realized by utilizing the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at the two sides, the operation of a user on the touch screen is avoided as much as possible, the shielding of the sight of the user during the operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Fourth embodiment

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart of a terminal application control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, including:

s501, setting a mapping relation between a touch operation type, a touch position and an application control instruction;

the user can set mapping relations between application control instructions such as corresponding setting backspace, forward, left/right turn, up/down turn, refresh and the like, and touch operation types and touch positions.

S502, acquiring contact position parameters;

and under the state that the terminal application is opened, respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch operation on the corresponding surface of the terminal through capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface of the terminal and in frames at two sides.

S503, searching a corresponding application control instruction according to the touch operation type and the touch position corresponding to the contact position parameter; if the data is found, the step goes to S504, and if the data is not found, the step goes back to S502;

and S504, executing the application control command.

The embodiment provides a terminal application control method, which comprises the following steps: presetting a mapping relation between a touch operation type, a touch position and an application control instruction, and respectively acquiring contact position parameters generated by touch on the corresponding surface of the terminal through various capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back surface and in frames at two sides of the terminal in an open state of the terminal application; determining the current touch operation type and touch position performed at the terminal according to the currently acquired contact position parameters; and inquiring the corresponding application control instruction, and executing the corresponding application control instruction. Through the implementation of the invention, the corresponding operation of the application in the terminal is realized by utilizing the capacitive proximity sensors arranged on the back of the terminal and in the frames at the two sides, the operation of a user on the touch screen is avoided as much as possible, the shielding of the sight of the user during the operation is improved, and the user experience is improved.

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

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

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

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

Claims

1. A terminal application control apparatus, comprising:

2. The terminal application control device according to claim 1, further comprising establishing a mapping relationship between the preset touch operation type, the touch position and the application control command in the following manner:

3. The terminal application control device according to claim 1, further comprising establishing a mapping relationship between the preset touch operation type, the touch position and the application control command in the following manner:

4. The terminal application control device according to claim 1, further comprising establishing a mapping relationship between the preset touch operation type, the touch position and the application control command in the following manner:

5. The terminal application control device according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a detection module and a switch module;

6. A terminal application control method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

7. The terminal application control method according to claim 6, further comprising establishing an application relationship between the preset touch operation type, the preset touch position and the preset application control command in the following manner:

8. The terminal application control method according to claim 6, further comprising establishing a mapping relationship between a preset touch operation type, a preset touch position and the application control command in the following manner;

9. The terminal application control method according to claim 6, further comprising establishing a mapping relationship between the preset touch operation type, the preset touch position and the application control command according to the following manner:

10. The terminal application control method of any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising: