CN106844484B

CN106844484B - Information searching method and device and mobile terminal

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Publication number: CN106844484B
Application number: CN201611209204.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄良发
Original assignee: Beijing Anyun Century Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Anyun Century Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-12-23
Filing date: 2016-12-23
Publication date: 2020-08-28
Anticipated expiration: 2036-12-23
Also published as: CN106844484A

Abstract

The invention provides an information searching method, an information searching device and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: providing a comprehensive search box on an interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the comprehensive search box comprises a plurality of search entries of different search types, and each search entry receives input contents of different types; when a trigger operation aiming at any one of the search entries is received, acquiring input content matched with the search type of the search entry; identifying the input content, and determining a search keyword corresponding to the input content; and searching in classification aiming at the search keywords, and respectively displaying the search results in the classification on the interface. The technical scheme realizes the global search in the true sense, enables various types of search entries to be concentrated together, provides search convenience for users to a great extent, and improves the search efficiency and the experience of the users in the search aspect.

Description

Information searching method and device and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information search method, an information search device, and a mobile terminal.

Background

At present, with the rapid development of smart phones, the functions of smart phones are also more and more powerful, especially the search function on the smart phones. For example, a user may search for various types of information on the internet, including news, videos, etc., directly on a cell phone. However, when searching for information on the internet, a user needs to first enter a search application installed on a mobile phone and then perform a search using the search application, which requires the user to find the search application from a plurality of applications installed on the mobile phone. Obviously, this search method is inconvenient for the user.

In order to solve the above problems, in the related art, a search box may be set on a desktop of the mobile phone, and a user may input a keyword in the search box to implement a search function, where the search function is not only directed to searching of various information on the internet, but also directed to searching of various local applications and files of the mobile phone. For example, when a "map" is input in the search box, map applications (such as a Baidu map, a Gade map, and the like) installed in the mobile phone can be searched out, and the user can directly enter the applications by clicking the searched map applications. For another example, the video information named "fighting" can be searched out by inputting "fighting" in the search box, and the user can directly enter a download page or watch a page by clicking the video information. Therefore, the searching mode does not need the user to search the required application programs from a plurality of application programs one by one, and convenience is provided for the searching function of the mobile phone.

However, the above search method only has a text search function, that is, the search box on the desktop of the mobile phone can only receive the input of text content, but cannot receive other types of input content. Therefore, the mobile phone searching function still has great limitation, and cannot realize comprehensive searching in the true sense.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention has been made to provide an information search method, apparatus and mobile terminal that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information search method applied to a mobile terminal, the method including:

providing a comprehensive search box on an interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the comprehensive search box comprises a plurality of search entries of different search types, and each search entry receives input contents of different types;

when a trigger operation aiming at any one of the search entries is received, acquiring input content matched with the search type of the search entry;

identifying the input content, and determining a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

and searching in classification aiming at the search keywords, and respectively displaying the search results in the classification on the interface.

Optionally, the categorical search comprises at least one of: web page search, option search in system setting of the mobile terminal, application search installed on the mobile terminal, address book search, record search in history search records, content search in third party application;

wherein the web page search comprises a search for at least one content of words, videos, audios and pictures.

Optionally, the search type includes at least one of a text search, an image search, a voice search, and a biometric search, and the biometric includes a fingerprint and/or an iris.

Optionally, the classified search is performed for the search keyword, including:

when the search keyword belongs to a preset privacy keyword, determining a target privacy space corresponding to the preset privacy keyword to which the search keyword belongs according to a third corresponding relation between the preset privacy keyword and the privacy space;

providing a first decryption portal for entering the target privacy space;

when a trigger operation on the first decryption entry is received, acquiring first decryption information for entering the target privacy space, wherein the first decryption information comprises at least one of a fingerprint and a password;

and entering the target privacy space by using the first decryption information, and executing a search operation aiming at the search keyword in the target privacy space.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information search apparatus provided in a mobile terminal, the apparatus including:

the mobile terminal comprises a providing module, a searching module and a searching module, wherein the providing module is suitable for providing a comprehensive searching box on an interface of the mobile terminal, the comprehensive searching box comprises a plurality of searching entries with different searching types, and each searching entry receives different types of input contents;

the first determination module is suitable for acquiring input content matched with the search type of any search entry when the trigger operation aiming at the search entry is received;

the second determining module is suitable for identifying the input content and determining a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

and the searching module is suitable for carrying out classified search on the search keywords and respectively displaying the classified search results on the interface.

providing a first decryption portal for entering the target privacy space;

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal comprising a processor and a memory:

the memory is used for storing a program for executing the information searching method in any one of the above items, and the processor is configured to execute the program stored in the memory.

According to the technical scheme, the comprehensive search box comprising the search entries of the different search types can be provided on the interface of the mobile terminal, the input content matched with the search types of the search entries is obtained when the triggering operation of any search entry is received, the classified search is carried out according to the search keywords corresponding to the input content, and then the search result is provided for the user, so that the global search in the true sense is realized, the search entries of the various types are concentrated together, the user can realize the search in the comprehensive search box provided on the interface of the mobile terminal no matter what type of search is carried out, and the mobile terminal does not need to be triggered to call the input interface of the corresponding type. Therefore, the technical scheme provides search convenience for the user to a great extent, and improves the search efficiency and the experience of the user in the aspect of search.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.

The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to refer to like parts throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an information search method according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an information searching method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic interface diagram of a mobile terminal in an information search method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is another schematic interface diagram of a mobile terminal in an information search method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an information search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another information search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a partial structure of a mobile phone related to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an information search method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the information search method is applied to a mobile terminal, which may generally include the following steps S101-S104:

step S101, providing a comprehensive search box on an interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the comprehensive search box comprises a plurality of search entries with different search types, and each search entry receives different types of input contents respectively.

Step S102, when receiving the trigger operation aiming at any one of the search entries, acquiring the input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

Step S103, recognizing the input content and determining the search keyword corresponding to the input content.

And step S104, carrying out classified search according to the search keywords, and respectively displaying the classified search results on the interface.

The following describes the above steps S101 to S104 in detail.

Step S101 is first executed to provide an integrated search box on the interface of the mobile terminal, where the integrated search box includes a plurality of search entries of different search types, and each search entry receives different types of input content. Wherein the search type comprises at least one type of character search, image search, voice search and biological feature search, and the biological feature comprises a fingerprint and/or an iris. In one embodiment, the integrated search box may be displayed on a main interface of the mobile terminal or in a notification bar. When the integrated search box is displayed in the notification bar of the mobile terminal, the user pulls down the notification bar of the mobile terminal, i.e., the integrated search box in the notification bar can be seen.

Next, step S102 is executed, namely, when a trigger operation for any one of the search entries is received, the input content matched with the search type of the search entry is acquired. And executing step S103, namely identifying the input content and determining the search keyword corresponding to the input content. The manner in which the input content is acquired and the manner in which the search keyword corresponding to the input content is determined are also different for different search types. How to acquire the input content and how to determine the search keyword corresponding to the input content are described below for different search types, respectively.

In one embodiment, when a trigger operation for a text search entry is received, the mobile terminal may provide an input box for a user on the current interface, so that the user can input text content in the input box. In addition, the text search entry can also be directly displayed in the integrated search box in the form of an input box, that is, the user can trigger the text search entry, namely, the cursor can be positioned in the input box, and then the text content is directly input.

In this embodiment, the input content is text content, so when the search keyword corresponding to the input content is determined, the input text content can be directly determined as the search keyword, or the keyword can be extracted from the input text content, for example, a physical word or the like in the text content is extracted as the search keyword corresponding to the text content.

In one embodiment, when a trigger operation for an image search entry is received, input content may be obtained by: firstly, loading a plurality of identifiers of image acquisition functions on an interface, wherein the image acquisition functions comprise at least one of a scanning function, a shooting function and a local acquisition function; secondly, when a selection operation aiming at any one of the identifiers is received, starting a corresponding image acquisition function on the mobile terminal according to the identifier; and thirdly, acquiring a target image by using the started image acquisition function, and determining the acquired target image as the input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

Specifically, when a selection operation of an identifier of a scanning function is received, the scanning function of the mobile terminal is started, a scanning frame is provided, and then an object (such as a two-dimensional code, a bank card, a bar code, and the like) falling into the scanning frame is scanned, so that a target image is obtained. And when the selection operation of the identification of the shooting function is received, starting the shooting function of the mobile terminal to shoot the picture, wherein the shot image is the target image. And when receiving the selection operation of the local acquisition function identifier, the mobile terminal jumps the current interface to the local gallery and determines the image selected by the user in the local gallery as the target image.

In this embodiment, the input content is a target image, and therefore, the search keyword corresponding to the input content may be determined by: firstly, identifying and acquiring target elements in a target image, wherein the target elements comprise character information and/or human face characteristics; secondly, a search keyword corresponding to the input content is determined according to the target element. Specifically, when the target element includes text information, it is determined that text content corresponding to the text information is a search keyword corresponding to the input content. For example, the target image scanned by the scanning function of the mobile terminal is a bank card, and the bank card includes text information, i.e., card number information, so that the card number on the bank card can be determined as the search keyword. When the target element comprises the face feature, acquiring the figure information corresponding to the face feature from a local or network side, and extracting the first key information from the figure information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content. The local or network side stores the corresponding relation between the character information and the human face characteristics, and the character information can be a communication number, a name, a nickname and the like.

When the acquired character information only comprises one item, the acquired character information can be directly used as a search keyword corresponding to the input content, and when the acquired character information comprises a plurality of items, first key information can be extracted from the plurality of items of character information and used as the search keyword corresponding to the input content. Wherein, the first key information can be preset as at least one item of human information. For example, if the target image captured by the capturing function of the mobile terminal is a photograph and the first key information is a nickname, the mobile terminal identifies the face features in the photograph, and then acquires the person information corresponding to the face features from the local or network side, if the acquired person information only includes a name, the name is a search keyword, and if the acquired person information includes a name, a communication number and a nickname, the first key information (i.e., the nickname) is extracted from the plurality of items of person information as the search keyword.

In one embodiment, when a trigger operation for a voice search entry is received, input content may be obtained by: firstly, starting a voice recording function of the mobile terminal; secondly, receiving voice information input by a user by using a voice input function; and thirdly, extracting voice content and/or sound information from the voice information as input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

In this embodiment, the input content is voice content and/or sound information, so the search keyword corresponding to the input content can be determined by: when the input content is the voice content, recognizing the voice content by utilizing a voice recognition technology to obtain the character content corresponding to the voice content, and determining the character content as the search keyword corresponding to the input content. When the input content is the voice information, acquiring a corresponding relation between preset voice information and user identity information from a local or network side, determining the user identity information corresponding to the extracted voice information according to the corresponding relation, and then extracting third key information from the user identity information corresponding to the voice information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content. The local or network side stores the corresponding relation between the preset sound information and the user identity information, and the user identity information can comprise at least one of a user name, a communication number, a head portrait and an identification number.

When the user identity information corresponding to the voice information only comprises one item, the determined user identity information can be directly used as a search keyword corresponding to the input content, and when the user identity information corresponding to the voice information comprises a plurality of items, third key information can be extracted from the plurality of items of user identity information and used as the search keyword corresponding to the input content. Wherein the third key information may be preset as at least one item of user identity information. For example, if the mobile terminal determines that the user identity information corresponding to the sound information only includes the user name, the user name may be directly determined as the search keyword; and if the mobile terminal determines that the user identity information corresponding to the voice information comprises a user name, a communication number and an identity card number, and if the third key information is preset as the user name, extracting the user name from the multiple items of user identity information as a search keyword.

In one embodiment, when a trigger operation on a biometric search entry is received, input content may be obtained by: firstly, starting a biological characteristic identification function of the mobile terminal, wherein the biological characteristic identification function comprises a fingerprint identification function and/or an iris identification function; secondly, acquiring the biological characteristic information of the user by utilizing a biological characteristic identification function; thirdly, the collected biological characteristic information is determined as the input content matched with the search type of the search entry. The biometric information comprises fingerprint information and/or iris information, and the biometric search entry comprises a fingerprint search entry and/or an iris search entry.

In this embodiment, the input content is biometric information (i.e., fingerprint information and/or iris information), and therefore the search keyword corresponding to the input content can be determined by: firstly, acquiring a corresponding relation between preset biological characteristic information and user identity information from a local or network side; secondly, determining user identity information corresponding to the acquired biological characteristic information according to the first corresponding relation; and thirdly, extracting second key information from the user identity information corresponding to the biological characteristic information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content. The local or network side stores the corresponding relation between the preset biological characteristic information and the user identity information, and the user identity information can comprise at least one of a user name, a communication number, a head portrait and an identification number.

When the user identity information corresponding to the biological characteristic information only comprises one item, the determined user identity information can be directly used as a search keyword corresponding to the input content, and when the user identity information corresponding to the biological characteristic information comprises a plurality of items, second key information can be extracted from the plurality of items of user identity information and used as the search keyword corresponding to the input content. The second key information may be preset as at least one item of user identity information. For example, if the mobile terminal determines that the user identity information corresponding to the biometric information only includes the user name, the user name may be directly determined as the search keyword; and if the mobile terminal determines that the user identity information corresponding to the biological characteristic information comprises a user name, a communication number and an identity card number, and if the second key information is preset as the user name, extracting the user name from the multiple items of user identity information as a search keyword.

After the search keyword corresponding to the input content is determined, the step S104 is continued, that is, the classified search is performed on the search keyword, and the search results of the classified search are respectively displayed on the interface. The searching mode can comprise local searching and/or online searching. The search of the classification includes at least one of: web searching, option searching in system settings of the mobile terminal, application searching installed on the mobile terminal, address book searching, record searching in history search records, content searching in third party applications. The webpage search comprises a search of at least one content of words, videos, audios and pictures.

When the search results of the classified categories are respectively displayed on the interface, the interface of the mobile terminal can be divided into a plurality of areas, and each area is used for displaying the search results of different categories. Furthermore, due to space limitations on the interface, sometimes not enough to display all types of search results, in one embodiment, the following steps may also be performed: firstly, respectively selecting at least one category from the classified searches as a preferred search category corresponding to each search type; secondly, establishing a corresponding relation between each search type and the corresponding preferred search category; and thirdly, storing the corresponding relation into the mobile terminal. For example, for an image search type, a picture search in a web search may be selected from searches of the category as a preferred search category corresponding thereto; for the voice search type, a video search, an audio search, and an application search installed on the mobile terminal in a web search may be selected from the search of the category as a preferred search category corresponding thereto.

Based on the above embodiment, when step S104 is executed, a preferred search category corresponding to the current search type may be determined according to a fourth correspondence relationship between each search type and the preferred search category corresponding to each search type, which is established in advance, then a search of the preferred search category is performed for the search keyword, and the search result is displayed at a preset position on the interface. That is, only search results for the preferred search category are displayed on the interface. In addition, search of all search categories can be performed according to the search keywords, then search results belonging to the preferred search category are screened out from the search keywords, the screened search results are displayed at a preset position on the interface, and meanwhile, a button used for expanding search results of other categories is additionally arranged on the interface, so that a user can check the search results of other categories by triggering the button. For example, the preferred search category corresponding to the image search type is an image search category, when a user searches through the image search entry, only search results of the image search category are displayed on the interface, search results of other categories are hidden, and the user can check search results of other categories by triggering an expansion button on the interface.

In one embodiment, when the search keyword belongs to the preset privacy keyword, the step S104 may be further performed by:

step one, determining a target privacy space corresponding to a preset privacy keyword to which a search keyword belongs according to a corresponding relation between the preset privacy keyword and the privacy space. The privacy space may include any space that needs to be entered after decryption, such as an encrypted QQ space, an encrypted storage space on the mobile terminal, and the like. For example, the preset privacy keyword corresponding to the encrypted QQ space may be set as "QQ space article", the preset privacy keyword corresponding to the encrypted D-disc on the mobile terminal may be set as "D// photo", and so on.

And step two, providing a first decryption entrance for entering the target privacy space. In this step, the provided first decryption entries may be the same or different for different target privacy spaces. For example, when the encryption mode of the target privacy space is password encryption, a first decryption entry for inputting a password is provided; when the encryption mode of the target privacy space is fingerprint encryption, a first decryption entrance for inputting fingerprint information is provided.

And step three, when a trigger operation for the first decryption entry is received, acquiring first decryption information for entering a target privacy space, wherein the first decryption information comprises at least one of a fingerprint and a password.

And step four, entering a target privacy space by using the first decryption information, and executing a search operation aiming at the search keyword in the target privacy space. In addition, when the acquired first decryption information does not match with the correct decryption information of the target privacy space, the target privacy space cannot be entered for searching.

In this embodiment, the user can directly enter the privacy space through the integrated search box on the mobile terminal interface, for example, the user can enter the encrypted QQ space by inputting decryption information of the QQ space through the integrated search box, without opening a QQ client installed on the mobile terminal; for another example, if the user inputs the encrypted D-disc on the mobile terminal through the integrated search box, the user can directly enter the encrypted D-disc to perform corresponding search, and the encrypted D-disc does not need to be opened step by step according to the position of the encrypted D-disc on the mobile terminal. Therefore, the embodiment provides search convenience for the user to a great extent, and realizes global search in a true sense.

In one embodiment, when the search result includes encrypted content in a secure chip on the terminal device, the search result of the classification may be further displayed by:

step one, providing a second decryption entry for receiving second decryption information corresponding to the encrypted content, wherein the second decryption information comprises at least one of fingerprints and passwords. In this step, the provided second decryption entries may be the same or different for different second decryption information. For example, when the second decryption information to be input is a password, a second decryption entry for inputting the password is provided; when the second decryption information needing to be input is a graph track, a second decryption inlet used for inputting the graph track is provided; when the second decryption information needing to be input is fingerprint information, a second decryption entry for inputting the fingerprint information is provided.

And step two, when receiving the trigger operation of the second decryption entry, acquiring second decryption information.

And thirdly, decrypting the encrypted content by using the second decryption information, and displaying the decrypted content on an interface. In addition, when the acquired second decryption information does not match the correct decryption information corresponding to the encrypted content, the encrypted content cannot be decrypted and displayed.

The information searching method provided by the invention is explained by a specific embodiment.

Example one

In the first embodiment, the user triggers the voice search entry as an example. FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an information search according to a first embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the method is applied to a mobile terminal and comprises the following steps S201-S206:

step S201, providing a comprehensive search box on the interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the comprehensive search box comprises a plurality of search entries with different search types, and each search entry receives different types of input contents respectively.

Wherein the plurality of search entries of different search types includes at least one type of text search entry, image search entry, voice search entry, biometric search entry, the biometric search entry including a fingerprint search entry and/or an iris search entry. As shown in FIG. 3, included within the integrated search box 300 are a text search entry 310, an image search entry 320, a voice search entry 330, and a biometric search entry 340. Also, in the case where the user does not trigger the biometric search entry 340, the fingerprint search entry and the iris search entry may be in a hidden state.

In another embodiment, the integrated search box 300 may not be displayed on the interface, but only the search entries of the various different search types therein, i.e., only the text search entry 310, the image search entry 320, the voice search entry 330, and the biometric search entry 340.

Step S202, when receiving the triggering operation of the user for the voice search entry, starting the voice recording function of the mobile terminal, and receiving the voice information input by the user by using the voice recording function.

In step S203, the text content in the voice message is recognized by using the voice recognition technology.

And step S204, extracting key information from the recognized text content, and determining the extracted key information as a search keyword of the voice search.

In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the text corresponding to the voice information input by the user is "i want to travel to kyaka gutter", and the mobile terminal extracts the key information "kyaka gutter" from the text, so that the "kyaka gutter" is the search keyword of the voice search.

Besides, in addition to the steps S203-S204, in another embodiment, sound information (e.g., user voiceprint information) in the voice information can be extracted as the search keyword of the voice search.

Step S205, search of classification is carried out according to the search keywords, and search results of classification are obtained.

In the first embodiment, the search of the category includes picture search, text search in web page search and local search of the mobile terminal. Correspondingly, the search results classified include pictures, text contents and locally stored photos.

And step S206, displaying the classified search results on the interface respectively.

In the first embodiment, after the search operation in step S205 is performed, a plurality of display areas are provided on the interface, and each display area is used for displaying search results of different categories. Since the search result classified in the first embodiment includes three items of a picture, text content and a locally stored photo, three display areas, namely a first area for displaying the picture, a second area for displaying the text content and a third area for displaying the locally stored photo, can be provided on the interface. In addition, due to space limitation on the interface, the whole search result may not be displayed, so that a button for expanding all the search results may be additionally arranged in any one or more display areas, so that the user can view the whole search result by triggering the button.

As shown in fig. 4, still assuming that the search keyword is "jiuzhaigou", after the search is performed for the search keyword, three display areas, namely a first area 410 for displaying pictures, a second area 420 for displaying text contents, and a third area 430 for displaying locally stored pictures, are provided on the interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the first area 410 is used for displaying web pictures (not shown in the figure) related to "jiuzhaigou", the second area 420 is used for displaying web page contents (not shown in the figure) related to "jiuzhaigou", and the third area 430 is used for displaying locally stored pictures (not shown in the figure) related to "jiuzhaigou". In addition, since the number of search results of the online search is large, only a preset number of search results may be displayed in the corresponding display area, and "expand" buttons in the first area 410 and the second area 420 as shown in fig. 4 may be added. When the user triggers an expansion button in the first area 410, the current interface jumps to a picture page of a network picture related to the Jiuzhaigou; when the user toggles the "expand" button in the second area 420, then the current interface jumps to a page of web page content related to "Jiuzhaigou," which includes a plurality of search result items related to "Jiuzhaigou.

As can be seen, in the first embodiment, by providing the integrated search box including the search entries of the plurality of different search types on the interface of the mobile terminal, the user can directly input any type of input content through the integrated search box, and further perform classified search. For example, in the voice search type in the first embodiment, the user may directly input the voice content through the integrated search box without opening a corresponding search client or searching a web page on the mobile terminal. Therefore, the technical scheme provides search convenience for the user to a great extent, and improves the search efficiency and the experience degree of the user in the aspect of search.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an information search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus is provided in a mobile terminal, and includes:

a providing module 510, adapted to provide a comprehensive search box on an interface of the mobile terminal, where the comprehensive search box includes a plurality of search entries of different search types, and each search entry receives different types of input content;

a first determining module 520, coupled to the providing module 510, adapted to, when a trigger operation for any one of the search entries is received, obtain input content matching a search type of the search entry;

a second determining module 530 coupled to the first determining module 520 and adapted to identify the input content and determine a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

the searching module 540 is coupled to the second determining module 530 and adapted to perform classified search according to the search keywords and display the classified search results on the interface respectively.

In one embodiment, the categorizing search includes at least one of: web searching, option searching in system setting of the mobile terminal, application searching installed on the mobile terminal, address book searching, record searching in history searching records, and content searching in third-party applications;

the webpage search comprises a search of at least one content of words, videos, audios and pictures.

In one embodiment, the search type includes at least one of a text search, an image search, a voice search, a biometric search, and the biometric includes a fingerprint and/or an iris.

In one embodiment, the first determination module 520 is further adapted to:

when the search type is image search, loading identifiers of a plurality of image acquisition functions on an interface, wherein the image acquisition functions comprise at least one of a scanning function, a shooting function and a local acquisition function;

when receiving a selection operation aiming at any one of the identifiers, starting a corresponding image acquisition function on the mobile terminal according to the identifier;

and acquiring a target image by using the started image acquisition function, and determining the acquired target image as the input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

In one embodiment, the second determination module 530 is further adapted to:

identifying and acquiring target elements in a target image, wherein the target elements comprise character information and/or human face characteristics;

and determining a search keyword corresponding to the input content according to the target element.

In one embodiment, the second determination module 530 is further adapted to:

when the target element comprises text information, determining text content corresponding to the text information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

when the target element comprises the face feature, acquiring the figure information corresponding to the face feature from a local or network side, and extracting the first key information from the figure information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content.

In one embodiment, the first determination module 520 is further adapted to:

when the search type is biological feature search, starting a biological feature recognition function of the mobile terminal, wherein the biological feature recognition function comprises a fingerprint recognition function and/or an iris recognition function;

collecting the biological characteristic information of the user by utilizing a biological characteristic identification function;

the collected biometric information is determined to be input content matching the search type of the search entry.

In one embodiment, the second determination module 530 is further adapted to:

acquiring a first corresponding relation between preset biological characteristic information and user identity information from a local or network side;

determining user identity information corresponding to the acquired biological characteristic information according to the first corresponding relation;

and extracting second key information from the user identity information corresponding to the biological characteristic information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content.

In one embodiment, the first determination module 520 is further adapted to:

when the search type is voice search, starting a voice recording function of the mobile terminal;

receiving voice information input by a user by using a voice input function;

and extracting voice content and/or sound information from the voice information as input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

In one embodiment, the second determination module 530 is further adapted to:

when the voice content is extracted, recognizing the voice content by utilizing a voice recognition technology to obtain character content corresponding to the voice content; determining the text content as a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

when the voice information is extracted, acquiring a second corresponding relation between the preset voice information and the user identity information from a local or network side; determining user identity information corresponding to the extracted voice information according to the second corresponding relation; and extracting third key information from the user identity information corresponding to the sound information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content.

In one embodiment, the search module 540 is further adapted to:

and carrying out local search and/or online search aiming at the search keyword.

In one embodiment, the search module 540 is further adapted to:

when the search keyword belongs to the preset privacy keyword, determining a target privacy space corresponding to the preset privacy keyword to which the search keyword belongs according to a third corresponding relation between the preset privacy keyword and the privacy space;

providing a first decryption portal for entering a target privacy space;

when a trigger operation for a first decryption entry is received, first decryption information for entering a target privacy space is acquired, wherein the first decryption information comprises at least one of a fingerprint and a password;

In one embodiment, the search module 540 is further adapted to:

when the search result comprises the encrypted content in the security chip on the terminal device, providing a second decryption entry for receiving second decryption information corresponding to the encrypted content, wherein the second decryption information comprises at least one of a fingerprint and a password;

when receiving a trigger operation on a second decryption entry, acquiring second decryption information;

and decrypting the encrypted content by using the second decryption information, and displaying the decrypted content on the interface.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the above apparatus further comprises:

a selecting module 550 adapted to select at least one category from the searches of the category as a preferred search category corresponding to each search type, respectively;

an establishing module 560, coupled to the selecting module 550, adapted to establish a fourth correspondence between each search type and the preferred search category corresponding thereto;

a storing module 570, coupled to the establishing module 560 and the searching module 540, adapted to store the fourth corresponding relationship in the mobile terminal.

In one embodiment, the search module 540 is further adapted to:

determining an optimal search category corresponding to the search type according to the fourth corresponding relation;

and searching the preferred search category according to the search keyword, and displaying the search result at a preset position on the interface.

The device can provide the comprehensive search frame comprising a plurality of search entries with different search types on the interface of the mobile terminal, acquire the input content matched with the search types of the search entries when receiving the triggering operation of any search entry, and perform classified search according to the search keywords corresponding to the input content, thereby providing the search result for the user. Therefore, the technical scheme provides search convenience for the user to a great extent, and improves the search efficiency and the experience of the user in the aspect of search.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the information search apparatus in fig. 5 and fig. 6 can be used to implement the information search scheme described above, and the detailed description thereof should be similar to the description of the method section above, and in order to avoid complexity, the detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Fig. 7 shows only a portion related to the embodiment of the present invention for convenience of description, and please refer to the method portion in the embodiment of the present invention for details that are not disclosed. The mobile terminal may be any terminal device including a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a POS (Point of Sales), a vehicle-mounted computer, etc., taking the terminal as the mobile phone as an example:

fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a partial structure of a mobile phone related to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 7, the handset includes: radio Frequency (RF) circuit 710, memory 720, input unit 730, display unit 740, sensor 750, audio circuit 760, wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) module 770, processor 780, and power supply 790. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the handset configuration shown in fig. 7 is not intended to be limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes each component of the mobile phone in detail with reference to fig. 7:

the RF circuit 710 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then processes the received downlink information to the processor 780; in addition, the data for designing uplink is transmitted to the base station. In general, the RF circuit 710 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuit 710 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to global system for Mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Messaging Service (SMS), and the like.

The memory 720 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 780 may execute various functional applications and data processing of the cellular phone by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 720. The memory 720 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 720 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 730 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the cellular phone. Specifically, the input unit 730 may include a touch panel 731 and other input devices 732. The touch panel 731, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations of a user (e.g. operations of the user on or near the touch panel 731 by using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger, a stylus, etc.) and drive the corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 731 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts it to touch point coordinates, and sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 780, and can receive and execute commands from the processor 780. In addition, the touch panel 731 may be implemented by various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The input unit 730 may include other input devices 732 in addition to the touch panel 731. In particular, other input devices 732 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 740 may be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menus of the mobile phone. The display unit 740 may include a display panel 741, and optionally, the display panel 741 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like. Further, the touch panel 731 can cover the display panel 741, and when the touch panel 731 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 731, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 780 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 780 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 741 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 731 and the display panel 741 are two independent components in fig. 7 to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone, in some embodiments, the touch panel 731 and the display panel 741 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone.

The handset may also include at least one sensor 750, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 741 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 741 and/or a backlight when the mobile phone is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the mobile phone, further description is omitted here.

Audio circuitry 760, speaker 761, and microphone 762 may provide an audio interface between a user and a cell phone. The audio circuit 760 can transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 761, and the electrical signal is converted into a sound signal by the speaker 761 and output; on the other hand, the microphone 762 converts the collected sound signal into an electric signal, converts the electric signal into audio data after being received by the audio circuit 760, and then processes the audio data output processor 780, and then transmits the audio data to, for example, another cellular phone through the RF circuit 710, or outputs the audio data to the memory 720 for further processing.

WiFi belongs to short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the mobile phone can help a user to receive and send e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the WiFi module 770, and provides wireless broadband Internet access for the user. Although fig. 7 shows the WiFi module 770, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the handset, and can be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 780 is a control center of the mobile phone, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile phone and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 720 and calling data stored in the memory 720, thereby integrally monitoring the mobile phone. Optionally, processor 780 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 780 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 780.

The handset also includes a power supply 790 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may preferably be logically coupled to the processor 780 via a power management system, so that the power management system may be used to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption.

Although not shown, the mobile phone may further include a camera, a bluetooth module, etc., which are not described herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the processor 780 included in the terminal further has the following functions:

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting an intention that: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device in an embodiment may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some or all of the components in an information search apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus or device programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on computer-readable media or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The usage of the words first, second and third, etcetera do not indicate any ordering. These words may be interpreted as names.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims

1. An information searching method is applied to a mobile terminal, and comprises the following steps:

searching in classification aiming at the search keywords, and respectively displaying the search results in the classification on the interface;

wherein the search type comprises at least one type of character search, image search, voice search and biological feature search, and the biological feature comprises a fingerprint and/or an iris;

if the corresponding relation between the biological characteristic information or the sound information and the user identity information is preset at the local or network side, extracting key information from the user identity information as a search keyword;

if the corresponding relation between the human face characteristics and the figure information is preset at the local or network side, extracting key information from the figure information as a search keyword;

the searching of the classification is carried out according to the search keyword, and the search results of the classification are respectively displayed on the interface, and the method comprises the following steps:

determining the preferred search category corresponding to the current search type according to a fourth corresponding relation between each pre-established search type and the preferred search category corresponding to the search type;

searching all search categories according to the search keywords, screening search results belonging to the preferred search category from the search results, and displaying the screened search results at a preset position on an interface; and

and adding a button for expanding the search results of other categories on the interface, so that the user can check the search results of other categories by triggering the button.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the categorical searches include at least one of: web page search, option search in system setting of the mobile terminal, application search installed on the mobile terminal, address book search, record search in history search records, content search in third party application;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the search type is the image search, obtaining input content matching the search type of the search entry comprises:

loading a plurality of identifiers of image acquisition functions on the interface, wherein the image acquisition functions comprise at least one of a scanning function, a shooting function and a local acquisition function;

4. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying the input content and determining search keywords corresponding to the input content comprises:

identifying and acquiring target elements in the target image, wherein the target elements comprise text information and/or human face characteristics;

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining a search keyword corresponding to the input content from the target element comprises:

when the target element comprises the text information, determining the text content corresponding to the text information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content;

when the target element comprises the face feature, acquiring the figure information corresponding to the face feature from a local or network side, and extracting first key information from the figure information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining input content matching the search type of the search entry when the search type is the biometric search comprises:

starting a biological characteristic identification function of the mobile terminal, wherein the biological characteristic identification function comprises a fingerprint identification function and/or an iris identification function;

acquiring the biological characteristic information of the user by utilizing the biological characteristic identification function;

and determining the acquired biological characteristic information as input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein identifying the input content and determining search keywords corresponding to the input content comprises:

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when the search type is the voice search, obtaining input content matching the search type of the search entry comprises:

starting a voice recording function of the mobile terminal;

receiving voice information input by a user by utilizing the voice input function;

and extracting voice content and/or sound information from the voice information to serve as input content matched with the search type of the search entry.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying the input content and determining search keywords corresponding to the input content comprises:

when the voice information is extracted, acquiring a second corresponding relation between preset voice information and user identity information from a local or network side; determining user identity information corresponding to the extracted voice information according to the second corresponding relation; and extracting third key information from the user identity information corresponding to the sound information as a search keyword corresponding to the input content.

10. The method of any of claims 1-9, wherein conducting a classified search for the search keyword comprises:

and performing local search and/or online search aiming at the search keyword.

11. The method of any of claims 1-9, wherein conducting a classified search for the search keyword comprises:

providing a first decryption portal for entering the target privacy space;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the search results of the categories separately on the interface comprises:

when the search result comprises encrypted content in a security chip on the terminal device, providing a second decryption entry for receiving second decryption information corresponding to the encrypted content, wherein the second decryption information comprises at least one of a fingerprint and a password;

when receiving a trigger operation on the second decryption entry, acquiring the second decryption information;

13. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

selecting at least one category from the searches of the category as a preferred search category corresponding to each search type;

establishing a fourth corresponding relation between each search type and the corresponding preferred search category;

and storing the fourth corresponding relation into the mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein conducting a classified search for the search keywords and displaying the classified search results on the interface separately comprises: determining an optimal search category corresponding to the search type according to the fourth corresponding relation;

15. An information search device is arranged in a mobile terminal, and the device comprises:

the search module is suitable for searching the search keywords in different categories and respectively displaying the search results in different categories on the interface;

if the corresponding relation between the biological characteristic information and/or the sound information and the user identity information is preset at the local or network side, the second determining module extracts key information from the user identity information as a search keyword;

wherein the search module is further adapted to:

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the search of the categories comprises at least one of: web page search, option search in system setting of the mobile terminal, application search installed on the mobile terminal, address book search, record search in history search records, content search in third party application;

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first determining module is further adapted to:

when the search type is the image search, loading identifiers of a plurality of image acquisition functions on the interface, wherein the image acquisition functions comprise at least one of a scanning function, a shooting function and a local acquisition function;

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second determining module is further adapted to:

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second determining module is further adapted to:

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first determining module is further adapted to:

when the search type is the biological feature search, starting a biological feature recognition function of the mobile terminal, wherein the biological feature recognition function comprises a fingerprint recognition function and/or an iris recognition function;

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second determining module is further adapted to:

22. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first determining module is further adapted to:

when the search type is the voice search, starting a voice recording function of the mobile terminal;

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the second determining module is further adapted to:

24. The apparatus of any of claims 15-23, wherein the search module is further adapted to:

and performing local search and/or online search aiming at the search keyword.

25. The apparatus of any of claims 15-23, wherein the search module is further adapted to:

providing a first decryption portal for entering the target privacy space;

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the search module is further adapted to:

27. The apparatus of any one of claims 16, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

the selection module is suitable for respectively selecting at least one category from the searches of the category as a preferred search category corresponding to each search type;

the establishing module is suitable for establishing a fourth corresponding relation between each search type and the corresponding preferred search category;

and the storage module is suitable for storing the fourth corresponding relation into the mobile terminal.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the search module is further adapted to:

29. A mobile terminal comprising a processor and a memory:

the memory for storing a program for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 14,

the processor is configured to execute programs stored in the memory.