CN107037971A

CN107037971A - Application management device, mobile terminal and method

Info

Publication number: CN107037971A
Application number: CN201710196108.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张泳发
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-27
Filing date: 2017-03-27
Publication date: 2017-08-11

Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of application management method, including：When detect there is trigger action in the preset edge touch area of mobile terminal when, obtain the positional information where the trigger action；Positional information according to where the trigger action determines object edge touch-control subregion；Application corresponding with the object edge touch-control subregion is obtained, and determines the operational order of the trigger action matching；According to the operational order, application corresponding to the object edge touch-control subregion performs corresponding operation.The invention also discloses a kind of application management device and mobile terminal.The present invention is realized to be managed by the edge touch area of mobile terminal to application, is reduced the operating procedure of user, is improved the convenience being managed to application.

Description

Application management device, mobile terminal and method

Technical Field

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

Background

In the mobile internet era, various application programs of the mobile terminal provide great convenience for the life of people, and users can check various information and perform various entertainment through the mobile terminal. However, when a user needs to operate an application while using the mobile terminal, an operation interface corresponding to mobile phone management or the application needs to be opened for operation. For example, when the mobile terminal runs too many applications, the mobile terminal may run slowly because of occupying too much memory. At this time, the user needs to perform memory cleaning, and the user needs to open the mobile phone management to scan all applications and release corresponding memories when cleaning the memories. The operation is very complicated and has no pertinence, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an application management device, a mobile terminal and a method, aiming at improving the convenience of application management.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an application management apparatus, comprising:

the mobile terminal comprises an acquisition module, a processing module and a control module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring the position information of a trigger operation when the trigger operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area preset by the mobile terminal;

the determining module is used for determining a target edge touch subarea according to the position information of the trigger operation;

the processing module is used for acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

and the execution module is used for executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction.

Optionally, the application management apparatus further includes:

the dividing module is used for dividing the edge touch control area of the mobile terminal into one or more edge touch control sub-areas and dividing preset applications existing in the mobile terminal into different application types;

the establishing module is used for establishing a mapping relation between the edge touch control subarea and the application type;

the processing module is further configured to obtain an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to a mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-area and the application type.

Optionally, the processing module includes:

the mobile terminal comprises a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit and a third acquisition unit, wherein the first acquisition unit is used for acquiring image information in a designated area in front of the mobile terminal and extracting characteristic information contained in the image information;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the feature information, identity information of a user who is using the mobile terminal;

the first processing unit is used for acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

or, the processing module comprises:

the second acquisition unit is used for acquiring fingerprint information input in the edge touch area and determining the identity information of a user using the mobile terminal according to the fingerprint information;

and the second processing unit is used for acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation.

Optionally, when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, the execution module is further configured to display an application list corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and receive a selection instruction input in the application list; selecting any application from the selection instructions to be set as a target application according to the selection instructions, and executing opening operation on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction;

when the operation instruction is a preset time pressing operation instruction, the execution module is further configured to display a state list of the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the preset time pressing operation instruction, so that a user can check, end a process, delete data or unload the application;

when the operation instruction is a sliding operation instruction, the execution module is further configured to acquire all applications running in the background from the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and execute a cleaning operation on all applications running in the background according to the sliding operation instruction.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, which includes the application management apparatus with the above structure.

In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides an application management method, including:

when detecting that a trigger operation exists in an edge touch area preset by a mobile terminal, acquiring position information of the trigger operation;

determining a target edge touch subarea according to the position information of the trigger operation;

acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

and executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction.

Optionally, the application management method further includes:

dividing an edge touch area of the mobile terminal into one or more edge touch sub-areas, and dividing preset applications existing in the mobile terminal into different application types;

establishing a mapping relation between the edge touch subarea and the application type;

the acquiring the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area comprises:

and acquiring the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the mapping relation between the edge touch control subarea and the application type.

Optionally, the acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation include:

acquiring image information in a designated area in front of the mobile terminal, and extracting characteristic information contained in the image information;

determining identity information of a user using the mobile terminal according to the feature information;

acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

or,

acquiring fingerprint information input in an edge touch area, and determining identity information of a user using the mobile terminal according to the fingerprint information;

and acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation.

Optionally, when it is detected that a trigger operation exists in an edge touch area preset by the mobile terminal, before acquiring the position information where the trigger operation is located, the method includes:

when receiving user input to start an application management mode, controlling the mobile terminal to enter the application management mode;

and after the mobile terminal enters an application management mode, executing the step of acquiring the position information of the trigger operation when the trigger operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area preset by the mobile terminal.

Optionally, when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, according to the operation instruction, performing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area includes:

displaying an application list corresponding to the target edge touch subarea, and receiving a selection instruction input in the application list;

selecting any application from the selection instructions to be set as a target application according to the selection instructions, and executing opening operation on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction;

or,

when the operation instruction is a preset time pressing operation instruction, according to the operation instruction, executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area comprises:

displaying a state list of the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the preset time pressing operation instruction, so that a user can check the application, end the process, delete data or unload the application;

or,

when the operation instruction is a sliding operation instruction, according to the operation instruction, executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area includes:

and acquiring all applications running in the background in the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and executing cleaning operation on all the applications running in the background according to the sliding operation instruction.

When the mobile terminal detects that the trigger operation exists in the edge touch control area, the mobile terminal determines the target edge touch control area according to the position information of the trigger operation. And then acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation. And executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction. The method and the device have the advantages that the application is managed through the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, when a user needs to operate the application, only the triggering operation needs to be carried out in the edge touch area, operation steps of the user are reduced, and convenience in managing the application is improved.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of an application management apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a trigger operation in an edge touch area of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of an application management device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mapping relationship between an edge touch sub-area and an application type established by the mobile terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of an application management method according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of an application management method according to the present invention.

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

Detailed Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 keypad, a dome sheet, a trigger pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects a change in resistance, pressure, capacitance, etc., due to being touched), a jog wheel, a jog stick, and the like. In particular, when the trigger plate is superimposed on the display unit 141 in the form of a layer, a trigger screen may be formed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As shown in fig. 2, a first embodiment of an application management apparatus of the present invention is shown. The application management apparatus of this embodiment includes:

the mobile terminal comprises an acquisition module 10, a processing module and a processing module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring the position information of a trigger operation when the trigger operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area preset by the mobile terminal;

in this embodiment, the type of the mobile terminal may be set according to actual needs, for example, the mobile terminal may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like. The mobile terminal can be a narrow-frame mobile terminal, and the side surface of the narrow-frame mobile terminal is provided with an edge touch area for receiving triggering operation input by a user. Or, the mobile terminal is a frameless mobile terminal, and the side surface of the mobile terminal is a part of the display screen and is used for receiving the triggering operation input by the user. The borderless mobile terminal will be described in detail below as an example.

The borderless mobile terminal may divide a screen into a main screen and edge touch areas in advance, wherein the edge touch areas are located on left and right sides of the main screen, and are independent of the main screen and may perform a touch operation based on FIT (Frame interaction technology). This no frame mobile terminal also can be in advance with the screen divide into main screen and marginal touch-control region, wherein, marginal touch-control region is located the upper and lower four sides about main screen, forms four sides no frame mobile terminal, and marginal touch-control region is independent of main screen, can carry out touch-control operation based on FIT. The edge touch area can be divided into sub-areas, and the same trigger operation in each sub-area can correspond to the same or different operation instructions.

The four sides are frameless, that is, no frame is arranged on all four sides of the screen of the mobile terminal, the edge coverage of the screen is all TP (touch panel), an edge touch area is formed, report points can be obtained in the edge touch area, and functions of clicking, touching and the like are achieved. According to the embodiment, the applications of different types are managed through the four-side frameless technology characteristic of the mobile terminal and the triggering operation in the edge touch area, the applications comprise background application cleaning, convenient entry of the applications and the like, so that the problems that the application management operation is complicated and has no pertinence are solved.

Specifically, after the mobile terminal is started, whether trigger operation exists in a preset edge touch area or not is detected in real time, and the trigger operation comprises sliding operation, clicking operation, pressing operation and the like. When it is detected that the trigger operation exists in the edge touch area, since the trigger operations at different positions in the edge touch area may match different operation instructions, the obtaining module 10 needs to obtain the position information of the trigger operation. The position information includes coordinate information of the trigger operation or an edge touch sub-area of the trigger operation.

The determining module 20 is configured to determine a target edge touch sub-area according to the position information where the trigger operation is located;

in this embodiment, applications existing in the mobile terminal may be classified, and the applications may be classified according to functions, importance levels, user preferences, or frequency of use. For example, applications can be divided into application types such as video-class applications, social-class applications, game-class applications, shopping-class applications, office-class applications, tool-class applications, and the like according to functional division. In addition, the edge touch sub-area of the mobile terminal can be divided, the edge touch area is divided into one or more edge touch sub-areas, each edge touch sub-area can correspond to a group of types of applications, and the same type of applications can include one or more applications.

After obtaining the position information of the trigger operation, the determining module 20 may determine the target edge touch sub-area where the trigger operation is located according to the position information.

The processing module 30 is configured to obtain an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and determine an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

when determining the target edge touch sub-area where the trigger operation is located, the processing module 30 may determine, according to a mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-area and the application type, an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area. And judging whether the trigger operation has a matched operation instruction, wherein the operation instruction comprises a sliding operation instruction, a pressing operation instruction and the like. When there is a matching operation instruction for the trigger operation, the processing module 30 may determine the operation instruction matching the trigger operation. For example, when the edge touch sub-area is pressed, the pressing time and pressing force required for the pressing operation reach preset values, and then the pressing operation command is triggered.

When the trigger operation does not have a matched operation instruction, corresponding prompt information can be output. For example, when a user forgets to set a mapping relationship between a trigger operation and an operation instruction based on a certain edge touch sub-region, and after the user performs any operation in the edge touch sub-region, when there is no matching operation instruction for the determined trigger operation, a mapping relationship list between the trigger operation and the operation instruction may be retrieved and displayed, so as to prompt the user to perform a correct operation. Or outputting the related prompt information of the operation error in a screen display mode, a voice broadcast mode and the like. For example, only a click operation can be performed in the edge touch sub-area a, and when the user performs a sliding operation, information such as an operation instruction corresponding to the click operation is displayed in a display screen of the mobile terminal to remind the user of performing a correct operation.

And the execution module 40 is configured to execute a corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the operation instruction.

After determining the operation instruction matched with the trigger operation, the execution module 40 may execute a corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the operation instruction. For example, an opening operation can be performed on an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the double-click operation instruction; cleaning operation can be carried out on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the repeated sliding operation instruction; the state list of the applications corresponding to the target edge touch subarea can be displayed according to the long-press operation instruction for the user to check, and information such as memory amount occupied by the corresponding types of applications, power consumption, network uplink flow, downlink flow, use frequency and the like can be listed in the state list, so that reference is provided for the judgment of the user. Optionally, a corresponding operation button may be further provided in the status list, so that a user may implement corresponding application management by operating the operation button, for example, perform an operation such as ending a process, deleting data, or uninstalling an application. The edge touch control area of the mobile terminal is enabled to be utilized, the overall dimension of the mobile terminal can be fully utilized, the screen size of the mobile terminal is greatly expanded, the requirement of a user on a large screen is met, edge input operation is diversified, diversified and quick operation is provided for the user, and user use experience is enhanced.

As will be illustrated below, as shown in fig. 3, the screen of the mobile terminal includes an area a (i.e., a main screen area), an area B (i.e., edge touch areas on the upper and lower sides), and an area C (i.e., edge touch areas on the left and right sides), where the edge touch sub-areas on the upper and lower sides of the area B respectively match the game application and the shopping application, and the edge touch sub-areas on the left and right sides of the area C respectively match the video application and the social application. In the multitasking management of the mobile terminal, only one application is generally allowed to be in an active state and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal due to the limitations of the hardware performance and the screen size of the mobile terminal, while other applications in an inactive state are suspended. Therefore, a background service mechanism is needed for a mobile terminal, which allows an application to run in the background for a long time without a user interface, implements a background service function of the application, and can handle time or data updates. When the mobile terminal runs too many applications, the mobile terminal runs slowly because of occupying too much memory.

When a user plays games by using the mobile terminal without frames on four sides, the user finds that the system is very unsmooth and wants to realize system smoothness by a mode of cleaning background running applications, at the moment, some video files are still downloaded and the video process cannot be killed, so that non-video and non-game background applications are intelligently cleaned. The user only needs to input triggering operation in the edge touch area corresponding to other application types such as the corresponding social application, the shopping application and the like, non-video and non-game background applications can be cleaned at one time, and the operation is very convenient. When the user does not need to open the mobile phone to clean the memory, all applications are scanned to release the corresponding memory.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, a second embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is that the application management apparatus further includes:

a dividing module 50, configured to divide an edge touch area of the mobile terminal into one or more edge touch sub-areas, and divide a preset application existing in the mobile terminal into different application types;

an establishing module 60, configured to establish a mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-area and the application type;

the processing module 30 is further configured to obtain an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to a mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-area and the application type.

In this embodiment, in order to effectively manage various applications on the mobile terminal, the dividing module 50 may divide the edge touch area of the mobile terminal into one or more edge touch sub-areas in advance. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the edge touch area of the mobile terminal may be divided into four edge touch sub-areas, i.e., an upper edge touch sub-area, a lower edge touch sub-area, a left edge touch sub-area, a right edge touch sub-area, and a right edge touch sub-area. Of course, the four edge touch sub-areas may be further subdivided into a plurality of sub-areas, without limiting the present invention. For example, the edge regions corresponding to the longer two sides in the edge touch sub-regions may be divided into two edge touch sub-regions, the edge regions corresponding to the shorter two sides may be divided into one edge partition, and the size and the number of the edge partitions may be set according to needs.

And, the dividing module 50 divides the preset applications existing in the mobile terminal into different application types, where the preset applications may be all applications installed on the mobile terminal or a specific application selected from all applications installed on the mobile terminal.

Specifically, the application types may be divided according to various dividing standards, such as function division, importance division, user preference or use frequency, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. Optionally, in an embodiment, when divided by function, the application type may include: the application system comprises at least two of a video application, a social application, a game application, a shopping application, an office application and a tool application. In another embodiment, when dividing according to the importance degree, the applications considered important by the user and the applications with higher privacy can be divided into the applications with the highest importance level, and the applications considered less important by the user and the applications with low privacy can be divided into the applications with the lowest importance level. In yet another embodiment, when dividing according to the use frequency of the user, the applications most frequently used by the user may be divided into one category, the applications with general use frequency may be divided into one category, and the applications less frequently used may be divided into another category. It is understood that the method for classifying the application can be flexibly set according to specific situations, and the invention is not limited thereto.

Then, the establishing module 60 establishes mapping relationships between different edge touch sub-areas and different application types in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal. One edge touch sub-area can correspond to one type of application, and when one type of application comprises a plurality of applications, one edge can also correspond to a plurality of applications.

As shown in fig. 5, the edge touch area of the display screen of the mobile terminal may be divided into an upper edge touch sub-area, a lower edge touch sub-area, a left edge touch sub-area and a right edge touch sub-area, and after the edge touch sub-areas are divided, different application types may be mapped to different edge partitions. For example, according to the functionally partitioned application types, a video class application may be mapped to a left edge partition, a social class application may be mapped to a right edge partition, a game class application may be mapped to an upper edge partition, and a shopping class application may be mapped to a lower edge partition, such that each of the edge partitions corresponds to one application type. And then, acquiring the application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea according to the mapping relation between the edge touch subarea and the application type.

In this embodiment, an edge touch area of the mobile terminal is divided into one or more edge touch sub-areas in advance, a preset application existing in the mobile terminal is divided into different application types, and a mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-areas and the application types is established, so that an application corresponding to the edge touch sub-areas is obtained according to the mapping relationship, and the flexibility of managing the application is improved.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the application management apparatus, a third embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is provided, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is that the processing module 30 in this embodiment includes:

or, the processing module comprises:

In this embodiment, since there may be a plurality of users sharing the same mobile terminal, and usage habits of each user may be different, for example, when application types are divided according to importance, user preferences, or usage frequency, the available classification results may be different. For convenience of user use and improvement of accuracy of user management application, the mapping relationship between the corresponding matched edge touch sub-area and the application type can be set for different users, that is, the mapping relationship between the user identity information, the edge touch sub-area and the application type is stored in an associated manner. Therefore, when the mobile terminal acquires the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, the identity information of the user corresponding to the trigger operation can be acquired first, so that the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area can be acquired according to the identity information of the user.

Specifically, in an embodiment, the mobile terminal may acquire, by the first acquiring unit, image information in a designated area in front of the mobile terminal through a preset front camera, analyze the image information, and extract feature information of a user included in the image information, where the feature information of the user includes facial features of the user, an iris of the user, and the like. The determining unit compares the obtained feature information of the user with pre-stored target feature information to determine identity information of the user using the mobile terminal according to the feature information. For example, in the same family, dad is wearing glasses, mom is long-haired, child is very big with birthmarks on the face, and the distinguishing can be performed by these characteristics. After the identity information of the user is determined, the first processing unit may obtain an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user.

In another embodiment, a fingerprint collection area may be disposed in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, or a fingerprint collection area may be disposed in a designated area, for example, when a user needs to input authentication when opening the mobile terminal, fingerprint information may be input in the designated fingerprint collection area, and at this time, the second obtaining unit may collect fingerprint information of the user. When the edge touch area can be provided with a fingerprint acquisition area, and a user inputs trigger operation in the edge touch area, the second acquisition unit can acquire fingerprint information of the user. After the fingerprint information of the user is collected, the identity information of the user using the mobile terminal can be determined according to the fingerprint information. After the identity information of the user is determined, the second processing unit may obtain an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the identity information of the user.

In the subsequent process of using the mobile terminal, the user can update the mapping relation among the user identity information, the edge touch sub-area and the application type according to the requirement.

According to the mobile terminal, the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area is obtained by determining the identity information of the user using the mobile terminal, so that the use requirement of the user is met, and the accuracy of application management is improved.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the application management apparatus, a fourth embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is provided, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is that the application management apparatus further includes:

the control module is used for controlling the mobile terminal to enter an application management mode when receiving user input to start the application management mode;

the obtaining module 10 is further configured to, after the mobile terminal enters the application management mode, obtain position information of a trigger operation when the trigger operation is detected to exist in an edge touch area preset in the mobile terminal.

In this embodiment, in order to reduce the misoperation, a switch of the application management mode may be set, and after the application management mode is turned on, a trigger operation may be performed in the edge touch area to manage the application. After the application management mode is closed, the triggering operation is performed in the edge touch area, and the management operation cannot be performed on the application. The user can start or close the application management mode according to the use requirement of the user in the process of using the mobile terminal. Specifically, the mobile terminal detects whether an application management mode is started by receiving user input, and when the application management mode is started by receiving the user input, the control module controls the mobile terminal to enter the application management mode. And after the terminal enters the application management mode, executing the steps.

According to the embodiment, the user can open or close the application management mode according to the use requirement, so that the borderless mobile terminal not only brings strong visual impact to the user, but also creatively sets rich interaction modes and functions in the edge touch area based on the edge interaction operation of the borderless mobile terminal, and great convenience is brought to the user.

Further, based on any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the application management apparatus, a fifth embodiment of the application management apparatus of the present invention is provided, where a difference between this embodiment and any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the application management apparatus of the present invention is that, in this embodiment, when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, the execution module 40 is further configured to display an application list corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and receive a selection instruction input in the application list; selecting any application from the selection instructions to be set as a target application according to the selection instructions, and executing opening operation on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction;

when the operation instruction is a preset time pressing operation instruction, the execution module 40 is further configured to display a state list of an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-region according to the preset time pressing operation instruction, so that a user can view, end a process, delete data, or unload the application;

when the operation instruction is a sliding operation instruction, the execution module 40 is further configured to acquire all applications running in the background in the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and execute a cleaning operation on all applications running in the background according to the sliding operation instruction.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal may perform double-click operation to start an application, press an operation display state list, perform sliding operation to clean a background running application, and the like in the process of performing corresponding operation on an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-region according to the operation instruction.

Specifically, when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, an application list corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area is displayed in a display screen of the mobile terminal, and a user can select one application from the application list to operate. When the execution module 40 receives a selection instruction input in the application list, any one of the applications is selected to be set as a target application according to the selection instruction, and then the opening operation is performed on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction. The double-click operation may be a continuous click operation with a preset time interval, and the preset time may be flexibly set according to specific situations.

When the operation instruction is a preset time pressing operation instruction, the execution module 40 displays a state list of applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-region in a display screen of the mobile terminal according to the preset time pressing operation instruction, and information such as memory amount occupied by the corresponding type of applications, power consumption, network uplink traffic, downlink traffic, use frequency, and the like can be listed in the state list, so as to provide reference for the judgment of the user. Corresponding operation buttons can be provided in the state list, so that a user can realize corresponding application management by operating the buttons. For example, after the status lists of all applications in the application types corresponding to the edge partitions are displayed, the corresponding applications are viewed, processed, deleted, uninstalled, and the like according to the operation of the user on the status lists. It is understood that the pressing pressure value of the pressing operation may be set, and the pressing operation command is activated when the pressing time and the pressing pressure value of the pressing operation satisfy preset conditions.

When the operation instruction is a sliding operation instruction, the execution module 40 may acquire all applications running in the background from the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and perform a cleaning operation on all applications running in the background according to the sliding operation instruction. When the target edge touch sub-area corresponds to a plurality of applications, if the user only needs to end one of the applications running in the background, a click operation instruction can be triggered in the target edge touch sub-area, all application lists running in the background in the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area are displayed, and the user can select the application needing to be cleaned.

According to the embodiment, the mobile terminal executes different operations on the application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea according to different operation instructions, so that different types of applications can be managed conveniently, the problems that the application management operation in the prior art is complicated and has no pertinence are solved, and the efficiency of operating the application is effectively improved.

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a mobile terminal including an application management device with the above structure, and the working principle and implementation manner of the application management device may refer to fig. 3 to 5 and the corresponding embodiments thereof, including all technical features therein, which are not described herein again. The mobile terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer and the like. In the embodiment of the mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal detects that the trigger operation exists in the edge touch control area, the target edge touch control sub-area is determined according to the position information of the trigger operation. And then acquiring an application corresponding to the target edge touch subarea, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation. And executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction. The method and the device have the advantages that the application is managed through the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, when a user needs to operate the application, only the triggering operation needs to be carried out in the edge touch area, operation steps of the user are reduced, and convenience in managing the application is improved.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 6, a first embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is proposed. The application management method of the present embodiment corresponds to the first embodiment of the application management apparatus, and the application management method of the present embodiment includes:

step S10, when detecting that a trigger operation exists in an edge touch area preset by the mobile terminal, acquiring position information of the trigger operation;

Specifically, after the mobile terminal is started, whether trigger operation exists in a preset edge touch area or not is detected in real time, and the trigger operation comprises sliding operation, clicking operation, pressing operation and the like. When it is detected that there is a trigger operation in the edge touch area, since there may be a case where the trigger operations at different positions in the edge touch area match different operation instructions, it is necessary to acquire position information of the trigger operation. The position information includes coordinate information of the trigger operation or an edge touch sub-area of the trigger operation.

Step S20, determining a target edge touch control subarea according to the position information of the trigger operation;

After the position information of the trigger operation is obtained, the target edge touch sub-area where the trigger operation is located can be determined according to the position information.

Step S30, obtaining an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and determining an operation instruction matched with the trigger operation;

when the target edge touch sub-area where the trigger operation is located is determined, the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area can be determined according to the mapping relation between the edge touch sub-area and the application type. And judging whether the trigger operation has a matched operation instruction, wherein the operation instruction comprises a sliding operation instruction, a pressing operation instruction and the like. When the trigger operation has the matched operation instruction, the operation instruction matched with the trigger operation can be determined. For example, when the edge touch sub-area is pressed, the pressing time and pressing force required for the pressing operation reach preset values, and then the pressing operation command is triggered.

And step S40, executing corresponding operation on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction.

After the operation instruction matched with the trigger operation is determined, corresponding operation can be executed on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the operation instruction. For example, an opening operation can be performed on an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the double-click operation instruction; cleaning operation can be carried out on the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subarea according to the repeated sliding operation instruction; the state list of the applications corresponding to the target edge touch subarea can be displayed according to the long-press operation instruction for the user to check, and information such as memory amount occupied by the corresponding types of applications, power consumption, network uplink flow, downlink flow, use frequency and the like can be listed in the state list, so that reference is provided for the judgment of the user. Optionally, a corresponding operation button may be further provided in the status list, so that a user may implement corresponding application management by operating the operation button, for example, perform an operation such as ending a process, deleting data, or uninstalling an application. The edge touch control area of the mobile terminal is enabled to be utilized, the overall dimension of the mobile terminal can be fully utilized, the screen size of the mobile terminal is greatly expanded, the requirement of a user on a large screen is met, edge input operation is diversified, diversified and quick operation is provided for the user, and user use experience is enhanced.

Further, as shown in fig. 7, a second embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment of the application management method, and the application management method of the present embodiment corresponds to the second embodiment of the application management apparatus. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is that, in this embodiment, the application management method further includes:

step S50, dividing an edge touch area of the mobile terminal into one or more edge touch sub-areas, and dividing preset applications existing in the mobile terminal into different application types;

step S60, establishing a mapping relation between the edge touch sub-area and the application type;

the step S30 may include:

step S31, obtaining an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area according to the mapping relationship between the edge touch sub-area and the application type, and determining an operation instruction matching the trigger operation.

In this embodiment, in order to effectively manage various applications on the mobile terminal, the edge touch area of the mobile terminal may be divided into one or more edge touch sub-areas in advance. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the edge touch area of the mobile terminal may be divided into four edge touch sub-areas, i.e., an upper edge touch sub-area, a lower edge touch sub-area, a left edge touch sub-area, a right edge touch sub-area, and a right edge touch sub-area. Of course, the four edge touch sub-areas may be further subdivided into a plurality of sub-areas, without limiting the present invention. For example, the edge regions corresponding to the longer two sides in the edge touch sub-regions may be divided into two edge touch sub-regions, the edge regions corresponding to the shorter two sides may be divided into one edge partition, and the size and the number of the edge partitions may be set according to needs.

And, the preset applications existing in the mobile terminal are divided into different application types, and the preset applications may be all applications installed on the mobile terminal or a specific application selected from all applications installed on the mobile terminal.

And then, establishing a mapping relation between different edge touch subareas and different application types in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal. One edge touch sub-area can correspond to one type of application, and when one type of application comprises a plurality of applications, one edge can also correspond to a plurality of applications.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the application management method, a third embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is provided, and the application management method of the present embodiment corresponds to the third embodiment of the application management apparatus. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is that step S30 in this embodiment may include:

or,

Specifically, in an embodiment, the mobile terminal may acquire image information in a designated area in front of the mobile terminal through a preset front camera, analyze the image information, and extract feature information of a user included in the image information, where the feature information of the user includes information such as a facial feature of the user, an iris of the user, and the like. And comparing the obtained characteristic information of the user with the pre-stored target characteristic information to determine the identity information of the user using the mobile terminal according to the characteristic information. For example, in the same family, dad is wearing glasses, mom is long-haired, child is very big with birthmarks on the face, and the distinguishing can be performed by these characteristics. After the identity information of the user is determined, the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area can be obtained according to the identity information of the user.

In another embodiment, a fingerprint collection area may be disposed in the edge touch area of the mobile terminal, or a fingerprint collection area may be disposed in a designated area, for example, when a user needs to input authentication when opening the mobile terminal, fingerprint information may be input in the designated fingerprint collection area, and at this time, the mobile terminal may collect fingerprint information of the user. When the edge touch area can be provided with a fingerprint acquisition area, the mobile terminal can acquire fingerprint information of a user when the user inputs trigger operation in the edge touch area. After the fingerprint information of the user is collected, the identity information of the user using the mobile terminal can be determined according to the fingerprint information. After the identity information of the user is determined, the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area can be obtained according to the identity information of the user.

Further, based on the first embodiment of the application management method, a fourth embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is provided, and the application management method of the present embodiment corresponds to the fourth embodiment of the application management apparatus. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment of the application management method of the present invention is that, in this embodiment, step S10 includes:

In this embodiment, in order to reduce the misoperation, a switch of the application management mode may be set, and after the application management mode is turned on, a trigger operation may be performed in the edge touch area to manage the application. After the application management mode is closed, the triggering operation is performed in the edge touch area, and the management operation cannot be performed on the application. The user can start or close the application management mode according to the use requirement of the user in the process of using the mobile terminal. Specifically, the mobile terminal detects whether an application management mode is started by receiving user input, and when the application management mode is started by receiving the user input, the mobile terminal is controlled to enter the application management mode. And after the terminal enters the application management mode, executing the steps.

Further, a fifth embodiment of the application management method according to the present invention is proposed based on any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the application management method, and the application management method of the present embodiment corresponds to the fifth embodiment of the application management apparatus. The difference between this embodiment and any one of the first to fourth embodiments of the application management method of the present invention is that, in this embodiment, the step S40 includes:

or,

Specifically, when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, an application list corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area is displayed in a display screen of the mobile terminal, and a user can select one application from the application list to operate. When the mobile terminal receives a selection instruction input in the application list, any one of the applications is selected to be set as a target application according to the selection instruction, and then opening operation is performed on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction. The double-click operation may be a continuous click operation with a preset time interval, and the preset time may be flexibly set according to specific situations.

When the operation instruction is a preset time pressing operation instruction, displaying a state list of the application corresponding to the target edge touch control subregion in a display screen of the mobile terminal according to the preset time pressing operation instruction, wherein the state list can list information such as memory amount occupied by the corresponding type of application, power consumption, network uplink flow, downlink flow, use frequency and the like, so as to provide reference for judgment of a user. Corresponding operation buttons can be provided in the state list, so that a user can realize corresponding application management by operating the buttons. For example, after the status lists of all applications in the application types corresponding to the edge partitions are displayed, the corresponding applications are viewed, processed, deleted, uninstalled, and the like according to the operation of the user on the status lists. It is understood that the pressing pressure value of the pressing operation may be set, and the pressing operation command is activated when the pressing time and the pressing pressure value of the pressing operation satisfy preset conditions.

When the operation instruction is a sliding operation instruction, the mobile terminal can acquire all applications running in the background in the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and perform cleaning operation on all applications running in the background according to the sliding operation instruction. When the target edge touch sub-area corresponds to a plurality of applications, if the user only needs to end one of the applications running in the background, a click operation instruction can be triggered in the target edge touch sub-area, all application lists running in the background in the applications corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area are displayed, and the user can select the application needing to be cleaned.

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

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

Claims

1. An application management apparatus, characterized in that the application management apparatus comprises:

2. The application management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the application management apparatus further comprises:

3. The application management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing module comprises:

or, the processing module comprises:

4. The application management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, the execution module is further configured to display an application list corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area, and receive a selection instruction input in the application list; selecting any application from the selection instructions to be set as a target application according to the selection instructions, and executing opening operation on the target application according to the double-click operation instruction;

5. A mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises an application management apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 4.

6. An application management method, characterized in that the application management method comprises the steps of:

7. The application management method of claim 6, wherein the application management method further comprises:

8. The application management method according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining of the application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area and the determining of the operation instruction matching the trigger operation comprise:

or,

9. The application management method according to claim 6, wherein when it is detected that the trigger operation exists in the edge touch area preset in the mobile terminal, before acquiring the location information of the trigger operation, the method comprises:

10. The application management method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein when the operation instruction is a double-click operation instruction, according to the operation instruction, performing a corresponding operation on an application corresponding to the target edge touch sub-area includes:

or,