CN108601004B

CN108601004B - NFC use guide method, mobile terminal and computer readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN108601004B
Application number: CN201810387345.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈增桂
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-26
Filing date: 2018-04-26
Publication date: 2023-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-26
Also published as: CN108601004A

Abstract

The invention discloses an NFC use guiding method, which comprises the following steps: when NFC is started, acquiring the position of an NFC antenna in the mobile terminal; according to the position of the NFC antenna, displaying an NFC placement prompt in a region corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in a screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the prompt comprises placing other NFC equipment or NFC cards above or below the screen and horizontally placing or vertically placing the NFC equipment or NFC cards. The embodiment of the invention also discloses a mobile terminal and a computer readable storage medium. Therefore, the NFC antenna placement position information prompting device can give a prompt to a user, brings convenience to the user to use the NFC function of the mobile terminal, and improves user experience.

Description

NFC use guide method, mobile terminal and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of near field communication technologies, and in particular, to an NFC usage guiding method, a mobile terminal, and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

Currently, in the application process of the near field communication (Near Field Communication, NFC) technology, two devices using NFC need to be close together, and the placement positions and directions of antennas need to be approximately consistent, so that the communication quality can be ensured. In the existing NFC devices (such as mobile phones), no relevant prompt exists, and the user does not know where the NFC antenna is located and how to place the NFC antenna and the device to be paired.

NFC has three functions of card reading, card writing and card simulating, and NFC equipment with the three functions supports full-function NFC. However, some NFC devices have only a card reading function or only a card reading and writing function, and some NFC devices only open the NFC function for some applications due to security. The NFC devices of the above cases are called semi-functional NFC supported. Such a functional difference originally set by the NFC device is not known to the user, and may cause the user to consider the device to have no NFC function or consider the NFC design to have a problem.

In addition, in the aspect of NFC specific application, for example, when the NFC device acts as a bus card, since a certain fee needs to be paid by the NFC payment service of opening one city bus, not all city buses support NFC payment, and the information users may not know, so that the users may misunderstand when buying and using the NFC device.

Disclosure of Invention

The main objective of the present invention is to provide a NFC usage guiding method, a mobile terminal and a computer readable storage medium, which aim to solve at least one of the above technical problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an NFC usage guiding method, applied to a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

When NFC is started, acquiring the position of an NFC antenna in the mobile terminal; a kind of electronic device with high-pressure air-conditioning system

According to the position of the NFC antenna, displaying an NFC placement prompt in a region corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in a screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the prompt comprises placing other NFC equipment or NFC cards above or below the screen and horizontally placing or vertically placing the NFC equipment or NFC cards.

Optionally, the position of the NFC antenna includes whether the hardware design of the NFC antenna is a front-out type or a back-out type, whether the NFC antenna is placed horizontally or vertically, and specific position data of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal relative to the screen.

Optionally, the step of displaying the NFC put prompt in the area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in the screen of the mobile terminal includes:

displaying a box in an area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in the screen, wherein:

if the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a front-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC device or NFC card above the screen in the block;

if the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the back-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC device or NFC card under the screen in the box;

If the NFC antenna is placed horizontally, displaying with a horizontal square frame in the screen;

if the NFC antenna is vertically placed, a vertical box is displayed in the screen.

Optionally, the method further comprises the step of, when NFC is started:

detecting whether the current NFC signal strength reaches a preset value;

and if the current NFC signal strength does not reach the preset value, executing the step of acquiring the position of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the method further comprises the steps of:

detecting whether the exit condition of the NFC placement prompt is met or not, wherein the exit condition comprises that the NFC placement prompt is continuously displayed for N seconds or the current NFC signal intensity is detected to reach the preset value;

and when the exit condition is reached, canceling to display the NFC placement prompt.

Optionally, the method further comprises the steps of:

after detecting that the user is correctly placed, displaying an application interface guide interface;

receiving an APP icon selected by a user in the application interface guide interface;

judging whether the APP can successfully use the NFC function;

and when the NFC function can be successfully used, displaying an NFC application scene interface of the APP.

Optionally, the method further comprises the steps of:

When the APP closes the NFC function, displaying an NFC function setting interface of the APP, and prompting a user to start the NFC function;

when the NFC function cannot be successfully used and the NFC function of the APP is not closed, displaying NFC first prompt information of the mobile terminal, wherein the first prompt information comprises: the NFC type of the mobile terminal comprises all APP names supporting NFC functions in the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal supports at least one of application places of the NFC functions.

Optionally, the method further comprises the steps of:

after entering the NFC application scene interface of the APP, if abnormality occurs in the NFC use process, displaying NFC second prompt information of the mobile terminal, wherein the second prompt information comprises: whether the mobile terminal and the other NFC equipment or the NFC card are placed correctly or not, whether the NFC function of the other NFC equipment or the NFC card is not opened, and whether the APP does not support at least one of the other NFC equipment or the NFC card.

In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention also proposes a mobile terminal including: the NFC device comprises a memory, a processor, an NFC unit, a screen and an NFC use guide program which is stored in the memory and can run on the processor, wherein the NFC use guide program realizes the steps of the NFC use guide method when being executed by the processor.

Further, to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon an NFC usage boot program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the NFC usage boot method as described above.

The NFC use guiding method, the mobile terminal and the computer readable storage medium provided by the invention can help a user to use the NFC function of the mobile terminal more conveniently and rapidly through NFC antenna position guiding, NFC information notification, application interface guiding and the like, and improve user experience.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system of the mobile terminal shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of an NFC usage boot method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing NFC put prompts in the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of an NFC usage boot method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of an NFC usage boot method according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7-8 are schematic diagrams showing NFC first prompt messages in the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of an NFC usage boot method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of an NFC usage guidance system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of an NFC usage guidance system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic block diagram of an NFC usage guidance system according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" for representing elements are used only for facilitating the description of the present invention, and have no specific meaning per se. Thus, "module," "component," or "unit" may be used in combination.

The terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminals described in the present invention may include mobile terminals such as cell phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, palm computers, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), portable media players (Portable Media Player, PMP), navigation devices, wearable devices, smart bracelets, pedometers, and fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, and the like.

The following description will be given taking a mobile terminal as an example, and those skilled in the art will understand 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 a moving purpose.

Referring to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may include: an RF (Radio Frequency) unit 101, a WiFi module 102, an audio output unit 103, an a/V (audio/video) input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110, and a power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mobile terminal structure shown in fig. 1 is not limiting of the mobile terminal and that the mobile terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes the components of the mobile terminal in detail with reference to fig. 1:

the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during the information receiving or communication process, specifically, after receiving downlink information of the base station, processing the downlink information by the processor 110; and, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communications. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System of Mobile communication, global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service ), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access ), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access, time Division synchronous code Division multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution, frequency Division Duplex Long term evolution), and TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing-Long Term Evolution, time Division Duplex Long term evolution), etc.

WiFi belongs to a short-distance wireless transmission technology, and a mobile terminal can help a user to send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media and the like through the WiFi module 102, so that wireless broadband Internet access is provided for the user. Although fig. 1 shows a WiFi module 102, it is understood that it does not belong to the necessary constitution of a mobile terminal, and can be omitted entirely as required within a range that does not change the essence of the invention.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a talk mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.) related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100. The audio output unit 103 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The a/V input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The a/V input unit 104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, the graphics processor 1041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphics processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the WiFi module 102. The microphone 1042 can receive sound (audio data) via the microphone 1042 in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, and the like, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in the case of a telephone call mode. The microphone 1042 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting the audio signal.

The mobile terminal 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the mobile terminal 100 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the acceleration in all directions (generally three axes), and can detect the gravity and direction when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the gesture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer gesture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and knocking), and the like; as for other sensors such as fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc. that may also be configured in the mobile phone, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and to generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal. In particular, the user input unit 107 may include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations thereon or thereabout by a user (e.g., operations of the user on the touch panel 1071 or thereabout by using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger, a stylus, etc.) and drive the corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch azimuth 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 detection device, converts it into touch point coordinates, and sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and can receive and execute commands sent from the processor 110. Further, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072 in addition to the touch panel 1071. In particular, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, mouse, joystick, etc., as specifically not limited herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may overlay the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or thereabout, the touch panel 1071 is transferred to the processor 110 to determine the type of touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of touch event. Although in fig. 1, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components for implementing the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 may be integrated with the display panel 1061 to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, which is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device can be connected with the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external devices may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 100 and an external device.

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

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

The mobile terminal 100 may further include a power source 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to the respective components, and preferably, the power source 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to perform functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.

Although not shown in fig. 1, the mobile terminal 100 may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described herein.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, a communication network system on which the mobile terminal of the present invention is based will be described below.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication network system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication network system is an LTE system of a general mobile communication technology, and the LTE system includes a UE (User Equipment) 201, an e-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network ) 202, an epc (Evolved Packet Core, evolved packet core) 203, and an IP service 204 of an operator that are sequentially connected in communication.

Specifically, the UE201 may be the terminal 100 described above, and will not be described herein.

The E-UTRAN202 includes eNodeB2021 and other eNodeB2022, etc. The eNodeB2021 may be connected with other eNodeB2022 by a backhaul (e.g., an X2 interface), the eNodeB2021 is connected to the EPC203, and the eNodeB2021 may provide access from the UE201 to the EPC 203.

EPC203 may include MME (Mobility Management Entity ) 2031, hss (Home Subscriber Server, home subscriber server) 2032, other MMEs 2033, SGW (Serving Gate Way) 2034, pgw (PDN Gate Way) 2035 and PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function, policy and tariff function entity) 2036, and so on. The MME2031 is a control node that handles signaling between the UE201 and EPC203, providing bearer and connection management. HSS2032 is used to provide registers to manage functions such as home location registers (not shown) and to hold user specific information about service characteristics, data rates, etc. All user data may be sent through SGW2034 and PGW2035 may provide IP address allocation and other functions for UE201, PCRF2036 is a policy and charging control policy decision point for traffic data flows and IP bearer resources, which selects and provides available policy and charging control decisions for a policy and charging enforcement function (not shown).

IP services 204 may include the internet, intranets, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem ), or other IP services, etc.

Although the LTE system is described above as an example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to LTE systems, but may be applied to other wireless communication systems, such as GSM, CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and future new network systems.

Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and the communication network system, various embodiments of the method of the present invention are provided.

The NFC use guiding method provided by the invention is used for giving the prompt to the user aiming at the NFC antenna placement position, the NFC supporting application and other relevant NFC function information when the mobile terminal starts NFC, so that the user can use the NFC function of the mobile terminal conveniently, and the user experience is improved.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 3, a first embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance method, which includes the steps of:

and S300, when NFC is started, acquiring the position of an NFC antenna in the mobile terminal.

Specifically, for a mobile terminal supporting an NFC function, an NFC antenna is provided in the mobile terminal, and location information of the NFC antenna may be recorded. When other NFC equipment or NFC card approaches the mobile terminal, the NFC unit of the mobile terminal can communicate with the other NFC equipment or NFC card, and the NFC is started. When the mobile terminal starts NFC, the mobile terminal acquires the position information of the NFC antenna of the mobile terminal. Typically, the location information includes whether the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a front-out type or a back-out type, whether the NFC antenna is placed horizontally or vertically, and specific location data of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal with respect to a screen.

S302, displaying NFC placement prompts in a screen of the mobile terminal according to the positions of the NFC antennas.

Specifically, according to the obtained location information, the mobile terminal prompts how to place the mobile terminal and the other NFC devices or NFC cards in an area corresponding to the location of the NFC antenna in the screen. For example, a box is displayed in the screen in an area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna, so as to prompt the user how to place the NFC antenna. If the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a forward-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC equipment or NFC card above a screen; if the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the back-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC device or NFC card under a screen. If the NFC antenna is placed horizontally, displaying the NFC antenna by a horizontal square frame in the screen so as to prompt a user to place the NFC antennas of other NFC devices or NFC cards horizontally; if the NFC antenna is vertically placed, a vertical box is used for displaying in the screen so as to prompt a user to vertically place the NFC antennas of other NFC devices or NFC cards.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the NFC placement prompt. In fig. 4, since the NFC antenna is of the front-out type and the NFC antenna is disposed horizontally, the NFC placement prompt is displayed in a horizontal box at a corresponding position in the screen, and the user is prompted to place the NFC card above the screen.

According to the NFC use guiding method provided by the embodiment, a user can be prompted on how to place the NFC antenna according to actual position information of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal when the NFC function of the mobile terminal is used, so that the user can be helped to find the correct placement position and direction more quickly, and NFC communication can be successfully performed.

Example two

As shown in fig. 5, a second embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance method. In the second embodiment, steps S502 to S504 of the NFC usage guidance method are similar to steps S300 to S302 of the first embodiment, except that the method further includes steps S500 and S506 to S508.

The method comprises the following steps:

s500, when NFC is started, whether the current NFC signal strength reaches a preset value is detected.

Specifically, when other NFC devices or NFC cards are close to the mobile terminal, the NFC unit of the mobile terminal may communicate with the other NFC devices or NFC cards, which indicates that NFC is started. At this time, if the current NFC signal strength is detected to have reached the preset value, which indicates that the user has been correctly placed at the beginning, the NFC signal between the mobile terminal and the other device or the NFC card is good, and no NFC placement prompt is required for the user. If the current NFC signal strength is detected not to reach the preset value, the signal is not good, and NFC placement prompt is needed for the user.

S502, if the current NFC signal strength does not reach a preset value, acquiring the position of an NFC antenna in the mobile terminal.

Specifically, for a mobile terminal supporting an NFC function, an NFC antenna is provided in the mobile terminal, and location information of the NFC antenna may be recorded. When the mobile terminal starts NFC and the current NFC signal is bad, the mobile terminal obtains the position information of the NFC antenna of the mobile terminal. Typically, the location information includes whether the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a front-out type or a back-out type, whether the NFC antenna is placed horizontally or vertically, and specific location data of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal with respect to a screen.

And S504, displaying NFC placement prompts in a screen of the mobile terminal according to the positions of the NFC antennas.

Specifically, according to the obtained location information, the mobile terminal prompts the user how to place the mobile terminal and the other NFC devices or NFC cards in the area corresponding to the location of the NFC antenna in the screen. For example, a box is displayed in the screen in an area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna, so as to prompt the user how to place the NFC antenna. If the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a forward-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC equipment or NFC card above a screen; if the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the back-out type, prompting a user to place the other NFC device or NFC card under a screen. If the NFC antenna is placed horizontally, displaying the NFC antenna by a horizontal square frame in the screen so as to prompt a user to place the NFC antennas of other NFC devices or NFC cards horizontally; if the NFC antenna is vertically placed, a vertical box is used for displaying in the screen so as to prompt a user to vertically place the NFC antennas of other NFC devices or NFC cards.

S506, detecting whether the exit condition of the NFC placement prompt is reached.

Specifically, the exit condition may include: the NFC put prompt has been displayed continuously for N seconds (e.g. 5 seconds, may be preset and may be modified by the user), or it is detected that the current NFC signal strength has reached the preset value (i.e. the user has put correctly).

And S508, when the exit condition is reached, the mobile terminal cancels the display of the NFC placement prompt.

Specifically, after the NFC put prompt has been continuously displayed for N seconds, or the user has put correctly, the NFC put prompt is not displayed in the screen of the mobile terminal, but enters other corresponding interfaces, for example, an application interface guide interface or an NFC application scene interface of an APP (which will be described in detail in the following embodiments).

According to the NFC use guiding method, a user can be prompted on how to put the NFC use guiding method when the NFC signal is poor according to actual position information of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal, so that the user can find the correct placement position and direction faster, NFC communication is successfully performed, the prompt is canceled after the exit condition is reached, the use of the NFC use guiding method is convenient for the user, and the user experience is improved.

Example III

As shown in fig. 6, a third embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance method. In a third embodiment, the NFC use bootstrapping method further includes the following steps on the basis of the first or second embodiment:

and S600, displaying an application interface guide interface after detecting that the user is correctly placed.

Specifically, the application interface guiding interface includes all APP icons supporting NFC functions in the mobile terminal. When the fact that the user is correctly placed (the current NFC signal intensity reaches the preset value) is detected, the mobile terminal obtains which of all the APPs installed by the mobile terminal support NFC functions, and application icons of the APPs are displayed for the user to view.

S602, receiving an APP application icon selected by a user in the application interface guide interface.

Specifically, the user may select an APP that is required by himself according to the APP icon supporting the NFC function provided in the application interface guide interface, and then input an operation of selecting the APP icon of the APP. The mobile terminal receives a selection operation of a user.

S604, judging whether the APP can successfully use the NFC function. When the NFC function can be successfully used, step S606 is performed. When the NFC function cannot be successfully used, step S608 is performed.

Specifically, after receiving a selection operation of the user, the mobile terminal needs to determine whether the selected APP can currently successfully use the NFC function. In fact, although the APP supports the NFC function, the NFC function may not be successfully used at present due to the fact that the NFC function of the APP is in a closed state or the application scenario is not equivalent.

Notably, if the user uses NFC in an application interface of an APP supporting the NFC function, after detecting that the user is correctly placed, the application interface guiding interface does not need to be displayed, but directly judges whether the APP can successfully use the NFC function.

S606, displaying the NFC application scene interface of the APP.

Specifically, if it is determined that the APP can successfully use the NFC function at present, that is, no abnormality occurs, the APP directly enters an NFC application scenario interface of the APP, for example, a bus card recharging interface and the like.

S608, detecting whether the NFC function of the APP has been turned off. If it has been closed, step S610 is performed. If not, go to step S612.

S610, displaying the NFC function setting interface of the APP, and prompting a user to start the NFC function.

Specifically, if it is determined that the APP cannot use the NFC function successfully, the mobile terminal detects whether the NFC function of the APP has been turned off. If the function is already closed, the NFC function setting interface of the APP is directly displayed, and a user can directly set whether to open the function.

S612, displaying NFC first prompt information of the mobile terminal.

Specifically, if it is determined that the APP cannot use the NFC function successfully at present and the NFC function of the APP is not closed, other abnormal conditions occur, which results in that the NFC function of the APP is not supported at present. At this time, the mobile terminal displays NFC first prompt information in a screen, including: the mobile terminal supports at least one of application sites of the NFC function (for example, cities supporting NFC bus cards, etc.). Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the NFC first prompting message. The display interface of the NFC first prompt further includes a detailed information icon of each item of prompt, and when the user clicks the detailed information icon, a detailed explanation about the item of prompt can be further viewed (as shown in fig. 8). Therefore, the user can search for a possible reason that the APP cannot successfully use the NFC function at present according to the NFC first prompt information.

The NFC use guiding method provided by the embodiment can further prompt the user on the basis of prompting the user to find the correct placement position and direction when the NFC function of the mobile terminal is used, and further prompt the user that APP supporting the NFC function in the mobile terminal and possible reasons for the current unsuccessful use of the NFC function are avoided, misunderstanding or confusion of the user caused when the use fails is avoided, and user experience is improved.

Example IV

As shown in fig. 9, a fourth embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance method. In a fourth embodiment, the NFC usage guidance method further includes the following steps on the basis of the third embodiment:

and S900, after entering the NFC application scene interface of the APP, displaying NFC second prompt information of the mobile terminal if abnormality occurs in the NFC use process.

Specifically, when abnormal conditions such as card reading failure or service non-support occur in the use of the NFC application scenario interface of the APP, the user is informed of the NFC second prompt information by popping up an information box on the screen of the mobile terminal, including: whether the mobile terminal and the other NFC equipment or the NFC card are placed correctly (the position is possibly moved in the using process), the NFC function of the other NFC equipment or the NFC card is not opened, the APP does not support at least one of the other NFC equipment or the NFC card, and the like, so that a user is guided to perform the next operation.

According to the NFC use guiding method, when the user is abnormal in the NFC function process of the APP, the user is further prompted, the user is guided to find possible abnormal reasons, and the next operation is conducted.

The invention further provides a mobile terminal comprising a memory, a processor, an NFC unit, a screen and an NFC usage guidance system. The NFC use guide system is used for giving a prompt to a user aiming at the NFC antenna placement position, the NFC supporting application and other relevant NFC function information when the mobile terminal starts NFC, so that the user can use the NFC function of the mobile terminal conveniently, and user experience is improved.

Example five

As shown in fig. 10, a fifth embodiment of the present invention proposes a mobile terminal 2. The mobile terminal 2 comprises a memory 20, a processor 22, an NFC unit 24, a screen 26 and an NFC usage guidance system 28.

The memory 20 includes at least one type of readable storage medium for storing an operating system and various application software installed on the mobile terminal 2, such as program codes of the NFC usage guidance system 28. In addition, the memory 20 may be used to temporarily store various types of data that have been output or are to be output.

The processor 22 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or other data processing chip in some embodiments. The processor 22 is typically used to control the overall operation of the mobile terminal 2. In this embodiment, the processor 22 is configured to execute the program code or process data stored in the memory 20, for example, execute the NFC usage guidance system 28.

The NFC unit 24 is configured to perform NFC communications with other NFC devices or NFC cards, so as to implement an NFC function of the mobile terminal 2. The NFC unit 24 includes an NFC antenna (not shown in fig. 10), and when the NFC antenna is placed in a position and a direction substantially consistent with those of the other NFC devices or NFC cards, normal NFC communication can be ensured.

The screen 26 is used for displaying and receiving a touch operation of a user.

Example six

As shown in fig. 11, a sixth embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance system 28. In this embodiment, the NFC usage guidance system 28 includes:

the acquiring module 800 is configured to acquire a location of an NFC antenna in the mobile terminal 2 when NFC is started.

Specifically, for the mobile terminal 2 supporting the NFC function, an NFC antenna is provided in the mobile terminal 2, and location information of the NFC antenna may be recorded. When another NFC device or NFC card is close to the mobile terminal 2, the NFC unit 24 of the mobile terminal 2 may communicate with the other NFC device or NFC card, which indicates that NFC is activated. When the mobile terminal 2 starts NFC, the acquiring module 800 acquires location information of an NFC antenna of the mobile terminal 2 itself. Typically, the location information includes whether the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the front-out type or the back-out type, whether the NFC antenna is placed horizontally or vertically, and the specific location data of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal 2 with respect to the screen 26.

The display module 802 is configured to display an NFC placement prompt on the screen 26 of the mobile terminal 2 according to the position of the NFC antenna.

Specifically, according to the obtained location information, the display module 802 prompts how to place the mobile terminal 2 and the other NFC device or NFC card in the area corresponding to the location of the NFC antenna in the screen 26. For example, a box is displayed in the screen 26 in the area corresponding to the location of the NFC antenna to prompt the user how to place. If the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the out-of-the-way type, prompting the user to place the other NFC device or NFC card over the screen 26; if the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of the back-out type, the user is prompted to place the other NFC device or NFC card under the screen 26. If the NFC antenna is placed horizontally, a horizontal box is displayed in the screen 26 to prompt the user to place the NFC antennas of the other NFC devices or NFC cards horizontally; if the NFC antenna is vertically disposed, a vertical box is displayed in the screen 26 to prompt the user to vertically dispose the NFC antenna of the other NFC device or NFC card.

Example seven

As shown in fig. 12, a seventh embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance system 28. In this embodiment, the NFC usage guidance system 28 further includes a detection module 804 in addition to the acquisition module 800 and the display module 802 in the sixth embodiment.

The detecting module 804 is configured to detect whether the current NFC signal strength reaches a preset value when NFC is started.

Specifically, when NFC is started, if the detection module 804 detects that the current NFC signal strength has reached the preset value, which indicates that the user has been correctly placed at the beginning, the NFC signal between the mobile terminal 2 and the other device or the NFC card is good, and no NFC placement prompt is required for the user. If the current NFC signal strength is detected not to reach the preset value, the signal is not good, and NFC placement prompt is needed for the user.

The detecting module 804 is further configured to detect whether an exit condition of the NFC placement prompt is reached.

The display module 802 is further configured to cancel displaying the NFC put prompt when the exit condition is reached.

Specifically, after the NFC put prompt has been displayed continuously for N seconds, or the user has been put correctly, the NFC put prompt is not displayed in the screen 26 of the mobile terminal 2, but enters other corresponding interfaces, such as an application interface guide interface or an NFC application scene interface of a certain APP, etc.

Example eight

As shown in fig. 13, an eighth embodiment of the present invention proposes an NFC usage guidance system 28. In this embodiment, the NFC usage guidance system 28 includes a receiving module 806 and a judging module 808 in addition to all the modules in the sixth embodiment or the seventh embodiment.

The display module 802 is further configured to display an application interface guide interface after detecting that the user is correctly placed.

Specifically, the application interface guiding interface includes all APP icons supporting NFC functions in the mobile terminal 2. When it is detected that the user is correctly placed (the current NFC signal strength has reached the preset value), the display module 802 obtains which of all APPs installed in the mobile terminal 2 itself support the NFC function, and displays application icons of the APPs for the user to view.

The receiving module 806 is configured to receive an APP application icon selected by a user in the application interface guiding interface.

Specifically, the user may select an APP that is required by himself according to the APP icon supporting the NFC function provided in the application interface guide interface, and then input an operation of selecting the APP icon of the APP. The receiving module 806 receives a selection operation by a user.

The determining module 808 is configured to determine whether the APP can successfully use the NFC function.

Specifically, when receiving the selection operation of the user, the determining module 808 needs to determine whether the selected APP can currently successfully use the NFC function. In fact, although the APP supports the NFC function, the NFC function may not be successfully used at present due to the fact that the NFC function of the APP is in a closed state or the application scenario is not equivalent.

The display module 802 is further configured to display an NFC application scenario interface of the APP when the NFC function can be successfully used.

The display module 802 is further configured to display an NFC function setting interface of the APP when the APP does not start the NFC function, and prompt a user to start the NFC function.

Specifically, if it is determined that the APP cannot use the NFC function currently, the door entry 804 detects whether the NFC function of the APP has been turned off. If the function is already closed, the display module 802 may directly display the NFC function setting interface of the APP, and the user may directly set whether to open the function.

The display module 802 is further configured to display an NFC first prompt of the mobile terminal 2 when the APP has a status that the APP does not support the NFC function.

Specifically, if it is determined that the APP cannot use the NFC function successfully at present and the NFC function of the APP is not closed, other abnormal conditions occur, which results in that the NFC function of the APP is not supported at present. At this time, the display module 802 displays NFC first prompt information in the screen 26, including: the NFC type of the mobile terminal 2, all APP names supporting NFC functions in the mobile terminal 2, and at least one of application sites (for example, cities supporting NFC bus cards, etc.) supporting NFC functions of the mobile terminal 2. The display interface of the NFC first prompt information further comprises a detailed information icon of each prompt information, and when a user clicks the detailed information icon, the user can further view detailed explanation of the prompt information. Therefore, the user can search for a possible reason that the APP cannot successfully use the NFC function at present according to the NFC first prompt information.

Further, the display module 802 is further configured to display the NFC second prompting information of the mobile terminal 2 if an abnormality occurs in the NFC use process after entering the NFC application scenario interface of the APP.

Specifically, when abnormal conditions such as card reading failure or service non-support occur in the use of the NFC application scenario interface of the APP, the user is informed of the NFC second prompt information by making a pop-up information box on the screen 26 of the mobile terminal 2, including: whether the mobile terminal 2 and the other NFC devices or NFC cards are properly placed (the positions may be moved during the use process), the NFC functions of the other NFC devices or NFC cards are not opened, the APP does not support at least one of the other NFC devices or NFC cards, and the like, so as to guide the user to perform the next operation.

Example nine

The present invention also provides another embodiment, namely, a computer-readable storage medium storing an NFC usage bootstrap program executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of the NFC usage bootstrap method as described above.

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

The foregoing embodiment numbers of the present invention are merely for the purpose of description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (e.g. ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) comprising instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present invention.

Claims

1. An NFC usage guidance method applied to a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

Displaying NFC placement prompts in a region corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in a screen of the mobile terminal according to the position of the NFC antenna, wherein the prompts comprise placing other NFC equipment or NFC cards above or below the screen and horizontally placing or vertically placing;

the position of the NFC antenna comprises whether the hardware design of the NFC antenna is of a front-out type or a back-out type, whether the NFC antenna is horizontally placed or vertically placed and specific position data of the NFC antenna in the mobile terminal relative to the screen;

The step of displaying the NFC placement prompt in the area corresponding to the position of the NFC antenna in the screen of the mobile terminal includes:

if the NFC antenna is vertically placed, displaying the NFC antenna in a vertical square frame in the screen;

the method further comprises the steps when starting NFC:

detecting whether the current NFC signal strength reaches a preset value;

2. NFC usage guidance method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of:

3. NFC usage guidance method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of:

judging whether the APP can successfully use the NFC function;

4. A NFC use guidance method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of:

5. A NFC use guidance method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of:

6. A mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising: memory, a processor, an NFC unit, a screen and an NFC usage boot program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the NFC usage boot method according to any of claims 1 to 5.

7. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that it has stored thereon an NFC usage boot program, which when executed by a processor implements the steps of the NFC usage boot method according to any of claims 1 to 5.