CN111221601A

CN111221601A - Control method and device of terminal screen and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111221601A
Application number: CN201811418970.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张林涛
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-26
Filing date: 2018-11-26
Publication date: 2020-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 2038-11-26

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a control method and device of a terminal screen and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of display screens. The terminal screen comprises a display layer with an integrated structure, the display layer comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device is arranged below the auxiliary display area; the method comprises the following steps: and controlling a target display area in a terminal screen to display the UI theme elements, wherein the target display area comprises an auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is positioned between the main display area and the auxiliary display area. The terminal screen provided by the disclosure can improve the screen occupation ratio, and aiming at the terminal screen, the control method of the terminal screen is provided, through displaying the specific UI theme elements in the target display area, the difference of the display effect between the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be effectively covered, the integration of the display effects of the main display area and the auxiliary display area is improved, and the whole display effect of the terminal screen is better.

Description

Control method and device of terminal screen and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of display screens, in particular to a control method and device of a terminal screen and a storage medium.

Background

The mobile phone industry has a higher and higher pursuit of screen occupation, and a mobile phone with the screen occupation ratio close to 100% is expected to be produced. How to ensure the display effect of the screen is also a problem that needs attention when the screen occupation ratio is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a control method and device of a terminal screen and a storage medium. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a control method of a terminal screen is provided, where the terminal screen includes a display layer of an integrated structure, the display layer includes a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device is disposed below the auxiliary display area;

the method comprises the following steps:

and controlling a target display area in the terminal screen to display a User Interface (UI) theme element, wherein the target display area comprises the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is positioned between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

Optionally, the controlling a target display area in the terminal screen to display a UI theme element includes:

and controlling the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, wherein the UI theme elements comprise the at least one color block.

Optionally, the UI theme element further comprises at least one pixel in the secondary display area in an unpowered state.

Optionally, the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

the controlling of the target display area in the terminal screen to display the UI theme elements comprises:

controlling the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

and controlling the transition display area to display the second content.

Optionally, the controlling the transition display area to display the second content includes:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

controlling at least one pixel in the transitional display area to be in an unpowered state.

Optionally, the target display area further includes: an adjacent region of the primary display area adjacent to the secondary display area and/or the transition display area.

Optionally, the UI theme element is located in a top area or a bottom area of the terminal screen.

Optionally, the UI theme element comprises at least one of: battery power prompt icon, operator icon, network access icon, time icon, virtual key icon.

Optionally, the pixel distribution density of the auxiliary display area is smaller than the pixel distribution density of the main display area.

Optionally, the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

Optionally, the secondary display area is free of openings.

Optionally, the functional device comprises at least one of: camera, earphone, light sensor, distance sensor, biosensor, environmental sensor, food safety detection sensor, health sensor, optical emitter.

Optionally, the light transmittance of the auxiliary display area is greater than 30%.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a control apparatus for a terminal screen, the terminal screen including a display layer of an integrated structure, the display layer including a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area having different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device disposed below the auxiliary display area;

the device comprises:

the display control module is configured to control a target display area in the terminal screen to display UI theme elements, the target display area comprises the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is located between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

Optionally, the display control module is configured to control the secondary display area to display at least one color block, where the UI theme element includes the at least one color block.

Optionally, the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

the display control module includes:

a first control sub-module configured to control the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

a second control sub-module configured to control the transition display area to display the second content.

Optionally, the second control sub-module is configured to:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

Optionally, the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

Optionally, the secondary display area is free of openings.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a control apparatus for a terminal screen, the terminal screen including a display layer of an integrated structure, the display layer including a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area having different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device disposed below the auxiliary display area; the device comprises:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

and controlling a target display area in the terminal screen to display UI theme elements, wherein the target display area comprises the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is positioned between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, on the one hand, a terminal screen is provided, the terminal screen comprises a display layer of an integrated structure, the display layer comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area which have different manufacturing attributes, and the main display area and the auxiliary display area both have display functions and do not have splicing gaps between the main display area and the auxiliary display area, so that the display contents of the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be integrated into a whole, the defects of defects such as deformity and gaps can not occur, and the screen occupation ratio is further improved compared with a special-shaped screen, so that the screen occupation ratio can be closer to or even reach 100%; on the other hand, aiming at the terminal screen, a control method of the terminal screen is provided, and by displaying a specific UI theme element in the target display area, the difference of the display effect between the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be effectively covered, the integration of the display effects of the main display area and the auxiliary display area is improved, and the overall display effect of the terminal screen is better.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a terminal screen according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 2 to 7 are schematic views exemplarily showing several kinds of positional relationships of the main display area and the auxiliary display section;

FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram of a transitional display area;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display layer of a terminal screen;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary battery charge indicator icon;

fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display layer of another terminal screen;

fig. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a control apparatus of a terminal screen according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a control apparatus of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The difficulty of mobile phone screen proportion promotion is as follows: how to reasonably set functional devices (such as a camera, a receiver, a light sensor, a distance sensor, a fingerprint sensor and the like) on a front panel of the mobile phone so as to maximally improve the screen occupation ratio. At present, the scheme adopted in the industry is to design a mobile phone screen into a special-shaped screen structure. For example, a notch is formed on the top of the screen of the mobile phone, and then the functional device is disposed on the front panel at the position of the notch.

Although the special-shaped screen has a certain promotion to the screen ratio, the special-shaped screen has a significant problem: due to the existence of the gap, the display content in the screen also has a defect correspondingly, and the integrity is poor.

Referring to fig. 1, an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal screen including a display layer 20 of a unified structure. As shown in fig. 1, the display layer 20 includes a main display area 21 and an auxiliary display area 22, the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 have different manufacturing properties, and a functional device is disposed below the auxiliary display area 22.

The display layer 20 is used to implement a display function of the terminal screen. Both the main display area 21 and the sub display area 22 have a display function. The number of the auxiliary display areas 22 may be one or plural. In fig. 1, the number of the auxiliary display areas 22 is schematically illustrated as 1.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the display layer 20 includes two different types of display regions, namely, a main display region 21 and an auxiliary display region 22, but the main display region 21 and the auxiliary display region 22 are physically integrated, that is, the display layer 20 is an integrated structure, which is not divided into a plurality of mutually independent components. No splice gap is present in the display layer 20.

If the display layer 20 includes a plurality of independent components, and the components are spliced to form the display layer 20, a certain gap is inevitably formed at the splicing position, and finally, a gap is formed between the display contents of the components, so that the display effect that the display contents of the whole display layer 20 are integrated and have no gap cannot be achieved.

However, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, since the display layer 20 is an integrated structure, there is no splicing gap in the display layer 20, and therefore there is no gap between the display content of the main display area 21 and the display content of the auxiliary display area 22, so as to achieve the effect of displaying the display content of the whole display layer 20 in a unified manner without gap.

In the disclosed embodiment, the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 have different manufacturing attributes. Manufacturing attributes refer to physical attributes that are formed at the time of manufacture. Optionally, the manufacturing attributes include, but are not limited to, at least one of: resolution, light transmission performance, pixel characteristics, and manufacturing process.

In one example, the manufacturing attribute includes a resolution. Optionally, the resolution of the primary display area 21 is greater than the resolution of the secondary display area 22. The "resolution" referred to in the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be referred to as a display resolution or a screen resolution, and is an index for characterizing the number of pixels that can be displayed on a screen. For example, the resolution of the main display area 21 is 400ppi (pixels per inch), while the resolution of the auxiliary display area 22 is only 100ppi or less. In an extreme case, the auxiliary display area 22 may have only 1 pixel, i.e., the auxiliary display area 22 can display only one single color per frame or color block formed by RGB mixture.

In another example, the manufacturing attribute includes light transmission performance. The light transmission property of the main display area 21 is different from that of the sub display area 22. For example, after the same light passes through the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22, there is a difference in wavelength, amplitude or phase of the emergent light. Alternatively, when the light transmission property is indicative of the ability of light to transmit through the medium, the light transmission property of the main display area 21 is inferior to that of the auxiliary display area 22. The light transmission property can be expressed in terms of light transmission, which is the percentage of the luminous flux transmitted through the medium (e.g., the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 in the embodiment of the present disclosure) to the incident luminous flux. Light transmittance may also be referred to as transmittance. Alternatively, the light transmittance of the auxiliary display region 22 is greater than 30%. In one possible case, the auxiliary display area 22 is completely transparent, i.e. the light transmission of the auxiliary display area 22 is 100%.

In yet another example, the manufacturing attribute includes a pixel characteristic. Pixel characteristics refer to physical characteristics of the pixels formed in the display layer 20, including, but not limited to, at least one of: pixel size, pixel distribution density, pixel distribution morphology. For example, the main display area 21 and the sub display area 22 have the same pixel distribution pattern, but at least one dummy pixel exists in the sub display area 22. In one case, the dummy pixel refers to a pixel which can emit light but has a light emitting capability weaker than that of a normal pixel; in another case, the dummy pixel refers to a pixel that cannot emit light. For another example, the main display area 21 and the sub display area 22 have different pixel distribution patterns. Alternatively, the pixel distribution density of the sub display area 22 is smaller than that of the main display area 21. The pixel distribution density refers to the number of pixels (or sub-pixels) included in a unit area. For example, the size of the sub-pixels in the sub-display region 22 is designed to be larger than the size of the sub-pixels in the main display 21 so that the pixel distribution density of the sub-display region 22 is smaller than the pixel distribution density of the main display region 21. In this way, the number of the wires in the auxiliary display area 22 can be reduced as much as possible, and the wire layout is optimized, so that the auxiliary display area 22 obtains a better image effect.

In yet another example, the manufacturing attribute includes a manufacturing process. The manufacturing process refers to the process steps employed to manufacture the display layer 20. Alternatively, the manufacturing process of the auxiliary display area 22 is to add, reduce or modify a certain process step/steps further on the basis of the manufacturing process of the main display area 21. In one example, in order to make the light transmittance of the auxiliary display area 22 greater than that of the main display area 21, some process steps may be added to remove the material affecting the light transmittance in the auxiliary display area 22 and fill some transparent material appropriately, so that the auxiliary display area 22 and the main display area 21 have the same thickness but different light transmittances.

In addition, the main display area 21 has a color display function. The auxiliary display area 22 may have a monochrome display function or may have a color display function. The auxiliary display area 22 has a monochrome display function, which means that the whole auxiliary display area 22 can only display one color at the same time, and can display different colors at different times. The auxiliary display area 22 having a color display function means that the whole auxiliary display area 22 can display a plurality of different colors at the same time, for example, a part of pixels display red and another part of pixels display brown.

Optionally, functional devices are disposed below the auxiliary display area 22. Functional devices include, but are not limited to, at least one of: camera, earphone, light sensor, distance sensor, biosensor, environmental sensor, food safety detection sensor, health sensor, optical emitter. The camera is used for achieving shooting functions, such as a common camera, an infrared camera, a depth camera and the like. The earphone is used for realizing the sound playing function. The light sensor is used for collecting the intensity of ambient light. The distance sensor is used for acquiring the distance of the front object. The biometric sensor is used for recognizing the biometric features of the user, such as a fingerprint recognition sensor, an iris recognition sensor, and the like. The environment sensor is used for collecting environment information, such as a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an air pressure sensor and the like. The food safety detection sensor is used for detecting indexes of harmful substances in food, such as an optical sensor, a biological recognition sensor and the like. The health sensor is used for collecting health information of a user, such as a sensor for collecting heart rate, blood pressure, heartbeat or other human body data of the user. An optical emitter is a functional device for emitting light, such as an infrared emitter or some emitter for emitting other light. One functional device may be provided below the auxiliary display area 22, or a plurality of functional devices may be provided, for example, a camera and a distance sensor may be provided below the auxiliary display area 22.

Alternatively, the positional relationship between the auxiliary display area 22 and the main display area 21 includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: the auxiliary display area 22 is located at a notch formed at the top edge of the main display area 21 (as shown in fig. 2); the auxiliary display area 22 is located at a gap formed at the left edge of the main display area 21 (as shown in fig. 3); the auxiliary display area 22 is located at a gap formed at the right edge of the main display area 21 (as shown in fig. 4); the auxiliary display area 22 is located at a notch formed at the bottom edge of the main display area 21 (as shown in fig. 5); the auxiliary display area 22 is located in a gap formed in the middle of the main display area 21 (as shown in fig. 6).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the sectional shape of the auxiliary display area 22 is not limited, and may be a regular shape such as a rectangle, a rounded rectangle, a circle, or an irregular shape such as a drop shape, an arc shape, or the like. In addition, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the size of the auxiliary display area 22 is not limited, and it may be designed according to actual requirements (e.g., functional devices disposed below the auxiliary display area 22 as needed). Illustratively, the auxiliary display area 22 may be a 3mm × 2mm rectangular area, which may include 48 × 32 pixels.

In the examples shown in fig. 2 to 6, only the edge or the middle of the main display area 21 is formed with a notch, and the auxiliary display area 22 is located at the notch. In some other possible embodiments, the main display area 21 may not be formed with a gap, and the auxiliary display area 22 is located beside a side of the main display area 21 and is closely connected to the main display area 21. Alternatively, the display layer 20 may include both the auxiliary display area 22 in the gap portion formed by the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 located near a side of the main display area 21. Referring to fig. 7, several possible positional relationships between the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 are exemplarily shown.

Optionally, the terminal screen has a regular shape, and the regular shape includes any one of the following: rectangular, rounded rectangular, circular. Of course, in some other possible embodiments, the terminal screen may also have an irregular shape, which is not limited by this disclosure.

In addition, as shown in fig. 1, the terminal screen may further include a substrate 10, and the display layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10. The substrate 10 may include: a first substrate area under the main display area 21, and a second substrate area under the sub display area 22. Wherein, the projection area of the main display area 21 on the substrate 10 is the first substrate area; the projection area of the auxiliary display area 22 on the substrate 10 is the second substrate area.

In one possible implementation, the first substrate region and the second substrate region are both made of the same material. That is, the base plate 10 is a one-piece plate made of the same material. For example, the substrate 10 may be made of glass or PI.

In another possible implementation, the first substrate region and the second substrate region are made of different materials. Illustratively, the first substrate region is made of a PI material and the second substrate region is made of a glass material. Compared with the PI material, the glass material has better light transmittance, but the glass material is hard and can not be bent, and the PI material can produce a flexible screen. By adopting the above mode, because the first substrate area corresponding to the main display area 21 is made of the PI material, most areas of the terminal screen can be bent, and the flexible screen design is realized, but the second substrate area corresponding to the auxiliary display area 22 is made of the glass material with better light transmittance, so that the working performance of devices sensitive to light, such as a camera, a sensor and the like arranged below the auxiliary display area 22, is better.

Of course, in some other embodiments, the first substrate region may be made of glass of a first property and the second substrate region is made of glass of a second property, wherein the first property and the second property are two different properties. For example, the glass of the first nature and the glass of the second nature have different glass fiber compositions. Alternatively, the first substrate region may be made with a PI of a third attribute and the second substrate region is made with a PI of a fourth attribute, wherein the third attribute and the fourth attribute are two different attributes. For example, the PI of the third attribute is yellow PI, the PI of the fourth attribute is color PI, and the light transmittance of the color PI is superior to that of the yellow PI.

The substrate 10 of the terminal screen is an integrated structure, that is, the main display area 21 and the sub display area 22 are formed on one substrate. If the first substrate area and the second substrate area are made of the same material, the substrate 10 is a single integral plate made of the same material; if the first substrate region and the second substrate region are made of different materials, the first substrate region and the second substrate region can be spliced by using related processes, and no gap is formed at the spliced position, so that the substrate 10 with an integrated structure is formed.

In addition, considering that the distance between the display layer 20 and the substrate 10 is also small, for example, the distance between the display layer 20 and the substrate 10 is only 0.1mm, and thus it is unlikely that a functional device is disposed between the display layer 20 and the substrate 10. Optionally, the functional device is disposed below the substrate 10, that is, the functional device is disposed in a stacked manner with the terminal screen, and the functional device is located below the terminal screen and does not occupy the space of the terminal screen. Of course, in some possible examples, if the thickness of the functional device is small, it is also possible to dispose the functional device between the display layer 20 and the substrate 10, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

In addition, the terminal screen provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure does not have an opening, including that no opening exists in the main display area 21, and no opening exists in the auxiliary display area 22. Functional devices such as a camera and a sensor can be arranged below the terminal screen, so that the functional devices do not need to be placed through holes in the terminal screen; and, because the manufacturing attribute of assisting display area 22 is different with the manufacturing attribute of main display area 21, through the manufacturing attribute of rational design assisting display area 22 for the light transmission performance of assisting display area 22 satisfies the normal operating requirement of functional device such as camera, sensor, just can make the functional device who sets up in terminal screen below can normally work, need not promote light transmission performance through the trompil in the terminal screen. Therefore, the display content of the main display area 21 is not damaged by the opening, and the display content of the sub display area 22 is not damaged by the opening. Taking the terminal screen shown in fig. 1 as an example, since the cross-sectional shape of the entire display layer 20 formed by combining the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 is a rectangle, the display content of the entire display layer 20 formed by combining the display content of the main display area 21 and the display content of the auxiliary display area 22 is a rectangular picture, and there is no defect or gap in the rectangular picture due to the opening.

It should be noted that, in the terminal screen provided by the present disclosure, the entire auxiliary display area 22 has a display capability, but in some specific scenarios, a certain partial area of the auxiliary display area 22 or the entire auxiliary display area 22 may also be controlled not to display, that is, whether the auxiliary display area 22 displays content, and which places of the auxiliary display area 22 display content and which places do not display content may be flexibly controlled according to actual requirements.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 8, the display layer 20 further includes a transition display area 25 (the area indicated by the diagonal lines is filled), and the transition display area 25 is located between the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22. The transition display area 25 may have different manufacturing attributes than the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22. For example, the size of the sub-pixels in the transitional display area 25 is larger than the size of the sub-pixels in the main display area 21 and smaller than the size of the sub-pixels in the auxiliary display area 22. The sizes of the sub-pixels in the transition display area 25 may be the same or different. For example, the size of the sub-pixels closer to the sub-display area 22 is larger, and the size of the sub-pixels closer to the main display area 21 is smaller. By the mode, resolution transition between the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 can be smoother and more natural, and the display effect of the whole terminal screen is improved.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the size of the transition display area 25 is not particularly limited. Optionally, the width of the transitional display zone 25 is no greater than 1 mm. Illustratively, the width of the transition display area 25 is between 0.2mm and 0.5mm, for example, the width of the transition display area 25 is 0.4mm, which may include 5-6 pixels in the width direction.

In addition, the display layer 20 is typically controlled by a driver IC. In one example, the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 share the same driving IC, for example, one driving IC may be divided into two parts, one part for driving the main display area 21 and the other part for driving the auxiliary display area 22. In another example, the main display area 21 and the auxiliary display area 22 use different driving ICs, for example, the terminal screen includes two driving ICs, one driving IC for driving the main display area 21 and the other driving IC for driving the auxiliary display area 22. In addition, when the display layer 20 includes a plurality of auxiliary display regions 22, the plurality of auxiliary display regions 22 may share the same driver IC, or different driver ICs may be used, which is not limited in the present disclosure. Alternatively, when the display layer 20 further includes the transition display region 25, the transition display region 25 may share the same driver IC with the main display region 21 and/or the auxiliary display region 22, or may use separate driver ICs with the main display region 21 and the auxiliary display region 22, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In addition, the terminal screen may include a touch sensing layer and a glass cover plate in addition to the substrate 10 and the display layer 20 described above. The touch sensing layer is located on the display layer 20, and the glass cover plate is located on the touch sensing layer. The touch sensing layer is used for realizing a touch sensing function, such as detecting operations of clicking, sliding, pressing and the like of a finger of a user. The glass cover plate is used for protecting the terminal screen, and the service life of the screen is prolonged.

The terminal screen provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen, and may also be an OLED screen. When the terminal screen is an OLED screen, it may be a flexible screen or a non-flexible screen.

In addition, for a terminal, the terminal may include one terminal screen described in this disclosure, may also include a plurality of terminal screens described in this disclosure, or may further include one or more terminal screens described in this disclosure and one or more existing terminal screens, which is not limited in this disclosure.

According to the terminal screen provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the display layer of the integrated structure is formed on the substrate, and the display layer is divided into the main display area and the auxiliary display area through the manufacturing process, wherein the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes; because the main display area and the auxiliary display area have the display function and no splicing gap exists between the main display area and the auxiliary display area, the display contents of the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be integrated into a whole, and the defects of incomplete display, gap display and the like can be avoided. And, still further promoted the screen and accounted for the ratio in comparison with special-shaped screen for the screen accounts for the ratio and can be more nearly reach 100% even more.

In addition, can place functional device such as camera, light sensor, fingerprint identification sensor in supplementary display area below to set up the screen below with these functional device that occupy the front panel space of terminal, the front panel space of maximize release terminal, promote the screen and account for the ratio. Furthermore, the light transmittance of the auxiliary display area is designed to be larger than that of the main display area, so that functional devices sensitive to light, such as a camera and a light sensor which are positioned below the auxiliary display area, can normally work, and the working performance of the functional devices is ensured to the greatest extent.

With the terminal screen provided in the above embodiment, since the display layer thereof includes the main display area and the auxiliary display area having different manufacturing attributes, there may be a difference in display effects of the main display area and the auxiliary display area. The embodiment of the disclosure provides a control method for a terminal screen, which can effectively mask the difference of display effects between a main display area and an auxiliary display area, and improve the integration of the display effects of the main display area and the auxiliary display area, so that the overall display effect of the terminal screen is better.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to an exemplary embodiment. The method can be applied to a terminal, and the terminal can be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a multimedia playing device, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal and the like. The terminal includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above. The method may comprise the steps of:

in step 901, a target display area in a terminal screen is controlled to display a UI theme element, the target display area including a secondary display area and/or a transition display area.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal screen includes a display layer of an integrated structure, where the display layer includes a main display area and an auxiliary display area, and optionally further includes a transition display area, and the transition display area is located between the main display area and the auxiliary display area. For the description of the main display area, the auxiliary display area and the transition display area, reference may be made to the above description, and this embodiment is not described in detail again.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the UI theme element refers to a UI element, such as an icon, included in a UI displayed on a terminal screen. Illustratively, the UI theme elements include, but are not limited to, at least one of: battery power prompt icon, operator icon, network access icon, time icon, virtual key icon. The battery power prompt icon is an icon for displaying the remaining power of the terminal battery. The operator icon is an icon for displaying a name or an identifier of an operator to which the terminal is connected. The network access icon refers to an icon for showing a name or an identifier of a network to which the terminal is accessed. The time icon means an icon for showing the current time. The virtual key icon refers to an icon of a virtual key (such as a virtual Home key, a virtual backspace key, etc.) displayed in the terminal screen.

Alternatively, the UI theme element is located in a specific area of the terminal screen, such as the top area or the bottom area. Optionally, the position of the specific area in the terminal screen is relatively fixed and does not change.

In summary, in the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, on one hand, a terminal screen is provided, where the terminal screen includes a display layer with an integrated structure, and the display layer includes a main display area and an auxiliary display area with different manufacturing attributes, and because both the main display area and the auxiliary display area have display functions and there is no splicing gap between the main display area and the auxiliary display area, the display contents of the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be integrated into a whole, and defects such as incomplete defect and gap do not occur, and compared with a special-shaped screen, the screen occupation ratio is further improved, so that the screen occupation ratio can be closer to or even reach 100%; on the other hand, aiming at the terminal screen, a control method of the terminal screen is provided, and by displaying a specific UI theme element in the target display area, the difference of the display effect between the main display area and the auxiliary display area can be effectively covered, the integration of the display effects of the main display area and the auxiliary display area is improved, and the overall display effect of the terminal screen is better.

In an alternative embodiment provided based on the embodiment of fig. 9, the target display area includes a secondary display area. In this case, the terminal controls a target display area in a terminal screen to display a UI theme element, including: and the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, and the UI theme element comprises the at least one color block.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a color block refers to a display block that exhibits a color. Optionally, one color patch presents one color at the same time. The different color blocks can present the same color at the same time, and can also present different colors. Optionally, a color block includes at least one sub-pixel, for example, a color block includes sub-pixels of three different colors, i.e., R (red), G (green), and B (blue), and the color block can display R, G, B or any color obtained by mixing the colors, such as red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet, black, white, gray, and the like. Of course, in some other possible embodiments, a color block may only include sub-pixels of one or two colors, or may include sub-pixels of other colors in addition to the sub-pixels of R, G, B with three different colors.

Illustratively, the auxiliary display area displays 5 color patches. The 5 color blocks may be color blocks of the same color, for example, the 5 color blocks are all white, or the 5 color blocks are all black, or the 5 color blocks are all red, and so on. The 5 color blocks may also be color blocks of multiple colors, for example, the 5 color blocks include 3 black color blocks and 2 white color blocks, and for example, the 5 color blocks include 4 black color blocks and 1 red color block.

In practical application, the color of each color block displayed in the auxiliary display area can be controlled according to practical requirements. In addition, the sizes of the color blocks may be the same or different, and the embodiment of the disclosure does not limit this.

Optionally, the UI theme element includes, in addition to the at least one color block, at least one pixel in an unpowered state in the secondary display area. The non-energized state means that no power is supplied to the pixel. That is, the terminal energizes a portion of the pixels in the auxiliary display area and controls the portion of the pixels to display at least one color block, and the terminal de-energizes another portion of the pixels in the auxiliary display area so that the another portion of the pixels displays a color when not energized, the color being generally black or near black (e.g., grayblack or brownish black).

Of course, in some other embodiments, the terminal may further control all the pixels in the auxiliary display area to be in the non-powered state, so that all the pixels in the auxiliary display area display the color when not powered, so as to achieve the purpose of displaying the UI theme elements.

In another alternative embodiment provided based on the embodiment of fig. 9, the target display area includes a secondary display area and a transitional display area. In this case, the UI theme element described above may include first content and second content. The terminal controls a target display area in a terminal screen to display UI theme elements, and the method comprises the following steps: the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display the first content and controls the transition display area to display the second content.

Optionally, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display the first content, including: and controlling the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, and/or controlling at least one pixel in the auxiliary display area to be in a non-electrified state. When the auxiliary display area displays a plurality of color blocks, the color blocks can be the same color or different colors. The terminal may control all pixels in the auxiliary display area to be in a powered-on state, so that all pixels in the auxiliary display area display at least one color block. The terminal may also control a portion of the pixels in the auxiliary display area to be in a powered state and another portion of the pixels to be in a non-powered state, such that a portion of the pixels in the powered state displays at least one color block and another portion of the pixels in the non-powered state displays a color (e.g., black or near black) when not powered. The terminal may also control all pixels in the secondary display area to be in an unpowered state such that all pixels in the secondary display area display colors when not powered.

Optionally, the terminal controls the transition display area to display the second content, including: controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block; and/or controlling at least one pixel in the transitional display area to be in an unpowered state. When the transition display area displays a plurality of color blocks, the color blocks may be of the same color or different colors. The terminal may control all pixels in the transition display area to be in a powered-on state, so that all pixels in the transition display area display at least one color block. The terminal may also control a portion of the pixels in the transition display area to be in a powered state and another portion of the pixels to be in a non-powered state, such that a portion of the pixels in the powered state displays at least one color block and another portion of the pixels in the non-powered state displays a color (e.g., black or near black) when not powered. The terminal may also control all pixels in the transitional display area to be in an unpowered state such that all pixels in the transitional display area display the color when not powered.

In yet another alternative embodiment provided based on the embodiment of fig. 9, the target display area includes the secondary display area, and a neighboring area adjacent to the secondary display area in the primary display area. In this case, the UI theme element described above may include the first content and the third content. The terminal controls a target display area in a terminal screen to display UI theme elements, and the method comprises the following steps: the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display the first content and controls an adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display the third content.

The adjacent region is a region having a distance to the auxiliary display region smaller than a predetermined distance, for example, a region having a distance to the auxiliary display region within 10 pixels.

Optionally, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display the first content, including: and controlling the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, and/or controlling at least one pixel in the auxiliary display area to be in a non-electrified state. For the description of this part, see above, and will not be described herein.

Optionally, the terminal controls a neighboring area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display the third content, including: and controlling the adjacent area to display at least one color block and/or controlling at least one pixel in the adjacent area to be in an unpowered state. When the neighboring area displays a plurality of color blocks, the color blocks may be the same color or different colors. The terminal may control all pixels in the neighboring area to be in a powered-on state such that all pixels in the neighboring area display at least one color patch. The terminal may also control a portion of the pixels in the adjacent area to be in a powered state and another portion of the pixels to be in a non-powered state, such that a portion of the pixels in the powered state displays at least one color block and another portion of the pixels in the non-powered state displays a color (e.g., black or near black) when not powered. The terminal may also control all pixels in the vicinity to be in an unpowered state such that all pixels in the vicinity display a color when not powered.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment. The method can be applied to the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above.

In this embodiment, a technical solution of the present disclosure is described by taking a UI theme element as a battery power prompt icon as an example. In the present embodiment, the target display area includes the auxiliary display area, and the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area. The battery power prompt icon includes first content and third content. The method comprises the following steps (1001-1002):

in step 1001, controlling the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

in step 1002, an adjacent area adjacent to the secondary display area in the primary display area is controlled to display the third content.

Optionally, the battery power prompt icon includes a rectangular border and a rectangular block located inside the rectangular border, and the first content may be the rectangular block, and the third content may be the rectangular border.

Because the display position of battery power suggestion icon is comparatively fixed, it shows usually at the top region of terminal screen (like top upper right corner position), consequently when designing the terminal screen, will assist the display area and can set up at the top region of terminal screen (like top upper right corner position), follow-up through UI control for main display area and assistance display area cooperate, demonstrate this battery power suggestion icon.

As shown in fig. 11, a schematic diagram of a display layer 20 of a terminal screen is exemplarily shown. In fig. 11, the rectangular area filled with oblique lines is the auxiliary display area 22, and the portions other than the auxiliary display area 22 are the main display area 21.

As shown in fig. 12, a schematic diagram of a battery charge indicator icon is exemplarily shown. The main display area and the auxiliary display area are matched to display the battery power prompt icon. Along with the gradual reduction of the residual capacity of the terminal battery, the battery capacity prompt icon displayed in the terminal screen is correspondingly changed. Illustratively, the auxiliary display area displays 5 color blocks, when the residual capacity is 100%, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display 5 white color blocks and controls the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display a black frame; when the residual capacity is 80%, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display 1 black color block and 4 white color blocks, and controls the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display a black frame; when the residual capacity is 60%, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display 2 black color blocks and 3 white color blocks, and controls the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display a black frame; when the residual capacity is 40%, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display 3 black color blocks and 2 white color blocks, and controls the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display a black frame; and when the residual capacity is 20%, the terminal controls the auxiliary display area to display 4 black color blocks and 1 white color block, and controls the adjacent area adjacent to the auxiliary display area in the main display area to display a black frame.

Of course, the above description of the secondary display area, the color displayed in the adjacent area of the primary display area adjacent to the secondary display area, and the number of color blocks displayed in the secondary display area is only exemplary and explanatory, and in practical applications, the design may be performed according to practical requirements, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit this.

In addition, for the pixels corresponding to the black color blocks, the part of the pixels can be electrified, and the part of the pixels are controlled to display the black color blocks according to the appropriate display parameters, or the part of the pixels can not be electrified, so that the part of the pixels display the black color blocks.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment. The method can be applied to the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above.

In this embodiment, the technical solution of the present disclosure is still described by taking a UI theme element as an example of a battery power prompt icon. In this embodiment, the target display area includes an auxiliary display area and a transition display area. The battery power prompt icon includes first content and second content. The method comprises the following steps (1301-1302):

in step 1301, controlling the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

in step 1302, the transitional display area is controlled to display the second content.

Optionally, the battery power prompt icon includes a rectangular border and a rectangular block located inside the rectangular border, and the first content may be the rectangular block, and the second content may be the rectangular border.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 14, a schematic diagram of the display layer 20 of another terminal screen is exemplarily shown. The display layer 20 includes a main display area 21, an auxiliary display area 22, and a transition display area 25. In fig. 14, the rectangular area filled with oblique lines is the auxiliary display area 22, the rectangular frame area filled with black is the transition display area 25, and the remaining portion is the main display area 21.

The terminal can control the auxiliary display area to display the rectangular blocks of the battery power prompt icon, for example, the auxiliary display area is controlled to display a plurality of color blocks; and the terminal controls the transition display area to display a rectangular frame of the battery power prompt icon, for example, controls the transition display area to display a black color block, or controls pixels in the transition display area to be in a non-energized state, so as to display black. Through the mode, the transition display area is matched with the auxiliary display area to display the battery power prompt icon.

Optionally, as the remaining power of the terminal battery gradually decreases, the battery power prompt icon changes accordingly, for example, a color block displayed in the auxiliary display area changes, and the change process may be shown in the schematic illustration in fig. 12.

Optionally, the target display area may include, in addition to the auxiliary display area and the transition display area, a neighboring area of the main display area adjacent to the auxiliary display area and/or the transition display area. Correspondingly, the battery power prompt icon comprises first content, second content and third content. The terminal also needs to control the aforementioned neighboring area to display the third content.

Illustratively, the battery power prompt icon includes, in addition to the above-described one rectangular frame (referred to as a first rectangular frame) and the rectangular block located inside the first rectangular frame, another rectangular frame (referred to as a second rectangular frame) surrounding the first rectangular frame. The first rectangular frame and the second rectangular frame are different in color, for example, the first rectangular frame is black, and the second rectangular frame is white. In this case, the terminal may control the auxiliary display area to display the rectangular blocks of the battery power indication icon, for example, control the auxiliary display area to display a plurality of color blocks; the terminal can control the transition display area to display the first rectangular frame of the battery power prompt icon, for example, control the transition display area to display a black color block, or control pixels in the transition display area to be in a non-energized state, so as to display black; the terminal may also control an adjacent area in the main display area to display a second rectangular border of the battery power prompt icon, for example, control the adjacent area to display white.

In the above embodiments of fig. 10 and 13, the technical solution of the present disclosure is exemplarily and illustratively explained by taking only the UI theme element displayed in the target display area of the terminal screen as the battery power prompt icon as an example. For other forms of UI theme elements, the target display area in the terminal screen can be controlled to be correspondingly displayed by referring to the description of the above embodiment.

It should be noted that, for the pixels in the target display area, the terminal may control the pixels to be in the transparent state, in addition to controlling the pixels to be in the powered state and displaying the color blocks, or controlling the pixels to be in the non-powered state. The transparent state refers to a state where the light transmittance is higher than a preset threshold (e.g., 30%). For different types of terminal screens, the manner of controlling the pixels in the terminal screen to be in the transparent state is also different, for example, some types of terminal screens may make the pixels in the transparent state by powering on the pixels, and some types of terminal screens may make the pixels in the transparent state by not powering on the pixels, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In addition, in the embodiments of the method of the present disclosure, only the main subject of each step is described as a terminal. In practical applications, the execution main body of each step may be a processor of the terminal, or may also be a driver IC of the terminal screen, or may be executed by the processor and the driver IC in an interactive cooperation manner, which is not limited in this disclosure.

The following are embodiments of the disclosed apparatus that may be used to perform embodiments of the disclosed methods. For details not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present disclosure, refer to the embodiments of the method of the present disclosure.

Fig. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a control apparatus of a terminal screen according to an exemplary embodiment. The device has the functions of realizing the method examples, and the functions can be realized by hardware or by hardware executing corresponding software. The device may be the terminal described above, or may be provided on the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above. The apparatus 1500 may include: a display control module 1510.

A display control module 1510 configured to control a target display area in the terminal screen to display a UI theme element, wherein the target display area includes the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is located between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

Optionally, the display control module 1510 is configured to control the secondary display area to display at least one color block, where the UI theme element includes the at least one color block.

Optionally, the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

the display control module 1510 includes:

Optionally, the second control sub-module is configured to:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

Optionally, the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

Optionally, the secondary display area is free of openings.

It should be noted that, when the apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment implements the functions thereof, only the division of the above functional modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the above functions may be distributed by different functional modules according to actual needs, that is, the content structure of the device is divided into different functional modules, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a control device of a terminal screen, which can implement the control method of the terminal screen provided by the present disclosure. The device may be the terminal described above, or may be provided on the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above. The device includes: a processor, and a memory for storing executable instructions for the processor. Wherein the processor is configured to:

Optionally, the processor is configured to: and controlling the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, wherein the UI theme elements comprise the at least one color block.

Optionally, the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

the processor is configured to:

controlling the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

and controlling the transition display area to display the second content.

Optionally, the processor is configured to:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

Optionally, the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

Optionally, the secondary display area is free of openings.

Fig. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a control apparatus 1600 of a terminal screen according to another exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1600 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like. The apparatus 1600 includes a terminal screen as provided in the embodiment of fig. 1 or any of the alternative embodiments described above.

Referring to fig. 16, apparatus 1600 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 1602, memory 1604, power component 1606, multimedia component 1608, audio component 1610, input/output (I/O) interface 1612, sensor component 1614, and communications component 1616.

The processing component 1602 generally controls overall operation of the device 1600, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1602 may include one or more processors 1620 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 1602 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 1602 and other components. For example, the processing component 1602 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1608 and the processing component 1602.

The memory 1604 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the apparatus 1600. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 1600, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1604 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile memory device or combination thereof, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

A power supply component 1606 provides power to the various components of the device 1600. The power components 1606 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1600.

The multimedia component 1608 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1600 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1608 comprises a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1600 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1610 is configured to output and/or input an audio signal. For example, audio component 1610 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 1600 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, recording mode, and voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 1604 or transmitted via the communications component 1616. In some embodiments, audio component 1610 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1612 provides an interface between the processing component 1602 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, and the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Sensor assembly 1614 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects to device 1600. For example, sensor assembly 1614 can detect an open/closed state of device 1600, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of device 1600, a change in position of device 1600 or a component of device 1600, the presence or absence of user contact with device 1600, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of device 1600, and a change in temperature of device 1600. The sensor assembly 1614 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1614 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1614 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communications component 1616 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 1600 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 1600 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1616 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1616 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1600 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described control method of the terminal screen.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by the processor 1620, implements the control method of the above-described terminal screen. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

It should be understood that reference to "a plurality" herein means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The control method of the terminal screen is characterized in that the terminal screen comprises a display layer with an integrated structure, the display layer comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device is arranged below the auxiliary display area;

the method comprises the following steps:

and controlling a target display area in the terminal screen to display User Interface (UI) subject elements, wherein the target display area comprises the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is positioned between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the target display area in the terminal screen to display the UI theme element comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the UI theme element further comprises at least one pixel in the secondary display area that is in an unpowered state.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

controlling the auxiliary display area to display the first content;

and controlling the transition display area to display the second content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the controlling the transitional display area to display the second content comprises:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target display area further comprises: an adjacent region of the primary display area adjacent to the secondary display area and/or the transition display area.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the UI theme element is located in a top area or a bottom area of the terminal screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the UI theme element comprises at least one of: battery power prompt icon, operator icon, network access icon, time icon, virtual key icon.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the pixel distribution density of the secondary display area is less than the pixel distribution density of the primary display area.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary display area is free of openings.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the functional device comprises at least one of: camera, earphone, light sensor, distance sensor, biosensor, environmental sensor, food safety detection sensor, health sensor, optical emitter.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary display area has a light transmittance of greater than 30%.

14. The control device of the terminal screen is characterized in that the terminal screen comprises a display layer with an integrated structure, the display layer comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device is arranged below the auxiliary display area;

the device comprises:

the display control module is configured to control a target display area in the terminal screen to display a User Interface (UI) theme element, the target display area comprises the auxiliary display area and/or a transition display area, and the transition display area is located between the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

15. The apparatus of claim 14,

the display control module is configured to control the auxiliary display area to display at least one color block, and the UI theme elements include the at least one color block.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UI theme element further comprises at least one pixel in the secondary display area in an unpowered state.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the UI theme element comprises first content and second content;

the display control module includes:

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second control sub-module is configured to:

controlling the transition display area to display at least one color block;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the target display area further comprises: an adjacent region of the primary display area adjacent to the secondary display area and/or the transition display area.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the UI theme element is located in a top area or a bottom area of the terminal screen.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the UI theme element comprises at least one of: battery power prompt icon, operator icon, network access icon, time icon, virtual key icon.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the secondary display area has a pixel distribution density that is less than the pixel distribution density of the primary display area.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the width of the transitional display zone is no greater than 1 mm.

24. The device of claim 14, wherein the secondary display area is free of openings.

25. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the functional device comprises at least one of: camera, earphone, light sensor, distance sensor, biosensor, environmental sensor, food safety detection sensor, health sensor, optical emitter.

26. The device of claim 14, wherein the secondary display area has a light transmittance of greater than 30%.

27. The control device of the terminal screen is characterized in that the terminal screen comprises a display layer with an integrated structure, the display layer comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area, the main display area and the auxiliary display area have different manufacturing attributes, and a functional device is arranged below the auxiliary display area; the device comprises:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 13.