CN111596836A

CN111596836A - Split-screen display method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111596836A
Application number: CN202010292314.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱道专
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-14
Filing date: 2020-04-14
Publication date: 2020-08-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a split-screen display method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problems that the process of split-screen display of a plurality of application interfaces of the electronic equipment is complicated and time-consuming, and the man-machine interaction performance is poor. The scheme comprises the following steps: receiving a first input, wherein the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently operated by the electronic equipment, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and responding to the first input, and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode. The method is applied to a scene of displaying the interface of the application program in a split screen mode.

Description

Split-screen display method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a split screen display method and electronic equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of electronic technology, the functions of electronic devices are more and more abundant, for example, the electronic devices can display interfaces of a plurality of application programs (hereinafter, referred to as applications) in a split screen manner.

Currently, a user can slide down on one application interface (for example, an interface of an application 1) by three fingers to trigger the electronic device to divide a screen of the electronic device into a first screen area and a second screen area, the interface of the application 1 is displayed in the first screen area, and icons of a plurality of applications supporting split screen display are displayed in the second screen area. The user may then click on an application icon (e.g., an icon for application 2) in the second screen area to trigger the electronic device to display the interface for application 2 in the second screen area. In this way, the electronic device can display the interface of the application 1 and the interface of the application 2 in a split screen manner.

However, according to the above method, since the user needs to first trigger the electronic device to display the application icon supporting split-screen display, and then select the application icon to trigger the electronic device to display the interfaces of the two applications in the split-screen display, when the interfaces of the multiple applications are required to be displayed in the split-screen display, the user needs to select the multiple application icons through multiple inputs, which results in a tedious and time-consuming process of displaying the interfaces of the multiple applications in the split-screen display of the electronic device, and poor human-computer interaction performance.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a split-screen display method and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the problems that the process of split-screen display of interfaces of multiple applications by the electronic equipment is complicated and time-consuming, and the man-machine interaction performance is poor.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a split-screen display method, which may be applied to an electronic device, and the method includes: receiving a first input, wherein the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently operated by the electronic equipment, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and responding to the first input, and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a split-screen display device, where the device includes: the device comprises a receiving module and a display module. The device comprises a receiving module, a processing module and a display module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving first input, the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently operated by the device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, may implement the steps of the split-screen display method in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the split-screen display method in the first aspect may be implemented.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may receive a first input, where the first input is an input to M application task windows, where the M application task windows are used to indicate M application programs currently running on the electronic device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and in response to the first input, displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode. Through the scheme, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through inputting the application task windows (namely the first input) of the plurality of application programs which are currently operated (for example, background operation) of the electronic equipment, and the user does not need to search and operate the icons of the application programs in the desktop of the electronic equipment in sequence to trigger the interface display of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through the electronic equipment can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a possible android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a split-screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is one of schematic interface diagrams of an application of a split-screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic interface diagram of an application of the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a third schematic interface diagram of an application of the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a second schematic diagram of a split-screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a fourth schematic interface diagram of an application of the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a fifth schematic view of an interface applied by the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a third schematic view illustrating a split-screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a sixth schematic view of an interface applied by the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a seventh schematic interface diagram of an application of the split-screen display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a split-screen display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," etc. herein are used to distinguish between different objects and are not used to describe a particular order of objects. For example, the first input and the second input, etc. are for distinguishing different inputs, rather than for describing a particular order of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more, for example, a plurality of applications means two or more applications and the like.

Some of the nouns or terms referred to in the claims and the specification of the present application will be explained first.

Application task window: the task of the application program running in the background of the electronic equipment is displayed in the electronic equipment. The application task window is typically displayed in a "running task page" in the electronic device.

Foreground operation: is an operating state of an application program in the electronic equipment. Specifically, when an application runs in the foreground of the electronic device, a user interface of the application is displayed on a screen of the electronic device, and a user can interact with the application by inputting on the user interface.

Background operation: in another operating state of an application in the electronic device, specifically, when an application runs in the background of the electronic device, the application runs in the resource manager of the electronic device, and the user interface of the application is not generally displayed on the screen of the electronic device. When the user needs to use or view the application program, the electronic device may be triggered to switch the application program to foreground operation, and then use or view the application program.

Displaying a window: which may also be referred to as a display window, is a display area of a screen of the electronic device for displaying an interface of an application program.

In the embodiment of the invention, an interface of an application program can be displayed in one display window, namely, one application program can correspond to one display window. When a display window is enlarged or reduced, the interface in the display window can be enlarged or reduced in the same scale.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the screen of the electronic device may include one display window, or may include a plurality of display windows. When the screen includes a display window, the display window may be displayed on the screen in full screen or in non-full screen. When the screen comprises a plurality of display windows, one display window can display the interface of one application program, and different display windows can display the interfaces of different application programs; that is, in this case, the electronic device may display the interfaces of the plurality of applications in a split screen manner.

The embodiment of the invention provides a split screen display method and electronic equipment, wherein the method can be applied to the electronic equipment, the electronic equipment can receive first input, the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently operated by the electronic equipment, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and in response to the first input, displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode. Through the scheme, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through the input (namely the first input) of the application task windows of the plurality of application programs currently running by the electronic equipment, and the user does not need to search and operate the icons of the application programs in the desktop of the electronic equipment in sequence to trigger the display of the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode by the electronic equipment can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

The following describes a software environment to which the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied, by taking an android operating system as an example.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a possible android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 1, the architecture of the android operating system includes 4 layers, which are respectively: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, a Linux kernel layer).

The application program layer comprises various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in an android operating system.

The application framework layer is a framework of the application, and a developer can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principle of the framework of the application.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and android operating system runtime environments. The library mainly provides various resources required by the android operating system. The android operating system running environment is used for providing a software environment for the android operating system.

The kernel layer is an operating system layer of an android operating system and belongs to the bottommost layer of an android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides kernel system services and hardware-related drivers for the android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking an android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer may develop a software program for implementing the split-screen display method provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the android operating system shown in fig. 1, so that the split-screen display method may operate based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. That is, the processor or the electronic device may implement the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. For example, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile terminal may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

The execution main body of the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be the electronic device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the split-screen display method in the electronic device, which may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes an electronic device as an example to exemplarily explain the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the invention, when a user needs the electronic device to display the interfaces of M application programs in the electronic device in a split screen manner, if the M application programs are application programs currently running on the electronic device, the user can firstly trigger the electronic device to switch to a "running task page" (which can also be called a latest running taskbar) including application task windows of all application programs currently running on the electronic device, so that the user can input M application task windows indicating the M application programs to trigger the electronic device to determine the M application programs corresponding to the electronic device according to the M application task windows, and then the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen manner on the screen of the electronic device. Therefore, the user can trigger the electronic device to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through the input (namely the first input) of the application task windows of the plurality of application programs currently running by the electronic device, and the user does not need to search and operate the icons of the application programs in the desktop of the electronic device in sequence to trigger the display of the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode by the electronic device can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the currently running application program of the electronic device may be an application program currently running in a foreground of the electronic device, and may also be an application program currently running in a background of the electronic device, which may be specifically determined according to an actual use requirement, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the interfaces of the M application programs displayed by the electronic device in a split-screen manner may be interfaces of the M application programs displayed by the electronic device when the M application programs are switched from foreground operation to background operation; that is, the interface displayed in the foreground by the electronic device for the last time may be switched from foreground operation to background operation for the M applications.

The split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a split screen display method, which may include S201 and S202 described below.

S201, the electronic equipment receives a first input.

The first input may be input by a user to M application task windows, where the M application task windows may be used to indicate M application programs currently running on the electronic device, that is, the M application task windows are application task windows of the M application programs currently running on the electronic device. M may be an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the application currently running on the electronic device may be an application currently running in the foreground of the electronic device, and may also be an application running in the foreground and the background of the electronic device, which may be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

For the specific description of the M application task windows, reference may be made to the related description of the application task windows in the noun explanation section, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be used to trigger the electronic device to select the M application task windows.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a sliding input, and the M application task windows may be application task windows determined by the electronic device according to an input trajectory of the sliding input.

Specifically, the first input may be input of a user by aggregating multiple fingers (for example, two fingers, three fingers, or four fingers) on M application task windows (method 1), or the first input may be input of a user by circling in a target direction on the M application task windows (method 2). Or, the first input may also be an input of the user to drag the M application task windows (manner 3), which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, in the above mode 1, the aggregating of multiple fingers of the user on the M application task windows means that the user touches the M application task windows with multiple fingers and slides the multiple fingers on the M application task windows from outside to inside for input.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the present invention, in the above mode 2, the target direction may be a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction. The clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction are both illustrated with respect to the screen of the electronic device when the screen of the electronic device faces the user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, in the above mode 3, the first input may specifically be an input that a user drags the first M-1 application task windows in the M application task windows to a position where the mth application task window is located or drags the mth application task window.

For example, as shown in (a) of fig. 3, the user may drag the application task window 30 to the right (in a direction indicated by a solid arrow of (a) of fig. 3), and then, as shown in (b) of fig. 3, when the user drags the application task window 30 onto the application task window 31, if the user continues to drag the application task window 30 to the right, the application task window 31 will move to the right along with the application task window 30; thus, as shown in fig. 3 (c), the user may drag both the application task window 30 and the application task window 31 onto the application task window 32, at which time, if the user's finger leaves the screen of the electronic device, it indicates that the user performs the first input; the electronic device may determine that application task window 30, application task window 31, and application task window 32 are the M application task windows described above. The application task window 30 and the application task window 31 are the first M-1 application task windows in the M application task windows, and the application task window 3 is the mth application task window in the M application task windows. After the electronic device determines the application task window 30, the application task window 31, and the application task window 32, the electronic device may display the interface of the application indicated by the application task window 30, the interface of the application indicated by the application task window 31, and the interface of the application indicated by the application task window 32 in a split screen manner.

S202, the electronic equipment responds to the first input, and the interfaces of the M application programs are displayed in a split screen mode.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the M application programs are application programs indicated by the M application task windows targeted by the first input, that is, the M application task windows are application task windows of the M application programs.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the interface for the electronic device to display the M application programs in a split screen manner is: the electronic equipment simultaneously displays the interfaces of the M application programs in different display areas on the screen of the electronic equipment. After the electronic device simultaneously displays the interfaces of the M applications in different display areas on the screen of the electronic device, a user can simultaneously view the interfaces of the M applications or simultaneously interact with the M applications.

For example, assuming that M applications are 3 applications, i.e., application 1, application 2, and application 3, respectively, the electronic device may simultaneously display the interface of application 1, the interface of application 2, and the interface of application 3 in different display areas on the screen of the electronic device, as shown in fig. 4 (a) or fig. 4 (b).

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split-screen manner, the interfaces of the M application programs may be arranged horizontally or longitudinally on the screen of the electronic device, or may be arranged in any other possible arrangement manner, which may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split-screen manner, the electronic device may display the interfaces of the M application programs on the screen of the electronic device according to the display priorities (which may be preset) of the M application programs and according to the arrangement manner; or the electronic device may display, on the screen of the electronic device, the interfaces of the M application programs indicated by the M application task windows according to the above arrangement manner, according to the time sequence in which the user triggers the electronic device to select the M application task windows. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the step S202 may be specifically implemented by the following steps S202a and S202 b.

S202a, the electronic equipment displays M display controls in different display areas.

S202b, the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M application programs in the M display controls.

And displaying interfaces of different application programs in different display controls. It will be appreciated that for each display control of the M display windows, an application interface is displayed in one display control.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the display control may be a display window, and for the description of the display window, reference may be specifically made to the related description of the above noun explanation part, so that, in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the different display areas may be different display areas on a screen of the electronic device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the first input of the user, the electronic device may first determine, according to an input trajectory of the first input, that the application task windows operated by the user are M application task windows, and after determining the M application task windows operated by the user, the electronic device may determine, according to the M application task windows, M application programs corresponding to the M application task windows; then, the electronic device may divide a screen of the electronic device into M display regions, and display one display control in each display region, and then the electronic device may display M display controls in the M display regions, so that the electronic device may display the M applications in the M display controls in a split screen manner. For example, the method for determining M application programs by the electronic device according to the input trajectory of the first input will be described in detail in the following embodiments, and details are not repeated herein to avoid repetition.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, for each application program in the M application programs, the electronic device may display one display control for one application program, that is, display different display controls for different application programs. The electronic device may then display the interface of each application in the display control of that application. In this way, the electronic device may display the interfaces of the M applications in the M display controls.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement manner of the M display controls on the screen of the electronic device is the same as the arrangement manner of the interfaces of the M application programs on the screen of the electronic device. Specifically, when the interfaces of the M application programs are arranged transversely on the screen of the electronic device, the M display controls are also arranged transversely on the screen of the electronic device; when the interfaces of the M application programs are arranged longitudinally on the screen of the electronic device, the M display controls are also arranged longitudinally on the screen of the electronic device. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device displays M display controls on a screen of the electronic device, the electronic device may sequentially display the M display controls on the screen of the electronic device according to the arrangement order of the M application programs; that is, the arrangement order of the M display controls on the electronic device is the same as the arrangement order of the interfaces of the corresponding application programs on the screen of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device displays the M display controls on the screen of the electronic device, the electronic device may sequentially display the interfaces of the M application programs in the M display controls according to the display priorities (which may be preset) of the M application programs. Or, the electronic device may display, in the M display controls, the interfaces of the M application programs indicated by the M application task windows according to a timing sequence in which the user triggers the electronic device to select the M application task windows. Of course, the electronic device may also display the interfaces of the M applications on the M display controls in any other possible manner. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

It can be understood that, when the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M applications in the M display controls, the interfaces of the M applications may be sequentially displayed according to the arrangement order of the M display controls.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that 3 (i.e., M ═ 3) applications are application 1, application 2, and application 3, respectively, and the display priorities of these 3 applications are, in order from high to low: application 1, application 2, and application 3; further, it is assumed that the 3 display controls are longitudinally arranged on a screen of the electronic device, and are respectively a first display control, a second display control and a third display control from top to bottom; then, as shown in fig. 4 (a), the electronic device may display the interface of the application 1 in the first display control, and display the interface of the application 2 in the second display control, and display the interface of the application 3 in the third display control.

Further exemplarily, assume that 3 (i.e., M ═ 3) applications are application 1, application 2, and application 3, respectively, and the timing at which the user triggers the electronic device to select the 3 application task windows indicating the 3 applications is: an application task window 2 (indicating an application 2), an application task window 1 (indicating an application 1), and an application task window 3 (indicating an application 3); further, it is assumed that the 3 display controls are longitudinally arranged on a screen of the electronic device, and are respectively a first display control, a second display control and a third display control from top to bottom; then, as shown in fig. 4 (b), the electronic device may display the interface of the application 2 in the first display control, and display the interface of the application 1 in the second display control, and display the interface of the application 3 in the third display control.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the shapes of the M display controls may all be the same, may also be partially the same, and may also all be different, which may specifically be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sizes of the M display controls may all be the same, may also be partially the same, and may also all be different, which may specifically be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, for each display control in the M display controls, the user may trigger the electronic device to enlarge or reduce the display size (area and shape) of one display control through one input. When the user triggers the electronic device to zoom in or out of the display size of a display control, the electronic device may zoom in or out of the interface in the display control at the same zoom scale. The input may be an input of a zoom control by a user, or may be an input of a zoom gesture directly performed on the display control by the user, which may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

In the embodiment of the invention, because the electronic equipment can display the interfaces of the application programs on the screen of the electronic equipment in a split screen mode by displaying the display control, the interface of each application program can be ensured to be displayed in an independent control (such as a display window), so that a user can independently operate each interface displayed on the electronic equipment in a split screen mode, and the reliability of the interface of the application program displayed on the electronic equipment in a split screen mode can be ensured.

The split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the invention is exemplarily described below with reference to fig. 5.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) in fig. 5, it is assumed that M application task windows displayed on a screen of the electronic device are an application task window 50, an application task window 51, and an application task window 52, respectively, and the application task window 50 indicates the application 4, the application task window 51 indicates the application 5, and the application task window 52 indicates the application 6. Then, the user may refer to both the application task window 51 and the application task window 52 as being aggregated (i.e., aggregated in the direction shown by the solid arrow in (a) in fig. 5), that is, the electronic device receives the first input of the user, so that the electronic device may display the interface of the application 5 and the interface of the application 6 on the screen of the electronic device in a split manner as shown in (b) in fig. 5 in response to the first input; namely, the electronic equipment displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

In the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the user can trigger the electronic device to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through the input (namely the first input) of the application task windows of the plurality of application programs running in the background of the electronic device, and the user does not need to search and operate the icons of the application programs in sequence in the desktop of the electronic device to trigger the split-screen display of the interfaces of the plurality of application programs, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode of the electronic device can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, before the electronic device displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen manner, the M application programs may be determined first.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 6, before S202, the split-screen display method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include S203 described below. S202 may be specifically realized by S202c described below.

S203, the electronic equipment responds to the first input and determines M application programs according to the input track of the first input.

S202c, the electronic equipment displays the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

For the description of S202c, reference may be specifically made to the related description in S202, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the first input, an input trajectory of the first input may be obtained first, and then the M application programs are determined according to the input trajectory of the first input. After the electronic device determines the M applications, the electronic device may display the interfaces of the M applications in a split screen manner on a screen of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the input trajectory of the first input may include at least one of an input direction of the first input, an input shape of the first input, a start position of the first input, and an end position of the first input, and may be specifically determined according to an actual use requirement, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present invention, the step S203 may be specifically implemented by the following steps S203a and S203 b.

S203a, the electronic device determines M application task windows located on the input track of the first input.

Exemplarily, the first input is input of the user multi-finger aggregation on the M application task windows, that is, the above manner 1 is taken as an example. As shown in fig. 7, the user's fingers are aggregated on the application task window 70 and the application task window 72 (i.e., aggregated in the direction shown by the solid arrow in fig. 7), that is, the electronic device receives a first input from the user, and then the electronic device may determine the application task window 70 and the application task window 72 located at the input start position of the first input as the M application task windows in response to the first input. Alternatively, the electronic device may determine the application task window 70 and the application task window 72 located at the input start position of the first input and the application task window 72 located at the input end position of the first input as the M application task windows.

Further, for example, the first input is an input that the user circles in the target direction on the M application task windows, that is, the above-mentioned method 2 is taken as an example. As shown in fig. 8 (b), the user may slide a circle clockwise (i.e., circle in a direction shown by a solid arrow in fig. 8 (b)) on the application task window 83, the application task window 84, and the application task window 85, i.e., the electronic device receives a first input of the user, and then the electronic device may determine the application task window 83, the application task window 84, and the application task window 85, which are positioned on an input shape of the first input, as the above-mentioned M application task windows in response to the first input.

Further exemplarily, the first input is an input of the user to drag the M application task windows, that is, the above-mentioned manner 3 is taken as an example. As shown in fig. 3, the user may drag the application task window 30 and the application task window 31 to the right onto the application task window 32, that is, the electronic device receives a first input from the user, and then the electronic device determines the application task window 30, the application task window 31, and the application task window 32 located at an input end position of the first input as the M application task windows in response to the first input.

S203b, the electronic device determines the application programs indicated by the M application task windows as M application programs.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since the application task window located on the input track of the first input may be the application task window of the application program meeting the user requirement, the application program indicated by the application task window located on the input track may be determined as the M application programs, so that the user experience may be improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first input of the user can indicate the interface of the application program required to be displayed in a split screen mode, so that the M application programs determined according to the input track input by the user are the application programs meeting the split screen requirement of the user, and the user experience can be improved.

Furthermore, as the input tracks of the first input are different, the M application programs determined by the electronic device are also different, so that the flexibility of determining the M application programs by the electronic device can be improved, and the user experience is further improved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate a user to quickly find and operate an application task window that meets the use requirement of the user, the user may trigger the electronic device to display all or part of the application task window in the electronic device in a reduced size through one input before executing the first input, so as to increase the number of the application task windows displayed on the screen of the electronic device. Therefore, the user can quickly and accurately search and operate the application task window meeting the use requirement of the user.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 9, before S201, the split-screen display method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include S204 and S205 described below.

And S204, the electronic equipment receives a second input.

S205, the electronic equipment responds to the second input, and the N application task windows are displayed in a shrinking mode according to preset times.

The second input may be input by a user to N application task windows, where the N application task windows may be used to indicate N application programs running in the background of the electronic device, and N may be an integer greater than or equal to M.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the M application task windows in S201 may be reduced application task windows in the N application task windows, that is, the N application task windows include the M application task windows.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives a second input from the user, the electronic device may select the M application task windows in response to the second input, and display the N application task windows in a reduced manner according to a preset multiple.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may keep the relative position relationship between the reduced N application task windows unchanged (as shown in (b) in fig. 8); alternatively, the electronic device may adjust the relative positional relationship between the reduced N application task windows, and display the N application task windows after the relative positional relationship is adjusted (as shown in (c) of fig. 8). The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the N application programs indicated by the N application task windows may be all application programs currently running on the electronic device, or may also be part of application programs currently running on the electronic device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and this embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

In order to more clearly describe the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the following exemplary descriptions take the N applications indicated by the N application task windows as all applications currently running on the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may display the application task windows of all the application programs currently running on the electronic device in one page (hereinafter referred to as "running task page"). The "running task page" may be a long page, that is, the display size in at least one direction of the screen of the electronic device is smaller than the size of the "running task page", so that a part of the application task window in the "running task page" can be displayed on the screen of the electronic device. In this manner, the user may trigger the electronic device to sequentially display all application task windows in the "running task page" by an input on the page (e.g., sliding left or right).

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the application task window included in the "running task page" may be an application task window of an application program that is run by the electronic device within a first preset time period. The first preset time period may be the last 1 day (24 hours), the last 1 week, the last month, and the like, and may be determined according to actual use requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the input of the user to the N application task windows may specifically be input by the user on the "running task page".

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, in an instance, the electronic device may set a control (hereinafter referred to as a target control) in the "running task page", where the target control may be used to trigger the electronic device to zoom out and display the N running task windows, and in this instance, the second input may be an input of the target control by the user. In another case, the second input may be any possible form of input such as a user clicking on a blank space in the "running task page" described above, a long press input, or a heavy press input. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

The click input may be a single click, a double click, or an input of a preset number of continuous clicks. The long press input may be an input contacting for a preset time period. The above-mentioned heavy-pressing input is also referred to as a pressure touch input, and refers to an input in which a user presses a pressure value greater than or equal to a pressure threshold value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset times, the preset duration, and the pressure threshold may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

The following describes the above S204 and S205 by way of example with reference to fig. 8.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that N applications indicated by N application task windows are all applications currently running on the electronic device; assume that the preset multiple is 3; then as shown in fig. 8 (a), a target control 81 and 5 application task windows (not fully shown in fig. 8) are included in a "running task page" 80 in the electronic device, so that the user can click on the target control 81, that is, the electronic device receives a second input from the user, and then the electronic device reduces the 5 application task windows by 3 times in response to the second input; then, as shown in fig. 8 (b) or fig. 8 (c), the electronic device may display the 5 application task windows reduced by 3 times; namely, the electronic equipment reduces and displays N application task windows according to the preset multiple.

It should be noted that, in (b) in fig. 8, since the electronic device keeps the relative position relationship between the 5 application task windows unchanged, and the horizontal display size of the screen of the electronic device is smaller than the horizontal display size of the 5 application task windows after being reduced, the last application task window of the 5 application task windows after being reduced by 3 times is not displayed. At this time, the user may slide a single finger to the left on the screen of the electronic device to trigger the electronic device to display the last application task window after zooming out.

In the embodiment of the invention, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to reduce and display the N application task windows through the second input, so that a larger number of application task windows can be displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment at the same time, and the user can quickly search and operate the application task windows meeting the screen splitting requirements. Therefore, the operation flexibility can be improved, and the man-machine interaction performance can be improved.

It is understood that the above embodiments are exemplarily described by taking an example in which the user requires the electronic device to display an interface of M applications currently running on the electronic device in a split screen manner. In practical implementation, the idea of the split-screen display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can also be applied to a scenario (hereinafter referred to as scenario 1) in which a user needs an electronic device to display an interface of an application indicated by two application icons in a split-screen manner.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, when a user needs to display an interface of an application indicated by at least two application icons in a split screen manner on an electronic device, the user may perform an input (hereinafter referred to as a target input) on the icons of the at least two application programs, and after the electronic device receives the target input, in a possible implementation manner, the electronic device may directly display the application indicated by the at least two icons in the split screen manner; in another possible implementation manner, the electronic device may display a selection box, and the selection box may include a first option and a second option, where the first option may be used to trigger the electronic device to display an interface of an application program indicated by the at least two application icons in a split screen manner, and the second option may be used to trigger the electronic device to display the at least two application icons in a folder in a categorized manner. It is to be understood that, in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, if the user performs another input (for example, a click input) on the second option, the electronic device may display the interface of the application program indicated by the at least two application icons in a split screen manner.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, in the above one possible implementation manner, the at least two application icons are application icons in a "recently used application page". In another possible implementation manner, the at least two application icons are icons in a desktop of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the application icons in the recently-used application page are icons of all application programs that are run by the electronic device in a second preset time period (which may be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements).

Generally, the number of icons displayed in the recently used application page is less than or equal to the number of icons displayed in the desktop of the electronic device.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device displays an interface in a full screen (for example, displays the interface 10 shown in (a) of fig. 10 below in a full screen), the user may trigger the electronic device to display the above-mentioned "recently-used application page" and the interface in a split screen by performing a split screen input (for example, three fingers slide down) on the interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target input may be input aggregated by a user's multi-finger on the at least two icons. Alternatively, the target input may be an input of dragging the at least two icons by the user, for example, taking the at least two icons as 2 icons, and the one input may be an input of dragging one icon to another icon by the user.

Scenario 1 described above is exemplarily described below with reference to fig. 10 and 11.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 10 (a), an interface 10 of a shopping application and a "recently used application page" 11 are displayed on a screen of the electronic device, wherein an icon 1, an icon 2, and an icon 3 (icons of applications that are running by the electronic device within a second preset time period) are displayed on the "recently used application page" 11; then, the user may point to converge on the icon 1 and the icon 2 (i.e., converge in the direction shown by the solid arrow in fig. 10), that is, the electronic device receives the target input, and then the electronic device may respond to the target input, as shown in (b) in fig. 10, and the electronic device may display the interface 12 of the application program indicated by the icon 1 and the interface 13 of the application program indicated by the icon 2 in a split screen manner.

Further illustratively, as shown in fig. 11 (a), an icon 5, an icon 6, and an icon 7 are displayed on the electronic device desktop 14; then, the user may drag the icon 5 onto the icon 6, that is, the electronic device receives the above drag input, and then the electronic device responds to the drag input, as shown in (b) of fig. 11, the electronic device may display a selection box 15, in which the option of "merge into folder" (i.e., the above second option) and the option of "split screen display" (i.e., the above first option) are included in the selection box 15. Thus, the user can click on the "split screen display" option, and the electronic device can display the interface 16 of the application indicated by the icon 5 and the interface 17 of the application indicated by the icon 6 in a split screen manner in response to the click input, as shown in (c) of fig. 11.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in one possible implementation manner, since the user can directly input the at least two application icons, that is, the interface of the application program indicated by the at least two application icons can be triggered to be displayed on the electronic device in a split-screen manner, a process of displaying the interface of the application program on the electronic device in a split-screen manner can be simplified; in addition, since the application icons in the application page used recently can be icons of application programs which are frequently used by the user, and the number of the icons in the application page used recently is less than or equal to the number of the icons in the desktop, the user can quickly find the icons meeting the actual use requirements of the user. In another possible implementation manner, because the electronic device can display the selection frame including the "split screen display" option and the "merge into folder" option when the user drags one icon to another icon, the user can trigger the electronic device to perform corresponding operations on the two icons according to the actual use requirements of the user for using the electronic device, so that the flexibility and convenience of the operations can be improved, and the human-computer interaction performance can be improved. Therefore, the process of displaying the interface of the application program by the electronic equipment in a split screen mode can be simplified, and the user experience is improved.

For other descriptions in the above scenario 1, reference may be specifically made to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiment, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the split-screen display method shown in the above method drawings is exemplarily described by referring to one drawing in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the split-screen display method shown in each method drawing can also be implemented by combining any other drawing which can be combined and is illustrated in the above embodiments, and details are not described here.

As shown in fig. 12, an embodiment of the present invention provides a split-screen display device 120, which may include a receiving module 121 and a display module 122. The receiving module 121 may be configured to receive a first input, where the first input may be an input to M application task windows, where the M application task windows may be used to indicate M application programs currently running on the split-screen display device, and M may be an integer greater than or equal to 2. The display module 122 may be configured to display the interfaces of the M applications in a split screen manner in response to the first input received by the receiving module 121.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a sliding input, and the M application task windows may be application task windows determined according to an input trajectory of the sliding input.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the display module 122 may include a first display sub-module and a second display sub-module; the second display submodule can be used for displaying M display controls in different display areas of the split-screen display device; and the second display sub-module is used for displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in the M display controls displayed by the first display sub-module, wherein the interfaces of different application programs are displayed in different display controls.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 121 may be further configured to receive a second input before receiving the first input, where the second input may be an input to N application task windows, where the N application task windows may be used to indicate N application programs currently running on the split-screen display device, and N may be an integer greater than or equal to M; the display module 122 may be further configured to, in response to the second input received by the receiving module 121, display the N application task windows in a reduced manner by a preset multiple; the M application task windows may be application task windows in the reduced N application task windows.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be an input aggregated by multiple fingers on the M application task windows.

The split-screen display device 120 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the split-screen display device shown in the above method embodiment, and for avoiding repetition, details are not described here again.

The embodiment of the invention provides a split-screen display device, which can receive a first input, wherein the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently running by the split-screen display device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and in response to the first input, displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode. According to the scheme, the user can trigger the split-screen display device to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split-screen manner through input (namely the first input) of the application task windows of the plurality of application programs currently running on the split-screen display device, and the user does not need to search and operate icons of the application programs in the desktop of the split-screen display device in sequence to trigger the split-screen display of the interfaces of the plurality of application programs, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split-screen display device in the split-screen manner can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, the electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device configuration shown in fig. 13 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The user input unit 107 is configured to receive a first input, where the first input is an input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used to indicate M application programs currently running on the electronic device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and the display unit 106 is used for responding to the first input received by the user input unit 107 and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

Optionally, the first input is a sliding input, and the M application task windows are application task windows determined according to an input trajectory of the sliding input.

Optionally, the display unit 106 is further configured to display M display controls in different display areas of the split-screen display apparatus; and displaying the M display controls in different display areas of the split-screen display device.

Optionally, the user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a second input, where the second input is an input to N application task windows, the N application task windows are used to indicate N application programs currently running on the electronic device, and N is an integer greater than or equal to M.

The display unit 106 is further configured to respond to the second input, and reduce and display the N application task windows according to a preset multiple;

optionally, the first input is input that is multi-fingered aggregated over the M application task windows.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 121 in the structural schematic diagram (for example, fig. 12) of the split-screen display apparatus may be implemented by the user input unit 107. The display module 122 in the structural schematic diagram of the split-screen display device (for example, fig. 12) can be implemented by the display unit 106.

The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment, which can receive a first input, wherein the first input is input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently operated by the electronic equipment, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and in response to the first input, displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode. Through the scheme, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to display the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in a split screen mode through the input (namely the first input) of the application task windows of the plurality of application programs currently running by the electronic equipment, and the user does not need to search and operate the icons of the application programs in the desktop of the electronic equipment in sequence to trigger the display of the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode, so that the operation process of displaying the interfaces of the plurality of application programs in the split screen mode by the electronic equipment can be simplified, and the human-computer interaction performance is improved.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, 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 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 102, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic apparatus 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 processes image data of a still picture 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 graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode.

The electronic device 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. As one type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of an electronic device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 105 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

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 (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 generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. Touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near touch panel 1071 using a finger, stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may be overlaid on the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 13, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The 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 electronic apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 100 and the external device.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 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 electronic device, connects various parts of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the electronic device and processes data by operating 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 electronic device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to each component, and optionally, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the electronic device 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes the processor 110 shown in fig. 13, the memory 109, and a computer program stored in the memory 109 and capable of running on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 110, implements the processes of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the processes of the foregoing method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

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

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

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A split screen display method is applied to electronic equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first input, wherein the first input is an input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used for indicating M application programs currently running by the electronic device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

and responding to the first input, and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input is a sliding input and the M application task windows are application task windows determined from an input trajectory of the sliding input.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the split-screen displaying the interfaces of the M applications comprises:

displaying M display controls in different display areas;

and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in the M display controls, wherein the interfaces of different application programs are displayed in different display controls.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to receiving the first input, the method further comprises:

receiving a second input, where the second input is an input to N application task windows, where the N application task windows are used to indicate N application programs currently running on the electronic device, and N is an integer greater than or equal to M;

responding to the second input, and zooming out and displaying the N application task windows according to preset multiples;

and the M application task windows are the application task windows in the N reduced application task windows.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first input is input that is multi-fingered aggregated over the M application task windows.

6. A split screen display device is characterized by comprising a receiving module and a display module;

the receiving module is configured to receive a first input, where the first input is an input to M application task windows, the M application task windows are used to indicate M application programs currently running on the device, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

and the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying the interfaces of the M application programs in a split screen mode.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first input is a sliding input, and wherein the M application task windows are application task windows determined according to an input trajectory of the sliding input.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 or 7, wherein the display module comprises a first display sub-module and a second display sub-module;

the first display sub-module is used for displaying M display controls in different display areas;

the second display sub-module is configured to display the interfaces of the M application programs in the M display controls displayed by the first display sub-module, where the interfaces of different application programs are displayed in different display windows.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a second input before receiving the first input, the second input being an input to N application task windows, the N application task windows being used to indicate N applications currently running by the apparatus, N being an integer greater than or equal to M;

the display module is further configured to respond to the second input received by the receiving module, and display the N application task windows in a reduced manner according to a preset multiple;

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first input is input that is multi-fingered aggregated over the M application task windows.

11. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the split-screen display method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the split-screen display method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.