CN111596840A

CN111596840A - Multitask display method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111596840A
Application number: CN202010345473.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王娟
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-27
Filing date: 2020-04-27
Publication date: 2020-08-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a multitask display method and electronic equipment, which are applied to the technical field of communication and are used for solving the problems of high difficulty and low working efficiency in the conventional multitask processing mode for viewing display contents. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that the electronic equipment receives first input under the condition that the electronic equipment displays a first interface of a first application; in response to the first input, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and displays a second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping mode with a first preset transparency. The invention is suitable for multi-task processing scenes.

Description

Multitask display method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

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

Background

With the development of electronic device technology, the functions of electronic devices are more and more, and the frequency of using electronic devices by users is higher and higher. Currently, an electronic device can implement a function of processing multiple tasks at the same time by turning on a multitasking function, where one application is referred to as one task. That is, the multitasking is to operate a plurality of applications at the same time by the electronic device.

In the related art, when the electronic device performs multitasking, a plurality of application program interfaces may be simultaneously displayed in the same screen after a user selects a plurality of tasks. In general, the electronic device may reduce the application interface corresponding to some or all of the tasks, so that the reduced application interface has an excessively small interface size.

Therefore, when a user views the interface content of the reduced application program interface, the difficulty of viewing the display content is increased due to the fact that the interface size is too small, and the use efficiency of the electronic equipment is further reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a multitask display method and electronic equipment, which can solve the problems of high difficulty and low working efficiency in the conventional multitask processing mode for viewing display contents.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a multitask display method, where the method includes: the method comprises the steps that the electronic equipment receives first input under the condition that the electronic equipment displays a first interface of a first application; in response to the first input, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and displays a second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping mode with a first preset transparency.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a receiving module, a setting module, and a display module; the receiving module is configured to receive a first input when the electronic device displays a first interface of a first application; the setting module is used for setting the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background in response to the first input received by the receiving module; the display module is used for displaying a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background set by the setting module in an overlapping mode according to the first preset transparency.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the multitask display method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the multitask display method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, in the case that the first application of the electronic device displays the first interface, the electronic device may receive a first input of a user, set the interface content of the first interface as the first desktop background, and display the second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in a superimposed manner with the first predetermined transparency. Therefore, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the first interface as the bottom background of the second interface, so that the electronic equipment can simultaneously display all the interface contents of the first interface and all the interface contents of the second interface without reducing the display interfaces of the first application and/or the second application, a user can accurately and quickly check the display contents of a plurality of tasks, and the use efficiency of the electronic equipment 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 an interface applied by a multitasking display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a multitasking display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic diagram of an interface applied by the multitask display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a third schematic view of an interface applied by a multitask display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a fourth schematic diagram of an interface applied by the multitask display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a fifth schematic view of an interface applied by the multitask display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a sixth schematic view of an interface applied by the multitask display method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the 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.

It should be noted that "/" in this context means "or", for example, A/B may mean A or B; "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, and means 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.

It should be noted that "a plurality" herein means two or more than two.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. 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.

It should be noted that, for the convenience of clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish the same items or similar items with substantially the same functions or actions, and those skilled in the art can understand that the words such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order. For example, the first application and the second application are for distinguishing different applications, and are not for describing a particular order of applications.

The execution main body of the multitask 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 multitask display method in the electronic device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

The execution main body of the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be electronic equipment, the electronic equipment can be terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment can be mobile terminal equipment or non-mobile terminal equipment. The mobile terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), etc.; the non-mobile terminal device may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, or the like; the embodiments of the present invention are not particularly limited.

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 multitask 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.

For example, the application in the embodiment of the present invention may be an application program (i.e., an application program in the application program layer). The Application program may be a third-party Application program (e.g., APP) downloaded and installed for the electronic device, or may be a system Application program in the electronic device, that is, a functional Application.

Illustratively, the operable interface in the electronic device is a wallpaper interactive interface, wherein two different layers, namely a wallpaper layer and an identification layer (which may indicate a layer corresponding to the application small icon), may be included in the wallpaper interactive interface from bottom to top.

Wherein, the wallpaper layer is as follows: displaying a wallpaper picture dynamically changing with an application program in real time at the bottommost layer of the wallpaper interactive interface; the above-mentioned marking layer is: and displaying application icons corresponding to the applications above the wallpaper layer, and enabling a user to enter the applications by touching the application icons.

Further, the operation interface of each application program in the application program layer comprises a wallpaper layer and an identification layer. For example, the desktop interface is composed of a desktop wallpaper layer and a desktop icon layer, where the desktop wallpaper layer is used for displaying desktop wallpaper, and the desktop icon layer is used for displaying desktop icons, and when the electronic device switches desktop pages, the electronic device switches desktop icons displayed in the desktop icon layer, and the desktop wallpaper in the desktop wallpaper layer does not change.

Illustratively, the operable interface is: the display content (e.g., controls) in the interface can be triggered by the user to perform corresponding operations. Further, only one interface in the electronic device may be an operable interface at the same time.

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 multitask 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 multitask 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 multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to the following steps: in a multitasking scenario.

Illustratively, a scene in which a user wants to use a "video" APP and an "information" APP at the same time is taken as an example. This scenario will be described below in connection with two multitasking display modes.

The first method is as follows: as shown in fig. 2 (a), the electronic device displays a display interface 1 for "video" APP and a display interface 2 for "information" APP, and when the electronic device starts the multi-task on-screen display function of the "video" APP and the "information" APP, the electronic device simultaneously displays the "video" APP and the "information" APP on a display interface 3 (21 in fig. 2 (a)). The display interface 3 is a display interface after the screen splitting operation of the electronic device, and is divided into a split screen 1 (e.g. 22 in (a) of fig. 2) and a split screen 2 (e.g. 23 in (a) of fig. 2), where the split screen 1 is used for displaying the display content of the "video" APP, the split screen 2 is used for displaying the display content of the "information" APP, and the user can operate the "video" APP and the "information" APP in the split screen 1 and the split screen 2, respectively. Therefore, the user needs to view the display content of the application program on the reduced interface, so that the viewing difficulty is increased, and the user experience is reduced. Meanwhile, the split-screen display mode is not necessarily applicable to all the applications, that is, part of the applications cannot perform multi-task display on the same display interface through the display mode, so that the display mode has the problem of limited use in the actual use process.

As shown in fig. 2 (b), the electronic device displays a display interface 1 for "video" APP and a display interface 2 for "information" APP, and when the electronic device starts the multi-task on-screen display function of the "video" APP and the "information" APP, the electronic device simultaneously displays the "video" APP and the "information" APP on the display interface 2 (e.g., 24 in fig. 2 (b)). Wherein, the display mode of the information APP is unchanged, and the display mode of the video APP is as follows: after the display interface 1 of the "video" APP is scaled down, the display interface 1 of the "information" APP is displayed as a window 1 in a window manner (e.g., 25 in fig. 2 (b)), and the user can drag the window 1 on the display interface 2 at will. The user can operate the information APP and the video APP on the display interface 2 and the window 1, respectively. Therefore, one of the application programs needs to be displayed on the display interface of the other application program in the form of a window, so that the window always blocks the display interface of the other application program, the display interface of the other application program cannot be completely displayed, and the blocked information can be viewed only by dragging the window, thereby reducing the working efficiency of a user.

In order to solve the above problem, according to the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present invention, in a case that a first application of an electronic device displays a first interface, the electronic device may receive a first input of a user, set interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and display a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in a superimposed manner with a first predetermined transparency. Therefore, the electronic equipment can simultaneously display the interface content of the first application and the second interface of the second application on the same interface without reducing the display interface of the first application and/or the second application, so that the multitask processing is conveniently and quickly performed, the operation difficulty of the electronic equipment can be reduced, and the use efficiency of the electronic equipment is improved.

The multitask display method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 3, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a scene of multitask on-screen display, and includes steps 201 and 202:

step 201: the electronic device receives a first input when the electronic device displays a first interface of a first application.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first application may be any application program in the electronic device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first interface may be any interface of the first application. For example, a video playing interface in a "video" APP, or an application setting interface in a "video" APP.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first input is used to trigger a function of multitasking on-screen display of the electronic device. It should be noted that the multitask on-screen display means: the electronic equipment simultaneously displays all display interfaces of a plurality of application programs in the same screen.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a click input, a long-press input, a voice input, or a specific gesture input.

In one example, the first input may be a user input to a first control. Further, the first control can be located on a display interface of any application program in the electronic device. The first control can flexibly change the display position according to the dragging of the user, and can also be displayed on the display interface with a third preset transparency T1, wherein 0 < T1 < 100%.

In one example, when the electronic device displays the first interface of the first application, a first control can be overlaid or directly displayed on the first interface, so that the multitask on-screen display function is triggered through the first control.

Step 202: and in response to the first input, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and displays a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in a superposition mode with a first preset transparency.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the interface content of the first interface may include at least one of: the text content of the first interface, the picture content of the first interface, the video content of the first interface, the audio content of the first interface, and other content with a prompt function (for example, content of a range frame for indicating a functional control in an interface) are not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In one example, the interface content of the first interface may be the entire interface content of the first interface.

In another example, the interface content of the first interface may also be part of the interface content of the first interface. For example, taking the first application as a "video" APP as an example, if the video display interface of the "video" APP contains video content and text content (e.g., letters), the electronic device may set only the video content of the "video" APP as the first desktop background, so that the first desktop background contains only the video content and no text content.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the desktop background may be: desktop wallpaper at the desktop interface. It should be noted that the desktop wallpaper is not limited to a static picture, but may also be dynamic multimedia content such as a video, a dynamic animation, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. For example, the desktop background may be a static wallpaper picture, a dynamic wallpaper picture on the desktop interface, or video content played in a "video" APP.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the electronic device receives the first input, the desktop background can be reset, and the interface content of the first interface is directly set as the first desktop background. For example, when the desktop background is reset, the electronic device may directly update the original desktop background to the interface content of the first interface. For example, assuming that the original wallpaper of the desktop background is a still picture, and the display content of the first interface is video content played in a "video" APP, the electronic device may update the still wallpaper picture of the desktop background to the video content played in the "video" APP after receiving the first input.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second application may refer to the description of the first application, and is not described herein again.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the second interface of the second application may be any display interface in the second application, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that the interface content of the second interface may operate the interface content of the first interface, and is not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the first predetermined transparency is T2, the value range of T2 may be 0% < T2< 100%.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first predetermined transparency may be preset, or may be set by a user in a self-defined manner.

In one example, the electronic device may display all content displayed on the second interface in an overlay manner with a first predetermined transparency on the first desktop background, and may also display a part of content displayed on the second interface in an overlay manner with the first predetermined transparency on the first desktop background.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the step 202 is performed, after the electronic device receives the interface switching input of the user, the currently operable interface may be switched.

In one example, the interface switching input includes one or more sub-switching inputs, and one sub-switching input corresponds to switching an operable display interface. For example, assuming that the control input is a double-click input for increasing the volume, the current second interface is displayed on the first desktop background with a first predetermined transparency, the user may operate the second interface and may not operate the display interface of the first desktop background, when the user double-clicks the input for increasing the volume, the electronic device switches the operable interface, the user may operate the display interface of the first desktop background and may not operate the second interface, and the electronic device switches the operable interface similar to the process by double-clicking again.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first desktop background is located on a wallpaper layer of the wallpaper interaction layer, and a desktop icon in a desktop of the electronic device is an identification layer of the wallpaper interaction layer.

Illustratively, the identification layer of the wallpaper interaction layer in the electronic device and the layers of the display interfaces (i.e., the first interface and the second interface) of the application program belong to the same layer. That is, when the electronic device displays the display interface of the application program, the electronic device may replace the identification layer of the wallpaper interaction layer, so that the display interface of the application program is directly displayed above the wallpaper layer of the wallpaper interaction layer. Therefore, the first desktop background can only display the second interface of the second application without displaying the desktop icon, so that the situation that the user can view the desktop icon on the second interface and cannot directly view the display content displayed in the first desktop background when viewing the second interface is avoided.

Example 1: the current desktop background is a static picture, and the user opens a video APP and an information APP. In a case where the current display interface displays the "video" APP and the "information" APP is run in the background of the electronic device, the user needs to display the "video" APP and the "information" APP on the same screen on the current display interface of the electronic device, and then, as shown in fig. 4 (a), after the user clicks the "multitask control" 41 (i.e., the first control) in the upper right corner of the current display interface (i.e., the first input), as shown in fig. 4 (b), the electronic device sets the video displayed by the current "video" APP (i.e., the interface content of the first interface) as the desktop background 42 (i.e., the first desktop background), and adjusts the transparency of the display interface of the "information" APP (i.e., the second interface of the second application) to 80% (i.e., the first predetermined transparency), and displays the transparency in an overlapping manner on the desktop background 42.

According to the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the first application of the electronic equipment displays the first interface, the electronic equipment can receive the first input of a user, the interface content of the first interface is set as the first desktop background, and the second interface of the second application is displayed on the first desktop background in a superposition mode at the first preset transparency. Therefore, the electronic equipment can simultaneously display the interface content of the first application and the second interface of the second application on the same interface without reducing the display interface of the first application and/or the second application, so that the multitask processing is conveniently and quickly performed, the operation difficulty of the electronic equipment can be reduced, and the use efficiency of the electronic equipment is improved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the first input, the electronic device may perform an application program selection process to select an application program that is to be subjected to multi-task on-screen display simultaneously with the first application.

Illustratively, before the electronic device displays the second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in the step 202 in an overlapping manner with the first predetermined transparency, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention further includes the following steps a1 and a 2:

step A1: and the electronic equipment displays an application icon interface on the first interface.

Step A2: the electronic device receives a second input of a target icon of the at least one application icon.

In conjunction with step a1 and step a2, the process of displaying the second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in the step 202 in an overlapping manner with the first predetermined transparency may include the following steps A3:

step A3: and in response to a second input, the electronic equipment displays a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in a superposition mode with first preset transparency.

Illustratively, at least one application icon is displayed in the application icon interface. For example, the application icon may be an icon identifier of an application program in the electronic device. For example, an icon identifying "chat" APP.

For example, the first application and the second application may be the same or different.

In one example, icons of all or part of the applications in the electronic device except the icon of the first application may be displayed in the application icon interface.

In another example, the target icon is an icon of any application in the electronic device.

For example, the application icon interface may be a display interface displayed on the first interface in a third predetermined transparency in an overlapping manner. The third predetermined transparency may refer to the explanation of the first predetermined transparency, which is not described herein. Furthermore, the application icon interface and the application icons in the application icon interface are displayed on the display interface of the first interface in an overlapped mode through third preset transparency.

For example, the size of the application icon interface may be smaller than or equal to the size of the first interface.

For example, the second input may refer to the description of the first input, and is not described herein again.

For example, the second application may refer to the description of the first application, and is not described here again.

Illustratively, the second application is an application corresponding to the target icon.

Example 2: if the desktop background is a static picture, the current display interface displays a video APP, and when the user needs to display the video APP and the information APP on the same screen on the current display interface of the electronic device. With reference to fig. 4, after the user clicks the "multitask control" 41 in the upper right corner of the current display interface (i.e. the first input), as shown in fig. 5, the electronic device sets the video displayed by the current "video" APP (i.e. the interface content of the first interface) as the desktop background 42, displays an application icon interface 51 on the desktop background 42 in an overlapping manner, where the transparency of the application icon interface is 80%, and after the user clicks the icon identifier 52 of the "information" APP in the application icon interface (i.e. the second input of the target icon), adjusts the transparency of the display interface of the "information" APP (i.e. the second interface of the second application) to 80% (i.e. the first predetermined transparency), and displays the display interface on the desktop background 42 in an overlapping manner.

Therefore, when the user needs to use the multitask on-screen display function of the electronic equipment, the electronic equipment can directly display all icons except the icon identification of the first application to the user, and the user can conveniently and quickly select the application programs needing to be subjected to multitask processing and on-screen display at the same time.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the interface content of the first interface is set as the first desktop background in step 202, the multitask display method provided in this embodiment of the present invention further includes the following step B:

and B: and the electronic equipment jumps from the first interface to the desktop interface.

Illustratively, the desktop background of the desktop interface is the first desktop background.

Illustratively, the desktop interface displays application identifiers of all applications in the electronic device.

In one example, the application identification on the desktop interface may be displayed on the desktop interface at a fourth predetermined transparency. Wherein, assuming that the fourth predetermined transparency is denoted as T3, the value range of T3 is 0 < T3 < 100%.

Example 3, in combination with the above example 2, after the user clicks the "multitask control" in the upper right corner of the current display interface, as shown in fig. 6, the electronic device jumps from the display interface of the "video" APP to a desktop interface 61, the electronic device sets a video (i.e., interface content of the above first interface) displayed by the current "video" APP as a desktop background 42, and superimposes and displays icon identifications 62 of all applications in the electronic device on the desktop background 42, where transparency of the above icon identifications 62 is 80%.

Therefore, when the user uses the multitask on-screen display function of the electronic equipment, the electronic equipment automatically jumps to the desktop interface, and the user can conveniently select the application programs which are required to be simultaneously multitasked and displayed on the same screen on the desktop interface.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the process of setting the first desktop background, the electronic device may set the first interface of the first application as the first desktop background in a manner of continuously updating the desktop background.

For example, in the step 202, setting the interface content of the first interface as the first desktop background, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention may include the following step C:

and C: and the electronic equipment updates the first desktop background in real time according to the interface content of the first interface.

For example, after receiving the first input, the electronic device may trigger the electronic device to establish an association relationship between the first interface of the first application and the background interface of the first desktop background. At this time, the electronic device synchronously puts the display content of the first interface of the first application on the background interface of the first desktop background. Thus, the display content of the first desktop background can change along with the change of the display content of the first interface of the first application.

It should be noted that, when the interface content of the first interface of the electronic device is set as the first desktop background, compared with the interface content of the first application originally displayed on the first interface, it may be understood that the first application is an application program that is run in the background of the electronic device and is displayed on the interface of the desktop background, and the electronic device may continuously refresh the content displayed on the interface of the desktop background according to the running process of the first application.

Example 4: after the electronic device sets the "video" APP that is displaying the video 1 as the desktop background 41, the "video" APP runs in the background of the electronic device, and is displayed on the interface of the desktop background as the desktop background (i.e., the first desktop background), and the electronic device synchronously puts the video 1 on the interface of the desktop background in a manner of continuously refreshing and displaying, so that the display interface of the desktop background displays the interface content (i.e., the interface content of the first application) of the "video" APP.

Therefore, the interface content of the first application is displayed on the display interface of the desktop background by the electronic equipment through real-time display and interface refreshing, so that the display interfaces of a plurality of application programs can be checked on the same screen when a user uses the multi-task on-screen display function of the electronic equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the current display interface of the electronic device is multitask on-screen display, the user may change the multitask on-screen display state of the current display interface by inputting to the electronic device again.

In a first possible scenario, after receiving the input of the user, the electronic device may replace the first desktop background with a display interface displayed on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner, and display the first desktop background as a new desktop background.

Illustratively, after the second interface of the second application is displayed in an overlaid manner with the first predetermined transparency on the first desktop background in step 202, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention further includes the following steps D1 and D2:

step D1: the electronic device receives a third input.

Step D2: and in response to the third input, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the second interface as a second desktop background, and displays a third interface of a third application on the second desktop background in a superposition manner with a second preset transparency.

For example, the third application may refer to the description of the first application, and is not described here again.

For example, the third application may be any application program other than the first application and the second application.

For example, the third input may refer to the description of the first input, and is not described herein again.

For example, the third input may be input to the electronic device by the user when the display interface of the third application is displayed on the current interface, for example, when the third application is an "electronic book" APP, and the display interface of the third input is the "electronic book" APP is displayed on the current interface of the electronic device, the input to the electronic device by the user is input.

For example, assuming that the second predetermined transparency is denoted as T4, the value of T4 ranges from 0 < T4 < 100%.

For example, the setting, by the electronic device, the interface content of the second interface as the second desktop background includes: after the electronic device receives the third input, the interface content of the second interface replaces the first desktop background displayed on the display interface of the original desktop background, that is, replaces the interface content of the first interface displayed on the display interface of the desktop background.

For example, the electronic device may receive a third input from the user to the application icon identifier displayed on the desktop interface at the desktop interface.

Example 5: with reference to the above example 1, when the user needs to replace the current desktop background displayed as the display content of the "video" APP with the display content of the "weather" APP, the user may return to the desktop interface, as shown in (a) of fig. 7, open the "weather" APP (i.e., the above second application), display the picture content and the text content in the "weather" APP display interface, after clicking the "multitask control" 71 on the "weather" APP display interface (i.e., the above third input), as shown in (b) of fig. 7, the text content in the display interface of the "weather" APP (i.e., the interface content of the above second interface) replaces the video displayed on the desktop background interface of the original "video" APP, set as the new desktop background 72 (i.e., the above second desktop background), and adjust the transparency of the display interface of the "information" APP (i.e., the third interface of the above third application) to 80% (i.e., the above first predetermined transparency), displayed superimposed on the desktop background 72.

Therefore, when the user needs to change the desktop background, the electronic equipment can directly perform multi-task on-screen display setting on the display content needing to be used as the desktop background, the original desktop background can be conveniently and quickly replaced, and the working efficiency of the user and the flexibility of multi-task on-screen display are improved.

In a second possible scenario, after receiving the input from the user, the electronic device may display a new display interface on the display interface displayed on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner again.

Illustratively, after the second interface of the second application is displayed in an overlaid manner with the first predetermined transparency on the first desktop background in step 202, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention further includes the following steps E1 and E2:

step E1: the electronic device receives a fourth input.

Step E1: and in response to the fourth input, the electronic equipment displays a fourth interface of a fourth application on the second interface in a fifth preset transparency in an overlapping mode.

For example, the fourth application may refer to the description of the first application, and is not described here again.

For example, the fourth application may be any application program other than the first application and the second application.

For example, the fourth input may refer to the description of the first input, and is not described herein again.

For example, assuming that the fifth predetermined transparency can be recorded as T5, the value range of T5 is 0 < T5 < 100%.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device sets the second interface to be displayed on the first desktop background, only a part of content (for example, text content) of the second interface may be displayed on the first desktop background.

For example, in the step 202, in the second interface for displaying the second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner with the first predetermined transparency, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention may include the following step F:

step F: the electronic equipment hides the background part of the second interface and displays the character part of the second interface.

For example, when the electronic device displays the second interface on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner, only text part content on the second interface and other content with a prompt function (for example, content for indicating a range border of a control in the second interface) may be displayed, and a background part of the content is no longer displayed.

Further, the text portion content may be displayed on the desktop background with a first predetermined transparency.

Example 6: with reference to the foregoing example 1, as shown in (a) of fig. 8, if the picture content 82 is displayed on the own background interface 81 of the "information" APP, and the text content 83 is also displayed on the background interface, when the display interface of the "information" APP (i.e., the foregoing second interface) is displayed in an overlaid manner on the "video" APP as a desktop background with a transparency of 80%, as shown in (b) of fig. 8, the electronic device hides the picture content 82 (i.e., the foregoing background portion of the second interface) displayed on the background interface of the "information" APP, and displays only the text content 83 (text portion of the foregoing second interface) on the display interface of the "information" APP.

Therefore, the influence degree of the user on watching the contents on the desktop background can be reduced to the maximum extent while the user identifies the second interface contents of the second application.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the second background of the second application is displayed on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner, in order to make it easy for a user to distinguish display contents displayed on two different display interfaces, styles of the display contents of the different interfaces may be adjusted to enhance comparison effects of the different interfaces.

In a first possible scenario, the electronic device may set one of the interfaces to be a reverse color of the other interface, so as to enhance the contrast effect of the different interfaces.

For example, in the step 202, in the second interface for displaying the second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner with the first predetermined transparency, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention may include the following step G:

step G: and the electronic equipment sets the display color of the display content of the second interface to be the reverse color of the display content of the first desktop background.

Illustratively, the display content of the first desktop background is the display content of the first interface.

Illustratively, before the electronic device displays the second interface of the second application in an overlapping manner on the first desktop background, the second interface of the second application is subjected to region division according to the first desktop background, so as to obtain a plurality of interface partitions of the second interface. For any interface partition, the electronic device obtains a target color value in a background area of the first desktop background covered by the interface partition, and then sets a content color value of display content in the interface partition as a color value of the reverse color of the target color value.

In an example, the target color value may be an average value of color values of all pixel points in a background region of the first desktop background; or, when the color values of most of the pixels (e.g., more than 80%) in the background region of the first desktop background are the same color value, the color value is used as the target color value.

It should be noted that the inverse of any color can be calculated from the color value of that color. For example, if the rgb value of a certain pixel is (237, 28, 36), the rgb value of the reverse color of the pixel is (18, 227, 219), i.e. the sum of the color value of any primary color of the pixel and the color value of the reverse color of the primary color is equal to 255.

For example, the process of setting the reverse color for the display content of the first desktop background and the display content of the second interface by the electronic device may be preset by the electronic device or may be user-defined, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Therefore, when the electronic equipment displays the second interface on the first desktop background in the first preset transparency, the display contents of the two different interfaces can be set to be reversed, so that the contrast effect between the different display interfaces is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.

In a second possible scenario, the electronic device may adjust font indexes of text contents on different display interfaces, so as to enhance comparison effects of the different interfaces.

For example, in the step 202, in the second interface for displaying the second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner with the first predetermined transparency, the multitask display method provided by the embodiment of the invention may include the following step H:

step H: and the electronic equipment sets the font of the text content of the second interface to be a font different from the font of the text content of the first desktop background.

Illustratively, the font index of the font may include at least one of: font size, font color, font characteristics. Wherein the font characteristics may include at least one of: and the text is displayed in a bold mode and highlighted.

For example, before the electronic device displays the second interface of the second application in an overlapping manner on the first desktop background, the electronic device obtains a first font index of the text content displayed on the first desktop background and a second font index of the text content displayed on the second interface, compares the first font index and the second font index, and adjusts part or all of the second font index to an index different from the first font index.

For example, the process of adjusting the font index may be preset by the electronic device or may be user-defined, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Therefore, when the electronic equipment displays the second interface on the first desktop background in the first preset transparency, the text content of the two different interfaces can be set to be in the display form with different font indexes, so that the contrast effect of the text content between the different display interfaces is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the multitask display method shown in the above method drawings is exemplarily described with reference to one drawing in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the multitask 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.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 9, the electronic device 600 includes: a receiving module 601, a setting module 602 and a display module 603, wherein: the receiving module 601 is configured to receive a first input when the electronic device 600 displays a first interface of a first application; the setting module 602 is configured to set, in response to the first input received by the receiving module 602, interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background; the display module 603 is configured to display a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background set by the setting module 602 in an overlapping manner with a first predetermined transparency.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the display module 603 is further configured to display an application icon interface on the first interface, where at least one application icon is displayed in the application icon interface; the receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a second input to a target icon of the at least one application icon displayed by the displaying module 603; the display module 603 is specifically configured to, in response to the second input received by the receiving module 601, display a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner with a first predetermined transparency; and the second application is the application corresponding to the target icon.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 600 further includes an executing module 604; the execution module 604 is configured to jump from the first interface to a desktop interface, where a desktop background of the desktop interface is the first desktop background.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 600 further includes an update module 605; the update module 605 is configured to update the first desktop background in real time according to the interface content of the first interface.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a third input; the setting module 602 is further configured to set, in response to the third input received by the receiving module 601, the interface content of the second interface as a second desktop background; the display module 603 is further configured to display a third interface of a third application on the second desktop background set by the setting module 602 in an overlapping manner with a second predetermined transparency.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 600 further includes a hiding module 606; the hiding module 606 hides the background portion of the second interface; the display module 602 is specifically configured to display a text portion of the second interface.

According to the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the first application of the electronic device displays the first interface, the electronic device can receive the first input of a user, set the interface content of the first interface as the first desktop background, and display the second interface of the second application on the first desktop background in a superimposed manner at the first preset transparency. Therefore, the electronic equipment sets the interface content of the first interface as the bottom background of the second interface, so that the electronic equipment can simultaneously display all the interface contents of the first interface and all the interface contents of the second interface without reducing the display interfaces of the first application and/or the second application, a user can accurately and quickly check the display contents of a plurality of tasks, and the use efficiency of the electronic equipment is improved.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 9, modules that are necessarily included in the electronic device 600 are illustrated by solid line boxes, such as a receiving module 601; modules that may or may not be included in the electronic device 600 are illustrated with dashed boxes, such as the update module 605.

Take an electronic device as an example. Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the terminal 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 configuration of the terminal device 100 shown in fig. 10 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device, and that the terminal device 100 may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 100 includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

A user input unit 107, configured to receive a first input when the terminal device 100 displays a first interface of a first application; and the processor 110 is configured to set, in response to the first input received by the user input unit 107, interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and display a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping manner with a first predetermined transparency.

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 terminal device 100 provides the user with wireless broadband internet access via the network module 102, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access 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 terminal device 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 terminal device 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor 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 terminal device 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal device posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; 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 terminal device 100. 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. 10, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 100, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 100, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 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 terminal apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal 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 terminal device 100, connects various parts of the entire terminal device 100 by various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal device 100 and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal device 100. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The terminal device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (such as 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 terminal device 100 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail here.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor 110, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the multitask display method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

The 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 each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the multitask display method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

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 invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling 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 invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A multitask display method, an application and an electronic device are characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a first input under the condition that the electronic equipment displays a first interface of a first application;

and responding to the first input, setting the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background, and displaying a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in an overlapping mode with a first preset transparency.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the second interface of the second application overlaid on the first desktop background at the first predetermined transparency, the method further comprises:

displaying an application icon interface on the first interface, wherein at least one application icon is displayed in the application icon interface;

receiving a second input to a target icon of the at least one application icon;

the displaying, on the first desktop background, a second interface of a second application in superimposition with a first predetermined transparency includes:

in response to the second input, displaying a second interface of a second application in superposition with a first preset transparency on the first desktop background;

and the second application is the application corresponding to the target icon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein setting the interface content of the first interface to a first desktop background comprises:

and updating the first desktop background in real time according to the interface content of the first interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after displaying the second interface of the second application superimposed on the first desktop background at the first predetermined transparency, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input;

and responding to the third input, setting the interface content of the second interface as a second desktop background, and displaying a third interface of a third application on the second desktop background in an overlapping mode with a second preset transparency.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background in superimposition with a first predetermined transparency comprises:

and hiding the background part of the second interface and displaying the text part of the second interface.

6. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises: the device comprises a receiving module, a setting module and a display module;

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input under the condition that the electronic equipment displays a first interface of a first application;

the setting module is used for setting the interface content of the first interface as a first desktop background in response to the first input received by the receiving module;

the display module is used for displaying a second interface of a second application on the first desktop background set by the setting module in an overlapping mode according to a first preset transparency.

7. The electronic device of claim 6,

the display module is further configured to display an application icon interface on the first interface, where at least one application icon is displayed in the application icon interface;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of a target icon in the at least one application icon displayed by the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to display, in response to the second input received by the receiving module, a second interface of a second application in an overlapping manner with a first predetermined transparency on the first desktop background;

and the second application is the application corresponding to the target icon.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising an update module;

and the updating module is used for updating the first desktop background in real time according to the interface content of the first interface.

9. The electronic device of claim 6,

the receiving module is further used for receiving a third input;

the setting module is further configured to set the interface content of the second interface as a second desktop background in response to the third input received by the receiving module;

the display module is further configured to display a third interface of a third application in an overlapping manner with a second predetermined transparency on the second desktop background set by the setting module.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a hidden module;

the hiding module hides a background part of the second interface;

the display module is specifically configured to display a text portion of the second interface.

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 multitask 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 multitask display method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.