CN114461312A

CN114461312A - Method for switching application and task in application and electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN114461312A
Application number: CN202011141415.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡颖峰
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-22
Filing date: 2020-10-22
Publication date: 2022-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2040-10-22
Also published as: CN114461312B

Abstract

The application provides a method for switching application and a task in the application and an electronic device, which belong to the technical field of electronics, wherein the method is applied to the electronic device, the electronic device comprises a first display area and a second display area, and the method comprises the following steps: the electronic equipment displays a first interface in a first display area, the first interface is an interface for displaying a task in a first application, and the electronic equipment displays a second interface in a second display area; the electronic equipment receives a first switching operation and responds to the first switching operation, a first task switching interface is displayed in a first display area, and a plurality of task identifiers of a first application are provided in the first task switching interface; the electronic equipment receives a first selection operation aiming at a first task switching interface, the first selection operation is used for selecting one task from the multiple tasks, and the electronic equipment responds to the first selection operation and displays the selected task as a third interface in the first display area. The method is simple and convenient to operate, and improves user experience.

Description

Method for switching application and task in application and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to a method for switching applications and tasks in the applications, and an electronic device.

Background

With the progress of science and technology, electronic equipment products are rapidly developed. In recent years, the development of electronic product screen technology has also moved to a new step. People also enjoy the screen technology of electronic products by users. Then, with the improvement of the user preference degree to the screen technology, the requirements of the majority of users on the screen technology are higher and higher. The existing screen splitting technology aims to meet the requirement that a user can realize multiple applications when using electronic equipment with a display screen. The split screen technology of the electronic equipment is developed, and different applications can be displayed on the two split screens respectively, so that a user can use one screen for two purposes, and the user experience is improved. Then, with the improvement of the split screen application by the user, the existing split screen technology cannot completely meet the requirements of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the invention provides a method for switching an application and a task in the application and an electronic device.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a method for switching applications and tasks in the applications. The present application is described below in terms of several aspects, embodiments and advantages of which are mutually referenced.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for switching an application and a task in the application, where the method is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device includes a first display area and a second display area, and the method includes: the electronic equipment displays a first interface in a first display area, the first interface is an interface for displaying a task in a first application, and the electronic equipment displays a second interface in a second display area; the electronic equipment receives a first switching operation aiming at a first interface, and in response to the first switching operation, a first task switching interface is displayed in a first display area, and identifiers of a plurality of tasks of a first application are provided in the task switching interface, wherein the identifiers can be thumbnails of the tasks or display task names in a text list mode. The electronic device receives a first selection operation for the task switching interface, the first selection operation is used for selecting one of the tasks, and the electronic device responds to the first selection operation, and the selected task is displayed as a third interface by the first display area.

According to the method of the embodiment of the first aspect of the application, when the electronic device is used in a split screen mode, namely the electronic device is divided into the first display area and the second display area, when a user performs switching operation in one of the display areas, the electronic device can receive the switching operation of the user for the display areas, and switching of tasks in application is achieved in the corresponding display area, so that user experience is effectively improved.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device responds to the first selection operation, and the selected task is different from the task displayed on the first interface. The user can select the task different from the current first interface display according to the requirement, and the switching of other tasks is realized.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device receives a second switching operation for the first task switching interface, and displays, in response to the second switching operation, a first application switching interface in the first display area, where the first application switching interface includes at least an identification of a task of at least one application different from the first application. That is, when the electronic device receives a first switching operation of a user for a first task switching interface, the switching interface of the application is displayed in the first display area. The first application switching interface can comprise a plurality of task identifications of the first application and an identification of a task of at least one application different from the first application. So that the user can switch the application in the first display area.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device receives a second selection operation for switching the interface with respect to the first application, the second selection operation is used to select one of the applications or a task from the tasks of the first application, and the electronic device displays the selected application or task as a fourth interface in the first display area in response to the second selection operation.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the first switching operation and the second switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that a time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a first set time period. The continuity of the operation enables the user to perceptually finish the task switching interface and the application switching interface just like one action, and the user experience is further improved.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect described above, the electronic device receives a first switching operation at a first specific area of the first display area. By setting the first specific area, a user can visually see that the operation is directed at the first display area, so that the user can directly operate the first specific area when switching the first interface of the first display area, and the user is provided with convenient and quick experience of switching applications or tasks in the applications.

In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the second interface displays an interface of a task in the second application, the electronic device receives a third switching operation for the second interface, and in response to the third switching operation, displays a second task switching interface in the second display area, where the second task switching interface provides identifiers of multiple tasks of the second application; the electronic device receives a third selection operation for the second task switching interface, the third selection operation is used for selecting one of the tasks, and the electronic device responds to the third selection operation, and the selected task is displayed as a fifth interface by the second display area. The electronic device can receive operation of the second interface and complete switching of tasks in the application in the second display area.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the selected task is different from the task presented by the second interface in response to the third selecting operation. The user can select the task different from the current second interface display according to the requirement, and the switching of other tasks is realized.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device receives a fourth switching operation for the second task switching interface, and displays, in response to the fourth switching operation, the second application switching interface in the second display area, where the second application switching interface includes at least an identification of a task of at least one application different from the second application. The second application switching interface comprises a plurality of task identifications of the second application and an identification of a task of at least one application different from the second application. So that the user can switch the application in the second display area.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device receives a fourth selection operation for switching the interface with respect to the second application, the fourth selection operation is used to select one of the applications or a task from the tasks of the second application, and the electronic device displays the selected application or task as a fifth interface in the second display area in response to the fourth selection operation.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the third switching operation and the fourth switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that a time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a second set time length. The continuity of the operation enables the user to perceptually finish the task switching interface and the application switching interface just like one action, and the user experience is further improved.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect described above, the electronic device receives a third switching operation in the second specific area of the second display area. By setting the second specific area, the user can visually see that the operation is directed at the second display area, so that the user can directly operate the second specific area when switching the second interface of the second display area, and the user is provided with the experience of conveniently and quickly switching the application or the task in the application.

In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the electronic device further includes a third specific area, where the third specific area is used to control the first display area and the second display area to be combined into a single display area. When the user does not need to split the screen, the operation can be directly carried out on the third specific area so as to finish the split screen, and the operation is simple and quick.

In one possible implementation of the first aspect, the display screen of the electronic device is one of a straight screen, a curved screen, and a folded screen.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides an electronic device, comprising:

a memory to store instructions for execution by one or more processors of a device;

the display screen comprises a first display area and a second display area, the first display area is used for displaying a first interface, the first interface is an interface for displaying a task in a first application, and the second display area is used for displaying a second interface;

a processor for executing instructions to cause an electronic device to perform the steps of:

the electronic device receives a first switching operation aiming at the first interface, and responds to the first switching operation, a first task switching interface is displayed in the first display area, the task switching interface provides identification of a plurality of tasks of the first application, the electronic device receives a first selection operation aiming at the task switching interface, the first selection operation is used for selecting one task from the plurality of tasks, and the electronic device responds to the first selection operation, and the selected task is displayed as a third interface by the first display area.

According to the electronic equipment in the embodiment of the second aspect of the application, when the electronic equipment is used in a split screen mode, namely the electronic equipment is divided into the first display area and the second display area, when a user performs switching operation on one of the display areas, the electronic equipment can receive the switching operation of the user on the display areas, and switching of tasks in applications is achieved in the corresponding display areas, so that user experience is effectively improved.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device responds to the first selection operation, and the selected task is different from the task presented by the first interface. The user can select the task different from the current first interface display according to the requirement, and the switching of other tasks is realized.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device receives a second switching operation for the first task switching interface, and displays, in response to the second switching operation, a first application switching interface in the first display area, where the first application switching interface includes at least an identification of a task of at least one application different from the first application. The first application switching interface includes a plurality of task identifications of the first application and an identification of a task of at least one application different from the first application. So that the user can switch the application in the first display area.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device receives a second selection operation for switching the interface with respect to the first application, the second selection operation being used to select one of the applications or a task from the tasks of the first application, and the electronic device displays the selected application or task as a fourth interface in the first display area in response to the second selection operation.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the first switching operation and the second switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that a time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a first set time period. The continuity of the operation enables the user to perceptually finish the task switching interface and the application switching interface just like one action, and the user experience is further improved.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect described above, the electronic device receives a first switching operation at a first specific area of the first display area. By setting the first specific area, a user can visually see that the operation is directed at the first display area, so that the user can directly operate the first specific area when switching the first interface of the first display area, and the user is provided with convenient and quick experience of switching applications or tasks in the applications.

In a possible implementation of the second aspect, the second interface displays an interface of a task in the second application, the electronic device receives a third switching operation for the second interface, and the electronic device displays, in response to the third switching operation, a second task switching interface in the second display area, where the second task switching interface provides an identifier of multiple tasks of the second application; the electronic device receives a third selection operation for the second task switching interface, the third selection operation is used for selecting one of the tasks, and the selected task is displayed by the second display area as a fifth interface in response to the third selection operation. The electronic device can receive operation of the second interface and complete switching of tasks in the application in the second display area.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the selected task is different from the task presented by the second interface in response to the third selecting operation. The user can select the task different from the current second interface display according to the requirement, and the switching of other tasks is realized.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device receives a fourth switching operation for the second task switching interface, and displays, in response to the fourth switching operation, the second application switching interface in the second display area, where the second application switching interface includes at least an identification of a task of at least one application different from the second application. The second application switching interface comprises a plurality of task identifications of the second application and an identification of a task of at least one application different from the second application. So that the user can switch the application in the second display area.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device receives a fourth selection operation for switching the interface with respect to the second application, the fourth selection operation is used to select one of the applications or a task from the tasks of the second application, and the electronic device displays the selected application or task as a fifth interface in the second display area in response to the fourth selection operation.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the third switching operation and the fourth switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that a time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a second set time period. The continuity of the operation enables the user to perceptually finish the task switching interface and the application switching interface just like one action, and the user experience is further improved.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device receives a third switching operation in a second specific area of the second display area. By setting the second specific area, the user can visually see that the operation is directed at the second display area, so that the user can directly operate the second specific area when switching the second interface of the second display area, and the user is provided with the experience of conveniently and quickly switching the application or the task in the application.

In a possible implementation of the second aspect, the electronic device further includes a third specific area, where the third specific area is used to control the first display area and the second display area to be combined into a single display area. When the user does not need to split the screen, the operation can be directly carried out on the third specific area so as to finish the split screen, and the operation is simple and quick.

In one possible implementation of the second aspect, the display screen of the electronic device is one of a straight screen, a curved screen, and a folded screen.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute the method of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the present application discloses a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to the embodiments of the first aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1a is a schematic view of a split-screen display structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1b is a schematic diagram of a task switching interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1c is a schematic diagram of a select task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1d is a diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device physically having a screen according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1e is a schematic diagram of a cross-screen display of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a software architecture of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for switching applications and tasks in the applications according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5a is an interface diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application when the mobile phone is not split;

fig. 5b is a schematic diagram illustrating a screen splitting operation of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preset gesture of a user in a vertical screen state of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preset gesture of a user for a first hot zone in a vertical screen state of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8a is a diagram illustrating tasks in a handover application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8b is a diagram illustrating tasks in another handover application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8c is a diagram illustrating tasks in a selected application, according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8d is a diagram illustrating tasks in another alternative application of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8e is a diagram illustrating a user operating on a specific area according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9a is a schematic interface diagram of switching applications and tasks in the applications according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9b is a schematic diagram of another interface for switching between applications and tasks in the applications according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9c is a diagram illustrating user selection of an application, according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a user opening an application on a secondary screen in accordance with one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a handset hotspot profile according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a handset hot zone profile according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of an apparatus of one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a system on a chip according to some embodiments of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

The method for switching the application and the task in the application can be applied to the split-screen display process of the electronic equipment. For example, when the method is applied to split-screen display of the electronic equipment, switching among a plurality of tasks in the same application is carried out.

Fig. 1a is a schematic view of a split-screen display structure of an electronic device. The split-screen display of the electronic device in the application is to display tasks in an application in a first display area and a second display area of the electronic device respectively. For example, a Word Processing System (WPS) application is an example, and tasks in the WPS application may include a home page, a Word document, a ppt document, and so on. As shown in fig. 1a, the electronic device displays an interface of a task in the WPS application in the first display area 101, for example, an open document, that is, an interface of a "word document", and displays an interface of a WeChat in the second display area 102, and in addition, the second display area may also display other tasks in the WPS application, for example, an excel form or a ppt file, or the same interface as the interface in the first display area, which is not limited herein.

FIG. 1b illustrates a schematic diagram of a switch task interface. As shown in fig. 1b, when the user wants to switch the displayed task in the first display area, for example, to switch to another word document, or switch the word task interface in the WPS application to the top page in the WPS application, a switching operation may be performed with respect to the first display area, for example, the user presses a specific position of the first display area 101 with a finger and slides the finger, or directly clicks the specific position. As shown in fig. 1b, after receiving a switching operation of a user with respect to the first display area 101, in response to the switching operation, the electronic device displays a task switching interface on the first display area 101, where the task switching interface is provided with a task identifier in the WPS application, for example, a thumbnail of a top page, a word document, and a ppt document in the WPS application, or a name list. Through the task switching interface, a user can directly observe a plurality of tasks in the WPS application. The plurality of tasks in the WPS application provided in the task switching interface may be tasks that have been opened but not closed by the user before, or all tasks in the WPS application, or tasks that meet the set rules are displayed according to the set rules, for example, only the task rules of the WPS application that have been used more times in the last month are displayed, and the tasks that meet the rules are displayed, which is not limited herein. The task provided by the task switching interface is not limited to be displayed in the form of a thumbnail of the task, and may be displayed by a name of the task, an icon and a name combination, or other identifiers.

FIG. 1c illustrates a schematic diagram of a select task interface. As shown in fig. 1c, after the user clicks a thumbnail of a home page in the task switching interface, the electronic device receives a selection operation, for example, clicking, sliding, dragging, or the like, of the user for the task switching interface, and in response to the selection operation, displays an interface of the home page in the WPS application in the first display area. Alternatively, another file, for example, another word file, may be selected and displayed in the first display area. The user can conveniently and quickly switch different tasks in the same application according to the needs of the user, and the user experience is improved.

In addition, other applications may be displayed in the second display area, or the same applications as in the first display area. Multiple tasks in the same application can also be switched in the second display area.

In the above embodiments, the electronic device may be a single screen, a folding screen, a curved screen, or the like. The folding screen may be physically configured with two screens, or may be physically configured with one screen, which is not limited herein. Referring to fig. 1d, fig. 1d shows a schematic view of the structure of an electronic apparatus physically having one screen. As shown in fig. 1d, the electronic device comprises a main screen and a sub-screen, wherein the main screen can be used as a first display area 101 of the electronic device, and the sub-screen can be used as a second display area 102 of the electronic device. In other embodiments of the present application, the method for switching application and task in application of the present application may also be applied to an electronic device having three or more screens, which is not limited herein.

In the above embodiment, the display mode of the electronic device is split-screen display in the vertical screen state of the electronic device, and in other embodiments in the application, split-screen display in the horizontal screen state, that is, up-down split-screen display, may also be used. Referring to fig. 1e, fig. 1e shows a schematic structural diagram of a landscape display of an electronic device. As shown in fig. 1e, in the landscape state of the electronic device, a first display area 101 is located above the display screen, and a second display area 102 is located below the display screen.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the application may be an electronic device with a display screen and a split screen function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet, a computer, and the like, which is not limited herein.

The following describes an application and a method for switching tasks in the application according to an embodiment of the present application with reference to a specific structure of an electronic device.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector 130, a charging management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, a key 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display screen 194, a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card interface 195, and the like. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscope sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity light sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an Application Processor (AP), a modem processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Image Signal Processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), etc. The different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated into one or more processors.

The processor 110 may generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal, so as to complete the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from memory. Avoiding repeated accesses reduces the latency of the processor 110, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (I2S) interface, a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) interface.

It should be understood that the connection relationship between the modules according to the embodiment of the present invention is only illustrative, and is not limited to the structure of the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also adopt different interface connection manners or a combination of multiple interface connection manners in the above embodiments.

The electronic device 100 implements display functions via the GPU, the display screen 194, and the application processor. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display screen 194 and an application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or alter display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, video, and the like. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may adopt a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), a miniature, a Micro-oeld, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), and the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, with N being a positive integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the processor 110 receives an instruction from a user, for example, after the user performs a split screen operation, the display screen may implement a split screen display, that is, a first display area and a second display area are split on the display screen into a horizontal screen display or a vertical screen display. The processor 110 further receives user operations for two different display areas to effect switching of tasks in the application, and switching of applications, within each display area. The user can conveniently and quickly switch the interface to be switched in the two display areas, and the user experience is improved.

The electronic device 100 may implement a shooting function through the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer-executable program code, which includes instructions. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. The storage program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required by at least one function, and the like. The storage data area may store data (such as audio data, phone book, etc.) created during use of the electronic device 100, and the like. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash memory (UFS), and the like. The processor 110 executes various functional applications of the electronic device 100 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor.

In an embodiment of the present application, the internal memory 121 may store instructions for switching an application and a method for switching a task in the application, and the processor 110 may cause the display screen 194 of the electronic device 100 to display the same or different applications or tasks in the same or different applications in the first display area and the second display area respectively when the display screen 194 displays in a split-screen manner by executing the instructions for switching the application and the method for switching the task in the application. And the processor 110 may respectively recognize different operations of the user for each display area to implement responding to the operations in the different display areas and display the user-switched application in the different display areas or display tasks in the user-switched application.

The electronic device 100 may implement audio functions via the audio module 170, the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headphone interface 170D, and the application processor. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 170 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor 110, or some functional modules of the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor 110.

The microphone 170C, also referred to as a "microphone," is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals. When making a call or transmitting voice information, the user can input a voice signal to the microphone 170C by speaking the user's mouth near the microphone 170C. The electronic device 100 may be provided with at least one microphone 170C. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may be provided with two microphones 170C to achieve a noise reduction function in addition to collecting sound signals. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may further include three, four or more microphones 170C to collect sound signals, reduce noise, identify sound sources, perform directional recording, and so on.

In an embodiment of the present application, the microphone 170C may receive a voice of the user, for example, a voice of the user utters a split-screen speech, and the microphone 170C converts a split-screen voice signal into an electrical signal, so that the processor 110 can implement a split-screen display on the display screen 194 according to a split-screen instruction.

The pressure sensor 180A is used for sensing a pressure signal, and converting the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display screen 194. The pressure sensor 180A can be of a wide variety, such as a resistive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, a capacitive pressure sensor, and the like. The capacitive pressure sensor may be a sensor comprising at least two parallel plates having an electrically conductive material. When a force acts on the pressure sensor 180A, the capacitance between the electrodes changes. The electronic device 100 determines the strength of the pressure from the change in capacitance. When a touch operation is applied to the display screen 194, the electronic apparatus 100 detects the intensity of the touch operation according to the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic apparatus 100 may also calculate the touched position from the detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, the touch operations that are applied to the same touch position but different touch operation intensities may correspond to different operation instructions. For example: and when the touch operation with the touch operation intensity smaller than the first pressure threshold value acts on the short message application icon, executing an instruction for viewing the short message. And when the touch operation with the touch operation intensity larger than or equal to the first pressure threshold value acts on the short message application icon, executing an instruction of newly building the short message.

In some embodiments, after the user presses or clicks the first display area or the second display area of the display screen 194, the pressure sensor 180A is configured to sense a pressure signal in the display area, and convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. So that the processor 110 can implement an interface for displaying a task in an application in the display area, and display a task switching interface in the switching process, etc., according to the operation of the user on the display area.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine the motion attitude of the electronic device 100. In some embodiments, the angular velocity of electronic device 100 about three axes (i.e., the x, y, and z axes) may be determined by gyroscope sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B may be used for photographing anti-shake. For example, when the shutter is pressed, the gyro sensor 180B detects a shake angle of the electronic device 100, calculates a distance to be compensated for by the lens module according to the shake angle, and allows the lens to counteract the shake of the electronic device 100 through a reverse movement, thereby achieving anti-shake. The gyroscope sensor 180B may also be used for navigation, somatosensory gaming scenes.

In some embodiments, as the user rotates the electronic device 100, the gyroscope sensor 180B may determine a motion gesture of the electronic device 100. So that the processor 110 determines whether the electronic device 100 handles the landscape screen state or the portrait screen state according to the data provided by the gyro sensor 180B.

The touch sensor 180K is also called a "touch device". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is used to detect a touch operation applied thereto or nearby. The touch sensor can communicate the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output associated with the touch operation may be provided through the display screen 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may be disposed on a surface of the electronic device 100, different from the position of the display screen 194.

In some embodiments, when the user touches a specific position in the first display area of the display screen 194 and performs an operation of sliding up, sliding down, clicking, etc., the processor 110 receives the operation of the user on the specific position of the display screen 194, and in response to the operation, displays a task switching interface in the first display area, where the task switching interface includes an identifier of a plurality of tasks in the application. When the processor 110 receives an operation of the user for the task switching interface again, the task interface corresponding to the operation is displayed in the first display area.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event-driven architecture, a micro-core architecture, a micro-service architecture, or a cloud architecture. The embodiment of the present invention uses an Android system with a layered architecture as an example to exemplarily illustrate a software structure of the electronic device 100.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the software configuration of the electronic apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each layer having a clear role and division of labor. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, an application layer, an application framework layer, an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library, and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 3, the application package may include applications such as camera, gallery, calendar, phone call, map, navigation, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short message, etc.

The application framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 3, the application framework layers may include a window manager, content provider, view system, phone manager, resource manager, notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is used for managing window programs. The window manager can obtain the size of the display screen, judge whether a status bar exists, lock the screen, intercept the screen and the like.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make it accessible to applications. The data may include video, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phone books, etc.

The view system includes visual controls such as controls to display text, controls to display pictures, and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, the display interface including the short message notification icon may include a view for displaying text and a view for displaying pictures.

The phone manager is used to provide communication functions of the electronic device 100. Such as management of call status (including connection, hangup, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application, such as localized strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and the like.

The notification manager enables the application to display notification information in the status bar, can be used to convey notification-type messages, can disappear automatically after a short dwell, and does not require user interaction. Such as a notification manager used to inform download completion, message alerts, etc. The notification manager may also be a notification that appears in the form of a chart or scroll bar text at the top status bar of the system, such as a notification of a background running application, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, prompting text information in the status bar, sounding a prompt tone, vibrating the electronic device, flashing an indicator light, etc.

The Android Runtime comprises a core library and a virtual machine. The Android runtime is responsible for scheduling and managing an Android system.

The core library comprises two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. And executing java files of the application program layer and the application program framework layer into a binary file by the virtual machine. The virtual machine is used for performing the functions of object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, safety and exception management, garbage collection and the like.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface managers (surface managers), Media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., OpenGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), and the like.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provide a fusion of the 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

The media library supports a variety of commonly used audio, video format playback and recording, and still image files, among others. The media library may support a variety of audio-video encoding formats such as MPEG4, h.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, and the like.

The three-dimensional graphic processing library is used for realizing three-dimensional graphic drawing, image rendering, synthesis, layer processing and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver and a sensor driver.

The workflow of the software and hardware of the electronic device 100 is exemplarily described below with reference to a split screen scenario.

When the touch sensor 180K receives a touch operation, a corresponding hardware interrupt is issued to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the touch operation into an original input event (including touch coordinates, a time stamp of the touch operation, and other information). The raw input events are stored at the kernel layer. And the application program framework layer acquires the original input event from the kernel layer and identifies the control corresponding to the input event. Taking the touch operation as a touch sliding operation of three fingers, taking a control corresponding to the sliding operation as a control of a split screen as an example, the split screen application calls an interface of an application framework layer, starts the split screen application, further starts a display drive by calling a kernel layer, and realizes split screen display of the display screen through the display drive.

The method for switching the application and the task in the application provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to the electronic equipment with the hardware structure shown in fig. 2 and the software structure shown in fig. 3. Or more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be separated, or different arrangements of components may be used in an electronic device with similar hardware and software structures.

The following describes in detail a method for switching applications and tasks in the applications, which is provided in the embodiments of the present application, by taking a mobile phone as an example. The display screen of the mobile phone includes a main screen (as an example of a first display area) and a sub-screen (as an example of a second display area), and a plurality of applications are installed in the mobile phone.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of switching applications and tasks in the applications, the method including S410-S430.

S410, the mobile phone displays an initial interface (as an example of a first interface) on the main screen, the initial interface is an interface for displaying a task of an opened word file A in the WPS application, and a second interface is displayed on the auxiliary screen.

The application opened by the initial interface can be any application installed in the mobile phone, and the tasks in the application can be tasks at the same level in the application, such as word documents, ppt documents and the like in the WPS application, and can also be tasks at upper and lower levels in the application, such as word documents, ppt documents and the like corresponding to the top page and the bottom of the top page in the WPS application.

The second interface may show a task in the WPS application, or may show a task interface in another application different from the WPS application in the mobile phone. And are not intended to be limiting herein.

And S420, the mobile phone receives task switching operation aiming at the main screen, and responds to the task switching operation, and a task switching interface is displayed on the main screen.

Wherein the task switching operation for the home screen may be for a specific area on the home screen.

The task switching operation is used for indicating to switch the task interface displayed on the current interface to the interface of the selectable task identifier before the next task, namely the task switching interface. Specifically, the task switching operation may include a sliding operation, a clicking operation, and the like of the user's finger with respect to the home screen. The task switching operation will be described in the following embodiments, and will not be described in detail here.

The task switching interface provides identification of multiple tasks of the WPS application. The task identifier may be a thumbnail of the task interface, may also be a name of the task, or may be presented in a manner of combining the thumbnail and the name.

S430, the mobile phone receives a task selection operation for the task switching interface, and in response to the task selection operation, the mobile phone displays the selected task on the home screen as a target task interface (as an example of a third interface).

The task selection operation is used for indicating that one task is selected from a plurality of tasks. The task selection operation may be a click, a drag, and the like of a user's finger with respect to an identifier of a task in the task switching interface. The task selection operation will be described in the following embodiments, and will not be described in detail here.

The target task interface is used for displaying the task selected by the task selection operation. The task may be a task in the WPS application displayed on the first interface, or may be an interface of another task in the WPS application different from the first interface. For example, displayed in the initial interface is word document 1, and displayed in the target task is word document 2 in the WPS application.

S440, the mobile phone receives application switching operation aiming at the task switching interface, and responds to the application switching operation, and the application switching interface is displayed on the main screen.

Wherein the application switching interface at least comprises an identification of a task of at least one application different from the WPS application. For example, the ppt document, the excel document, the wechat application and the like in the WPS application may be included, or only the wechat application may be included.

S450, the mobile phone receives application selection operation aiming at the application switching interface, responds to the application selection operation, and displays the selected application or task as a target application interface on the main screen.

The application selection operation is used for selecting one application from a plurality of applications or selecting one task from a plurality of tasks of the WPS application, for example, after selecting the WeChat application from the WeChat application and the WPS application, displaying a WeChat interface on a target application interface. The application selection operation may be a click, drag, and slide operation.

According to the method for switching the application and the task in the application, when the mobile phone is used in a split screen mode, a user can perform switching operation in one display area, the mobile phone can receive the switching operation of the user for the display area, the task switching interface or the application switching interface is achieved in the corresponding display area, when the user performs selection operation on the task switching interface or the application switching interface, switching of the task in the same application or switching between different applications is achieved, operation is simple and convenient, and user experience is improved. In the following several scenarios, the following embodiments will describe S410-S450 in detail with reference to the operation interface on the mobile phone, and the following embodiments will describe the split screen in the vertical screen state of the mobile phone as an example.

In a scenario 1, after a mobile phone is split, a user wants to switch tasks of the same application in a display area.

In one embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone may be displayed in a full screen before the mobile phone performs S410. Referring to fig. 5a, fig. 5a shows an interface diagram when the mobile phone is not split, and as shown in fig. 5a, a "home page" interface in the "WPS Office" application is displayed on the interface 510 in a full screen mode. In the home interface, the "excel document of the participant statistics list", "Word document for reading", "Pdf document of the computer system architecture diagram" which is opened by the user recently, and the "notification Pdf document about epidemic situation prevention and control work", "9 d5h4h2hgf.. 5614452h Word document" and "d 4f5h4h14s2.. g45gh48s Word document" which are opened earlier are included. After the user realizes the split-screen display of the mobile phone screen through the split-screen operation, the mobile phone responds to the split-screen operation and is divided into two display areas on the display screen. The split-screen operation may be sliding, clicking, dragging, or the like of the interface 510 by a finger of the user, and the finger may be a single finger or multiple fingers, which is not limited herein. After the user performs the screen splitting operation with respect to the interface 510, the handset responds to the screen splitting operation to execute S410.

In other embodiments of the present application, before the mobile phone performs S410, the mobile phone may also display an interface of a task in an application in a split screen manner, and after a user performs a split screen operation, for example, three fingers slide, or drag a certain application, the tasks in the opened application are displayed on the main screen and the auxiliary screen respectively. Referring to fig. 5b, fig. 5b shows a schematic diagram of the cell phone screen splitting operation. As shown in fig. 5b, after the user performs the split screen operation, a home interface 521 (i.e., a first interface or an initial interface) in the WPS Office application is displayed on the main screen 520, and a mail interface 531 (i.e., a second interface) of the mail application is displayed on the sub screen 530. In the embodiment of the application, before the mobile phone executes S410, the display content of the display screen of the mobile phone, the display state of the horizontal screen or the vertical screen of the mobile phone, and the like are not limited.

When the user wants to switch the interface 521 in the home screen, the user may perform a task switching operation (i.e., a first task switching operation) with respect to the home screen, so that the mobile phone performs S420.

In S420, after the user performs the task switching operation on the home screen, the mobile phone receives the task switching operation, and displays a task switching interface (i.e., a first task switching interface) on the home screen in response to the task switching operation, so that the user can select a task interface in an application that is desired to be displayed according to the task switching interface. The operation of the user for the home screen may be one or a combination of the following operations:

1) the task switching operation is an operation of a user for a preset gesture in the home screen, such as a sliding operation, a pressing operation, and the like. Exemplarily, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a sliding operation diagram of a user in a vertical screen state, as shown in fig. 6, (a) in the vertical screen state, operation 601, a single finger of the user slides horizontally on a main screen from left to right; (b) in operation 602, a single finger of a user horizontally slides from right to left on the main screen; (c) in operation 603, the fingers of the user three slide horizontally from left to right in the main screen; (d) in operation 604, the three fingers of the user horizontally slide from right to left on the main screen; (e) operation 605, a single finger of the user slides from bottom to top in the main screen; (f) in operation 606, the user slides a single finger from top to bottom within the home screen; (g) operation 607, the user slides a single finger from bottom left to top right within the home screen; (h) at operation 608, the user's multiple fingers slide from top right to bottom left within the home screen.

The starting point position of the operating finger may be any position in the main screen, at the upper edge, the lower edge, the left edge, or the right edge of the main screen, or inside the display area surrounded by the four edges. And are not intended to be limiting herein. In addition, the operations may also be other preset operations, such as sliding with two fingers, and the line segment of the sliding direction change and sliding may be a straight line or a curved line, an oblique line, and the like, which is not limited herein. 2) The task switching operation is an operation by the user for the first hot zone (i.e., the first specific area) within the home screen.

Exemplarily, referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a preset gesture of a user for a first hotspot in a portrait screen state, as shown in fig. 7, a first hotspot 700 is arranged on a main screen. The set position of the first thermal zone 700 may be set at a lower edge, an upper edge, a left edge, a right edge, or the like of the main screen, which is not limited herein.

The user presses the first hot zone 700 to slide, and when the first hot zone is set at a different position, the sliding of operation 710 changes accordingly, as shown in fig. 7, (a) when the first hot zone 700 is set at the lower edge of the main screen, operation 710 is that the user presses the first hot zone with a single finger and then slides upwards; (b) when the first hot zone 700 is disposed at the upper edge of the main screen, operation 710 is to slide down after the user presses the first hot zone with a single finger; (c) when the first hot zone 700 is disposed at the left edge of the main screen, operation 710 is to slide right after the user presses the first hot zone with a single finger; (d) when the first hot zone 700 is positioned at the right edge of the main screen, operation 710 is to slide left after pressing the first hot zone with a single finger of the user. Further, in some embodiments, a multi-finger sliding operation may be possible, and is not intended to be limiting.

As shown in fig. 7, (e) operation 720, the user clicks the first hot zone 700 with a single finger. (f) At operation 730, the user clicks the first hotspot 700 with two fingers. Further, the number of clicks may be one click, or a plurality of consecutive clicks, etc., and is not limited herein.

As shown in fig. 7, (e) operation 720 may also be the user pressing a single finger long on the first hotspot 700. (f) Operation 730 may also be the user pressing two fingers on the first hotspot 700. In the present application, the shape of the first thermal zone may be a geometric figure such as a rectangle, a square, a line segment, a circle, etc., and is not limited herein, and the size of the first thermal zone may be set according to the actual size of the main screen, and is not limited herein.

When the user wants to switch the first interface displayed in the home screen, the user can perform task switching operation aiming at the home screen.

Referring to fig. 8a, fig. 8a illustrates a schematic diagram of switching tasks in an application, and in conjunction with fig. 5b and fig. 8a, a user slides in a single-hand direction on an interface 521 of a main screen (i.e., a task switching operation), and a mobile phone displays an interface 522 (i.e., a first task switching interface) on a main screen 520 in response to the operation. Among them, thumbnail images of tasks in the WPS application used in the interface 521 are displayed in the interface 522. As shown in fig. 8a, thumbnails of "home page of WPS application", "word 1 document for love", "pdf document", "word 2 document" are displayed in the interface 522. In addition, when there are many tasks and one page cannot be displayed, the position icon 501 of the page may be displayed in the interface 522, and the user may slide the page to select more tasks. The interface 531 is always displayed on the sub screen 530 while the user operates with respect to the main screen 520. The user can independently operate the interface of the main screen, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, when the user performs a task switching operation with respect to the interface 521, the interface 522 displayed on the home screen may be a thumbnail of a task in the WPS application and may be overlaid on the interface 521. As shown in fig. 8b, when the user slides up the main screen 520, the interface 521 switches to the interface 522, and the interface 522 includes a thumbnail of "top page of WPS application", "favorite word1 document", which is superimposed on the content of the interface 521. The user can operate the interface intuitively, conveniently and quickly and feel the change of the interface.

In addition, in some embodiments, the sliding operation in fig. 8a may be replaced by a long-press operation for the main screen 520, and the interface 522 is displayed on the main screen 520 by the mobile phone in response to the long-press operation.

In S430, when the user performs a task selection operation on the task switching interface, the mobile phone receives the task selection operation, and displays the interface of the selected task on the home screen in response to the task selection operation, so as to implement switching of the task in the application.

Referring to fig. 8c, fig. 8c illustrates a schematic diagram of selecting a task in an application, and in conjunction with fig. 8a and 8c, when a user wants to switch the interface 521 to the content of the "love word1 document", a click is performed on a thumbnail of the love word1 document (a first selection operation), and the mobile phone displays an interface 523 of the love word1 document content (i.e., a third interface or a target task interface) on the main screen 520 in response to the click operation. Thereby conveniently and quickly realizing task switching in the same application in the main screen 520.

In the above embodiments, a click is taken as a first selection operation for explanation, and in some embodiments of the present application, the first selection operation may also be an operation such as a double click, a slide, a drag, and the like for a task identifier, which is not limited herein.

Referring to FIG. 8d, FIG. 8d illustrates a schematic diagram of tasks in another alternative application. Referring to fig. 8b and 8d, after the user slides up the main screen 520, the interface 521 switches to the interface 522, and when the user wants to select the "easy reading word1 document" and slides the finger directly to the "easy reading word1 document", the content of the easy reading word1 document is directly opened. Other task thumbnails in the WPS application may also be selected by finger left-right swiping of interface 522. The operation is simple and convenient, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, in fig. 8b and 8d, the user may perform a sliding operation on the main screen 520 in an upward direction, or may perform a long-press operation on the main screen 520, and the interface 521 is switched to the interface 522 in response to the long-press operation by the mobile phone. The thumbnail of the task in the WPS application is displayed below the interface 522, and because there are many tasks in the WPS application, when the task cannot be completely displayed in one interface, the user can slide left and right with respect to the interface 522 to display other tasks different from those in the interface 522 in the WPS application, so that the user can select a target task according to the own needs.

In the interface 522, the task identifier may be displayed in a manner of displaying only the name of the task, or in a manner of displaying a thumbnail of the task in combination with the name. The presentation form of the identifier may be a list, a squared figure, etc., and is not limited herein.

In an embodiment of the present application, the task switching operation shown in fig. 8a may be an operation for a specific area (first hot zone) disposed in the main screen. Referring to fig. 8e, fig. 8e shows a schematic diagram of a user operating on a specific area. As shown in fig. 8e, a first hot zone 502 is provided on the main screen, and the user presses the hot zone 502 and slides upward, so that the interface 521 switches to the interface 522. The set position of the hot area 502 is not limited to the position shown in the figure, and may be set at any position of the main screen according to the use habit of the user in actual use.

Scenario 2, the user does not just want to switch tasks in the application within the home screen. It is also necessary to switch the application that has been opened in the first interface within the home screen to another application. This scenario corresponds to S440-S450 described above.

The switching of the application and the task in the application by the user in this scenario will be described below.

In S440, the application switching interface is configured to be performed for the task switching interface, and the mobile phone displays the application switching interface on the main screen in response to the application switching operation.

Referring to fig. 9a, fig. 9a shows a schematic diagram of switching applications and tasks in the applications. Referring to fig. 8a and 9a, after the user slides a distance in a one-handed direction on the interface 521 of the home screen 520 (i.e., a task switching operation), the interface 522 is displayed on the home screen 520. A thumbnail of "home page of WPS application", "thumbnail of" love reading word1 document "," pdf document "," word2 document "is displayed in the interface 522. If the user wants to select a task in interface 522, the sliding operation may cease to continue. If the user wants to switch the applications, as shown in fig. 9a, after the main screen displays the interface 522, the user's finger continues to slide up (i.e., application switching operation), the mobile phone receives and responds to the application switching operation, and displays an interface 524 (i.e., a second switching task interface) on the main screen 520, all of which are shown in fig. 9b, in the interface 524, a first page 524a of the WPS application, an love word1 of the WPS application, an "pan" icon 524c of other applications in the mobile phone, and an icon 524d of the opened email thumbnail are displayed, which are displayed in the interface 521. The user may select an application on interface 524 that wants to switch, or may switch tasks in the application that wants to switch. In addition, when more applications and application tasks exist and one page cannot be displayed, the user can slide the page to realize selection of more tasks or applications.

In an embodiment of the present application, during the switching operation of the application and the task in the application, the interface may also be as shown in fig. 9b, in combination with fig. 8b and 9b, after the user slides a distance in a single-hand direction on the interface 521 of the home screen 520 (i.e., the task switching operation), the interface 522 is displayed on the home screen 520. In interface 522, a thumbnail of "top page of WPS application" is included in interface 522, and a thumbnail of "love word1 document" is superimposed over the interface 521 content. If the user wants to select a task in interface 522, the user may stop sliding further and may directly select the desired task. If the user wants to switch the application, as shown in fig. 9b, after the main screen 520 displays the interface 522, the user's finger continues to slide upward (i.e., the application switching operation), and the mobile phone receives and responds to the application switching operation, and displays an interface 524 on the main screen 520.

In one embodiment of the subject application, shown in connection with FIGS. 8b and 9b, a user presses with a single finger (i.e., a task switch operation) on interface 521 of home screen 520 and interface 522 is displayed on home screen 520. In interface 522, a thumbnail of "home page of WPS application" and a thumbnail of "love word1 document" are included in interface 522, and are superimposed on the contents of interface 521. If the user does not want to select a task in the application of the interface 522 but wants to switch the application, as shown in fig. 9b, after the main screen 520 displays the interface 522, the user presses the finger and then slides up directly behind the display interface 522 (i.e., application switching operation), and the mobile phone receives and responds to the application switching operation, and displays the interface 524 on the main screen 520. It should be noted that the task switching operation and the application switching operation in the above embodiments may be continuous operations, that is, as shown in fig. 9a and 9b, the user slides up for a period without a pause, and continues to slide up until interface 522 is switched to interface 524. Further, the task switching operation and the application switching operation may be discontinuous operations. For example, the sliding operation shown in fig. 9a and 9b, the user's finger slides up for a period (i.e., the task switching operation) with an interval of 0.5 seconds, and continues to slide up (apply the switching operation) until the display interface 524 is displayed. When the task switching operation and the application switching operation are discontinuous operations, the interval time between the two operations may also be 0.1 second, 1 second, and the like, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 9c, fig. 9c shows a schematic diagram of a user selecting an application. As shown in fig. 9c, if the user wants to switch the interface 521 to the email application 524d, the user clicks on the thumbnail of the email 524 (application selection operation), and the mobile phone displays an interface 525 (i.e., a fourth interface or target application interface) of the content of the email 524 on the main screen 520 in response to the clicking operation. Thereby conveniently and quickly implementing the switching among different applications in the home screen 520. Switching of tasks in the same application within the home screen 520 may also be implemented.

In the above-described embodiment, a click is explained as a task selection operation. In other embodiments of the present application, the task selection operation may also be a double-click operation, a sliding operation, a dragging operation, and the like for the task identifier, which is not limited herein.

And 3, switching the application in the auxiliary screen or switching the task in the application on the auxiliary screen by the user.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 shows a schematic view of a user opening an application on a sub-screen. As shown in fig. 8c and fig. 10, the user switches the interface 521 of the home screen 520 to the interface 523 for reading the content of the word1 document. It is desirable to switch other applications on the secondary screen 530. The user can switch the applications on the secondary screen 530 through the application switching operation and the application selection operation, the switched interface is as shown in fig. 10, and after the user performs the application switching operation and the application selection operation on the secondary screen 530, the mobile phone switches the interface 531 to the selected interface 532 of the "WeChat" application on the secondary screen 530. The interface 523 is kept unchanged, the interface contents of the two screens are not interfered with each other, and a user can start any application or task in the application on the main screen or the auxiliary screen according to needs. The operation is simple and quick, and the user experience is improved.

In the embodiment of the present application, the task in the application or the switching process of the application in the secondary screen, and the switching operation, the selected operation may be the same as the primary screen, and as for the switching process of the application in the secondary screen and the task in the application, a switching method of the primary screen may be referred to, which is not described herein again.

In addition, a specific region (second hot region) may be set in the sub-screen 530, that is, the second hot region and the first hot region are two independent regions, and the display regions where the second hot region and the first hot region are located are respectively controlled. Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a distribution of hot zones of a mobile phone, and in conjunction with fig. 5b and fig. 11, a hot zone 502 (i.e., a first hot zone) is disposed on a main screen 520, and a hot zone 503 (i.e., a second hot zone) is disposed on a sub-screen 530. When the user operates with respect to the hot zone 502, the handset only performs a switch to the interface within the home screen 520. When the user operates for the hot zone 503, the handset only performs switching of the interface within the sub-screen 530. For the switching of the hot zone 502, the detailed description in fig. 8e is provided, and refer to fig. 8e and the corresponding description. The operation for the hot zone 503 may be the same as the operation for the hot zone 502, see in particular the operation procedure of the hot zone 502. And will not be described in detail herein.

In an embodiment of the present application, after the mobile phone is split, a specific area (a third hot area) for controlling the main screen and the sub-screen to be combined into one display area may be further provided. Referring to fig. 12, fig. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a handset hot zone profile. A hot area 502 is provided on the main screen 520, and a hot area 503 is provided on the sub screen 530 to cover hot areas 504 (i.e., third hot areas) of the two display areas, respectively. The user may exit the split screen interface via the hotspot. The setting position of the hot area 504 in the drawing is merely an exemplary illustration, and may be set on the boundary 505 between two display areas in another embodiment of the present application. The shape of the third thermal zone is not limited, and may be, for example, a rectangle, a circle, a line segment, or the like.

In addition, in the foregoing several scenarios, only the vertical screen state is described, the operation in the horizontal screen state may be the same as the switching method in the vertical screen state, and specifically, reference may be made to the operation and the switching process in the vertical screen state, which is not described herein again.

According to the method for switching the application and the task in the application, when the electronic equipment is used in a split screen mode, when a user performs switching operation in one display area, the electronic equipment can receive the switching operation of the user for the display area, and switching of the task in the application is achieved in the corresponding display area.

With reference to fig. 13, the present application further provides an electronic device comprising:

a memory 910 for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the device, an

A processor 920, configured to perform the method explained in the foregoing embodiment with reference to fig. 4 to 12.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method explained in fig. 4 to 12 in the above embodiments.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions for causing a processor to perform the method of fig. 4 to 12 in the above embodiments, when the computer program product runs on an electronic device.

Referring now to FIG. 14, shown is a block diagram of an apparatus 1200 in accordance with one embodiment of the present application. The device 1200 may include one or more processors 1201 coupled to a controller hub 1203. For at least one embodiment, the controller hub 1203 communicates with the processor 1201 via a multi-drop Bus such as a Front Side Bus (FSB), a point-to-point interface such as a Quick Path Interconnect (QPI), or similar connection 1206. The processor 1201 executes instructions that control general types of data processing operations. In one embodiment, Controller Hub 1203 includes, but is not limited to, a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) (not shown) and an Input/Output Hub (IOH) (which may be on separate chips) (not shown), where the GMCH includes a Memory and a Graphics Controller and is coupled to the IOH.

The device 1200 may also include a coprocessor 1202 and a memory 1204 coupled to the controller hub 1203. Alternatively, one or both of the memory and GMCH may be integrated within the processor (as described herein), with the memory 1204 and coprocessor 1202 being directly coupled to the processor 1201 and to the controller hub 1203, with the controller hub 1203 and IOH being in a single chip. The Memory 1204 may be, for example, a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), a Phase Change Memory (PCM), or a combination of the two. In one embodiment, coprocessor 1202 is a special-Purpose processor, such as, for example, a high-throughput MIC processor (MIC), a network or communication processor, compression engine, graphics processor, General Purpose Graphics Processor (GPGPU), embedded processor, or the like. The optional nature of coprocessor 1202 is represented in FIG. 14 by dashed lines.

Memory 1204, as a computer-readable storage medium, may include one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media for storing data and/or instructions. For example, the memory 1204 may include any suitable non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, and/or any suitable non-volatile storage device, such as one or more Hard-Disk drives (Hard-Disk drives, hdd (s)), one or more Compact Discs (CD) drives, and/or one or more Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) drives.

In one embodiment, device 1200 may further include a Network Interface Controller (NIC) 1206. Network interface 1206 may include a transceiver to provide a radio interface for device 1200 to communicate with any other suitable device (e.g., front end module, antenna, etc.). In various embodiments, the network interface 1206 may be integrated with other components of the device 1200. The network interface 1206 may implement the functions of the communication unit in the above-described embodiments.

The device 1200 may further include an Input/Output (I/O) device 1205. I/O1205 may include: a user interface designed to enable a user to interact with the device 1200; the design of the peripheral component interface enables peripheral components to also interact with the device 1200; and/or sensors may be configured to determine environmental conditions and/or location information associated with device 1200.

It is noted that fig. 14 is merely exemplary. That is, although fig. 14 shows that the apparatus 1200 includes a plurality of devices, such as the processor 1201, the controller hub 1203, the memory 1204, etc., in practical applications, an apparatus using the methods of the present application may include only a part of the devices of the apparatus 1200, for example, only the processor 1201 and the NIC1206 may be included. The nature of the alternative device in fig. 14 is shown in dashed lines.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the memory 1204 serving as a computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a computer, the system 1200 executes the method for switching the application and the task in the application according to the embodiments. Referring now to fig. 15, shown is a block diagram of a SoC (System on Chip) 1300 in accordance with an embodiment of the present application. In fig. 15, like parts have the same reference numerals. In addition, the dashed box is an optional feature of more advanced socs. In fig. 15, SoC1300 includes: an interconnect unit 1350 coupled to the application processor 1310; a system agent unit 1380; a bus controller unit 1390; an integrated memory controller unit 1340; a set or one or more coprocessors 1320 which may include integrated graphics logic, an image processor, an audio processor, and a video processor; a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) unit 1330; a Direct Memory Access (DMA) unit 1360. In one embodiment, the coprocessor 1320 includes a special-purpose processor, such as, for example, a network or communication processor, compression engine, GPGPU, a high-throughput MIC processor, embedded processor, or the like.

Included in Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) unit 1330 may be one or more computer-readable media for storing data and/or instructions. A computer-readable storage medium may have stored therein instructions, in particular, temporary and permanent copies of the instructions. The instructions may include: when executed by at least one unit in the processor, the Soc1300 is enabled to execute the method for establishing a device communication connection according to the foregoing embodiment, which may specifically refer to the methods explained in fig. 4 to fig. 12 in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

Embodiments of the mechanisms disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of these implementations. Embodiments of the application may be implemented as computer programs or program code executing on programmable systems comprising at least one processor, a storage system (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device.

Program code may be applied to input instructions to perform the functions described herein and generate output information. The output information may be applied to one or more output devices in a known manner. For purposes of this Application, a processing system includes any system having a Processor such as, for example, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microcontroller, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or a microprocessor.

The program code may be implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a processing system. The program code can also be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. Indeed, the mechanisms described in this application are not limited in scope to any particular programming language. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.

In some cases, the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosed embodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or stored on one or more transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g., computer-readable) storage media, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. For example, the instructions may be distributed via a network or via other computer readable media. Thus, a machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), including, but not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, Compact disk Read Only memories (CD-ROMs), magneto-optical disks, Read Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories (EPROMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, flash Memory, or a tangible machine-readable Memory for transmitting information (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.) using the Internet in an electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signal. Thus, a machine-readable medium includes any type of machine-readable medium suitable for storing or transmitting electronic instructions or information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer).

In the drawings, some features of the structures or methods may be shown in a particular arrangement and/or order. However, it is to be understood that such specific arrangement and/or ordering may not be required. Rather, in some embodiments, the features may be arranged in a manner and/or order different from that shown in the figures. In addition, the inclusion of a structural or methodological feature in a particular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required in all embodiments, and in some embodiments may not be included or may be combined with other features.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the apparatuses in the present application, each unit/module is a logical unit/module, and physically, one logical unit/module may be one physical unit/module, or may be a part of one physical unit/module, and may also be implemented by a combination of multiple physical units/modules, where the physical implementation manner of the logical unit/module itself is not the most important, and the combination of the functions implemented by the logical unit/module is the key to solve the technical problem provided by the present application. Furthermore, in order to highlight the innovative part of the present application, the above-mentioned device embodiments of the present application do not introduce units/modules which are not so closely related to solve the technical problems presented in the present application, which does not indicate that no other units/modules exist in the above-mentioned device embodiments.

It is noted that, in the examples and description of the present patent, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, 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, the use of the verb "comprise a" to define an element does not exclude the presence of another, same element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

While the present application has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for switching applications and tasks in the applications is applied to electronic equipment, the electronic equipment comprises a first display area and a second display area, and the method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the electronic equipment displays a first interface in the first display area, the first interface is an interface for displaying a task in a first application, and the electronic equipment displays a second interface in the second display area;

the electronic device receiving a first switching operation for the first display area and displaying a first task switching interface in the first display area in response to the first switching operation, the first task switching interface providing an identification of a plurality of tasks of the first application;

the electronic device receives a first selection operation for the first task switching interface, the first selection operation is used for selecting one of the tasks, and the electronic device responds to the first selection operation and displays the selected task as a third interface in the first display area.

2. The method of claim 1,

the electronic equipment responds to the first selection operation, and the selected task is different from the task displayed on the first interface.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,

the electronic equipment receives a second switching operation aiming at the first task switching interface, and responds to the second switching operation, a first application switching interface is displayed in the first display area, and at least the identification of the task of at least one application different from the first application is included in the first application switching interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first application switching interface comprises a plurality of task identifiers for the first application and an identifier for a task of at least one application different from the first application.

5. The method of claim 3,

the electronic device receives a second selection operation for the first application switching interface, the second selection operation is used for selecting one application from the plurality of applications or selecting one task from the plurality of tasks of the first application, and the electronic device responds to the second selection operation, and the selected application or task is displayed as a fourth interface in the first display area.

6. The method of claim 3,

the first switching operation and the second switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that the time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a first set time length.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device receives the first switching operation at a first specific area of the first display area.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the second interface displays an interface for a task in a second application, wherein the electronic device receives a third switching operation for the second display area, and wherein the electronic device displays a second task switching interface in the second display area in response to the third switching operation, wherein the second task switching interface provides an identification of a plurality of tasks of the second application;

the electronic device receives a third selection operation for the second task switching interface, the third selection operation is used for selecting one of the tasks from the plurality of tasks, and in response to the third selection operation, the selected task is displayed as a fifth interface by the second display area.

9. The method of claim 8,

and responding to the third selection operation by the electronic equipment, wherein the selected task is different from the task displayed by the second interface.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9,

the electronic equipment receives a fourth switching operation aiming at the second task switching interface, and responds to the fourth switching operation, a second application switching interface is displayed in the second display area, and at least the identification of the task of at least one application different from the second application is included in the second application switching interface.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second application switching interface comprises a plurality of task identifiers for the second application and an identifier for a task of at least one application different from the second application.

12. The method of claim 10,

the electronic device receives a fourth selection operation for the second application switching interface, the fourth selection operation is used for selecting one application from the plurality of applications or selecting one task from a plurality of tasks of the second application, and the electronic device responds to the fourth selection operation, and the selected application or task is displayed as a fifth interface in the second display area.

13. The method of claim 12,

the third switching operation and the fourth switching operation are continuous operations, and the continuous operations are that the time interval from the end of the first switching operation to the start of the second switching operation is less than a second set time length.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the electronic device receives the third switching operation in a second specific area of the second display area.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a third specific area, and the third specific area is used for controlling the first display area and the second display area to be combined into a single display area.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen of the electronic device is one of a straight screen, a curved screen, and a folded screen.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the device, an

A processor for performing the method of any one of claims 1-16.

18. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-16.

19. A computer program product comprising instructions for causing a processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 16 when the computer program product is run on an electronic device.