TWI464666B - Display method and portable device - Google Patents

Description

Display method and portable device

The present invention relates to a portable device, and more particularly to a display method for a portable device.

With the rapid development of technology, portable devices such as Cell phones, Smart phones or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) phones, Tablet PCs, notebook computers, etc. Wait, it has gradually filled our living space. At present, the operating systems on these portable devices, such as Apple's iOS or Google's Android operating system, can allow users to install third-party applications, so users can directly download third-party applications to the Internet. Portable device. For example, some applications only support explicit specifications for tablets and cannot support explicit specifications for smart phones, or some applications only support explicit specifications for smart phones and cannot support explicit specifications for tablets. Therefore, when an application designed for a specific explicit specification is installed on a portable device that it cannot support, the application usually cannot be executed normally or an abnormality occurs halfway through the execution. However, after the user downloads the application to the portable device, it is often difficult to directly know whether the application is a needle. A program designed for a specific explicit specification. Therefore, when the user executes the application, the application often terminates abnormally, which is quite inconvenient for the user.

The present invention provides a display method and a portable device, which allows a user to more intuitively distinguish whether any application (App) installed in the portable device can be successfully executed on the portable device. .

The present invention provides a display method suitable for a portable device. The portable device has a touch screen, wherein the touch screen has a first display format, and the portable device provides at least one application for installation. The display method includes: receiving a display signal, and displaying a menu interface and an image corresponding to the application according to the display signal. And obtaining a display format supported by each application, determining whether the display format supported by each application conforms to the first display format of the touch screen of the portable device, and when the display format supported by the application is not When the first display format is met, the first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display method further includes: receiving a first modification instruction on an image corresponding to one of the application interfaces, and removing the image from the image of the application. An annotation message.

In an embodiment of the invention, the display method further includes: when the application having the first annotation message is executed by the menu interface, the portable device displays the first warning disable message on the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display method further includes: when the portable device is coupled to an external device, determining whether the display format supported by the application installed by the portable device conforms to the external device A display format. When the display format supported by the application does not match the first display format of the external device, the first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the application.

The present invention provides a portable device that includes a touch screen, a storage unit, and a processor. The touch screen receives the display signal and has a first display format, wherein the touch screen is used to display a menu interface and an image corresponding to at least one application. The storage unit stores the application and the menu interface. The processor is coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit. When the processor executes the application, the display format of the application is obtained, and it is determined whether the display format supported by the application conforms to the first display format of the touch screen. When the display format supported by the application does not match the first display format of the touch screen, the first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the application.

In an embodiment of the invention, the step of determining, by the processor, whether the display format supported by the application conforms to the first display format comprises: obtaining a flag value of the application, wherein the flag value is supported by the application. Display format and determine if the flag value is the first value. When the flag is the first value, it is determined that the display format supported by the application does not conform to the first display format.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the processor, in the step of executing the at least one application, further comprises: receiving the first modification instruction from the image of the application, and removing the image from the application First note message.

In an embodiment of the invention, the portable device, the above The step of executing the at least one application program further includes: when the application having the first annotation message is executed in the menu interface, the portable device displays the first warning disable message on the touch screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the processor further includes: when the portable device is coupled to the external device, determining that the portable device is supported by the application installed by the portable device Whether the display format conforms to the first display format of the external device. When the display format supported by the application does not match the first display format of the external device, the first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the application.

Based on the above, when the portable device receives the display signal, the menu interface and the image corresponding to the application are displayed. When displaying the image corresponding to the application, if the application is a specific application (Application, App) for a specific display format, the portable device will mark the annotation message on the image corresponding to the application. In this way, the user can more intuitively identify which applications can support the portable device by using the annotation message displayed on the application, thereby improving the convenience of operating the portable device.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

S110, S120, S122, S124, S126, S128, S502, S504, S506‧‧‧ steps of the display method

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1A and FIG. 1B are flow diagrams of a display method according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. Schematic diagram.

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a portable device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C are schematic diagrams showing the appearance of the portable device according to the first embodiment of the present invention for removing or marking the annotation message.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a portable device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4B are schematic diagrams of the hybrid portable device before and after assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart showing a display method of the hybrid portable device of FIG. 4B.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a portable device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure.

The present invention proposes a display method and a portable device, which allows a user to intuitively distinguish whether an application is a program for a display format of a touch screen of a specific portable device.

FIG. 1A is a schematic flow chart of a display method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1A, the embodiment performs the display method of the embodiment in a portable device. The portable device is, for example, a smart phone or a tablet PC, etc., and the case does not limit the types of portable devices. system. For convenience of description, the portable device underneath uses a mobile phone as an example to illustrate the steps of the display method.

In step S110, the portable device receives the display signal. In detail, the portable device can have a touch screen, and the touch screen can be various types of touch screens, such as a resistive touch screen, a capacitive touch screen, and the like. The touch screen can display the image corresponding to the menu interface and multiple applications, the portable device and receive input from the user (application Application (APP) or software module (widget), etc.), in this case Users can install multiple applications (APPs) on portable devices. Applications can include applications that are specifically supported by tablet computers (Tablet-specific apps) or applications that support smart phones (Phone). Exclusive APP).

FIG. 1B is a schematic flow chart of a display method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a portable device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1B and FIG. 2A , the portable device 20 can have a touch screen 200. The touch screen 200 can display an image corresponding to the menu interface 210 and multiple applications (APP shortcut or widget, etc.) 212. In the embodiment, when the application (the tablet-specific APP and the phone-specific APP) are installed in the same portable device 20, the portable device 20 of the embodiment can be used. According to the display format supported by the installed application (only the Tablet-only APP or only the Phone-only APP), the menu interface 210 and the images 212-222 corresponding to the application are displayed on the touch screen 200. It is convenient for the user to recognize without causing accidental execution.

The portable device 20 of the embodiment can accept a user to install an application (App) of a plurality of different display formats. After the application is installed, the portable device 20 can respectively support the display format supported by the application. The identification is performed, and the images 212 to 222 corresponding to each application are displayed through the touch screen 200. As shown in step S122, the portable device 20 obtains the display format supported by each application. The display format supported by the application (such as resolution, display size, display color depth, etc.) to indicate which display format the portable device (Tablet or Smartphone) can support. For example, for a tablet-specific application (Tablet-specific APP), the resolution recorded in the display format is, for example, 1024×768, 2048×1536, or 2560×1600, or record the supportable touch. The size of the control screen is 7吋, 10.1吋 or 11.6吋 or more. In addition, for applications that exclusively support smart phones (Phone-specific APP), the resolution recorded in the display format is, for example, 480×320 or 960×640, or the supported touch screen display size is 3.5~3.8吋 or 4.5~4.9吋, not limited to this.

Therefore, by obtaining the display format supported by the application corresponding to the images 212-222, the portable device 20 can identify which portable device (Smartphone or Tablet) each application can support in the subsequent steps. ).

In step S124, the portable device 20 determines whether the display format supported by each application conforms to the first display format of the touch screen 200 in the portable device 20, and the first display format represents the touch on the smart phone. The display format supported by the control screen. Wherein, the resolution that can be included is, for example, 480×320 or 960×640, The display size is 3.5~3.8吋 or 4.5~4.9吋, not limited to this. When the portable device 20 determines that the display format supported by the application does not match the first display format specification of the touch screen preset on the smart phone, it means that the application should only support the exclusive execution on the tablet. The app (Tablet-specific app), this app (Tablet-specific app) is not suitable for execution on smartphones. If it matches, it means that the application is only a smartphone-only application or a shared application that supports both tablets and smartphones.

As described above, when the display format supported by any of the applications installed on the portable device 20 does not conform to the first display format of the touch screen preset of the portable device 20 (smartphone), As shown in step S126, the portable device 20 will mark an annotation message on the image corresponding to the installed application. If the display format supported by the application installed on the portable device 20 conforms to the portable device 20, then as shown in step S128, the portable device 20 does not mark the annotation message on the application.

In this embodiment, the annotation message represents the display format of the portable device that the application can support. Please refer to FIG. 2A, and assume that the application is installed in the portable device 20 (smartphone). The display formats of the images 214, 216, and 218 do not conform to the first display format of the touch screen of the smart phone, and the portable device 20 (smart phone) marks the annotation information on the images 214, 216, and 218. P4, p6 and p8. In this embodiment, the annotation messages p4, p6, and p8 represent PAD-specific annotation messages. This annotation message can be used to remind the user that this application is not suitable for execution and use on the portable device 20 (smart phone) because the application The display format supported by the program does not match the first display format preset by the touch screen 200 of the smart phone. Therefore, the case can be used to remind the user through the annotation message to prevent the user from accidentally touching the application that is not suitable.

The above-mentioned judging method can perform the action of judging each application installed in the portable device (smartphone) every time the user installs the application, the portable device 20 (smartphone). And displaying the annotation messages p4, p6 and p8 on the images 214, 216 and 218 corresponding to the application of the current portable device 20, to help the user determine whether the application is suitable for the currently installed portable device. 20 was executed.

In this embodiment, the portable device 20 (smartphone) can assist in determining an annotation message according to the flag value stored in the internal flag value to determine the image corresponding to the application. More specifically, in the case where the portable device 20 is a smart phone, if the application (for example, the applications corresponding to the images 214, 216, and 218) installed on the portable device 20 can only be on the tablet Executed on the computer, the display format supported by the application conforms to the format of the tablet-specific APP. Moreover, when the touch screen 200 displays the menu interface 210, images corresponding to the application (such as images 214, 216, and 218) are marked (such as annotation messages p4, p6, and p8) to prompt for use. These applications can only be used on tablets.

The portable device 20 can record all the applications (Apps) that have been installed and judged by the foregoing determining method, and are recorded in the portable device 20 according to the display format supported by the application, and can be utilized in the present case. A flag value is recorded, so each time the portable device 20 is turned back on, it is not necessary to re-pair each The display format of the application is re-evaluated, and the portable device 20 can directly read the internal flag value, and directly determine the portable device (tablet or Smartphone) for which each application is supported by the flag value. ), wherein the content of the flag value represents the display format supported by the application, and the portable device 20 finds the flag value corresponding to each application. The flag value can be set according to the first display format of the touch screen of the portable device supported by each application. For example, if the resolution recorded in the display format supported by the application is 1024×768, it means that the application can only support portable devices with a resolution of 1024×768 (for example, a tablet), so the application The corresponding flag value will be set to the first value "P" (referred to as the first value P). In addition, if the resolution recorded in the display format supported by the application is 480×320, it means that the application can only support portable devices with a resolution of 480×320 (for example, smart phones), so the application The flag value of the program is set, for example, to a second value "F" (referred to as a second value F).

In this embodiment, when the portable device 20 is a smart phone, if the content recorded in the display format supported by the application can only support the tablet, the flag value of the application will be marked as the first. Value P. When the portable device determines whether the flag value of the application meets the first value P, when the value of the P is confirmed, when the touch screen 200 of the portable device 20 displays the image corresponding to the application, the A value of the content is marked on the corresponding image (such as images 214, 216, and 218) corresponding to the application (such as annotation messages p4, p6, and p8) to prompt the user that the annotation message has been added. App only on tablets (tablet exclusive apps) Executed. If the display format supported by the application can only be executed by the smart phone, the flag value corresponding to the application will be marked as the second value F.

When the user wants to open or execute the application corresponding to the images 214, 216, and 218 on the portable device, that is, the applications corresponding to the images 212, 220, and 222 have the annotation information p4, p6, and p8. Like 214, 216, and 218, the portable device 20 receives the activation signal of the application corresponding to the image 214, and determines whether the flag value corresponding to the application is the first value P, that is, the determination map The display format supported by the application corresponding to 214 conforms to the first display format of the touch screen of the portable device. Moreover, when the flag value is the first value P, it indicates that the display format supported by the application corresponding to the image 214 does not conform to the first display format, and the touch screen 200 displays the warning disable message in the menu interface 210. For example, if the application is not supported on the smartphone, the touch screen 200 will display an alert disable message to inform the user that the application is not suitable for the current portable device. Execution, because the display format of the application does not match the first display format of the touch screen, it is not recommended for users to continue using the application.

In this case, when the portable device 20 is a smart phone, when the portable device 20 receives the display signal to display an image corresponding to each application, the portable device 20 supports the tablet. The annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the exclusive application. In this way, when the user opens the application, they can identify which applications belong to the tablet-specific application based on the annotation information on the image.

In addition, the portable device 20 can also receive a modification command from the image corresponding to the application, and then remove the annotation message or mark the annotation message on the image corresponding to the application. Let's take another example to illustrate.

FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C are schematic diagrams showing the appearance of the portable device according to the first embodiment of the present invention for removing or marking the annotation message. Referring to FIG. 2B, assume that the portable device 20 receives a first modification command from the image 214 of the application, wherein the first modification command is, for example, the user clicks on the image 214 or stays on the image 214 for a preset time. (e.g., image 214 as indicated by arrow 22 of Figure 2B).

At this time, the portable device 20 determines whether the flag value of the application corresponding to the image 214 is the first value P. Since the annotation message p4 is indicated on the image 214, that is, the flag value of the application corresponding to the image 214 is set to the first value P, when the portable device 20 receives the first modification instruction from the image 214. The portable device 20 modifies the flag value of the application corresponding to the image 214 to a non-first value P (for example, the second value F), and removes the annotation on the image 214 corresponding to the application. The message is shown in Figure 2C. That is, the annotation message is not marked on the image 214 of FIG. 2C.

In this way, the user can customize how some applications are displayed in the menu interface 210 to quickly find a custom application in the menu interface 210.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a portable device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the display method of the present embodiment is similar to the display method of the first embodiment, and the difference is that the display method of the present invention is implemented by using the portable device as a tablet computer. The description will be made here with the display methods of FIGS. 1A and 1B.

In this embodiment, after the portable device 30 (tablet computer) receives the display signal, the touch screen 300 displays the menu interface 310 and the images 312-322 corresponding to the plurality of applications according to the display signal (step S110 and Step S120). When the touch screen 300 displays the images 312-330 corresponding to each application, the portable device 30 obtains the display format supported by each application (step S122), and determines each application. Whether the supported display format conforms to the first display format (step S124). In this embodiment, the first display format represents a first display format supported by the touch screen 300 on the portable device 30 (tablet computer), and the resolution recorded in the first display format is, for example, 1024×768. , 2048 × 1536 or 2560 × 1600, the display size is 10.1 吋 or 11.6 吋, not limited to this. When the portable device 30 (tablet computer) determines that the display format supported by the application does not match the specification of the first display format (tablet), it means that the application is an application that only supports the execution of the smart phone. (phone app), not suitable for execution on smart phones. If the display format supported by the application matches the first display format, it means that the application is a dedicated application supporting the portable device 30 (tablet) or a shared application supporting both the tablet and the smart phone. .

As described in the first embodiment above, the display format supported by any of the applications installed on the portable device 30 does not conform to the first display preset by the touch screen 300 of the portable device 30 (tablet). In the format, the portable device 30 will mark an annotation message on the image corresponding to the application (step S126). In this embodiment, the annotation message represents the display format of the portable device that the application can support.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is assumed that the display formats corresponding to the images 312 and 320 corresponding to the applications installed in the portable device 30 (tablet) do not conform to the touch of the portable device 30 (tablet). In the first display format of the screen 300, the portable device 30 (tablet computer) will mark the annotation messages f2 and f10 on the images 312 and 320. In the embodiment, the annotation messages f2 and f10 represent the exclusive use of the smart phone. Annotated message, this annotation message can be used to remind the user that the application is not suitable for being executed and used on the portable device 30 (tablet) because the display format supported by the application and the touch screen 300 of the tablet 30 The default first display format does not match. Therefore, the case can be used to remind the user through the annotation message to prevent the user from accidentally touching the application that is not suitable.

In the above manner, the portable device 30 (tablet computer) can judge each application installed on the portable device 30 every time the user installs the application, and does not The images 312 and 320 corresponding to the application of the current portable device 30 are displayed to display the annotation messages f2 and f10 to help the user determine whether the application is suitable for execution on the currently installed portable device 30.

In addition, in the embodiment, the portable device 30 (tablet computer) can also assist in determining whether the image corresponding to the application is to be displayed according to the flag value stored in the internal flag value. Comment message.

More specifically, in the case where the portable device 30 is a tablet computer, if the application installed on the portable device 30 (for example, the application corresponding to the images 312 and 320) can only be used on the smart phone. Executed, the application supports The display format does not conform to the first display format of the current portable device 30. Moreover, when the touch screen 300 displays the image corresponding to the menu interface and the application, the image of the application (such as images 312 and 320) is marked (such as the annotation messages f2 and f8) to prompt the user. These apps can only be used on smartphones.

In addition, the portable device 30 can record all the applications (Apps) that have been installed and judged by the foregoing determining method, and are recorded in the portable device 30 according to the display format supported by the application. In this case, a flag value can be used for recording. Therefore, each time the portable device 30 is restarted, the display format supported by each application can be re-evaluated without re-determining the portable device 30. Read the internal flag value and use the flag value to directly determine which portable display device (tablet or Smartphone) each application supports. The content of the flag value represents the display format supported by the application. The portable device 30 will find the flag value corresponding to each application. The flag value can be set according to the first display format of the touch screen 300 of the portable device 30 supported by each application.

Further, the content of the flag value represents the display format supported by the application, and the portable device 30 finds the flag value corresponding to each application. If the display format supported by the application can only support the display format (Phone App) of the smart phone, the flag value of the application in this embodiment will be marked as the first value "F" (referred to as the first value F). ). When the portable device 30 is a tablet computer, the portable device 30 obtains the flag value of each application and determines whether the flag value of the application is the first value F, and when it is confirmed as the F value, the portable device Device 30 will determine the application The display format supported by the model is an explicit specification specific to the smartphone. If the resolution recorded in the display format supported by the application is 480×320, it means that the application can only support portable devices with a resolution of 480×320 (for example, smart phones), so the application program The flag value is set, for example, to a second value "F" (referred to as a second value F). Then, when the touch screen 300 of the portable device 30 displays the application, the content of the first value F is marked according to the images 312 to 322 corresponding to the corresponding application (eg, the annotation messages f2 and f10).

As shown in FIG. 3, since the display format supported by the application corresponding to the images 314, 316, 318, and 322 conforms to the first explicit specification of the touch screen of the tablet computer, the portable device 30 does not appear in the figure. Annotated messages are marked on 314, 316, 318, and 322.

When the user wants to open or execute the application corresponding to the image 312 on the portable device, since the application corresponding to the image 312 has the annotation message f2, the portable device 30 receives the application corresponding to the image 312. After the program is turned on, it is determined whether the flag value corresponding to the application is the first value f, that is, whether the display format supported by the application corresponding to the image 312 matches the touch of the portable device. The first display format of the screen. Moreover, when the flag value is the first value f, it indicates that the display format supported by the application corresponding to the image 312 does not conform to the first display format, and the touch screen 300 displays the warning disable message in the menu interface 310. For example, "Smartphone-specific application, this application does not support execution on the tablet", the touch screen 300 will display an alert disable message to inform the user that the application is not suitable for the current portable device. Execution because of the application's The display format does not match the first display format of the touch screen, so users are not recommended to continue using the application.

In this case, when the portable device 30 is a tablet computer, when the portable device 30 receives the display signal to display an image corresponding to each application, the portable device 30 supports the smart phone. The annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the exclusive application. In this way, when the user opens the application, they can identify which applications are exclusive to the smart phone based on the annotation information on the image.

As in the foregoing embodiment, the display method of the embodiment can also receive the modification instruction on the image corresponding to one of the applications of the portable device 30 on the tablet, and then on the image corresponding to the application. Remove the comment message or mark the comment message. This practice is similar to the modification in the foregoing embodiment, and therefore, it will not be further described herein.

4A to 4B are schematic diagrams of the hybrid portable device before and after assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4A, in the embodiment, the display method of the embodiment is executed by the smart phone 40. The smart phone 40 can be coupled to the tablet 50 via a connection port (not shown) on the smart phone 40. The tablet 50 has, for example, a touch screen 500 and can receive a control signal from the smart phone 40 after being coupled to the smart phone 40 to display a picture on the touch screen 500 of the tablet 50, for example, in the smart type. The menu interface 410 displayed on the mobile phone 40 and the images 412 to 422 corresponding to the application are displayed on the touch screen 500 of the tablet 50 (ie, images 412 to 422 and images 512 to 522). Specifically, the tablet 50 has a slot (not shown) and a slide 500b with respect to the back surface 500a on which the touch screen 500 is mounted. Therefore, the smart phone 40 can be inserted into the slot along the slide 500b via the connection port. The tablet 50 is coupled to the smart phone 40 and the tablet 50 to form a hybrid portable device 52 (Fig. 4B).

In the case that the smart phone 40 is not coupled to the tablet 50, when the smart phone 40 receives the display signal to touch the screen 400 to display the menu interface 410 and the application, the smart phone 40 determines each application. Whether the supported display format conforms to the display format supported by the smartphone.

It should be noted that the touch screen 400 of the smart phone 40 of the embodiment is different from the display format of the touch screen 500 of the tablet 50. For example, the resolution of the touch screen 400 of the smart phone 40 is, for example, 480×320, and the resolution of the touch screen 500 of the tablet 50 is, for example, 1024×768. When the two are combined to form a hybrid portable device 52, the application installed on the smart phone 40 does not judge the first on the touch screen 400 on the original smart phone 40 when the display format is judged. A display format is determined by determining the first display format (resolution, for example, 1024×768) of the touch screen 500 on the tablet 50. The display and screen presentation of all applications are performed through the touch on the tablet 50. The screen 500 is displayed. When it is determined that the display format supported by the application does not match the first display format of the touch screen 500 of the tablet 50, the application should be an application that only supports the smart phone (phone app), then the touch The screen 500 will mark the annotation messages f2 and f10 on the images 512 and 520 corresponding to the application.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display method of the hybrid portable device 52 of FIG. 4B. Process diagram. Referring to FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B and FIG. 5, when the smart phone 40 is coupled to the tablet 50, the smart phone 40 displays the images 512-522 corresponding to the application in the tablet 50, as in step S502. As shown, the smart phone 40 obtains the display format supported by each installed application, and in step S504, the smart phone 40 determines whether the display format supported by the application conforms to the touch screen of the tablet 50. The first display format of 500.

Further, the smart phone 40 determines whether the display format supported by the application conforms to the first display format of the tablet 50, wherein the smart phone 40 can obtain the flag value of each application and determine the flag value. The content to judge the display format.

If the application in the smart phone 40 is a tablet-specific application, or an application that can be used by both the tablet and the mobile phone, the application can be directly executed. At this time, the tablet 50 does not touch the screen. The display warning disable message mentioned in the foregoing embodiment is displayed on the 500.

The image input method in the above embodiment can be implemented by executing a menu interface and an application on the portable device. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a portable device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 6 , the portable device 60 includes a touch screen 600 , a storage unit 610 , and a processor 620 . The touch screen 600 receives the display signal. The storage unit 610 stores at least one application and a menu interface. The processor 620 is coupled to the touch screen 600 and the storage unit 610. The processor 620 executes a plurality of instructions of the menu interface to implement the explicit method described in the foregoing embodiments. In this embodiment, the processor 620 performs a menu interface as in the foregoing embodiment. The steps described in the above (steps S110 to S120, steps S122 to S128 and steps S502 to S506 and the embodiments corresponding to FIGS. 2A to 2C, 3, 4A to 4B, and 5) are not described herein. .

In summary, when the portable device receives the display signal, the menu interface and the image corresponding to the application are displayed. The portable device determines if the application is an application designed for a particular display format (Phone App or Tablet App). If so, the portable device will mark the annotation message on the image corresponding to the application. In addition, when the portable device (smartphone) is coupled to an external device (tablet) to form a hybrid portable device, the portable device can also determine whether the application is designed for a specific display format. If the application cannot support the touch screen of the current portable device, the portable device will also indicate the annotation message on the image corresponding to the application. In this way, the user can identify which applications can support the portable device by using the annotation message displayed on the menu interface. Thereby, the display method and the portable device enable the user to more intuitively distinguish whether the application is a program designed for a specific display format, so as to improve the convenience of the user when operating the portable device.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

S122, S124, S126, S128‧‧‧ steps of the display method

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A display method is applicable to a portable device, the portable device has a touch screen, the touch screen has a first display format, and the portable device provides at least one application for installation, the display method The method includes: receiving a display signal; displaying a menu interface and an image corresponding to the at least one application according to the display signal; obtaining a display format of the at least application; determining the display supported by the at least application Whether the format conforms to the first display format; and when the display format supported by the at least application does not conform to the first display format, a first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the at least application. The display method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a first modification instruction from the image of the at least application, and removing the first image from the image of the at least application Comment message. The display method of claim 1, further comprising: when the at least one application having the first annotation message is executed in the at least one menu interface, the portable device displays a first display on the touch screen Alert message is disabled. The display method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, when the portable device is coupled to an external device, determining whether the display format supported by the at least application installed by the portable device is Compliance with the external device The first display format, when the display format supported by the at least application does not match the first display format of the external device, marking a first annotation message on the image corresponding to the at least application . A portable device includes: a touch screen having a first display format, the touch screen for displaying a menu interface and an image corresponding to at least one application; and a storage unit for storing the at least one application And a processor, coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit, the processor executing the at least application: obtaining a display format of the at least application; determining that the at least application supports Whether the display format conforms to a first display format of the touch screen; and when the display format of the at least application does not conform to the first display format, marking the image on the image of the at least application An annotation message. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the determining, by the processor, whether the display format supported by the at least application conforms to the first display format comprises: obtaining the at least the application a flag value, wherein the flag value represents the display format; determining whether the flag value is a first value; and when the flag is the first value, determining that the display format does not conform to the first display format . The portable device of claim 5, wherein the step of executing the at least application by the processor further comprises: receiving a first modification instruction from the image of the at least application, and The first annotation message is removed from the image of the at least application. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the step of executing the at least application by the processor further comprises: when the at least one application having the first annotation message is executed in the at least one interface interface The portable device displays a first warning disable message on the touch screen. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the step of executing the at least one of the applications further comprises: determining the portable when the portable device is coupled to an external device Whether the display format supported by the at least application installed by the device conforms to the first display format of the external device, and when the display format supported by the at least application does not conform to the first display format of the external device, A first annotation message is marked on the image corresponding to the at least application.