US20180341360A1 - Method For Launching Application And Terminal Device - Google Patents

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US20180341360A1
US20180341360A1 US16/051,976 US201816051976A US2018341360A1 US 20180341360 A1 US20180341360 A1 US 20180341360A1 US 201816051976 A US201816051976 A US 201816051976A US 2018341360 A1 US2018341360 A1 US 2018341360A1
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  • This disclosure relates to the technical field of terminal devices, and more particularly to a method for launching an application and a terminal device.
  • a user can quickly launch an application through a specific and simple gesture operation on a touch display screen of the terminal device. For example, when a touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode (that is, the terminal device is suspending), a touch gesture operation such as clicking or long-pressing can be operated on the touch display screen to launch an application corresponding to the touch gesture.
  • a touch gesture operation such as clicking or long-pressing can be operated on the touch display screen to launch an application corresponding to the touch gesture.
  • Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for launching an application and a terminal device.
  • a method for launching an application includes the follows.
  • a proximity sensor is started in response to a touch operation of a user detected on a touch display screen of a terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode. Existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen is detected with the proximity sensor. An application corresponding to the touch operation is launched when no occlusion is detected.
  • a terminal device includes at least one processor, a proximity sensor coupled with the at least one processor, and a computer readable storage coupled to the at least one processor and storing at least one computer executable instruction thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the following actions: starting the proximity sensor, in response to a touch operation of a user detected on a touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode; detecting, with the proximity sensor, existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen; launching an application corresponding to the touch operation when no occlusion is detected.
  • a terminal device includes a touch display screen, a touch sensor, a proximity sensor, a proximity sensor controller, and an application controller.
  • the touch sensor is coupled with the touch display screen and is configured to detect a touch operation of a user on the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor is configured to detect existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor controller is configured to control the proximity sensor to be enabled, according to the detection of the touch operation by the touch sensor.
  • the application controller is configured to launch an application corresponding to the touch operation detected by the touch sensor, according to the detection of the occlusion by the proximity sensor.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a first method implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a second method implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a third method implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a first terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a second terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a third terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a fourth terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a fourth terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for launching an application and a terminal device, which can reduce power consumption of the terminal device during recognition of an accidental operation of a user.
  • module means that a particular feature, structure, or feature described in connection with the implementation may be in at least one implementation of the present disclosure.
  • the phrase appearing in various places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same implementation, nor does it refer an independent or alternative implementation that is mutually exclusive with other implementations. It is expressly and implicitly understood by those skilled in the art that an implementation described herein may be combined with other implementations.
  • the term “module” may be used to refer to one or more physical or logical components or elements of a system. In some implementations, a module may be a distinct circuit, while in other implementations a module may include a plurality of circuits.
  • screen-off mode also known as “screen-off state” refers to a mode or state in which a backlight of a terminal device is powered off.
  • screen-on mode also known as “screen-on state” refers to a mode or state in which a backlight of a terminal device is powered on. In the screen-on mode, the display screen can be lighted with different brightness.
  • a user can quickly launch an application through a specific and simple gesture operation on a touch display screen of a terminal device such as a mobile terminal.
  • a terminal device such as a mobile terminal.
  • the above approach can quickly open an application, the user can easily misoperate in this situation.
  • the terminal device prevents a user from misoperation or accidental operation is to equipped a device such as a proximity sensor in the terminal device, and the proximity sensor is configured to determine whether the terminal device is in an occluded state where a misoperation is easily occur.
  • the proximity sensor determines that the terminal device is in an occluded state, the function of launching an application through a simple gesture operation will be disabled.
  • the proximity sensor determines that the terminal device is not in the occluded state, the function of launching an application through a simple gesture operation will be enabled again.
  • the proximity sensor needs to operate at all times even when the terminal device is in a standby mode so as to determine whether the terminal device is currently occluded. As a result, continuous operation of the proximity sensor increases the power consumption of the terminal device.
  • the proximity sensor is started when a touch operation of a user on the touch display screen of the terminal device is detected. Existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen will be detected with the proximity sensor to judge whether the touch operation of the user is an accidental operation. When there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, it indicates that the touch operation of the user is not an accidental operation and accordingly, an application corresponding to the touch operation can be launched. In this way, the user can quickly launch the application through the touch operation, while extra power consumption of the terminal device caused by accidental operations of the user can be avoid.
  • the proximity sensor is triggered to start when there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, which can further reduce power consumption of the terminal device caused by operating the proximity sensor for a long time.
  • Terminal device in the implementations of the disclosure may include a smart phone (such as an android mobile phone, an iOS mobile phone, a windows phone mobile phone, etc.), a tablet computer, a palmtop computer, a notebook computer, a mobile internet device (MID), or a wearable device, or the like.
  • a smart phone such as an android mobile phone, an iOS mobile phone, a windows phone mobile phone, etc.
  • a tablet computer such as an android mobile phone, an iOS mobile phone, a windows phone mobile phone, etc.
  • a notebook computer such as a notebook computer
  • MID mobile internet device
  • methods for launching an application(s) in which a proximity sensor of a terminal device will be started or enabled when a touch operation of a user on a touch display screen of the terminal device in a screen-off mode is detected, then an application corresponding to the touch operation will be launched if there is no occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen. Details will be given below.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a first method implementation of the present disclosure. The method can be applicable to the above terminal device. As illustrated in FIG. 1 , the method begins at block 101 .
  • a proximity sensor is started in response to a touch operation of a user detected on a touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode.
  • the touch operation can be detected via a touch sensor of the terminal device.
  • the proximity sensor needs to be started to further detect whether the touch operation is an accidental operation.
  • the terminal device can be equipped with at least one proximity sensor. When more than one proximity sensor is provided, all or part of the more than one proximity sensor may be started according to a position of the touch operation or other environmental factors.
  • the proximity sensor when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode, the proximity sensor can be turned off or in a suspending state, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal device when the touch screen of the terminal device is in the screen-off mode.
  • Starting the proximity sensor may also include a process of awakening a sensor that is in a suspending state, the disclosure is not limited herein.
  • the proximity sensor of the implementations of the present disclosure can be an infrared ray proximity sensor, a linear proximity sensor, an ultrasonic proximity sensor, or the like.
  • the proximity sensor after the proximity sensor is started, whether there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be detected via the proximity sensor.
  • the phrases of “in front of the touch display screen” mentioned herein includes but not limited to a direction in which part of the touch display screen is covered or occluded (in other words, blocked) and in which, the occlusion can form a projection on the touch display screen.
  • the occlusion can affect the proximity sensor's judgment on a proximity distance.
  • a threshold distance may be set in advance (in the following, “preset distance” for short).
  • the preset distance can be in a direction perpendicular to the touch display screen.
  • the preset distance can be in any direction on a hemisphere with the preset distance as the radius of the hemisphere and a coordinate point of the touch operation on the touch display screen as a center of the hemisphere.
  • the preset distance can be in any direction on a partial hemisphere, implementations of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
  • At least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be determined, and whether the total of occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than a preset threshold area is determined by counting the total coverage area of occlusion(s) of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone.
  • a preset threshold area is determined by counting the total coverage area of occlusion(s) of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone.
  • the at least one detection zone capable of being sensed by the proximity sensor can be determined.
  • at least one detection zone capable of being sensed generally by the multiple proximity sensors can be determined, for example, the at least one detection zone can be determined by taking an operating position of the touch operation on the touch display screen into consideration.
  • the proximity sensor is an infrared ray proximity sensor, in this case, the proximity sensor is configured to detect an object in front of the touch display screen through emitting one or more infrared rays, and to determine whether the distance between the object and the touch display screen is within the preset distance based on a duration of reflection of the infrared rays emitted.
  • the object is within the preset distance, it can be determined that the object is an occlusion, that is, there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • whether or not a coverage range of the object has actually occluded the touch display screen can be further determined with aid of a scanning area of the infrared rays.
  • the coverage range has not occluded the touch display screen, it indicates that there is no occlusion. Otherwise, when the occlusion coverage range has occluded the touch display screen, it indicates that there is an occlusion.
  • an application corresponding to the touch operation is launched when no occlusion is detected.
  • the application corresponding to the touch operation can be launched.
  • the application such as GPS positioning and the like, can run in the background after being launched, or a startup interface (also known as a welcome interface) of the application can be displayed on a display interface of the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor is started in response to detecting the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in the screen-off mode. Thereafter, existence of an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be determined with the proximity sensor, so as to determine whether the touch operation of the user is an accidental operation.
  • existence of an occlusion within the preset distance it means that the touch operation of the user is not an accidental operation, and the application corresponding to the touch operation can be launched, thereby realizing quick launch of an application through the touch operation while avoiding extra power consumption of the terminal device caused by the accidental operation of the user.
  • the proximity sensor is triggered on condition that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, which can further reduce power consumption of the terminal device caused by long-time operating of the proximity sensor.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a second method implementation of the present disclosure. The method can be applicable to the above terminal device. As illustrated in FIG. 2 , the method begins at block 201 .
  • the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device is detected in the screen-off mode of the touch display screen, first determine whether the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set that is in a mapping relationship with the application set of the terminal device. In other words, whether the touch operation is configured to launch the application is determined first.
  • a mapping relationship table of the application set and the touch operation set can be pre-stored in the terminal device, where applications in the application set may correspond to one or more touch operations belong to the touch operation set.
  • Each entry of the mapping relationship table indicates one application and one or more touch operations corresponding thereto.
  • the touch operation When the touch operation is found in the table, it indicates that the touch operation corresponds to an application and the application will be launched.
  • the touch operation cannot be found in the table it indicates that the touch operation does not belong to the touch operation set which is in a mapping relationship with the application set; based on this, it can be further determined that the touch operation is not intended to quickly launch the application in the screen-off mode, in other words, the touch operation detected can be regarded as an accidental operation.
  • the touch operation in the above mapping relationship table can be a touch gesture operation, a touch pressure, and the like.
  • a touch operation for launching Application 1 may include one or more of the follows: a double-click touch operation, a touch operation of a V-shaped touch gesture, a touch operation with a touch pressure reaching a first preset threshold, and other touch operations.
  • a touch operation for launching Application 2 may include one or more of the follows: a touch operation with the number of clicks exceeding a preset threshold, a touch operation of an O-shaped touch gesture, and a touch operation with a touch pressure reaching a second preset threshold.
  • the implementations of the present disclosure are not particularly restricted.
  • the proximity sensor is started based on a determination that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set.
  • the touch operation when the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set, it indicates that the touch operation is configured to launch an application of the terminal device, and the proximity sensor can be started to further determine whether the touch operation is made based on user's intention or it is an accidental operation of the user.
  • the terminal device can be equipped with at least one proximity sensor. When more than one proximity sensor is provided, all or part of the more than one proximity sensor may be started according to a position of the touch operation or other environmental factors.
  • the proximity sensor when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode, the proximity sensor can be turned off or in a suspending state, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal device when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode.
  • Starting the proximity sensor may also include a process of awakening a sensor that is in a suspending state, the implementations of the present disclosure are not limited herein.
  • the proximity sensor of the implementations of the present disclosure may be an infrared ray proximity sensor, a linear proximity sensor, an ultrasonic proximity sensor, or the like.
  • At block 203 at least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen is determined.
  • the at least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be determined for detecting by the proximity sensor. For example, a detection range of the proximity sensor can be determined first, and the detection range is divided into the at least one detection zone. Alternatively, the at least one detection zone is determined according to an operating position of the touch operation on the touch display screen. Alternatively, the at least one detection zone can be determined by a combination of the above two manners.
  • occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone is detected with the proximity sensor.
  • the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone can be detected with the proximity sensor. For instance, in the case that one or more proximity sensors are started, the at least one detection zone can be determined based on a range that the proximity sensor(s) can detect, the operating position of the touch operation, or a combination of the above two manners. Then the proximity sensor can detect the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone determined.
  • the importance or priority of each detection zone may be preset to be the same or different. For example, when the importance of each detection zone is different, for each detection zone, the occlusion coverage area thereof can be represented as the result obtained by multiplying the occlusion coverage area and a corresponding weight value representing the importance of the detection zone.
  • each detection zone determines whether the total of the occlusion coverage area thereof is greater than a preset threshold area.
  • the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone can be obtained.
  • the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than the preset threshold area, it means that there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is less than the preset threshold area, it means that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, which in turn indicates that the user wants to launch the application quickly through the touch operation on the touch display screen.
  • the touch display screen is switched from the screen-off mode to a screen-on mode.
  • the touch display screen when it is determined that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, the touch display screen can be switched from the screen-off mode to the screen-on mode, to prepare for displaying a startup interface of the application or a function interface after the application is launched. Before the application is launched, the user may be further prompted to enter a permission for launching the application when the touch display screen is in the screen-on mode, to ensure the security of the application.
  • an application corresponding to the touch operation is launched.
  • the application corresponding to the touch operation of the user can be launched.
  • a startup interface or a function interface of the application can be displayed on the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor can be closed or enter a suspending state.
  • the above touch operation of the user can be in a mapping relationship with action items of the application.
  • action items of the application can relate to “previous song”, “next song”, “fast forward”, “fast rewind”, “volume adjustment”, and so on.
  • Each action item corresponds to a touch operation, for instance, when the touch operation is to slide the screen to the right, an action item corresponding thereto is “fast forward”.
  • the action item in the application when it is detected that there is the action item in a mapping relationship with the touch operation, operate on the action item in the application based on the touch operation. For example, when the action item corresponding to the above touch operation is to adjust volume, the volume of the application can be adjusted according to the touch operation. Further, suppose the touch operation refers to a touch pressure, the volume of the application will be reduced when the touch pressure of the touch operation is reduced; likewise, the volume of the application will be increased accordingly when the touch pressure of the touch operation is increased. It should be appreciated that, there may be other mapping relationships between the touch operation and action items of the application, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the terminal device may further recognize the touch operation so as to determine, with the proximity sensor, whether the touch operation is an accidental operation, and thereby improving the accuracy of recognizing whether the touch operation is an accidental operation. Further, when determining that the touch operation is not an accidental operation and the application is launched, operate on the action item of the application based on the touch operation, which simplifies user operation in terms of operations on the application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for launching an application according to a third method implementation of the present disclosure.
  • the method illustrated in FIG. 3 mainly describes operations performed when a touch operation corresponds to multiple applications to be launched. That is, when executing the method of the first method implementation or the second method implementation, the method described in the third method implementation may also be further performed alternatively or in addition to the corresponding operations.
  • the method is applicable to the above terminal device. As illustrated in FIG. 3 , the method begins at block 301 .
  • a proximity sensor is started, for example, when a touch operation is detected.
  • At block 303 at least one application in a mapping relationship with the touch operation is determined (for example, retrieved) from an application set when no occlusion is detected.
  • the proximity sensor when no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen is detected with the proximity sensor, proceed to the process of launching an application.
  • the at least one application in a mapping relationship with the touch operation can be determined from the application set of the terminal device.
  • the touch operation may correspond to multiple applications. If the touch operation is not an accidental operation of the user, which application of the multiple applications corresponding to the touch operation will be launched may refer to the following operations. It should be understood that, more than one application can be launched at the same time through the touch operation.
  • a movement of a target object in relative to the touch display screen (hereinafter, relative movement for short) is detected with the proximity sensor.
  • the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen can be further determined with the proximity sensor.
  • the proximity sensor can determine the target object with aid of a device such as a camera provided in the terminal device, and the target object can be the face, hands, or other objects having target features of the user. Thereafter, the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen is detected.
  • the movement relationship can be a close relationship, a distant relationship, and the like. It should be appreciated that, with aid of other sensors, the proximity sensor can also detect other movement relationships such as a left-shift relationship or a right-shift relationship. Different movement relationships may correspond to different applications determined.
  • an application corresponding to the relative movement is launched.
  • the application corresponding to the relative movement can be launched from the determined at least one application.
  • different movement relationships may correspond to the different applications among the at least one application.
  • the determined at least one application may be sorted with sequence numbers, and different movement relationships correspond to different sequence numbers.
  • the movement relationship may also include parameters such as a movement acceleration, a movement rate, a movement range and the like of the target object in relative to the touch display screen.
  • a specific application can be determined according to different movement parameters of a movement relationship.
  • the terminal device can launch multiple applications with the proximity sensor, or determine an application to be launched from the at least one application corresponding to the touch operation based on the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen. In this case, launching of an application becomes more accurate.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a first terminal implementation of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 4 , the terminal device includes a first detecting module 401 , a first starting module 402 , a second detecting module 403 , and a second starting module 404 .
  • the first detecting module 401 can be embodied as a touch sensor and is configured to detect a touch operation of a user on a touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode.
  • the first starting module 402 can be embodied as a controller and is configured to start a proximity sensor, in response to the first detecting module 401 detecting the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in the screen-off mode.
  • the first detecting module 401 detects the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device in the screen-off mode of the touch display screen, there is a possibility that the user performs an accidental operation on the touch display screen and therefore, the first starting module 402 needs to start the proximity sensor to further detect whether the touch operation is an accidental operation.
  • the terminal device can be equipped with at least one proximity sensor. When more than one proximity sensor is provided, all or part of the more than one proximity sensor may be started according to a position of the touch operation or other environmental factors.
  • the proximity sensor when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode, the proximity sensor can be turned off or turn to a suspending state, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal device when the touch screen of the terminal device is in the screen-off mode.
  • Starting the proximity sensor may also include a process of awakening a sensor that is in a suspending state, the disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the proximity sensor of the implementations of the present disclosure can be an infrared ray proximity sensor, a linear proximity sensor, an ultrasonic proximity sensor, or the like.
  • the second detecting module 403 is configured to detect, with the proximity sensor, existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the second detecting module 403 can detect, through the started proximity sensor, whether there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the phrases of “in front of the touch display screen” mentioned herein includes but not limited to a direction in which part of the touch display screen is covered or occluded (in other words, blocked) and in which, the occlusion can form a projection on the touch display screen.
  • the occlusion can affect the proximity sensor's judgment of a proximity distance.
  • a threshold distance may be set in advance (in the following, “preset distance range” for short).
  • the proximity sensor When the proximity sensor detects that there is an object within the preset distance range, it indicates that the object is an occlusion of the touch screen of the terminal device.
  • the preset distance can be in a direction perpendicular to the touch display screen. Alternatively, the preset distance can be in any direction on a hemisphere with the preset distance as the radius of the hemisphere and a coordinate point of the touch operation on the touch display screen as a center of the hemisphere. Alternatively, the preset distance can be in any direction on a partial hemisphere, the implementations of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
  • At least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be determined, whether the total of occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than a preset threshold area is determined by counting the total coverage area of occlusion(s) of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone.
  • the total is greater than the preset threshold area, it indicates that there is an occlusion, that is, the user may has performed an accidental operation on the touch display screen, and there is no need to launch the application and the touch display screen will remain in the screen-off mode.
  • the application shall be launched by a second starting module 404 described below.
  • a proximity sensor when a proximity sensor is started, at least one detection zone capable of being sensed by the proximity sensor can be determined.
  • at least one detection zone capable of being sensed generally by the multiple proximity sensors can be determined, for example, the at least one detection zone can be determined with aid of an operating position of the touch operation on the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor is an infrared ray proximity sensor, in this case, the proximity sensor is configured to detect an object in front of the touch display screen through emitting one or more infrared rays, and to determine whether the distance between the object and the touch display screen is within the preset distance based on a duration of reflection of the infrared rays emitted.
  • the object is within the preset distance, it can be determined that the object is an occlusion, that is, there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • whether or not a coverage range of the object has actually occluded the touch display screen can be further determined with aid of scanning area of infrared rays.
  • the occlusion coverage range has not occluded the touch display screen, it indicates that there is no occlusion.
  • the occlusion coverage range has occluded the touch display screen, it indicates that there is an occlusion. It should be understood that, the above operations may also be combined with each other to determine whether there is an occlusion, the implementations of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
  • the second starting module 404 can be embodied as a controller and is configured to launch an application corresponding to the touch operation when no occlusion is detected by the second detecting module 403 .
  • the second detecting module 403 when it detects that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, it indicates that the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen is not an accidental operation, and the second starting module 404 can launch the application corresponding to the touch operation.
  • the application corresponding to the touch operation can be further determined, and then the application can be launched on the terminal device.
  • the application such as GPS positioning and the like, can be run in the background after being launched, or a startup interface of the application can be displayed on a display interface of the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor is started in response to detecting the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in the screen-off mode. Thereafter, existence of an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen can be determined with the proximity sensor, so as to determine whether the touch operation of the user is an accidental operation.
  • existence of an occlusion within the preset distance it means that the touch operation of the user is not an accidental operation, and the application corresponding to the touch operation can be launched, thereby realizing quick launch of an application through the touch operation while avoiding extra power consumption of the terminal device caused by the accidental operation of the user.
  • the proximity sensor is triggered on condition that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, which can further reduce power consumption of the terminal device caused by long-time operating of the proximity sensor.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a second terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • the terminal device described in this implementation includes a first detecting module 501 , a judging module 502 , a first starting module 503 , a second detecting module 504 , a switching module 505 , a second starting module 506 , a third detecting module 507 , and an operating module 508 .
  • the first detecting module 501 is configured to detect a touch operation of a user on a touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode.
  • the judging module 502 is configured to judge whether the touch operation belongs to a touch operation set that is in a mapping relationship with an application set of the terminal device, in response to the first detecting module 501 detecting the touch operation of the user on the touch display screen of the terminal device when the touch display screen is in the screen-off mode.
  • the judging module 502 can first determine whether the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set that is in a mapping relationship with the application set of the terminal device. In other words, the judging module 502 first determines whether the touch operation is configured to launch the application. For instance, a mapping relationship table regarding the application set and the touch operation set can be pre-stored in the terminal device, where applications in the application set may correspond to one or more touch operations belong to the touch operation set. Each entry of the mapping relationship table indicates one application and one or more touch operations corresponding to the application.
  • the touch operation in the above mapping relationship table can be a touch gesture operation, a touch pressure, and the like.
  • a touch operation for launching Application 1 may include one or more of the follows: a double-click touch operation, a touch operation of a V-shaped touch gesture, a touch operation with a touch pressure reaching a first preset threshold, and other touch operations.
  • a touch operation for launching Application 2 may include one or more of the follows: a touch operation with the number of clicks exceeding a preset threshold, a touch operation of an O-shaped touch gesture, and a touch operation with a touch pressure reaching a second preset threshold.
  • the implementations of the present disclosure are not particularly restricted.
  • the first starting module 503 is configured to start the proximity sensor, when the judging module 502 judges that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set.
  • the judging module 502 judges that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set, it indicates that the touch operation is configured to launch an application of the terminal device, and the first starting module 503 can be further configured to start the proximity sensor to further determine whether the touch operation is made based on user's intention or it is an accidental operation of the user.
  • the terminal device can be equipped with at least one proximity sensor. When more than one proximity sensor is provided, all or part of the more than one proximity sensor may be started according to a position of the touch operation or other environmental factors.
  • the proximity sensor when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode, the proximity sensor can be turned off or in a suspending state, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal device when the touch display screen of the terminal device is in a screen-off mode.
  • Starting the proximity sensor may also include a process of awakening a sensor in a suspending state, the implementations of the present disclosure are not limited herein.
  • the proximity sensor of the implementations of the present disclosure may be an infrared ray proximity sensor, a linear proximity sensor, an ultrasonic proximity sensor, or the like.
  • the second detecting module 504 is configured to detect, with the proximity sensor, existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the second detecting module 504 includes a first determining unit 5041 , a detecting unit 5042 , a judging unit 5043 , and a second determining unit 5044 .
  • the first determining unit 5041 is configured to determine at least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the first determining unit 5041 can determine the at least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen for the proximity sensor to detect. For example, a detection range of the proximity sensor can be determined first, and the detection range is divided into the at least one detection zone. Alternatively, the at least one detection zone is determined according to an operating position of the touch operation on the touch display screen. Alternatively, the at least one detection zone can be determined by a combination of the above two manners.
  • the detecting unit 5042 is configured to detect, with the proximity sensor, occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone.
  • the detecting unit 5042 can detect, with the proximity sensor, the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone. For instance, in the case that one or more proximity sensors are started, the at least one detection zone can be determined based on a detectable range of the proximity sensors, the operating position of the touch operation, or a combination of the above two manners. Then the proximity sensor can detect the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone determined.
  • the importance or priority of each detection zone may be preset to be the same or different. For example, if the importance of each detection zone is different, for each detection zone, the occlusion coverage area thereof can be represented as the result obtained by multiplying the occlusion coverage area and a corresponding weight value representing the importance of the detection zone.
  • the judging unit 5043 is configured to judge whether the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than a preset threshold area.
  • the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone can be obtained.
  • the judging unit 5043 judges that the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than the preset threshold area, it means that there is an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen.
  • the judging unit 5043 judges that the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is less than the preset threshold area, it means that there is no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen, which in turn indicates that the user wants to launch the application quickly through the touch operation on the touch display screen.
  • the second determining unit 5044 is configured to determine that there is no occlusion when the judging unit 5043 judges that the total is not greater than the preset threshold area.
  • the switching module 505 is configured to switch the touch display screen from the screen-off mode to a screen-on mode.
  • the switching module 505 can switch the touch display screen from the screen-off mode to the screen-on mode, to prepare for displaying a startup interface of the application or a function interface after the application is launched.
  • the terminal device may further include a prompting module 509 .
  • the prompting module 509 is configured to, before the application is launched, prompt the user to enter a permission for launching the application when the touch display screen is in the screen-on mode, to ensure the security of the application.
  • the second starting module 506 is configured to launch an application corresponding to the touch operation.
  • the second starting module 506 can launch the application corresponding to the touch operation of the user.
  • a startup interface or a function interface of the application can be displayed on the touch display screen.
  • the proximity sensor can be closed or enter a suspending state.
  • the third detecting module 507 is configured to detect, in the application, existence of an action item in a mapping relationship with the touch operation.
  • the above touch operation of the user can be in a mapping relationship (in other words, correspondence relationship) with action items of the application.
  • action items of the application can relate to “previous song”, “next song”, “fast forward”, “fast rewind”, “volume adjustment”, and so on.
  • Each action item further corresponds to a touch operation, for instance, when the touch operation is to slide the screen to the right, an action item corresponding thereto is “fast forward”.
  • the third detecting module 507 can detect existence of an action item which is in a mapping relationship with the above touch operation to further speed up the process of launching an application, since operations on the action item(s) of the application can be completed while launching the application, richer operation functions can be achieved with simpler operations.
  • the operating module 508 is configured to operate on the action item based on the touch operation when the third detecting module 507 detects that there is the action item corresponding to the touch operation of the user.
  • the operating module 508 can operate on the action item in the application based on the touch operation. For example, when the action item corresponding to the above touch operation is to adjust volume, the volume of the application can be adjusted according to the touch operation. Further, suppose the touch operation is associated with a touch pressure, the volume of the application will be reduced when the touch pressure of the touch operation is reduced; likewise, the volume of the application will be increased accordingly when the touch pressure of the touch operation is increased. It should be appreciated that, there may be other mapping relationships between the touch operation and action items of the application, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the terminal device may further recognize the touch operation so as to determine whether the touch operation is an accidental operation with the proximity sensor, and thereby improving the accuracy of recognizing whether the touch operation is an accidental operation. Further, when determining that the touch operation is not an accidental operation and the application is launched, operations corresponding to the action item of the application will be conducted based on the touch operation, which simplifies user operation in terms of operations on the application.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a third terminal implementation of the present disclosure. Functions of the modules included in the terminal device illustrated in FIG. 6 may be a supplement to that of the terminal device illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 .
  • the terminal device illustrated in FIG. 6 may include all or part of the modules illustrated in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 ; for those modules operating in the same or similar way, they are not illustrated in FIG. 6 to avoid redundancy.
  • the terminal device includes a first starting module 601 , a first detecting module 602 , a retrieving module 603 , a second detecting module 604 , and a second starting module 605 .
  • the first starting module 601 is configured to start a proximity sensor.
  • the first detecting module 602 is configured to detect, with the proximity sensor, whether there is an occlusion within a preset distance in front of a touch display screen.
  • the retrieving module 603 is configured to retrieve, from an application set, at least one application in a mapping relationship with the touch operation when no occlusion is detected.
  • the proximity sensor when no occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen is detected with the proximity sensor, proceed to the process of launching an application. For instance, at least one application in a mapping relationship with the touch operation can be retrieved from the application set of the terminal device.
  • the touch operation may correspond to multiple applications. If the touch operation is not an accidental operation of the user, the following operations may be carried out to determine which application of the multiple applications corresponding to the touch operation will be launched. It should be understood that, more than one application can be launched at the same time through the touch operation; the disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the second detecting module 604 is configured to detect, with the proximity sensor, a relative movement (in other words, relative movement relationship) between a target object and the touch display screen.
  • the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen can be further determined with the proximity sensor.
  • the proximity sensor together with a device such as a camera configured in the terminal device, can determine the target object, and the target object can be the face, hands, or other objects having target features of the user. Thereafter, the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen is detected.
  • the movement relationship can be a close relationship, a distant relationship, and the like. It should be appreciated that, the proximity sensor can also detect other movement relationships with aid of other sensors, such as a left-shift relationship or a right-shift relationship. Different movement relationships may correspond to different applications retrieved.
  • the second starting module 605 is configured to launch, among the at least one application, an application corresponding to the relative movement.
  • the application corresponding to the relative movement may be launched.
  • different movement relationships may correspond to different applications of the at least one application.
  • the retrieved at least one application may be sorted with sequence numbers, and different movement relationships correspond to different sequence numbers.
  • the movement relationship may also include parameters such as a movement acceleration, a movement rate, a movement range, and the like of the target object in relative to the touch display screen.
  • a specific application can be determined according to different movement parameters of a movement relationship.
  • the terminal device can launch multiple applications with the proximity sensor, or determine from the at least one application corresponding to the touch operation an application to be launched based on the relative movement between the target object and the touch display screen. In this case, launching of an application becomes more accurate.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a fourth terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • the terminal device 70 includes a touch display screen 71 , a touch sensor 73 , a proximity sensor 75 , a proximity sensor controller 77 , and an application controller 79 .
  • a proximity sensor 75 is illustrated in the figure, however, the terminal device 70 may be provided with more than one proximity sensor, and one or more proximity sensors can be started simultaneously.
  • the touch display screen 71 is generally configured to receive a touch operation of a user.
  • the touch operation can be made at the user's discretion or the touch operation may be an accidental operation.
  • the touch sensor 73 is coupled with the touch display screen 71 and is configured to detect the touch operation of a user on the touch display screen 71 .
  • the touch sensor 73 may have a sensing array for touch operation detection.
  • the proximity sensor 75 is configured to detect existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen 71 .
  • the proximity sensor 75 is an infrared ray proximity sensor and is configured to detect existence of the occlusion based on at least one of reflection duration and scanning area of infrared rays emitted therefrom.
  • the proximity sensor controller 77 is configured to control the proximity sensor 75 to be enabled, according to the detection of the touch operation by the touch sensor 73 . Specifically, the proximity sensor controller 77 is configured to control the proximity sensor 75 to be enabled when the touch operation is detected by the touch sensor 73 . Under control of the proximity sensor controller 77 , the proximity sensor 75 can be started or switches to a suspending state.
  • the application controller 79 is configured to launch an application corresponding to the touch operation detected by the touch sensor 73 , according to the detection of the occlusion by the proximity sensor 75 . Specifically, the application controller 79 is configured to launch an application corresponding to the touch operation detected by the touch sensor 73 when no occlusion is detected by the proximity sensor 75 .
  • the application controller 79 has access to and can manage multiple applications running on the terminal device.
  • the proximity sensor 75 is further configured to determine movement of a target object in relative to the touch display screen.
  • the application controller 79 is configured to determine at least one application in a mapping relationship with the touch operation and launch, among the at least one application, an application corresponding to the movement of the target object that is detected by the proximity sensor 75 .
  • the proximity sensor controller 77 is further configured to determine whether the touch operation belongs to a touch operation set corresponding to an application set of the terminal device and start the proximity sensor 75 based on a determination that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set.
  • the proximity sensor 75 configured to detect existence of the occlusion is configured to: determine at least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen; determine occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone; determine whether the total of the occlusion coverage area of each detection zone is greater than a preset threshold area; determine that there is no occlusion based on a determination that the total is not greater than the preset threshold area.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a terminal device according to a fourth terminal implementation of the present disclosure.
  • the terminal device described in this implementation includes a touch display screen 1000 , at least one proximity sensor 2000 , at least one processor 3000 (for example, a CPU), a memory 4000 , and a bus 5000 .
  • the touch display screen 1000 , the at least one proximity sensor 2000 , the at least one processor 3000 , and the memory 4000 are coupled via the bus 5000 .
  • the above at least one proximity sensor 2000 can be embedded in the touch display screen 1000 . As illustrated in FIG. 8 , the above at least one proximity sensor 2000 can also be independent from the touch display screen 1000 .
  • the above-mentioned memory 4000 may be a high-speed random access memory (RAM) memory or a non-transitory memory such as a disk memory.
  • the above memory 4000 is configured to store a set of program codes.
  • the above processor 3000 is configured to invoke the program codes stored in the memory 4000 to perform the following operations.
  • a proximity sensor is started in response to a touch operation of a user detected on a touch display screen of a terminal device when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode. Existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen is detected with the proximity sensor. An application corresponding to the touch operation is launched when no occlusion is detected.
  • the processor 3000 is further configured to invoke the program codes stored in the memory 4000 to judge whether the touch operation belongs to a touch operation set that is in a mapping relationship with an application set of the terminal device.
  • Starting the proximity sensor may include the follows.
  • the proximity sensor is started based on a judgment that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set.
  • the manner in which the processor 3000 detects, with the proximity sensor, existence of an occlusion within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen is as follows.
  • At least one detection zone within the preset distance in front of the touch display screen is determined. Occlusion coverage area of each detection zone of the at least one detection zone is detected with the proximity sensor. For each detection zone, judge whether the total of the occlusion coverage area thereof is greater than a preset threshold area. Determine that there is no occlusion when the total is not greater than the preset threshold area.
  • the processor 3000 is further configured to invoke the program codes stored in the memory 4000 to switch the touch display screen from the screen-off mode to a screen-on mode.
  • the processor 3000 is further configured to invoke program codes stored in the memory 4000 to perform the following operations.
  • Implementations of the present disclosure further provide a computer storage medium.
  • the computer storage medium is configured to store programs which, when executed, can be operable to accomplish part or all of the operations of any of the methods described in the foregoing method implementations.
  • the apparatus disclosed in implementations provided herein may be implemented in other manners.
  • the device/apparatus implementations described above are merely illustrative; for instance, the division of the unit is only a logical function division and there can be other manners of division during actual implementations, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, omitted, or not performed.
  • coupling or communication connection between each illustrated or discussed component may be direct coupling or communication connection, or may be indirect coupling or communication among devices or units via some interfaces, and may be electrical connection or other forms of connection.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, the components illustrated as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be in the same place or may be distributed to multiple network elements. Part or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the technical solutions of the implementations.
  • the functional units in various implementations of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically present, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the above-mentioned integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or a software function unit.
  • the integrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable memory when it is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and is sold or used as a separate product.
  • the technical solutions of the present disclosure essentially, or the part of the technical solutions that contributes to the related art, or all or part of the technical solutions, may be embodied in the form of a software product which is stored in a memory and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device and so on) to perform all or part of the operations described in the various implementations of the present disclosure.
  • the memory includes various medium capable of storing program codes, such as a universal serial bus (USB), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, Disk, compact disc (CD), or the like.

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