WO2013075406A1

WO2013075406A1 - Terminal and method for reducing power consumption of terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013075406A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/070920
Authority: WO
Inventors: 占明
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-11-23
Filing date: 2012-02-07
Publication date: 2013-05-30
Also published as: CN103135737A

Abstract

Disclosed are a terminal and a method for reducing the power consumption of a terminal. The method includes: splicing a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen; receiving a display instruction input by a user; and controlling a display area corresponding to the display instruction to display data, and the other display areas to keep in a power-saving mode, with the display instruction being a single area display instruction or a multi-area display instruction. In the terminal and the method for reducing the power consumption of a terminal proposed in the present invention, the method of controlling one or more corresponding display areas to display data according to a received single area or multi-area display instruction when there is data to be displayed by splicing a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen greatly reduces the power consumption generated by the terminal due to data display as compared to the fact that the existing terminal displays data always on the full screen, thus prolonging the standby time of the terminal.

Description

Terminal, method for reducing terminal power consumption

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal and a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal. Background technique

With the rapid development of communication technology, mobile terminals have gradually developed into a comprehensive terminal product integrating call, music, video, camera, camera and Internet access. Liquid crystal displays are the basic vehicle for these functions. At present, mobile terminals with full touch screens have been gradually promoted and have become popular. The size of liquid crystal displays has gradually increased as their production costs have decreased, to meet the needs of users. However, the larger the size of the liquid crystal display, the greater the power consumption during operation. For example, a 7-inch LCD display terminal consumes 30 to 60% of the power consumption of the entire terminal when playing video, and the increase in battery capacity is limited by the volume. Time is shortened due to increased power consumption. Summary of the invention

The main object of the present invention is to provide a terminal, a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal, reducing power consumption when terminal data is displayed, and extending standby time of the terminal.

The invention provides a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal, comprising the following steps:

Assembling multiple independent display areas into a terminal display;

Receiving a display instruction input by a user;

The display area corresponding to the display instruction is displayed for data display, and the other display areas are maintained in the power saving mode; the display command is a single area display command or a multi-region display command.

Preferably, the assembling the plurality of independent display areas into the terminal display screen comprises: Provides multiple independent sub-display hardware and baseband chips;

Attaching multiple sub-display hardware to the baseband chip;

The control interface of each sub-display is provided so that each sub-display can display data separately or in combination with multiple sub-displays. Receiving a full screen display instruction input by the user;

Controls all display areas corresponding to the full screen display command for data display.

Preferably, the display screen is a touch screen, and the display instruction is controlled by a user touch. Preferably, the terminal is a palmtop computer or a mobile phone.

The invention further provides a terminal, comprising:

Assembling module for assembling multiple independent display areas into a terminal display screen;

a receiving module, configured to receive a display instruction input by the user;

The control module is configured to control the display area corresponding to the display instruction for data display, and the other display areas maintain the power saving mode; the display instruction is a single area display instruction or a multi-region display instruction.

Preferably, the assembling module is configured to provide a plurality of independent sub-display hardware and a baseband chip; and connect the plurality of sub-display hardware to the baseband chip; provide a control interface of each sub-display to enable each sub-display Data can be displayed separately or in combination with multiple sub-displays.

Preferably, the receiving module is further configured to receive a full-screen display command input by the user; and the control module is further configured to control all display areas corresponding to the full-screen display command to perform data display.

The invention provides a terminal and a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal, by assembling a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen, when data display is required, according to a single area or multiple received The area display command control refers to the manner in which the corresponding one or more display areas display data, and the display of the power consumption generated by the data display is greatly reduced compared with the existing terminal through the full-screen data display, thereby prolonging the standby of the terminal. time. DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal of the present invention;

2 is another flow chart of an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal of the present invention;

3 is a logic diagram of a hardware control of a display screen of the terminal of the present invention;

4 is a schematic view showing the assembly structure of the terminal display screen of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the power consumption of the terminal display screen in the different application scenarios of the existing terminal and the terminal of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a terminal of the present invention.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments herein. detailed description

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption of a terminal according to the present invention is provided, where the method includes:

Step S101: assembling multiple independent display areas into a terminal display screen;

Step S102: Receive a display instruction input by a user.

Step S103: controlling the display area corresponding to the display instruction to perform data display, and the other display areas maintaining the power saving mode.

The display instruction is a single area display instruction or a multi-region display instruction.

In this embodiment, the specific manner in which the other display areas maintain the power saving mode is: The display area is blank and not working. Therefore, the other display areas do not generate any power consumption. The foregoing method for reducing the power consumption of the terminal, by assembling a plurality of independent display areas into the terminal display screen, when the data display is required, controlling one or more corresponding ones according to the single-area or multi-area display instruction input by the user. The display area performs data display, which greatly reduces the power consumption of the terminal due to data display compared with the full-screen display of the existing terminal, thereby prolonging the standby time of the terminal.

Further, in the above method embodiment for reducing power consumption of the terminal, the display screen is a touch screen, and the single area and multi-area display commands are controlled by user touch. In addition, if the terminal is a normal terminal, the display command can also be controlled by the user button.

Further, referring to the method embodiment of reducing the power consumption of the terminal in FIG. 2, assembling the plurality of independent display areas into the terminal display screen includes:

Step S201, providing multiple independent sub-display hardware and baseband chips;

Step S202, attaching multiple sub-display hardware to the baseband chip;

Step S203: Providing a control interface of each sub-display, so that each sub-display can display data separately, or multiple sub-displays can display data in cooperation.

Referring to FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the terminal display screen is assembled by six independent display areas, and the assembling process is as follows: First, six independent sub-display hardware and baseband chips are required. Each of the independent sub-display hardware includes a command data control component, a read/write control component, a power supply component, a backlight power component, and a data bus. The components in each sub-display hardware are attached to the baseband chip. It is thus possible to control each sub-display individually on the baseband chip, or to control multiple or all sub-displays simultaneously.

Further, in the foregoing method for reducing power consumption of the terminal, after step S101, the method further includes: receiving a full-screen display command input by the user; and controlling all display areas corresponding to the full-screen display command to perform data display. That is, when full-screen display is required, all display areas are controlled to coordinate data display, and the original full-screen display function of the terminal is reserved. Further, in the foregoing method for reducing power consumption of the terminal, the terminal is a palmtop computer or a mobile phone.

Further, in the foregoing method for reducing power consumption of the terminal, the display screen of the terminal is assembled by multiple independent display areas, and each of the independent display areas respectively has a number, and the single area display instruction includes a corresponding display area. Numbering.

Referring to FIG. 4, if the display screen of the terminal is assembled by six independent display areas, a display area number is configured for each display area, for example, the six display area numbers can be set to 1, 2, 3, and 4 in sequence. , 5, 6. Similarly, the above-mentioned multi-region display command and full-screen display command include corresponding display area numbers. The corresponding full-screen display command in Figure 4 includes display area numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Further, referring to FIG. 4, in the foregoing method for reducing power consumption of the terminal, the plurality of display areas corresponding to the number included in the multi-region display command are spliced into a square display area. That is, when multiple display areas are required to coordinate data display, the premise is that the multi-display area can be spliced into a large square display area, for example, display areas 1 and 2 in FIG. 4, display areas 1 and 3, and display area. 2 and 4, display areas 3 and 4, display areas 3 and 5, display areas 4 and 6, and display areas 5 and 6 can be spliced into one large square display area. In addition, display areas 1, 3, 5, display areas 2, 4, 6, display areas 1, 2, 3, 4, display areas 3, 4, 5, 6, display areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 can also be spliced into a larger display area. The display area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is spliced into a larger display area for data display, that is, full screen display.

In addition, each of the plurality of display areas of the terminal display screen has a square shape, and the square includes a rectangle and a square. The number of display areas may be an even number or an odd number. The shape and size of each of the plurality of display areas may be the same or different.

In the above embodiment, after receiving the single-area display instruction, the terminal controls the display area corresponding to the single-area display instruction to display data as long as there is data to be displayed, until the terminal receives the data. He displays instructions in a single area, displays in multiple areas, or displays the instructions in full screen. For example, when the single-area display command is received at 8:00 and the multi-area display command is received at 12:00, the data is displayed during the time period from 8:00 to 12:00, and the terminal according to 8: The single-area display command received at 00 controls a corresponding display area for data display. After 12:00, if there is data to be displayed, the terminal controls the corresponding multi-area display command received at 12:00. The display area displays data until the next other display command is received.

The method for reducing power consumption of the terminal provided by the above embodiment can be applied to the following scenarios: call video, call voice, music play, video play, image capture, photo shooting. The power consumption of the method for reducing the power consumption of the terminal provided by the above embodiment is applied to the power consumption of the full-screen display in the above scenario, as shown in FIG. 5.

Referring to Figure 6, a terminal 100 - an embodiment of the present invention is proposed, comprising: an assembly module 101, a receiving module 102 and a control module 103. The assembling module 101 is configured to assemble a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen. The receiving module 102 is configured to receive a display instruction input by the user. The control module 103 is configured to control the display area corresponding to the display instruction to perform data display, and the other display area maintains the power saving mode; the display instruction is a single area display instruction or a multi-area display instruction.

In this embodiment, the specific manner in which the other display areas maintain the power saving mode is: the other display areas are in a black screen and are not in operation. Therefore, the other display areas do not generate any power consumption.

In the above embodiment of the terminal 100, by assembling a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen, when data display is required, the corresponding one or more display areas are controlled to perform data according to a single area or multi-area display instruction input by the user. The display, compared with the full-screen display of the existing terminal, greatly reduces the power consumption of the terminal 100 due to data display, thereby prolonging the standby time of the terminal.

Further, in the above embodiment of the terminal 100, the display screen is a touch screen, and the display instruction is controlled by the user's touch. In addition, if the terminal 100 is a normal terminal, the display command can also be controlled by the user's button.

Further, referring to FIG. 3, in the foregoing embodiment of the terminal 100, the assembling module 101 has The body is used to provide multiple independent sub-display hardware and baseband chips; the plurality of sub-display hardware is connected to the baseband chip; the control interface of each sub-display is provided, so that each sub-display can display data separately, Multiple sub-displays can be used to display data in concert.

Referring to Figure 4, the terminal display is assembled from six separate display areas. The assembly process is as follows: First, six separate sub-display hardware and baseband chips are required. Each of the individual sub-display hardware includes command data control components, read and write control components, power components, backlight power components, and a data bus. The components in each sub-display hardware are attached to the baseband chip. It is thus possible to control each sub-display individually on the baseband chip or to control multiple or all sub-displays simultaneously.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment of the terminal 100, the receiving module 102 is further configured to receive a full screen display instruction input by a user. The control module 103 is further configured to control all display areas corresponding to the full screen display instruction for data display. That is, when full-screen display is required, all display areas are controlled to coordinate data display, and the original full-screen display function of the terminal is reserved.

Further, in the foregoing embodiment of the terminal 100, the terminal is a palmtop computer or a mobile phone. Further, in the embodiment of the terminal 100, the display screen of the terminal 100 is assembled by a plurality of independent display areas, and each of the independent display areas respectively has a number, and the single area display instruction includes a corresponding display. Area number. Referring to FIG. 4, if the display screen of the terminal 100 is assembled by six independent display areas, a display area number is configured for each display area, for example, the six display area numbers can be set to 1, 2, 3, respectively. 4, 5, 6. Similarly, the above-mentioned multi-region display command and full-screen display command include corresponding display area numbers. The corresponding full-screen display command in Figure 4 contains display area numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Further, referring to FIG. 4, in the embodiment of the terminal 100, the plurality of display areas corresponding to the numbers included in the multi-region display command are spliced into one square display area. That is, when multiple display areas are required to perform data display cooperatively, the premise is that the multi-display area can be spliced into a large square display area, for example, display areas 1 and 2 in FIG. 4, display areas 1 and 3, Areas 2 and 4, display areas 3 and 4, display areas 3 and 5, display areas 4 and 6, and display areas 5 and 6 can be spliced into one large square display area. In addition, display areas 1, 3, 5, display areas 2, 4, 6, display areas 1, 2, 3, 4, display areas 3, 4, 5, 6, display areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 can also be spliced into a larger display area. The display area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is spliced into a larger display area for data display, that is, full screen display.

In addition, each of the plurality of display areas of the display screen of the terminal 100 has a square shape, and the square includes a rectangle and a square. The number of display areas can be an even number or an odd number. The shape and size of each of the plurality of display areas may be the same or different.

In the above embodiment, after the receiving module 101 receives the single-area display command, as long as there is data to be displayed, the control module 103 controls one display area corresponding to the single-area display instruction to perform data display until receiving other single-area display commands, The area displays the command, or the command is displayed full screen. For example, when the single-area display command is received at 8:00 and the multi-area display command is received at 12:00, when there is data for display in the period from 8:00 to 12:00, the control module 103 The single area display command received at 8:00 controls the corresponding display area for data display. After 12:00, if there is data for display, the control module 103 controls according to the multi-area display command received at 12:00. The corresponding plurality of display areas are displayed for data until the next other display instruction is received.

The above embodiment provides that the terminal 100 can be applied to the following scenarios: call video, call voice, music play, video play, image capture, photo shooting. See Figure 5 for the power consumption of the terminal 100 provided in the above embodiment applied to the relatively full screen display in the above scenario.

It should be understood that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus the scope of the invention is not limited thereby, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the invention and the drawings are used directly or indirectly. Other related technical fields are equally included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for reducing power consumption of a terminal, comprising the steps of: assembling a plurality of independent display areas into a terminal display screen;

Receiving a display instruction input by a user;

2. The method of reducing power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein the assembling the plurality of independent display areas into the terminal display screen comprises:

Provides multiple independent sub-display hardware and baseband chips;

Attaching multiple sub-display hardware to the baseband chip;

The control interface of each sub-display is provided so that each sub-display can display data separately or in combination with multiple sub-displays.

3. The method of reducing power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein assembling the plurality of independent display areas into the terminal display screen further comprises:

Receiving a full screen display instruction input by the user;

4. The method of reducing power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is a touch screen, and the display instruction is controlled by a user touch.

5. The method of reducing power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a palmtop computer or a mobile phone.

6. A terminal, comprising:

a control module, configured to control a display area corresponding to the display instruction to perform data display, and another display area to maintain a power saving mode; the display instruction is a single area display instruction or a multi-region display Instruction.

The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the assembling module is configured to provide a plurality of independent sub-display hardware and a baseband chip; and connect the plurality of sub-display hardware to the baseband chip; The control interface of the display allows each sub-display to display data separately or in combination with multiple sub-displays.

8. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein:

The receiving module is further configured to receive a full screen display instruction input by the user;

The control module is further configured to control all display areas corresponding to the full screen display instruction to perform data display.

9. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the display screen is a touch screen, and the display instruction is controlled by a user touch.

10. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the terminal is a palmtop computer or a mobile phone.