WO2014153984A1

WO2014153984A1 - Method and apparatus for outputting information of terminal

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Publication number: WO2014153984A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/088937
Authority: WO
Inventors: 谢西庭; 林鹏
Original assignee: 北京智谷睿拓技术服务有限公司
Priority date: 2013-03-29
Filing date: 2013-12-10
Publication date: 2014-10-02
Also published as: CN103220435A; CN103220435B

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for outputting information of a terminal. The method comprises the following steps: detecting power consumption and/or residual electric quantity of a terminal; and when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than a first preset threshold and/or the residual electric quantity is lower than a second preset threshold, converting a first output mode of the information into a second output mode. According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, when power consumption of a terminal is excessively high and/or residual electric quantity is excessively low, the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced by converting an output mode of information; in addition, the self-adaptation conversion of the output mode can also be implemented, and good user experience is provided on the premise of reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

Description

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310109650.5, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. . Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of power management technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for outputting information of a terminal. Background of the invention

With the advancement of technology, there are independent operating systems, and users can install software, games and other applications by themselves, and more and more intelligent terminals can realize wireless network access through mobile communication networks. Such terminals are able to continuously expand their functionality through the installed applications. Too many applications running at the same time or too high power consumption of the running application will cause excessive consumption of the terminal power, or even no power, which seriously affects the user experience. Relative to the increasing function expansion on the terminal, relatively less power is undoubtedly a major obstacle to the development of the terminal. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention reduces the power consumption of the terminal by converting the output mode of the information.

In order to solve the above problem, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for outputting information of a terminal, where the method includes the following steps:

Detecting power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal; And when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold, converting the first output mode of the information into the second output mode.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information output apparatus for a terminal, where the apparatus includes:

a detecting module, configured to detect power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal, and send the detection result to the conversion module;

And a conversion module, configured to convert the first output mode of the information into the second output mode when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer program product, wherein the computer program product causes a information output device of a terminal to perform the method of any one of the first aspect or the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer readable medium, where the computer readable medium includes computer operation instructions, when a processor executes the computer operation instruction, the computer operation instruction is used to make a processor A method of performing the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information output apparatus for a terminal, where the apparatus includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface.

The memory stores computer operating instructions, and the processor, the memory, and the communication interface are connected by a communication bus.

The processor, when the device is in operation, executes the computer operating instructions stored by the memory, such that the apparatus performs the method of any of the first aspect or the first aspect.

The method and device of the embodiments of the present invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal by converting the output mode of the information when the power consumption of the terminal is too high and/or the remaining power is too low; Adaptive conversion, under the premise of reducing the power consumption of the terminal, Provides a good user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which the same referenced

1 is a flowchart of a method for outputting information of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application flow of a method for outputting information of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another application flow of a method for outputting information of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an information output apparatus of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of an information output apparatus of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is information of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; A further schematic diagram of the structure of the output device. Mode for carrying out the invention

The information output method and apparatus of the terminal of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for outputting information of a terminal, where the method includes the following steps:

5101. Detecting power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal;

5102. Convert the first output mode of the information to the second output mode when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold. Books, tablets, car smart terminal devices, wearable terminal devices, etc. If the power consumption of the terminal is too high or the remaining power is too low, the terminal will be shut down, resulting in a bad user experience. Cause Therefore, in the method of the embodiment of the present invention, the detection may be performed in real time, periodically, or according to a specific trigger condition, when the detected power consumption of the terminal is higher than a certain threshold (for example, more than 70% or 80%) , converting the current information output mode, that is, the first output mode to the second output mode; or when the detected remaining power of the terminal is lower than a certain threshold (for example, less than 20% or 10%) And converting the current information output mode, that is, the first output mode to the second output mode; or outputting the information when the power consumption is higher than the first preset threshold and the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold The way to convert. Each of the thresholds may be preset according to user needs, based on a survey of a user's good experience, or personal habits.

In summary, the method in the embodiment of the present invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal by converting the output mode of the information when the power consumption of the terminal is too high and/or the remaining power is too low.

Preferably, the selected second output mode consumes less power than the first output mode, in such a manner as to reduce power consumption of the terminal.

More specifically, the output mode of the information (including the first output mode and the second output mode) may include: a video output mode, an image output mode, a text output mode, and a voice output mode, etc., and may be outputted in addition to the image. Any visual signal, any sound signal other than voice, and any signal that can be sensed, etc., and the output mode of the information can also be made by the above-mentioned signals or expressions and other hardware of the terminal. The combination, for example, is combined with the closing of the terminal display screen, the brightness level, and the like. In other words, in the method of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific forms of the first output mode and the second output mode are not limited, and the first output mode and the second output mode may be any combination of the foregoing or a plurality of It is necessary to satisfy the problem that the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced by converting the first output mode to the second output mode when the terminal power consumption is too high and/or the power is too low. In addition, the target output method of the conversion to be performed is not unique. For example, when the terminal is a mobile phone, the output mode of the original ringtone + screen display caller number (and image) of the mobile phone can be converted to use the screen flashing of the terminal, The indicator light flashes, vibrates, or a limited number of tweets, etc. to express the prompt message. It should be noted that, in the method of the embodiment of the present invention, once the power consumption of the terminal is detected to be too high and/or the remaining power is too low or low, the user may automatically determine whether to perform the output mode by outputting a conversion prompt. Conversion.

In addition, whether it is the default information output mode of the application itself on the terminal or the output mode selected by the user of the terminal, the preferred or default output mode (the first output mode) is usually the best output mode for the user experience, therefore, In the method of the embodiment of the present invention, when the power consumption and/or the remaining power of the terminal is restored to a normal level (for example, the power consumption does not exceed the first preset threshold, and the remaining power is not lower than the second preset threshold), The user can be automatically or also able to convert the second output mode of the information into a conversion prompt of the first output mode to restore the user's better experience.

It should be noted that, in the method of the embodiment of the present invention, in order to speed up the automatic conversion of the information output mode, whenever the information output mode of the terminal is converted, the mapping relationship between the information output modes may be recorded, and the mapping relationship may be established. It also maintains a mapping table of entries with such mappings as a basis for future conversion and recovery.

In summary, the method of the embodiment of the present invention can also implement adaptive conversion of the information output mode according to the power consumption and/or the remaining power of the terminal, and provide a good user experience under the premise of reducing the power consumption of the terminal.

The method of the embodiments of the present invention will be further described below by way of specific examples.

Take the terminal as a smart phone as an example, and the current information output mode of the smart phone is a text output mode. As shown in FIG. 2, the method according to the embodiment of the present invention periodically detects the smart phone, and when detecting that the remaining power of the smart phone is less than 10%, automatically displays the text displayed in the text output mode as a voice signal. Form output, and turn off the display of the smartphone or reduce the brightness of the display; in the detection cycle after the information output mode is converted, if the remaining power of the smartphone is detected to be higher than 10% (can also set a higher Recovery threshold Value), outputting a conversion prompt to the user that can restore the original text output mode, the conversion prompt can be a voice signal, and can also be a flashing of any indicator light on the smart phone, and the user performs corresponding operations (for example, according to a certain Restore the text output mode by pressing the function key or unplugging the headphones.

Take the terminal as a tablet computer as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, according to the method of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user clicks on the video file on the tablet, the detection is triggered; if the power consumption of the tablet is detected to exceed 80%, the mapping table is searched, if there is a video output mode. The corresponding entry, according to the entry, outputs, for example, a conversion prompt for converting the video output mode to the voice output mode, and the user makes a selection whether to perform the conversion; if not, the output can convert the video output mode to Other conversion prompts of each output mode, the user makes a choice whether to perform conversion and select which conversion to make, or does not make a conversion; if the user selects the conversion, the information is output according to the output mode selected by the user (for example, the user After converting the video output mode to the voice output mode, the image signal and the audio signal in the video signal are parsed, the audio signal is output only to the user, or the image signal of the specific frame and all the audio signals are output to the user (not limited thereto). ); if the user chooses not to convert, it still follows the default view Output mode for outputting a video signal; conversion after the user selects, in real time or periodically detect the plate brain electrical power consumption, the power consumption at less than 80%, prompting the user to restore the video output.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the above method of the specific embodiments of the present invention, the sequence number of each step does not mean the order of execution sequence, and the execution order of each step should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not be The implementation of the specific embodiments of the invention constitutes any limitation.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, perform the following steps of the method of the embodiment shown in Figures 1-3 above.

As shown in FIG. 4, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an information output device 400 of the terminal, where the information output device 400 of the terminal 4 can be a terminal 4 (including but not limited to a mobile phone, a notebook, The functional modules integrated by the operating system of the tablet, the in-vehicle smart terminal device, and the wearable terminal device are either independent devices or the application itself installed on the terminal. The device 400 includes:

a detecting module 401, configured to detect power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal 4, and send the detection result to the conversion module 402;

A conversion module 402 is configured to convert the first output mode of the information into the second output mode when the power consumption of the terminal 4 is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold.

In other words, the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention can perform detection of power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal in real time, periodically, or according to a specific trigger condition (for example, starting to run a specific application), when the detected terminal When the power consumption is higher than a certain threshold (for example, more than 70% or 80%), the current information output mode, that is, the first output mode is converted into the second output mode; and the remaining power of the detected terminal is also When the threshold is lower than a certain threshold (for example, less than 20% or 10%), the output mode of the current information is converted into the second output mode; or, the power consumption is higher than the first When the threshold is preset and the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold, the conversion of the output mode of the information is performed. Each of the thresholds may be preset according to user needs, based on a survey of a user's good experience, or personal habits.

In summary, the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal by converting the output mode of the information when the power consumption of the terminal is too high and/or the remaining power is too low.

More specifically, the output mode of the information (including the first output mode and the second output mode) may include: a video output mode, an image output mode, a text output mode, and a voice output mode, etc., and may be outputted in addition to the image. Any visual signal, any sound signal other than voice, and any signal that can be sensed, etc. The combination of the above signals or expressions with other hardware of the terminal can be combined, for example, with the shutdown of the terminal display screen, the brightness level, and the like. In other words, in the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific forms of the first output mode and the second output mode are not limited, and the first output mode and the second output mode may be any combination of the foregoing or a plurality of It is necessary to satisfy the problem that the power consumption of the terminal can be reduced by converting the first output mode to the second output mode when the terminal power consumption is too high and/or the power is too low. In addition, the target output method of the conversion to be performed is not unique. For example, when the terminal is a mobile phone, the output mode of the original ringtone of the mobile phone + the screen display caller number (and image) can be converted to use the screen flashing of the terminal, blinking of the indicator light, vibration, or a limited number of tweets, etc. Ways to express the prompt information.

As shown in FIG. 5, in another information output apparatus 500 of the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a prompting module 501 is further included, and the detecting module 401 detects that the power consumption of the terminal 4 is too high and/or the remaining power. When the low level is too low, in addition to automatically converting the first output mode to the second output mode, the prompting module 501 may output a switching prompt to determine whether to perform the conversion of the output mode.

In addition, whether it is the default information output mode of the application itself on the terminal or the output mode selected by the user of the terminal, the preferred or default output mode (the first output mode) is usually the best output mode for the user experience, therefore, In the foregoing devices 400 and 500 of the embodiment of the present invention, the power consumption and/or the remaining power of the terminal 4 are restored to a normal level (the power consumption does not exceed the first preset threshold, and the remaining power is not lower than the second preset threshold. At the same time, the second output mode of the information may be converted to the conversion prompt of the first output mode automatically (or the device 500 may also issue a conversion prompt to the user via the prompting module 501) to restore the user's better experience.

It should be noted that, in order to speed up the automatic conversion of the information output mode, the device of the embodiment of the present invention can record the mapping relationship between the information output modes whenever the information output mode of the terminal is converted, and establish and maintain The mapping table of the entries of such a mapping relationship serves as a basis for future conversion and recovery. In summary, the device in the embodiment of the present invention can also implement adaptive conversion of the information output manner according to the power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal, and provide a user experience on the premise of reducing power consumption of the terminal.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of still another information output apparatus 600 of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The specific embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific implementation of the information output apparatus of the terminal. As shown in FIG. 6, the information output device 600 of the terminal may include:

A processor 610, a Communications Interface 620, a memory 630, and a communication bus 640. among them:

The processor 610, the communication interface 620, and the memory 630 communicate with each other via the communication bus 640.

The communication interface 620 is configured to communicate with a network element such as a client.

The processor 610 is configured to execute the program 632, and specifically, the related steps in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 above may be performed.

In particular, program 632 can include program code, the program code including computer operating instructions.

Processor 610 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention.

The memory 630 is configured to store the program 632. Memory 630 may include high speed RAM memory and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory. The program 632 can specifically cause the apparatus 600 to perform the following steps:

Detecting power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal;

And when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold, converting the first output mode of the information into the second output mode.

For the specific implementation of each unit in the program 632, refer to the corresponding steps in the above embodiments. The unit or unit is not described here.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and method steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in a combination of electronic hardware or computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods for implementing the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as separate products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes. .

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Equivalent technical solutions are also within the scope of the invention, and the scope of the invention is defined by the claims.

Claims

claims

1. An information output method for a terminal, characterized in that the method includes the steps of: detecting the power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal;

When the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold, the first output mode of the information is converted to the second output mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the power consumption of the first output mode is greater than that of the second output mode.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first output mode includes any one or a combination of the following modes: video output mode, image output mode, text output mode, and Voice output mode.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the second output mode includes any one or a combination of the following modes: video output mode, image output mode, text output mode, and Voice output mode.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, the method further includes the steps:

When the power consumption of the terminal does not exceed the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is not lower than the second preset threshold, convert the second output mode of information to the first output mode. .

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold, the first output mode of the information is changed. The steps for converting to the second output mode include:

A conversion prompt capable of converting the first output mode into the second output mode is output.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that when the power consumption of the terminal is not When the first preset threshold is exceeded and/or the remaining power is not lower than the second preset threshold, the step of converting the second output mode of the information to the first output mode includes:

A conversion prompt capable of converting the second output mode into the first output mode is output.

8. An information output device for a terminal, characterized in that the device includes: a detection module for detecting the power consumption and/or remaining power of the terminal, and sending the detection results to the conversion module;

A conversion module for converting the first output mode of information to the second output mode when the power consumption of the terminal is higher than the first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is lower than the second preset threshold.

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the power consumption of the first output mode is greater than that of the second output mode.

10. The device according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that, the conversion module is also configured to operate when the power consumption of the terminal does not exceed a first preset threshold and/or the remaining power is not lower than a second preset threshold. When the threshold value is reached, the second output mode of information is converted into the first output mode.

11. The device according to claim 10, further comprising: a prompt module configured to output a conversion prompt capable of converting the first output mode into the second output mode.

12. The device according to claim 10, further comprising: a prompt module configured to output a conversion prompt capable of converting the second output mode into the first output mode.

13. A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product causes an information output device of a terminal to execute the method of claim 1.

14. A computer-readable medium, characterized in that the computer-readable medium contains computer operation instructions. When a processor executes the computer operation instructions, the computer operation instructions are used to cause the processor to execute claim 1 the method described.

15. A terminal information output device, characterized in that the device includes a processor, a memory and a communication interface,

The memory stores computer operation instructions, and the processor, the memory and the communication interface are connected through a communication bus,

When the device is running, the processor executes the computer operation instructions stored in the memory, so that the device executes the method described in claim 1.