WO2016187930A1

WO2016187930A1 - Operation mode selection method, operation mode selection device, and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2016187930A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/082981
Authority: WO
Inventors: 廖健
Original assignee: 宇龙计算机通信科技(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2015-05-27
Filing date: 2015-06-30
Publication date: 2016-12-01
Also published as: CN105630146A

Abstract

An operation mode selection method, operation mode selection device, and terminal. The operation mode selection method is applied to a terminal having a fingerprint identification function. The operation mode selection method comprises: receiving, via a fingerprint sensor of the terminal, fingerprint information (102); and selecting a target operation mode from a plurality of preset operation modes according to the received fingerprint information (104). The technical solution can quickly and accurately identify, via an existing handheld terminal having a fingerprint identification function, a hand-holding manner of a user without increasing hardware cost, thus providing an operation mode suitable for a hand-holding posture of a user, facilitating terminal operation of the user, and improving user experience.

Description

Operation mode selection method, operation mode selection device, and terminal

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510280149.4, entitled "Operation Mode Selection Method, Operation Mode Selection Device, and Terminal", which is filed on May 27, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference. In this application.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to an operation mode selection method, an operation mode selection device, and a terminal.

Background technique

With the development of technology, handheld terminal devices are becoming more and more intelligent. Users of handheld terminal devices have their own usage habits, so users prefer that the handheld terminal device can automatically adjust the interactive interface according to the current gesture state for better operation. At present, there are three schemes in the prior art that can determine the identification of the handheld mode, as follows:

1) Identifying the right and left hand holding methods by adding infrared sensors on both sides of the handheld terminal, the scheme needs to add an infrared sensor device to the existing handheld terminal, and currently the infrared sensor is not standard on the handheld terminal, it seems There is no good application prospect, and the addition of infrared sensors undoubtedly requires an increase in cost and structural loss.

2) Using the built-in deflection angle sensor of the handheld terminal to obtain the deflection angle used by the user. After multiple statistics, the left and right hands are finally identified by a preset threshold. The solution needs to collect the built-in deflection angle sensor data of the handheld terminal and reuse it. The algorithm determines the behavior of the left and right hand operations of the user holding the terminal, and cannot quickly recognize the hand-held mode, and the possibility of misjudging is large.

3) Using the multi-touch screen to recognize the shape of the trigger points of the five fingers to distinguish the left and right hands, the solution needs to discriminate between the left and right hands by pressing the finger between the touch screen contacts at the same time, which is inconvenient when operating the handheld terminal device with one hand. .

Although the above three methods can determine the handheld mode of the user, each has its own limitations, or increases the cost, or the operation is inconvenient, and can not bring a better overall user experience of the product.

Therefore, how to quickly and accurately determine the handheld mode of the user by using the existing configuration in the handheld terminal to provide the user with a convenient operation mode has become a technical problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is based on the above problems, and proposes a new technical solution capable of quickly and accurately determining the hand-held mode of the user by utilizing the existing configuration in the hand-held terminal to provide the user with a convenient operation mode.

In view of this, the present invention provides an operation mode selection method for a terminal having a fingerprint identification function, including: receiving fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal; and according to the received fingerprint information, a predetermined number of Select the target operating mode in each operating mode.

In the technical solution, the existing handheld terminal is provided with a fingerprint sensor, and the fingerprint information is received and transmitted by the fingerprint sensor, and the terminal selects the target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information data, and is effective. By utilizing the existing configuration in the handheld terminal, it is possible to quickly and accurately determine the handheld mode of the user through the existing handheld terminal with fingerprint recognition function without increasing the hardware cost, thereby providing the user with a suitable hand posture. The operation mode increases the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improves the user experience. The fingerprint sensor may be distributed at least at one of the following positions of the terminal: at the button of the terminal, at the back of the terminal, on the display screen of the terminal, and on the side of the terminal. For example, the fingerprint sensor can be disposed on the entire touch screen of the terminal, so that the user can select the target operation mode suitable for the user when clicking any position of the touch screen.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the selecting the target operation mode in the predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information, specifically: determining, according to the received fingerprint information, the terminal a real-time handheld mode; setting an operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode to the target operation mode.

In the technical solution, the handheld mode can be determined according to the fingerprint information, and the real-time handheld mode includes a left hand-held mode and a right hand-held mode, that is, the fingerprint information can be used to determine whether the user operates the mobile phone by the left hand or the right hand, thereby Different operating modes can be configured for the user according to different left and right hand habits, which increases the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improves the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information, specifically: determining, according to the fingerprint information, a predetermined reservation of the fingerprint relative to the fingerprint sensor An offset of the coordinate system; determining the real-time handheld mode according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode comprises: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.

In the technical solution, determining the real-time handheld mode specifically includes: offsetting the fingerprint texture trend direction and shape tilt angle collected in the predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor according to the terminal. The amount is determined, for example, if the fingerprint texture trend direction and the shape tilt angle are shifted to the left in the predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, it may be determined that the current user adopts a right hand-held mode; the fingerprint texture trend trend And the shape tilt angle is shifted to the right in the predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, then it can be determined that the current user is taking the left hand-held mode. Through the technical solution, the user can accurately determine the handheld mode of the terminal, thereby further selecting the operation mode according to the handheld mode, increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal, and improving the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, after the determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, the method further includes: determining a handheld location of the terminal, to determine the target operation mode according to the handheld location.

In this technical solution, after determining the handheld mode, the operating mode that is convenient from the location can be set to the target operating mode according to the location of the user's handheld terminal. For example, after determining that there is a current hand-held mode, when the display screen or the backboard of the terminal is provided with a fingerprint recognition sensor, the sensors can be used to determine whether the position of the user's handheld terminal is up, center, or down, so that The operation options are opened at the upper, middle or lower position, thereby increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improving the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the fingerprint information includes: a texture trend direction of the fingerprint, a shape tilt angle of the fingerprint, and/or a position where the fingerprint is detected.

In the technical solution, the fingerprint information includes, but is not limited to, a texture trend trend of the fingerprint, a shape tilt angle of the fingerprint, and/or a position where the fingerprint is detected. By collecting various information on the fingerprint, the fingerprint comparison is performed to determine The data referenced at the offset is more comprehensive, greatly reducing the chance of false positives.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an operation mode selection apparatus for a terminal having a fingerprint recognition function, comprising: a receiving unit that receives fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal; an operation mode selection unit, according to reception The fingerprint information is obtained, and the target operation mode is selected in a predetermined plurality of operation modes.

In the technical solution, the existing handheld terminal is provided with a fingerprint sensor, and the fingerprint information is received and transmitted by the fingerprint sensor, and the terminal selects the target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information data, and is effective. By utilizing the existing configuration in the handheld terminal, it is possible to quickly and accurately determine the handheld mode of the user through the existing handheld terminal with fingerprint recognition function without increasing the hardware cost, thereby providing the user with a suitable hand posture. The operation mode increases the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improves the user experience. Among them, the fingerprint sensor can be distributed in At least one of the following locations of the terminal: the button of the terminal, the back of the terminal, the display of the terminal, and the side of the terminal. For example, the fingerprint sensor can be disposed on the entire touch screen of the terminal, so that the user can select the target operation mode suitable for the user when clicking any position of the touch screen.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the operation mode selection unit includes: a handheld mode determining unit, determining, according to the received fingerprint information, a real-time handheld mode of the terminal, to be corresponding to the real-time handheld mode The operation mode is set to the target operation mode.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld mode determining unit is configured to: determine, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint from a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, and according to the offset The real-time handheld mode is determined by the quantity, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.

In the technical solution, determining the real-time handheld mode includes: determining, according to the offset trend of the fingerprint texture trend and the shape tilt angle collected by the terminal, in a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, for example, if The fingerprint texture trend direction and the shape tilt angle are offset to the left in the predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, so that it can be determined that the current user adopts the right hand-held mode; the fingerprint texture trend direction and the shape tilt angle are in the fingerprint If the sensor is offset to the right in the predetermined coordinate system, it can be determined that the current user is in the left hand mode. Through the technical solution, the user can accurately determine the handheld mode of the terminal, thereby further selecting the operation mode according to the handheld mode, increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal, and improving the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a handheld location determining unit, after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, determining a handheld location of the terminal, to determine the target operation according to the handheld location mode.

In this technical solution, after determining the handheld mode, the operating mode that is convenient from the location can be set to the target operating mode according to the location of the user's handheld terminal. For example, after determining that there is a current hand-held mode, when the display screen or the backboard of the terminal is provided with a fingerprint recognition sensor, the sensors can be used to determine whether the position of the user's handheld terminal is up, center, or down, so that Open the operation options in the upper, middle or lower position, which increases the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improves the user. Experience.

An embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention provides a terminal having a fingerprint identification function, the terminal including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a set of program codes, and the processor is configured to invoke the Program code stored in memory to perform the following operations:

Receiving fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal;

The target operation mode is selected among a plurality of predetermined operation modes based on the received fingerprint information.

In the technical solution, the specific operation of the processor to select a target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information includes:

Determining, according to the received fingerprint information, a real-time handheld mode of the terminal;

An operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode is set to the target operation mode.

In the technical solution, the determining, by the processor, the specific operations of the real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information, including:

Determining, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint relative to a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor;

The real-time handheld mode is determined according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.

In the technical solution, after the determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, the processor further performs:

Determining a handheld position of the terminal for determining the target mode of operation based on the handheld position.

In the technical solution, the fingerprint information includes:

The texture trend direction of the fingerprint, the shape of the fingerprint is tilted, and/or the position of the fingerprint is detected.

Through the above technical solutions, it is possible to pass existing existing indicators without increasing hardware costs. The hand-held terminal of the pattern recognition function quickly and accurately determines the hand-held mode of the user, thereby providing the user with an operation mode suitable for the hand-held posture, increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal, and improving the user experience.

DRAWINGS

1 shows a flow chart of an operation mode selection method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a block diagram of an operation mode selection device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram showing the position of a fingerprint sensor in a handheld terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a trend of fingerprint texture according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of fingerprint information processing according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Figure 7 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a full understanding of the invention, but the invention may be practiced otherwise than as described herein. Limitations of the embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of an operation mode selection method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an operation mode selection method according to an embodiment of the present invention, for a terminal having a fingerprint identification function, includes:

Step 102: Receive fingerprint information by using a fingerprint sensor of the terminal.

Step 104: Select a target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information.

In the technical solution, the existing handheld terminal is provided with a fingerprint sensor, and the fingerprint information is received and transmitted by the fingerprint sensor, and the terminal selects the target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information data, and is effective. Utilizing the existing configuration in the handheld terminal, it can be increased On the basis of the hardware cost, the existing handheld terminal with fingerprint recognition function can quickly and accurately determine the hand-held mode of the user, thereby providing the user with an operation mode suitable for the hand-held posture, thereby increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improving The user experience. The fingerprint sensor may be distributed at least at one of the following positions of the terminal: at the button of the terminal, at the back of the terminal, on the display screen of the terminal, and on the side of the terminal. For example, the fingerprint sensor can be disposed on the entire touch screen of the terminal, so that the user can select the target operation mode suitable for the user when clicking any position of the touch screen.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the step 104 includes: determining a real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information; and setting an operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode to the target operation mode.

In the above technical solution, preferably, determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information, specifically: determining, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint from a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor; determining according to the offset The real-time handheld mode, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.

In the above technical solution, preferably, after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, the method further includes: determining a handheld location of the terminal, to determine a target operating mode according to the handheld location.

In this technical solution, after determining the handheld mode, the operating mode that is convenient from the location can be set to the target operating mode according to the location of the user's handheld terminal. For example, after determining that there is a current hand-held mode, when the display screen or the back panel of the terminal is provided with a fingerprint recognition sensor, The sensor determines whether the position of the user's handheld terminal is up, centered or down, so that the operation option can be opened in the upper, middle or lower position, thereby increasing the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improving the user experience.

2 shows a block diagram of an operation mode selection device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, an operation mode selection device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used for a terminal having a fingerprint recognition function, comprising: a receiving unit 202, which receives fingerprint information through a fingerprint sensor of the terminal; and an operation mode selection unit 204, The target operation mode is selected among a plurality of predetermined operation modes based on the received fingerprint information.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the operation mode selection unit 204 includes: a handheld mode determining unit 2042, and determining a real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information, so as to set an operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode as a target. Operating mode.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld mode determining unit 2042 is specifically configured to: The pattern information determines an offset of the fingerprint relative to a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, and determines a real-time handheld mode according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld location determining unit 206 determines the handheld location of the terminal after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, so as to determine the target operating mode according to the handheld location.

Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a fingerprint recognition function, including the operation mode selection device 200 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, the terminal 300 has any of the above technical solutions. The same technical effects of the operation mode selection device 200 described in the section are not described herein.

The technical solution of the present invention will be further described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fingerprint recognition process can be implemented on the basis of the existing smart handheld terminal hardware, and the required device and software modules include:

(1) The fingerprint sensor shown in Fig. 4, the X, Y coordinate system in the figure is the predetermined coordinate system of the terminal, and the fingerprint sensor can be placed at the front and back of the terminal. Of course, in order to detect the handheld position of the terminal, etc., the fingerprint The sensor can also be placed on the side of the terminal or on the entire display.

(2) AP (Application Processor) module, which is responsible for fingerprint texture deviation recognition and UI (User Interface) subsystem. Taking the fingerprint sensor as an example in the back, the user will be exposed to the fingerprint sensor during the control process. According to the different gripping hands, the trend of collecting the texture will be different. As shown in Fig. 5, the arrow indicates the trend of the grain, and the different holding methods. There will be differences in the trend of the texture, according to which the user can be identified by the user holding the device. The specific processing flow is shown in Figure 6:

Step 602: The fingerprint sensor in the smart handheld terminal collects fingerprint data information.

Step 604: The fingerprint data is transmitted to the AP in the handheld terminal by the fingerprint recognition sensor, and the fingerprint recognition module performs fingerprint recognition in the AP.

Step 606: Obtain a fingerprint information fingerprint trend.

In step 608, the state of the left and right hand grips is determined.

In step 610, the recognized left and right hand control states are transmitted to the UI subsystem, and the corresponding adjustments can be made according to the left and right hand operation habits of the user.

In step 612, the real-time handheld corresponding operation mode is switched through an interactive interface TP (Transport Program) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).

Figure 7 shows a block diagram of a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 7, the terminal 7 may comprise: at least one processor 71, such as a CPU, at least one communication bus 72 and memory 73; a communication bus 72 is used to implement connection communication between these components; the memory 73 may be a high speed RAM memory or a non-volatile memory such as at least one disk memory. A set of program codes is stored in the memory 73, and the processor 71 is configured to call the program code stored in the memory 73 for performing the following operations:

Receiving fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal;

Optionally, the processor 71 performs a predetermined plurality of operations according to the received fingerprint information. The specific operations for selecting the target operating mode in the mode include:

Optionally, the determining, by the processor 71, the specific operation of the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, according to the received fingerprint information, includes:

Optionally, after the determining, by the processor 71, the real-time handheld mode of the terminal, the processor 71 further performs:

Optionally, the fingerprint information includes:

The technical solutions of the present invention are described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the related art, each of the solutions has its own limitations, or increases cost or inconvenience in operation, and cannot bring about a better overall user experience of the product. Therefore, the present invention proposes a new operation mode selection scheme for a terminal having a fingerprint recognition function, which can quickly and accurately determine and recognize through the existing handheld terminal with fingerprint recognition function without increasing the hardware cost. The user's handheld mode provides the user with an operating mode suitable for the handheld gesture, which increases the convenience of the user operating the terminal and improves the user experience.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

An operation mode selection method for a terminal having a fingerprint recognition function, comprising:

Receiving fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal;

The target operation mode is selected among a plurality of predetermined operation modes based on the received fingerprint information.
The operation mode selection method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting the target operation mode in the predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information comprises:

Determining, according to the received fingerprint information, a real-time handheld mode of the terminal;

An operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode is set to the target operation mode.
The operation mode selection method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information comprises:

Determining, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint relative to a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor;

The real-time handheld mode is determined according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.
The operation mode selection method according to claim 3, further comprising: after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal,

Determining a handheld position of the terminal for determining the target mode of operation based on the handheld position.
The operation mode selection method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fingerprint information comprises:

The texture trend direction of the fingerprint, the shape of the fingerprint is tilted, and/or the position of the fingerprint is detected.
An operation mode selection device, configured for a terminal having a fingerprint recognition function, comprising:

Receiving unit, receiving fingerprint information by using a fingerprint sensor of the terminal;

The operation mode selection unit selects the target operation mode among the predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information.
The operation mode selection device according to claim 6, wherein the operation mode selection unit comprises:

The handheld mode determining unit determines, according to the received fingerprint information, a real-time handheld mode of the terminal, to set an operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode to the target operation mode.
The operation mode selection device according to claim 7, wherein the handheld mode determining unit is specifically configured to:

Determining, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint relative to a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, and determining the real-time handheld mode according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode comprises: holding the left hand There are ways to hold it or right hand.
The operation mode selection device according to claim 8, further comprising:

The handheld location determining unit determines a handheld location of the terminal for determining the target operating mode based on the handheld location after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal.
The operation mode selection device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the fingerprint information comprises:

The texture trend direction of the fingerprint, the shape of the fingerprint is tilted, and/or the position of the fingerprint is detected.
A terminal having a fingerprint identification function, wherein the terminal comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a set of program codes, and the processor is configured to call a program code stored in the memory, Used to do the following:

Receiving fingerprint information by a fingerprint sensor of the terminal;

The target operation mode is selected among a plurality of predetermined operation modes based on the received fingerprint information.
The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the specific operation of the processor to select a target operation mode in a predetermined plurality of operation modes according to the received fingerprint information comprises:

Determining, according to the received fingerprint information, a real-time handheld mode of the terminal;

An operation mode corresponding to the real-time handheld mode is set to the target operation mode.
The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the determining, by the processor, the specific operation of the real-time handheld mode of the terminal according to the received fingerprint information comprises:

Determining, according to the fingerprint information, an offset of the fingerprint relative to a predetermined coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor;

The real-time handheld mode is determined according to the offset, wherein the real-time handheld mode includes: a left hand-held mode or a right hand-held mode.
The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the processor further performs: after determining the real-time handheld mode of the terminal:

Determining a handheld position of the terminal for determining the target mode of operation based on the handheld position.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the fingerprint information comprises:

The texture trend direction of the fingerprint, the shape of the fingerprint is tilted, and/or the position of the fingerprint is detected.