WO2017219563A1

WO2017219563A1 - Terminal energy saving method and apparatus thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2017219563A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/103092
Authority: WO
Inventors: 奚黎明
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-06-21
Filing date: 2016-10-24
Publication date: 2017-12-28
Also published as: CN107526424B; CN107526424A

Abstract

According to the terminal energy saving method and apparatus and the computer storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present invention, when it is detected that a terminal is in a video processing state, a view requirement of a terminal user to a video is acquired; and when it is determined that the user does not need to view the video, the terminal is switched from a screen bright state to a screen extinguish state. By means of the solution of the embodiments of the present invention, energy saving control is performed when a terminal is in a video processing state. The process of energy saving is realized mainly by switching a state of a terminal screen, thereby solving problem in the prior art that when the terminal is in a video processing state, no energy saving operation is performed, resulting in waste of electricity.

Description

Terminal energy saving method and device thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications terminal equipment, and in particular, to a terminal energy saving method and apparatus thereof.

Background technique

With the continuous development of terminal devices, smart terminals are being used more and more, for example, smart phones, portable android devices (PADs), notebook computers, and the like. In the process of using the mobile terminal, the user is very concerned about the standby time of the mobile terminal, especially a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone that is basically integrated into the user's life. Each terminal manufacturer has also tried to open source and reduce the power of the battery. According to the survey, the power consumption of the screen usually accounts for the majority of the overall power consumption. Therefore, reducing the power consumption of the screen becomes an important direction for energy saving of the mobile terminal.

In the prior art, there are also some energy-saving controls implemented according to the terminal screen. For example, it is possible to set an automatic adjustment of brightness, an automatic lock screen for a certain period of time, and the like. However, in the prior art, these adjustments to screen brightness are for the system. In actual application, there is often a situation where the user is in a specific state, such as watching a video, but the current video content, the user does not need to watch, and because the terminal is in a working state, it will not be set to enter the lock screen. In the same state, the terminal will always be in a bright state, which also causes an increase in the power consumption of the terminal.

Summary of the invention

The terminal energy-saving method and device thereof provided by the embodiments of the present invention mainly solve the problem that the terminal in the prior art consumes a large amount of power when in a video processing state.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for saving power of a terminal, which includes: detecting that the terminal is in a video processing state, and acquiring a current viewing requirement of the terminal user; and when the obtaining result is that the user does not currently need to view the video, The terminal is switched from a bright screen state to a extinguished state Screen status.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a terminal energy saving device, comprising a determining module and a state switching module;

The determining module is configured to detect that the terminal is in a video processing state, and acquire a current viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user;

The state switching module is configured to switch the terminal from a bright screen state to a blackout state when the result of the acquisition is that the user does not currently need to view the video.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions are used to execute the terminal energy saving method of any of the foregoing.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are:

The terminal energy-saving method and device and the computer storage medium according to the embodiment of the present invention acquire the viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user when detecting that the terminal is in the video processing state, and when determining that the user does not need to view the video, the terminal is configured by The bright screen state is switched to the off screen state. The solution of the embodiment of the present invention is used to perform energy saving control when the terminal is in a video processing state. The process of implementing energy saving mainly solves the problem that the state of the terminal screen is switched, and the power consumption is not performed when the terminal is in the video processing state in the prior art, and the power is wasted.

DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for saving power of a terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of acquiring, by a terminal in a video recording state, a current viewing requirement of a video by a terminal in the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of acquiring, by a terminal in a video playing state, a current viewing requirement of a video by a terminal in the first embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal energy saving device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a method for performing power saving of a terminal in a video recording state according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

6 is a screen display state diagram of a terminal that performs the terminal energy saving method of FIG. 5 when entering a screen-out state;

7 is a flowchart of a method for performing power saving of a terminal in a video playing state according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display state when the terminal performing the terminal energy saving method of FIG. 7 enters the screen-out state.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment 1:

In order to implement the energy-saving control of the terminal when the terminal is in the video processing state, the present embodiment provides a method for energy-saving of the terminal. For the specific implementation process, refer to FIG. 1 , which includes:

S101: Detecting that the terminal is in a video processing state, and acquiring a current viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user;

S102: When the result of the acquisition is that the user does not currently need to view the video, the terminal is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state.

The solution in this embodiment is mainly for implementing energy saving control when in a video processing state. In step S101, it is detected whether the terminal is in a video processing state, and if so, the energy saving control process is started. For the video processing state, it may include a video recording state, a video playing state, and the like. To implement the energy-saving process, you will first obtain the current user's viewing requirements for the video.

Specifically, how to obtain the viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user depends on the situation. First, the terminal may be in a video recording state. In this case, during the recording of the video, the user sometimes uses the bracket or other tools to fix the terminal, I will always stare at the screen, so there is no need to keep the screen lit and consume power. For the terminal in the video recording state, it can be based on the terminal Move status to determine if the user needs to view the video. For the specific process, please refer to Figure 2, including:

S201: detecting a mobile state of the terminal;

S202: Determine whether the terminal duration of the terminal reaches a preset duration threshold. If yes, determine that the user does not currently need to view the video; otherwise, determine that the user currently needs to view the video.

In step S201, the movement state of the terminal may be monitored by an acceleration sensor and/or a gyro sensor, and the terminal is measured for acceleration according to the acceleration sensor or the gyro sensor. It is also possible to adopt a picture analysis method, for example, comparing the photograph taken at the first time point with the photograph taken at the second time point, and if there are some features that can completely coincide, the terminal is considered to be in a stationary state. Because if the terminal is fixed on a stand or other tool for video recording, there will often be some static objects in the frame displayed in the terminal or in the captured picture, such as buildings, trees, cars, etc.; By comparing different pictures taken at two different time points, if one of them can be completely overlapped, it is likely that the terminal is being placed on a stand or other fixture.

Before starting to judge the mobile status of the terminal, a preset duration threshold is often set. The method in S201 can be used to detect the movement status of the terminal at a certain time point or a certain time period, but as to how long The time to switch the screen display state of the terminal depends on the first preset threshold. The size of the specific value of the first preset threshold may be flexibly set according to user requirements. Then, after detecting the mobile state of the terminal, step S202 is performed to determine whether the duration of the terminal's standing has reached the preset duration threshold, and if it is reached or exceeded, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video; otherwise, the user is deemed to need the current View the video.

In addition, the terminal may also be in a video playing state. In this case, the current viewing requirement of the terminal user may be determined according to the video playing content. For the specific process, refer to FIG. 3, where the process includes:

S301: Acquire keyword information of the currently played content;

S302: Determine, according to the keyword information, that the currently played content is non-valued content, determine that the user does not currently need to view the video.

For a terminal that is in a video playback state, there may be no value content in its playback content, for example For example, an advertisement, for example, a title, a trailer. For example, when a user uses a video playing software to play a video, there are often many advertisements before the movie starts to play. For the user, these advertisements do not need to be viewed. It can be defined as worthless content. When the video is played, step S301 is executed to obtain keyword information of the currently played content. For example, for an advertisement, there are usually words such as “skip advertisement”, “countdown”, “understand details, etc.” on the video. Then, step S302 is executed to determine, according to the keyword information, that the current playing value is valueless content, and it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video. For example, when the words “skip advertisement”, “countdown”, “understand details, etc.” are obtained, it is determined that the currently played content is an advertisement, and it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.

When the obtained result is that the user does not need to view the video currently, step S102 is performed to switch the terminal from the bright screen state to the blackout state.

In one embodiment, the screen backlight is off when the screen is off, and the black background interface only displays status information for the basic information and/or video. For the terminal in the video recording state, the basic information may include information such as date, time, and remaining power; the status information of the video may include video related information such as the recording duration of the video. For the terminal in the video playing state, the basic information may also include information such as date, time, and remaining power; the status information of the video may include duration of the non-valued content, etc., for example, if the valueless content is an advertisement, the advertisement may be obtained. Countdown information and display it when it is off.

In an embodiment, after the terminal is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state, the user is also monitored whether the user has initiated an operation for the terminal, for example, clicking or touching the screen, pressing the volume button, powering on the key, and the like. If it is detected that the user initiates an operation for the terminal, the terminal is automatically switched back from the off state to the bright state. For the terminal in the video playing state, switching to the blanking state, the state switching can also be controlled according to the duration of the valueless content. For example, when the valueless content is an advertisement, the countdown information of the advertisement is obtained, and when the countdown reaches "0", the countdown reaches "0". At the time, the screen is automatically switched back to the bright screen state. For the terminal in the video recording state and switching to the off-screen state, the state switching can also be controlled according to the movement condition. For example, the terminal in the video recording state detects that the terminal is stationary after switching to the screen-off state. The duration exceeds a fixed threshold, at which point it can also be switched back to the bright screen state. The fixed threshold mentioned here, and the front The preset duration thresholds may or may not be equal.

According to the terminal energy-saving method in this embodiment, according to the video playing state of the user, it is determined whether the user needs to view the screen, and when it is not needed, it is switched to the screen-out state, thereby reducing power consumption and achieving energy saving.

Embodiment 2:

The present embodiment provides a terminal energy saving device. Referring to FIG. 4, the determining module 41 is configured to detect that the terminal is in a video processing state, and the determining module 41 obtains the current viewing requirement of the terminal user. For the video processing state, the video recording state may include video recording. Status and video playback status, and more. To implement the energy-saving process, you will first obtain the current user's viewing requirements for the video. Specifically, how to obtain the viewing requirements of the video by the end user depends on the situation. First, for a terminal in a video recording state, it can be determined according to the mobile status of the terminal whether the user needs to view the video. The specific process includes: determining, by the determining module 41, the movement status of the terminal, determining whether the terminal's static duration is up to a preset duration threshold, and if so, determining that the user does not currently need to view the video; otherwise, determining that the user currently needs to view the video .

The determining module 41 detects the movement condition of the terminal, and can monitor the movement condition of the terminal by the acceleration sensor and/or the gyro sensor, and measure whether the terminal has acceleration according to the acceleration sensor or the gyro sensor. It is also possible to adopt a picture analysis method, for example, comparing the photograph taken at the first time point with the photograph taken at the second time point, and if there are some features that can completely coincide, the terminal is considered to be in a stationary state.

Before the determination of the mobile state of the terminal is started, the determining module 41 is configured to set a preset duration threshold. After detecting the mobile state of the terminal, the determining module 41 determines whether the duration of the terminal is not up to the preset duration threshold. If it is reached or exceeded, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video; otherwise, the user is currently required to view the video.

In addition, the terminal may also be in a video playing state. At this time, the determining module 41 obtains that the current viewing requirement of the terminal user may be determined according to the video playing content, and the determining module 41 first obtains the keyword information of the currently played content; and then determines according to the keyword information. If the current playback content is worthless, then the user is not currently required to view the video. For video playback Terminals, whose playback content may have valueless content, such as advertisements, for example, title, trailer; for example, when a user uses video playback software to play a video, there are often many advertisements before the movie starts to play, for the user, these advertisements It is not required to view, it can be defined as worthless content. When performing video playback, step S301 is performed to obtain keyword information of the currently played content, and the determining module 41 first obtains keyword information of the currently played content. For example, for an advertisement, there is usually a “skip advertisement” on the video. The words "countdown", "understand details, etc." are the so-called "keyword information". According to the keyword information, the current broadcast value is judged to be worthless content, and it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.

The terminal energy saving device further includes a state switching module 42 configured to switch the terminal from the bright screen state to the blackout state when the result of the acquisition is that the user does not currently need to view the video.

In an embodiment, the terminal energy saving device further includes a screen blanking display module 43. When the screen is off, the screen backlight is turned off, and the display module 43 displays basic information and/or status information of the video on the black background interface. For the terminal in the video recording state, the basic information may include information such as date, time, and remaining power; the status information of the video may include video related information such as the recording duration of the video. For the terminal in the video playing state, the basic information may also include information such as date, time, and remaining power; the status information of the video may include duration of the non-valued content, for example, if the valueless content is an advertisement, the advertisement may be acquired. Count down the information and display it when it is off.

In an embodiment, the terminal energy saving device further includes a state switchback module 44. After the terminal is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state, the state switchback module 44 monitors whether the user initiates an operation for the terminal, for example, clicking Or touch the screen, press the volume button, power on key, and more. If it is detected that the user initiates an operation for the terminal, the switchback module 44 automatically switches the terminal back to the bright state from the off-screen state. For the terminal in the video playing state, switching to the blanking state, the state switching can also be controlled according to the duration of the valueless content. For example, when the valueless content is an advertisement, the countdown information of the advertisement is obtained, and when the countdown reaches "0", the countdown reaches "0". At that time, the switchback module 44 automatically switches from the off-screen state to the bright-screen state. For the terminal in the video recording state and switching to the off-screen state, the state switching can also be controlled according to the movement condition. For example, the terminal in the video recording state detects that the terminal is stationary after switching to the screen-off state. Duration After the fixed threshold is exceeded, the switchback module 44 can also switch the terminal back to the bright screen state. The fixed threshold mentioned here may or may not be equal to the preset duration threshold.

The present embodiment further protects a terminal, which includes the terminal energy-saving device in the embodiment, and the terminal may be a PAD, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a GPS (Global Positioning System, Global Positioning System). The functions of the determining module 41, the state switching module 42, and the failback module 44 on the terminal energy saving device in this embodiment can be implemented by the processing of the terminal, and the blackout display module 43 can be implemented by the display of the terminal.

The terminal energy-saving device in this embodiment can be used to perform the terminal energy-saving method in the first embodiment. The terminal energy-saving device and the terminal in this embodiment are described below with specific examples. Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. When the terminal in the recording state sets the terminal energy-saving device in the embodiment, the flowchart of the terminal energy-saving method in the first embodiment is executed, and FIG. 6 is the screen display content when the terminal performing the steps of FIG. 5 enters the screen-out state, and the terminal specifically The steps performed include:

S501: Start the recording function and enter the bright-screen video recording state;

S502: determining whether the mobile phone has been moved within a certain period of time (for example, within 30 seconds); if yes, executing step S503; otherwise, executing step S502;

S503: Switching the terminal from a bright screen state to a blanking state;

In S503, the terminal enters an off-screen state, in which the backlight of the terminal screen is automatically turned off. At this time, the black background interface only displays date, time, and video recording time information, and the user can view the interface information at any time.

S504: determining whether the screen has a touch operation (such as double-click); if yes, executing step S505; otherwise, executing step S507;

S505: Switching the terminal from the off-screen state to the bright-screen state;

S506: determining whether to save the recorded video, and if so, ending the current energy saving process; otherwise, executing step S502;

S507: The screen is continuously displayed, and step S504 is performed.

7 is a flowchart of performing the terminal energy saving method in the first embodiment when the terminal in the video playing state is set in the terminal energy saving device in the embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a screen display when the terminal performing the steps in FIG. 7 enters the blanking state. Content, the specific steps performed by the terminal include:

S701: Enter the video player and select to open a certain episode to play;

S702: determining whether there is an advertisement in the episode play; if yes, executing step S703; otherwise performing step S702;

By extracting the keyword information of the title advertisement interface, the keyword information includes: "countdown", "skip advertisement", "learn more" and the like.

S703: Switching the terminal from a bright screen state to a blanking state;

In S703, the terminal enters a blackout state, in which the backlight of the terminal screen is automatically turned off. At this time, the black background interface only displays the date, time, and advertisement countdown information, and the user can view the interface information at any time.

S704: determining whether the advertisement countdown is completed; if yes, executing step S706; otherwise, executing step S705;

S705: determining whether the screen has a touch operation (such as double-click); if so, executing step S706; otherwise, executing step S707;

S706: Switching the terminal from the off-screen state to the bright-screen state, and ending the energy-saving process;

S707: The screen is continuously displayed, and step S704 is performed.

In this example, the mobile terminal can judge whether to cut the terminal back to the bright screen state according to whether the advertisement countdown is completed, or whether the screen is switched back to bright according to whether the screen has a touch operation (such as double tap). Screen state; it should be understood that, in the above process, although it is first judged whether the advertisement countdown is completed, and then judge whether the screen has a touch operation at this time; but in the specific use process, the two judgment methods belong to the juxtaposition independent judgment. There is no strict sequence requirement between the two.

By adopting the terminal energy-saving device and the terminal in the embodiment, the screen state can be automatically switched according to the user's demand, which is convenient for the user to use, and reduces power consumption and energy saving.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the modules or steps of the above embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a general computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed among multiple computing devices. On the network, optionally, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in a computer storage medium (ROM/RAM, disk, optical disk) by a computing device, and at some In some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. . Therefore, the invention is not limited to any particular combination of hardware and software.

The above is a detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the specific embodiments, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the description. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Industrial applicability

The foregoing technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the terminal energy-saving process, and when the terminal is in the video processing state, the terminal user is required to view the video, and when it is determined that the user does not need to view the video, the terminal is Switch from the bright screen state to the blackout state. The solution of the embodiment of the present invention is used to perform energy saving control when the terminal is in a video processing state. The process of implementing energy saving mainly solves the problem that the state of the terminal screen is switched, and the power consumption is not performed when the terminal is in the video processing state in the prior art, and the power is wasted.

Claims

A terminal energy saving method includes:

Detecting that the terminal is in the video processing state, and acquiring the current viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user;

When the result of the acquisition is that the user does not currently need to view the video, the terminal is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state.
The terminal energy-saving method according to claim 1, wherein the video processing status comprises a video recording state, and the current user needs to view the video in the video recording state includes:

Monitoring whether the duration of the terminal is up to a preset duration threshold, and if so, determining that the user does not currently need to view the video;

or

It is detected whether the energy-saving control instruction issued by the user is received, and if so, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.
The terminal energy-saving method according to claim 1, wherein the video processing state comprises a video playing state, and the current browsing user needs to view the video in the video playing state includes:

Obtaining keyword information of the currently playing content, determining, according to the keyword information, that the current playing content is valueless content, determining that the user does not currently need to view the video;

or

It is detected whether the energy-saving control instruction issued by the user is received, and if so, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.
The terminal energy saving method according to claim 3, wherein determining that the currently played content is worthless content according to the keyword information, determining that the user does not need to view the video, and switching the terminal from a bright screen state to a blank screen The state further includes: obtaining a duration of the non-valued content, and when the duration is reached, switching the terminal from a blackout state to a bright screen state.
The terminal energy saving method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the terminal is After the end is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state, the method further includes: displaying status information of the video on a screen of the terminal.
The terminal energy saving method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein after the terminal is switched from the bright screen state to the blackout state, the method further comprises: monitoring the terminal when the user initiates an operation on the terminal Switch from the off-screen state to the bright-screen state.
A terminal energy-saving device, a determination module and a state switching module:

The determining module is configured to detect that the terminal is in a video processing state, and acquire a current viewing requirement of the video by the terminal user;

The state switching module is configured to switch the terminal from a bright screen state to a blackout state when the result of the acquisition is that the user does not currently need to view the video.
The terminal energy saving device of claim 7, wherein the video processing state comprises a video recording state, and the determining module is configured to

Monitoring whether the duration of the terminal is up to a preset duration threshold, and if so, determining that the user does not currently need to view the video;

or

It is detected whether the energy-saving control instruction issued by the user is received, and if so, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.
The terminal energy saving device of claim 7, wherein the video processing state comprises a video playing state, and the determining module is configured to

Obtaining keyword information of the currently playing content, determining, according to the keyword information, that the current playing content is valueless content, determining that the user does not currently need to view the video;

or

It is detected whether the energy-saving control instruction issued by the user is received, and if so, it is determined that the user does not currently need to view the video.
A terminal comprising the terminal energy saving device according to any one of claims 7-9.