WO2018090575A1

WO2018090575A1 - Double-screen terminal, and screen display method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2018090575A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/083071
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘文斌; 曾宪铮
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-11-15
Filing date: 2017-05-04
Publication date: 2018-05-24
Also published as: CN108073225A; JP2019502141A

Abstract

Provided are a double-screen terminal, and a screen display method and apparatus. The screen display method comprises: determining a relative position status between a main screen and a secondary screen in a double-screen terminal, wherein the main screen is located on a host of the double-screen terminal, and the host is in a hinged joint with the secondary screen; determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the secondary screen corresponding to the relative position status between the main screen and the secondary screen; and performing display processing on the main screen and the secondary screen according to the determined screen display mode. The present invention solves the problems of inconvenient man-machine interaction and poor office experience of a double-screen terminal in the relevant technology, thereby achieving the effects of facilitating the man-machine interaction and improving the office experience.

Description

Dual screen terminal, screen display method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a dual screen terminal, a screen display method and apparatus.

Background technique

With the development of technology, the penetration rate of terminals (for example, mobile phones, tablets, and mobile phones as an example) is getting higher and higher, and the technical performance indicators of the terminals are getting better and better, and the parts of the terminals are utilized. The function can replace the computer, which is convenient for mobile work. However, when using mobile phones for mobile work, there will be problems that the effective display area is too small, and it is inconvenient to read and perform human-computer interaction.

The dual-screen mobile phones in the related art all adopt the method of flipping the top and bottom and sliding the left and right. In the related art, the upper sliding cover and the left and right sliding cover mobile phones cannot display the same image across the screen due to the large distance between the main and secondary screens, and the other screen cannot be used as a keyboard, which is inconvenient for human-computer interaction, and the mobile office experience is poor.

In view of the above problems existing in the related art, an effective solution has not yet been proposed.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a dual-screen terminal and a screen display method and device, so as to at least solve the problem that the dual-screen terminal is inconvenient for human-computer interaction and the office experience is poor in the related art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a dual screen terminal comprising: a host and a secondary screen; wherein the host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected, the host comprises a main screen, the main screen and the secondary The relative positional state between the screens corresponds to the screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen.

Optionally, a correspondence between a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes: a relative position between the main screen and the sub-screen When the state is that the main screen and the sub-screen are placed back to the outside, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single-screen display mode, wherein the single-screen display mode is the main screen and the a mode in which only one screen of the secondary screen is in an active state; when the relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen, the corresponding main screen and the The screen display mode of the secondary screen is a dual screen display mode, wherein the dual screen display mode is a mode in which the primary screen and the secondary screen are simultaneously in an active state.

Optionally, the dual-screen display mode includes one of the following: a wide single-screen mode, a dual-screen mode, and a mirroring mode, wherein the wide single-screen mode is that the primary screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application. The dual screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen can respectively display different applications; the mirror mode is when the main screen and the sub screen are both in a vertical screen, the main screen and The secondary screen can collectively display the same application; when both the primary screen and the secondary screen are in a horizontal screen, one of the primary screen and the secondary screen is for displaying an application, and the other screen is for performing input operating.

Optionally, the host further includes a home button for switching between different dual display modes.

Optionally, the host further includes an electronic switch for controlling a relative position state of the main screen and the sub screen.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a screen display method includes: determining a relative position state between a primary screen and a secondary screen in a dual screen terminal, wherein the primary screen is located on a host of the dual screen terminal, The host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected; determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the secondary screen corresponding to a relative position state between the primary screen and the secondary screen; displaying the screen according to the determination The mode performs display processing on the main screen and the sub screen.

Optionally, determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen corresponding to a relative position state between the main screen and the sub screen includes: when the relative position status is the main screen and the vice When the screen tile is placed, the dual screen display mode is determined according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the terminal host.

Optionally, determining the dual screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host comprises: determining a pressing force of pressing the home button on the terminal host; when the pressing force is at first When the pressure is within the range, the dual screen display mode is determined to be the wide single screen mode; when the pressing force is within the second pressing range, determining the dual screen display mode is the dual screen mode; When the pressing force is within the third pressing range, determining that the dual screen display mode is the mirror image mode; wherein the first pressing range, the second pressing range, and the third pressing force The range is the pressure range that does not overlap each other.

Optionally, determining, according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host, the dual screen display mode comprises: pressing a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and pressing a signal input by the home screen The dual screen display mode is determined.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a screen display apparatus comprising: a first determining module configured to determine a relative position state between a primary screen and a secondary screen in a dual screen terminal, wherein the primary screen is located at On the host of the dual screen terminal, the host and the secondary screen are connected by an articulation; the second determining module is configured to determine the main screen and the corresponding position corresponding to the relative position between the primary screen and the secondary screen a screen display mode of the secondary screen; a display module configured to perform display processing on the main screen and the secondary screen according to the determined screen display mode.

Optionally, a correspondence between a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes: a relative position between the main screen and the sub-screen When the state is that the main screen and the sub-screen are back-to-back facing outward, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single-screen display mode, wherein The single screen display mode is a mode in which only one screen of the main screen and the secondary screen is in an active state; when a relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen is the main screen and the secondary screen are flat When the tile is placed, the corresponding screen display mode of the main screen and the secondary screen is a dual screen display mode, wherein the dual screen display mode is a mode in which the main screen and the secondary screen are in an active state at the same time.

Optionally, the second determining module includes: a determining unit, configured to be input according to pressing a home button on the terminal host when the relative position state is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen The signal determines the dual display mode.

Optionally, the determining unit includes: a first determining subunit configured to determine a pressing force of pressing the home key on the terminal host; and a second determining subunit configured to be in the first pressing force Determining that the dual screen display mode is the wide single screen mode when the pressure is within the range; the third determining subunit is configured to determine the dual screen display mode when the pressing force is within the second pressing range a dual screen mode; a fourth determining subunit, configured to determine that the dual screen display mode is the mirror mode when the pressing force is within a third pressing range; wherein the first pressing force The range, the second pressing range, and the third pressing range are mutually non-overlapping pressure ranges.

Optionally, the determining unit comprises: a fifth determining subunit, configured to determine the dual screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and a signal input by pressing the home screen.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, a storage medium is also provided. The storage medium is arranged to store program code for performing the above steps.

According to the present invention, since the hinge connection is adopted between the host and the secondary screen, and the position state between the main screen and the secondary screen in the host corresponds to the display mode, the position state of the main screen and the secondary screen can be flexibly adjusted, and The position status can correspond to different display modes. Therefore, the display modes of the main screen and the sub screen can be flexibly adjusted, thereby solving the problem that the dual screen terminal is inconvenient for human-computer interaction and the office experience is poor in the related art, and the human-computer interaction is facilitated. Improve the effectiveness of the office experience.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a block diagram showing the hardware structure of a mobile terminal of a dual screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a whole dual-screen smart phone in the embodiment;

4 is a schematic diagram of a narrow single screen mode in the embodiment;

Figure 5 is a schematic view showing the state of the tile display in the embodiment;

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing display mode transition in the embodiment;

7 is a schematic diagram of implementation of a complete circuit in accordance with the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the structure of a screen display device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a second display module 804 of the screen display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram (1) of a screen display device determining unit 902 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram (2) of the structure of the screen display device determining unit 902 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the 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.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

The method embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in a mobile terminal, a computer terminal, or the like. Taking a mobile terminal as an example, FIG. 1 is a hardware structural block diagram of a mobile terminal of a dual screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, mobile terminal 10 may include one or more (only one shown in FIG. 1) processor 102 (processor 102 may include, but is not limited to, a processing device such as a microprocessor MCU or a programmable logic device FPGA. A memory 104 for storing data, and a transmission device 106 for communication functions. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in FIG. 1 is merely illustrative and does not limit the structure of the above electronic device. For example, the mobile terminal 10 may also include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 1, or have a different configuration than that shown in FIG.

The memory 104 can be used to store software programs and modules of application software, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the dual screen display method in the embodiment of the present invention, and the processor 102 executes each by executing a software program and a module stored in the memory 104. A functional application and data processing, that is, the above method is implemented. Memory 104 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory such as one or more magnetic storage devices, flash memory, or other non-volatile solid state memory. In some examples, memory 104 can include memory remotely located relative to processor 102, which can be connected to mobile terminal 10 over a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the Internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

Transmission device 106 is for receiving or transmitting data via a network. The network instance described above may include a wireless network provided by a communication provider of the mobile terminal 10. In one example, the transmission device 106 includes a Network Interface Controller (NIC) that can be connected to other network devices through a base station to communicate with the Internet. In one example, the transmission device 106 can be a Radio Frequency (RF) module for communicating with the Internet wirelessly.

In this embodiment, a dual-screen terminal is provided, which may include: a host and a secondary screen; wherein the host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected, the host includes a main screen, and a relative position state and a main screen between the main screen and the secondary screen are Corresponds to the screen display mode of the secondary screen. In this embodiment, the dual-screen terminal may be a dual-screen mobile phone or other dual-screen terminal. The host and the secondary screen can be connected by hinges, or other connections can be made between the host and the secondary screen. The circuit between the host and the secondary screen is through a flexible printed circuit board (FPC). Enter Electrical connection.

According to the present invention, since the hinge connection is adopted between the host and the secondary screen, and the position state between the main screen and the secondary screen in the host corresponds to the display mode, the position state of the main screen and the secondary screen can be flexibly adjusted, and The position status can correspond to different display modes. Therefore, the display modes of the main screen and the sub screen can be flexibly adjusted, thereby solving the problem that the dual screen terminal is inconvenient for human-machine exchange and the office experience is poor in the related art, and the human-computer interaction is facilitated. Improve the effectiveness of the office experience.

In an optional embodiment, the corresponding relationship between the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and the screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes: when the relative position between the main screen and the sub-screen is the main screen and When the back screen is placed back to the outside, the corresponding screen display mode of the main screen and the secondary screen is a single screen display mode, wherein the single screen display mode is a mode in which only one screen of the main screen and the secondary screen is in a working state; when the above main screen When the relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen, the screen display mode of the corresponding main screen and the secondary screen is a dual screen display mode, wherein the dual screen display mode is working at the same time as the primary screen and the secondary screen. The mode of the state. In this embodiment, the above-described main screen and sub-screen tile placement includes horizontal tiling and vertical tiling to increase the user experience.

In an optional embodiment, the dual screen display mode may include one of the following: a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, and a mirror mode, wherein the wide single screen mode can display the same application together for the primary screen and the secondary screen. The dual screen mode can display different application modes for the main screen and the secondary screen respectively; when the main screen and the secondary screen are both in the vertical screen, the main screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application; When both the main screen and the sub screen are in landscape orientation, one of the above-mentioned main screen and sub screen is used to display an application, and the other screen is used to perform an input operation. In this embodiment, the functions of the main screen and the secondary screen display can be interchanged, the main screen can be used as a display screen, and the secondary screen can be a keyboard screen; the corresponding main screen can be a keyboard screen, and the secondary screen is a display screen, and the user can adjust according to needs. , effectively meet the needs of users.

In an optional embodiment, the host further includes a home button for switching between different dual display modes. In this embodiment, the display mode can be switched according to the strength of the home button.

In an alternative embodiment, the host further includes an electronic switch for controlling the relative positional state of the primary and secondary screens. In this embodiment, the electronic switch may be a magnetic inductive electronic switch (for example, a Hall switch), and the position state between the main screen and the auxiliary screen may be converted according to the sensing principle, which may be superimposed or tiling. When the electronic switch is closed, the main screen and the secondary screen may be placed back to back, and in this scenario, the secondary screen may be in a sleep state. The use of an electronic switch increases the flexibility of positional switching between the primary and secondary screens.

In this embodiment, the host further includes a multimedia sub-processor, wherein the multimedia sub-processor is connected to the main screen through a flexible circuit board PFC; the sub-screen includes a controller; and the multimedia sub-processor is connected to the controller through a PFC. That is, the electrical connection between the host and the secondary screen and the mutual transmission of data signals are realized.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a screen display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the flow includes the following steps:

Step S202, determining a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen in the dual-screen terminal, wherein the main screen is located on the host of the dual-screen terminal, and the host and the sub-screen are connected by an articulation;

Step S204, determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen corresponding to the relative position state between the main screen and the sub screen;

Step S206, performing display processing on the main screen and the sub screen according to the determined screen display mode.

Through the above steps, the screen display mode between the main screen and the sub screen is determined according to the relative position state between the main screen and the sub screen, and the display between the main screen and the sub screen is processed according to the screen display mode, and the related technology is solved. The screen terminal is not convenient for human-machine exchange, and the problem of poor office experience is to facilitate human-computer interaction and improve the effect of the office experience.

Optionally, the execution body of the foregoing steps may be a terminal (eg, a mobile phone, a tablet, etc.), but is not limited thereto.

In an optional embodiment, the corresponding relationship between the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and the screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes: when the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is the above When the main screen and the back screen are placed back to the outside, the corresponding screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen is a single screen display mode, wherein the single screen display mode is that only one of the main screen and the sub screen is working. a mode of the state; when the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is placed on the main screen and the sub-screen, the corresponding screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen is a dual-screen display mode, wherein The dual-screen display mode is a mode in which the above-mentioned main screen and the above-mentioned secondary screen are simultaneously in an active state. In this embodiment, the dual-screen terminal can be used as an ordinary mobile phone, and can also perform dual-screen display, which is convenient for use of office or other functions, and effectively improves the user experience.

In an optional embodiment, the dual screen display mode includes one of the following: a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, and a mirror mode, wherein the wide single screen mode can display the same application together with the primary screen and the secondary screen. The dual screen mode is that the main screen and the secondary screen can respectively display different application modes; the mirror mode is that when the main screen and the secondary screen are both in the vertical screen, the main screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application; When both the main screen and the sub screen are in the horizontal screen, one of the above-mentioned main screen and sub screen is used to display an application, and the other screen is used to perform an input operation. In this embodiment, the input operation in the above may be a soft keyboard to perform an input operation. The display function and input function between the main screen and the sub screen can be interchanged.

In an optional embodiment, determining the screen display modes of the primary screen and the secondary screen corresponding to the relative position states between the primary screen and the secondary screen include: when the relative position states are the above-mentioned primary screen and secondary screen tile placement The dual screen display mode is determined according to a signal input by pressing the home button on the terminal host.

In an optional embodiment, determining the dual-screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host includes: determining a pressing force of pressing the home button on the terminal host; when the pressing force is at first When the pressure is within the range, determining that the dual screen display mode is the wide single screen mode; when the pressing force is within the second pressing range, determining that the dual screen display mode is the dual screen mode; when the pressing force is at the The three-screen display mode is determined to be the mirror image mode, and the first pressing pressure range, the second pressing pressure range, and the third pressing pressure range are mutually non-overlapping pressure ranges. In this embodiment, the display mode can also be switched using a Hall switch, an acceleration sensor, and a software button.

In an optional embodiment, determining the dual-screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host comprises: pressing a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and pressing a signal input by the home screen. Determine the above dual display mode.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments.

The present invention is exemplified below by taking a dual screen terminal as a dual screen mobile phone as an example.

The dual-screen mobile phone shown in this embodiment includes two parts of a mobile phone mainframe and a secondary screen. The mainframe part includes: a casing, a printed circuit board, and a main screen (Liquid Crystal Display (abbreviated as LCD)/touch panel (Tough). Panel, Referred to as TP)), battery, camera, external memory card module; functional modules in the printed circuit board are main processor module, internal memory module, power management module, RF module, wireless local area network (Wireless Fidelity, referred to as WIFI)\ BT download (Bit Torrent for short, BT)\Fax Mail (FM), Global Positioning System (GPS) module, audio module, sensor module, sensor module; printed circuit board Interface has headphone jack, front flash, rear flash, motor, microphone, receiver, speaker, user card, volume button, switch button, Universal Serial Bus (USB) USB interface, main sub-antenna, WIFI \BT\FM\GPS antenna. The secondary screen portion includes a casing, a secondary LCD/TP, a switch control circuit and a mechanism. The two major structures are connected by a hinge structure, and the circuit portions are connected by a flexible circuit board.

3 is a schematic diagram of a dual-screen smart phone in the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, by changing the angle between the main screen and the secondary screen (the angle can be set in advance), the mobile phone can adopt single screen and dual screen. The position works, and the two position states respectively correspond to four display modes: a narrow single screen mode, a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, and a mirror mode (corresponding to the above dual screen terminal display mode). The color of the main unit and the sub-screen part of the case may be the same or different. Both the main screen and the secondary screen are facing outward, and the secondary screen is off. The host has a complete mobile phone function, and the secondary screen has the functions of display and human-computer interaction. The size and resolution of the main screen and the secondary screen of the mobile phone are the same.

The four display modes are described below:

Narrow single-screen mode (corresponding to the single-screen display mode described above): FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the narrow single-screen mode in the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the main screen and the secondary screen (corresponding to the auxiliary screen in FIG. 4) work. In the back-to-back position, it is a narrow single-screen mode, the main screen and the secondary screen are back-to-back, the Hall switch is closed, and the secondary screen is in the off-screen state (ie, the sleep state). In this mode, the mobile phone is normally used for voice, short message, data, multimedia services, Each service operates on the host screen.

Wide single screen mode: FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the tile display state in the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the main screen and the secondary screen are tiled for display, and the host and the secondary screen are in a relatively parallel position, and the main screen and the secondary screen are both in operation. Status, in this mode, the mobile phone normally uses voice, short message, data, multimedia services, the application can be displayed and operated on the main screen and the secondary screen, and the main screen or the secondary screen is tiled to display an application. In the tiled display state, the main and secondary screens work simultaneously, and the home button and the three virtual buttons are used to switch to the wide single screen, dual screen, and mirror display modes.

Dual screen mode: The main screen and the secondary screen work in a tiled state, and the main screen and the secondary screen are switched between the wide single screen and the dual screen mode through the home button and the software switch. As shown in FIG. 5, in this mode, the mobile phone normally uses voice, short message, data, multimedia services, and the A+ application icon or the application A+ application B is displayed on the main screen or the secondary screen, and the main screen and the secondary screen can be operated.

Mirror mode: The main screen and the secondary screen work in a tiled state. The main screen and the secondary screen are switched between a wide single screen, a dual screen mode, and a wide screen mirror mode through a home button and a software switch. In this mode, there are two vertical screens and a horizontal screen. The display mode is shown in Figure 5. In this mode, the mobile phone normally uses voice, short message, data, multimedia service, and the application A is displayed on the main screen or the secondary screen at the same time, and the main screen and the secondary screen can be operated; when the horizontal screen is displayed, the main screen or the secondary screen opens or closes the virtual keyboard through the menu, and The application and input box are displayed on one screen.

Working mode switching: FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of display mode switching in the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6 , switching between the four modes is performed by using a Hall switch, an acceleration sensor, a Home button, a software button, and a switch. .

Circuit implementation: FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the implementation of the whole circuit according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the main screen and the secondary screen are two sets of FPC and one multimedia sub-processor in the main processor module are connected to the main screen and Secondary screen transmission data and control Signaling, the power control unit provides power supply solutions for the main and secondary screens.

As shown in Figure 7, the whole circuit is mainly composed of two parts. The first part is the main processor system. The circuit board is located in the housing of the main screen of the mobile phone. The main board and external power supply, audio, WIFI\BT\ are on the circuit board. GPS\FM module, RF module, sensor, external interface module and main screen display module, the second part is the sub-screen controller and the sub-screen module, and the sub-screen, FPC and magnetic block are located in the housing of the mobile phone sub-screen. The first part is connected to the second part through the hinge structure, and the FPC works together. The best technical solution consists of the following sections.

The first part: the multimedia sub-processor in the main processor: a multimedia sub-processor in the main processor module, the two mobile industry processing interfaces (Mobile Industry Processor Interface, MIPI) interface circuit share a sub-processor and control The circuit can drive the main screen and the secondary screen at the same time. The block diagram of the multimedia sub-processor is shown in Figure 6. The main screen and the secondary screen can display the same file or graphic across the boundary, or can be displayed on separate screens to realize the large-screen display mode and provide users with good users. Experience

The second part: four modes of switching: four working modes through the Hall switch, acceleration sensor, Home button, software buttons and switches to achieve switching between modes, dual mode display different content in various modes, support different Features;

The third part: Dual-screen mobile phone can realize keyboard function and have better human-computer interaction function.

Through the above embodiments, the display sizes of the mobile phone in the forward and reverse directions and the two sizes can be realized, giving the user more choices and a better experience. It can realize double-screen cross-border browsing of files, display more content, and display a larger range. The larger input keyboard makes mobile phone mobile work more convenient and meets the functions of some alternative portable computers.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware, but in many cases, the former is A better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

In the embodiment, a screen display device is also provided, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a screen display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the apparatus includes: a first determining module 802, a second determining module 804, and a display module 806, which are described in detail below. :

a first determining module 802, configured to determine a relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen in the dual screen terminal, wherein the main screen is located on a host of the dual screen terminal, and the host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected; The determining module 804 is connected to the first determining module 802, configured to determine a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen corresponding to the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen; and the display module 806 is connected to the foregoing The second determining module 804 is configured to perform display processing on the main screen and the sub-screen according to the determined screen display mode.

In an optional embodiment, the relative position between the main screen and the sub-screen is opposite to the main screen and the vice Corresponding relationship between the screen display modes of the screen includes: when the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is the main screen and the sub-screen back-to-back facing outward, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single a screen display mode, wherein the single screen display mode is a mode in which only one of the main screen and the secondary screen is in an active state; and a relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen is the main screen and the secondary screen When the shop is placed, the corresponding screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen is a dual screen display mode, wherein the dual screen display mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen are in an active state at the same time.

In an optional embodiment, the dual-screen display mode includes one of the following: a wide single-screen mode, a dual-screen mode, and a mirroring mode, wherein the wide single-screen mode is that the primary screen and the secondary screen can display the same The mode of the application; the dual screen mode is that the main screen and the sub-screen can respectively display different application modes; the mirror mode is that when the main screen and the sub-screen are both in the vertical screen, the main screen and the sub-screen can be displayed together. The same application; when the above main screen and the above-mentioned secondary screen are both in the horizontal screen, one of the above-mentioned main screen and the above-mentioned secondary screen is used for displaying an application, and the other screen is for performing an input operation.

In an alternative embodiment, FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a second display module 804 of the screen display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the second determining module 804 includes: a determining unit 902, The second determining module 804 performs detailed description: the determining unit 902 is configured to determine the dual-screen display according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the terminal host when the relative position state is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen. mode.

In an alternative embodiment, FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram (1) of a screen display device determining unit 902 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the determining unit 902 includes: a first determining subunit 1002. The second determining subunit 1004, the third determining subunit 1006, and the fourth determining subunit 1008, the determining unit 902 is described in detail below:

a first determining subunit 1002, configured to determine a pressing force of pressing the home button on the terminal host; a second determining subunit 1004, connected to the first determining subunit 1002, for when the pressing force is at the first pressing When the pressure is within the range, the dual-screen display mode is determined to be the wide single-screen mode; the third determining sub-unit 1006 is coupled to the first determining sub-unit 1002, when the pressing force is within the second pressing range. Determining that the dual screen display mode is the dual screen mode; the fourth determining subunit 1008 is coupled to the first determining subunit 1002, and configured to determine the dual screen display mode when the pressing force is within the third pressing range In the mirror image mode, the first pressing range, the second pressing range, and the third pressing range are pressure ranges that do not overlap each other.

In an optional embodiment, FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram (2) of a screen display device determining unit 902 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the determining unit 902 includes: a fifth determining subunit 1102, The detailed determination unit 902 is described in detail:

The fifth determining subunit 1102 is configured to determine the dual screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and pressing a signal input by the home screen.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above modules are in any combination. The forms are located in different processors.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium. Optionally, in the embodiment, the above storage medium may be configured to store program code for performing the above steps.

Optionally, in the embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may include, but is not limited to, a USB flash drive, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), and a Random Access Memory (RAM). A variety of media that can store program code, such as a hard disk, a disk, or an optical disk.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the processor performs the above steps according to the stored program code in the storage medium.

For example, the examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the foregoing embodiments and the optional embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

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.

Industrial applicability

The disclosure is applicable to the field of communication, and is used for flexibly adjusting the position state of the main screen and the secondary screen, and flexibly adjusting the display modes of the main screen and the secondary screen, thereby solving the problem that the dual screen terminal is inconvenient for human-computer interaction and the office experience is poor in the related art. Achieve convenient human-computer interaction and improve the effect of the office experience.

Claims

A dual screen terminal comprising:

Host and secondary screen;

The host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected, the host includes a main screen, and a relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen corresponds to a screen display mode of the main screen and the secondary screen.
The dual screen terminal according to claim 1, wherein a correspondence between a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes:

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is that the main screen and the sub-screen are back-to-back facing outward, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single-screen display mode, The single-screen display mode is a mode in which only one screen of the main screen and the secondary screen is in an active state;

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is placed on the main screen and the sub-screen, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are dual-screen display mode, wherein The dual screen display mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen are in an active state at the same time.
The dual screen terminal according to claim 2, wherein the dual screen display mode comprises one of the following: a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, and a mirror mode, wherein

The wide single screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application;

The dual screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen can respectively display different applications;

The mirroring mode is that when the main screen and the secondary screen are both in a vertical screen, the primary screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application; when the primary screen and the secondary screen are both in a horizontal screen, One of the main screen and the sub screen is for displaying an application, and the other is for performing an input operation.
The dual screen terminal of claim 3 wherein said host further comprises a home button for switching between different dual display modes.
The dual screen terminal of claim 2 wherein said host further comprises an electronic switch for controlling the relative positional state of said primary screen and said secondary screen.
A screen display method comprising:

Determining a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen in the dual-screen terminal, wherein the main screen is located on a host of the dual-screen terminal, and the host and the sub-screen are connected by an articulation;

Determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen corresponding to a relative position state between the main screen and the sub screen;

Display processing is performed on the main screen and the sub screen according to the determined screen display mode.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the correspondence between the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and the screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes:

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is that the main screen and the sub-screen are back-to-back facing outward, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single-screen display mode, The single-screen display mode is a mode in which only one screen of the main screen and the secondary screen is in an active state;

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is placed on the main screen and the sub-screen, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are dual-screen display mode, wherein The dual screen display mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen are in an active state at the same time.
The method according to claim 7, wherein the dual screen display mode comprises one of the following: a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, a mirror mode, wherein

The wide single screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application;

The dual screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen can respectively display different applications;

The mirroring mode is that when the main screen and the secondary screen are both in a vertical screen, the primary screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application; when the primary screen and the secondary screen are both in a horizontal screen, One of the main screen and the sub screen is for displaying an application, and the other is for performing an input operation.
The method of claim 8, wherein determining a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen corresponding to a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen comprises:

When the relative position state is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen, the dual screen display mode is determined according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the terminal host.
The method of claim 9, wherein determining the dual display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host comprises:

Determining a pressing force of pressing the home button on the terminal host;

Determining that the dual screen display mode is the wide single screen mode when the pressing force is within a first pressing range;

Determining that the dual screen display mode is the dual screen mode when the pressing force is within a second pressing range;

Determining that the dual screen display mode is the mirror mode when the pressing force is within a third pressing range;

The first pressing range, the second pressing range, and the third pressing range are pressure ranges that do not overlap each other.
The method of claim 9, wherein determining the dual display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the host comprises:

The dual display mode is determined according to a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and a signal input by pressing the home screen.
A screen display device comprising:

a first determining module, configured to determine a relative position state between the main screen and the secondary screen in the dual screen terminal, wherein the main screen is located on a host of the dual screen terminal, and the host and the secondary screen are hingedly connected ;

a second determining module, configured to determine a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub screen corresponding to a relative position state between the main screen and the sub screen;

And a display module configured to perform display processing on the main screen and the sub screen according to the determined screen display mode.
The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a correspondence between a relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen and a screen display mode of the main screen and the sub-screen includes:

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is that the main screen and the sub-screen are back-to-back facing outward, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are single-screen display mode, The single-screen display mode is a mode in which only one screen of the main screen and the secondary screen is in an active state;

When the relative position state between the main screen and the sub-screen is placed on the main screen and the sub-screen, the corresponding screen display modes of the main screen and the sub-screen are dual-screen display mode, wherein The dual screen display mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen are in an active state at the same time.
The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the dual screen display mode comprises one of: a wide single screen mode, a dual screen mode, and a mirror mode, wherein

The wide single screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application;

The dual screen mode is a mode in which the main screen and the sub screen can respectively display different applications;

The mirroring mode is that when the main screen and the secondary screen are both in a vertical screen, the primary screen and the secondary screen can jointly display the same application; when the primary screen and the secondary screen are both in a horizontal screen, One of the main screen and the sub screen is for displaying an application, and the other is for performing an input operation.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second determining module comprises:

The determining unit is configured to determine the dual screen display mode according to a signal input by pressing a home button on the terminal host when the relative position state is placed on the main screen and the secondary screen.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a first determining subunit, configured to determine a pressing force of pressing the home button on the terminal host;

a second determining subunit, configured to determine that the dual screen display mode is the wide single screen mode when the pressing force is within a first pressing range;

a third determining subunit, configured to determine that the dual screen display mode is the dual screen mode when the pressing force is within a second pressing range;

a fourth determining subunit, configured to determine that the dual screen display mode is the mirror mode when the pressing force is within a third pressing range;

The first pressing range, the second pressing range, and the third pressing range are pressure ranges that do not overlap each other.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the determining unit comprises:

The fifth determining subunit is configured to determine the dual display mode according to a signal input by pressing the home button on the host and a signal input by pressing the home screen.