WO2021000881A1

WO2021000881A1 - Screen splitting method and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2021000881A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/099654
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐杰
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2019-07-02
Filing date: 2020-07-01
Publication date: 2021-01-07
Also published as: CN110471725A

Abstract

A screen splitting method and an electronic device, relating to the technical field of communications and capable of simplifying user operations and improving user experience. The method comprises: a terminal with a touch screen displays a first interface, the first interface displays a first window, and the first window displays an interface of a first application; the terminal receives a first operation on a first interface; in response to the first operation, the terminal displays a second interface, the second interface displays a first window and a second window, and the second window displays a plurality of application icons; wherein the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than that of the first window in the first interface; when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a first relative position relation; when the first operation acts on a second position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; wherein the second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.

Description

Screen splitting method and electronic equipment

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of China with application number 201910591069.9, and the priority of the Chinese patent application with the title of the invention "a method and electronic device for split screen" on July 2, 2019. The entire content is incorporated into this application by reference.

Technical field

This application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a screen splitting method and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the increase of mobile phone screens, especially the emergence of folding screen mobile phones, the demand for simultaneously opening multiple applications on the mobile phone has become more frequent. For example, when a user makes a booking via a mobile phone, he can open multiple ticket purchase software (such as "Fliggy Travel", "Ctrip Travel", "Railway 12306") at the same time to compare prices. In the existing split screen method, user operations are complicated and inconvenient to use. Therefore, how to open multiple application windows quickly and conveniently has become an urgent problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

The screen splitting method and electronic device provided by the present application can simplify user operations of the split screen function and improve user experience.

In a first aspect, a method for splitting a screen is provided, which is applied to a terminal with a touch screen. The method includes: the terminal displays a first interface, the first interface displays a first window, and the first window displays an interface of the first application; the terminal receives A first operation on the first interface; in response to the first operation, the terminal displays a second interface, the second interface displays a first window and a second window, and the second window displays multiple application icons; wherein, the second interface The area of the first window in the first interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface; and, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; When the first operation acts on the second position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; where the second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is The relative position is different.

It can be seen that through the split-screen method provided in this application, users can quickly and conveniently turn on the split-screen function and improve user experience. In addition, the terminal can intelligently determine the position of the newly added window according to the position of the first operation on the touch screen, realize efficient interaction between the user and the terminal, and meet the diverse needs of the user.

In a possible implementation, the relative positional relationship between the first window and the second window in the second interface is specifically: when the first operation acts on the left edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the left of the first window. Side; when the first operation acts on the right edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the right side of the first window; when the first operation acts on the upper edge of the touch screen, the second window is located above the first window; When an operation is applied to the lower edge of the touch screen, the second window is located below the first window.

Thus, a solution is provided for intelligently determining the layout of multiple windows after the screen is split according to the specific position of the first operation on the touch screen, which simplifies user operations.

In a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: the terminal receives a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of the second application from a plurality of application icons in the second window; In the second operation, the terminal displays the third interface, and the second window in the third interface displays the interface of the second application; wherein the area of the second window in the third interface is the same as the area of the second window in the second interface.

Therefore, two application interfaces are displayed on the same screen, so that when the user operates the application in one window, the operation of the application in the other window is not affected. Therefore, the user can conveniently alternate operations on the interfaces of the two application programs to achieve efficient interaction between the user and the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, the first operation is an operation at the edge of the touch screen.

Since the current mobile phone screen (usually a touch screen) already displays an application program interface, the use of predefined gestures can distinguish the operation of triggering the split screen function from the user's gestures for operating the application program interface. In other words, the predefined gesture in the embodiment of the present application may be any gesture different from the user operating the application program interface, and the predefined gesture is not specifically limited here.

In a possible implementation manner, the first operation is one or more of two-finger sliding at the edge of the touch screen, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large area touch, and long pressing.

In a second aspect, a method for split screen is provided, which is applied to a terminal with a touch screen. The method includes: the terminal displays a first interface, the first interface displays a first window and a second window, and the first window displays the Interface, the second window displays the interface of the second application; the terminal receives the first operation on the first interface; in response to the first operation, the terminal displays the second interface, the second interface displays the first window, the second window, and In the third window, multiple application icons are displayed in the third window; wherein, the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface, and/or the area of the second window in the second interface is smaller than The area of the second window in the first interface; and, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; When the operation is applied to the second position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; among them, the second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is A relative position is different.

It can be seen that when the terminal has displayed two application windows, another application window can also be added quickly and conveniently through a predefined gesture. In addition, the terminal can intelligently determine the position of the newly added window according to the position of the first operation on the touch screen, realize efficient interaction between the user and the terminal, and meet the diverse needs of the user.

In a possible implementation manner, in the first interface, the first window is located on the left side of the second window, and the relative positional relationship of the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface is specifically: When an operation is applied to the upper end of the left border of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and the third window is located above the first window; when the first operation When acting on the lower end of the left border of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and the third window is located below the first window; when the first operation acts on When the right edge of the second window is at the upper end, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, and the third window is located above the second window; when the first operation acts on the second window When the right boundary of the second window is at the lower end, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, and the third window is located below the second window; when the first operation acts on the first window When the upper boundary of the window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and the third window is located above the first window; when the first operation acts on the second window When bordering, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, and the third window is located above the second window; when the first operation acts on the first window and the second window at the same time In the second interface, the third window is located above the first window and the second window; when the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the A window is located on the left side of the second window together, and the third window is located below the first window; when the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are together It is located on the right side of the first window, and the third window is located below the second window; when the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the first window and the second window at the same time, the third window is located on the second interface Below the first window and the second window.

It can be seen that when the two application windows that were originally opened on the screen are arranged side by side, the present application provides a solution for intelligently determining the position of the newly added window according to the specific position of the first operation on the touch screen, simplifying user operations.

In a possible implementation manner, in the first interface, the first window is located above the second window, and the relative positional relationship between the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface is specifically: When the operation acts on the left end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located above the second window together, and the third window is located on the left side of the first window; when the first operation acts on At the right end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located above the second window together, and the third window is located on the right side of the first window; when the first operation acts on the second window At the left end of the lower boundary of the second interface, the third window and the second window are located below the first window together, and the third window is located on the left side of the second window; when the first operation acts on the bottom of the second window At the right end of the boundary, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located below the first window together, and the third window is located on the right side of the second window; when the first operation acts on the left boundary of the first window , In the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and the third window is located on the left side of the first window; when the first operation is applied to the left boundary of the second window, In the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and the third window is located on the left side of the second window; when the first operation is simultaneously applied to the left boundary of the first window and the second window, In the second interface, the third window is located on the left side of the first window and the second window; when the first operation acts on the right boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located together Above the second window, and the third window is located on the right side of the first window; when the first operation acts on the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located together in the first window And the third window is located on the right side of the second window; when the first operation acts on the right boundary of the first window and the second window at the same time, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window The right side of the window.

It can be seen that when the two application windows originally opened on the screen are arranged up and down, this application provides a solution for intelligently determining the position of the newly added window according to the specific position of the first operation on the touch screen, which simplifies user operations.

In a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: the terminal receives a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of a third application from a plurality of application icons in the third window; In the second operation, the terminal displays the third interface, and the third window in the third interface displays the interface of the third application, wherein the area of the third window in the third interface is the same as the area of the third window in the second interface.

Thus, three application interfaces are displayed on the same screen, so that when the user operates the application in one of the windows, the operation of the application in the other two windows is not affected. Therefore, the user can conveniently operate alternately on the interfaces of the three application programs to achieve efficient interaction between the user and the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, the first control is displayed on the third interface, and the method further includes: the terminal receives a third operation on the first control on the third interface; in response to the third operation, the terminal displays the fourth interface; Wherein, the fourth interface includes any two or any one of the first window, the second window and the third window.

Among them, the first control can be a back key or a multi-window function key. The user can close an application window through the first control, or exit a multi-window interface, that is, display an application interface. This provides a quick operation on the multi-window interface and enhances the experience.

In a third aspect, an electronic device is provided, including: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen. The memory and the touch screen are coupled to the processor. The memory is used to store computer program codes. The computer program codes include computer instructions. When the processor reads from the memory, Computer instructions to cause the electronic device to perform the following operations: display the first interface through the touch screen, the first interface displays the first window, and the first window displays the interface of the first application; receiving the first operation on the first interface; responding to In the first operation, the second interface is displayed through the touch screen, the second interface displays the first window and the second window, and the second window displays multiple application icons; wherein the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than that in the first interface The area of the first window; and, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; when the first operation acts on the second position of the touch screen When, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; where the second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, it also causes the electronic device to perform the following operations: receiving a second operation on the second interface, the second operation being from multiple The application icon selects the operation of the icon of the second application; in response to the second operation, the third interface is displayed through the touch screen, and the second window in the third interface displays the interface of the second application; wherein, the area of the second window in the third interface is the same as The area of the second window in the second interface is the same.

In a fourth aspect, an electronic device includes: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen. The memory and the touch screen are coupled to the processor. The memory is used to store computer program code. The computer program code includes computer instructions. When the processor reads the computer from the memory Instructions to cause the electronic device to perform the following operations: display the first interface through the touch screen, the first interface displays the first window and the second window, the first window displays the interface of the first application, and the second window displays the interface of the second application; The first operation on the first interface is received; in response to the first operation, the second interface is displayed through the touch screen, the second interface displays the first window, the second window, and the third window, and the third window displays multiple applications Icon; wherein the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface, and/or the area of the second window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the second window in the first interface; and, When the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; when the first operation acts on the second position of the touch screen, the second The first window, the second window, and the third window in the interface are in a second relative position relationship; wherein, the second position and the first position are different, and the second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.

In a possible implementation, when the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, it also causes the electronic device to perform the following operations: receiving a second operation on the second interface, and the second operation is from multiple operations in the third window. The application icon selects the operation of the icon of the third application; in response to the second operation, the third interface is displayed through the touch screen, and the third window in the third interface displays the interface of the third application. The area of the third window in the second interface is the same.

In a possible implementation manner, the third interface displays the first control, and when the processor reads the computer instruction from the memory, it also causes the electronic device to perform the following operations: receiving a third operation on the first control on the third interface ; In response to the third operation, the fourth interface is displayed through the touch screen; wherein the fourth interface includes any two or any one of the first window, the second window and the third window.

Fifth aspect, a computer storage medium, including computer instructions, when the computer instructions run on a terminal, cause the terminal to execute the split screen method as described in the first aspect and any one of its possible implementations, or as described in the first aspect The split screen method described in the second aspect and any one of its possible implementations.

The sixth aspect, a computer program product, when the computer program product runs on a computer, causes the computer to execute the split screen method as described in the first aspect and any one of its possible implementation manners, or as the second aspect And the split-screen method described in any of the possible implementations.

In a seventh aspect, a chip includes a processor. When the processor executes an instruction, the processor executes the split screen method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementation manners, or as the second aspect and The split screen method described in any of the possible implementations.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a first structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 2 is a second structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an edge area of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another edge area of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

5A is a schematic diagram of a user interface of some electronic devices provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by the embodiments of this application;

5C is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by the embodiments of this application;

FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of the application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of the application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 14A is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

14B is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by the embodiments of the application;

15A is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by the embodiments of this application;

15B is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by the embodiments of the application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of user interfaces of still other electronic devices provided by embodiments of this application;

FIG. 18 is a schematic flowchart of a split screen method provided by an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 19 is a third structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of this application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Among them, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "/" means or, for example, A/B can mean A or B; "and/or" in this document is only a description of related objects The association relationship of indicates that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can indicate: A alone exists, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.

Hereinafter, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used as examples, illustrations, or illustrations. Any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application should not be construed as being more preferable or advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. To be precise, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to present related concepts in a specific manner.

Exemplarily, the electronic device in this application may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer (PC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart watch, a netbook, a wearable electronic device, and augmented reality technology (Augmented reality, AR) devices, virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) devices, vehicle-mounted devices, smart cars, smart audio, robots, etc. This application does not impose special restrictions on the specific form of the electronic device.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 100.

The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, and an antenna 2. , Mobile communication module 150, wireless communication module 160, audio module 170, speaker 170A, receiver 170B, microphone 170C, earphone jack 170D, sensor module 180, buttons 190, motor 191, indicator 192, camera 193, display screen 194, and Subscriber identification module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, etc. The sensor module 180 may include pressure sensor 180A, gyroscope sensor 180B, air pressure sensor 180C, magnetic sensor 180D, acceleration sensor 180E, distance sensor 180F, proximity light sensor 180G, fingerprint sensor 180H, temperature sensor 180J, touch sensor 180K, ambient light Sensor 180L, bone conduction sensor 180M, etc.

It can be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiment of the present invention does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or split certain components, or arrange different components. The illustrated components can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example, the processor 110 may include an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and an image signal processor. (image signal processor, ISP), controller, video codec, digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), baseband processor, and/or neural-network processing unit (NPU), etc. Among them, the different processing units may be independent devices or integrated in one or more processors.

In some embodiments of the present application, the processor 110 may determine whether the touch operation is a predefined gesture for enabling the split screen function of the electronic device 100 according to the detected coordinates and timestamp of the touch operation, and according to the predefined gesture The position of the function and the window status currently displayed on the display 194 of the electronic device 100 determine the position of the newly added window and the size of each window.

The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation code and timing signals to complete the control of fetching and executing instructions.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 to store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory can store instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be directly called from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided, the waiting time of the processor 110 is reduced, and the efficiency of the system is improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, and a universal asynchronous transmitter (universal asynchronous transmitter) interface. receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, subscriber identity module (SIM) interface, and / Or Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, etc.

It can be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiment of the present invention is merely a schematic description, and does not constitute a structural limitation of the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also adopt different interface connection modes in the foregoing embodiments, or a combination of multiple interface connection modes.

The charging management module 140 is used to receive charging input from the charger. Among them, the charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charging management module 140 may receive the charging input of the wired charger through the USB interface 130. In some embodiments of wireless charging, the charging management module 140 may receive the wireless charging input through the wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. While the charging management module 140 charges the battery 142, it can also supply power to the electronic device through the power management module 141.

The power management module 141 is used to connect the battery 142, the charging management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the display screen 194, the camera 193, and the wireless communication module 160. The power management module 141 can also be used to monitor parameters such as battery capacity, battery cycle times, and battery health status (leakage, impedance). In some other embodiments, the power management module 141 may also be provided in the processor 110. In other embodiments, the power management module 141 and the charging management module 140 may also be provided in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 can be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, the modem processor, and the baseband processor.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are used to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 can be used to cover a single or multiple communication frequency bands. Different antennas can also be reused to improve antenna utilization. For example, antenna 1 can be multiplexed as a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In other embodiments, the antenna can be used in combination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communication module 150 can provide a wireless communication solution including 2G/3G/4G/5G and the like applied to the electronic device 100. The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (LNA), etc. The mobile communication module 150 can receive electromagnetic waves by the antenna 1, and perform processing such as filtering, amplifying and transmitting the received electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 can also amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert it into electromagnetic waves for radiation via the antenna 1. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be provided in the processor 110. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 and at least part of the modules of the processor 110 may be provided in the same device.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Among them, the modulator is used to modulate the low frequency baseband signal to be sent into a medium and high frequency signal. The demodulator is used to demodulate the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. Then the demodulator transmits the demodulated low-frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low-frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor and then passed to the application processor. The application processor outputs a sound signal through an audio device (not limited to the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, etc.), or displays an image or video through the display screen 194. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be an independent device. In other embodiments, the modem processor may be independent of the processor 110 and be provided in the same device as the mobile communication module 150 or other functional modules.

The wireless communication module 160 can provide applications on the electronic device 100 including wireless local area networks (WLAN) (such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks), bluetooth (BT), and global navigation satellites. System (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field communication technology (near field communication, NFC), infrared technology (infrared, IR) and other wireless communication solutions. The wireless communication module 160 may be one or more devices integrating at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 160 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, frequency modulates and filters the electromagnetic wave signals, and sends the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 160 can also receive the signal to be sent from the processor 110, perform frequency modulation, amplify it, and convert it into electromagnetic wave radiation via the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 of the electronic device 100 is coupled with the mobile communication module 150, and the antenna 2 is coupled with the wireless communication module 160, so that the electronic device 100 can communicate with the network and other devices through wireless communication technology. The wireless communication technologies may include global system for mobile communications (GSM), general packet radio service (GPRS), code division multiple access (CDMA), broadband Code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC , FM, and/or IR technology, etc. The GNSS may include global positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), Beidou navigation satellite system (BDS), quasi-zenith satellite system (quasi -zenith satellite system, QZSS) and/or satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS).

The electronic device 100 implements a display function through a GPU, a display screen 194, and an application processor. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs, which execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, etc. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel can adopt liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light-emitting diode (OLED), active-matrix organic light-emitting diode or active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode). AMOLED, flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), Miniled, MicroLed, Micro-oLed, quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), etc. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or N display screens 194, and N is a positive integer greater than one.

The electronic device 100 can implement a shooting function through an ISP, a camera 193, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 194, and an application processor.

The ISP is used to process the data fed back from the camera 193. For example, when taking a picture, the shutter is opened, the light is transmitted to the photosensitive element of the camera through the lens, the light signal is converted into an electrical signal, and the photosensitive element of the camera transfers the electrical signal to the ISP for processing and is converted into an image visible to the naked eye. ISP can also optimize the image noise, brightness, and skin color. ISP can also optimize the exposure, color temperature and other parameters of the shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in the camera 193.

The camera 193 is used to capture still images or videos. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects it to the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element may be a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The photosensitive element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, and then transmits the electrical signal to the ISP to convert it into a digital image signal. ISP outputs digital image signals to DSP for processing. DSP converts digital image signals into standard RGB, YUV and other formats. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, and N is a positive integer greater than 1.

Digital signal processors are used to process digital signals. In addition to digital image signals, they can also process other digital signals. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects the frequency point, the digital signal processor is used to perform Fourier transform on the energy of the frequency point.

Video codecs are used to compress or decompress digital video. The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs. In this way, the electronic device 100 can play or record videos in a variety of encoding formats, such as: moving picture experts group (MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4, and so on.

NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor. By drawing on the structure of biological neural networks, for example, the transfer mode between human brain neurons, it can quickly process input information and can continuously learn by itself. The NPU can realize applications such as intelligent cognition of the electronic device 100, such as image recognition, face recognition, voice recognition, text understanding, and so on.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to expand the storage capacity of the electronic device 100. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to realize the data storage function. For example, save music, video and other files in an external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code, where the executable program code includes instructions. The internal memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area. Among them, the storage program area can store the operating system, at least one application program required by the function (such as sound playback function, image playback function, etc.). The data storage area can store data (such as audio data, phone book, etc.) created during the use of the electronic device 100. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash storage (UFS), etc. The processor 110 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device 100 by running instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor.

The electronic device 100 can implement audio functions through the audio module 170, the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the earphone interface 170D, and the application processor. For example, music playback, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal for output, and is also used to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 170 can also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may be provided in the processor 110, or part of the functional modules of the audio module 170 may be provided in the processor 110.

The speaker 170A, also called a "speaker", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The electronic device 100 can listen to music through the speaker 170A, or listen to a hands-free call.

The receiver 170B, also called "earpiece", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. When the electronic device 100 answers a call or voice message, it can receive the voice by bringing the receiver 170B close to the human ear.

The microphone 170C, also called "microphone", "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals. When making a call or sending a voice message, the user can approach the microphone 170C through the mouth to make a sound, and input the sound signal to the microphone 170C. The electronic device 100 may be provided with at least one microphone 170C. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may be provided with two microphones 170C, which can implement noise reduction functions in addition to collecting sound signals. In some other embodiments, the electronic device 100 can also be provided with three, four or more microphones 170C to collect sound signals, reduce noise, identify sound sources, and realize directional recording functions.

The earphone interface 170D is used to connect wired earphones. The earphone interface 170D may be a USB interface 130, or a 3.5mm open mobile terminal platform (OMTP) standard interface, or a cellular telecommunications industry association (cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA) standard interface.

The pressure sensor 180A is used to sense the pressure signal and can convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be provided on the display screen 194. There are many types of pressure sensors 180A, such as resistive pressure sensors, inductive pressure sensors, capacitive pressure sensors and so on. The capacitive pressure sensor may include at least two parallel plates with conductive material. When a force is applied to the pressure sensor 180A, the capacitance between the electrodes changes. The electronic device 100 determines the intensity of the pressure according to the change in capacitance. When a touch operation acts on the display screen 194, the electronic device 100 detects the intensity of the touch operation according to the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 100 may also calculate the touched position according to the detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, touch operations that act on the same touch location but have different touch operation strengths may correspond to different operation instructions. For example: when a touch operation whose intensity of the touch operation is less than the first pressure threshold is applied to the short message application icon, an instruction to view the short message is executed. When a touch operation with a touch operation intensity greater than or equal to the first pressure threshold acts on the short message application icon, an instruction to create a new short message is executed.

In some embodiments of the present application, the predefined gesture used to trigger the electronic device 100 to turn on the split screen function may be a pressure press at the edge of the display screen 194. In this embodiment, after the electronic device 100 detects the user's touch operation, the electronic device 100 can detect the intensity of the touch operation according to the pressure sensor 180A. When it is detected that the intensity of the touch operation is greater than the preset threshold, the touch operation can be considered as a predefined gesture, and the electronic device 100 enables the split screen function.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine the movement posture of the electronic device 100. In some embodiments, the angular velocity of the electronic device 100 around three axes (ie, x, y, and z axes) can be determined by the gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B can be used for shooting anti-shake. Exemplarily, when the shutter is pressed, the gyro sensor 180B detects the shake angle of the electronic device 100, calculates the distance that the lens module needs to compensate according to the angle, and allows the lens to counteract the shake of the electronic device 100 through reverse movement to achieve anti-shake. The gyro sensor 180B can also be used for navigation and somatosensory game scenes.

The air pressure sensor 180C is used to measure air pressure. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 calculates the altitude based on the air pressure value measured by the air pressure sensor 180C to assist positioning and navigation.

The magnetic sensor 180D includes a Hall sensor. The electronic device 100 can use the magnetic sensor 180D to detect the opening and closing of the flip holster. In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is a flip machine, the electronic device 100 can detect the opening and closing of the flip according to the magnetic sensor 180D. Furthermore, according to the detected opening and closing state of the leather case or the opening and closing state of the flip cover, features such as automatic unlocking of the flip cover are set.

The acceleration sensor 180E can detect the magnitude of the acceleration of the electronic device 100 in various directions (generally three axes). When the electronic device 100 is stationary, the magnitude and direction of gravity can be detected. It can also be used to identify the posture of electronic devices, and used in applications such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, pedometers, etc.

Distance sensor 180F, used to measure distance. The electronic device 100 can measure the distance by infrared or laser. In some embodiments, when shooting a scene, the electronic device 100 can use the distance sensor 180F to measure the distance to achieve fast focusing.

The proximity light sensor 180G may include, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) and a light detector such as a photodiode. The light emitting diode may be an infrared light emitting diode. The electronic device 100 emits infrared light to the outside through the light emitting diode. The electronic device 100 uses a photodiode to detect infrared reflected light from nearby objects. When sufficient reflected light is detected, it can be determined that there is an object near the electronic device 100. When insufficient reflected light is detected, the electronic device 100 can determine that there is no object near the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 can use the proximity light sensor 180G to detect that the user holds the electronic device 100 close to the ear to talk, so as to automatically turn off the screen to save power. The proximity light sensor 180G can also be used in leather case mode, and the pocket mode will automatically unlock and lock the screen.

The ambient light sensor 180L is used to sense the brightness of the ambient light. The electronic device 100 can adaptively adjust the brightness of the display screen 194 according to the perceived brightness of the ambient light. The ambient light sensor 180L can also be used to automatically adjust the white balance when taking pictures. The ambient light sensor 180L can also cooperate with the proximity light sensor 180G to detect whether the electronic device 100 is in the pocket to prevent accidental touch.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect fingerprints. The electronic device 100 can use the collected fingerprint characteristics to realize fingerprint unlocking, access application locks, fingerprint photographs, fingerprint answering calls, etc.

The temperature sensor 180J is used to detect temperature. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 uses the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 180J to execute a temperature processing strategy. For example, when the temperature reported by the temperature sensor 180J exceeds a threshold, the electronic device 100 performs a reduction in the performance of the processor located near the temperature sensor 180J, so as to reduce power consumption and implement thermal protection. In other embodiments, when the temperature is lower than another threshold, the electronic device 100 heats the battery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown of the electronic device 100 due to low temperature. In some other embodiments, when the temperature is lower than another threshold, the electronic device 100 boosts the output voltage of the battery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown caused by low temperature.

Touch sensor 180K, also called "touch device". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch screen is composed of the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194, which is also called a “touch screen”. The touch sensor 180K is used to detect touch operations acting on or near it. The touch sensor can pass the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the type of touch event. The visual output related to the touch operation can be provided through the display screen 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may also be disposed on the surface of the electronic device 100, which is different from the position of the display screen 194.

In some embodiments of the present application, the predefined gesture used to trigger the electronic device 100 to turn on the split screen function can be a two-finger inward sliding, three-finger inward sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, long Press operation and so on. In this embodiment, after the electronic device 100 detects a user's touch operation, the electronic device 100 can obtain information such as touch coordinates and a time stamp of the touch operation according to the touch sensor 180K. Determine whether the touch operation is a predefined gesture based on the touch coordinates, timestamp and other information. If it is a predefined gesture, the electronic device 100 enables the split screen function.

The bone conduction sensor 180M can acquire vibration signals. In some embodiments, the bone conduction sensor 180M can obtain the vibration signal of the vibrating bone mass of the human voice. The bone conduction sensor 180M can also contact the human pulse and receive the blood pressure pulse signal. In some embodiments, the bone conduction sensor 180M may also be provided in the earphone, combined with the bone conduction earphone. The audio module 170 can parse the voice signal based on the vibration signal of the vibrating bone block of the voice obtained by the bone conduction sensor 180M, and realize the voice function. The application processor may analyze the heart rate information based on the blood pressure beat signal obtained by the bone conduction sensor 180M, and realize the heart rate detection function.

The button 190 includes a power button, a volume button, and so on. The button 190 may be a mechanical button. It can also be a touch button. The electronic device 100 may receive key input, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 100.

The motor 191 can generate vibration prompts. The motor 191 can be used for incoming call vibration notification, and can also be used for touch vibration feedback. For example, touch operations applied to different applications (such as photographing, audio playback, etc.) can correspond to different vibration feedback effects. Acting on touch operations in different areas of the display screen 194, the motor 191 can also correspond to different vibration feedback effects. Different application scenarios (for example: time reminding, receiving information, alarm clock, games, etc.) can also correspond to different vibration feedback effects. The touch vibration feedback effect can also support customization.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, which may be used to indicate the charging status, power change, or to indicate messages, missed calls, notifications, and so on.

The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect to the SIM card. The SIM card can be inserted into the SIM card interface 195 or pulled out from the SIM card interface 195 to achieve contact and separation with the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may support 1 or N SIM card interfaces, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM card interface 195 can support Nano SIM cards, Micro SIM cards, SIM cards, etc. The same SIM card interface 195 can insert multiple cards at the same time. The types of the multiple cards can be the same or different. The SIM card interface 195 can also be compatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface 195 may also be compatible with external memory cards. The electronic device 100 interacts with the network through the SIM card to implement functions such as call and data communication. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 adopts an eSIM, that is, an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card can be embedded in the electronic device 100 and cannot be separated from the electronic device 100.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may adopt a layered architecture, an event-driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture, or a cloud architecture. The embodiment of the present invention takes an Android system with a layered architecture as an example to exemplify the software structure of the electronic device 100.

FIG. 2 is a software structure block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, and each layer has a clear role and division of labor. Communication between layers through software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, the application layer, the application framework layer, the Android runtime and system library, and the kernel layer.

The application layer can include a series of application packages.

As shown in Figure 2, the application package can include applications such as camera, gallery, calendar, call, map, navigation, WLAN, Bluetooth, music, video, short message, etc.

In some embodiments of the application, the application package further includes a split-screen application. The split-screen application can provide an interface for the electronic device 100 to interact with the user, for example, allowing the user to set a predefined gesture that triggers the opening of the distribution function, set an application that supports the split-screen function, and set the size of each window.

The application framework layer provides application programming interfaces (application programming interface, API) and programming frameworks for applications in the application layer. The application framework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in Figure 2, the application framework layer can include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, a resource manager, and a notification manager.

The window manager is used to manage window programs. The window manager can obtain the size of the display, determine whether there is a status bar, lock the screen, take a screenshot, etc.

In some embodiments of the present application, the window manager may specifically be a window management service (WindowManagerService, WMS), and the WMS stores information of each application window displayed on the current screen, for example: the number of application windows displayed on the current screen And other information. The split-screen application can specifically determine the size and position of each window according to the number of application windows displayed on the current screen.

The content provider is used to store and retrieve data and make these data accessible to applications. The data may include video, image, audio, phone calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phone book, etc.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls that display text and controls that display pictures. The view system can be used to build applications. The display interface can be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface that includes a short message notification icon may include a view that displays text and a view that displays pictures.

The phone manager is used to provide the communication function of the electronic device 100. For example, the management of the call status (including connecting, hanging up, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application, such as localized strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, etc.

The notification manager enables the application to display notification information in the status bar, which can be used to convey notification-type messages, and it can disappear automatically after a short stay without user interaction. For example, the notification manager is used to notify the download completion, message reminder, etc. The notification manager can also be a notification that appears in the status bar at the top of the system in the form of a chart or scroll bar text, such as a notification of an application running in the background, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, text messages are prompted in the status bar, prompt sounds, electronic devices vibrate, and indicator lights flash.

Android Runtime includes core libraries and virtual machines. Android runtime is responsible for the scheduling and management of the Android system.

The core library consists of two parts: one part is the function functions that the java language needs to call, and the other part is the core library of Android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes the java files of the application layer and the application framework layer as binary files. The virtual machine is used to perform functions such as object life cycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, and garbage collection.

The system library can include multiple functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media library (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing library (for example: OpenGL ES), 2D graphics engine (for example: SGL), etc.

The surface manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a combination of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

The media library supports playback and recording of a variety of commonly used audio and video formats, as well as still image files. The media library can support multiple audio and video encoding formats, such as: MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

The 3D graphics processing library is used to realize 3D graphics drawing, image rendering, synthesis, and layer processing.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is the layer between hardware and software. The kernel layer contains at least display driver, camera driver, audio driver, and sensor driver.

The technical solutions involved in the following embodiments can all be implemented in the electronic device 100 having the aforementioned hardware architecture and software architecture.

In the screen splitting method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the user can trigger the electronic device 100 to add an application window by executing a predefined gesture, so as to realize the quick and convenient opening of the split screen function of the electronic device. In addition, in the split-screen method of the present application, the electronic device 100 can also intelligently determine the position of the newly added application window according to the position of the predefined gesture on the screen and the number of application windows currently displayed on the screen, so that the user can communicate with each other. Efficient interaction of the electronic device 100.

Hereinafter, taking the electronic device 100 as a mobile phone as an example, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

How to open two windows

When the mobile phone has opened an application, if it detects that the user performs a predefined gesture, the mobile phone displays two windows on the same interface. One of the windows is used to display the interface of the application that has been opened, and the other window is used to display the interface of another application that the user is about to open.

In some embodiments, the aforementioned predefined gesture may be set as an operation gesture that acts on the edge area of the mobile phone screen. The operation gesture may be, for example, two-finger swipe (up, down, left, right), three-finger swipe (up, down, left, right), pressure pressing, large-area touch, long press, etc. Since the current mobile phone screen (usually a touch screen) already displays an application program interface, the use of predefined gestures can distinguish the operation of triggering the split screen function from the user's gestures for operating the application program interface. In other words, the predefined gesture in the embodiment of the present application may be any gesture different from the user operating the application program interface, and the predefined gesture is not specifically limited here.

Wherein, the above-mentioned edge area of the mobile phone screen refers to the edge area of the mobile phone screen for displaying content. Pressure sensors, touch sensors, etc. are still provided in the edge area, which can be used to recognize gestures performed by the user. Generally speaking, the edge of the mobile phone screen includes four edges, namely, the top, bottom, left, and right edges, that is, the edge area of the mobile phone screen usually includes the top, bottom, left, and right edges. In other examples, when the screen of the mobile phone is a special-shaped screen (for example, a notch screen, a pearl screen, a digging screen, etc.), the edges of the mobile phone screen can also be simplified to the top, bottom, left, and right edges. For example, the edge of the mobile phone head can be defined as the upper edge, and the edge area of the mobile phone head is the upper edge area.

For example: as shown in Figure 3, 401 is the outer frame of the phone body. 402 is the edge of the mobile phone screen. Taking the right edge as an example, the right edge area may be a rectangular (or other shapes) area with the right edge as one side and the width D, that is, the area 403 is the right edge area. The width D can be the default width of the mobile phone, or the width set by the user. It should be noted that the edge area may or may not include areas that are not used to display application program interfaces, such as a status bar and a navigation bar. Of course, since the area of the mobile phone screen that is not used to display the application program interface is usually small, it may not affect the recognition of the operation gestures performed by the user, and no distinction is required. Similarly, the area 404 is the left edge area, the area 405 is the upper edge area, and the area 406 is the lower edge area. It can be understood that the width D in the edge regions in the four directions may be the same or different.

Another example: as shown in Figure 4 (1), it is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone with a special-shaped screen. The portion of the area 407 that can display the interface content can be determined as the upper edge area. As shown in Figure 4 (2), it is a schematic diagram of another mobile phone with a special-shaped screen. The part of the area 408 that can display the interface content can be determined as the right edge area.

After the mobile phone detects the user's predefined gesture and determines that the current screen has displayed an application interface, the position of the new window is determined according to the position of the predefined gesture. Exemplarily, the mobile phone can determine to add a new window on the upper, lower, left, or right side of the screen according to the predetermined finger action on the upper, lower, left, or right edge of the screen. To display the interface of the application to be opened.

In one case, as shown in (1) of FIG. 5A, if the predefined gesture is applied to the left edge area, the mobile phone can divide the screen into two windows on the left and the right. As shown in Figure 5A (2), the left window can be used to display multiple application icons, and the user can open another application (for example, application B) through any one of the application icons. That is, the left window is the newly added application window. The right window is used to display the interface of the application (for example: Application A) previously displayed on the phone screen. It should be noted that the left and right windows do not include the status bar and navigation bar.

In some examples, the mobile phone may divide the screen into two windows equally, that is, the left and right windows have the same size. In other examples, the mobile phone can also divide the screen into two windows according to the user's settings, that is, the sizes of the left and right windows can be different. For example: the user can preset the size of each window. Alternatively, after the mobile phone divides the screen into two windows, the user can also adjust the size of the window by dragging the dividing line 501 between the two windows. In still other examples, when the predefined gesture contains certain distance information, the mobile phone may also determine the size of each window according to the predefined gesture. For example: when the predefined gesture is two-finger sliding, the size of the two windows can be determined according to the distance of the two-finger sliding on the screen. In other words, when two fingers slide in a certain direction on the screen, the distance is proportional to the distance that the dividing line between the two windows moves in the same direction. For example: as shown in (3) and (4) of Fig. 5A, when the distance of the two fingers sliding to the right is D1, the distance between the dividing line between the two windows and the left edge is M1. When the distance of the two fingers sliding to the right is D2, the distance between the dividing line between the two windows and the left edge is M2. Among them, D2>D1, M2>M1.

In another case, as shown in Figure 5B, if a predefined gesture is applied to the right edge area, the phone can divide the screen into two windows on the left and right. The right window can be used to display multiple application icons. The user can use The application icon opens another application. That is, the right window is the newly added application window. The left window is used to display the interface of the application previously displayed on the phone screen. It should be noted that the left and right windows do not include the status bar and navigation bar. Among them, the size of the two windows can refer to the related content in the first case, which will not be repeated here.

In another situation, as shown in Figure 5C, if a predefined gesture is applied to the upper edge area, the mobile phone can divide the screen into two windows, the upper and lower windows, and the upper window can be used to display multiple application icons. The application icon opens another application. That is, the upper window is the newly added application window. The lower window is used to display the interface of the application previously displayed on the phone screen. It should be noted that the two upper windows do not include the status bar and the navigation bar. Among them, the size of the two windows can refer to the related content in the first case, which will not be repeated here.

In another case, as shown in Figure 5D, if a predefined gesture is applied to the lower edge area, the mobile phone can divide the screen into two windows, the upper and lower windows. The lower window can be used to display multiple application icons. The user can use the application Icon to open another application. That is, the lower window is the newly added application window. The upper window is used to display the interface of the application previously displayed on the phone screen. It should be noted that the two upper windows do not include the status bar and the navigation bar. Among them, the size of the two windows can refer to the related content in the first case, which will not be repeated here.

Taking a predefined gesture acting on the left edge area as an example, the method of adding an application window in this application will be described in detail.

(1) Enter the multi-window interface

As shown in Figure 6 (1), the mobile phone has opened an application (displaying the application in full screen), and displaying the interface of the application, such as the chat interface of the "WeChat" application. The user performs a predefined gesture on the left edge area of the screen of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone displays a multi-window interface as shown in (2) of FIG. 6 in response to detecting the predefined gesture of the user. The multi-window interface includes a status bar 601 and a display area 602. In some examples, a navigation bar 603 may also be included in the multi-window interface. The navigation bar 603 generally includes a recent task key, a home screen key, a back key, and a notification bar key. Among them, the recent task key is used to display recently used applications. The home button is used to return to the desktop. The back key is used to return to the previous interface. The notification bar key is used to open the notification bar. The buttons in the navigation bar 603 may be physical buttons or virtual buttons.

In this embodiment, the display area 602 is divided into two left and right windows. The window sizes on the left and right sides can be the same or different.

Among them, the right window is used to display the interface of the originally opened application, that is, the chat interface of the "WeChat" application. In some examples, when the mobile phone can display the interface of the previously opened application in the right window, the interface of the application can be rearranged according to the size of the current right window. For example: the mobile phone retains the size of the text and picture in the application interface, and adjusts the displayed application interface content according to the actual size of the current window on the right. Obviously, the content of the interface of the application displayed in the right window at this time will be less than the content of the interface of the application previously displayed on the full screen of the mobile phone. For another example: the mobile phone reduces the text size, picture size, etc. in the application program interface, and then combines the actual size of the current right window to rearrange the displayed application interface content. In this case, the interface content of the application displayed in the right window at this time may be less than the content of the application interface that was previously displayed in full screen on the phone, or it may be the same as the interface content of the application displayed in full screen before the phone. , It may also be more than the content of the application interface displayed on the full screen of the mobile phone. The embodiments of this application do not limit this. In other examples, the mobile phone can also reduce the original interface displayed according to the length and width of the window on the right. In this case, the content of the interface of the application displayed in the right window at this time is the same as the content of the interface of the application previously displayed on the full screen of the mobile phone. The embodiments of this application do not limit this.

The left window is the newly added application window. Exemplarily, multiple application icons may be displayed in the left window. The applications corresponding to these application icons are applications that support multi-window display (ie, support split-screen display). Among them, the applications that support multi-window display may be some default applications of the mobile phone, such as browsers, video players, etc. It can also be an application set by the user with multiple window display requirements, such as instant messaging applications, document applications, ticket booking applications, shopping applications, etc. In other examples, the left window can display application icons corresponding to all applications installed on the mobile phone, that is, by default, all applications support multi-window display.

Later, the user can open another application by operating these application icons, which will be described in detail below.

In some embodiments, on the interface as shown in (2) in FIG. 6, the user can also switch the application icons displayed in the left window by, for example, sliding up and down or sliding left and right.

For example: the user performs an upward sliding gesture on the left window (for example, operation 1), and the mobile phone displays an interface as shown in (4) in Figure 6. That is, the application icons in the display area on the left of (2) in FIG. 6 move upward as a whole. The application icons above the screen disappear, and new application icons (such as "Network Disk", "Meitu") are displayed below.

Another example: the user performs a rightward sliding gesture on the left window (for example, operation 2), and the mobile phone displays an interface as shown in (3) in FIG. 6. That is, the application icons in the display area on the left of (2) in FIG. 6 move to the right as a whole. The application icons on the right beyond the left window disappear, and new application icons (such as "Netdisk" and "Meitu") are displayed on the left.

In other embodiments, when the navigation bar is displayed in the multi-window interface, the multi-window interface can also be operated through the buttons in the navigation bar. Exemplarily, a multi-window button can be added to the navigation bar, or an existing button can be reused (for example, the recent task button).

For example: as shown in Figure 6 (2), when the mobile phone displays a multi-window interface, the recent task key can be used as the multi-window key 604. When the mobile phone first enters the multi-window interface, that is, when multiple application icons are displayed in one of the windows, the user can quickly exit the multi-window interface by clicking the multi-window key 604, that is, the interface shown in (1) of FIG. 6 is displayed. It is understandable that the multi-window key 604 may have different functions in different scenarios, which will be specifically described in specific scenarios below. In some examples, in order to facilitate the user to distinguish different functions of the key, different icons may also be displayed when the key has different functions.

In still other embodiments, it is also possible to quickly exit the multi-window interface in other ways. For example: the user performs a gesture such as sliding to the left at the junction of the right window and the left window (for example, operation 3), and the mobile phone exits the multi-window interface. That is, the mobile phone returns to the interface shown in Figure 6 (1).

(2) Operation of multi-window interface

Later, the user can open another application by operating the application icon in the newly added window.

In some examples, if the another application is not started, the mobile phone starts the application and displays the main interface of the application. For example: as shown in Figure 7 (1), in response to the user clicking the application icon corresponding to the "Documents" application, the mobile phone opens the "Documents" application and displays the interface shown in Figure 7 (2). That is, the mobile phone displays the main interface of the "Documents" application in the left window.

In some other examples, if the another application is already started but is running in the background, the mobile phone switches the application to run in the foreground and displays the current interface of the application. For example: as shown in Figure 7 (1), in response to the user clicking the application icon corresponding to the "Document" application, the mobile phone switches the "Document" application to the foreground and displays the interface shown in Figure 7 (3). That is, the mobile phone displays the current interface of the "Documents" application in the left window.

When the user opens a new application in the new window, the mobile phone displays the interfaces of the two applications at the same time. It can be seen that when the user operates one of the applications, the interface of the other application will not be hidden. In other words, when a user operates an application in one window, it does not affect the operation of the application in the other window. Therefore, the user can conveniently alternate operations on the interfaces of the two application programs to achieve efficient interaction between the user and the mobile phone.

Exemplarily, as shown in (2) in Figure 7, the user can operate the "document" application in the left window. For example: by clicking the "Open" control, choosing to open an existing file, etc. At the same time, users can also view new messages in the "WeChat" application and send new messages in the right window.

As another example, as shown in (1) in FIG. 8, the user can first copy the selected text 801 in the document in the left window. Then, as shown in (2) of FIG. 8, the user can paste the text 801 in the text input box 802 of the right window.

As another example, as shown in (3) of FIG. 8, the left window is the document browsing interface of the "document" application, in which information such as file names of multiple documents is displayed. On the right is the email composing interface of the "Mailbox" application. In response to the user pressing and holding the selected document 803 on the document browsing interface of the left window, and dragging it to the email body area of the right window, the mobile phone adds the selected document as an attachment 804 to the email body, and it displays as Figure 8 (4) shows the interface.

In some embodiments of the present application, the user can also exchange the display content of the left and right windows.

In some examples, as shown in Figure 9 (1), in response to the user performing a specific operation at the junction 901 of the left and right windows, such as long press, double tap, pressure press, etc., the mobile phone displays as shown in Figure 9 ( 2) The interface shown. A content exchange control 902 is displayed on the interface. The swap control 902 can be used to interact with the content displayed in the left and right windows.

A close control 903 may also be displayed on the interface. In one example, the close control 903 can be used to close the application of the newly added window of the mobile phone. For example: in response to the user clicking the close control 903, the mobile phone closes the application in the left window. That is, the left window disappears, and the phone displays the application interface of the right window in full screen. Or, multi-application icons are displayed in the left window. In another example, in response to the user clicking the close control 903, the mobile phone closes the application currently being operated by the user. For example, if the user is currently operating the "WeChat" application in the right window, the phone closes the application in the right window. That is, the right window disappears, and the phone displays the application interface of the left window in full screen. Or, the multi-application icon is displayed in the right window.

In other examples, as shown in (1) of FIG. 9, in response to the user performing a specific operation at the junction 901 of the left and right windows, the mobile phone displays an interface as shown in (3) of FIG. 9. That is, the mobile phone can also pop up the menu 904. The menu 904 includes multiple options, such as "interactive window content", "close left window", "close right window" and so on. The mobile phone can also perform actions such as interactive window content and closing the window according to the options selected by the user. The embodiments of this application do not limit this.

In some embodiments of the present application, the display screen of the mobile phone is a folding screen. Then, when the mobile phone displays a multi-window interface, if the user's folding screen operation is detected, the mobile phone can display the contents of one or several application windows on the folded screen according to a certain strategy.

For example: In a strategy, as shown in Figure 10 (1), the mobile phone displays two windows on the left and right. When the mobile phone detects that the user uses the folding side 1001 as the folding axis, the operation of folding the right screen backwards counterclockwise When the time, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in Figure 10 (2). That is, the interface of the application window in the left window is retained, and the interface of the application window in the right window is not displayed. In some examples, the mobile phone may display a floating ball 1002 on the side, for example, to remind the user that there is a hidden application window. The user can switch the interface of the currently displayed application program by clicking the floating ball 1002. For example: on the interface shown in Figure 10 (2), when it is detected that the user clicks on the floating ball 1002, the mobile phone displays the interface shown in Figure 10 (3). It can be seen that the mobile phone will display the interface of the application corresponding to the floating ball 1002 (for example, the interface of the "WeChat" application), and hide the interface of the application (for example: the interface of the "Document" application) displayed on the previous screen, and display For another floating ball 1005. Click the floating ball 1005, and the mobile phone will switch back to the interface that displays the application program corresponding to the floating ball 1005 (ie, the interface of the "WeChat" application). For another example: the user can also select the corresponding content (such as text, picture, file, etc.) in the application interface displayed on the current screen, and drag it directly to the floating ball 1002, so that the mobile phone opens the application corresponding to the floating ball 1002. Interface, and display the corresponding content previously selected on the application interface.

In another strategy, when the mobile phone detects the operation of the user's folding screen, the mobile phone can retain the window where the application currently being operated by the user is located. Alternatively, the mobile phone can retain the largest window on the screen, which is not limited in this application. For the rest of the content, refer to the relevant description in the first strategy, and will not repeat it.

When detecting that the user expands the screen, the phone can automatically display a multi-window interface.

Another example: In a strategy, as shown in Figure 10 (4), the mobile phone displays two windows on the left and right. When the mobile phone detects that the user uses the folding side 1003 as the folding axis, the left screen is folded back clockwise. During operation, the mobile phone can display the interface shown in Figure 10 (5). That is, the interface of the application window in the right window is retained, and the interface of the application window in the left window is not displayed. In some examples, the mobile phone may display a floating ball 1004 to remind the user that there is a hidden application window. In another strategy, when the mobile phone detects the operation of the user's folding screen, the mobile phone can retain the window where the application currently being operated by the user is located. Alternatively, the mobile phone can retain the largest window on the screen, which is not limited in this application. For the rest of the content, refer to the relevant description above, and will not repeat it.

In other embodiments of the present application, when the mobile phone displays a multi-window display interface, if it is detected that the user rotates the mobile phone and switches the horizontal and vertical screen states, the mobile phone can keep the window basically unchanged, and adapt the application interface displayed in the window Sexual adjustment.

For example: as shown in Figure 11 (1), the mobile phone is in a horizontal screen state, and the mobile phone screen is in a vertical state or substantially in a vertical state. At this time, the mobile phone displays a multi-window interface with two left and right windows. When the mobile phone detects that the user has switched the mobile phone from the horizontal screen state to the vertical screen state, the mobile phone displays an interface as shown in (2) in Figure 11. That is, the mobile phone keeps the size and position of the two windows basically unchanged (not including the mobile phone's minor adjustments to the size of the window to display the status bar and navigation bar), and the text and pictures in the interface of the application in each window Switch in the same direction. In order to distinguish the direction of the screen change of the mobile phone, a triangle mark 1101 is used to mark one side of the mobile phone screen. That is, the upper edge of the screen in (1) in FIG. 11 is rotated to the right edge in (2) in FIG. 11.

(3) Exit the multi-window interface

In some embodiments of the present application, when the mobile phone displays the interfaces of two application programs at the same time, the user can quickly exit the multi-window interface by clicking the multi-window button 604 in the navigation bar.

In some examples, as shown in Figure 12 (1), in response to the user clicking the multi-window button 604, the mobile phone closes the newly added window (that is, the left window), and displays the window of the first opened application in full screen (right Window), that is, the interface shown in (2) in Figure 12 is displayed. In other examples, as shown in Figure 13 (1), in response to the user clicking the multi-window button 604, the mobile phone can close the window of the application currently being operated by the user (such as the "WeChat" application), that is, the display shown in Figure 13 (2) The interface shown. The application window currently being operated by the user refers to the application window that the user has recently operated before the user clicks the multi-window button 604. Optionally, the mobile phone may highlight the application window currently being operated by the user, and the specific marking method is not limited.

In other embodiments, when the mobile phone displays the interfaces of two applications at the same time, the user can click the multi-window button 604 to quickly close the application in one of the windows, and the window displays the interface of multiple application icons. In other words, the user can quickly open other applications through the application icon in the window. In some examples, as shown in Figure 12 (1), in response to the user clicking the multi-window button 604, the mobile phone closes the application in the newly added window (ie the left window), and retains the window of the first opened application (The window on the right), that is, the interface shown in (3) in Figure 12 is displayed. In other examples, as shown in Figure 13 (1), in response to the user clicking the multi-window button 604, the mobile phone can close the application window currently being operated by the user (for example, the "WeChat" application), and display multiple windows in the window. Application icon, which displays the interface shown in Figure 13 (3).

In still other embodiments, the back key can be used to return the application currently being operated by the user to the previous interface. In some examples, when the application currently being operated by the user is the main interface, the back key can be used to exit the multi-window interface. For example: as shown in Figure 12 (1), the "document" in the left window is used as the main interface. In response to the user clicking the back button 1201, the mobile phone closes the left window and displays the application in the right window in full screen (ie, the "WeChat" application), that is, the interface as shown in (2) of Figure 12 is displayed. In some examples, when the application window currently being operated by the user is not the main interface, the user can also directly exit the multi-window interface by double-clicking the back key 1201.

In still other embodiments, as shown in (1) to (3) in FIG. 9, the user can also perform a specific operation at the junction of the two windows, and exit one of the windows by selecting the corresponding control or option. The method has been described in detail above, and will not be repeated here.

In other embodiments, the user can also quickly exit the multi-window interface through specific operations (for example: knuckle tapping, three-finger sliding, circle drawing, etc.), voice commands, and other methods. The embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the way to exit the multi-window interface.

It should be noted that the above embodiment is described by taking a predefined gesture acting on the left edge area as an example. When the predefined gesture acts on the right edge area, the upper edge area, and the lower edge area, the mobile phone divides one window into two. The method of each window is similar, so I won't repeat it.

How to open three windows

In the case that the mobile phone has opened two applications, if the mobile phone detects that the user performs a predefined gesture, it can display three windows on the same interface. Among them, two windows are used to display the interfaces of the two applications that have been opened, and the other window is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. The predefined gestures can refer to the above description.

After the mobile phone detects the user’s predefined gestures and determines that the current screen has displayed the interfaces of the two applications, the position of the new window is determined according to the position of the predefined gesture. The new window is used to display the upcoming opening The third application interface window.

In one case, the user's predefined gesture is applied to the exclusive edge area of a certain window, and the mobile phone will determine the position of the new window according to the predefined gesture at one end of the exclusive edge.

For example: as shown in Figure 14A (1), the mobile phone screen has displayed two left and right windows. Obviously, the left edge is the exclusive edge of application B, and the right edge is the exclusive edge of application A. The upper and lower edges are the shared edges of application A and application B.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (1) in FIG. 14A, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the exclusive edge of application B, and is specifically located at the lower end of the exclusive edge of application B. Then, the mobile phone splits the window that originally displayed application B into two upper and lower windows. The upper window is used to display the original application B interface. The following window is a new window, used to display the interface of the third application that is about to open. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (2) in Figure 14A. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1401, window 1402 and window 1403. Among them, window 1401 displays the interface of application A. Window 1402 displays the interface of application B. The window 1403 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

Among them, the division of one of the windows into two windows may or may not be equally divided, and it may also be determined according to the distance information contained in the predefined gestures performed by the user. You can refer to the description of the relevant content above, and will not be repeated here. .

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (3) in FIG. 14A, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the exclusive edge of application B, and is specifically located at the upper end of the exclusive edge of application B. Then, the mobile phone splits the window that originally displayed application B into two upper and lower windows. The above window is a new window, used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. The following window is used to display the original application B interface. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (4) in Figure 14A. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1401, window 1402 and window 1403. Among them, window 1401 displays the interface of application A. The window 1402 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons. Window 1403 displays the interface of application B.

The above is an example of the user's predefined gesture acting on the left edge of the screen (the lower or upper end of the exclusive edge of application B). When the user's predefined gesture is applied to the right edge of the screen (the upper or lower end of the exclusive edge of application A), the mobile phone adopts the same method to determine that the window where application A is located is divided into two upper and lower windows. The upper window (or lower window) is used to display the original application B interface. The lower window (or the upper window) is a new window, used to display the interface of the third application to be opened.

Another example: as shown in (1) in Figure 14B, the mobile phone screen has displayed two upper and lower windows. Obviously, the upper edge is the exclusive edge of application A, and the lower edge is the exclusive edge of application B. The left and right edges are the co-occupied edges of application A and application B.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (1) in Fig. 14B, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the exclusive edge of application A, and is specifically located to the left of the exclusive edge of application A. Then, the mobile phone splits the window that originally displayed application A into two left and right windows. The right window is used to display the original application A interface. The window on the left is a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (2) in Figure 14B. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1404, window 1405, and window 1406. Among them, the window 1404 displays the interface of application A. The window 1405 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons. Window 1406 displays the interface of application B.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (3) in FIG. 14B, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the exclusive edge of application A, and is specifically located to the right of the exclusive edge of application A. Then, the mobile phone splits the window that originally displayed application A into two left and right windows. The window on the right is a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application that is about to be opened. The left window is used to display the original application A interface. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (4) in Figure 14B. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1404, window 1405, and window 1406. Among them, the window 1404 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons. Window 1405 displays the interface of application A. Window 1406 displays the interface of application B.

The above description is based on an example in which the user's predefined gesture acts on the upper edge of the screen (the left or right side of the exclusive edge of application A). When the user's predefined gesture is applied to the lower edge of the screen (the left or right side of the exclusive edge of Application B), the mobile phone adopts the same method to determine that the window where Application B is located is divided into two left and right windows. The left window (or the right window) is used to display the original application B interface. The window on the right (or the window on the left) is a newly added window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened.

In another case, if the user's predefined gesture is applied to the co-occupied area of a certain window, the phone will continue to determine whether the predefined gesture is applied to the boundary of two windows or to the boundary of a certain window. on. If the predefined gesture is applied to the boundary of the two windows, the mobile phone determines to shrink the two windows at the same time, and the extra area is the new window. If the predefined gesture is applied to the boundary of a window, the mobile phone determines that the window is divided into two windows, one of which displays the interface of the original application of the window, and the other is a newly added window.

In some embodiments, the predefined gesture has two or more contact points with the screen. For example, the predefined gesture is a two-finger swipe and a three-finger swipe. Then, when two or more touch points are respectively located on the boundary of the two windows, it can be considered that the predefined gesture acts on the boundary of the two windows. In other embodiments, the predefined gesture is a large area touch operation. Then, when the touch area includes the boundary of the two windows at the same time, it can be considered that the predefined gesture acts on the boundary of the two windows.

For example: as shown in Figure 15A (1), the mobile phone screen has displayed two left and right windows. Obviously, the upper and lower edges are the shared edges of application A and application B.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (1) in FIG. 15A, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture is applied to the upper boundary of the two applications. Then, the mobile phone moves the upper boundary of the original two windows down, and the size of the original two windows is reduced. The area left above the two windows is determined to be a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (2) in Figure 15A. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1501, window 1502 and window 1503. Among them, window 1501 displays the interface of application A. Window 1502 displays the interface of application B. The window 1503 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

Wherein, the distance that the upper boundary of the original two windows moves down may be fixed (default or set by the user), or may be related to the distance information contained in the predefined gesture performed by the user, for example, in direct proportion.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (3) in FIG. 15A, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture is applied to the lower boundary of the two applications. Then, the mobile phone moves the lower borders of the original two windows up, and the sizes of the original two windows are reduced. The area left in the west of the two windows is determined to be a new window, used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (4) in Figure 15A. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1504, window 1505 and window 1506. Among them, window 1504 displays the interface of application A. Window 1505 displays the interface of application B. The window 1506 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

Wherein, the upward moving distance of the lower borders of the original two windows may be fixed (default or set by the user), or may be related to the distance information contained in the predefined gesture performed by the user, for example, in direct proportion.

Another example: as shown in (1) in Figure 15B, the mobile phone screen has displayed two upper and lower windows. Obviously, the left and right edges are the co-occupied edges of application A and application B.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (1) in FIG. 15B, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture is applied to the left boundary of the two applications. Then, the mobile phone moves the left border of the original two windows to the right, and the size of the original two windows is reduced. The area left on the left side of the two windows is determined to be a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (2) in Figure 15B. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1507, window 1508 and window 1509. Among them, window 1507 displays the interface of application A. Window 1508 displays the interface of application B. The window 1509 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

Wherein, the distance that the left borders of the original two windows move to the right may be fixed (default or set by the user), or may be related to the distance information contained in the predefined gesture performed by the user, for example, in direct proportion.

If the user's predefined gesture is applied to the position shown in (3) in Fig. 15B, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture is applied to the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture is applied to the right boundary of the two applications. Then, the mobile phone moves the right borders of the original two windows to the left, and the sizes of the original two windows are reduced. The area left on the right side of the two windows is determined to be a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (4) in Figure 15B. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1510, window 1511 and window 1512. Among them, the window 1510 displays the interface of application A. Window 1511 displays the interface of application B. The window 1512 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

Wherein, the distance that the right borders of the original two windows move to the left may be fixed (default or set by the user), or may be related to the distance information contained in the predefined gesture performed by the user, for example, in direct proportion.

Another example: as shown in Figure 16 (1), the mobile phone screen has displayed two upper and lower windows. Obviously, the left and right edges are the co-occupied edges of application A and application B.

If the user's predefined gesture acts on the position shown in (1) in Figure 16, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture acts on the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture acts on the left border of application A. Then, the mobile phone divides the window that originally displayed application A into two windows. The right window is used to display the interface of application A. The window on the left is determined to be a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface shown in Figure 16 (2). The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1601, window 1602 and window 1603. Among them, window 1601 displays the interface of application A. Window 1602 displays the interface of application B. The window 1603 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

If the user's predefined gesture acts on the position shown in (3) in Figure 16, the mobile phone can determine that the predefined gesture acts on the common edge of application A and application B, and the predefined gesture acts on the left border of application B. Then, the mobile phone divides the window that originally displayed application B into two windows. The right window is used to display the interface of application B. The window on the left is determined to be a new window, which is used to display the interface of the third application to be opened. That is, the mobile phone can display the interface as shown in (4) in Figure 16. The multi-window interface includes three windows, namely window 1604, window 1605 and window 1606. Among them, window 1604 displays the interface of application A. Window 1605 displays the interface of application B. The window 1606 displays multiple application icons, and the user can start a third application program through the application icons.

In this example, the user's pre-defined gesture is used as an example to describe the shared edge of the left edge of the screen. When the user's predefined gesture is applied to the right edge of the screen, the mobile phone uses the same method to determine whether the window where the application A or application B is located is divided into two windows on the left and the right. The left window is used to display the interface of Application A or Application B, and the right window is determined to be a new window for displaying the interface of the third application to be launched. I won't repeat it here.

In other examples, the phone displays two application windows on the left and right. When the user's predefined gesture is applied to the upper or lower edge of the screen, and is located at the boundary of one of the windows, the mobile phone adopts a similar method, and the two existing windows can also be divided into three windows. Repeat.

It should be noted that when the mobile phone displays three windows at the same time, the user can operate the applications in these three windows at the same time, which is more conducive to improving the interaction efficiency between the user and the mobile phone.

The user is operating on the interface of the three windows, and the interface of the two windows may have the following differences:

In some examples, when the mobile phone interacts with the display content of different windows, if a user's specific operation at the junction of two windows is detected, the displayed interactive controls can be used to exchange the content of the two windows with the content of another window. The content is irrelevant.

For example: as shown in Figure 17 (1), when it is detected that the user long presses at the junction 1701 of application A and application B, the mobile phone displays the interface shown in Figure 17 (2), that is, the exchange control 1702 is displayed. In response to the user clicking the exchange control 1702, the mobile phone exchanges the contents of the window where the application A and application B are located. In other words, before the exchange, the upper window displays the interface of application A, and the window in the lower right corner displays the interface of application B. After the exchange, the upper window displays the application B interface, and the lower right window displays the application A interface.

If it is detected that the user long presses at the junction 1703 of application B and application C, the interactive controls displayed on the mobile phone are used to interact with the content of the window of application B and application C. If it is detected that the user long presses at the junction 1704 between application A and application C, the interactive controls displayed on the mobile phone are used to interact with the content of the window of application A and application C.

In some examples, in response to the user clicking the multi-window key, the mobile phone may close the newly added third window, or close the window where the application currently being operated by the user is located. In other words, the phone changes from displaying three windows to displaying two windows. In some other examples, in response to the user clicking the multi-window key, the mobile phone may also retain the window where the application currently being operated by the user is located, and close the application in the remaining two windows. In other words, the mobile phone changes from displaying three windows to displaying one window, that is, it directly exits the multi-window interface.

In some examples, in response to the user double-clicking the back button, the mobile phone may close the window where the application currently being operated by the user is located. In other words, the phone changes from displaying three windows to displaying two windows.

In some examples, in response to the user's operation of folding the screen, and the current screen of the mobile phone displays three windows, the mobile phone may adopt a certain strategy to display the interface of one of the application windows. The mobile phone can also display two floating balls on the current screen, and each floating ball corresponds to an undisplayed application window interface. The user can switch the content of the application window displayed on the screen after folding through these floating balls. For the rest of the relevant content, please refer to the relevant description above, which will not be repeated here.

When the user operates the interface of the three windows, the rest of the content is basically the same as the operation method of the user on the two windows, so this article will not repeat them.

How to open four windows

When the mobile phone has opened three applications, if the mobile phone detects that the user performs a predefined gesture, the mobile phone displays four windows on one interface. Three of the windows are used to display the interfaces of the three applications that have been opened, and the other window is used to display the interface of the fourth application that is about to be opened. The predefined gestures can refer to the above description.

In some embodiments, a method similar to the opening three application methods may also be used to determine the position of the newly added window. That is, first determine whether the predefined gesture acts on the exclusive edge of a single application or the shared edge of multiple applications. If it works on a single application, the corresponding window is divided into two windows. If it acts on the shared edge of multiple applications, the distinction is made on the boundary of a single application or on the boundary of two applications. If it acts on the boundary of a single application, the window corresponding to the single application is divided into two windows. If it acts on the boundary of two applications, the windows corresponding to the two applications shrink at the same time. I won't repeat it here.

In other embodiments, the mobile phone may also open four fixed windows in response to detecting a predefined gesture and determining that the mobile phone has opened three applications. In some examples, the mobile phone can directly divide the screen into four windows of roughly the same size. According to a certain arrangement strategy (for example: the order of application startup time), it is determined that three windows display the interfaces of the three applications that have been opened. The other window is a new window, used to display multiple application icons. The user can select the fourth application to open by operating the application icon.

As shown in Figure 18, a schematic flow chart of a split screen method provided by this application specifically includes:

S1801. Detect a user's touch operation on the screen.

S1802. Determine whether the above touch operation is a predefined gesture. If yes, execute step S1803.

Exemplarily, the predefined gesture is a specific operation gesture that acts on the edge area of the screen, such as: two-finger sliding, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, long press, etc. The mobile phone can determine whether the touch operation is a predefined gesture through the touch sensor, pressure sensor, etc. in the screen.

S1803. Determine the number of windows currently displayed on the screen. If the number of windows is one, step S1804 is executed. If the number of windows is two, step S1806 is executed.

In this application, one window displays the interface of one application, so the number of windows can be determined by obtaining the number of applications currently displayed on the screen. For example: the number of currently running applications can be obtained from the window manager of the application framework layer.

S1804. Identify the specific position on the screen where the above touch operation acts.

The specific position of the touch operation on the screen includes the top edge, bottom edge, left edge or right edge of the screen.

S1805: Determine the position of the newly added window according to the specific position of the aforementioned touch operation.

As shown in FIG. 5A, if the above touch operation is applied to the left edge of the screen, the screen is divided into two left and right windows. In addition, the left window is determined to be a new window for displaying icons of applications that support the split screen function. The window on the right is used to display the interface of the previously opened application.

As shown in FIG. 5B, if the above touch operation is applied to the right edge of the screen, the screen is divided into two left and right windows. In addition, the right window is determined to be a newly-added window for displaying icons of applications that support the split screen function. The left window is used to display the interface of the previously opened application.

As shown in FIG. 5C, if the above-mentioned touch operation acts on the upper edge of the screen, the screen is divided into two upper and lower windows. In addition, the upper window is determined to be a new window for displaying icons of applications that support the split screen function. The lower window is used to display the interface of the previously opened application.

As shown in FIG. 5D, if the aforementioned touch operation is applied to the lower edge of the screen, the screen is divided into two upper and lower windows. In addition, the lower window is determined to be a new window for displaying icons of applications that support the split screen function. The upper window is used to display the interface of the previously opened application.

S1806. Identify whether the above touch operation is applied to a single application to occupy the entire edge or to two applications. If the effect is on a single application, step S1807 is executed. If the effect is on the shared edge of the two applications, step S1809 is executed.

When the two existing windows on the screen are arranged left and right, the full margins of a single application are the left and right edges of the screen, and the common margins of the two applications are the upper and lower edges.

When the two existing windows on the screen are arranged up and down, the full margins of a single application are the upper and lower edges of the screen, and the common margins of the two applications are the left and right edges of the screen.

S1807. Recognize that the above-mentioned touch operation acts on the specific position of the full margin.

When the fully occupied edge of a single application is the left or right edge of the screen, the specific position of the fully occupied edge refers to whether it is located at the upper end or the lower end of the fully occupied edge.

When the fully-occupied edge of a single application is the upper or lower edge of the screen, the specific position of the fully-occupied edge refers to whether it is located at the left or right of the fully-occupied edge.

S1808: Determine the position of the newly added window according to the specific position of the full-occupied edge based on the aforementioned touch operation.

When the full margin is the left edge, if the above touch operation is applied to the upper end of the left edge, the left window will be divided into upper and lower windows, the lower left window is used to display the original application interface, and the upper left window is the new The additional window can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function. If the above touch operation is applied to the lower end of the left edge, the left window is divided into two upper and lower windows. The upper left window is used to display the interface of the original application. The lower left window is a new window that can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function.

When the full margin is the right edge, if the above touch operation is applied to the upper end of the right edge, the right window is divided into upper and lower windows, the lower right window is used to display the original application interface, and the upper right window is the new The additional window can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function. If the above touch operation is applied to the lower end of the right edge, the right window is divided into two upper and lower windows. The upper right window is used to display the interface of the original application, and the lower right window is a new window that can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function.

When the fully occupied edge is the upper edge, if the above touch operation is applied to the left end of the upper edge, the upper window is divided into left and right windows. The upper right window is used to display the interface of the original application, and the upper left window is new The window can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function. If the above touch operation is applied to the right end of the upper edge, the upper window is divided into two left and right windows. The upper left window is used to display the interface of the original application, and the upper right window is a new window that can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function.

When the full margin is the bottom edge, if the above touch operation is applied to the left end of the bottom edge, the bottom window will be divided into two left and right windows. The bottom right window is used to display the original application interface, and the bottom left window is the new window , Can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function. If the above touch operation acts on the right end of the lower edge, the lower window is divided into two windows on the left and right. The lower left window is used to display the interface of the original application, and the lower right window is a new window that can be used to display the icons of multiple applications that support the split screen function.

S1809. Identify whether the above touch operation is applied to the boundary of a window on the shared side or the boundary of two windows at the same time. If the above-mentioned touch operation is applied to the boundary of two windows on the common side, step S1810 is executed. If the above touch operation is applied to the boundary of a window on the shared side, step S1811 is executed.

S1810. Determine to reduce the two windows at the same time, and the left area forms a new window.

When the original two windows are arranged left and right, if the above touch operation acts on the upper edge and is located on the border of the two windows, the upper border of the original two windows will move down, and the area left at the top of the screen will be the new Increase the window. If the above touch operation is applied to the boundary of the two windows at the lower edge, the lower boundary of the original two windows is moved upward, and the area left at the bottom of the screen is the new window.

When the original two windows are arranged up and down, if the above touch operation acts on the left edge and is located on the border of the two windows, the left border of the original two windows will move to the right, and the area left on the left side of the screen is Add a new window. If the above touch operation acts on the right edge and is located on the boundary of the two windows, the right boundary of the original two windows is moved to the left, and the area left on the right side of the screen is the new window.

S1811: Decide to reduce a window, and the left area forms a new window.

The above touch operation acts on the boundary of a window to shrink the window.

Specifically, when the original two windows are arranged left and right, if the above touch operation acts on the upper boundary of the left window, the left window is divided into upper and lower windows. The upper left window is a new window, displaying multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The lower left window displays the application interface of the original left window. If the above touch operation acts on the lower boundary of the left window, the left window is divided into upper and lower windows. The lower left window is a new window, displaying multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The upper left window displays the application interface of the original left window. If the above touch operation acts on the upper boundary of the right window, the right window is divided into upper and lower windows. The upper window on the right is a new window that displays multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The lower right window displays the application interface of the original right window. If the above touch operation acts on the lower boundary of the right window, the right window is divided into upper and lower windows. The lower window on the right is a new window that displays multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The upper right window displays the application interface of the original right window.

When the original two windows are arranged up and down, if the above touch operation acts on the left boundary of the upper window, the upper window is divided into left and right windows. The upper left window is a new window, displaying multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The lower right window displays the application interface of the original upper window. If the above touch operation acts on the right boundary of the upper window, the upper window is divided into left and right windows. The upper right window is a new window, displaying multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The upper left window displays the application interface of the original upper window. If the above touch operation acts on the left boundary of the lower window, the lower window is divided into left and right windows. The window on the left below is a new window that displays multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The lower right window displays the application interface of the original lower window. If the above touch operation acts on the right boundary of the lower window, the lower window is divided into left and right windows. The window on the right below is a new window that displays multiple application icons that support the split screen function. The upper left window displays the application interface of the original lower window.

It is understandable that the above-mentioned schematic diagram of the process is only an example, and this application does not limit the sequence of the steps in the above-mentioned process. This application can also adopt other judgment procedures. For example, after determining that the number of windows currently displayed on the screen is two, the mobile phone may also not recognize whether the touch operation is applied to a single application to occupy the entire edge or two applications to occupy the edge (ie step S1806). After recognizing that the touch operation acts on the two applications sharing the edge, it is not recognized whether the touch operation acts on the boundary of one application or the two applications in the sharing edge (that is, step S1809).

After determining that the number of windows currently displayed on the screen is two, the mobile phone can also directly recognize whether the touch operation is acting on the boundary of a single application or on the boundary of two applications. If the touch operation acts on the boundary of a single application, it can be confirmed that the window corresponding to the application is divided into two windows, one of which is a newly-added window. If the touch operation acts on the boundary of two applications, it can be confirmed that the windows corresponding to the two applications are reduced, and the left area is determined to be a new window. For the remaining details, please refer to the above description, which will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application also provides a chip system. As shown in FIG. 19, the chip system includes at least one processor 1901 and at least one interface circuit 1902. The processor 1901 and the interface circuit 1902 may be interconnected by wires. For example, the interface circuit 1902 may be used to receive signals from other devices (such as the memory of the mobile terminal 100). For another example, the interface circuit 1902 may be used to send signals to other devices (such as the processor 1901). Exemplarily, the interface circuit 1902 can read an instruction stored in the memory, and send the instruction to the processor 1901. When the instructions are executed by the processor 1901, the electronic device can be made to execute the various steps executed by the electronic device 100 (for example, a mobile phone) in the foregoing embodiment. Of course, the chip system may also include other discrete devices, which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

It can be understood that, in order to realize the above-mentioned functions, the above-mentioned terminal and the like include hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that in combination with the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is executed by hardware or computer software-driven hardware depends on the specific application and design constraint conditions of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods for each specific application to implement the described functions, but such implementation should not be considered as going beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present application may divide the above-mentioned terminal and the like into functional modules according to the above method examples. For example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of modules in the embodiment of the present invention is illustrative, and is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional modules is used as an example for illustration. In practical applications, the above-mentioned functions can be allocated as needed. It is completed by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the functions described above. For the specific working process of the system, device, and unit described above, reference may be made to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not repeated here.

The functional units in the various embodiments of the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional unit.

If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products are stored in a storage The medium includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage media include: flash memory, mobile hard disk, read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

The above are only specific implementations of this application, but the protection scope of this application is not limited to this. Any change or replacement within the technical scope disclosed in this application shall be covered by the protection scope of this application . Therefore, the protection scope of this application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A screen splitting method, characterized in that it is applied to a terminal with a touch screen, and the method includes:

The terminal displays a first interface, the first interface displays a first window, and the first window displays an interface of a first application;

The terminal receives the first operation on the first interface;

In response to the first operation, the terminal displays a second interface, the second interface displays the first window and the second window, and the second window displays a plurality of application icons;

Wherein, the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface;

Moreover, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; when the first operation acts When in the second position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; wherein, the second position is different from the first position, so The second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the relative positional relationship between the first window and the second window in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the left edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation is applied to the upper edge of the touch screen, the second window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower edge of the touch screen, the second window is located below the first window.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of a second application from a plurality of application icons in the second window;

In response to the second operation, the terminal displays a third interface, and the second window in the third interface displays the interface of the second application; wherein, the second window in the third interface The area is the same as the area of the second window in the second interface.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first operation is an operation at the edge of the touch screen.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the first operation is one or more of two-finger sliding, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, and long pressing at the edge of the touch screen .
A screen splitting method, characterized in that it is applied to a terminal with a touch screen, and the method includes:

The terminal displays a first interface, the first interface displays a first window and a second window, the first window displays an interface of a first application, and the second window displays an interface of a second application;

The terminal receives the first operation on the first interface;

In response to the first operation, the terminal displays a second interface, the second interface displays the first window, the second window, and a third window, and the third window displays a plurality of application icons ；

Wherein, the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface, and/or the area of the second window in the second interface is smaller than that of the first window. The area of the second window in the interface;

Moreover, when the first operation is applied to the first position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface are in a first relative position relationship; when When the first operation acts on the second position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface have a second relative positional relationship; wherein, the The second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.
The method according to claim 6, wherein in the first interface, the first window is located on the left side of the second window, and the first window, the second window and the first window are The relative positional relationship of the three windows in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the upper end of the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, And the third window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower end of the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, And the third window is located below the first window;

When the first operation acts on the upper end of the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, And the third window is located above the second window;

When the first operation acts on the lower end of the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, And the third window is located below the second window;

When the first operation acts on the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and The third window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the upper boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located on the right side of the first window, and The third window is located above the second window;

When the first operation simultaneously acts on the upper boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window Above

When the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and The third window is located below the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, and The third window is located below the second window;

When the first operation simultaneously acts on the lower boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window. Below the window.
The method according to claim 6, wherein in the first interface, the first window is located above the second window, and the first window, the second window and the third window are The relative positional relationship of the window in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the left end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and The third window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and The third window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation is applied to the left end of the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and The third window is located on the left side of the second window;

When the first operation acts on the right end of the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and The third window is located on the right side of the second window;

When the first operation acts on the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and the The third window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the left boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located below the first window together, and the The third window is located on the left side of the second window;

When the first operation is simultaneously applied to the left boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window To the left of

When the first operation acts on the right boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and the The third window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and the The third window is located on the right side of the second window;

When the first operation is simultaneously applied to the right boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window To the right.
The method according to any one of claims 6-8, wherein the method further comprises:

The terminal receives a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of a third application from a plurality of application icons in the third window;

In response to the second operation, the terminal displays a third interface, the third window in the third interface displays the interface of the third application, and the area of the third window in the third interface The area is the same as that of the third window in the second interface.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the third interface displays a first control, and the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, a third operation on the first control on the third interface;

In response to the third operation, the terminal displays a fourth interface; wherein, the fourth interface includes any two or any of the first window, the second window, and the third window.
The method according to any one of claims 6-10, wherein the first operation is an operation at the edge of the touch screen.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the first operation is one or more of two-finger sliding, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, and long pressing at the edge of the touch screen .
An electronic device, characterized by comprising: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen, the memory, the touch screen are coupled to the processor, the memory is used to store computer program code, the computer program code includes computer instructions , When the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, so that the electronic device performs the following operations:

Displaying a first interface through the touch screen, the first interface displaying a first window, and the first window displaying an interface of the first application;

Receiving a first operation on the first interface;

In response to the first operation, displaying a second interface through the touch screen, the second interface displaying the first window and the second window, and the second window displaying a plurality of application icons;

Wherein, the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface;

Moreover, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface have a first relative positional relationship; when the first operation acts When in the second position of the touch screen, the first window and the second window in the second interface are in a second relative position relationship; wherein, the second position is different from the first position, so The second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.
The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the relative positional relationship between the first window and the second window in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the left edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right edge of the touch screen, the second window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation is applied to the upper edge of the touch screen, the second window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower edge of the touch screen, the second window is located below the first window.
The electronic device according to claim 13 or 14, wherein when the processor reads the computer instruction from the memory, it further causes the electronic device to perform the following operations:

Receiving a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of a second application from a plurality of application icons in the second window;

In response to the second operation, a third interface is displayed through the touch screen, and the second window in the third interface displays the interface of the second application; wherein, the second window in the third interface The area of is the same as the area of the second window in the second interface.
The electronic device according to any one of claims 13-15, wherein the first operation is an operation at the edge of the touch screen.
The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the first operation is one or more of two-finger sliding, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, and long pressing at the edge of the touch screen. Kind.
An electronic device, characterized by comprising: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen, the memory, the touch screen are coupled to the processor, the memory is used to store computer program code, the computer program code includes computer instructions , When the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, so that the electronic device performs the following operations:

Displaying a first interface through the touch screen, the first interface displaying a first window and a second window, the first window displaying the interface of the first application, and the second window displaying the interface of the second application;

Receiving a first operation on the first interface;

In response to the first operation, a second interface is displayed through the touch screen, the second interface displays the first window, the second window, and the third window, and the third window displays multiple applications icon;

Wherein, the area of the first window in the second interface is smaller than the area of the first window in the first interface, and/or the area of the second window in the second interface is smaller than that of the first window. The area of the second window in the interface;

Moreover, when the first operation acts on the first position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface are in a first relative position relationship; when When the first operation acts on the second position of the touch screen, the first window, the second window, and the third window in the second interface are in a second relative positional relationship; wherein, the The second position is different from the first position, and the second relative position relationship is different from the first relative position.
The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein in the first interface, the first window is located on the left side of the second window, and the first window, the second window and the The relative positional relationship of the third window in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the upper end of the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, And the third window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower end of the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, And the third window is located below the first window;

When the first operation acts on the upper end of the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, And the third window is located above the second window;

When the first operation acts on the lower end of the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, And the third window is located below the second window;

When the first operation acts on the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and The third window is located above the first window;

When the first operation acts on the upper boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located on the right side of the first window, and The third window is located above the second window;

When the first operation simultaneously acts on the upper boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window Above

When the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are located on the left side of the second window together, and The third window is located below the first window;

When the first operation acts on the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located on the right side of the first window together, and The third window is located below the second window;

When the first operation simultaneously acts on the lower boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window. Below the window.
The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein in the first interface, the first window is located above the second window, and the first window, the second window, and the first window are The relative positional relationship of the three windows in the second interface is specifically:

When the first operation acts on the left end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and The third window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right end of the upper boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and The third window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation is applied to the left end of the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and The third window is located on the left side of the second window;

When the first operation is applied to the right end of the lower boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and The third window is located on the right side of the second window;

When the first operation acts on the left boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and the The third window is located on the left side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the left boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are located below the first window together, and the The third window is located on the left side of the second window;

When the first operation is simultaneously applied to the left boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window To the left of

When the first operation acts on the right boundary of the first window, in the second interface, the third window and the first window are both located above the second window, and the The third window is located on the right side of the first window;

When the first operation acts on the right boundary of the second window, in the second interface, the third window and the second window are both located below the first window, and the The third window is located on the right side of the second window;

When the first operation is simultaneously applied to the right boundary of the first window and the second window, in the second interface, the third window is located between the first window and the second window To the right.
The electronic device according to any one of claims 18-20, wherein when the processor reads the computer instruction from the memory, it further causes the electronic device to perform the following operations:

Receiving a second operation on the second interface, where the second operation is an operation of selecting an icon of a third application from a plurality of application icons in the third window;

In response to the second operation, a third interface is displayed through the touch screen, and the third window in the third interface displays the interface of the third application, and the third window in the third interface The area is the same as the area of the third window in the second interface.
22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the third interface displays a first control, and when the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, the electronic device is also caused to perform the following operating:

Receiving a third operation on the first control on the third interface;

In response to the third operation, a fourth interface is displayed through the touch screen; wherein the fourth interface includes any two or any one of the first window, the second window, and the third window.
The electronic device according to any one of claims 18-22, wherein the first operation is an operation at the edge of the touch screen.
The electronic device according to claim 23, wherein the first operation is one or more of two-finger sliding, three-finger sliding, pressure pressing, large-area touch, and long pressing at the edge of the touch screen. Kind.
A computer storage medium, characterized by comprising computer instructions, which when the computer instructions run on a terminal, cause the terminal to execute the screen splitting method according to any one of claims 1-5, or as claimed in claims The split screen method described in any of 6-12.
A computer program product, characterized in that when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the screen splitting method according to any one of claims 1-5, or as claimed in claims 6-12 The split screen method described in any one of.