WO2021031745A1 - Application opening method and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides an application opening method and an electronic device. The method can be applied to the electronic device equipped with a foldable display screen, and the display screen comprises at least two screens. The method comprises: the electronic device determines that a user performs a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device; and the electronic device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation. According to the solution provided in embodiments of the present application, an application on an electronic device having a foldable screen can be conveniently opened, thereby improving user experience.

Description

Application opening method and electronic equipment

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the Chinese Patent Office on August 20, 2019, the application number is 201910770439.5, and the application name is "an application opening method and electronic equipment", the entire content of which is incorporated into this application by reference in.

Technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of electronic equipment, and in particular to an application opening method and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the rapid development of electronic devices, electronic devices with folding screens are widely used in people’s daily life and work. The display screens of electronic devices are getting larger and larger, which brings users a better user experience and can provide users with more Rich information. In actual operation, when a user wants to open a recently used application in a folding screen electronic device, he needs to operate from the bottom of the folding screen, for example, swipe from the bottom to the left or from the bottom to directly switch to the recently opened application; or , Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, a dock appears, and the user can open the application in the dock; or, long press the multitasking button to trigger multitasking.

However, for a folding screen electronic device, due to the large screen, the above method of opening an application is not very convenient. Therefore, how to conveniently open the application on the folding screen electronic device and improve the user experience has become an urgent problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

The present application provides an application opening method and electronic device, which help to conveniently open the application on the folding screen electronic device and improve the user experience.

In a first aspect, an application opening method is provided, which is applied to an electronic device equipped with a foldable display screen. The display screen includes at least two screens. The method includes: the electronic device determines that at least one of the electronic devices is The screen performs a folding operation; the electronic device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device detects that the user performs a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device, the terminal device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation, so that the folding screen can be conveniently displayed Open the application on it helps to improve the user experience.

Taking an electronic device including two display screens A and B as an example, when the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on the electronic device through the sensors (gyro sensor and/or acceleration sensor) deployed on the A screen and the B screen.

Exemplarily, the electronic device uses the gyroscope sensor set in the screen A and the screen B to determine the included angle θ between the screen A and the screen B. If the value of θ becomes smaller, the electronic device determines that the user is on at least one screen of the electronic device. The folding operation is performed; if the θ value does not change, the electronic device determines that the user has not performed the folding operation on the electronic device.

Or, when the electronic device detects that the angle change θ _{1 of the} screen A is greater than the angle change θ _{2 of the} screen B within 1 second, it is considered that the user has performed the folding operation on the screen A, but has not performed the folding operation on the screen B.

Or, when the electronic device detects that the angle change θ _{1 of the} screen A is smaller than the angle change θ _{2 of the} screen B within 1 second, it is considered that the user has not performed the folding operation on the screen A, but has performed the folding operation on the screen B.

Among them, "the angle change θ _{1 of} screen A within 1 second is smaller than the angle change θ _{2 of} screen B" should be understood as when the electronic device detects that the angle between screen A and screen B becomes smaller and starts timing, the screen A1 second later The angle between the direction vector and the screen direction vector angle of screen A 1 second before is counted as the angle change of screen A. At the moment after 1 second, the angle change of screen A refers to the angle between the current direction vector of screen A and the direction vector of screen A 1 second ago. The angle change of screen B is defined as that of screen A.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations of the first aspect, the electronic device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation, including: the electronic device displays the At least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and the currently used application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen; or the electronic device is in the display screen The first application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed, and the second application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen, wherein the first application and the second application are different recently used or frequently used applications .

Exemplarily, when the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on the screen B, but the screen A has not performed the folding operation. Then when screen B is folded for the first angle, application 1 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 2 is displayed on screen B; when the user continues to fold screen B and folded for the second angle, The second angle is greater than the first angle, then application 2 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 3 is displayed on screen B.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations of the first aspect, the electronic device displays at least one recently used or frequently used application on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and Displaying the currently used application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed includes: when the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is folded and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, the electronic device At least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the first screen, and the electronic device displays the currently used application on the second screen; or when the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display Unfolded, and the second screen of the display screen is folded, the electronic device displays the currently used applications on the first screen, and the electronic device displays the most recently used or frequently used applications on the second screen At least one application.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on the screen B, but the screen A has not performed the folding operation. Then when screen B is folded at the first angle, application 0 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 1 is displayed on screen B; when the user continues to fold screen B and folded at the second angle, The second angle is greater than the first angle, then application 0 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 2 is displayed on screen B.

Exemplarily, when the user has recently used more applications, for example, more than 5, when the user performs a folding operation on screen B and folds the fifth angle, when the fifth application is displayed on screen B (ie application 5) For example, the fifth angle may be [45°, 55°]. When the screen B continues to be folded for an angle, that is, the sixth angle, such as 10°, the screen B is displayed on the launcher interface. Home page.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations of the first aspect, the electronic device displays the first application on the screen that performs the folding operation in the display screen, and the screen that does not perform the folding operation in the display screen The second application is displayed on the screen, where the first application and the second application are different recently used or commonly used applications, including: when the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is folded, and the If the second screen in the display screen is not folded, the electronic device displays the first application on the first screen, and the electronic device displays the second application on the second screen; or when the The electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is not folded and the second screen in the display screen is folded, the electronic device displays the second application on the first screen, and the electronic device is The first application is displayed on the second screen.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: when the screen that performs the folding operation in the electronic device is folded for a first angle, the electronic device performing the folding operation The first application is displayed on the screen, and the second application is displayed on the screen of the electronic device that performs the unfolding operation; when the screen of the electronic device that performs the folding operation is folded at a second angle, the electronic device is The first application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed, and the third application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the electronic device, where the second angle is greater than the first angle, and the third application is An application different from the first application and the second application.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: when the display screen is re-parallel, displaying on the display screen that the folding operation is not performed in the display screen. The currently displayed application on.

Exemplarily, when the user continues to perform the folding operation on the screen B, when the screen A and the screen B are parallel again, the application currently displayed on the screen A is displayed on the electronic device in full screen.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: when the display screen is re-parallel, displaying the application currently displayed on the display screen on the display screen.

Exemplarily, when the user continues to perform the folding operation on the screen B, and when the screen A and the screen B are parallel again, the applications currently being opened on the two screens are displayed on the screen A and the screen B, respectively.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the electronic device determining that the user performs a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device includes: the electronic device determining that the display screen The angle between the first screen and the second screen becomes smaller. The electronic device determines that the angle between the direction vectors of the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes larger.

In a second aspect, the technical solution provides an electronic device, including: at least two folding screens; one or more processors; one or more memories; the one or more memories stores one or more computer programs , The one or more computer programs include instructions, and when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to perform the following steps: determining that the user performs the following steps on at least one screen of the electronic device Folding operation; displaying at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps: At least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the screen that performs the folding operation, and the currently used application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen; or the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen is displayed The first application is to display a second application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen, where the first application and the second application are different applications that are recently used or frequently used.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is folded, and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, At least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the upper screen, and the currently used application is displayed on the second screen; or when it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is not folded and the second screen in the display screen is folded, Then, the currently used application is displayed on the first screen, and at least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the second screen.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is folded, and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, then the screen is displayed on the first screen Display the first application and display the second application on the second screen; or when it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is not folded and the second screen in the display screen is folded, then The second application is displayed on the first screen, and the first application is displayed on the second screen.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when the screen that performs the folding operation is folded at a first angle, the first application is displayed on the screen that performs the folding operation, and the screen that does not perform the folding operation Display the second application; when the screen that performs the folding operation is folded for a second angle, the first application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed, and the third application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed, wherein the second The angle is greater than the first angle, and the third application is a different application from the first application and the second application.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when the display screen is re-parallel, the display screen displays the application currently displayed on the display screen that has not performed the folding operation.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, when the display screen is re-parallel, the application currently displayed on the display screen is displayed on the display screen.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementations of the second aspect, when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further perform the following steps: The angle between the first screen and the second screen becomes smaller. It is determined that the angle between the direction vectors of the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes larger.

In a third aspect, an electronic device is provided, including one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are coupled with one or more processors, and the one or more memories are used to store computer program codes. The computer program codes include computer instructions. When the one or more processors execute the computer instructions, the electronic device executes The foregoing first aspect or the application opening method in a possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, a device for opening an application is provided, the device is included in an electronic device, and the device has a function of implementing the behavior of the electronic device in the second aspect or a possible implementation manner of the second aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the above-mentioned functions. For example, the determination module or unit, the display module or unit, and so on.

In a fifth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, including computer instructions, which when the computer instructions run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to execute the above-mentioned first aspect or the application opening method in the possible implementation of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a computer program product is provided. When the computer program product runs on an electronic device, the electronic device executes the application opening method in the first aspect or the possible implementation of the first aspect.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a foldable electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of an application opening method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a method for determining a folding operation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of another method for determining a folding operation provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in still another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of yet another foldable electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

The terms used in the following embodiments are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the application. As used in the specification and appended claims of this application, the singular expressions "a", "an", "said", "above", "the" and "this" are intended to also This includes expressions such as "one or more" unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. It should also be understood that in the following embodiments of the present application, “at least one” and “one or more” refer to one, two or more than two. The term "and/or" is used to describe the association relationship of associated objects, which means that there can be three kinds of relationships; for example, A and/or B can mean: A alone exists, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. Among them, A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

References described in this specification to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments", etc. mean that one or more embodiments of the present application include a specific feature, structure, or characteristic described in combination with the embodiment. Therefore, the phrases "in one embodiment", "in some embodiments", "in some other embodiments", "in some other embodiments", etc. appearing in different places in this specification are not necessarily All refer to the same embodiment, but mean "one or more but not all embodiments" unless it is specifically emphasized otherwise. The terms "including", "including", "having" and their variations all mean "including but not limited to" unless otherwise specifically emphasized.

As introduced in the background technology, the touch screen of electronic equipment is getting bigger and bigger. In order to give full play to the application value of the large touch screen, different touch screen display technologies have been developed correspondingly, so that users can process at the same time on the same touch screen. Multiple applications. In addition, in order to improve the portability of electronic devices with large touch screens, flexible screens have begun to be widely used in electronic devices. Compared with traditional screens, flexible screens have the characteristics of strong flexibility and bendability, and can provide users with new interactive methods based on bendable characteristics, which can meet more users' needs for electronic devices. For an electronic device equipped with a touch display screen, the touch display screen on the electronic device can switch between a small screen in a folded configuration and a large screen in an unfolded configuration at any time.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may be a portable electronic device that also includes other functions such as a personal digital assistant and/or a music player function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a wearable electronic device with wireless communication function (such as a smart watch) Wait. Exemplary embodiments of portable electronic devices include but are not limited to carrying

Or portable electronic devices with other operating systems.

Exemplarily, 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.

It can be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiment of the present application 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, different processing units may be independent components or integrated in one or more processors. In some embodiments, the electronic device 101 may also include one or more processors 110. Among them, 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. In some other embodiments, a memory may be provided in the processor 110 to store instructions and data. Exemplarily, the memory in the processor 110 may be 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. In this way, repeated accesses are avoided, the waiting time of the processor 110 is reduced, and the efficiency of the electronic device 101 in processing data or executing instructions is improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuit sound (I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (PCM) interface, and a universal asynchronous transceiver (universal asynchronous transceiver) interface. asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, SIM card interface, and/or USB interface, etc. Among them, the USB interface 130 is an interface that complies with the USB standard specification, and specifically may be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, and so on. The USB interface 130 can be used to connect a charger to charge the electronic device 101, and can also be used to transfer data between the electronic device 101 and peripheral devices. The USB interface 130 can also be used to connect headphones and play audio through the headphones.

It can be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiment of the present application 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 charge management module 140, and supplies power to the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the external memory, 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), and so on. The mobile communication module 150 can receive electromagnetic waves by the antenna 1, and perform processing such as filtering and amplifying the received electromagnetic waves, and then transmitting them 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 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.

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 more display screens 194.

In some embodiments of the present application, when the display panel uses materials such as OLED, AMOLED, FLED, etc., the display screen 194 in FIG. 1 may be bent. Here, the aforementioned display screen 194 can be bent means that the display screen can be bent to any angle at any position, and can be maintained at that angle. For example, the display screen 194 can be folded in half from the center. You can also fold up and down from the middle. In this application, a display screen that can be bent is called a foldable display screen. Wherein, the display screen may be one screen or a display screen formed by patching together multiple screens, which is not limited here.

The display screen 194 of the electronic device 100 may be a flexible screen. At present, the flexible screen has attracted much attention for its unique characteristics and great potential. Compared with traditional screens, flexible screens have the characteristics of strong flexibility and bendability, and can provide users with new interactive methods based on bendable characteristics, which can meet more users' needs for electronic devices. For an electronic device equipped with a foldable display screen, the foldable display screen on the electronic device can be switched between a small screen in a folded configuration and a large screen in an unfolded configuration at any time. Therefore, users use the split screen function on electronic devices equipped with foldable display screens more and more frequently.

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 transmits the electrical signal to the ISP for processing and transforms it 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 one or more cameras 193.

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 one or more computer programs, and the one or more computer programs include instructions. The processor 110 can execute the above-mentioned instructions stored in the internal memory 121 to enable the electronic device 101 to execute the off-screen display method provided in some embodiments of the present application, as well as various applications and data processing. 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; the storage program area can also store one or more applications (such as photo galleries, contacts, etc.). The data storage area can store data (such as photos, contacts, etc.) created during the use of the electronic device 101. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as one or more disk storage components, flash memory components, universal flash storage (UFS), etc. In some embodiments, the processor 110 may execute instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor 110 to cause the electronic device 101 to execute the instructions provided in the embodiments of the present application. The method of off-screen display, and other applications and data processing. 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 sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscope sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity light sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, and an ambient light sensor 180L, bone conduction sensor 180M, etc.

Among them, the pressure sensor 180A is used to sense pressure signals, and can convert the pressure signals into electrical signals. 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.

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 image stabilization. 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.

In the embodiment of this application, the gyro sensor 180B on each screen after the display screen is folded can also determine the angle between the screens. At the same time, the gyro sensor can obtain the vector in the direction of the screen. The magnitude of the component on the axis can determine whether the electronic device is in a horizontal state.

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.

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 value, the electronic device 100 executes to reduce 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 panel". 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.

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 technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application can be applied to foldable electronic devices. The folding screen of the foldable electronic device can be folded once; alternatively, it can be folded twice, or it can be folded three times or more. Since the display screen of an electronic device can be folded, the physical form of the electronic device can also change accordingly; for example, when the display screen is fully unfolded, the physical form of the electronic device can be called the unfolded form, when a part of the display screen is folded , The physical form of an electronic device can be called a folded form. It can be understood that, in the following embodiments of the present application, the physical form of the electronic device may refer to the physical form of the display screen.

For example, the display screen of an electronic device can be folded once, and the folded display screen can be divided into two small display screens. These two small display screens can be respectively deployed with a gyroscope sensor and an acceleration sensor, so as to measure the angle between each two display screens. The gyroscope and accelerometer of each small display screen can calculate the orientation of each small display screen, and then through the angle change of the orientation, the user's folding operation of the electronic device can be detected.

Alternatively, the display screen of the electronic device can be folded once, and the folded display screen can be divided into two small display screens. The two small display screens can be deployed with an acceleration sensor respectively. Through the decomposition of the acceleration count value of each small display screen in the coordinate system, the orientation of each small display screen can be calculated. Folding operation of the device.

For another example, the display screen of the electronic device can be folded twice, and the folded display screen can be divided into three small display screens. Each of the three small displays can be equipped with a gyro sensor to measure the angle between each two displays.

The display screen of the above electronic device can be folded once, and the folded display screen is divided into two small display screens. It can also be understood that the foldable electronic device includes two screens. Similarly, the display screen of the electronic device can be folded twice, and the folded display screen is divided into three small display screens. It can also be understood that the foldable electronic device includes three screens, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of a foldable electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 2, the electronic device includes two display screens, denoted as A screen (first screen) and B screen (second screen). The orientations of the A screen and the B screen are z ₁ and z ₂ , respectively, and the folding angle θ of the electronic device is the angle between z ₁ and z ₂ . The electronic device detects that the user folds the electronic device in a direction facing the A screen and the B screen.

In the embodiment of this application, _{the orientation of z 1} can be determined by the gyro sensor deployed on screen A, and the orientation of _{z 2} can be determined by the gyro sensor deployed on screen B, and finally obtain the angle between _{z 1} and z ₂ θ.

It should be understood that the coordinate system of the gyroscope sensor is a geographic coordinate system: taking the gyroscope sensor as the origin, the direction of true east is the X axis direction, the direction of true north is the Y axis direction, and the reverse of the earth's vertical is the Z axis direction.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of an application opening method 300 provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method 300 includes:

Step 310: The electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device.

Taking an electronic device including two display screens A and B as an example, when the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on the electronic device through the sensors (gyro sensor and/or acceleration sensor) deployed on the A screen and the B screen.

Exemplarily, the electronic device uses the gyroscope sensor set in the screen A and the screen B to determine the included angle θ between the screen A and the screen B. If the value of θ becomes smaller, the electronic device determines that the user is on at least one screen of the electronic device. The folding operation is performed; if the θ value does not change, the electronic device determines that the user has not performed the folding operation on the electronic device.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a method for determining a folding operation provided by an embodiment of the present application. Figure 4 (a) shows the angle between screen A and screen B in the first 1 second, and Figure 4 (b) shows the angle between screen A and screen B at the current moment. It can be seen that screen A When the included angle with the screen B becomes smaller, the electronic device can determine that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device.

The electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device, which mainly includes the following three situations:

Case 1: Screen A is folded, screen B is not folded

When the electronic device detects that the angle change θ _{1 of the} screen A is greater than the angle change θ _{2 of the} screen B within 1 second, it is considered that the user has performed a folding operation on the screen A, but has not performed a folding operation on the screen B.

Among them, "the angle change θ _{1 of} screen A within 1 second is greater than the angle change θ _{2 of} screen B" should be understood as when the electronic device detects that the angle between screen A and screen B becomes smaller and starts timing, the screen A1 second later The angle between the direction vector and the screen direction vector angle of screen A 1 second before is counted as the angle change of screen A. At the moment after 1 second, the angle change of screen A refers to the angle between the current direction vector of screen A and the direction vector of screen A 1 second ago. The angle change of screen B is defined as that of screen A.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a method for determining a folding operation provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 5(a), the direction vector z ₁ before screen A 1 second and the direction vector z _{1 *} after screen A 1 second are angled by θ _{1 , the direction vector z 2} before screen B 1 second and screen B 1 second after The angle between the direction vector z _{2* is θ 2} , and θ _{1 is} greater than θ ₂ , the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on screen A, but has not performed a folding operation on screen B, where θ ₂ may be 0 angle.

Exemplarily, the angle change of the screen A within 1 second is greater than the first multiple of the angle change of the screen B, where the value of the first multiple may be [1.5, 3]. The value of the first multiple may be predefined or set by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Case 2: Screen A is not folded, screen B is folded

When the electronic device detects that the angle change θ _{1 of the} screen A within 1 second is less than the angle change θ _{2 of the} screen B, it is considered that the user has not performed the folding operation on the screen A, and has performed the folding operation on the screen B.

Among them, "the angle change θ _{1 of} screen A within 1 second is smaller than the angle change θ _{2 of} screen B" should be understood as when the electronic device detects that the angle between screen A and screen B becomes smaller and starts timing, the screen A1 second later The angle between the direction vector and the screen direction vector angle of screen A 1 second before is counted as the angle change of screen A. At the moment after 1 second, the angle change of screen A refers to the angle between the current direction vector of screen A and the direction vector of screen A 1 second ago. The angle change of screen B is defined as that of screen A. As shown in Figure 5(b), the direction vector z ₁ before screen A 1 second and the direction vector z _{1 *} after screen A 1 second are angled by θ _{1 , the direction vector z 2} before screen B 1 second and screen B 1 second after The angle between the direction vector z _{2* is θ 2} , and θ _{1 is} less than θ ₂ , the electronic device determines that the user has not performed a folding operation on screen A but performed a folding operation on screen B, where θ ₁ may be 0 angle.

Exemplarily, the angle change of screen B within 1 second is greater than the second multiple of the angle change of screen A, where the value of the second multiple may be [1.5, 3], which may be the same as the value of the first multiple, It can also be different. The value of the second multiple may be predefined or set by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Case 3: Screen A is folded, screen B is folded

When the electronic device detects that the ratio of the angle change θ ₁ of the screen A to the angle change θ ₂ of the screen B within 1 second is less than the threshold, it is considered that the user has performed the folding operation on both the screen A and the screen B.

The value range of the threshold can be [1.5, 2]. The threshold may be predefined or set by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Among them, "the ratio of the angle change θ ₁ of screen A to the angle change θ ₂ of screen B within 1 second is less than the threshold" should be understood as the maximum and minimum _{of the angle change θ 1} of screen A and the angle change θ _{2 of screen B} ratio, i.e., [theta] ₁ and [theta] ₂ in the maximum and minimum values of the ratio θ θ ₁ and _2. As shown in Figure 5(c), the direction vector z ₁ before screen A 1 second and the direction vector z _{1 *} after screen A 1 second are angled by θ _{1 , the direction vector z 2} before screen B 1 second and screen B 1 second after The angle between the direction vector z _{2* is θ 2} , and θ _{1 is} smaller than θ ₂ , and θ ₂ /θ _{1 is} smaller than 2, the electronic device determines that the user has performed the folding operation on both screen A and screen B.

Step 320: The electronic device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.

Through step 310, the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device, and the electronic device can display the most recently used or frequently used applications by the user in the folding operation performed on the electronic device.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on the screen B of the electronic device, but the screen A has not performed the folding operation, one or more recently used or commonly used applications are displayed on the screen B, and the screen A is displayed The application currently in use.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 6(a), the current screen A and screen B are in a parallel state, displaying the application 0 currently in use. When the electronic device determines that the user has performed the folding operation on the screen B, but the screen A has not performed the folding operation. When screen B is folded for the first angle, application 0 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 1 is displayed on screen B, as shown in Figure 6(b). When the user continues to fold screen B and folds the second angle, where the second angle is greater than the first angle, application 0 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 2 is displayed on screen B, as shown in Figure 6. (c) Shown. When the user continues to fold screen B, when screen A and screen B are parallel again, the applications currently open on the two screens are displayed on screen A and screen B, respectively, as shown in Figure 6(d), screen A Application 0 is displayed on the screen, and Application 2 is displayed on the screen B.

Exemplarily, the first angle may be [5°, 15°], and the second angle may be [15°, 25°]. The value of the first angle and the value of the second angle may be predefined or set by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in another embodiment of the present application. When the user has recently used more applications, for example, more than 5, when the user performs a folding operation on screen B and folds the fifth angle, when the fifth application (ie, application 5) is displayed on screen B, exemplarily , The fifth angle can be [45°, 55°], as shown in Figure 7(a). When the screen B continues to be folded for an angle, that is, the sixth angle, for example, 10°, the home page of the launcher interface is displayed on the screen B, as shown in Figure 7(b). When the screen B and the screen A are parallel again, the currently used application 0 is displayed on the screen A, and the launcher interface is displayed on the screen B, as shown in Figure 7(c). Furthermore, the user can select any one of the applications from the launcher interface displayed on screen B and display it on screen B, as shown in Figure 7(d), select application 6 from among the many applications in the launcher interface and display it on screen B .

In some possible implementations, the electronic device displays the first application on the screen where the folding operation is performed, and displays the second application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed, where the first application and the second application are the most recently used or frequently used applications. Different applications.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device opening an application in another embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 8(a), the current screen A and screen B are in a parallel state, displaying the application 0 currently in use. When the electronic device determines that the user has performed the folding operation on the screen B, but the screen A has not performed the folding operation. Then when the screen B is folded for the first angle, the application 1 is displayed on the screen A, and the most recently used application 2 is displayed on the screen B, as shown in FIG. 8(b). When the user continues to fold screen B and folds the second angle, where the second angle is greater than the first angle, application 2 is displayed on screen A, and the most recently used application 3 is displayed on screen B, as shown in Figure 8. (c) Shown. When the user continues to fold screen B, when screen A and screen B are parallel again, the application currently displayed on screen A is displayed on the electronic device in full screen, as shown in Figure 8(d), display screen A on the entire display screen The currently displayed application 2.

Exemplarily, the first angle may be [5°, 15°], and the second angle may be [15°, 25°]. The value of the first angle and the value of the second angle may be predefined or set by the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

It should be noted that in the above method embodiments, the user performs the folding operation on screen B and the screen A does not perform the folding operation as an example, but this application does not limit this, and the user can perform the folding operation on screen A. The method of opening the application is similar to the method of opening the application when the screen B is folded, which is not repeated here for brevity.

In addition, in the above method embodiments, an application is displayed on the screen before the user performs a folding operation on the electronic device as an example. The method provided in this application is also applicable to electronic devices including multiple (three or more) screens. An application is shown, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, take the electronic device including two screens (screen A and screen B) as an example, and when the user does not perform a folding operation on the display screen of the electronic device, one application is displayed on the screen A and the screen B of the electronic device respectively. As shown in Figure 9(a), before the user performs the folding operation on the electronic device, the two applications currently in use are displayed on screen A and screen B of the electronic device, respectively. Application 1 is displayed on screen A and application 1 is displayed on screen B. Application 2. When the user performs a folding operation on screen B and does not perform a folding operation on screen A, screen A displays the application currently being used on screen B, and screen B displays the most recently opened application. As shown in Fig. 9(b), when the screen B is folded for the first angle, the application 2 currently opened by the screen B is displayed on the screen A, and the application 3 recently used by the user is displayed on the screen B. Similarly, when the user performs a folding operation on screen A and does not perform a folding operation on screen B, screen B displays the application currently being used on screen A, and screen A displays the most recently opened application. As shown in Fig. 9(c), when the screen A is folded for the first angle, the application 1 currently opened by the screen A is displayed on the screen B, and the application 4 recently used by the user is displayed on the screen B.

It should be understood that, in the foregoing method embodiments, only two applications are displayed on the display screen of the electronic device when the user does not perform the folding operation on the electronic device as an example. In practice, the display screen of the electronic device may also display multiple applications. For example, open one application on screen A, open multiple applications on screen B, or open multiple applications on screen A, open one application on screen B, or, open multiple applications on screen A, and open multiple applications on screen B. Also open multiple applications on. The embodiment of the present application does not limit this, and the method for the electronic device to open the application according to the user's folding operation on the electronic device is similar to the method for opening the application shown in FIG.

In addition, in the foregoing method embodiments, the electronic device includes two screens (screen A and screen B) as examples. The method provided in this application is also applicable to electronic devices that include multiple (three or more) screens. The application embodiment does not limit this.

FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of another foldable screen electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 10, the electronic device includes three screens, namely screen A, screen B, and screen C. When the three screens are all parallel, that is, the user has not performed a folding operation on the screen of the electronic device, the application 0 currently used by the user is displayed on the entire screen, as shown in FIG. 10(a). When the user performs a folding operation on one screen in the electronic device, the two unfolded screens can be regarded as a whole.

Exemplarily, if the user performs a folding operation on screen C, but does not perform a folding operation on screen A and screen B, then screen A and screen B can be regarded as a whole. At this time, it is similar to the user folding one of the two screens. The operation situation, that is, the currently used application 0 is displayed on the screen A and the screen B, and the application 1 is displayed on the screen C, as shown in FIG. 10(b).

In addition, the situation where the user performs the folding operation on the screen A and does not perform the folding operation on the screen B and the screen C is similar to the above-mentioned situation, and is not repeated here for brevity.

In some possible implementation manners, if the user performs a folding operation on two screens in the electronic device, the two screens on which the folding operation is performed can be regarded as a whole.

Exemplarily, if the user performs a folding operation on screens B and C, but does not perform a folding operation on screen A, then screens B and C can be regarded as a whole. At this time, it is similar to the user performing a folding operation on one of the two screens. That is, the application 1 is displayed on the screen B and the screen C, and the currently used application 0 is displayed on the screen A, as shown in Figure 10(c).

In addition, the situation where the user performs the folding operation on the screen A and the screen B, and the case where the folding operation is not performed on the screen C is similar to the above-mentioned situation, which is not repeated here for the sake of brevity.

In the above technical solution, the electronic device determines that the user performs a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device, and conveniently opens the application in the folding screen electronic device according to the folding operation, thereby improving user experience.

It can be understood that, in order to implement the above-mentioned functions, an electronic device includes hardware and/or software modules corresponding to each function. In combination with the algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, this 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. Those skilled in the art can use different methods for each specific application in combination with the embodiments to implement the described functions, but such implementation should not be considered as going beyond the scope of the present application.

In this embodiment, the electronic device can be divided into functional modules according to the foregoing method examples. For example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions can be integrated into one processing module. The above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. It should be noted that the division of modules in this embodiment is illustrative, and is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module corresponding to each function, FIG. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a possible composition of the electronic device 1000 involved in the foregoing embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, the electronic device 1000 may include: a determining unit 1001. A display unit 1002.

The determining unit 1001 may be used to support the electronic device 1000 to perform step 310 in the above method 300, to determine that the user performs a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device, and the display unit 1002 may support the electronic device 1000 to perform the steps in the above method 300 320. Display at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.

It should be noted that all relevant content of the steps involved in the above method embodiments can be cited in the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and will not be repeated here.

The electronic device provided in this embodiment is used to execute the above application opening method, and therefore can achieve the same effect as the above implementation method.

In the case of an integrated unit, the electronic device may include a processing module, a storage module, and a communication module. The processing module can be used to control and manage the actions of the electronic device. For example, it can be used to support the electronic device to execute the steps performed by the determination unit 1001 and the display unit 1002. The storage module can be used to support the electronic device to execute the storage program code and data. The communication module can be used to support communication between electronic devices and other devices.

Among them, the processing module may be a processor or a controller. It can implement or execute various exemplary logical blocks, modules and circuits described in conjunction with the disclosure of this application. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, for example, a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of digital signal processing (DSP) and a microprocessor, and so on. The storage module may be a memory. The communication module may specifically be a radio frequency circuit, a Bluetooth chip, a Wi-Fi chip, and other devices that interact with other electronic devices.

In an embodiment, when the processing module is a processor and the storage module is a memory, the electronic device involved in this embodiment may be a device having the structure shown in FIG. 1.

This embodiment also provides a computer storage medium in which computer instructions are stored. When the computer instructions run on an electronic device, the electronic device executes the above-mentioned related method steps to implement the application opening method in the above-mentioned embodiment.

This embodiment also provides a computer program product, which when the computer program product runs on a computer, causes the computer to execute the above-mentioned related steps to implement the application opening method in the above-mentioned embodiment.

In addition, the embodiments of the present application also provide a device. The device may specifically be a chip, component or module. The device may include a processor and a memory connected to each other. The memory is used to store computer execution instructions. When the device is running, The processor can execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the chip executes the application opening method in the foregoing method embodiments.

Among them, the electronic equipment, computer storage medium, computer program product, or chip provided in this embodiment are all used to execute the corresponding method provided above. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the corresponding method provided above. The beneficial effects of the method will not be repeated here.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in combination with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software 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 beyond the scope of this application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and conciseness of description, the specific working process of the above-described system, device, and unit can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device, and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division, and there may be other divisions in actual implementation, for example, multiple units or components can be combined or It can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not implemented. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the embodiments.

In addition, the functional units in each embodiment 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.

As used in the above embodiments, depending on the context, the term "when" can be interpreted as meaning "if..." or "after" or "in response to determining..." or "in response to detecting...". Similarly, depending on the context, the phrase "when determining..." or "if detected (statement or event)" can be interpreted as meaning "if determined..." or "in response to determining..." or "when detected (Condition or event stated)" or "in response to detection of (condition or event stated)".

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, it can be implemented in the form of a computer program product in whole or in part. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present invention are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website, computer, server, or data center. Transmission to another website site, computer, server or data center via wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or a data center integrated with one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid state disk (SSD)).

Claims (18)

1. An application opening method, characterized in that it is applied to an electronic device equipped with a foldable display screen, the display screen includes at least two screens, and the method includes:

   The electronic device determines that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device;

   The electronic device displays at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device displaying at least one application on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation comprises:

   The electronic device displays at least one recently used or frequently used application on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and displays the currently used application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen; or

   The electronic device displays a first application on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and displays a second application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen, wherein the first application and the first application are The two applications are different applications that are recently used or commonly used.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device displays at least one recently used or frequently used application on the screen that performs the folding operation in the display screen, and the display screen does not perform the folding operation. The application currently in use is displayed on the screen, including:

   When the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is folded and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, the electronic device displays at least one recently used or frequently used application on the first screen , The electronic device displays the currently used application on the second screen; or

   When the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is not folded, and the second screen in the display screen is folded, the electronic device displays the currently used application on the first screen, and the electronic device The device displays at least one recently used or frequently used application on the second screen.
4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device displays the first application on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and displays the second application on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen. Applications, where the first application and the second application are different applications that are recently used or commonly used, including:

   When the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is folded and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, the electronic device displays the first application on the first screen, and the electronic device The device displays the second application on the second screen; or

   When the electronic device determines that the first screen in the display screen is not folded and the second screen in the display screen is folded, the electronic device displays the second application on the first screen, and the electronic device The device displays the first application on the second screen.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

   When the screen that performs the folding operation in the electronic device is folded for a first angle, the first application is displayed on the screen that performs the folding operation in the electronic device, and the screen that performs the unfolding operation in the electronic device displays the Second application

   When the screen that performs the folding operation in the electronic device is folded at a second angle, the first application is displayed on the screen that does not perform the folding operation in the electronic device, and the third application is displayed on the screen that performs the folding operation in the electronic device. Applications, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle, and the third application is a different application from the first application and the second application.
6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the method further comprises:

   When the display screen is parallel again, the application currently displayed on the display screen on which the folding operation is not performed is displayed on the display screen.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the method further comprises:

   When the display screen is parallel again, the application currently displayed on the display screen is displayed on the display screen.
8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the electronic device determining that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device comprises:

   The electronic device determines that the angle between the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes smaller;

   The electronic device determines that the angle between the direction vectors of the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes larger.
9. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises:

   At least two folding screens;

   One or more processors;

   One or more memories;

   The one or more memories stores one or more computer programs, and the one or more computer programs include instructions. When the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device executes the following step:

   Determining that the user has performed a folding operation on at least one screen of the electronic device;

   At least one application is displayed on the display screen of the electronic device according to the folding operation.
10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    At least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and the currently used application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen; or

    The first application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed in the display screen, and the second application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed in the display screen, wherein the first application and the second application are the most recent Different applications used or commonly used.
11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    When it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is folded and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, at least one recently used or frequently used application is displayed on the first screen, and on the second screen Show the apps currently in use; or

    When it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is not folded and the second screen in the display screen is folded, the currently used application is displayed on the first screen, and the most recently used or At least one commonly used application.
12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    When it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is folded and the second screen in the display screen is not folded, the first application is displayed on the first screen, and the first application is displayed on the second screen. Two applications; or

    When it is determined that the first screen in the display screen is not folded, and the second screen in the display screen is folded, the second application is displayed on the first screen, and the first screen is displayed on the second screen. One application.
13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    When the screen performing the folding operation is folded at a first angle, the first application is displayed on the screen performing the folding operation, and the second application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed;

    When the screen that performs the folding operation is folded at a second angle, the first application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is not performed, and the third application is displayed on the screen where the folding operation is performed, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle , The third application is an application different from the first application and the second application.
14. The electronic device according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    When the display screen is parallel again, the application currently displayed on the display screen on which the folding operation is not performed is displayed on the display screen.
15. The electronic device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    When the display screen is parallel again, the application currently displayed on the display screen is displayed on the display screen.
16. The electronic device according to any one of claims 9 to 15, wherein when the instruction is executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device is caused to further execute the following steps:

    Determining that the angle between the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes smaller;

    It is determined that the angle between the direction vectors of the first screen and the second screen in the display screen becomes larger.
17. A computer storage medium, characterized by comprising computer instructions, which when the computer instructions run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to execute the application opening method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
18. A computer program product, characterized in that, when the computer program product runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the application opening method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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