WO2023071441A1 - Method and apparatus for displaying letters in contact list, and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a method and apparatus for displaying letters in a contact list, and a terminal device. The method for displaying letters in a contact list comprises: after acquiring information of a contact, a terminal device acquiring the first letter of the name of the contact; then, if the first letters that are already present in a contact list of the terminal device do not comprise the acquired first letter, determining the size of a key hotspot area of the acquired first letter according to the sum of the number of acquired first letters and the number of first letters that are already present in the contact list of the terminal device; and finally, displaying, according to the size of the key hotspot area, the acquired first letter in a letter display area in a contact interface that is displayed by the terminal device. Therefore, only the first letters of a contact that are saved in a terminal device can be displayed in a contact interface of the terminal device, thereby reducing the number of letters that are displayed on the right edge of the contact interface, increasing the arrangement distance between the letters, and improving the search efficiency.

Description

Address book letter display method, device and terminal equipment

The embodiment of this application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application submitted to the China Patent Office on October 28, 2021, the application number is 202111265579.0, and the invention title is "Display method, device and terminal equipment for letters in the address book", the entire content of which is passed References are incorporated in the examples of this application.

technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of smart terminals, and in particular to a method, device and terminal equipment for displaying letters in an address book.

Background technique

In the existing related art, the terminal equipment (for example: mobile communication equipment) has the function of "contact", after the user operates the label of "contact" in the interface displayed by the mobile communication equipment, the mobile communication equipment displays the contact interface, and The letters from "A to Z" ("#" is searched as a special symbol) are displayed on the right edge of the contact interface as a search method for quickly filtering target contacts.

Since the user interface (user interface, UI) designs of mobile communication devices produced by different manufacturers are different, and the appearance and size of mobile communication devices are different, the spatial layout of these letters is different, and the size of the letters is also different. On the right edge of the contact interface, these letters are arranged in the order of English letters from top to bottom, which makes it difficult for some users with larger hands, older age and/or poor eyesight to find them quickly The letters you want to search for have a poor user experience.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present application provides a method and device for displaying letters in the address book, and a terminal device. The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, so that in the contact interface of the terminal device, the display terminal device saves reduce the number of letters displayed on the right edge of the contact interface, increase the arrangement distance of letters, and improve search efficiency.

In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying letters in an address book, which is applied to a terminal device. The above method may include: the terminal device acquires first contact information; wherein, the above first contact information may be a contact information to be added to the address book of the terminal device, and the above first contact information includes the first contact The name of the person; then, the terminal device obtains the first letter of the name of the first contact. If the existing initials in the address book of the above-mentioned terminal device do not include the above-mentioned first initial, the terminal device determines the number of the first initial according to the sum of the first initial and the number of existing initials in the above-mentioned address book. The size of the first key hotspot area. Next, the terminal device can save the first contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and display the above-mentioned first contact information in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device according to the size of the hotspot area of the first button. letter.

Furthermore, the terminal device may acquire second contact information; wherein, the second contact information may be another contact information to be added to the address book of the terminal device, and the second contact information includes the second contact information name; then, the terminal device obtains the second initial of the second contact name. If the existing initial letters in the address book of the above-mentioned terminal device do not include the second initial letter, the terminal device determines the first letter of the second initial letter based on the sum of the second initial letter and the number of existing initial letters in the above-mentioned address book. The size of the hotspot area of the second button; at this time, since the number of initial letters has increased, and the size of the letter display area in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device is fixed, the hotspot area of the second button is smaller than the hotspot area of the first button . Next, the terminal device can also save the above-mentioned second contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and according to the size of the hot spot area of the second button, display the second contact information in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the above-mentioned terminal device. two initials.

In the above method for displaying letters in the address book, after the terminal device 100 obtains the contact information, it obtains the initials of the above-mentioned contact names, and then when the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100 do not include the acquired initials, according to The sum of the obtained initials and the number of existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100, determining the size of the key hotspot area of the obtained initials, and finally storing the above-mentioned contact information in the address book of the terminal device 100, and According to the size of the key hotspot area, the initial letter obtained above is displayed in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device 100, so that only the contacts saved in the terminal device 100 can be displayed in the contact interface of the terminal device 100. reduce the number of letters displayed on the right edge of the contact interface, increase the arrangement distance of letters, and improve search efficiency.

In one of the possible implementations, after the terminal device obtains the first initial of the first contact name, if the first initial in the address book of the above-mentioned terminal device does not include the first initial, then the first initial Sort with the initials already in the address book above. Then, according to the sum of the number of the first initial and the existing initials in the address book, determine the size of the first key hot spot area of the first initial, and determine the key hot area of the first initial according to the sorting result the first position of . Finally, in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, the above-mentioned first initial is displayed according to the size and first position of the hot spot area of the first button.

In one of the possible implementations, the terminal device may determine the size of the first key hotspot area of the first initial in the following manner: when the sum of the first initial and the number of existing initials in the address book is N , the above-mentioned letter display area is divided into N areas on average; the size of one area in the N areas is the size of the hot spot area of the first button; wherein, N is a positive integer.

In one of the possible implementation manners, the terminal device may obtain the first letter of the first contact name in the following manner: First, identify the first letter of the first contact name; wherein, the first letter includes Chinese characters , a word composed of letters or other characters except the above-mentioned Chinese characters and words; then, the above-mentioned first character is alphabetized to obtain the letters included in the first character; finally, from the letters included in the above-mentioned first character Get the first initial.

In one of the possible implementations, the terminal device alphabetizes the first character to obtain the letters included in the first character may be: when the first character is a Chinese character, obtain the Chinese pinyin of the Chinese character, and obtain the above-mentioned Chinese pinyin the letters included in; when the first character is a word, obtain the letters included in the above word; when the first character is other than Chinese characters and words, replace each of the above other characters with a predetermined character original characters; or keep the above other characters, obtain each original character included in the above other characters.

In one possible implementation manner, the acquisition of the first contact information by the terminal device may be: reading the first contact information from the subscriber identity module card or internal memory of the terminal device; or detecting that the user displays the After the operation of scanning the business card icon in the contact interface, in response to the above operation, scan the electronic information code or take a picture of the business card through the camera of the terminal device to obtain the first contact information; or, detect the contact information displayed by the user on the above terminal device After the operation of creating a new contact icon in the human interface, in response to the above operation, display the new contact interface to the user, and obtain the first contact information input by the user in the new contact interface.

In the second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for displaying letters in an address book, the apparatus is included in a terminal device, and the apparatus has the function of realizing the behavior of the terminal device in the first aspect and the possible implementation manners of the first aspect. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by executing corresponding software through hardware. Hardware or software includes one or more modules or units corresponding to the functions described above. For example, a receiving module or unit, a processing module or unit, a sending module or unit, and the like.

In the third aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including: one or more processors; memory; multiple application programs; and one or more computer programs, wherein the above one or more computer programs are stored in the above-mentioned In the memory, the above-mentioned one or more computer programs include instructions, and when the above-mentioned instructions are executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, the above-mentioned terminal device is made to perform the following steps: obtaining first contact information; wherein, the above-mentioned first contact information includes the first Contact name; obtain the first letter of the above-mentioned first contact name; if the first letter of the above-mentioned first letter in the address book of the above-mentioned terminal device does not include the above-mentioned first letter, then according to the first letter and the above-mentioned address book The sum of the numbers of the first letters determines the size of the hotspot area of the first button of the first letter; the above-mentioned first contact information is stored in the address book of the terminal device, and according to the size of the hotspot area of the first button , in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed by the above-mentioned terminal device, display the above-mentioned first initial; obtain the second contact information; wherein, the above-mentioned second contact information includes the name of the second contact; obtain the above-mentioned second The second initial of the contact name; if the existing initials in the address book of the above-mentioned terminal device do not include the above-mentioned second initial, according to the number of the above-mentioned second initial and the number of existing initials in the above-mentioned address book and, determining the size of the second button hotspot area of the second initial letter; wherein, the second button hotspot area is smaller than the first button hotspot area; storing the second contact information in the address book of the terminal device, And according to the size of the hotspot area of the second button, the second initial letter is displayed in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device.

In one possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned instruction is executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, after the above-mentioned terminal device executes the step of obtaining the first initial of the name of the first contact, the following steps are also performed: if the above-mentioned terminal device If the existing initials in the address book do not include the above-mentioned first letter, sort the above-mentioned first initial with the existing initials in the above-mentioned address book; The sum of the numbers of the first letters determines the size of the hotspot area of the first key of the first letter, and according to the sorting result, determines the first position of the hotspot area of the key of the first initial; in the contact interface displayed by the above-mentioned terminal device According to the size of the hot spot area of the first key and the first position, the first letter is displayed in the letter display area.

In one possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned instruction is executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, making the above-mentioned terminal device execute the step of determining the size of the first button hotspot area of the above-mentioned first initial includes: when the above-mentioned first initial and the above-mentioned When the sum of the number of existing initial letters in the address book is N, the above-mentioned letter display area is divided into N areas on average; the size of one area in the above-mentioned N areas is the size of the above-mentioned first button hot spot area; wherein, N is a positive integer.

In one possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned instruction is executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, causing the above-mentioned terminal device to perform the step of obtaining the first initial of the first contact name includes: identifying the first letter of the first contact name in the above-mentioned A first character; wherein, the above-mentioned first character includes Chinese characters, words composed of letters, or other characters except the above-mentioned Chinese characters and words; the above-mentioned first character is alphabetized to obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned first character; Get the first initial from the letters included in the first initial above.

In one possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned instruction is executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, the above-mentioned terminal device is made to perform alphabetization of the above-mentioned first initial character, and the step of obtaining the letters included in the above-mentioned first initial character includes: when the above-mentioned first character When a first character is a Chinese character, obtain the Chinese Pinyin of the above-mentioned Chinese character, and obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned Chinese Pinyin; when the above-mentioned first character is a word, obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned word; When other characters other than Chinese characters and words are used, each original character in the above-mentioned other characters is replaced with a predetermined character; or the above-mentioned other characters are retained, and each original character included in the above-mentioned other characters is obtained.

In one possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned instruction is executed by the above-mentioned terminal device, causing the above-mentioned terminal device to perform the step of obtaining the first contact information includes: reading the first contact information from the subscriber identity module card or memory of the above-mentioned terminal device. Contact information; or, after detecting the user’s operation of scanning the business card icon on the contact interface displayed by the above-mentioned terminal device, in response to the above-mentioned operation, scan the electronic information code or take a photo of the business card through the camera of the above-mentioned terminal device to obtain the first contact or, after detecting the user’s operation of creating a new contact icon in the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, in response to the above operation, display the new contact interface to the above user, and obtain the above user’s new contact icon in the above new contact interface. The entered primary contact information.

It should be understood that the second aspect and the third aspect of the embodiment of the present application are consistent with the technical solution of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, and the beneficial effects obtained in each aspect and the corresponding feasible implementation manners are similar, so details are not repeated here.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored in the above-mentioned computer-readable storage medium, and when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method provided in the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which is used to execute the method provided in the first aspect when the above computer program is executed by a computer.

In a possible design, all or part of the program in the fifth aspect may be stored on a storage medium packaged with the processor, or part or all may be stored on a memory not packaged with the processor.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in the related art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user clicking on a letter on the right edge of a contact interface in the related art;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4(a) is a structural block diagram of the software system of the terminal device 100 provided by one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4(b) is a schematic diagram of an interaction process in the terminal device 100 system provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for displaying letters in an address book provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for displaying letters in an address book provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for displaying letters in an address book provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method for displaying letters in an address book provided in another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of identifying a contact name provided in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The terms used in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain specific embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application.

In the existing related technology, letters from "A to Z" ("#" as a special symbol search) will appear on the right edge of the contact interface of the terminal device as a search method for quickly filtering target contacts, as shown in Figure 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in the related art.

Referring to FIG. 1 , on the right edge of the contact interface of the terminal device, 26 English letters are arranged in order from "A to Z" from top to bottom.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the user clicking on the letters on the right edge of the contact interface in the related art. As can be seen from Fig. 2, when the user's finger clicks on the right edge of the contact interface, the display area of multiple letters can be covered, so that , when the user's fingers are large and/or walking, the click accuracy drops significantly; and, for users with poor eyesight and/or older age, it is necessary to find the letter they want to search among so many letters, The search efficiency is low and the user experience is poor.

Based on the above problems, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying the letters of the address book, which can automatically form a corresponding arrangement according to the initials of the surnames of the contacts, and display the initials of the contacts saved in the terminal device on the contact interface of the terminal device , reduce the number of letters displayed on the right edge of the contact interface, increase the arrangement distance of letters, and improve search efficiency.

The method for displaying letters in the address book provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a terminal device, wherein the above-mentioned terminal device can be a smart phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/virtual reality ( virtual reality (VR) devices, notebook computers, ultra-mobile personal computers (ultra-mobile personal computers, UMPCs), netbooks, or personal digital assistants (personal digital assistants, PDAs); the embodiments of this application do not make specific types of terminal devices any restrictions.

Exemplarily, FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 3 , the terminal device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, charging management module 140, power management module 141, battery 142, antenna 1, 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, button 190, motor 191, indicator 192, camera 193, display screen 194, subscriber identification module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, 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, an ambient light sensor 180L, bone conduction sensor 180M, etc.

It can be understood that, the structure shown in the embodiment of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation on the terminal device 100 . In other embodiments of the present application, the terminal device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or separate certain components, or arrange different components. The illustrated components can be realized 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 (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signal processor, ISP), controller, video codec, digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), baseband processor, and/or neural network processor (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Wherein, different processing units may be independent devices, or may be integrated in one or more processors.

The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction opcode and timing signal, and complete the control of fetching and executing the instruction.

Specifically, the processor 110 may obtain contact information, where the above contact information includes a contact name; then, the processor 110 may obtain the initial letter of the above contact name, if the contact list of the terminal device already has the initial letter does not include the acquired initials, then the sum of the acquired initials and the number of existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100 can be used to determine the size of the key hotspot area of the acquired initials, and according to the above-mentioned key hotspot area In the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the display screen 194, the initial letter obtained above is displayed.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or recycled. If the processor 110 needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be called directly from the memory. Repeated access is avoided, and the waiting time of the processor 110 is reduced, thus improving the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, 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, a universal asynchronous transmitter (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, mobile industry processor interface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), general-purpose input and output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, subscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface, and /or universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, etc.

The I2C interface is a bidirectional synchronous serial bus, including a serial data line (serial data line, SDA) and a serial clock line (derail clock line, DCL). In some embodiments, processor 110 may include multiple sets of I2C buses. The processor 110 can be respectively coupled to the touch sensor 180K, the charger, the flashlight, the camera 193 and the like through different I2C bus interfaces. For example, the processor 110 may be coupled to the touch sensor 180K through an I2C interface, so that the processor 110 communicates with the touch sensor 180K through an I2C bus interface to realize the touch function of the terminal device 100 .

The MIPI interface can be used to connect the processor 110 with peripheral devices such as the display screen 194 and the camera 193 . MIPI interface includes camera serial interface (camera serial interface, CSI), display serial interface (display serial interface, DSI), etc. In some embodiments, the processor 110 communicates with the camera 193 through a CSI interface to realize the shooting function of the terminal device 100 . The processor 110 communicates with the display screen 194 through the DSI interface to realize the display function of the terminal device 100 .

The GPIO interface can be configured by software. The GPIO interface can be configured as a control signal or as a data signal. In some embodiments, the GPIO interface can be used to connect the processor 110 with the camera 193 , the display screen 194 , the wireless communication module 160 , the audio module 170 , the sensor module 180 and so on. The GPIO interface can also be configured as an I2C interface, I2S interface, UART interface, MIPI interface, etc.

The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard specification, specifically, it can be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, and the like. The USB interface 130 can be used to connect a charger to charge the terminal device 100, and can also be used to transmit data between the terminal device 100 and peripheral devices. It can also be used to connect headphones and play audio through them. This interface can also be used to connect other electronic devices, such as AR devices.

It can be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules shown in the embodiment of the present application is only a schematic illustration, and does not constitute a structural limitation of the terminal device 100 . In other embodiments of the present application, the terminal 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 configured to receive a charging input from a charger. Wherein, the charger may be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charging management module 140 can receive charging input from the wired charger through the USB interface 130 . In some wireless charging embodiments, the charging management module 140 may receive wireless charging input through the wireless charging coil of the terminal device 100 . While the charging management module 140 is charging the battery 142 , it can also supply power to the terminal device 100 through the power management module 141 .

The power management module 141 is used for connecting the battery 142 , the charging management module 140 and the processor 110 . The power management module 141 receives the input from the battery 142 and/or the charging management module 140 to provide power for 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 disposed in the processor 110 . In some other embodiments, the power management module 141 and the charging management module 140 may also be set in the same device.

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

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

The mobile communication module 150 can provide wireless communication solutions including 2G/3G/4G/5G applied on the terminal device 100 . The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA) and the like. The mobile communication module 150 can receive electromagnetic waves through the antenna 1, filter and amplify the received electromagnetic waves, and send them to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 can also amplify the signals modulated by the modem processor, and convert them into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 1 for radiation. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be set 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 set in the same device.

A modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Wherein, the modulator is used for modulating the low-frequency baseband signal to be transmitted into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator is used to demodulate the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low frequency baseband signal. Then the demodulator sends the demodulated low-frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low-frequency baseband signal is passed to the application processor after being processed by the baseband processor. The application processor outputs sound signals through audio equipment (not limited to speaker 170A, receiver 170B, etc.), or displays images or videos through display screen 194 . In some embodiments, the modem processor may be a stand-alone device. In some other embodiments, the modem processor may be independent from the processor 110, and be set in the same device as the mobile communication module 150 or other functional modules.

The wireless communication module 160 can provide wireless local area networks (wireless local area networks, WLAN) (such as wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (bluetooth, BT), global navigation satellite, etc. 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 , frequency-modulate it, amplify it, and convert it into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 2 for radiation.

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

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

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos and the like. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel can be a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic light emitting diode or an active matrix organic light emitting diode (active-matrix organic light emitting diode, AMOLED), flexible light-emitting diode (flex light-emitting diode, FLED), Miniled, MicroLed, Micro-oLed, quantum dot light emitting diodes (quantum dot light emitting diodes, QLED), etc. In some embodiments, the terminal device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The terminal device 100 can realize the shooting function through the ISP, the camera 193 , the video codec, the GPU, the display screen 194 and the application processor.

The ISP is used for processing the data fed back by the camera 193 . For example, when taking a picture, open the shutter, the light is transmitted to the photosensitive element of the camera through the lens, and 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 converts it into an image visible to the naked eye. ISP can also perform algorithm optimization on 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 located in the camera 193 .

Camera 193 is used to capture still images or video. 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 light signal into an electrical signal, and then transmits the electrical signal to the ISP to convert it into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. DSP converts digital image signals into standard RGB, YUV and other image signals. In some embodiments, the terminal device 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, where 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 terminal device 100 selects a 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 terminal device 100 may support one or more video codecs. In this way, the terminal device 100 can play or record videos in various encoding formats, for example: moving picture experts group (moving picture experts group, MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4, etc.

The NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor. By referring to the structure of biological neural networks, such as the transfer mode between neurons in the human brain, it can quickly process input information and continuously learn by itself. Applications such as intelligent cognition of the terminal device 100 can be implemented through the NPU, such as image recognition, face recognition, speech recognition, text understanding, and the like.

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 terminal device 100. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to implement a data storage function. Such as saving music, video and other files in the external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer-executable program codes including instructions. The internal memory 121 may include an area for storing programs and an area for storing data. Wherein, the stored program area can store an operating system, at least one application program required by a function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) and the like. The storage data area can store data created during the use of the terminal device 100 (such as audio data, phonebook, etc.) and the like. 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, flash memory device, universal flash storage (universal flash storage, UFS) and the like. The processor 110 executes various functional applications and data processing of the terminal device 100 by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor.

The terminal device 100 may implement an audio function through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, and an application processor. Such as music playback, recording, etc.

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

Speaker 170A, also referred to as a "horn", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The terminal device 100 can listen to music through the speaker 170A, or listen to hands-free calls.

Receiver 170B, also called "earpiece", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. When the terminal device 100 receives a phone call or voice information, the receiver 170B can be placed close to the human ear to receive the voice.

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

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

The touch sensor 180K is also called "touch device". The touch sensor 180K can be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, also called a “touch screen”. The touch sensor 180K is used to detect a touch operation on or near it. The touch sensor can pass the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the type of touch event. 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 terminal device 100 , which is different from the position of the display screen 194 .

The keys 190 include a power key, a volume key and the like. The key 190 may be a mechanical key. It can also be a touch button. The terminal device 100 may receive key input and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the terminal device 100 .

The motor 191 can generate a vibrating reminder. The motor 191 can be used for incoming call vibration prompts, and can also be used for touch vibration feedback. For example, touch operations applied to different applications (such as taking pictures, playing audio, etc.) may correspond to different vibration feedback effects. The motor 191 may also correspond to different vibration feedback effects for touch operations acting on different areas of the display screen 194 . Different application scenarios (for example: time reminder, 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 can be an indicator light, and can be used to indicate charging status, power change, and can also be used to indicate messages, missed calls, notifications, and the like.

The SIM card interface 195 is used for connecting a SIM card. The SIM card can be connected and separated from the terminal device 100 by inserting it into the SIM card interface 195 or pulling it out from the SIM card interface 195 . The terminal device 100 may support 1 or N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. SIM card interface 195 can support Nano SIM card, Micro SIM card, SIM card etc. Multiple cards can be inserted into the same SIM card interface 195 at the same time. The types of the multiple cards may be the same or different. The SIM card interface 195 is also compatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface 195 is also compatible with external memory cards. The terminal device 100 interacts with the network through the SIM card to implement functions such as calling and data communication. In some embodiments, the terminal device 100 adopts an eSIM, that is, an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card can be embedded in the terminal device 100 and cannot be separated from the terminal device 100 .

The software system of the terminal device 100 may adopt a layered architecture, an event-driven architecture, a micro-kernel architecture, a micro-service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In this embodiment of the present application, an Android system with a layered architecture is taken as an example to illustrate the software structure of the terminal device 100 .

Fig. 4 (a) is a software structural block diagram of the terminal device 100 provided by one embodiment of the present application, as shown in Fig. 4 (a), the software structural block diagram of the terminal device 100 may include:

A hardware layer 410 , a hardware abstraction layer (hardware abstraction layer, HAL) 420 , a system runtime library 430 and an application layer 440 .

Wherein, the hardware layer 410 can realize obtaining the contact information from the subscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) card 411 or memory 412; the camera driver 421 in the HAL420 can drive the camera 442, use the camera 442 to take pictures or scan function, obtain Contact information; the application layer 440 may implement obtaining contact information from a system application 441 (for example: a contact application).

Then, the database 431 in the system runtime 430 can obtain the above-mentioned contact information, save the contact name in the above-mentioned contact information, identify the first Chinese character or first character of the above-mentioned contact name, and then alphabetize the first Chinese character or first character , extract the first letter from the first Chinese character or the letters included in the first character to generate a data set.

Then the database 431 passes the above-mentioned data set to the UI layout module 432, and the initial letters in the data set are sorted by the UI layout module 432 to determine the size of the key hot spot area of each initial letter, and according to the size of the above-mentioned key hot spot area, in The letter display area in the UI interface displays the above initials. During specific implementation, the system runtime library 430 includes functional modules related to graphic display, such as opengles and/or surfacemanager, etc., which can display the above initials on the UI interface.

FIG. 4(b) is a schematic diagram of the interaction process in the terminal device 100 system provided by another embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4(b), the above-mentioned interaction process may include:

In step 401, the database 431 acquires contact information. Wherein, the above-mentioned contact information can be obtained from the SIM card 411 or the internal memory 412; or, the above-mentioned contact information can be obtained by taking pictures or scanning functions of the camera 442; or, the above-mentioned contact information can be obtained from the system application 441 (for example: contact application).

Step 402, the database 431 saves the contact name in the above contact information, identifies the first Chinese character or first character of the above contact name, and then alphabetizes the first Chinese character or first character, and extracts from the letters included in the first Chinese character or first character Initials generate datasets.

Step 403 , the database 431 transmits the above data set to the UI layout module 432 .

Step 404, the UI layout module 432 sorts the initials in the above-mentioned data set, determines the size of the key hotspot area of each initial, and displays the above-mentioned initials in the letter display area in the UI interface according to the size of the key hotspot area .

For ease of understanding, the following embodiments of the present application will take the terminal device with the structure shown in FIG. 3 as an example, and describe the method for displaying letters in the address book provided by the embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The method for displaying the letters of the address book provided in the embodiment of the present application can count the first letters of the contact names, and display the initial letters of the contact names saved in the terminal device 100 in the hotspot area by gradually increasing the method, and according to the UI design The position is adaptively distributed, so that the search efficiency can be improved. Wherein, the above-mentioned hotspot area refers to the letter display area in the contact interface of the terminal device 100, after the letter display area is operated by the user, it can respond to the user's operation.

Fig. 5 is the flowchart of the method for displaying the letters of the address book provided by one embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 5, the method for displaying the letters of the above-mentioned address book may include:

In step 501, the terminal device 100 obtains contact information; wherein, the contact information includes a contact name.

Specifically, the terminal device 100 may obtain contact information as follows:

Read contact information from the SIM card or memory of the terminal device 100; or,

After detecting the user's operation of scanning the business card icon in the contact interface displayed on the terminal device 100, in response to the above operation, the camera of the terminal device 100 scans the electronic information code or takes a picture of the business card to obtain contact information; wherein, the above electronic information The code can be a two-dimensional code or a barcode, which is not limited in this embodiment; or,

After detecting the user's operation on the new contact icon in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device 100, in response to the above operation, display the new contact interface to the user, and obtain the contact information input by the user in the above new contact interface.

In addition, in this embodiment, the method of obtaining contact information is not limited to this, and may also be obtained through other methods, and the above other methods may include:

1) Transmission and acquisition from other devices through Bluetooth, WiFi and/or sharing;

2) Acquisition by touching between devices; wherein, touching between devices may include edge touching, touching between screens and/or rear case touching, and the like.

This embodiment does not limit the manner of acquiring contact information.

During specific implementation, the terminal device 100 may perform an operation of acquiring contact information through the processor 110 .

Step 502, acquiring the first letter of the contact name.

Step 503, if the acquired initials do not include the acquired initials in the address book of the terminal device 100, then determine the number of the acquired initials according to the sum of the acquired initials and the number of existing initials in the above-mentioned address book. The size of the key hotspot area.

Specifically, since the size of the letter display area in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device 100 is fixed, the size of the key hotspot area of the acquired initial letter decreases as the number of letters increases.

Step 504, save the contact information in the address book of the terminal device 100, and display the acquired initials in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device 100 according to the size of the key hotspot area.

Specifically, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, if only one contact is stored in the terminal device 100, the letter display area of the contact interface can be as shown in FIG. As shown in the interface 61; if there are two contacts stored in the terminal device 100, the letter display area of the contact interface can be as shown in the interface 62 in Figure 6; if there are multiple contacts stored in the terminal device 100, the contact The letter display area of the human interface can be shown as interface 63 in FIG. 6 . It can be seen from the interface shown in FIG. 6 that the size of the key hotspot area of each initial letter decreases as the number of initial letters increases.

Certainly, what is shown in FIG. 6 is only an example of the letter list on the right side of the contact interface, and does not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application.

In the above method for displaying letters in the address book, after the terminal device 100 obtains the contact information, it obtains the initials of the above-mentioned contact names, and then when the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100 do not include the acquired initials, according to The sum of the obtained initials and the number of existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100, determining the size of the key hotspot area of the obtained initials, and finally storing the above-mentioned contact information in the address book of the terminal device 100, and According to the size of the key hotspot area, the initial letter obtained above is displayed in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device 100, so that only the contacts saved in the terminal device 100 can be displayed in the contact interface of the terminal device 100. reduce the number of letters displayed on the right edge of the contact interface, increase the arrangement distance of letters, and improve search efficiency.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for displaying letters in the address book provided by another embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 7, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 of the present application, after step 502, it may also include:

Step 701, if the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100 do not include the acquired initials, the terminal device 100 sorts the acquired initials with the existing initials in the terminal device 100's address book.

Specifically, the acquired initials and the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100 may be sorted in ascending order of A~Z/a~z, or in descending order of Z~A/z~a Sorting, this embodiment does not limit the sorting manner.

Step 702, according to the sum of the acquired initials and the number of existing initials in the above-mentioned address book, determine the size of the key hotspot area of the above-mentioned initials obtained, and determine the key hotspots of the above-mentioned acquired initials according to the sorting result The location of the region.

Step 703 , in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device 100 , display the acquired initials according to the size and position of the key hotspot area.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a contact interface in another embodiment of the present application. It can be seen from FIG. 8 that in the alphabet display area of the contact interface shown in FIG. 8 , initial letters are sorted in ascending order of AZ. If only one contact is stored in the terminal device 100, the letter display area of the contact interface can be as shown in the interface 81 in Figure 8; if two contacts are stored in the terminal device 100, the letter display area of the contact interface The area can be as shown in interface 82 in FIG. If there are n contacts, the letter display area of the contact interface may be as shown in interface 84 in FIG. 8 , where n is a positive integer.

In this embodiment, the size of the key hot spot area of the first letter acquired is determined according to the number of initial letters, and the position of the hot spot area of the key initial letter obtained is determined according to the sorting result of the initial letter, and then according to the size and the hot spot area of the key key In the above position, the above-mentioned acquired initials are displayed in the letter display area of the contact interface, so that the layout of the letter display area in the contact interface can be carried out according to the contacts stored in the terminal device 100, and the area of the letter key hotspot area is enlarged , which improves the search accuracy, thereby reducing the time for users to search for letters and improving efficiency; and the layout of the letter display area is more concise, reducing redundant information.

Fig. 9 is a flow chart of a method for displaying letters in the address book provided by another embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 9, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 of the present application, step 503 may include:

Step 901, if the acquired initials are not included in the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device 100, when the sum of the acquired initials and the number of existing initials in the above-mentioned address book is N, the above-mentioned letters The display area is evenly divided into N areas; the size of one of the above N areas is the size of the key hot spot area of the initial letter obtained above; wherein, N is a positive integer.

For example, assuming that the total number of initial letters is 2, that is, N is 2, then the letter display area in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device 100 can be divided into two halves to obtain two areas of the same size. Each area of is a key hotspot area of an initial letter.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method for displaying letters in an address book provided in another embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 10 , in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 of the present application, step 502 may include:

In step 1001, the terminal device 100 recognizes the first character in the above-mentioned contact name; wherein, the above-mentioned first character includes Chinese characters, words composed of letters, or other characters except the Chinese characters and words.

Specifically, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of identifying a contact name provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in interface 1101 and interface 1102 in FIG. 11, when the contact name is a Chinese name, for example: "Zhao xx", The first character is the Chinese character "Zhao"; when the contact name is an English name, for example: "Jack", the first character is the word "Jack" composed of characters; and when the contact name is other characters except Chinese characters and words, For example: "@@", the first character is "@@" other than Chinese characters and words.

It should be noted that when the contact name is other characters than Chinese characters and words, "#" can be uniformly used as the initial character, or an actual character can also be used as the initial character, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Step 1002, alphabetize the above initial character to obtain letters included in the above initial character.

Specifically, alphabetizing the above-mentioned first character to obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned first character may be: when the first character is a Chinese character, obtaining the Chinese pinyin of the above-mentioned Chinese character to obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned Chinese pinyin; when the first character is a word , to obtain the letters included in the above-mentioned words; when the first character is other characters except Chinese characters and words, replace each original character in the above-mentioned other characters with a predetermined character; or keep the above-mentioned other characters, and obtain the above-mentioned other characters included each original character of . Wherein, the above-mentioned predetermined character can be set by itself during actual implementation, and this embodiment does not limit the above-mentioned predetermined character, for example, the above-mentioned predetermined character can be "#".

Specifically, referring to the interface 1103 in Fig. 11, if the first character is a Chinese character, for example: "赵", then obtain the Chinese pinyin of the above-mentioned Chinese character, and obtain the letter "ZHAO" included in the above-mentioned Chinese pinyin; if the first character is a word, for example : "Jack", then get the character "Jack" included in the above words; if the first character is other characters than Chinese characters and words, for example: "@@", you can keep the above other characters, and get the above other characters Include every original character "@@", or replace "@@" with "##".

Step 1003, obtaining the initial letter from the letters included in the above initial character.

Specifically, after the letters included in the above-mentioned first characters are obtained, the first-ranked letter, that is, the first letter, can be obtained from the above-mentioned letters. Referring to the interface 1104 in FIG. 11 , what is displayed on the interface 1104 is the initial letter obtained from the letters included in the initial character displayed on the interface 1103 .

It can be understood that some or all of the steps or operations in the foregoing embodiments are only examples, and other operations or modifications of various operations may also be performed in the embodiment of the present application. In addition, various steps may be performed in different orders presented in the above embodiments, and it may not be necessary to perform all operations in the above embodiments.

It can be understood that, in order to realize the above functions, the terminal device includes corresponding hardware and/or software modules for performing various functions. Combining the algorithm steps of each example described in the embodiments disclosed in the application, the 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 drives hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions in combination with the embodiments for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present application.

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

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by another embodiment of the present application. In the case of dividing each functional module corresponding to each function, Fig. 12 shows a possible composition of the terminal device 1200 involved in the above embodiment Schematic diagram, as shown in FIG. 12, the terminal device 1200 may include: a receiving unit 1201, a processing unit 1202, and a sending unit 1203;

Wherein, the receiving unit 1201 can be used to support the terminal device 1200 to execute step 501, etc., and/or be used for other processes of the technical solution described in the embodiment of this application;

The processing unit 1202 may be used to support the terminal device 1200 to execute steps 501 to 504, 701 to 703, 901, and 1001 to 1003, etc., and/or other methods for the technical solutions described in the embodiments of this application. process.

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

The terminal device 1200 provided in this embodiment is used to implement the above-mentioned method for displaying letters in the address book, so the same effect as the above-mentioned method can be achieved.

It should be understood that the terminal device 1200 may correspond to the terminal device 100 shown in FIG. 3 . Wherein, the functions of the receiving unit 1201 and the sending unit 1203 may be implemented by the processor 110, the antenna 1 and the mobile communication module 150 in the terminal device 100 shown in FIG. Implementation; the function of the processing unit 1202 may be implemented by the processor 110 in the terminal device 100 shown in FIG. 3 .

In the case of using an integrated unit, the terminal device 1200 may include a processing module, a storage module and a communication module.

Wherein, the processing module may be used to control and manage the actions of the terminal device 1200, for example, may be used to support the terminal device 1200 to perform the steps performed by the receiving unit 1201, the processing unit 1202 and the sending unit 1203 above. The storage module can be used to support the terminal device 1200 to store program codes and data. The communication module may be used to support communication between the terminal device 1200 and other devices.

Wherein, the processing module may be a processor or a controller, which may realize or execute various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in conjunction with the disclosure of the present application. The processor can also be a combination of computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of digital signal processing (digital signal processing, DSP) and a microprocessor, and the like. The storage module may be a memory. Specifically, the communication module may be a device that interacts with other electronic devices, such as a radio frequency circuit, a Bluetooth chip, and/or a Wi-Fi chip.

In an embodiment, when the processing module is a processor and the storage module is a memory, the terminal device 1200 involved in this embodiment may be a device having the structure shown in FIG. 3 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When it is run on a computer, the computer executes the program provided by the embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 to 11 of the present application. method.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, the computer program product includes a computer program, and when it is run on a computer, the computer executes the method provided in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 to 11 of the present application.

In the embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "multiple" means two or more. "And/or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B may indicate that A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, or B exists alone. Among them, A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the contextual objects are an "or" relationship. "At least one of the following" and similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items. For example, at least one of a, b, and c can represent: a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c or a and b and c, where a, b, c can be single, or Can be multiple.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can appreciate that each unit and algorithm steps described in the embodiments disclosed herein can be realized by a combination of electronic hardware, computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the 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 several embodiments provided in this application, if any function is realized in the form of a software function 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 solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), random access memory (random access memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disc and other media that can store program codes. .

The foregoing is only a specific implementation of the present application. Any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present application can easily think of changes or substitutions, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present application. The protection scope of the present application shall be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (14)

1. A method for displaying letters in an address book, applied to a terminal device, characterized in that it includes:

   Obtaining first contact information; wherein, the first contact information includes a first contact name;

   obtaining the first letter of the name of the first contact;

   If the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device do not include the first initial, then determine the The size of the hotspot area of the first key of the first letter;

   saving the first contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and displaying the first contact information in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device according to the size of the hot spot area of the first key. first letter;

   Obtaining second contact information; wherein, the second contact information includes a second contact name;

   obtaining the second initial of the name of the second contact;

   If the existing initial letters in the address book of the terminal device do not include the second initial letter, then according to the sum of the second initial letter and the number of existing initial letters in the address book, the The size of the hot spot area of the second key of the second initial; wherein, the hot spot area of the second key is smaller than the hot spot area of the first key;

   saving the second contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and according to the size of the hot spot area of the second button, displaying the second initial.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after said obtaining the first initial of the first contact name, further comprising:

   If the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device do not include the first initial, sorting the first initial with the existing initials in the address book;

   According to the sum of the first initial letter and the number of existing initial letters in the address book, determine the size of the first key hotspot area of the first initial letter, and determine the first initial letter according to the sorting result. The first position of the key hotspot area of the letter;

   In the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, the first initial letter is displayed according to the size of the hot spot area of the first button and the first position.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the determining the size of the first key hotspot area of the first initial comprises:

   When the sum of the first initial and the existing initials in the address book is N, the letter display area is divided into N areas on average; the size of one area in the N areas is The size of the hotspot area of the first button; wherein, N is a positive integer.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said obtaining the first initial of the name of the first contact comprises:

   Identifying the first character in the name of the first contact; wherein, the first character includes Chinese characters, words composed of letters, or other characters except the Chinese characters and words;

   alphabetizing the first initial character to obtain letters included in the first initial character;

   A first initial letter is obtained from letters included in the first initial character.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said first initial character is alphabetized, and obtaining the letters included in said first initial character comprises:

   When the first character is a Chinese character, obtain the Chinese phonetic alphabet of the Chinese character, and obtain the letters included in the Chinese phonetic alphabet;

   When the first character is a word, obtain the letters included in the word;

   When the first first character is other characters except the Chinese characters and words, replace each original character in the other characters with a predetermined character; or keep the other characters, and obtain the included characters in the other characters each original character of .
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said acquiring first contact information comprises:

   reading the first contact information from the subscriber identity module card or memory of the terminal device; or,

   After detecting the user's operation of scanning the business card icon in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device, in response to the operation, scanning the electronic information code or photographing the business card through the camera of the terminal device to obtain the first contact information; or,

   After detecting the user's operation on the new contact icon in the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, in response to the operation, display the new contact interface to the user, and obtain the user's new contact interface in the new contact interface. The entered primary contact information.
7. A display device for letters in an address book, characterized in that it is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
8. A terminal device, characterized in that it includes:

   one or more processors; memory; a plurality of application programs; and one or more computer programs, wherein said one or more computer programs are stored in said memory, said one or more computer programs comprising instructions, When the instruction is executed by the terminal device, the terminal device is made to perform the following steps:

   Obtaining first contact information; wherein, the first contact information includes a first contact name;

   obtaining the first letter of the name of the first contact;

   If the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device do not include the first initial, then determine the The size of the hotspot area of the first key of the first letter;

   saving the first contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and displaying the first contact information in the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device according to the size of the hot spot area of the first key. first letter;

   Obtaining second contact information; wherein, the second contact information includes a second contact name;

   obtaining the second initial of the name of the second contact;

   If the existing initial letters in the address book of the terminal device do not include the second initial letter, then according to the sum of the second initial letter and the number of existing initial letters in the address book, the The size of the hot spot area of the second key of the second initial; wherein, the hot spot area of the second key is smaller than the hot spot area of the first key;

   saving the second contact information in the address book of the terminal device, and according to the size of the hot spot area of the second button, displaying the second initial.
9. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein when the instruction is executed by the terminal device, after the terminal device executes the step of obtaining the first initial of the name of the first contact , also perform the following steps:

   If the existing initials in the address book of the terminal device do not include the first initial, then sort the first initial with the existing initials in the address book;

   According to the sum of the first initial letter and the number of existing initial letters in the address book, determine the size of the first key hotspot area of the first initial letter, and determine the first initial letter according to the sorting result. The first position of the key hotspot area of the letter;

   In the letter display area of the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, the first initial letter is displayed according to the size of the hot spot area of the first button and the first position.
10. The terminal device according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that, when the instruction is executed by the terminal device, the terminal device is made to perform the step of determining the hotspot area of the first button of the first letter The size steps include:

    When the sum of the first initial and the existing initials in the address book is N, the letter display area is divided into N areas on average; the size of one area in the N areas is The size of the hotspot area of the first button; wherein, N is a positive integer.
11. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein when the instruction is executed by the terminal device, causing the terminal device to perform the step of obtaining the first initial of the name of the first contact includes :

    Identifying the first character in the name of the first contact; wherein, the first character includes Chinese characters, words composed of letters, or other characters except the Chinese characters and words;

    alphabetizing the first initial character to obtain letters included in the first initial character;

    A first initial letter is obtained from letters included in the first initial character.
12. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein when the instruction is executed by the terminal device, the terminal device executes the lettering of the first initial character to obtain the first character. The steps for letters included in the first character include:

    When the first character is a Chinese character, obtain the Chinese phonetic alphabet of the Chinese character, and obtain the letters included in the Chinese phonetic alphabet;

    When the first character is a word, obtain the letters included in the word;

    When the first first character is other characters except the Chinese characters and words, replace each original character in the other characters with a predetermined character; or keep the other characters, and obtain the included characters in the other characters each original character of .
13. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein when the instruction is executed by the terminal device, enabling the terminal device to execute the step of obtaining the first contact information comprises:

    reading the first contact information from the subscriber identity module card or memory of the terminal device; or,

    After detecting the user's operation of scanning the business card icon in the contact interface displayed by the terminal device, in response to the operation, scanning the electronic information code or photographing the business card through the camera of the terminal device to obtain the first contact information; or,

    After detecting the user's operation on the new contact icon in the contact interface displayed on the terminal device, in response to the operation, display the new contact interface to the user, and obtain the user's new contact interface in the new contact interface. The entered primary contact information.
14. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when it is run on a computer, it causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-6.

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