WO2024007703A1

WO2024007703A1 - Display method for task display area, window display method, and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2024007703A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/091240
Authority: WO
Inventors: 任萍
Original assignee: 荣耀终端有限公司
Priority date: 2022-07-07
Filing date: 2023-04-27
Publication date: 2024-01-11
Also published as: CN116048327A

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of electronics, and provides a display method for task display area, a window display method, and an electronic device. The display method comprises: determining the size of a screen of an electronic device to be a first size, and displaying a first interface on the screen, the first interface at least comprising a first task display area; displaying a first group of application controls in the first task display area, the number of application controls in the first group of application controls corresponding to the first size; receiving a first sliding operation along the first task display area; and in response to the first sliding operation, displaying a second group of application controls in the first task display area, some of application controls in the second group of application controls being different from the application controls in the first group of application controls. According to the display method for the task display area in embodiments of the present application, dynamic expansion of a space of the task display area can be achieved, and better operation experience is brought to a user.

Description

Display method of task display area, display method of window and electronic equipment

This application requires the priority of the Chinese patent application submitted to the China Patent Office on July 7, 2022, with the application number 202210803984.1 and the application name "Display method of task display area, display method of window and electronic device", and its entire content incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular to a display method of a task display area, a window display method and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the advancement of science and technology, electronic equipment products are developing rapidly. More and more terminal electronic devices can implement multi-window, small window and other display methods to meet users' needs for multi-mode windows. These diverse window display modes have made users have higher and higher requirements for the opening and switching methods of application windows displayed on electronic devices. Currently, the way to open an application is usually to click the application icon on the desktop, or to open the application from the fixed task display area under the screen when in the desktop state, or to open the application by pulling up the sidebar.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a method for displaying a task display area, a method for displaying a window, and an electronic device. The method can optimize the task display area below the screen and improve interaction efficiency and user experience.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a method for displaying a task display area. The present application is introduced from multiple aspects below, and the implementation modes and beneficial effects of the following multiple aspects can be referred to each other.

In a first aspect, this application provides a method for displaying a task display area, which is applied to an electronic device. The screen of the electronic device is determined to be a first size, the first task display area is displayed on the screen, and the application displayed in the first task display area The number of controls corresponds to the first size; it is determined that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to the second size; when it is determined that the first size is smaller than the second size, and the interface on the screen is a non-desktop interface, on the screen A second task display area corresponding to the second size is displayed on the second task display area, and the number of application controls displayed in the second task display area is greater than the number of application controls in the first task display area.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, the first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the folded state, and the second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state.

According to the display method of the task display area according to the embodiment of the present application, the display mode of the task display area can be adjusted according to the size of the electronic device and the current background display state of the interface, for example, desktop background or non-desktop background. According to the size of the screen, Change the number of application controls in the task display area to improve user experience.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, when it is determined that the first size is smaller than the second size and the interface on the screen is a desktop interface, the first task display area is displayed on the screen.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, receiving a sliding operation along the first task display area;

In response to the sliding operation, the application controls in the first task display area are changed, and the number of application controls remains unchanged.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, when it is determined that the first size is larger than the second size, a third task display area corresponding to the second size is displayed on the screen, and the number of application controls displayed in the third task display area is Less than or equal to the first task display The number of application controls in the area.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, the first task display area includes a first group of application controls. In response to the sliding operation, changing the application controls in the first task display area includes:

In response to the first sliding operation, a second group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area, a first application control exists in the second group of application controls, and the first application control is different from the application controls in the first group of application controls.

As an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application, changing the application control in the first task display area in response to the sliding operation also includes:

In response to the second sliding operation, a third group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area. There is a second application control in the third group of application controls. The second application control is connected with the first group of application controls and the applications in the second group of applications. The controls are different; wherein the sliding direction of the second sliding operation is opposite to the sliding direction of the first sliding operation.

According to the display method of the task display area according to the embodiment of the present application, more space is expanded to store more application icons by sliding left and right in the task display area, so that more applications can be displayed in the task display area, and there is no need to worry about screen size. The size is limited and only a few application icons can be displayed. Users can store more application icons in the task display area corresponding to the large expansion space, thereby improving the user experience.

In a second aspect, this application provides a method for displaying a task display area, which is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: determining the screen of the electronic device to be a first size, displaying a first interface on the screen, and the first interface including the first task. display area; displaying the first group of application controls in the first task display area, the number of application controls in the first group of application controls corresponding to the first size; receiving the first sliding operation along the first task display area; responding to The first sliding operation displays a second group of application controls in the first task display area, and some of the application controls in the second group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the method further includes: receiving a second sliding operation along the first task display area, the sliding direction of the second sliding operation being opposite to the sliding direction of the first sliding operation; responding to the second sliding operation. A sliding operation displays a third group of application controls in the first task display area, and some of the application controls in the third group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls and the second group of applications. Realize dynamic expansion of the display space of the task display area in different directions.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, when it is determined that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to the second size, and the interface on the screen is a non-desktop interface, the second interface is displayed on the screen, and the second interface is displayed on the screen. The interface includes a second task display area; the second task display area displays two groups of the first group of application controls, the second group of application controls, and the third group of application controls. Display different task display area sizes according to different sizes, and display different numbers of applications, making reasonable use of screen sizes to meet user needs for different task display areas of different sizes.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the first interface further includes a first application window displayed in full screen, and a first task display area is suspended above the first application window, or the first application window and the first application window in the first interface are The first task display area is displayed in a non-overlapping manner.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the second interface further includes a second application window displayed in full screen, and the second task display area is suspended above the second application window, or the second application window and the second application window in the second interface are The two task display areas are displayed in a non-overlapping manner.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, some application controls in the second group of application controls and/or the third group of application controls Files are displayed in the form of folders. Different forms of controls can be displayed to improve user experience.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the first sliding operation is sliding to the right from the first position of the screen, and the second sliding operation is sliding to the left from the second position of the screen.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the first task display area is located at the bottom of the screen.

As an embodiment of the second aspect of the present application, the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, the first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the folded state, and the second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state.

In a third aspect, this application also provides a method for displaying a window, which is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: determining the screen of the electronic device to be a first size, and displaying a first interface on the screen. The first interface includes a desktop and a first screen. a task display area; displaying a first group of application controls in the first task display area, the number of application controls in the first group of application controls corresponding to the first size; receiving a sliding operation along the first task display area; responding to the sliding Operation, display the second group of application controls in the first task display area, and some of the application controls in the second group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls; receive the first application control in the second group of application controls a first operation; in response to the first operation, a second interface is displayed on the screen, and the second interface includes the first application window displayed in full screen.

According to the window display method of the embodiment of the present application, more space is expanded to store more application icons by sliding left and right in the task display area, so that more applications can be displayed in the task display area, and the screen size is no longer limited. Limited, and only a few application icons can be displayed. Users can store more application icons in the large expansion space corresponding to the task display area, and open applications through application icons in the task display area, realizing different ways of opening applications, thus improving user experience.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, a first operation for the second interface is received; in response to the first operation, a third interface is displayed on the screen, and the third interface includes a first application window displayed in full screen and a suspended The first task display area above the first application window, or the first application window and the first task display area in the third interface are displayed in a non-overlapping manner; when receiving a response to the first task display area in the third interface, A second operation of the second application control; in response to the second click operation, a fourth interface is displayed on the screen, and the fourth interface includes the first application window and the second application window that are overlapped and displayed.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, when receiving a first drag operation to drag the second application control out of the first task display area; in response to the first drag operation, display the first application in split screen on the screen window and a second application window.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, when it is determined that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to the second size, and the interface on the screen is a non-desktop interface, a fifth interface is displayed on the screen. including a second task display area; the second task display area displays the first group of application controls and the second group of application controls; receives a third click operation for the third application control in the second task display area; responds to the third click The operation is to display a sixth interface on the screen, and the sixth interface includes a third application window displayed in full screen.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, a second operation for the sixth interface is received; in response to the second operation, a seventh interface is displayed on the screen, and the seventh interface includes a third application window displayed in full screen and suspended on The second task display area above the third application window, or the third application window and the second task display area in the seventh interface are displayed in a non-overlapping manner, and the second task display area displays the first set of application controls and the second Group application controls; when receiving a fourth click operation for the fourth application control in the second task display area in the seventh interface; in response to the fourth click operation, superimpose and display the third application window and the fourth application window on the screen.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, all application controls displayed in the second task display area are displayed in an expanded arrangement.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, when receiving a second drag operation for the fourth application control from the second task display area; in response to the second drag operation, the second drag operation is displayed in split screen on the screen. Three application windows and a fourth application window.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, the second group of application controls includes two groups, and the two groups of second group of application controls are respectively located on the left and right sides of the first group of application controls.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, at least one application control in the second group of application controls is displayed in an overlay manner.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, the first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the folded state, and the second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, at least part of the application controls in the first group of application controls and/or the second group of application controls are displayed in the form of a folder.

As an embodiment of the third aspect of the present application, the first task display area is located at the bottom of the screen.

In a fourth aspect, this application provides an electronic device and a processing module for determining that the screen of the electronic device is the first size;

A display module is used to display a first interface, which includes a first task display area; and displays a first group of application controls in the first task display area. The number of application controls in the first group of application controls is equal to the first size. correspond;

A receiving module configured to receive a first sliding operation along the first task display area;

A processing module, configured to respond to the first sliding operation and control the first task display area to display a second group of application controls, where some of the application controls in the second group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls.

According to the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present application, more space is expanded to store more application icons by sliding left and right in the task display area, so that more applications can be displayed in the task display area and are no longer limited by the screen size. Instead, only a few application icons can be displayed. Users can store more application icons in the task display area corresponding to the large expansion space, thereby improving the user experience.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the receiving module is further configured to receive a second sliding operation along the first task display area, the sliding direction of the second sliding operation being opposite to the sliding direction of the first sliding operation; the processing module is further In response to the second sliding operation, the first task display area is controlled to display a third group of application controls, and some of the application controls in the third group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls and the second group of applications. Realize dynamic expansion of the display space of the task display area in different directions.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the processing module is also configured to determine that the screen of the electronic device has changed from the first size to the second size, and display a second interface on the screen, and the second interface includes a second task display. area; the second task display area displays two groups of the first group of application controls, the second group of application controls, and the third group of application controls. Display different task display area sizes according to different sizes, and display different numbers of applications, making reasonable use of screen sizes to meet user needs for different task display areas of different sizes.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the first interface further includes a first application window displayed in full screen, and the first task display area is suspended above the first application window.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the second interface further includes a second application window displayed in full screen, and the second task display area is suspended above the second application window.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, some application controls in the second group of application controls and/or the third group of application controls are displayed in the form of folders. Different forms of controls can be displayed to improve user experience.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the first sliding operation is sliding to the right from the first position of the screen, and the second sliding operation is sliding to the left from the second position of the screen.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the first task display area is located at the bottom of the screen.

As an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present application, the electronic device display module includes a screen. The screen is a folding screen. The first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the folded state, and the second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state. size of.

In a fifth aspect, the application also provides an electronic device, a processing module for determining that the screen of the electronic device is a first size; a display module including a screen for displaying a first interface, and the first interface includes a desktop and a third a task display area; a first group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area, and the number of application controls in the first group of application controls corresponds to the first size; the receiving module is configured to receive a sliding motion along the first task display area Operation; the processing module is used to display the second group of application controls in the first task display area in response to the sliding operation, and some of the application controls in the second group of application controls are different from the application controls in the first group of application controls; the receiving module is used to Receive a first operation for the first application control in the second group of application controls; the processing module is configured to display a second interface on the screen in response to the first operation, and the second interface includes the first application window.

According to the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present application, more space is expanded to store more application icons by sliding left and right in the task display area, so that more applications can be displayed in the task display area and are no longer limited by the screen size. Instead, only a few application icons can be displayed. Users can store more application icons in the large expansion space corresponding to the task display area, and open application windows through application icons in the task display area, realizing different ways of opening application windows, thus improving the user experience.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the receiving module is also configured to receive a first operation for the second interface; the processing module is also configured to respond to the first operation, control the screen to display a third interface, and the third interface includes a full screen The displayed first application window and the first task display area suspended above the first application window; when the receiving module receives the second operation for the second application control in the first task display area in the third interface; the processing module uses In response to the second click operation, the control screen displays a fourth interface, where the fourth interface includes the first application window and the second application window that are overlapped and displayed.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, when the receiving module drags the second application control from the first task display area to the first drag operation; the processing module is configured to respond to the first drag operation, divide the The first application window and the second application window are displayed on the screen.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the processing module is configured to determine that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to the second size, and control the screen to display a fifth interface, where the fifth interface includes a second task display area; The task display area displays the first group of application controls and the second group of application controls; the receiving module is used to receive a third click operation for the third application control in the second task display area; the processing module is used to respond to the third click operation, The control screen displays a sixth interface, which includes a third application window displayed in full screen.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the receiving module is further configured to receive a second operation for the sixth interface; the processing module is further configured to respond to the second operation, control the screen to display a seventh interface, and the seventh interface includes a full screen The displayed third application window and the second task display area suspended above the third application window, and the second task display area displays the first group of application controls and the second group of application controls; A fourth click operation on the fourth application control in the second task display area; the processing module is also configured to control the screen to overlay and display the third application window and the fourth application window in response to the fourth click operation.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, all application controls displayed in the second task display area are displayed in an expanded arrangement.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, when the receiving module receives the second drag operation for the fourth application control, dragged from the second task display area; the processing module is also configured to respond to the second drag operation, The control screen is split-screen to display the third application window and the fourth application window.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the second group of application controls includes two groups, and the two groups of second group of application controls are respectively located on the left and right sides of the first group of application controls.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, at least one application control in the second group of application controls is displayed in an overlay manner.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, and the first size is used to indicate that the folding screen is The size in the folded state. The second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, at least part of the application controls in the first group of application controls and/or the second group of application controls are displayed in the form of a folder.

As an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present application, the first task display area is located at the bottom of the screen.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program is run by a processor, the computer program causes the processor to execute the methods of the embodiments of the first and second aspects.

In a seventh aspect, the present application discloses a computer program product containing instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to execute the methods described in the embodiments of the first and second aspects.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1a is a schematic diagram of the desktop interface of a mobile phone;

Figure 1b is a schematic diagram of the desktop interface of the tablet;

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the operation interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 3A is a structural block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 3B is a schematic diagram of a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 4 is a software structure block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 5 is a flow chart of a method for displaying a task display area according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 6 is an operation schematic diagram when the mobile phone screen is a desktop interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 7 is an operation schematic diagram when the mobile phone screen is a desktop interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 8 is an operation schematic diagram when the mobile phone screen is a non-desktop interface according to one embodiment of the present application;

Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the interface operation of a folding screen mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the operation interface for replacing application icons in the task display area according to one embodiment of the present application;

Figure 11a is a schematic interface diagram of a task display area displayed on a mobile phone screen according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 11b is another schematic diagram of an interface showing a task display area on a mobile phone screen according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the interface operation when application icons are stored in folders in the task display area according to one embodiment of the present application;

Figure 13 is a flow chart of a window display method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of the interface operation of opening an application window on a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 15 is a schematic diagram of the interface operation of opening other application windows when an application is opened on the mobile phone screen according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 16 is a schematic diagram of the split-screen interface operation of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 17 is a schematic diagram of the display operation interface of the window when the mobile phone is in the unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 18 is another schematic diagram of an interface for switching applications and tasks in an application according to an embodiment of the present application;

Figure 19 is a block diagram of a system-on-chip according to some embodiments of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of this application, the technical problems to be solved by this application are first discussed below.

In some solutions, electronic devices are limited by screen size, so the number of application icons displayed in the task display area at the bottom of the screen is limited. For example, a maximum of 4 or 8 application icons can be stored. When the application icons are stored Quantity up to When it reaches the upper limit of 4 or 8, it cannot be increased.

As shown in Figure 1a, Figure 1a shows a schematic diagram of the desktop interface of the mobile phone. As shown in Figure 1, there is a task display area at the bottom of the mobile phone screen. Due to the limitation of the screen size, the task display area can store up to 4 APP icons. Users can store the 4 more commonly used applications according to their own needs. The icon is set in the task display area. Users can change the application icons in the task display area, add or delete application icons as needed, but the maximum number cannot exceed 4.

In other solutions, as shown in Figure 1b, Figure 1b is a schematic diagram of the desktop interface of the tablet. The screen size is larger than that of a mobile phone, so more application icons can be set in the task display area. As shown in Figure 1b, the task display area of the tablet can be set with 8 application icons. When the application icons in the task display area do not meet the 8 icons, the user can add application icons, but after reaching the upper limit of 8 icons, no more application icons can be added.

In the above solution, since the task display area is limited by the screen size, only a limited number of icons can be displayed. It cannot meet the needs of users who want to display more applications through the task display area, and the user experience is poor.

In order to solve the above problems, this application provides a method for displaying a task display area, which expands more space to store more application icons by sliding left and right in the task display area, so that more applications can be displayed in the task display area without Due to the limitation of screen size, only a few application icons can be displayed. Users can store more application icons in the task display area corresponding to the large expansion space, thereby improving the user experience.

The display method of the task display area in the embodiment of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to Figure 2, Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the operation interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in (a) of FIG. 2 , a task display area 210 , also known as a dock bar, is provided below the mobile phone interface 200 . According to the screen size of the mobile phone, up to four application icons can be displayed in the task display area 210 . Currently, four common application icons (corresponding to the first group of application controls) can be displayed in the task display area 210, such as four icons: "camera", "address book", "phone" and "message". When the user wants to open more applications through the task display area 210, as shown in (b) of Figure 2, the user's finger slides right from the first position in the task display area 210 to the second position in the task display area. Finally, replace a new set of application icons (corresponding to the second set of application controls) in the task display area, such as "Smart Life", "Video", "Settings" and "Sports and Health". Users can click on these applications icon to open the app. In this way, more applications can be displayed in the same task display area, and the display space of the task display area is dynamically expanded.

It should be noted that the background interface corresponding to the task display area in the embodiment of the present application is not limited. For example, it can be an interface with the desktop as the background, or it can be an interface with a non-desktop as the background, such as the background of the application window after opening the application.

According to the display method of the task display area according to the embodiment of the present application, the task display area is no longer limited by the screen size and can only display a preset fixed number of applications. Users can expand more space to store application icons through sliding and other operations, which can display more application icons in the task display area, meet the user's demand for more applications in the task display area, and improve the user experience. Furthermore, the task display area is not limited to being displayed only on the desktop.

In the above embodiments, the electronic device is a mobile phone as an example. In some embodiments, the electronic device may be a tablet computer, a vehicle-mounted device, a notebook computer, or an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC). , netbooks, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other electronic devices that can install APPs and support task display areas. The embodiments of this application do not place any restrictions on the specific types of electronic devices.

In addition, the explanation in the above question is based on the example of a mobile phone with a single screen. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device may also be a folding screen, a curved screen, a dual screen, etc., which is not limited by this application.

The method for displaying the task display area in the embodiment of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the specific structure of the electronic device.

FIG. 3A shows a schematic structural diagram of the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface port 120, internal memory 121, universal serial bus (USB) connector 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, headphone interface 170D, sensor module 180, button 190, motor 191, indicator 192, camera 193, display screen 194, and subscriber identification module (SIM) card Interface 195 etc. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro 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 ambient light. Sensor 180L, bone conduction sensor 180M, 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 in the figures, or some components may be combined, some components may be separated, or some components may be arranged differently. The components illustrated may 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 (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 processor (neural-network processing unit, NPU), etc. Among them, different processing units can be independent devices or integrated in one or more processors.

The processor 110 can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation code and timing signals to complete the control of fetching and executing instructions.

The processor 110 may also be provided with a memory for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in processor 110 is cache memory. This memory may hold instructions or data that have been recently used or recycled by processor 110 . If the processor 110 needs to use the instructions 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 one embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 can determine the size of the screen of the electronic device and display different task display areas according to the screen size. And after receiving the user's operation, multiple sets of different application controls are displayed in the task display area, and the user can open the application he wants to open from the task display area. Thus, the multi-application display function of the task display area is realized, and the number of application icons displayed in the task display area can be dynamically adjusted, thereby improving the user experience.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the processor 110 can also recognize that there is an application running on the current screen, receive the user's operation, and call up the hidden task display area. The user can realize multiple applications based on the task display area. Display on the screen, for example, in the form of a floating window, split-screen display, or full-screen display, etc.

It can be understood that the interface connection relationships between the modules illustrated in the embodiments of the present application are only schematic illustrations and do 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 methods in the above embodiments, or a combination of multiple interface connection methods.

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is an image processing microprocessor 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 alter display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, etc. Display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel can use 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 (QLED), etc. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

Exemplarily, as shown in Figure 3B, the terminal device includes a first display screen 001, a foldable body (not shown in Figure 3B) and a second display screen 002. The first display screen 001 and the second display screen 002 are respectively located on On the two opposite surfaces of the foldable body, the first display screen 001 includes a first sub-screen 003 and a second sub-screen 004.

When the foldable main body is in the folded state, the second display screen is exposed on the surface of the foldable main body, and the angle between the two exposed surfaces of the first sub-screen and the second sub-screen is less than the first angle threshold. When the foldable body is in the unfolded state, the angle between the two exposed surfaces of the first sub-screen and the second sub-screen is greater than the second angle threshold, where 0°≤the first angle threshold<180°, 0° <The second angle threshold ≤ 180°, the first angle threshold ≤ the second angle threshold;

When the terminal device detects that the foldable main body is in the unfolded state, it displays the user interface on the first display screen 001. When the terminal device detects that the foldable main body is in the folded state, it displays the user interface on the second display screen 002.

Alternatively, it can be understood that the terminal device includes a folded state and an expanded state. The folded state can be understood as the angle between the screens on both sides of the folding screen is less than or equal to the first value, and the expanded state can be understood as the angle between the screens on both sides of the folding screen. The angle is greater than or equal to the second value.

In a possible implementation, the first value and the second value are equal, and this implementation may be understood as that the terminal device is either in a folded state or in an unfolded state.

In another possible implementation, the second value is greater than the first value. In this implementation, the terminal device may also include a transition state. The transition state may be understood as the angle between the screens on both sides of the folding screen is greater than the first value and less than the first value. A state between two values.

In one embodiment of the present application, the display screen 194 may display the task display area in a desktop background or a background with application windows.

In one embodiment, the processor 110 receives instructions from the user. For example, when the user slides left or right in the task display area, the display screen 194 can display different applications in the task display area to facilitate the user to move from the task display area to the left or right. Open more applications in .

In addition, in some embodiments, the processor 110 receives the user's operations on the application icon in the task display area, such as clicking, dragging, etc., and displays the window display mode corresponding to the operation through the display screen 194 . For example, in the desktop background, when the user clicks an application in the task display area, the application window may be displayed full screen on the display 194 . When there is already a running application on the display screen 194, the user clicks the application icon in the task display area, and the application window is displayed on the display screen 194 in the form of a floating window. Or the user drags the application icon in the task display area to display two application windows in split screen on the display screen 194 . Users can open more applications through the task display area to improve the user experience.

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

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

In one embodiment of the present application, the internal memory 121 may store instructions for a method of displaying a task display area, or instructions for a method of displaying a window. The processor 110 causes the electronic device to execute the display method instructions of the task display area. A task display area is displayed on the display screen 194 of the device 100, and different applications can be displayed in groups in the task display area. The user can open the application through the application icon in the task display area, and according to different user operations, different applications can be implemented on the display screen 194. The application window display mode, for example, full screen display, small window display, split screen display, etc.

The pressure sensor 180A is used to sense pressure signals and can convert the pressure signals into electrical signals. In some embodiments, pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on display screen 194 . There are many types of pressure sensors 180A, such as resistive pressure sensors, inductive pressure sensors, capacitive pressure sensors, etc. A capacitive pressure sensor may include at least two parallel plates of conductive material. When a force is applied to pressure sensor 180A, the capacitance between the electrodes changes. The electronic device 100 determines the intensity of the pressure based on the change in capacitance. When a touch operation is performed on the display screen 194, the electronic device 100 detects the strength of the touch operation according to the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 100 may also calculate the touched position based on the detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, touch operations acting on the same touch location but with different touch operation intensities may correspond to different operation instructions. For example: when a touch operation with a touch operation intensity 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 is applied to the short message application icon, an instruction to create a new short message is executed.

In its own embodiment, the processor 110 determines the user operation according to the pressure value input by the pressure sensor 180A, and controls the display screen 194 to display different contents, for example, during task running, the task display area is evoked, or an application window is opened. wait.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine the motion posture of the electronic device 100 . In some embodiments, the angular velocity of electronic device 100 about three axes (ie, x, y, and z axes) may be determined by gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B can be used for image stabilization. For example, when the shutter is pressed, the gyro sensor 180B detects the angle at which the electronic device 100 shakes, calculates the distance that the lens module needs to compensate based on the angle, and allows the lens to offset 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 some embodiments, when the user rotates the electronic device 100, the gyro sensor 180B can determine the motion posture of the electronic device 100. So that the processor 110 determines whether the electronic device 100 handles the horizontal screen state or the portrait screen state according to the data provided by the gyro sensor 180B. The processor 110 displays task display areas of different sizes on the display screen 194 according to the horizontal screen state or the vertical screen state, so as to dynamically adjust the number of application icons displayed in the task display area according to different states of the electronic device. Thereby improving user experience.

Touch sensor 180K, also known as "touch device". The touch sensor 180K can be disposed on the display screen 194. The touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is used to detect a touch operation on or near the touch sensor 180K. The touch sensor can pass the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output related to the touch operation may be provided through display screen 194 . In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may also be disposed on the surface of the electronic device 100 at a location different from that of the display screen 194 .

In some embodiments, when the user touches a specific position in the task display area of the display screen 194 and performs operations such as sliding up, down, clicking, etc., the processor 110 receives the user's operation on the specific position of the display screen 194 and responds to This operation displays different application icons in the task display area to realize switching of application icons.

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

FIG. 4 is a software structure block diagram of the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, and each layer has clear roles and division of labor. The layers communicate through software interfaces. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom: application layer, application framework layer, Android runtime and system libraries, and kernel layer.

The application layer can include a series of application packages.

As shown in Figure 4, the application package can include camera, gallery, calendar, call, map, navigation, WLAN, Bluetooth, music, video, short message and other applications.

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

As shown in Figure 4, the application framework layer can include window manager, content provider, view system, phone manager, resource manager, notification manager, etc.

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

In the embodiment of the present application, the window manager can obtain the display size of the mobile phone in the folded and unfolded states, or the display size of the mobile phone in the horizontal or vertical screen state, so as to dynamically adjust the task display area. Display area size.

Content providers are used to store and retrieve data and make this data accessible to applications. The data can include videos, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phone book, page data when the application is opened, etc.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls for displaying text, controls for displaying pictures, and task display areas. A view system can be used to build applications. The display interface can be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface including a text message notification icon may include a view for displaying text and a view for displaying pictures.

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

The workflow of the software and hardware of the electronic device 100 will be exemplified below by taking the example of opening the camera application in the task display area.

When the touch sensor 180K receives a touch operation, the corresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes touch operations into raw input events (including touch coordinates, timestamps of touch operations, and other information). Raw input events are stored in the kernel layer. The application framework layer obtains the original input event from the kernel layer, identifies the control corresponding to the input event, and the location of the control, for example, determines the location of the control in the task display area. Taking the touch operation as a touch click operation and the control corresponding to the click operation as the camera application icon control in the task display area as an example, the camera application calls the interface of the application framework layer, starts the camera application, and then calls the kernel layer. Start the camera driver and capture still images or videos through camera 193.

The display method of the task display area in the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

The method for displaying a task display area provided by this application can be applied to an electronic device having a hardware structure as shown in Figure 3A and a software structure as shown in Figure 4. There may be more or fewer components than shown in the figures, or some components may be combined, or some components may be separated, or different component arrangements may be used in electronic devices with similar hardware structures and software structures.

The following uses a mobile phone as an example to describe in detail the display method of the task display area provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to Figure 5, Figure 5 shows a flow chart of a method for displaying a task display area according to an embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a mobile phone and includes S501-S508.

S501: Receive an operation for displaying the task display area. The operation may be a user's power-on operation. For example, the user presses the power-on button for 3 seconds (operation), and the mobile phone is powered on and placed in the desktop interface, thereby displaying the task display area in the desktop interface. Alternatively, after the user clicks or drags to close the running application and returns to the desktop interface, the task display area is displayed. Please refer to the interface diagram shown in Figure 1a. When there is already a running application window on the mobile phone screen, the corresponding operation can be the user clicking the screen, or sliding at a specified position on the screen. For example, when there is already a running application window on the screen, the task display area is hidden. , at this time, it is possible to display the task display area on the screen by sliding a distance from the lower edge of the screen to the middle position to call up the hidden task display area.

S502, in response to the operation, determine the screen size (first size).

In one embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone needs to display a corresponding display area according to the size of the screen. For example, when the phone is held in landscape mode, the screen size of the phone is the size of the bottom width and the vertical height (resolution): 2700×1228, or when the phone is held in portrait mode, the size of the bottom width and vertical height is is: 1288×2700. For another example, when the mobile phone is in the folded state, the bottom width and vertical height dimensions are: 2480×1148, and the screen size in the unfolded state is: 2200×2480. The mobile phone can determine the display mode of the task display area based on these differences in size, thereby dynamically adjusting the application icons in the task display area based on the different states of different mobile phones (horizontal screen holding, vertical screen holding, folded state, expanded state, etc.) display mode.

S503, based on the screen size, display the task display area in the interface.

In a possible implementation, the electronic device can adjust the size of the displayed task display area based on the screen size. For example, when the phone is in portrait mode, the task display area can be displayed according to the width of the bottom in the portrait mode, and the size of the task display area can be set so that up to four application icons can be displayed. When in landscape mode, the size of the task display area can be set according to up to 8 application icons. For another example, for a folding screen mobile phone, when the mobile phone is in the folded state and the screen is in portrait mode, the size of the task display area is set so that up to four application icons can be displayed at one time. When the phone is in the expanded state, you can set the size of the task display area so that 8 application icons can be displayed at one time. This enables different holding states and different folding or unfolding states of the mobile phone to dynamically adjust the number of displayed application icons in the task display area. The following embodiments will be described in detail in conjunction with the interface diagram.

S504, display the first group of application controls in the task display area. Wherein, the number of application controls in the first group of application controls may be set to have an upper limit, for example, the upper limit is 4 or 8, or more or less, which is not limited here. The specific number displayed can be determined according to the screen size. You can refer to the description of S503, which will not be explained here.

S505: Receive a rightward sliding operation (first sliding operation) along the task display area.

The sliding operation to the right along the task display area refers to sliding to the right from the first position of the task display area to the second position. Wherein, in the first position, the pressure exerted by the user on the screen is greater than 0. In the second position, the pressure exerted by the user's finger on the screen may be greater than 0, or equal to 0.

In some embodiments, the sliding operation to the right may be a single-finger sliding operation or a multi-finger sliding operation.

S506: In response to the sliding operation to the right, display the second set of application controls in the task display area. Among them, when the task display area can display up to 4 application icons at a time, the second group of application controls can only include up to 4 application icons. Users can open these applications from the second set of application controls in the task display area. This enables dynamic expansion of the display space of the task display area.

S507: Receive a leftward sliding operation along the task display area. Among them, this step and S505 can be two parallel steps, that is, the two steps are executed in no particular order, that is, S505 and S506 can be executed first, or S507HR and S508 can be executed first.

In this embodiment of the present application, the sliding operation to the right along the task display area refers to sliding to the left from the first position of the task display area to the second position. Wherein, in the first position, the pressure exerted by the user on the screen is greater than 0. In the second position, the pressure exerted by the user's finger on the screen may be greater than 0, or equal to 0.

In some embodiments, the sliding operation to the left may be a single-finger sliding operation or a multi-finger sliding operation.

S508, in response to the left sliding operation, display a third group of application controls in the task display area.

Among them, the third group of application controls can have the same number of application controls as the first and second groups of application controls, and only a maximum of 4 application icons can be displayed at a time. Further increase the number of application icons displayed in the task display area to improve user experience.

In the embodiment of the present application, the applications in each group of application controls can be adjusted according to preset rules. For example, the first group of application controls can be fixed applications, such as phone applications, camera applications, browsers and other applications. These applications can only change the applications or the number when the user manually deletes or adds them. The mobile phone will not change the group. The application icons in the app automatically adjust. The second group of application controls and the third group of application controls can be classified and stored according to different categories. For example, the second group of application controls stores push Recommended or used app icons. The third group of application controls can be used as an application resource library to store more applications, for example, 10 or 20 applications. In embodiments of the present application, when the number of applications that can be displayed in the task display area is less than the number of applications in the application resource library, the corresponding applications can be displayed according to preset rules. For example, when displaying these icons, they can be displayed first according to the number of times the application has been used. For example, the number of times the user has used the application within a period of time, such as a week or a month, is arranged in order from most to least, and the used icons are displayed first. The application icons that are used the most, or, based on big data statistics, are arranged in order from the most users to the least, and the application icons with more users are given priority. Storing applications through the above rules makes it easier for users to quickly find commonly used applications or applications they may want to use. At the same time, as an application resource library, you can find more needed applications and quickly find applications with a higher probability of use, which improves the user experience.

It should be noted that the sliding operation mentioned in this application is used as an exemplary explanation. In other embodiments of this application, it can also be a click operation, a drag operation or a combination of multiple operations. Here Not as a limitation.

According to the display method of the task display area according to the embodiment of the present application, the space of the dynamic task display area can be expanded and more application icons can be displayed. Users can find the application they want to open through the task display area, which satisfies users' needs for more application selections in the task display area and improves user experience.

The following takes the schematic diagram of the operation interface of a mobile phone as an example to further explain the display method of the task display area in the embodiment of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 illustrate an operation schematic diagram when the mobile phone screen is a desktop interface according to the embodiment of the present application. Corresponds to steps S503-S508. As shown in (a) in Figure 6, when the interface 610 (first interface) is in the desktop state, a task display area 611 (first task display area) is displayed on the mobile phone. At this time, the task display area 611 displays " "Camera", "Contacts", "Phone" and "Messages" 4 applications. When the user slides from left to right in the task display area (first sliding operation), the applications displayed in the task display area 611 are changed. As shown in (b) of FIG. 6 , the interface 620 displays four applications: “Smart Life”, “Video”, “Settings” and “Sports and Health”. Implemented the display of more applications in the task display area.

As shown in (a) of Figure 7, when the user slides from right to left along the task display area in the interface 610, another set of application icons is replaced in the task display area. As shown in (b) of FIG. 7 , in the interface 630 , two application icons of “weather” and “browser” are displayed in the task display area 611 . Users can display more applications in the real task display area by sliding left or right, thus improving the user experience.

The above operation interface diagram shows how the task display area is displayed when the desktop is the background. In some embodiments, the task display area can also be displayed when there is a running application window on the screen, for example, superimposed and displayed above the application window, or displayed in a non-overlapping manner in the gap between the application window and the edge of the screen.

Referring to FIG. 8 , FIG. 8 shows an operation schematic diagram when the mobile phone screen is a non-desktop interface according to the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 8, when the user clicks the "Weather" application icon in the task display area 811 in the interface 810, the application is opened and displayed in full screen on the screen. At this time, the task display area 811 is hidden. When the user wants to use the task display area, as shown in (b) in Figure 8, he can wake up the task display area by sliding upward from the bottom edge of the screen, as shown in (c) in Figure 8. In the interface 830, the task display area 811 is displayed suspended above the weather application window. Among them, the task display area after waking up can retain the original state before the user opens the application. For example, in the original interface 810, the task display area displays two application icons, "Weather" and "Browser". After being reawakened, the two application icons of "weather" and "browser" in interface 820 as shown in the figure can still be displayed. In some embodiments, the task display area of the reawakened task display area may also return to the application icon first displayed on the desktop after booting by default, which is not a limitation here.

The above-mentioned FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 illustrate the display method of the task display area by taking the mobile phone as a straight mobile phone with a single screen and held in a vertical screen as an example. In some embodiments, when the size of the mobile phone changes due to the holding state or the usage state (expanded state and folded state), the mobile phone also displays different task display areas according to the size change. And the number of applications displayed in the task display area at one time The quantity will also change accordingly.

The following uses a foldable mobile phone as an example to illustrate the display method of the task display area in this application.

Referring to Figure 9, Figure 9 shows a schematic diagram of the interface operation of a folding screen mobile phone. As shown in (a) of Figure 9 , the interface 910 is when the mobile phone is in the folded state. A task display area 911 is displayed at the bottom of the mobile phone screen. The task display area 911 is provided with a first set of application controls, such as "camera", "address book", "phone" and "message". Among them, due to the limitation of screen size, the second group of application controls, such as "Smart Life", "Video", "Settings" and "Sports and Health" are hidden, and the third group of application controls "Weather" and "Browse" are hidden. Device" is also in a hidden state. When the mobile phone is in the folded state, the method and operation of displaying the task display area are the same as when the mobile phone is held vertically with a single screen. For details, please refer to the operation process of Figures 6 to 8 of the above embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

When the user changes the mobile phone from the folded state to the unfolded state, because the corresponding size of the mobile phone screen changes, the display of the task display area will be different. The size determination process may refer to the description of S502 and S503 in Figure 5 . Considering the user experience, when the mobile phone interface in the expanded state is a desktop interface, at this time, in order to retain the user's operating habits, the task display area in the folded state can still be displayed on the desktop interface, that is, the task display area The number of application icons in can remain unchanged. In the expanded state shown in (b) of FIG. 9 , in the interface 920 , the same number of application icons are displayed in the task display area 912 as in the collapsed state. Therefore, when the user opens the application, the original interface state is maintained, which is more suitable for the user's operating habits.

When the user opens the application, as shown in (b) in Figure 9, after the user opens the information application, the application window is displayed in full screen. If the task display area is evoked at this time, more application icons will be displayed in the task display area. As shown in Figure 9c, the user opens the information application on the desktop, and the information application window runs on the screen, as shown in interface 930. When the user slides upward through the bottom edge to evoke the task display area, since the current screen interface is a non-desktop interface, According to the screen size of the mobile phone in the expanded state, more applications can be displayed simultaneously in the task display bar in a more compact form. As shown in (d) of Figure 9, in the interface 940, more applications are displayed in the task display area 912, which may include applications displayed in the task display area 911 shown in (a) of Figure 9, and The hidden second group of application controls and the application icons in the third group of application controls, namely "Smart Life", "Video", "Settings", "Sports and Health", "Camera", "Address Book", "Phone", "Information", "Weather" and "Browser" enable the display of more applications. This makes it easier for users to experience different task display areas in different phone states. Provide users with more application icons in the task display area as much as possible to improve user experience.

In some embodiments of the present application, when the mobile phone is in the unfolded state, even if the task display area can store more applications, it cannot fully display all the applications set in the task display area. The user can also display along the task display area. The user slides the area to display the hidden application, as shown in (d) of Figure 9. The user displays the two hidden applications by sliding from left to right along the task display area 912, as shown in (e) of Figure 9 As shown, the task display in the interface 930 displays "Application Mall" and "Audio Recorder". This not only displays as many applications as possible, but also dynamically displays more applications.

It should be noted that in the expanded state, when there is a running application window on the mobile phone screen, the operation and display method of waking up the task display area is the same as the display method when the mobile phone has a single screen. For details, please refer to the interface operation shown in Figure 8 , will not be described in detail here. In the above embodiment, the task display area is suspended (overlapping) above the application window in the non-desktop state. In other embodiments of the present application, the task display area can also be non-overlapping. The mode is displayed on the screen together with the application window. Here, the displayed mode is not limited.

In one embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone paging all applications displayed in the task display area and stores them in units of pages. Each page is provided with a group of application controls. For example, the application icons in the first group of application controls, the second group of application controls, and the third group of application controls shown in (a) of Figure 9 are stored in their respective pages. Among them, the task display area displays the application icons in each page in units of pages. Taking the task display area as an example, which can display up to 4 applications, each corresponding page can store up to 4 application. When there are only two applications on the page, only the two corresponding application icons will be displayed, and the empty space on the current page will not be filled with the application icons on the next page.

In another embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone can dynamically adjust the application icons on each page according to preset rules to ensure that the application icons displayed in the current task display area meet the set upper limit as much as possible. For example, the mobile phone can determine a group of application controls as the first page. For example, as shown in (a) in Figure 9, the first group of application controls is regarded as the first page, and the pages are sorted to the left or right starting from this page. , the closer to the first page, the higher the priority. When only 3 application icons are displayed on the first page, which is less than the upper limit of 4, or when the user deletes an application on one of the pages through deletion, the application icon next to the first one will be sorted according to priority. An application icon on the left or right side of the page is placed on the first page to fill the gap on the current page, and so on until the last page.

Referring to Figure 10, Figure 10 shows a schematic diagram of the operation interface of this application for replacing application icons in the task display area. As shown in (a) of Figure 10, the user drags the "Camera" application out of the task display area. When , a vacancy appears on the first page in the task display area, and the mobile phone fills an application on the second page into the vacancy on the first page according to the rules, as shown in (b) in Figure 10. The "Sports and Health" application icon is moved to the first page so that the upper limit of 4 application icons is displayed in the current task display area. This allows the task display area to display four icons as much as possible each time the application icon is displayed to avoid unnecessary page turning.

In addition, in some embodiments, according to the frequency with which the user uses the application, the application icon with the highest frequency of use may be given priority to fill the empty space after the user deletes the application. When the user wants to add an application for task display, he can drag the selected application icon from the desktop to the task display area to add it to the page. If there is a vacant space in the current task display area, the selected application icon will directly fill the vacant space. If the page is full, the phone will automatically distribute the added application icons to other pages with space, or when the user drags the selected application icon to the position of an icon on the current page, the application icon at the original position will be Enter the second page, or other pages that do not reach the upper limit. When other pages are full, the phone will automatically create a page and store the replaced application icon.

In the embodiment of the present application, in order to facilitate the user to determine whether there are pages on the left and right sides of the page displayed in the current task display area, a prompt can be set to prompt whether there are pages on the left side or whether there are pages on the right side. As shown in Figure 11a, Figure 11a shows a schematic diagram of the interface displaying the task display area on the mobile phone screen. As shown in Figure 11a, in the task display area 1110 in the interface, the information application icon 1111 on the far right is a stack of multiple icon. By stacking, the user is prompted that there are other pages on the right side of the current page. If there is no page, the application icon can be displayed normally. For example, if the camera application on the left has a regular icon, it means that there is no page on the left.

In some embodiments, a vertical bar can also be set on the task display area to distinguish whether there is a page based on the color of the vertical bar. Referring to Figure 11b, Figure 11b shows another schematic diagram of an interface for displaying a task display area on a mobile phone screen. As shown in Figure 11b, there are vertical bars on the left and right sides of the task display area 1110, such as the vertical bar 1113 on the right side. When the vertical bar is solid black, it indicates that there is a page to the right of the current page. If the left vertical bar 1112 is gray, there is no page on the left side of the surface. Through these prompt marks, it is convenient for users to determine whether there are pages on the left and right sides of the current page.

In some embodiments, the task display area can also store application icons in the form of folders. Referring to Figure 12, Figure 12 shows a schematic diagram of the interface operation when application icons are stored in folders in the task display area. As shown in (a) of FIG. 12 , folders are displayed in the task display area 1210 . Multiple application icons can be stored in this folder. When the user clicks on the folder, as shown in (b) of Figure 12, the folder is opened, a folder box 1120 is displayed, and the corresponding application icon is displayed in the folder box, for example, "Smart Life", "Video" , "Settings" and "Sports and Health", users can click the application icon in the folder to open the application. In this way, the storage method of folders can be realized and the user experience can be improved.

In some embodiments of this application, split-screen key combinations or other forms of files can also be stored. This application does not serve as a limited.

In the above embodiment, a single finger is used as an example for description. In other embodiments of the present application, it can also be a multi-finger sliding operation. Or multi-finger clicking and other operations, this application is not limited to this.

In addition, this application also provides a window display method that combines the above-mentioned display method of the task display area to facilitate the user to open the application from the task display area.

The following describes the window display method according to the embodiment of the present application in conjunction with the display method of the task display area shown in FIG. 5 .

Referring to Figure 13, Figure 13 shows a flow chart of a window display method according to an embodiment of the present application. This method can be executed by electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets. In the following embodiments, the mobile phone is first described with a single screen and a vertical screen state as an example. As shown in Figure 13, the method includes S1301-1308. Among them, S1301-1306 correspond to S501-S506 in Figure 5, and will not be described in detail here.

S1301. Receive an operation for displaying the task display area.

S 1302. In response to the operation, determine the screen size (first size).

S 1303, based on the screen size, display the task display area (first task display area) in the interface (first interface).

S 1304, display the first group of application controls in the task display area.

S 1305. Receive a rightward sliding operation (first sliding operation) along the task display area.

S 1306. In response to the sliding operation to the right, display the second set of application controls in the task display area.

S1307: Receive the first operation for the application control in the second group of application controls. The first operation may be a real click operation on the application icon, or it may be a drag operation, etc. The mobile phone displays the application window on the screen in different ways according to different operations, for example, displaying the application window in full screen, displaying the application window in a floating manner, or displaying the application window in split screen, etc.

S1308, in response to the first operation, display the application window on the screen.

This window display method realizes the user's need to open any application through the task display area, and uses the task display area as a quick entrance to open the application, thereby improving the user experience.

In the following embodiment, interface operations are used to illustrate different window display methods corresponding to different operations.

Referring to Figure 14, Figure 14 shows a schematic diagram of the interface operation of opening an application window on a mobile phone. As shown in (a) of Figure 14, there is no running application in the interface 1410 (corresponding to the first interface), and a task display area 1411 (the first task display area) is displayed in the interface. "Camera", "Address Book", "Phone" and "Information" are displayed in the task display area as the first group of application controls. When the user slides to the right along the left edge of the task display area 1411, as shown in (b) in Figure 14, the applications in the task display area 1411 are switched to "Smart Life", "Video", "Settings" and "Sports and Health" ”, as the second set of application controls. When the user clicks (the first operation) on the "Video" application in the second group of application controls, as shown in (c) in Figure 14, the application window corresponding to the video application is displayed in full screen in the mobile phone interface 1430 (the second interface), so that Allow the user to watch the video in full screen.

When users want to open other applications while watching a video, they can open the application by waking up the task display area at the bottom of the screen.

Referring to Figure 15, Figure 15 is a schematic diagram of the interface operation of opening other application windows when the application is opened on the mobile phone screen of the present application. As shown in (a) of Figure 15, in interface 1430, slide upward from the bottom edge of the screen to wake up the task display area. As shown in (b) of Figure 15, interface 1440 (third interface) task display Area 1411 is suspended above the video application's window. And the task display area can display the default display of the first group of application controls "Camera", "Address Book", "Phone" and "Information". When the user clicks (second click operation) on the information application, as shown in (c) of FIG. 15 , the window of the information application is displayed suspended on the video application window in interface 1450 (the fourth interface). This enables you to open other applications from the bottom task display area when there are running application windows on the screen.

In the embodiment of the present application, if in the interface 1440, the user applies information by dragging it to the lower half of the screen, then the user Opportunity split screen display.

Referring to Figure 16, Figure 16 shows a schematic diagram of the split-screen interface operation of a mobile phone. As shown in (a) of Figure 16, the user drags the information application icon from the task display area 1411 to the lower half of the mobile phone screen. As shown in (b) of Figure 16, in the interface 1460, the screen is split Display the video application window and information application window.

In the above embodiment, the description is based on taking a single-screen mobile phone in a vertical screen state as an example. The following uses the mobile phone in an unfolded state as an example to describe the operation process of the expanded state of the mobile phone. The process is the same as the tablet operation, so the operation of the tablet interface will not be further explained.

Referring to Figure 17, Figure 17 is a schematic diagram of the display operation interface of the window when the mobile phone is in the unfolded state according to the embodiment of the present application. When the screen background of the mobile phone is the desktop background, whether the number of applications in the task display area below the mobile phone can be displayed in the folded state is the same, or it can be different in some embodiments. For details, please refer to (a) and (b) in Figure 9 above. As shown in the figure, the application icons displayed in the task display area of the folded state and the expanded state of the mobile phone are different. In FIG. 17 , the unfolded state and the folded state are the same as an example for explanation. As shown in (a) of Figure 17 , the task display area 1711 in the interface 1710 (fifth interface) displays the same application icons as in the folded state, for example, "Camera", "Address Book", "Phone" and "Message" ". When the user clicks on the information application, as shown in (b) of Figure 17, the information application window is displayed in full screen in interface 1720 (sixth interface). When the user wants to open other applications, the task display area is evoked by sliding upward on the lower edge of the screen. As shown in (c) of Figure 17, a task display area 1712 (a second task display area) is displayed in the interface 1730 (the seventh interface), where the task display area 1712 combines the corresponding tasks of the task display area in a more compact manner. All applications in the three groups of application controls are displayed, making it easier for users to view applications globally and open applications. If the user clicks (the fourth click operation) on the video application from the task display area 1712, as shown in (d) in Figure 17, in the interface 1740, the video application window is displayed in the form of a floating window above the already opened information application window. , that is, overlay display.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the user drags the video application to the left half of the screen in the interface 1430, the mobile phone will be displayed in split screen. Figure 18 is a schematic diagram of the split-screen interface operation when the mobile phone is unfolded. As shown in (a) of Figure 18, the user drags the video application icon from the task display area 1411 to the lower half of the mobile phone screen. As shown in (b) of Figure 18, in the interface 1750, the screen is split Display the video application window and information application window.

It should be noted that in the above operations, the sliding, sliding direction, sliding finger number, clicking and other operations mentioned are examples. And the starting point of the above-mentioned operating finger can be any position in the task display area, at the upper edge, lower edge, left edge or right edge of the task display area, or inside the display area surrounded by four edges. This is not a limitation. In addition, these operations can also be other preset operations, such as sliding two fingers, changing the sliding direction, and the sliding line segment can be a straight line, a curve, a diagonal line, etc., which are not limited here.

In addition, in the above description process, the mobile phone is held in a vertical screen as an example. In some embodiments, the page can be in a horizontal screen state, and the task display area in the horizontal screen state can be the same as that in the unfolded state of the mobile phone. . Alternatively, the same status can be displayed on a single screen, which is not limited in this application.

In some embodiments of the present application, the display method of the task display area and the window display method of the tablet screen may refer to the display method of the unfolded state of the folding screen mobile phone. No examples will be given here.

According to the display method of the task display area and the display method of the window according to the embodiment of the present application, the task display area can be fully utilized, and the task display area can become a quick entrance to the application, which is convenient for the user to operate, thereby improving the user experience, and the above operation is simple and easy to operate. Convenient and user-friendly.

This application also provides an electronic device, including:

memory for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the device, and

A processor, configured to execute the method explained in conjunction with FIGS. 5 to 18 in the above embodiment.

This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program is run by a processor, it causes the processor to execute the method explained in FIGS. 5 to 18 in the above embodiment.

The present application also provides a computer program product containing instructions. When the computer program product is run on an electronic device, it causes the processor to execute the methods shown in FIGS. 5 to 18 in the above embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 19 , a block diagram of a SoC (System on Chip) 1300 according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. In Figure 19, similar components have the same reference numbers. Additionally, the dashed box is an optional feature of more advanced SoCs. In Figure 19, SoC 1300 includes: interconnect unit 1350, which is coupled to application processor 1310; system agent unit 1380; bus controller unit 1390; integrated memory controller unit 1340; one or more co-processors 1320, which may include integrated graphics logic, image processor, audio processor and video processor; Static Random Access Memory (Static Random Access Memory, SRAM) unit 1330; Direct Memory Access (DMA) unit 1360. In one embodiment, the co-processor 1320 includes a special-purpose processor, such as, for example, a network or communications processor, a compression engine, a General Purpose Computing on GPU (GPGPU), a high-throughput integrated multi-core architecture (Many Integrated Core, MIC) processor, or embedded processor, etc.

One or more computer-readable media for storing data and/or instructions may be included in static random access memory (SRAM) unit 1330 . Computer-readable storage media may have stored instructions, and in particular, temporary and permanent copies of the instructions. The instruction may include: causing the Soc 1300 to execute the method according to the above embodiment when executed by at least one unit in the processor. For details, reference may be made to the method explained in FIGS. 5 to 18 of the above embodiment, which will not be described again here.

Various embodiments of the mechanisms disclosed in this application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of these implementation methods. Embodiments of the present application may be implemented as a computer program or program code executing on a programmable system including at least one processor, a storage system (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements) , at least one input device and at least one output device.

Program code may be applied to input instructions to perform the functions described herein and to generate output information. Output information can be applied to one or more output devices in a known manner. For the purposes of this application, a processing system includes any processor having a processor such as, for example, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microcontroller, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or a microprocessor. system.

Program code may be implemented in a high-level procedural language or an object-oriented programming language to communicate with the processing system. When necessary, assembly language or machine language can also be used to implement program code. In fact, the mechanisms described in this application are not limited to the scope of any particular programming language. In either case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.

In some cases, the disclosed embodiments may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosed embodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried on or stored on one or more transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g., computer-readable) storage media, which may be operated by one or more processors Read and execute. For example, instructions may be distributed over a network or through other computer-readable media. Thus, machine-readable media may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), including, but not limited to, floppy disks, optical disks, optical discs, Compact Disc Read Only Memory , CD-ROMs), magneto-optical disks, read-only memory (Read Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (RAM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), electrically erasable Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or used to use the Internet to transmit information through electrical, optical, acoustic or other forms of propagation signals (for example, carrier waves, infrared signals digital signal, etc.) tangible machine-readable storage. Thus, machine-readable media includes any type of machine-readable media suitable for storing or transmitting electronic instructions or information in a form readable by a machine (eg, computer).

In the drawings, some structural or methodological features may be shown in specific arrangements and/or orders. However, it should be understood that such specific arrangement and/or ordering may not be required. Rather, in some embodiments, the features may be arranged in a different manner and/or order than shown in the figures of this specification. Additionally, the inclusion of structural or methodological features in a particular figure is not meant to imply that such features are required in all embodiments, and in some embodiments these features may not be included or may be combined with other features.

It should be noted that each unit/module mentioned in each device embodiment of this application is a logical unit/module. Physically, a logical unit/module can be a physical unit/module, or it can be a physical unit/module. Part of the module can also be implemented as a combination of multiple physical units/modules. The physical implementation of these logical units/modules is not the most important. The combination of functions implemented by these logical units/modules is what solves the problem of this application. Key technical issues raised. In addition, in order to highlight the innovative part of this application, the above-mentioned equipment embodiments of this application do not introduce units/modules that are not closely related to solving the technical problems raised by this application. This does not mean that the above-mentioned equipment embodiments do not exist. Other units/modules.

It should be noted that in the examples and descriptions of this patent, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply There is no such actual relationship or sequence between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprises," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also those not expressly listed other elements, or elements inherent to the process, method, article or equipment. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprises a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article, or device that includes the stated element.

Although the present application has been illustrated and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the present invention. The spirit and scope of the application.

Claims

A method for displaying a task display area, applied to electronic equipment, characterized by:

Determine that the screen of the electronic device is a first size, display a first task display area on the screen, and the number of application controls displayed in the first task display area corresponds to the first size;

Determining that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to a second size;

When it is determined that the first size is smaller than the second size and the interface on the screen is a non-desktop interface, display a second task display area corresponding to the second size on the screen, The number of application controls displayed in the second task display area is greater than the number of application controls in the first task display area.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

When it is determined that the first size is smaller than the second size and the interface on the screen is a desktop interface, the first task display area is displayed on the screen.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that,

Receive a sliding operation along the first task display area;

In response to the sliding operation, the application control in the first task display area is changed.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

When it is determined that the first size is larger than the second size, a third task display area corresponding to the second size is displayed on the screen, and the number of application controls displayed in the third task display area is less than Or equal to the number of application controls in the first task display area.
The method of claim 3, wherein the first task display area includes a first group of application controls,

In response to the sliding operation, changing the application controls in the first task display area includes:

In response to the first sliding operation, a second group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area, a first application control exists in the second group of application controls, and the first application control and the first group of application controls are The application controls in are different.
The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, in response to the sliding operation, changing the application controls in the first task display area further includes:

In response to the second sliding operation, a third group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area. There is a second application control in the third group of application controls. The second application control is different from the first group of application controls. It is different from the application controls in the second group of applications; wherein the sliding direction of the second sliding operation is opposite to the sliding direction of the first sliding operation.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, the first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in a folded state, and the third size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in a folded state. The second size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in the unfolded state.
A method for displaying a task display area, applied to electronic equipment, characterized in that the method includes:

Determine that the screen of the electronic device is a first size, display a first interface on the screen, and the first interface includes a first task display area;

Display a first group of application controls in the first task display area, and the number of application controls in the first group of application controls corresponds to the first size;

receiving a first sliding operation along the first task display area;

In response to the first sliding operation, a second group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area, a first application control exists in the second group of application controls, and the first application control and the first group of application controls are App controls differ within app controls.
The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a second sliding operation along the first task display area, the sliding direction of the second sliding operation being opposite to the sliding direction of the first sliding operation;

In response to the second sliding operation, a third group of application controls is displayed in the first task display area. There is a second application control in the third group of application controls. The second application control is different from the first group of application controls. The application controls are different from the application controls in the second group of applications.
The method according to claim 9, characterized in that:

When it is determined that the screen of the electronic device changes from the first size to the second size, and the interface on the screen is a non-desktop interface, a second interface is displayed on the screen, and the second interface Includes the second task display area;

The second task display area includes more than two groups of the following application controls: the first group of application controls, the second group of application controls, and the third group of application controls.
The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that,

The first interface also includes a first application window displayed in full screen, and the first task display area is suspended above the first application window, or the first application window in the first interface is separated from the first application window. The first task display area is displayed in a non-overlapping manner.
The method according to claim 10, characterized in that:

The second interface also includes a second application window displayed in full screen, the second task display area is suspended above the second application window, or the second application window in the second interface is separated from the second application window. The second task display area is displayed in a non-overlapping manner.
The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, some of the application controls in the second group of application controls and/or the third group of application controls are displayed in the form of folders.
The method of claim 9, wherein the first sliding operation is sliding to the right from a first position of the screen, and the second sliding operation is sliding to the left from a second position of the screen. .
The method according to any one of claims 8-14, characterized in that the first task display area is located at the bottom of the screen.
The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the screen of the electronic device is a folding screen, the first size is used to represent the size of the folding screen in a folded state, and the second size is used to represent The size of the foldable screen in the unfolded state.
An electronic device, characterized by including:

memory for storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of the device, and

A processor, configured to execute the method described in any one of claims 1-16.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program is run by a processor, the computer program causes the processor to execute any one of claims 1-16. Methods.
A computer program product containing instructions, characterized in that when the computer program product is run on an electronic device, it causes a processor to execute the method described in any one of claims 1-16.