Quick screen splitting method, apparatus, and electronic device, display UI, and storage medium

• US 10,642,483 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Jin, Xu, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US15/779,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20180356972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,623 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a quick screen splitting method, apparatus, and electronic device, a display user interface (UI), and a storage medium, and relate to the electronic field. The method includes: detecting, by a portable electronic device, a knuckle touch gesture acting on a touch-sensitive surface of the portable electronic device, and splitting, by the portable electronic device, a UI into at least two display areas in response to the knuckle touch gesture. The knuckle touch gesture includes a knuckle touch action that occurs when a touch-sensitive surface grid capacitance generated by the knuckle touch action acting on the touch-sensitive surface is within a first preset capacitance range, a quantity of non-zero capacitance grids is less than a preset value, and a Z-axis direction acceleration signal is within the first preset acceleration range.

Claims

1. A quick screen splitting method, comprises:

detecting, by a portable electronic device, a knuckle touch gesture acting on a touch-sensitive surface of the portable electronic device, and

splitting, by the portable electronic device, a display user interface (UI) into at least two display areas in response to the knuckle touch gesture;

wherein the knuckle touch gesture includes a knuckle touch action that occurs when a touch-sensitive surface grid capacitance generated by the knuckle touch action acting on the touch-sensitive surface is within a first preset capacitance range, a quantity of non-zero capacitance grids is less than a preset value, and a Z-axis direction acceleration signal is within the first preset acceleration range.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by the portable electronic device, whether a movement distance of the knuckle touch gesture is greater than a preset distance threshold in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by the portable electronic device, whether a track of the knuckle touch gesture matches a preset track in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface.

4. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprises:

in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface, determining, by the portable electronic device, whether an included angle formed by a track of the knuckle touch gesture and a horizontal axis direction or a vertical axis direction is less than a preset angle.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a preset boundary.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a movement track of the knuckle touch gesture.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a direction of the knuckle touch gesture and coordinates of a start location of the knuckle touch gesture.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

when a running UI of a first application program is displayed on the display UI, reducing a size of the running UI of the first application program;

displaying, in a first display area, a reduced running UI of the first application program;

generating, in a display area different from the first display area, at least one display area; and

displaying, in the generated display area, at least one of an identifier of one or more application programs related to the first application program, a running UI of an application program related to the first application program, a main menu UI, a historical program identifier, or a thumbnail of a running UI of a historical program.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein in response to an operation instruction of moving an identifier displayed in the display area different from the first display area to the first display area is detected, at least one of a running UI of an application program corresponding to the identifier is displayed in the first display area, the identifier is displayed in the first display area, the identifier is embedded into the reduced running UI of the first application program, or the moved content is embedded into the reduced running UI of the first application program.

10. A portable electronic device for quick screen splitting, wherein the portable electronic device comprising a display, a memory, an acceleration sensor, and at least one processor;

the display has a touch-sensitive surface, the touch-sensitive surface is used to receive a touch gesture, and the display is further configured to display a UI;

the acceleration sensor is configured to obtain a Z-axis direction acceleration signal and transfer the obtained acceleration signal to the processor; and

the memory is coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to;

detect a knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface, and split a display user interface (UI) into at least two display areas in response to the knuckle touch gesture;

wherein the knuckle touch gesture includes a knuckle touch action that occurs when a touch-sensitive surface grid capacitance generated by a touch action performed on the touch-sensitive surface is within a first preset capacitance range, a quantity of non-zero capacitance grids is less than a preset value, and a Z-axis direction acceleration signal is within a first preset acceleration range.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

determining whether a movement distance of the knuckle touch gesture is greater than a preset distance threshold in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

determining whether a track of the knuckle touch gesture matches a preset track in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the programming instructions further instruct the at least one processor to:

determining whether an included angle formed by a track of the knuckle touch gesture and a horizontal axis direction or a vertical axis direction is less than a preset angle in response to detecting the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface.

14. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a preset boundary.

15. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a movement track of the knuckle touch gesture.

16. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

splitting the display UI into the at least two display areas according to a direction of the knuckle touch gesture and coordinates of a start location of the knuckle touch gesture.

17. The portable electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the splitting a display UI into at least two display areas comprises:

when a running UI of a first application program is displayed on the display UI, reducing a size of the running UI of the first application program;

displaying, in a first display area, a reduced running UI of the first application program;

generating, in a display area different from the first display area, at least one display area; and

displaying, in the generated display area, at least one of an identifier of one or more application programs related to the first application program, a running UI of an application program related to the first application program, a main menu UI, a historical program identifier, or a thumbnail of a running UI of a historical program.

18. The portable electronic device according to claim 17, wherein in response to detecting an operation instruction of moving an identifier displayed in the display area different from the first display area to the first display area, at least one of a running UI of an application program corresponding to the identifier is displayed in the first display area, the identifier is displayed in the first display area, the identifier is embedded into the reduced running UI of the first application program, or the moved content is embedded into the reduced running UI of the first application program.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs comprise an instruction, and when the instruction is executed by a portable electronic device that comprises a display having a touch-sensitive surface, the instruction enables the portable electronic device to execute the following operations:

detecting, by the portable electronic device, a knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface of the portable electronic device, and

splitting a display UI into at least two display areas in response to the knuckle touch gesture;

wherein the knuckle touch gesture includes a knuckle touch action that occurs when a touch-sensitive surface grid capacitance generated by a touch action acting on the touch-sensitive surface is within a first preset capacitance range, a quantity of non-zero capacitance grids is less than a preset value, and a Z-axis direction acceleration signal is within a first preset acceleration range.

20. The A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the instruction further enables the portable electronic device to execute the following operations:

determining whether a movement distance of the knuckle touch gesture is greater than a preset distance threshold after the knuckle touch gesture acting on the touch-sensitive surface is detected.