METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATIONS

• US 20150235596A1
• Filed: 05/01/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: LU, Jinggang, ZHANG, Yu, KONG, Li, NIU, Dongsheng, MA, Ruilin
• Application Number:
  US14/702,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20150235596A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/34 by control of light from an independent source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

According to an example of the present disclosure, a light intensity value of an environment, at which a terminal device may be located, may be obtained. Whether the light intensity value of the environment may be less than or equal to a preset value may be determined. Whether a browser of the terminal device may be in a Night Mode may be determined if the light intensity value of the environment may be less than or equal to the preset value. The Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device may be turned on if the browser may not be in the Night Mode.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an application, comprising:

obtaining a light intensity value of an environment, at which a terminal device is located;

determining whether the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to a preset value;

determining whether a browser of the terminal device is in a Night Mode if the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to the preset value; and

turning on the Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device if the browser is not in the Night Mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the light intensity value of the environment comprises:

monitoring a light sensor on the terminal device; and

receiving the light intensity value of the environment from the light sensor.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the light sensor on the terminal device is monitored, the method further comprises:

receiving an instruction for turning on the Night Mode;

sending a request for registering monitoring to the light sensor to monitor the light sensor.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device is turned on, the method further comprises:

outputting display contents according to display parameters of the Night Mode;

wherein

the display parameters comprise;

a display background, display brightness and/or display colors.

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

determining whether the browser of the terminal device is in the Night Mode if the light intensity value of the environment is larger than the preset value; and

turning off the Night Mode of the browser if the browser of the terminal device is in the Night Mode.

6. A device for controlling an application, comprising:

an obtaining module, to obtain a light intensity value of an environment, at which a terminal device is located;

a determination module, to determine whether the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to a preset value; and

a turning-on module, to determine whether a browser of the terminal device is in a Night Mode if the determination module determines that the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to the preset value and turn on the Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device if the browser is not in the Night Mode.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

a monitoring unit, to monitor a light sensor on the terminal device and receive the light intensity value of the environment from the light sensor.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining module further comprises:

a registering unit, to receive an instruction for turning on the Night Mode before the monitoring unit monitors the light sensor on the terminal device and send a request for registering monitoring to the light sensor to monitor the light sensor.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device further comprises:

a displaying module, to output display contents according to display parameters of the Night Mode after the turning-on module turns on the Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device;

wherein

the display parameters comprise;

a display background, display brightness and/or display colors.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device further comprises:

a turning-off module, to determine whether the browser of the terminal device is in the Night Mode if the determination module determines that light intensity value of the environment is larger than the preset value and

turn off the Night Mode of the browser if the browser of the terminal device is in the Night Mode.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when being executed by one or more processors, cause a device to perform a method for controlling an application, comprising:

obtaining a light intensity value of an environment, at which a terminal device is located;

determining whether the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to a preset value;

determining whether a browser of the terminal device is in a Night Mode if the light intensity value of the environment is less than or equals to the preset value; and

turning on the Night Mode of the browser of the terminal device if the browser is not in the Night Mode.