INTERACTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY SCREEN

• US 20190317658A1
• Filed: 06/25/2019
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co. Ltd
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co. Ltd
• Inventors: ZHANG, Xuan, GU, Xiangnan, ZHOU, Li
• Application Number:
  US16/451,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20190317658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An interaction method for a flexible display screen includes: in accordance with a determination that the flexible display screen is folded, switching a display area of the flexible display screen from a first display area to a second display area, the first display area corresponding to a first display window, and the second display area corresponding to a second display window; obtaining a control on the second display window with a property of invisibility as a target control, and obtaining a first parameter of the target control; and displaying prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window. An interaction method for a flexible display screen is further provided by the present disclosure. Applying the present disclosure, an invisible control can be prompted on the display area, thus obtaining more operations for a user, and improving the user experience.

Claims

1. An interaction method for a flexible display screen, comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the flexible display screen is folded, switching a display area of the flexible display screen from a first display area to a second display area, the first display area corresponding to a first display window, and the second display area corresponding to a second display window;

obtaining a control on the second display window with a property of invisibility as a target control, and obtaining a first parameter of the target control; and

displaying prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window.

2. The interaction method of claim 1, further comprising:

before switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area, determining a control which needs to be hidden according to a relevant parameter of a control on the first display window as the target control;

the related parameter of the control comprises at least one of a position of the control on the first display window, a size of the control on the first display window, and usage frequency of the control on the first display window;

switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area further comprises;

changing the property of the control, which needs to be hidden, to be invisible.

3. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first parameter of the target control comprises:

obtaining feature information of the target control, and generating the first parameter by doing statistical analysis of the feature information of the target control;

the first parameter comprises at least one of quantity, title, format, and position of the target control.

4. The interaction method of claim 1, further comprising:

after obtaining the control on the second display window with the property of invisibility as the target control;

obtaining a target area of the second display window corresponding to a position of the target control on the first display window according to the position of the target control of the control on the first display window;

displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the target area of the second display window corresponding to the position of the target control on the first display window.

5. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window further comprises:

displaying the prompt information of the first parameter of the target control by a preset prompt icon;

the interaction method further comprises;

in accordance with a determination that a clicking operation is detected on the prompt icon, displaying the target control on an adjacent area of the prompt icon.

6. An interaction method for a flexible display screen, comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the flexible display screen is folded, switching a display area of the flexible display screen from a first display area to a second display area, the first display area corresponding to a first display window, and the second display area corresponding to a second display window;

obtaining a first control set contained on the first display window and a second control set contained on the second display window;

obtaining a control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control, and obtaining number of the target control(s); and

displaying prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the second display window.

7. The interaction method of claim 6, further comprising:

before switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area, determining a control, which needs to be removed, according to a relevant parameter of a control on the first display window as the target control;

the related parameter of the control comprises at least one of a position of the control on the first display window, a size of the control on the first display window, and usage frequency of the control on the first display window;

switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area further comprises;

removing the control, which needs to be removed, from the second display window.

8. The interaction method of claim 6, wherein obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control, and obtaining the number of the target control(s) comprises:

obtaining a control identifier of a control of the first control set and a control identifier of a control of the second control set, comparing the control on the first control set with the control on the second control set according to the control identifier of the control of the first control set and the control identifier of the control of the second control set; and

obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control;

obtaining feature information of the target control, and generating the number of the target control(s) by doing statistical analysis of the feature information of the target control.

9. The interaction method of claim 6, further comprising:

after obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control;

obtaining a target area of the second display window corresponding to a position of the target control on the first display window according to the position of the target control of the control on the first display window;

displaying the prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the target area of the second display window corresponding to the position of the target control on the first display window.

10. The interaction method of claim 6, wherein displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window comprises:

displaying the prompt information of the number of the target control by a preset prompt icon;

the interaction method further comprises;

in accordance with a determination that a clicking operation is detected on the prompt icon, reloading the target control, and displaying the target control on an adjacent area of the prompt icon.

11. An interaction device for a flexible display screen, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising;

in accordance with a determination that the flexible display screen is folded, switching a display area of the flexible display screen from a first display area to a second display area, the first display area corresponding to a first display window, and the second display area corresponding to a second display window;

obtaining a control on the second display window with a property of invisibility as a target control, and obtaining a first parameter of the target control; and

displaying prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window.

12. The interaction device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising:

before switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area, determining a control which needs to be hidden according to a relevant parameter of a control on the first display window as the target control;

the related parameter of the control comprises at least one of a position of the control on the first display window, a size of the control on the first display window, and usage frequency of the control on the first display window; and

changing the property of the control, which needs to be hidden, to be invisible.

13. The interaction device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that obtaining the control on the second display window with the property of the invisibility as the target control, and obtaining the first parameter of the target control comprises:

obtaining feature information of the target control, and generating the first parameter by doing statistical analysis of the feature information of the target control;

the first parameter comprises at least one of quantity, title, format, and position of the target control.

14. The interaction device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window comprises:

after obtaining the control on the second display window with the property of invisibility as the target control;

obtaining a target area of the second display window corresponding to a position of the target control on the first display window according to the position of the target control of the control on the first display window; and

displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the target area of the second display window corresponding to the position of the target control on the first display window.

15. The interaction device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that displaying the prompt information containing the first parameter of the target control on the second display window comprises:

displaying the prompt information of the first parameter of the target control by a preset prompt icon; and

in accordance with a determination that a clicking operation is detected on the prompt icon, displaying the target control on an adjacent area of the prompt icon.

16. An interaction device for a flexible display screen, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising;

in accordance with a determination that the flexible display screen is folded, switching a display area of the flexible display screen from a first display area to a second display area, the first display area corresponding to a first display window, and the second display area corresponding to a second display window;

obtaining a first control set contained on the first display window and a second control set contained on the second display window;

obtaining a control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control, and obtaining number of the target control(s); and

displaying prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the second display window.

17. The interaction device of claim 16, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising:

before switching the display area of the flexible display screen from the first display area to the second display area, determining a control, which needs to be removed, according to a relevant parameter of a control on the first display window as the target control;

the related parameter of the control comprises at least one of a position of the control on the first display window, a size of the control on the first display window, and usage frequency of the control on the first display window; and

removing the control, which needs to be removed, from the second display window.

18. The interaction device of claim 16, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control, and obtaining the number of the target control(s) comprises:

obtaining a control identifier of a control of the first control set and a control identifier of a control of the second control set, comparing the control on the first control set with the control on the second control set according to the control identifier of the control of the first control set and the control identifier of the control of the second control set; and

obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control; and

obtaining feature information of the target control, and generating the number of the target control(s) by doing statistical analysis of the feature information of the target control.

19. The interaction device of claim 16, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that displaying the prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the second display window comprises:

after obtaining the control which belongs to the first control set but not the second control set as the target control;

obtaining a target area of the second display window corresponding to a position of the target control on the first display window according to the position of the target control of the control on the first display window; and

displaying the prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the target area of the second display window corresponding to the position of the target control on the first display window.

20. The interaction device of claim 16, wherein the at least one computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations such that displaying the prompt information containing the number of the target control(s) on the second display window comprises:

displaying the prompt information of the number of the target control by a preset prompt icon; and

in accordance with a determination that a clicking operation is detected on the prompt icon, reloading the target control, and displaying the target control on an adjacent area of the prompt icon.