Method for Reducing Power Consumption of Mobile Terminal, Storage Medium and Mobile Terminal

• US 20200137689A1
• Filed: 12/20/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Zhang, Qiang, Guo, Mingqiang, Shi, Rendong, Han, Tong, Wang, Hao
• Granted Patent: US 10,932,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and a device for reducing the power consumption of a mobile terminal, a storage medium and a mobile terminal. The method may include: acquiring, in a screen-off state, a fingerprint detected by a fingerprint recognition module; controlling, if the fingerprint is a non-unlocking fingerprint, a touch chip to output a touch sensing control signal to a touch display screen; finding, according to the fingerprint, a matching application program on which the user has rights to operate, and acquiring a set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program; and reporting, upon detection of a blank screen gesture belonging to the set of blank screen gestures, a blank screen gesture event to an application layer to execute an operation corresponding to the blank screen gesture.

Claims

1. A method for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal, comprising:

in a screen-off state, acquiring a fingerprint detected by a fingerprint recognition module;

based on a determination that the fingerprint is a non-unlocking fingerprint, controlling a touch chip to output a touch sensing control signal to a touch display screen, wherein the touch sensing control signal is configured to enable the touch display screen to enter a working mode for detecting blank screen gestures;

according to the fingerprint, matching an application program on which a user has an operation right, and acquiring a set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program; and

reporting a blank screen gesture event to an application layer upon detection of a blank screen gesture belonging to the set of blank screen gestures to execute an operation corresponding to the blank screen gesture.

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

before acquiring the fingerprint detected by the fingerprint recognition module,

based on a determination that a blank screen gesture function has been enabled and the mobile terminal is in the screen-off state, controlling the fingerprint recognition module to enter a working mode for detecting fingerprints, and controlling the touch display screen to enter a non-working mode which cannot detect blank screen gestures.

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

after controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen,

based on a determination that no blank screen gesture input is detected in a set time length, controlling the touch chip to stop outputting the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, and making the touch display screen enter the non-working mode again.

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

after acquiring the set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program;

based on a determination that a detected blank screen gesture does not belong to the set of blank screen gestures, prompting a user that the blank screen gesture input is wrong, and recording the number of times of wrong blank screen gesture inputs; and

when the number of times exceeds a set threshold value of the number of times, controlling the touch chip to stop outputting the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, and making the touch display screen quit the working mode.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, prompting the user that the blank screen gesture input is wrong includes at least one of driving of the mobile terminal to vibrate for a set number of times or sending set prompt sound, and different numbers of times of vibration of the mobile terminal indicate different error types of the wrong blank screen gesture input.

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

after acquiring the fingerprint detected by the fingerprint recognition module,

determining whether a fingerprint pattern and a fingerprint template stored in advance match successfully;

based on a determination that matching is successful, determining that the mobile terminal is in the user mode;

otherwise, determining that the mobile terminal is in a guest mode.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

before controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen;

acquiring a pressure of a user inputting the fingerprint;

based on the determination that the mobile terminal is in the user mode, determining whether the pressure is within a preset pressure region; and

according to a result of determining whether the pressure is within the preset pressure region, determining whether to control the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

before controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen,

based on a determination that the mobile terminal is in the guest mode, executing an operation of controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen.

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

before controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen;

activating a camera to acquire biological characteristic information of the user, and matching the biological characteristic information with a preset information template; and

according to a result of matching the biological characteristic information with the preset information template, determining whether to control the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the biological characteristic information includes face characteristic information, and the method further comprises:

when detecting a fingerprint input, based on a determination that face characteristic information is detected by the camera, determining that this fingerprint input is not a wrong operation, and controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein, according to the fingerprint, matching the application program on which the user has the operation right comprises:

based on a determination that the fingerprint is successfully matched with a fingerprint template stored in advance, inquiring a first white list storing an association relationship between the fingerprint template and application programs, and determining the application programs on which the user has operation right; and

based on a determination that the fingerprint fails to match with the fingerprint template stored in advance, using preset application programs as the application programs on which the user has operation right.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein, acquiring the set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program comprises:

according to the application program on which a user has an operation right, inquiring a second white list storing association relationships between blank screen gestures and application programs or mobile phone functions to determine the set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program;

wherein, the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements a method for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal, and the method comprising;

in a screen-off state, acquiring a fingerprint detected by a fingerprint recognition module;

based on a determination that the fingerprint is a non-unlocking fingerprint, controlling a touch chip to output a touch sensing control signal to a touch display screen, wherein the touch sensing control signal is configured to enable the touch display screen to enter a working mode for detecting blank screen gestures;

according to the fingerprint, matching an application program on which a user has an operation right, and acquiring a set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program; and

reporting a blank screen gesture event to an application layer upon detection of a blank screen gesture belonging to the set of blank screen gestures to execute an operation corresponding to the blank screen gesture.

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a processor;

a fingerprint recognition module configured to detect a finger input by a user;

a memory configured to store association relationships among blank screen gestures, fingerprints, and application programs, and store a computer program being executable in the processor; and

a touch display screen including a touch chip and configured to detect a blank screen gesture and display a gesture track of the blank screen gesture;

wherein, the touch chip is configured to output a touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen under control of the processor; and

the processor is configured to implement a method for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal when executing the computer program, the method comprising;

in a screen-off state, acquiring a fingerprint detected by a fingerprint recognition module;

based on a determination that the fingerprint is a non-unlocking fingerprint, controlling a touch chip to output a touch sensing control signal to a touch display screen, wherein the touch sensing control signal is configured to enable the touch display screen to enter a working mode for detecting blank screen gestures;

according to the fingerprint, matching an application program on which a user has an operation right, and acquiring a set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program; and

reporting a blank screen gesture event to an application layer upon detection of a blank screen gesture belonging to the set of blank screen gestures to execute an operation corresponding to the blank screen gesture.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, further comprising:

a peripheral interface configured to connect the touch display screen to the processor and the memory; and

an input/output (I/O) subsystem configured to connect the touch display screen to the peripheral interface;

wherein, the I/O subsystem includes a display controller configured to receive electric signals from and send electric signals to the touch display screen and one or more input controllers configured to control an other input/control apparatus of the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, further comprising a device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal integrated therein, wherein, the device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal comprises:

a fingerprint acquiring module configured to;

in a screen-off state, acquire a fingerprint detected by a fingerprint recognition module;

a touch chip control module configured to;

based on a determination that the fingerprint is a non-unlocking fingerprint, control a touch chip to output a touch sensing control signal to a touch display screen, wherein the touch sensing control signal is configured to enable the touch display screen to enter a working mode for detecting blank screen gestures;

a gesture set acquiring module configured to;

according to the fingerprint, match an application program on which a user has an operation right, and acquire a set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program; and

a gesture event reporting module configured to;

report a blank screen gesture event to an application layer upon detection of a blank screen gesture belonging to the set of blank screen gestures to execute an operation corresponding to the blank screen gesture.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein, the device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal further comprises:

a state control module configured to;

before acquiring a fingerprint detected by the fingerprint recognition module, based on a determination that a blank screen gesture function has been enabled and the mobile terminal is in the screen-off state, control the fingerprint recognition module to enter a working mode for detecting fingerprints, and control the touch display screen to enter a non-working which cannot detect blank screen gestures; and

a mode switching module configured to;

after controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, based on a determination that no blank screen gesture input is detected in a set time length, control the touch chip to stop outputting the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, so that the touch display screen enters the non-working mode again.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein, the device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal further comprises:

a fault tolerant module configured to;

after acquiring the set of blank screen gestures corresponding to the application program, based on a determination that the detected blank screen gesture does not belong to the set of blank screen gestures, prompt a user that the blank screen gesture input is wrong, and record the number of times of wrong blank screen gesture inputs;

when the number of times exceeds a set threshold value of the number of times, control the touch chip to stop outputting the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, and make the touch display screen to quit the working mode.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein, the device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal further comprises:

a mode determining module configured to;

after acquiring the fingerprint detected by the fingerprint recognition module, determine whether the fingerprint pattern and the fingerprint template stored in advance match successfully;

based on a determination that matching is successfully, determine that the mobile terminal is in a user mode;

based on a determination that matching is not successfully, determine that the mobile terminal is in a guest mode.

20. The mobile terminal according to claim 19, wherein, the device for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal further comprises:

a first anti-misoperation module configured to;

before controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen, acquire a pressure of the user inputting the fingerprint;

based on the determination that the mobile terminal is in the user mode, determine whether the pressure is within a preset pressure region;

according to a result of determining whether the pressure is within the preset pressure region, determine whether to control the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen;

based on the determination that the mobile terminal is in the guest mode, execute an operation of controlling the touch chip to output the touch sensing control signal to the touch display screen.