Method for interface refresh synchronization, terminal device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

• US 10,810,019 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2018
• Issued: 10/20/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Zeng, Yuanqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Terrell S
• Application Number:
  US16/122,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20180365032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 776 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/14 Time supervision arrangements, e.g. real time clock
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0435 Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/395 Arrangements specially adapted for transferring the contents of the bit-mapped memory to the screen G09G5/399 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for interface refresh synchronization, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining, in a user space of an operating system, refresh information of a plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations are initiated by a plurality of foreground applications in the user space; and transmitting the obtained refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to a kernel space of the operating system, the refresh information including a thread number of each interface refresh operation, refresh time and refresh contents corresponding to each thread number.

Claims

1. A method for interface refresh synchronization, comprising:

obtaining, in a user space of an operating system, refresh information of a plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by a plurality of foreground applications in the user space, wherein the refresh information comprises a thread number of each interface refresh operation, refresh time and refresh contents corresponding to each thread number; and

transmitting the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to a kernel space of the operating system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining information of refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations; and

performing system frequency modulation and task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations, comprises:

obtaining the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the interface refresh operations of the plurality of foreground applications, according to weights set for a plurality of factors of the refresh contents by the plurality of foreground applications, wherein the plurality of factors of the refresh contents comprise a size of a refresh window, pixels having refresh change, and a refresh rate.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein performing the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, comprises:

sending the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications to a task scheduler, a frequency governor, and a CPU/GPU hot-plug of a kernel, whereby the task scheduler, the frequency governor, and the CPU/GPU hot-plug perform, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining, in the user space of the operating system, the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space, comprises:

obtaining corresponding basic graphics for interface refresh from a basic graphics library of the user space of the operating system, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space; and

determining the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations according to base graphics obtained from the basic graphics library.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the interface refresh operations comprise a graphics display operation and an image synthesis operation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system, comprises:

accessing a kernel interface actively via the user space; and

transmitting the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system.

8. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a computer readable storage, coupled to the at least one processor and storing at least one computer executable instruction thereon, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

obtain, in a user space of an operating system, refresh information of a plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by a plurality of foreground applications in the user space, wherein the refresh information comprises a thread number of each interface refresh operation, refresh time and refresh contents corresponding to each thread number; and

transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to a kernel space of the operating system.

9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

obtain information of refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations; and

perform system frequency modulation and task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications.

10. The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor caused to obtain the information of refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations is caused to:

obtain the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the interface refresh operations of the plurality of foreground applications, according to weights set for a plurality of factors of the refresh contents by the plurality of foreground applications, wherein the plurality of factors of the refresh contents comprise a size of a refresh window, pixels having refresh change, and a refresh rate.

11. The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor caused to perform the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications is caused to:

send the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications to a task scheduler, a frequency governor, and a CPU/GPU hot-plug of a kernel, wherein the task scheduler, the frequency governor, and the CPU/GPU hot-plug perform, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling.

12. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor caused to obtain, in the user space of the operating system, the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations are initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space is caused to:

obtain corresponding basic graphics for interface refresh from a basic graphics library of the user space, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space of the operating system; and

determine the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations according to base graphics obtained from the basic graphics library.

13. The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the interface refresh operations comprise a graphics display operation and an image synthesis operation.

14. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor caused to transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system is caused to:

access a kernel interface actively via the user space; and

transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

obtain, in a user space of an operating system, refresh information of a plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by a plurality of foreground applications in the user space, wherein the refresh information comprises a thread number of each interface refresh operation, refresh time and refresh contents corresponding to each thread number; and

transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to a kernel space of the operating system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer program is further executed by the processor to:

obtain information of refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations; and

perform system frequency modulation and task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the computer program executed by the processor to obtain the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of the foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the plurality of interface refresh operations is executed by the processor to:

obtain the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, by analyzing, in the kernel space, the refresh contents corresponding to each thread number of the interface refresh operations of the plurality of foreground applications, according to weights set for a plurality of factors of the refresh contents by the plurality of foreground applications, wherein the plurality of factors of the refresh contents comprise a size of a refresh window, pixels having refresh change, and a refresh rate.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the computer program executed by the processor to perform the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications is executed by the processor to:

send the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications to a task scheduler, a frequency governor, and a CPU/GPU hot-plug of a kernel, wherein the task scheduler, the frequency governor, and the CPU/GPU hot-plug perform, according to the information of the refresh load of each thread of the plurality of foreground applications, the system frequency modulation and the task scheduling.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer program executed by the processor to obtain, in the user space of the operating system, the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations are initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space is executed by the processor to:

obtain corresponding basic graphics for interface refresh from a basic graphics library of the user space of the operating system, when the plurality of interface refresh operations is initiated by the plurality of foreground applications in the user space; and

determine the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations according to base graphics obtained from the basic graphics library.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer program executed by the processor to transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system is executed by the processor to:

access a kernel interface actively via the user space; and

transmit the refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to the kernel space of the operating system.