Method, apparatus and storage medium for displaying shortcut operation panel

• US 11,010,020 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2019
• Issued: 05/18/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Jiayi, Lin, Zhaoqin, Liu, Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Phantana-angkool, David
• Application Number:
  US16/587,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20200192529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 715811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and storage medium for displaying a shortcut operation panel, and belongs to the field of terminal technologies. The method includes: displaying, by a terminal having a folding display screen, a user interface of a target application in a home screen, wherein the home screen is part of a folding display screen; and when an auxiliary screen is in an expanded state, displaying a shortcut operation panel on the auxiliary screen. The auxiliary screen is part of the folding display screen. The shortcut operation panel comprises an icon of at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a shortcut operation panel, comprising:

displaying, by a terminal having a folding display screen, a user interface of a target application on a home screen, wherein the home screen is part of the folding display screen; and

when an auxiliary screen is in an expanded state, displaying a shortcut operation panel on the auxiliary screen, wherein the auxiliary screen is part of the folding display screen, wherein the shortcut operation panel comprises an icon of at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application, and the icon of the at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application displayed on the home screen is added to the shortcut panel on the auxiliary screen,

wherein the folding display screen comprises two auxiliary screens in addition to the home screen, a first auxiliary screen and a second auxiliary screen, and the home screen is connected to the first auxiliary screen and the second auxiliary screen respectively, and when a selection signal corresponding to an icon of a target shortcut operation function in the shortcut operation panel is received after the shortcut operation panel is displayed on the first auxiliary screen, a user interface corresponding to the target shortcut operation function is displayed in the second auxiliary screen.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one shortcut operation function provided by the shortcut operation panel comprises at least one of following shortcut operation functions:

a first type of shortcut operation function that refers to a preset shortcut operation function provided in the shortcut operation panel;

a second type of shortcut operation function that refers to a shortcut operation function corresponding to an interface opened by the target application in a recent time period; and

a third type of shortcut operation function that refers to a shortcut operation function recommended by the terminal and related to the user interface currently displayed by the target application.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection signal corresponding to an icon of a target shortcut operation function in the shortcut operation panel; and

displaying a user interface corresponding to the target shortcut operation function on the auxiliary screen according to the selection signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

when the target application is a social-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a social status publishing interface, displaying a graphic code, displaying a graphic code scanning interface, displaying a favorite interface, and displaying a list of contacts;

when the target application is a camera-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying an album, adjusting a shutter, adjusting a resolution, adjusting an aperture, adjusting a sensitivity, turning on a panoramic shooting, and turning on a filter;

when the target application is a video-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on a screen capture, turning on a brightness adjustment, turning on a volume adjustment, opening a picture-in-picture portal, and displaying a related video recommending interface;

when the target application is a music-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on the volume adjustment, turning on a scene sound adjustment, and displaying a song listening and identifying interface; and

when the target application is a shopping-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a shopping cart interface, displaying a to-be-received interface, displaying a coupon interface, displaying an order interface, and displaying a favorite interface.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a drag operation signal with a starting position located at a target object in the user interface of the target application and an ending position located in the shortcut operation panel; and

adding an icon of a shortcut operation function corresponding to the target object to the shortcut operation panel according to the drag operation signal.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when an expansion operation corresponding to the second auxiliary screen is detected after the shortcut operation panel is displayed on the first auxiliary screen,

cancelling the displaying of the shortcut operation panel on the first auxiliary screen, and displaying the user interface of the target application in full screen mode on the folding display screen.

7. An apparatus for displaying a shortcut operation panel comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

display, by a terminal having a folding display screen, a user interface of a target application on a home screen, wherein the home screen is part of the folding display screen; and

when an auxiliary screen is in an expanded state, display a shortcut operation panel on the auxiliary screen, wherein the auxiliary screen is part of the folding display screen,

wherein the shortcut operation panel comprises an icon of at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application, and the icon of the at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application displayed on the home screen is added to the shortcut panel on the auxiliary screen,

wherein the folding display screen comprises two auxiliary screens in addition to the home screen, a first auxiliary screen and a second auxiliary screen, and the home screen is connected to the first auxiliary screen and the second auxiliary screen respectively, and when a selection signal corresponding to an icon of a target shortcut operation function in the shortcut operation panel is received after the shortcut operation panel is displayed on the first auxiliary screen, a user interface corresponding to the target shortcut operation function is displayed in the second auxiliary screen.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one shortcut operation function provided by the shortcut operation panel comprises at least one of following shortcut operation functions:

a first type of shortcut operation function referring to a preset shortcut operation function provided in the shortcut operation panel;

a second type of shortcut operation function referring to a shortcut operation function corresponding to an interface opened by the target application in a recent time period;

a third type of shortcut operation function referring to a shortcut operation function recommended by the terminal and related to the user interface currently displayed by the target application.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a selection signal corresponding to an icon of a target shortcut operation function in the shortcut operation panel; and

display a user interface corresponding to the target shortcut operation function on the auxiliary screen according to the selection signal.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

when the target application is a social-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a social status publishing interface, displaying a graphic code, displaying a graphic code scanning interface, displaying a favorite interface, and displaying a list of contacts;

when the target application is a camera-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying an album, adjusting a shutter, adjusting a resolution, adjusting an aperture, adjusting a sensitivity, turning on a panoramic shooting, and turning on a filter;

when the target application is a video-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on a screen capture, turning on a brightness adjustment, turning on a volume adjustment, opening a picture-in-picture portal, and displaying a related video recommending interface;

when the target application is a music-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on the volume adjustment, turning on a scene sound adjustment, and displaying a song listening and identifying interface; and

when the target application is a shopping-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a shopping cart interface, displaying a to-be-received interface, displaying a coupon interface, displaying an order interface, and displaying a favorite interface.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a drag operation signal with a starting position located at a target object in the user interface of the target application and an ending position located in the shortcut operation panel; and

add an icon of a shortcut operation function corresponding to the target object to the shortcut operation panel according to the drag operation signal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when an expansion operation corresponding to the second auxiliary screen is detected after the shortcut operation panel is displayed on the first auxiliary screen, cancel the display of the shortcut operation panel on the first auxiliary screen, and display the user interface of the target application in full screen mode on the folding display screen.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

displaying, by a terminal having a folding display screen, a user interface of a target application on a home screen, wherein the home screen is part of the folding display screen; and

when an auxiliary screen is in an expanded state, displaying a shortcut operation panel on the auxiliary screen, wherein the auxiliary screen is part of the folding display screen, wherein the shortcut operation panel comprises an icon of at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application, and the icon of the at least one shortcut operation function related to the target application displayed on the home screen is added to the shortcut panel on the auxiliary screen,

wherein the folding display screen comprises two auxiliary screens in addition to the home screen, a first auxiliary screen and a second auxiliary screen, and the home screen is connected to the first auxiliary screen and the second auxiliary screen respectively, and when a selection signal corresponding to an icon of a target shortcut operation function in the shortcut operation panel is received after the shortcut operation panel is displayed on the first auxiliary screen, a user interface corresponding to the target shortcut operation function is displayed in the second auxiliary screen.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the acts further comprise:

when the target application is a social-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a social status publishing interface, displaying a graphic code, displaying a graphic code scanning interface, displaying a favorite interface, and displaying a list of contacts.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the acts further comprise:

when the target application is a camera-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying an album, adjusting a shutter, adjusting a resolution, adjusting an aperture, adjusting a sensitivity, turning on a panoramic shooting, and turning on a filter.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the acts further comprise:

when the target application is a video-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on a screen capture, turning on a brightness adjustment, turning on a volume adjustment, opening a picture-in-picture portal,

and displaying a related video recommending interface;

when the target application is a music-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

turning on the volume adjustment, turning on a scene sound adjustment, and displaying a song listening and identifying interface; and

when the target application is a shopping-like application, the shortcut operation function related to the target application comprises at least one of;

displaying a shopping cart interface, displaying a to-be-received interface, displaying a coupon interface, displaying an order interface, and displaying a favorite interface.