METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20170344255A1
• Filed: 12/25/2015
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xie, Bin, Guo, Zhenghao, Sun, Jin, Ma, Liang, McDermott, Brian, Li, Yan
• Granted Patent: US 10,725,657 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• 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: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed, which relate to the data processing field. The method specifically includes: determining whether a display of a device is shielded; when it is determined that the display is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display; determining parameter information of the display area, where the parameter information includes an area size of the display area and a position of the display area; and obtaining, according to the parameter information, a GUI that matches the display area, and displaying the GUI in the display area. Whether a display of the device is shielded is determined. When the display is shielded, the GUI is displayed in the display area, so that the GUI can be displayed only in the display area of the display and does not need to be displayed in full screen.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:

displaying a first GUI of an application in a display of the mobile terminal;

determining whether the display of the mobile terminal is shielded;

in response to determining that the display is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display, wherein the display area is used to display a first portion of the first GUI and the shielded area of the display is not used to display a second portion of the first GUI;

determining parameter information of the display area, wherein the parameter information comprises an area size of the display area and a position of the display area in the display;

obtaining, according to the area size and the position of the display area in the parameter information, a second GUI of the application that matches the area size and the position of the display area; and

displaying the second GUI in the display area, wherein graphical elements of the first GUI are the same as graphical elements of the second GUI.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the display of the mobile terminal is shielded comprises:

detecting an ambient light intensity by using a light sensor disposed on the mobile terminal; and

determining whether the display is shielded according to whether a change value of the ambient light intensity is greater than a preset change threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein two groups of light sensors configured to detect an ambient light intensity are disposed on the mobile terminal, wherein the two groups of light sensors include a first group of light sensors and a second group of light sensors;

and the determining whether the display of the mobile terminal is shielded comprises;

determining whether ambient light intensities detected by the first group of light sensors are less than ambient light intensities detected by the second group of light sensors at the same time.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the shielded area and the display area of the display comprises:

determining an area whose ambient light intensity is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold and that is in the display as a display area; and

determining an area whose ambient light intensity is less than the preset first threshold and that is in the display as a shielded area.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the display of the mobile terminal is shielded comprises:

detecting, by using a pressure sensor disposed on the mobile terminal, whether a pressure value applied on the display is greater than or equal to a preset pressure threshold, to determine whether the display of the mobile terminal is shielded.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the determining the shielded area and the display area of the display comprises:

determining an area whose pressure value applied on the display is greater than or equal to a preset second threshold as a shielded area; and

determining an area whose pressure value applied on the display is less than the preset second threshold as a display area.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the determining whether a display of the mobile terminal is shielded, the method further comprises:

detecting whether the display is lighted up.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the first GUI displayed in the display area is displayed on the display before the display is shielded.

9-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen;

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the mobile terminal to;

display a first graphical user interface (GUI) of an application in the touchscreen of the mobile terminal;

determine whether the touchscreen of the mobile terminal is shielded;

in response to determining that the touchscreen is shielded, determine a shielded area and a display area of the touchscreen, wherein the display area is used to display a first portion of the first GUI and the shielded area of the display a first portion of the first GUI;

determine parameter information of the display area, wherein the parameter information comprises an area size of the display area and a position of the display area in the touchscreen;

obtain, according to the area size and the position of the display area in parameter information, a second GUI of the application that matches the area size and the position of the display area; and

display the second GUI in the display area of the touchscreen, wherein graphical elements of the first GUI are the same as graphical elements of the second GUI.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a light sensor array, wherein the light sensor array is connected to the processor;

and determining whether the touchscreen of the mobile terminal is shielded comprises;

detecting, by the light sensor array, an ambient light intensity; and

determining, by the processor, whether the touchscreen is shielded according to whether a change value of the ambient light intensity is greater than a preset change threshold.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein determining the shielded area and the display area of the touchscreen comprises:

determining, by the processor, an area whose ambient light intensity is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold as a display area in the touchscreen, and determining an area whose ambient light intensity is less than the preset first threshold as a shielded area in the touchscreen.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a pressure sensor array, wherein the pressure sensor array is connected to the processor;

and determining whether the touchscreen of the mobile terminal is shielded comprises;

detecting, by the pressure sensor array, a pressure value applied on the touchscreen; and

determining, by the processor, whether the touchscreen of the mobile terminal is shielded according to whether the pressure value is greater than a preset pressure threshold.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein determining the shielded area and the display area of the touchscreen comprises:

determining, by the processor, an area whose pressure value applied on the touchscreen is greater than or equal to a preset second threshold as a shielded area; and

determining an area whose pressure value applied on the touchscreen is less than the preset second threshold as a display area.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the first portion of the first GUI displayed in the display area is displayed on the touchscreen before the touchscreen is shielded.

20. A mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

a display; and

a storage apparatus storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors to cause the mobile terminal to;

display a first graphical user interface (GUI) of an application in the display of the mobile terminal;

determine whether the display is shielded;

in response to determining that the display is shielded, determine a shielded area and a display area of the display, wherein the display area is used to display a first portion of the first GUI and the shielded area of the display is not used to display a second portion of the first GUI;

determine parameter information of the display area, wherein the parameter information comprises an area size of the display area and a position of the display area in the display;

obtain, according to the area size and the position of the display area in the parameter information, a second GUI of the application that matches the area size and the position of the display area; and

display the second GUI in the display area, wherein graphical elements of the first GUI are the same as graphical elements of the second GUI.

21. (canceled)