METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20190259354A1
• Filed: 04/29/2019
• Published: 08/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, Lindong
• Granted Patent: US 10,446,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06K 7/1095 the scanner comprising adaptations for scanning a record carrier that is displayed on a display-screen or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1456 determining the orientation of the optical code with respect to the reader and correcting therefore
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

The present application relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method for controlling display of a screen of a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. In the method for controlling the display of the screen of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal can detect whether a beam emitted by a recognition apparatus arrives. When the mobile terminal detects that a beam arrives, the mobile terminal can determine whether the detected beam is in an inclined state. Once the mobile terminal detects that the beam is in the inclined state, the mobile terminal can adjust a display direction of interface content on a screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for controlling display of a screen of a mobile terminal comprising:

detecting, by the mobile terminal, a beam;

determining whether the beam is in an inclined state, wherein the inclined state indicates that the beam has an inclination angle that is greater than a first threshold in a predetermined direction, and wherein the predetermined direction is determined based on a display direction of an interface content on a screen of the mobile terminal; and

in response to determining that the beam is in the inclined state, adjusting the display direction of the interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the display direction comprises:

obtaining the inclination angle of the beam and a corresponding inclination direction based on the inclined state of the beam; and

adjusting the display direction of the interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclination angle and the corresponding inclination direction.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein adjusting the display direction comprises:

determining a rotation angle of the interface content and a rotation direction based on the inclination angle and the corresponding inclination direction; and

rotating the interface content by the rotation angle in the rotation direction.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether the inclination angle comprises a plurality of inclination angles.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein in response to determining that the inclination angle comprises the plurality of inclination angles, determining the rotation angle comprises:

selecting, from the plurality of inclination angles, a first inclination angle that does not exceed a second threshold;

determining the first inclination angle as the rotation angle; and

determining that an inclination direction corresponding to the first inclination angle is the rotation direction.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined direction comprises an upward direction, a downward direction, a leftward direction, a rightward direction, a left-upward direction, a left-downward direction, a right-upward direction, or a right-downward direction.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a sensor configured to detect the beam.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the sensor comprises an active-pixel sensor.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the active-pixel sensor comprises a charge-coupled device image sensor or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the beam comprises a laser beam, an infrared beam, or a visible beam.

11. A mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a screen, at least one processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting a beam;

determining whether the beam is in an inclined state, wherein the inclined state indicates that the beam has an inclination angle that is greater than a first threshold in a predetermined direction, and wherein the predetermined direction is determined based on a display direction of an interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal; and

in response to determining that the beam is in the inclined state, adjusting the display direction of the interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein adjusting the display direction comprises:

obtaining the inclination angle of the beam and a corresponding inclination direction based on the inclined state of the beam; and

adjusting the display direction of the interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclination angle and the corresponding inclination direction.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein adjusting the display direction comprises:

determining a rotation angle of the interface content and a rotation direction based on the inclination angle and the corresponding inclination direction; and

rotating the interface content by the rotation angle in the rotation direction.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the inclination angle comprises a plurality of inclination angles.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein in response to determining that the inclination angle comprises the plurality of inclination angles, determining the rotation angle comprises:

selecting, from the plurality of inclination angles, a first inclination angle that does not exceed a second threshold;

determining the first inclination angle as the rotation angle; and

determining that an inclination direction corresponding to the first inclination angle is the rotation direction.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the predetermined direction comprises an upward direction, a downward direction, a leftward direction, a rightward direction, a left-upward direction, a left-downward direction, a right-upward direction, or a right-downward direction.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a sensor configured to detect the beam, wherein the sensor comprises an active-pixel sensor.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the active-pixel sensor comprises a charge-coupled device image sensor or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the beam comprises a laser beam, an infrared beam, or a visible beam.

20. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

one or more computers; and

one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising;

detecting, by a mobile terminal, a beam;

determining whether the beam is in an inclined state, wherein the inclined state indicates that the beam has an inclination angle that is greater than a first threshold in a predetermined direction, and wherein the predetermined direction is determined based on a display direction of an interface content on a screen of the mobile terminal; and

in response to determining that the beam is in the inclined state, adjusting the display direction of the interface content on the screen of the mobile terminal based on the inclined state of the beam.