CN107621922B

CN107621922B - Screen splitting operation method and device

Info

Publication number: CN107621922B
Application number: CN201710787323.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨劭鹏
Original assignee: Beijing Samsung Telecommunications Technology Research Co Ltd; Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Samsung Telecommunications Technology Research Co Ltd; Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-03-07
Filing date: 2013-03-07
Publication date: 2021-04-02
Anticipated expiration: 2033-03-07
Also published as: CN104035704A; CN107621922A; CN104035704B

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for split screen operation. The method comprises the following steps: detecting the operation of an operation object on a screen for triggering split screen; when a first application program is executed on the screen, reducing a first screen splitting area occupied by a running interface of the first application program according to the operation track, and generating at least one second screen splitting area outside the first screen splitting area occupied by the running interface; or when the screen is idle, generating at least two second screen splitting areas on the screen according to the operation track; and displaying a second application program on the idle second split screen area. The invention can realize simple, convenient and quick split screen operation.

Description

Screen splitting operation method and device

The invention relates to a divisional application with application number of 201310073358.2, which is applied for 3, 7 and 3 years in 2013 and is named as a method and a device for split screen operation.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of terminal equipment, in particular to a method and a device for split screen operation.

Background

In recent years, with the rapid development of the electronic industry and communication technology, new services based on data, voice, and video have been developed rapidly. The rapid development of the microelectronic technology and the computer software and hardware technology lays a foundation for the terminal equipment to process more and more complex work, and provides realization possibility for individuation of the terminal equipment, so that the terminal gets rid of the restriction of the network to a certain extent and can have more and more powerful functions. In addition, the user himself has urgent needs for the terminal, and the terminal is expected to have stronger, more flexible and simpler functions. The development of information technology leads the terminal technology to be intelligent, mobile and multifunctional.

For example, a terminal device is a mobile terminal which is the most familiar one, and now the terminal device has become an indispensable article in daily life. In order to make people use the terminal device more conveniently, the size of the screen of the terminal device is continuously enlarged, and the touch function is more and more sensitive. Recently, with the development of a large-screen touch terminal capable of supporting numerous applications, a demand for being able to cooperatively process a plurality of tasks is also increasing.

However, when a user is supported to process multiple applications on the same touch screen, the conventional mobile terminal has many problems. When the existing terminal equipment starts the split screen application, a user is required to select a required application program in advance, the split screen application is started by dragging the selected application program to a screen area, and the size and the number of windows of the split screen area after the split screen are fixed. Therefore, the user cannot flexibly change the window size of the split screen area, and cannot operate a plurality of split screen windows according to the self requirement. Further, when the terminal runs multitasks, the operation steps are complicated, a newly built split screen window interface is easily quitted due to misoperation, and if the function is to be restored after the split screen window task is quitted, the function needs to be created again.

Based on the trend that the current mobile terminal develops towards the direction of large screen and multitask processing, a corresponding technical scheme is necessary to be provided, so that the problem of flexibly dividing the terminal screen is solved, and conditions are provided for running a new application program and simultaneously executing multitask.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to at least solve one of the above technical drawbacks, and in particular to provide a method and an apparatus for performing a screen splitting operation, which can perform a screen splitting operation easily and quickly.

The invention provides a split screen operation method, which comprises the following steps:

detecting the operation of an operation object on a screen for triggering split screen;

when a first application program is executed on the screen, reducing a first split screen area occupied by a running interface of the first application program according to the operation, and generating at least one second split screen area outside the first split screen area occupied by the running interface; or when the screen is idle, generating at least two second split screen areas on the screen according to the operation;

and displaying a second application program on the idle second split screen area.

The invention also provides a device for split screen operation, comprising:

the track detection module is used for detecting the operation of an operator on the screen for triggering split screen; the screen splitting processing module is used for reducing a first screen splitting area occupied by a running interface of a first application program according to the operation when the first application program is executed on the screen, and generating at least one second screen splitting area outside the first screen splitting area occupied by the running interface; or when the screen is idle, generating at least two second split screen areas on the screen according to the operation; and displaying a second application program on the idle second split screen area.

According to the technical scheme adopted by the method and the device for split screen operation, the operation of an operator on the screen is detected, the touch screen is split according to the identified track of the operator, and when a user wants to perform split screen operation on two or more application programs in the process of performing touch operation on the user, the user only needs to perform split screen operation on the touch screen through the operator, and accordingly the terminal device directly provides split screen areas according to the identified track. Therefore, the method and the device for split screen operation provided by the invention can simply, conveniently and quickly enable the user to perform split screen operation, quickly run a new application program and enrich user experience.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a split screen method of operation according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 2A-2C are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of dividing a touch screen into two split screen areas according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3A-3C are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of dividing a touch screen into two split screen areas according to another embodiment of the invention.

4A-AC illustrate a schematic process diagram for adjusting a split screen interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5A-5C illustrate a process diagram for adjusting a split screen interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 6A-6C are process diagrams illustrating a mobile split screen interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

7A-AC illustrate a process diagram of a mobile split screen interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

8A-8C illustrate a process diagram for exiting a split screen interface in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

9A-9C are diagrams illustrating a process for exiting a split screen interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 10A-10C are schematic diagrams illustrating another process for exiting a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention;

11A-11C illustrate a process diagram for restoring a split screen interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

12A-12C illustrate a process diagram for replacing a split screen interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 13 is a block diagram showing a split screen operation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar operation throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include wirelessly connected or wirelessly coupled. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes all or any element and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

As used herein, a "terminal" includes both devices having only a wireless signal receiver without transmit capability and devices having receive and transmit hardware capable of two-way communication over a two-way communication link, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. Such a device may include: cellular or other communication devices with or without a multi-line display; a Personal Communications System (PCS) that may combine voice and data processing, facsimile and/or data communications capabilities; personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) that may include radio frequency receivers and pagers, internet/intranet access, web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and/or a conventional laptop and/or palmtop computer or other device that includes a radio frequency receiver. As used herein, a "terminal device" may be portable, transportable, installed in a vehicle (aeronautical, maritime, and/or land-based), or situated and/or configured to operate locally and/or in a distributed fashion at any other location(s) on earth and/or in space. The "terminal device" used herein may also be a communication terminal, an internet terminal, a music/video playback terminal. The "terminal device" used herein may also be a PDA, MID, and/or a mobile phone with music/video playing operation, and the like. The terminal device used herein may also be a smart television, a set-top box, or the like.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a screen division operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for split screen operation can comprise the following steps: s1, detecting the operation of an operator on the touch screen for triggering split screen; s2, dividing the touch screen into at least two split screen areas according to the detected sliding track of the operation on the touch screen. As an implementation manner, when the touch screen is in a non-split state, the terminal device periodically detects whether a sliding track for performing a split operation exists on the touch screen; then, when a user marks a sliding track for performing screen splitting operation on the touch screen through touch operation, the terminal device detects the operation for triggering screen splitting on the touch screen; then, when the operation for triggering the split screen on the touch screen is detected, the touch screen is divided into at least two split screen areas. As an embodiment, dividing the touch screen into at least two split screen areas according to the sliding track may include the following steps: and dividing the touch screen into at least two split screen areas by taking the sliding track as a boundary. For example, the split screen area above the dividing line displays the applications already running on the touch screen before the split screen, and the split screen area below the dividing line is used for running the newly added applications. For example, the predefined sliding track for triggering the split screen may be a straight line or a sliding track approximate to a straight line, and may also be a curved line or a sliding track approximate to a curved line, which can be detected by any form of terminal equipment, such as an S-type, a Z-type, an X-type, and the like. For example, the direction of the slide trajectory may be a left-right direction, an up-down direction, or a direction that can be detected by any form of terminal device. For example, the split screen may be located such that a split screen area is created on one side of the dividing line and a split screen area is created on the other side of the dividing line; the split screen may also be positioned such that two or more split screen areas are created on one side of the dividing line and one, two or more split screen areas are created on the other side of the dividing line. As another embodiment, dividing the touch screen into at least two split screen areas according to the sliding track may include the following steps: and determining the number of split screen areas according to the sliding track, and distributing preset areas which are set in advance according to the number of split screen areas. For example, the predetermined area may be a display area where the touch screen is allocated in equal proportion to the number of split screen areas. For example, dividing the touch screen by the predetermined area may be generating two touch areas on one side of the sliding trajectory and generating one, two, three, or more touch areas on the other side of the sliding trajectory. It is understood that the touch screen may be divided into three, four, five or more split screen areas according to the sliding track, and is not limited to only two split screen areas.

As an implementation mode, the split screen area can be directly triggered through the cooperation of preset operation keys and the sliding tracks of the operation objects. For example, the operation key may be a physical key preset on a pen shaft of the stylus pen, a physical key preset on a housing of the terminal device, or a virtual key preset on a predetermined position of the touch screen. For example, the operator may be a stylus or a finger. For example, when it is detected that an operation key provided on the pen holder is triggered and the stylus is slid on the touch screen, the split screen application is triggered on the touch screen. For example, the triggering manner of the operation key may include at least one pressing or long pressing of the operation key. As another embodiment, a new application program may also be triggered by the cooperation of the preset operation keys and the sliding track of the operation object, and then the new application program is displayed and executed through the split screen area. For example, when a stylus clicks on an application and an operation key is triggered, a new application is selected; then, after the new application is selected, the stylus is slid on the touch screen along the sliding trajectory, and when the operation key is triggered again in the stylus sliding state, a split screen area is generated on one side of the operator sliding position, and then the new application is displayed and executed through the split screen area. In another embodiment, at least one split screen area may be triggered by cooperation of the operation keys and the sliding tracks of the operation objects, and then the selected application program is placed in the generated split screen area to run. For example, when the stylus is slid on the touch screen according to a sliding track and the operation key is triggered in a state where the stylus is slid, a split screen area is generated on one side of the position where the operator is slid; after the split screen area is generated, when a certain application program is selected by the stylus pen and the operation key is triggered again in a state where the certain application program is selected by the stylus pen, a new application program is selected and then the selected application program is placed in the generated split screen area to be operated. It will be appreciated that the location at which the split screen area is generated is not limited to one side of the position over which the operator slides, but may be any other predefined location. Therefore, when the operation object is a touch pen, detecting the operation object on the touch screen for triggering split screen may include: detecting that an operation key arranged on a pen holder of a touch pen is triggered, and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; or detecting that a virtual key arranged on the touch screen is triggered and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; or detecting that a physical key arranged on the terminal where the touch screen is located is triggered and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; or detecting that the touch screen is triggered and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; wherein the trigger comprises at least one press, or a long press.

Similarly, the above method can be applied to the operation of matching the virtual key with the finger. As another embodiment, the split screen area may also be directly triggered by cooperation of a virtual key preset at a predetermined position on the touch screen and a sliding track of a finger. For example, when it is detected that a virtual key preset at a predetermined position on the touch screen is triggered and a finger slides on the touch screen, the split screen application is triggered on the touch screen. For example, the manner of activation of the virtual key may include at least one press, or a long press of the virtual key. For example, in the process of selecting an application program, when the virtual key is detected to be pressed at least once, the terminal device judges that the user wants to trigger the split screen area application. For example, in the process of triggering the split-screen application, when the virtual key is detected to be pressed at least once, the terminal device determines that the user wishes to select a new application program. For example, in the process of selecting the application program, when the virtual key is detected to be pressed for a long time and exceeds a preset time, the terminal equipment judges that the user wants to trigger the split screen area. For example, in the process of triggering the split-screen application, when the virtual key is detected to be pressed for a long time and exceeds a preset time, the terminal device judges that the user wants to select a new application program. It is understood that the above operation mode can also be applied to the triggering operation of the physical key. As another embodiment, the split screen area may also be directly triggered by the cooperation of a physical key on the terminal where the touch screen is located and a sliding track of a finger. Therefore, when the operation object is a finger, the operation of detecting the operation object on the touch screen for triggering split screen includes: detecting that a virtual key arranged on a touch screen is triggered and a finger slides on the touch screen; or detecting that a physical key arranged on the terminal where the touch screen is located is triggered and a finger slides on the touch screen; or detecting that the touch screen is triggered and the finger slides on the touch screen; wherein the trigger comprises at least one press, or a long press.

It is understood that the operator is not limited to the stylus and the finger, but may be any object for triggering the split screen operation that can satisfy the requirements of the present invention. It can be understood that whether the virtual key slides in cooperation with the finger or the physical key slides in cooperation with the finger to trigger the split screen area, the operation can be performed in a manner that the stylus is combined with the physical key. It is understood that running the selected application program through the split screen area may include the following ways: and selecting the application program first and then starting the split screen area to run the selected application program, or starting the split screen area first and then selecting the application program to run the selected application program through the started split screen area. Therefore, the method for split screen operation provided by the invention can split the touch screen according to the identified sliding track of the operator by detecting the operation of the operator on the touch screen.

The operation of the split screen application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 2A-2C are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of dividing a touch screen into two split screen areas according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2A shows that a terminal device supporting multitasking currently already has an application program (referred to as a "first application program") running. Fig. 2B shows a schematic diagram when a user slides laterally on the touch screen of the terminal device by means of a stylus. It is understood that the sliding track that can be determined by the terminal device to trigger the split screen application may also be a sliding track that slides obliquely, longitudinally, or in any direction on the touch screen. Fig. 2C is a schematic diagram illustrating that a split screen area is generated on both sides of the stylus swipe position, and a new application (referred to as a "second application") is displayed through the split screen area. Of course, FIG. 2C can also be understood to generate at least one split screen area to one side of the stylus swipe position. Therefore, after determining that the sliding track is an operation for triggering split screen (or referred to as an operation for triggering a split screen application), the terminal device may divide the touch screen into at least two split screen areas according to the detected sliding track of the operator on the touch screen. As shown in fig. 2C, the AB line can be considered as a boundary, the split screen area above the AB line (referred to as the "first split screen area") is used to run an already existing application, and the split screen area below the AB line (referred to as the "second split screen area") is used to run a new application. The second application may be an application that has been selected by the user before the split screen or an application that has been newly selected after the split screen. For example, a new video playback task is displayed through a new video playback interface. It can be understood that, in the present invention, an area on the touch screen where a new application program is running is referred to as a second split screen area; the area in which the application has been run is referred to as a first split screen area. Of course, after the second split screen area is generated, a third split screen area, a fourth split screen area, and the like can be generated on the touch screen, and the so-called third split screen area and the so-called fourth split screen area are only one expression of names, and are specifically used for running a new application program or running an existing application program, and need to be determined by combining with a specific implementation manner, which cannot be determined in a general way.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2A-2C, when a sliding track for split-screen is detected, if a first application program already exists and runs on the touch screen, the terminal device may reduce a split-screen area occupied by a running interface of the first application program (e.g., an area above a straight line AB in fig. 2C) and provide a first split-screen area with an appropriate area for the split-screen area according to the sliding track, and generate a second split-screen area outside the first split-screen area occupied by the running interface (e.g., an area below the straight line AB in fig. 2C) for directly running the new application program or for running the new application program selected by a user later. For example, the reducing of the running interface of the executed first application and the providing of the first split screen area with the appropriate area may be reducing of the running interface of the executed first application according to a predetermined size, or reducing of the running interface of the executed first application according to the position of the sliding track. For example, as shown in fig. 2B-2C, narrowing down the running interface of the first application program that has been run according to the position of the sliding track may include the following steps: firstly, determining the position of a touch screen where a sliding track AB line is located; then, the upper area of the slide locus AB line is set to run the first application program. It can be understood that when the position of the sliding track AB line on the touch screen changes (e.g., moves up or down), the size and/or position of the running interface of the first application program that has been running changes accordingly.

Similarly, fig. 3A-3C are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of dividing a touch screen into two split screen areas according to another embodiment of the present invention, similar to fig. 2A-2C. Fig. 3A shows that a terminal device supporting multitasking currently already has an application running. Fig. 3B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides laterally on the touch screen of the terminal device by means of a finger. Fig. 3C is a schematic diagram showing that a split screen area is generated on each side of the finger sliding position, and a new application program is displayed through the split screen area. As shown in FIG. 3C, the first split screen area above the AB line is used to run an existing application, while the second split screen area below the AB line is used to run a second application. As shown in fig. 3B, when the sliding track for split-screen is detected, if a first application program is executed on the touch screen, the terminal device may reduce a first split-screen area occupied by the running interface of the first application program (e.g., an area above the straight line AB in fig. 3C) and provide a split-screen area with an appropriate area for the first application program according to the sliding track if a first application program is executed on the touch screen and a virtual key on the touch screen or a preset physical key (e.g., a volume key) on the terminal device is clicked by a finger, and generate a second split-screen area (e.g., an area below the straight line AB in fig. 3C) outside the first split-screen area occupied by the running interface for displaying a new application program or for running a new application program selected by a user.

Therefore, when the first application program is executed on the touch screen, the terminal device may reduce the split screen area occupied by the running interface of the first application program according to the sliding track, and generate at least one idle second split screen area outside the first split screen area occupied by the running interface. It is understood that, when the sliding track for split-screen is detected, if the touch screen is idle (i.e. the current state of the terminal device is not running an application), the terminal device may generate at least two idle second split-screen areas on the touch screen with the sliding track as a boundary.

Further, after the idle second split-screen area is generated, the method may further include the following steps: executing a second application program selected by the user on each idle second split screen area; the second application program is an application program selected by a user before the idle second split screen area is generated, or an application program selected by the user according to a program selection mode displayed on the idle second split screen area after the idle second split screen area is generated. As an embodiment, the program selection mode may employ a program add key. For example, a preset symbol "+" is displayed on the idle split screen area, when the preset symbol is selected by the user, the terminal device provides an application program candidate set for the user to select, displays the application program selected by the user in the idle split screen area, and runs the application program. As another embodiment, the program selection mode may also be an icon (referred to as a "history program icon") presenting an application program that has been executed recently by the user for selection, and when the history program icon is selected by the user, the terminal device displays the application program corresponding to the icon in the idle screen division area and runs the application program. As another embodiment, the program selection mode may also be a combination of both the preset symbol and the history program icon. In one embodiment, icons and program adding keys of application programs which are executed recently by a user are displayed in the idle split screen area, so that the user can select the required application programs arbitrarily. As another embodiment, the program selection mode may also be presented by virtual or physical keys. As another embodiment, the program selection mode may also be presented by way of a dialog box. It will of course be appreciated that any manner of enabling program selection in the prior art may be applied here.

Further, after the at least two split screen areas are generated, the method can further comprise the following steps: when the operation of the operator on the touch screen for triggering the split screen application is detected again, the touch screen is divided into at least two split screen areas according to the sliding track of the operation on the touch screen detected again. As an implementation manner, when the first application program and the second application program are executed on the touch screen, the split screen areas respectively occupied by the running interfaces of the first application program and the second application program are reduced according to the sliding track, and a free third split screen area is generated outside the split screen areas respectively occupied by the running interfaces. As another embodiment, when the touch screen is idle, at least three idle second split screen areas are generated on the touch screen according to the sliding track. For example, one split screen area may be generated above the boundary line of the slide locus, and two split screen areas may be generated below the boundary line. For example, three split screen areas may be split screen generated at predetermined locations on the touch screen.

Therefore, it can be understood that, when an application program is executed on the touch screen, no matter how many application programs are, the method can reduce the split screen area occupied by the running interface of the application program according to the sliding track, and generate a new idle split screen area outside the split screen area occupied by the running interface; the invention can also generate any number of split screen areas on the touch screen according to the sliding track. Therefore, it is to be understood that the specific embodiments of the present invention are merely illustrative of the design concepts of the present invention and are not intended to limit the relevant technical details specifically.

Further, as shown by the line AB in fig. 2C or fig. 3C, the position of the line AB as a boundary may be adjusted after the screen division. For example, when the boundary is double-clicked or pressed for a long time over a predetermined time, the terminal device can judge that the user wishes to adjust the boundary, so that the boundary is prompted to the user in a blinking manner for height or scale adjustment. 4A-4C illustrate a process diagram for adjusting a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 4A shows a schematic diagram of the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 4B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides laterally on the touch screen of the terminal device by means of a stylus. For example, after the split screen area is generated, when it is detected that the operator slides on the touch screen again, the terminal device may determine a sliding track for adjusting the split screen function; at this time, the area of the split screen region is adjusted to a position where the operator slides again. For example, the terminal device may adjust the height, area, or bezel position of this split screen area by sliding the stylus again laterally at a different height on the screen. FIG. 4C shows the schematic diagram after the split screen interface is adjusted. As another embodiment, similar to FIGS. 4A-4C, FIGS. 5A-5C show a schematic diagram of a process for adjusting a split screen interface according to another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 5A shows a schematic diagram of the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 5B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides laterally on the touch screen of the terminal device by means of a finger. For example, after the split screen area is generated, a preset physical key can be pressed by one finger for a long time to match with the transverse sliding of the other finger on the screen so as to adjust the height, the area or the frame position of the split screen area. FIG. 5C shows the schematic diagram after the split screen interface is adjusted.

6A-6C illustrate a process diagram of a mobile split screen interface according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 6A shows a schematic diagram of the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 6B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides obliquely on the touch screen of the terminal device through the stylus. After the second screen partitioning region is generated, the method further comprises the following steps: when the sliding track of the operator on the touch screen is detected to be the sliding track for triggering the floating window, the current position of the second split screen area on the touch screen is changed to be floating on the touch screen. As an embodiment, the sliding track for triggering the floating window may be, for example, a diagonal sliding. For example, after the second split screen area is generated, when it is detected that the operator slides obliquely on the touch screen, the terminal device may determine that the sliding track is the mobile split screen function; at this time, the new application program is moved out of the split screen area and is overlaid on the interfaces of other tasks in a floating manner, that is, the current position of the second split screen area on the touch screen changes to be floating on the touch screen. When the split screen area is moved, the clicking position can be taken as a starting position, the stopping position of the operator is taken as a terminal position, and the starting position and the terminal position are both positioned in the screen. That is, the moving split screen area moves from the click position to the stop position of the operator. In the case of moving the split screen area, if only one task is running, the running task may be displayed in full screen, and the moved split screen area may be suspended on the running interface of the task; if at least more than two tasks are running, the running tasks can keep the original positions, and the moved split screen areas can be suspended on the running interfaces of the related tasks at the stopping positions; if no task is running, the terminal device can configure the non-moved split screen area in an equal proportion mode according to the screen size, and float the moved split screen area at the end position. As one embodiment, the second application may be selected to run after the second split screen area is moved. In another embodiment, the second application program to be executed may be selected first, and after the second split screen area is moved, the second application program is automatically executed in the second split screen area. FIG. 6C shows the schematic after the split screen interface is moved.

It is understood that the oblique sliding is used to trigger the floating window only for an example, and the sliding track for triggering the floating in the present invention is not limited thereto, and the floating window may also be triggered by clicking or according to a predetermined sliding track. Further, the sliding track for triggering the hover can be realized by sliding of the stylus pen or by sliding of a finger. Further, the sliding trajectory for triggering the floating window may include: and the sliding track has an included angle with the vertical direction of the touch screen which is more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than 90 degrees. Therefore, after the idle second split screen area changes to be suspended on the touch screen at the current position of the touch screen, the method can further include the following steps: when the sliding track of the operator on the touch screen is detected to be the sliding track for moving the floating window, the second split screen area is moved from the starting position of the sliding track to the end position of the sliding track. Similar to fig. 6A-6C, fig. 7A-7C show process diagrams of a mobile split screen interface according to another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 7A is a schematic diagram showing the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 7B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides obliquely on the touch screen of the terminal device by a finger. The embodiment of fig. 7A-7C differs from the embodiment of fig. 6A-6C in that the sliding operation is performed by a finger instead of a stylus, and it will be appreciated that the manner of operation in fig. 6A-6C may be applied to the other embodiment of fig. 7A-7C.

8A-8C illustrate a process diagram for exiting a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 8A is a schematic diagram showing the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 8B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides down on the touch screen of the terminal device by the stylus pen, and the slide start position is within the screen and the slide end position is outside the screen. The sliding end position of the sliding track outside the screen means that the sliding track slides towards the direction outside the effective area of the touch screen. As an embodiment, after the second split screen area is generated, when it is detected that the operator slides towards any direction of the touch screen, and the sliding starting point position is in the screen, and the sliding ending point position is in a predetermined area adjacent to the edge of the touch screen, the terminal device determines that the sliding track exits the split screen function; at this time, the first split screen area and the second split screen area are merged into one display area, so that the split screen function is exited. It is understood that the exiting of the split-screen function may be directly exiting the application program, or may be transferring a new application program to a background operation. When the new application program is converted into the background operation, if the user resumes the split screen display, the terminal device can display the application program running in the background in the split screen area after the split screen for the user to operate.

It can be understood that, when the touch screen is in an idle state, the terminal device may directly merge the split screen areas into an idle display area. Further, in the split-screen interface task, the touch pen can be used for sliding downwards in the task area to exit the split-screen interface. FIG. 8C shows the schematic after the split screen interface is exited. Thus, merging split screen areas may be understood as exiting the split screen interface. Therefore, after the second screen partitioning region is generated, the following steps can be further included: when the sliding track of the operator on the touch screen is detected to be the sliding track for combining the split screen areas, at least two split screen areas are combined into at least one display area. Similar to fig. 8A-8C, fig. 9A-9C illustrate a process diagram for exiting a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 9A shows a schematic diagram of the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. Fig. 9B shows a schematic diagram when the user slides down on the touch screen of the terminal device by a finger, and the slide start position is inside the screen and the slide end position is outside the screen. The embodiment of fig. 9A-9C differs from the embodiment of fig. 8A-8C in that the sliding operation is performed by a finger instead of a stylus, and it is understood that the operation manner in fig. 8A-8C may be applied to another embodiment of fig. 9A-9C.

FIGS. 10A-10C are schematic diagrams illustrating another process for exiting a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 10A is a diagram showing a terminal device currently running the screen division operation. Fig. 10B is a schematic diagram illustrating that when two fingers of a user touch the touch screen simultaneously or sequentially, the distance between the two fingers is continuously increased. As an embodiment, when the operation object is a finger, the sliding track for merging split screen areas may include: the method comprises the steps that at least two split screen areas needing to be combined on a touch screen are touched by at least two fingers simultaneously or successively, and the distance between the at least two fingers is a sliding track which is continuously reduced. For example, after the second split screen area is generated, when it is detected that two fingers simultaneously or successively touch the touch screen and the distance between the two fingers after the touch is continuously increased, the terminal device may determine that the sliding track is a sliding track for merging the split screen areas; subsequently, the terminal device merges the at least two split screen areas into at least one display area, thereby exiting the split screen function. FIG. 10C shows the schematic after the split screen interface is exited. As another embodiment, when the operation object is a stylus pen, the sliding track for merging split screen areas may include: at least one split screen area needing to be combined on the touch screen is selected through a touch pen, and the touch pen slides towards at least one other split screen area needing to be combined from the at least one split screen area needing to be combined in a sliding track. For example, when the operation object is a stylus pen, the terminal device may merge at least two split screen areas into at least one display area by detecting a sliding trajectory of the stylus pen sliding from the at least one split screen area to be merged toward another at least one split screen area to be merged on the touch screen. It can be understood that the terminal device may combine two split screen areas into one display area, may combine three split screen areas into two display areas, and may combine three split screen areas into one display area. That is, the number of split screen areas to be combined and the number of display areas to be produced may be determined according to the actual operation of the user. Therefore, after the second screen partitioning region is generated, the following steps can be further included: when the sliding track of the operator on the touch screen is detected to be the sliding track for combining the split screen areas, at least two split screen areas are combined into at least one display area.

11A-11C illustrate a process diagram for restoring a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 11A shows a schematic diagram of the terminal device currently running the screen splitting operation. FIG. 11B is a schematic diagram illustrating that when two fingers of a user touch the touch screen simultaneously or sequentially, the distance between the two fingers decreases. As an embodiment, when the operation object is a finger, the sliding track for splitting the merged display area may include: the method comprises the steps that at least one combined display area on a touch screen is touched by at least two fingers simultaneously or sequentially, and the distance between the at least two fingers is increased continuously. For example, after exiting the split screen operation, when the terminal device detects that two fingers simultaneously or successively touch the touch screen and the distance between the two fingers after the touch is continuously reduced, the terminal device may split the merged display area into the split screen area before the merging, so as to recover the split screen function. FIG. 11C shows the schematic after the split screen interface is restored. As another embodiment, when the operator is a stylus, the splitting the sliding track of the merged display area may include: selecting at least one combined display area on the touch screen through a touch pen, and enabling the touch pen to slide from the at least one combined display area to any direction or slide according to a preset graphic track in the at least one combined display area. For example, after exiting the split screen operation, when the terminal device detects that the stylus selects at least one merged display area on the touchscreen, and determines a sliding track along which the stylus slides from the at least one merged display area in any direction or a sliding track along which the stylus slides within the at least one merged display area according to a preset graphic track, the terminal device may split the merged display area into split screen areas before merging to restore the split screen function. Therefore, after the at least two split screen areas are combined into at least one display area, the following steps can be further included: when the sliding track of the operator on the touch screen is detected to be the sliding track for splitting the combined display area, splitting the combined display area into the split screen area before combination.

12A-12C illustrate a process diagram for replacing a split screen interface, according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 12A is a diagram showing a terminal device currently running the screen division operation. FIG. 12B is a schematic diagram illustrating a rotation motion of two fingers when two fingers of a user touch the touch screen simultaneously or sequentially. As an embodiment, when the operation object is a finger, the replacing the sliding track of the at least two split screen areas may include: the method comprises the steps that at least two split screen areas needing to be replaced on a touch screen are touched by at least two fingers simultaneously or successively, and the at least two fingers slide along a sliding track of a preset graph track. The preset pattern track sliding may be, for example, a sliding that rotates on a circular track. For example, after the second split screen area is generated, when it is detected that two fingers simultaneously or successively touch the touch screen and the two fingers perform a rotation action after the touch, the terminal device may determine that the sliding track is used for replacing at least two split screen area replacement functions; at this time, the position of the selected split screen area is replaced. FIG. 12C shows the schematic after the split screen interface is replaced with other regions. As another embodiment, when the operator is a stylus, the replacing the sliding tracks of the at least two split screen areas may include: at least two split screen areas needing replacement on the touch screen are selected through a touch pen, and the touch pen slides along a sliding track of a preset graph track. The preset pattern track sliding may be, for example, a sliding that rotates on a circular track. It can be understood that the terminal device can replace the positions of the two split screen areas; the terminal equipment can also replace the position of the combination of the three split screen areas. The number of the split screen areas to be replaced can be determined according to the actual operation of the user. Therefore, after the second screen partitioning region is generated, the following steps can be further included: and when the detected sliding track of the operation on the touch screen is a sliding track for replacing at least two split screen areas, performing position replacement between at least two split screen areas.

From the above, in the technical scheme adopted by the method and the device for split screen operation provided by the invention, by detecting the operation of an operator on the touch screen and dividing the touch screen according to the identified sliding track of the operator, in the process of touch operation by a user, when the user wants to perform split screen operation on two or more application programs, only sliding operation for split screen is needed to be carried out on the touch screen through the operation object, correspondingly, the terminal equipment directly provides a split screen area according to the recognized sliding track, compared with the split screen application in the prior art, the invention can lead the user to flexibly split the screen in a touch control mode without being limited by the preset split screen area, and at least two split screen areas can be provided in one operation to respectively display and operate more tasks, thereby supporting a multi-task real-time operation function. Therefore, the method for split screen operation provided by the invention can simply, conveniently and quickly enable the user to perform split screen operation, quickly run a new application program and enrich user experience.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram showing a split screen operation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, the split screen operation device 10 may include: a track detection module 110, configured to detect an operation of an operator on a touch screen, where the operation is used to trigger a split screen application; the split-screen processing module 120 is configured to divide the touch screen into at least two split-screen areas according to the sliding track of the operation on the touch screen detected by the track detecting module.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: and dividing the touch screen into at least two split screen areas by taking the sliding track as a boundary.

Further, the operation object includes: a stylus or a finger.

Further, the trajectory detection module 110 is further configured to: when the operating object is a touch pen, detecting that an operating key arranged on a pen holder of the touch pen is triggered, and the touch pen slides on a touch screen; or detecting that a virtual key arranged on the touch screen is triggered and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; or detecting that a physical key arranged on a terminal where the touch screen is located is triggered, and the touch pen slides on the touch screen; or detecting that the touch screen is triggered and the stylus slides on the touch screen; wherein the trigger comprises at least one press, or a long press.

Further, the trajectory detection module 110 is further configured to: when the operating object is a finger, detecting that a virtual key arranged on the touch screen is triggered, and the finger slides on the touch screen; or when the operation object is a finger, detecting that a physical key arranged on the terminal where the touch screen is located is triggered, and the finger slides on the touch screen; or detecting that the touch screen is triggered and the finger slides on the touch screen; wherein the trigger comprises at least one press, or a long press.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the at least two split screen areas are generated, when the trajectory detection module 110 detects again the operation of the operator on the touch screen for triggering the split screen application, the touch screen is divided into the at least two split screen areas according to the sliding trajectory of the operation on the touch screen detected again.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: when a first application program is executed on the touch screen, reducing a first split screen area occupied by an operation interface of the first application program according to the sliding track, and generating at least one idle second split screen area outside the first split screen area occupied by the operation interface; or when the touch screen is idle, generating at least two idle second split screen areas on the touch screen by taking the sliding track as a boundary.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the idle second split-screen areas are generated, executing a second application program selected by a user on each idle second split-screen area; the second application program is an application program selected by a user before the idle second split screen area is generated, or an application program selected by the user according to a program selection mode displayed on the idle second split screen area after the idle second split screen area is generated.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the second split-screen area is generated, when the sliding track of the operation on the touch screen, detected by the track detection module 110, is a sliding track for triggering the floating window, the current position of the second split-screen area on the touch screen changes to be floating on the touch screen.

Further, the sliding trajectory for triggering the floating window may include: and the sliding track has an included angle of more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than 90 degrees with the vertical direction of the touch screen.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the current position of the second split screen area on the touch screen changes to be suspended on the touch screen, when the trajectory detection module 110 detects that the sliding trajectory of the operator on the touch screen is a sliding trajectory for moving the suspended window, the second split screen area is moved from the starting position of the sliding trajectory to the end position of the sliding trajectory.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the second split screen area is generated, when the trajectory detection module 110 detects that the sliding trajectory of the operator on the touch screen is a sliding trajectory for merging the split screen areas, merging at least two split screen areas into at least one display area.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after at least two split screen areas are merged into at least one display area, when the trajectory detection module 110 detects that the sliding trajectory of the operator on the touch screen is the sliding trajectory for splitting the merged display area, the merged display area is split into the split screen areas before merging.

Further, the split-screen processing module 120 is further configured to: after the second split-screen area is generated, when the trajectory detection module 110 detects that the sliding trajectory of the operator on the touch screen is a sliding trajectory for replacing at least two split-screen areas, a position between the at least two split-screen areas is replaced.

In a specific application, the split-screen operation device may be embodied as a terminal of some form. The method includes but is not limited to terminal equipment, tablet computers, mobile equipment, intelligent terminals and the like.

From the above, in the technical solution adopted by the device for split screen operation provided by the present invention, by detecting the operation of the operator on the touch screen and splitting the touch screen according to the identified sliding track of the operator, in the process of touch operation by a user, when the user wants to perform split screen operation on two or more application programs, only sliding operation for split screen is needed to be carried out on the touch screen through the operation object, correspondingly, the terminal equipment directly provides a split screen area according to the recognized sliding track, compared with the split screen application in the prior art, the invention can lead the user to flexibly split the screen in a touch control mode without being limited by the preset split screen area, and at least two split screen areas can be provided in one operation to respectively display and operate more tasks, thereby supporting a multi-task real-time operation function. Therefore, the device for split screen operation provided by the invention can simply, conveniently and quickly enable a user to perform split screen operation, quickly run a new application program and enrich user experience.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be directed to an apparatus for performing one or more of the operations in the present invention. The apparatus may be specially designed and constructed for the required purposes, or it may comprise any known apparatus in a general purpose computer having a program stored therein which is selectively activated or reconfigured. Such a computer program may be stored in a device (as an embodiment, a computer) readable medium, including, but not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magnetic-optical disks, Random Access Memories (RAMs), read-only memories (ROMs), electrically programmable ROMs, electrically erasable ROMs (eproms), electrically erasable programmable ROMs (eeproms), flash memories, magnetic cards, or optical cards, or any type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, and each coupled to a bus. A readable medium includes any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a device (e.g., a computer, as one embodiment). Readable media include, as one embodiment, Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, signals propagating in electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms (carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, as one embodiment), and so on.

It will be understood by those within the art that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the methods specified in the block or blocks of the block diagrams and/or flowchart block or blocks.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that various operations, methods, steps in the processes, acts, or solutions discussed in the present application may be alternated, modified, combined, or deleted. Further, various operations, methods, steps in the flows, which have been discussed in the present application, may be interchanged, modified, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or eliminated. Further, steps, measures, schemes in the various operations, methods, procedures disclosed in the prior art and the present invention can also be alternated, changed, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for split screen operation is characterized by comprising the following steps:

displaying a first application program running interface in a first size on a touch screen;

receiving a first touch input on the touch screen for a virtual icon associated with a second application program to trigger a split screen operation;

displaying a first application program running interface in a second size and a second application program running interface in the second size on the touch screen according to the received first touch input, wherein the second application program running interface and the first application program running interface are arranged side by side and are not overlapped; wherein the second size is smaller than the first size;

receiving a second touch input on the touch screen, wherein the second touch input is used for triggering the floating window operation of a second application program running interface when the first application program running interface and the second application program running interface are displayed;

and displaying the first application program running interface on the touch screen in a first size according to the received second touch input, and displaying the second application program running interface on the touch screen in a form of a floating window partially overlapped with the first application program running interface.

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

receiving a third touch input on the touch screen, wherein the third touch input is used for moving a second application program running interface displayed in the form of a floating window;

and moving a second application program running interface on the touch screen according to the received third touch input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and when the first application program running interface is displayed in the second size and the second application program running interface is displayed in the second size, stopping displaying the second application program running interface and displaying the first application program running interface in the first size according to the received fourth touch input.

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

and when the first application program running interface is displayed in the second size and the second application program running interface is displayed in the second size, replacing the position of the first application program running interface with the position of the second application program running interface according to the received fifth touch input.

5. A split screen operated device, comprising:

the screen splitting processing module is used for displaying a first application program running interface in a first size on the touch screen; receiving a first touch input on the touch screen for a virtual icon associated with a second application program to trigger a split screen operation; displaying a first application program running interface in a second size and a second application program running interface in the second size on the touch screen according to the received first touch input, wherein the second application program running interface and the first application program running interface are arranged side by side and are not overlapped; wherein the second size is smaller than the first size;

the touch screen is also used for receiving a second touch input on the touch screen, wherein the second touch input is used for triggering the floating window operation of a second application program running interface when the first application program running interface and the second application program running interface are displayed; and displaying the first application program running interface on the touch screen in a first size according to the received second touch input, and displaying the second application program running interface on the touch screen in a form of a floating window partially overlapped with the first application program running interface.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the split-screen processing module is further configured to receive a third touch input on the touch screen, the third touch input being configured to move a second application launch interface displayed in the form of a floating window; and moving a second application program running interface on the touch screen according to the received third touch input.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the split-screen processing module is further configured to stop displaying the second application execution interface and display the first application execution interface in the first size according to the received fourth touch input when the first application execution interface is displayed in the second size and the second application execution interface is displayed in the second size.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the split-screen processing module is further configured to replace the position of the first application running interface with the position of the second application running interface according to the received fifth touch input when the first application running interface is displayed in the second size and the second application running interface is displayed in the second size.

9. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor; characterized in that the memory stores a computer program which, when executed by the processor, implements the method of any one of claims 1-4.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, is adapted to carry out the method of any one of claims 1-4.