Display processing method, display processing apparatus and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10185459-B2
Application number	US-201514984440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Sep 25, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A display processing method, a display processing apparatus and an electronic device are described. The display processing method includes obtaining information from a second application when an interface of a first application is displayed in a predetermined region of a display screen of a display device; displaying prompt information on the information, on the interface of the first application; receiving a first operation on the prompt information; dividing the predetermined region into a first region and a second region, in response to the first operation; and displaying at least a part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and displaying an interface of the second application in the second region, wherein the information is displayed in the interface of the second application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display processing method comprising:
obtaining information from a second application when an interface of a first application is displayed in a predetermined region of a display screen of a display device, wherein the display screen comprises a planar mode and a first folding mode, and wherein the obtaining is performed when the display screen is in the planar mode;
displaying prompt information on the information, on the interface of the first application;
receiving a first operation by a user upon seeing the prompt information, wherein the first operation comprises changing the display screen from the planar mode into the first folding mode;
dividing the predetermined region into a first region and a second region, in response to the first operation; and
displaying at least a part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and displaying an interface of the second application in the second region, wherein the information is displayed in the interface of the second application.

2. The display processing method of claim 1 , wherein the dividing the predetermined region into the first region and the second region comprises dividing the predetermined region into the first region and the second region, with a first folding location of the first folding operation as a boundary.

3. The display processing method of claim 1 , wherein the display screen further comprises has a second folding mode, a folding direction of which is the same as that of the first folding mode;
the receiving the first operation on the prompt information comprises receiving one of the first folding operation of changing the display screen into the first folding mode and a second folding operation of changing the display screen into the second folding mode;
the dividing the predetermined region into the first region and the second region comprises dividing the predetermined region into the first region and the second region, with a first folding location of the first folding operation as a boundary, when receiving the first folding operation; and dividing the predetermined region into the first region and the second region, with a second folding location of the second folding operation as a boundary, when receiving the second folding operation.

4. The display processing method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after displaying at least one part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and displaying the interface of the second application in the second region, receiving a third folding operation of changing the display screen from the first folding mode back into the planar mode, a folding direction of the third folding operation being opposite to that of the first folding operation; and
changing the display screen back into the planar mode and displaying the at least a part of the interface of the first application in the predetermined region, in response to the third folding operation.

5. The display processing method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after displaying at least one part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and displaying the interface of the second application in the second region, receiving a third folding operation of changing the display screen from the first folding mode back into the planar mode, a folding direction of the third folding operation being opposite to that of the first folding operation; and
changing the display screen back into the planar mode and remaining to display the at least a part of the interface of the first application in the first region and to display the interface of the second application in the second region, in response to the third folding operation;
receiving a second operation; and
displaying the interface of the first application in the predetermined region, in response to the second operation.

6. The display processing method of claim 1 , wherein the relative location relationship between the first region and the second region is preset, and the second region is preset to be a region extended inwards from a first side of the display screen, and the displaying the prompt information on the information comprises displaying the prompt information on the information, at a location corresponding to the preset second region, on the interface of the first application.

7. The display processing method of claim 6 , wherein the first region and the second region are prearranged in a direction perpendicular to a display direction of the display screen.

8. A display processing apparatus comprising:
a display screen of a display device, wherein the display screen comprises a planar mode and a first folding mode;
a first receiving unit operative to obtain information from a second application when an interface of a first application is displayed in a predetermined region of the display screen of the display device, and when the display screen is in the planar mode;
a first display processing unit operative to display prompt information on the information, on the interface of the first application;
a second receiving unit operative to receive a first operation by a user upon seeing the prompt information, wherein the first operation is to change the display screen from the planar mode into the first folding mode;
a dividing unit operative to divide the predetermined region into a first region and a second region, in response to the first operation; and
a second display processing unit operative to display at least a part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and to display an interface of the second application in the second region, wherein the information is displayed in the interface of the second application.

9. An electronic device, comprising:
a display screen operative to display an interface, wherein the display screen comprises a planar mode and a first folding mode;
a sensor operative to detect an input operation;
a processor operative to obtain information from a second application when an interface of a first application is displayed in a predetermined region of the display screen and when the display screen is in the planar mode; to display prompt information on the information, on the interface of the first application; to receive a first folding operation by a user upon seeing the prompt information, the first folding operation for changing the display screen from the planar mode into the first folding mode; to divide the predetermined region into a first region and a second region, in response to the first folding operation; and to control the display to display at least a part of the interface of the first application in the first region, and to display an interface of the second application in the second region, wherein the information is displayed in the interface of the second application.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 further comprising:
a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;
a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;
a second body connected to the first body through the connecting body, which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;
the display screen is arranged on the first surface of the first body, the first surface of the connecting body and the first surface of the second body; the processor and the memory are arranged on anyone of the first body, the connecting body and the second body, respectively;
in the planar mode, the first body, the connecting body and the second body are located in a same or nearly same plane;
in the first folding mode, the first angle between a surface forming of the first surface of the first

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Yan
• Xia Jie
• Zhu Xiaotian

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  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 title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• H04M1/0268 Primary

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• H04M1/72519

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title