Terminal management method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10674452-B2
Application number	US-201916562244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2019
Priority date	May 24, 2016
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A terminal management method and an apparatus, where the method includes that a terminal obtains a first light intensity at a first moment and a second light intensity at a second moment according to a first interval period. The second moment is later than the first moment. When a difference between the first light intensity and the second light intensity is greater than a first threshold, and the second light intensity is less than a second threshold, the terminal closes a target program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A management method for a system, comprising:
obtaining a first light intensity at a first moment and a second light intensity at a second moment according to a first interval period, wherein the second moment is later than the first moment;
disabling a function of the system when the second light intensity is less than a first threshold, wherein the first light intensity is greater than the second light intensity;
obtaining a third light intensity at a third moment according to a second interval period, wherein the third moment is later than the second moment; and
enabling the function of the system when the third light intensity is greater than a second threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a duration of the second interval period is greater than a duration of the first interval period.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the function comprises at least one of a screen display function, a gesture recognition function, a touch sensing function, or a fingerprint identification function.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a smart watch or a phone.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first light intensity, the second light intensity and the third light intensity is obtained by an ambient light sensor.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
switching an interval of obtaining the third light intensity from the second interval period to the first interval period.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
lighting a screen up in response to detecting a user wrist motion.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is different from the second threshold.

9. An electronic device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to be configured to:
obtain a first light intensity at a first moment and a second light intensity at a second moment according to a first interval period, wherein the second moment is later than the first moment;
disable a function of the electronic device when the second light intensity is less than a first threshold, wherein the first light intensity is greater than the second light intensity;
obtain a third light intensity at a third moment according to a second interval period, wherein the third moment is later than the second moment; and
enable the function when the third light intensity is greater than a second threshold.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein a duration of the second interval period is greater than a duration of the first interval period.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the function comprises at least one of a screen display function, a gesture recognition function, a touch sensing function, or a fingerprint identification function.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic device is a smart watch or a phone.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the first light intensity, the second light intensity and the third light intensity is obtained by an ambient light sensor.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , the memory further stores programming instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
switch an interval of obtaining the third light intensity from the second interval period to the first interval period.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , the memory further stores programming instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
light a screen up in response to detecting a user wrist motion.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first threshold is different from the second threshold.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a first light intensity at a first moment and a second light intensity at a second moment according to a first interval period, wherein the second moment is later than the first moment;
disabling a function of the apparatus when the second light intensity is less than a first threshold, wherein the first light intensity is greater than the second light intensity;
obtaining a third light intensity at a third moment according to a second interval period, wherein the third moment is later than the second moment; and
enabling the function when the third light intensity is greater than a second threshold.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein a duration of the second interval period is greater than a duration of the first interval period.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the function comprises at least one of a screen display function, a gesture recognition function, a touch sensing function, or a fingerprint identification function.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , further comprising computer-readable program code stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
switching an interval of obtaining the third light intensity from the second interval period to the first interval period.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xilin
• Ye Zhen
• Yi Tao
• Wang Xiangyang
• He Yanguo
• Qian Zexu

Classifications

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• Y02D70/142

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04W52/0264

  by selectively disabling software applications · CPC title

• Y02D70/26

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F1/3206

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title