Shooting interface switching method and apparatus, and device and storage medium thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11159703-B2
Application number	US-201916557418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Oct 19, 2018
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a shooting interface switching method and apparatus, and a device and storage medium thereof, relating to the field of camera shooting technology. The method includes: displaying a first user interface that enables a shooting program to shoot a photo using a rear camera on a terminal; acquiring a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out; and controlling, based on the first cover slide event, the shooting program to switch the first user interface to a second user interface that enables the shooting program to shoot a photo using a front camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for switching photo shooting interface, the method being applied to a terminal with a front camera and a rear camera being respectively arranged on a front surface and a rear surface of a slide rear cover, and the method comprising:
displaying a first user interface that enables a shooting program to shoot a photo using the rear camera on the terminal;
acquiring a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out; and
controlling, based on the first cover slide event, the shooting program to switch the first user interface to a second user interface that enables the shooting program to shoot a photo using the front camera, wherein the first user interface for the rear camera is switched to the second user interface for the front camera when a switching control program receives the first cover slide event upon monitoring the first cover slide event, and wherein controlling the shooting program to switch the first user interface to the second user interface comprises:
acquiring configuration information corresponding to a switching button control in the shooting program from a configuration file, the switching button control being a control for switching the front camera and the rear camera;
generating a first simulation event based on the configuration information of the switching button control, wherein the first simulation event is a click simulation event generated by an operating system when a user clicks a screen position corresponding to an interface position of the switching button control on a touch screen; and
sending the first simulation event to the shooting program, the first simulation event being used for triggering the shooting program to switch the first user interface to the second user interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises: interface positional information of the switching button control, the interface positional information being used for indicating positional coordinates of the switching button control on the first user interface; and
generating the first simulation event based on the configuration information of the switching button control for simulating trigger of the switching button control comprises:
generating, based on the interface positional information of the switching button control, the first simulation event for simulating click of the switching button control.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises: interface positional information and identifying information of the switching button control; and the method further comprises:
acquiring identifying information of a target control corresponding to the interface positional information on the first user interface; and
when the identifying information of the target control matches the identifying information of the switching button control, performing the step of generating the first simulation event based on the configuration information of the switching button control for simulating trigger of the switching button control.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises: interface positional information and identifying information of the switching button control; and the method further comprises:
acquiring identifying information of a target control corresponding to the interface positional information on the first user interface; and
when the identifying information of the target control does not match the identifying information of the switching button control, updating the configuration information with a background server.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises: a first version number; and the method further comprises:
acquiring a second version number of the shooting program; and
when the first version number is different from the second version number, updating the configuration information with a background server.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out comprises:
monitoring the first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out by a cover slide event controller; and
acquiring the first cover slide event from the cover slide event controller.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring an action at a stack top of an action stack, the action being used for indicating a foreground display interface on the terminal; and
when the action indicates the foreground display interface is the first user interface, performing the step of acquiring a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
acquiring a second cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid in; and
controlling, based on the second cover slide event, the shooting program to switch the second user interface to the first user interface.

9. A shooting interface switching apparatus, applied to a terminal with a front camera and a rear camera being respectively arranged on a front surface and a rear surface of a slide rear cover, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory arranged to store an instruction executable by the processor,
wherein the processor is arranged to:
display a first user interface that enables a shooting program to shoot a photo using the rear camera on the terminal;
acquire a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out; and
control, based on the first cover slide event, the shooting program to switch the first user interface to a second user interface that enables the shooting program to shoot a photo using the front camera, wherein the first user interface for the rear camera is switched to the second user interface for the front camera when a switching control program receives the first cover slide event upon monitoring the first cover slide event, and wherein to control the shooting program to switch the first user interface to the second user interface, the processor is further arranged to:
acquire configuration information corresponding to a switching button control in the shooting program from a configuration file, the switching button control being a control for switching the front camera and the rear camera;
generate a first simulation event based on the configuration information of the switching button control, wherein the first simulation event is a click simulation event generated by an operating system when a user clicks a screen position corresponding to an interface position of the switching button control on a touch screen; and
send the first simulation event to the shooting program, the first simulation event being used for triggering the shooting program to switch the first user interface to the second user interface.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the configuration information comprises: interface positional information of the switching button control, the interface positional information being used for indicating positional coordinates of the switching button control on the first user interface; and wherein in order to generate the first simulation event based on the configuration information of the switching button control for simulating trigger of the switching button control, the processor is arranged to:
generate, based on the interface positional information of the switching button control, the first simulation event for simulating click of the switching button control.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the configuration information co

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Chunming
• Chang Qun
• Gao Shang
• Geng Ruyue
• Yu Lifang
• Long Hai

Classifications

• H04N23/617

  Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control · CPC title

• H04N23/662

  by using camera arrangements where one camera controls another camera to affect the control of camera image capture, e.g. placing the camera in a desirable condition to capture a desired image · CPC title

• H04M1/0235 Primary

  Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts · CPC title

• H04N23/55 Primary

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title