Input method, electronic device, and screen projection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12032866-B2
Application number	US-202017615977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Priority date	Jun 20, 2019
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

The method includes: displaying a screen projection window in at least a part of a display interface, where the screen projection window is a mirror of screen display content of a screen projection source end, and the screen display content includes a first edit box; receiving input start information from the screen projection source end, where the input start information is used to indicate that the first edit box has obtained an input focus; obtaining text content or an image that is input by an input device of the screen projection destination end, to obtain to-be-displayed content sending the to-be-displayed content to the screen projection source end; and updating the screen projection window, where an updated screen projection window is a mirror of updated screen display content of the screen projection source end, and the to-be-displayed content is displayed in the first edit box in the updated screen display content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An input method, comprising:
displaying, by a screen projection destination end, a screen projection window in at least a part of a display interface, wherein the screen projection window is a mirror of screen display content of a screen projection source end, and the screen display content comprises a first edit box;
receiving, by the screen projection destination end, input start information from the screen projection source end, wherein the input start information is used to indicate that the first edit box has obtained an input focus;
obtaining, by the screen projection destination end in response to the input start information, text content or an image that is input by an input device of the screen projection destination end, to obtain to-be-displayed content;
sending, by the screen projection destination end, the to-be-displayed content to the screen projection source end;
updating, by the screen projection destination end, the screen projection window, wherein an updated screen projection window is a mirror of updated screen display content of the screen projection source end, and the to-be-displayed content is displayed in the first edit box in the updated screen display content; and
before receiving, by the screen projection destination end, the input start information from the screen projection source end,
sending, by the screen projection destination end, a first tap signal to the screen projection source end by using a reverse control channel, wherein the first tap signal is used to enable the screen projection source end to acquire the input start information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining, by the screen projection destination end in response to the input start information, text content or the image that is input by the input device of the screen projection destination end comprises:
setting, by the screen projection destination end in response to the input start information, a second edit box of the screen projection destination end to an input state;
monitoring, by the screen projection destination end, a content change event of the second edit box; and
obtaining, by the screen projection destination end in response to the content change event, text content or an image that triggers the content change event, wherein the obtained text content or image is used as the to-be-displayed content.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the text content or image is generated by a first text input method of the screen projection destination end based on an operation command generated by the input device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises starting, by the screen projection destination end, the first text input method in response to the input start information.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second edit box is a hidden edit box or a transparent edit box; and
the input start information comprises a first cursor location of the first edit box, and the method further comprises:
setting, by the screen projection destination end, a location of the second edit box in the screen projection window based on the first cursor location.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after sending, by the screen projection destination end, the to-be-displayed content to the screen projection source end, the method further comprises:
deleting, by the screen projection destination end, the text content or image from the second edit box.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before receiving, by the screen projection destination end, the input start information from the screen projection source end, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the screen projection destination end, a click/tap signal for a mirror of the first edit box in the screen projection window, wherein the click/tap signal comprises a click/tap type and a click/tap location; and
sending, by the screen projection destination end, the click/tap signal to the screen projection source end, to enable the first edit box to obtain the input focus.

8. An input method, comprising:
projecting, by a screen projection source end, screen display content of the screen projection source end to a screen projection destination end, so that the screen projection destination end displays a screen projection window in at least a part of a display interface, wherein the screen projection window is a mirror of the screen display content, and the screen display content comprises a first edit box;
sending, by the screen projection source end, input start information to the screen projection destination end, wherein the input start information is used to indicate that the first edit box has obtained an input focus;
receiving, by the screen projection source end, to-be-displayed content from the screen projection destination end, wherein the to-be-displayed content is obtained by the screen projection destination end in response to the input start information, and the to-be-displayed content is text content or an image that is input by an input device of the screen projection destination end; and
displaying, by the screen projection source end, the to-be-displayed content in the first edit box, to update the screen display content;
before sending, by the screen projection source end, the input start information to the screen projection destination end,
receiving, by the screen projection source end, a first tap signal sent by the screen projection destination end by using a reverse control channel, wherein the first tap signal is used to enable the screen projection source end to acquire input start information.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the input start information is used to set a second edit box of the screen projection destination end to an input state, and the to-be-displayed content is text content or an image of a content change event that triggers the second edit box.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the to-be-displayed content is generated by a first text input method of the screen projection destination end based on an operation command generated by the input device.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second edit box is a hidden edit box or a transparent edit box.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the input start information comprises a first cursor location of the first edit box, and the first cursor location is used to set a location of the second edit box in the screen projection window.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein before sending, by the screen projection source end, the input start information to the screen projection destination end, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the screen projection source end, a click/tap signal for a mirror of the first edit box from the screen projection destination end, wherein the click/tap signal comprises a click/tap type and a click/tap location; and
starting a second text input method of the screen projection source end based on the click/tap signal to monitor a cursor location of the first edit box.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein before sending, by the screen projection source end, the input start information to the screen projection destination end, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the screen projection source end, the click/tap signal for the mirror of the first edit box from the screen projection destination end, wherein the click/tap signal comprises a click/tap type and a click/tap location; and
enabling, by the screen projection source end based on the click/tap signal, the first edit box to obtain th

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Ronggen
• Hu Kai

Classifications

• G06F3/0488

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• G06F3/0484

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• G06F3/0233

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