Application Control Method and Electronic Apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022046182-A1
Application number	US-202117508395-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 22, 2021
Priority date	Apr 25, 2019
Publication date	Feb 10, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first part and a second part that are flexibly connected. The first part includes a first display area and a camera, and the second part includes a second display area. The first display area and the second display area form a display of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus determines that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition, and displays photographed content in the first display area if the camera is enabled, where the second part is configured to stabilize the electronic apparatus, and the first part is configured to flip along a side connected to the second part to adjust a display angle of the first display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An application control method, applied to an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a first part and a second part that are flexibly connected, the first part comprises a first display area and a camera, the second part comprises a second display area, the first display area and the second display area form a display of the electronic apparatus, and the method comprises:
determining, by the electronic apparatus, that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition; and displaying, by the electronic apparatus, photographed content in the first display area if the camera is enabled, wherein the second part is configured to stabilize the electronic apparatus, the first part is configured to flip along a side connected to the second part to adjust a display angle of the first display area, and the photographed content comprises content that is photographed by another device and that is received by the electronic apparatus and/or content photographed by the camera.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the electronic apparatus, that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition comprises: determining that the included angle between the first display area and the second display area falls outside a preset angle range, wherein an absolute value of a difference between any angle in the preset angle range and 180 degrees is less than a preset threshold.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the included angle between the first display area and the second display area does not fall outside the preset angle range, the first display area and the second display area are used to jointly perform a display task.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: separately displaying, by the electronic apparatus, interfaces of different applications in the first display area and the second display area if the camera is not enabled.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
if the camera is not enabled, displaying, by the electronic apparatus, an interface of an application in the second display area, and skipping displaying an interface of an application in the first display area.

6 . An application control method, applied to an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a first part and a second part that are flexibly connected, the first part comprises a first display area and a camera, the second part comprises a second display area, the first display area and the second display area form a display of the electronic apparatus, and the method comprises:
determining, by the electronic apparatus, that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition; and displaying, by the electronic apparatus, photographed content in the second display area if the camera is enabled, wherein the first part is configured to flip along a side connected to the second part to adjust a shooting angle of the camera, and the photographed content is content photographed by the camera.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining, by the electronic apparatus, that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition comprises: determining that the included angle between the first display area and the second display area falls outside a preset angle range, wherein an absolute value of a difference between any angle in the preset angle range and 180 degrees is less than a preset threshold.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein when the included angle between the first display area and the second display area does not fall outside the preset angle range, the first display area and the second display area are used to jointly perform a display task.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises: separately displaying, by the electronic apparatus, interfaces of different applications in the first display area and the second display area if the camera is not enabled.

10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
if the camera is not enabled, displaying, by the electronic apparatus, an interface of an application in the second display area, and skipping displaying an interface of an application in the first display area.

11 . An electronic apparatus, comprising a first part and a second part that are flexibly connected, wherein the first part comprises a first display area and a camera, the second part comprises a second display area, the first display area and the second display area form a display of the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus further comprises a processor and a memory, the processor is located in the first part or the second part, the memory is located in the first part or the second part, the memory is configured to store a program instruction, and the processor is configured to invoke the program instruction to perform the following operations:
determining that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition; and displaying photographed content in the first display area if the camera is enabled, wherein the second part is configured to stabilize the electronic apparatus, the first part is configured to flip along a side connected to the second part to adjust a display angle of the first display area, and the photographed content comprises content that is photographed by another device and that is received by the electronic apparatus and/or content photographed by the camera.

12 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the determining that an included angle between the first display area and the second display area meets a preset condition is specifically:
determining that the included angle between the first display area and the second display area falls outside a preset angle range, wherein an absolute value of a difference between any angle in the preset angle range and 180 degrees is less than a preset threshold.

13 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein when the included angle between the first display area and the second display area does not fall outside the preset angle range, the first display area and the second display area are used to jointly perform a display task.

14 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to: separately display interfaces of different applications in the first display area and the second display area if the camera is not enabled.

15 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
if the camera is not enabled, display an interface of an application in the second display area, and skip displaying an interface of an application in the first display area.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Zhen
• Jin Qinghao
• Liao Changliang

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/631 Primary

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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

• H04N7/142 Primary

  Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display · CPC title

• H04N2007/145

  Handheld terminals · CPC title