CN115866114A

CN115866114A - Mode switching method and device, electronic equipment and computer readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN115866114A
Application number: CN202211526887.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石玮
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-30
Filing date: 2022-11-30
Publication date: 2023-03-28
Also published as: WO2024114532A1

Abstract

The application discloses a mode switching method, a mode switching device, electronic equipment and a computer-readable storage medium, belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment, and is applied to the electronic equipment with a foldable screen, and the method is characterized by comprising the following steps: acquiring a screen state of a foldable screen; determining a target operation mode corresponding to a screen state of the foldable screen; and adjusting the operation mode of the electronic equipment to be the target operation mode.

Description

Mode switching method and device, electronic equipment and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment, and particularly relates to a mode switching method and device, electronic equipment and a computer-readable storage medium.

Background

At present, under the condition that a user needs to enter a certain electronic equipment operation mode, the user can start the electronic equipment, open a setting interface, and manually select a required mode on the setting interface, so that the electronic equipment triggers the electronic equipment to enter the mode according to the operation mode selected by the user.

However, if the user needs to adjust the current operation mode of the electronic device, the user still needs to start the electronic device, open the setting interface, and manually select another operation mode, so that the electronic device adjusts the operation mode.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a mode switching method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, which can improve efficiency of adjusting an operating mode of the electronic device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mode switching method applied to an electronic device with a foldable screen, where the method includes: acquiring a screen state of a foldable screen; determining a target operation mode corresponding to a screen state of the foldable screen; and adjusting the operation mode of the electronic equipment to be the target operation mode.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mode switching apparatus, including: the device comprises an acquisition module, a determination module and an adjustment module; the acquisition module is used for acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen; a determining module for determining a target operation mode corresponding to a screen state of the foldable screen; and the adjusting module is used for adjusting the operation mode of the electronic equipment to a target operation mode.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, which includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or instructions executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, stored on a storage medium, for execution by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can acquire the screen state of the foldable screen, determine the target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, and adjust the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a mode switching method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 (a) is a schematic diagram of a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 (B) is a second schematic diagram of a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 (C) is a third schematic diagram of a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 (D) is a fourth schematic view illustrating a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 (a) is a fifth schematic view illustrating a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 (B) is a sixth schematic diagram of a mode switching method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is one of example schematic diagrams of an interface of a mobile phone provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a second schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a third schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a mode switching device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a second schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Mode switching provided by the embodiments of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

An embodiment of the present application provides a mode switching method, and fig. 1 shows a flowchart of the mode switching method provided in the embodiment of the present application, where the method may be applied to an electronic device with a foldable screen. As shown in fig. 1, the mode switching method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include steps 201 to 203 described below.

Step 201, the electronic device acquires a screen state of the foldable screen.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that a user uses the electronic equipment with the folding screen, the user can set the operation modes of the electronic equipment in different screen states, and under different operation modes, the system capacity of the electronic equipment is also set to be different.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the foldable screen of the electronic device may include two screens, that is, a first screen and a second screen, and the foldable screen includes a first screen area and a second screen area, where the first screen corresponds to the first screen area and the second screen corresponds to the second screen area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the screen state may include any of the following states: a closed state, a folded state and an unfolded state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the closed state means that an included angle between the first screen and the second screen is located within a range that is greater than or equal to 0 degrees and smaller than a first preset angle; the folding state refers to that the included angle between the first screen and the second screen is in the range of being larger than or equal to a first preset angle and smaller than 180 degrees; the unfolded state means that an included angle between the first screen and the second screen is in a range of 180 degrees or more and less than 360 degrees.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen, the electronic device may determine an operation mode matching the screen state of the foldable screen, and start and use the operation mode matching the screen state of the foldable screen.

It should be noted that the screen status is used to indicate the screen gesture of the current electronic device and the size ratio change of the screen, where the screen gesture may include inward folding, outward folding, flipping, and the like.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, one screen state corresponds to one operation mode, and one operation mode may correspond to a system setting function mode, an application use function mode, a message notification mode, and the like of the electronic device.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2 (a), the screen state of the electronic device may include: the closed state, i.e., the state in which the screen of the electronic device is in the fully folded state, i.e., the state in which the screen is fully closed, as shown in fig. 2 (B), the screen state of the electronic device may include the unfolded state, as shown in fig. 2 (C) and 2 (D), and the screen state of the electronic device may include the folded state, i.e., the screen of the electronic device is in the incompletely folded state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may determine and acquire the screen state of the foldable screen according to a relative position relationship between the first screen region and the second screen region.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the application, the step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following step 201a1 and step 201a 2. Acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen, comprising:

step 201a1, the electronic device obtains a folding angle of the foldable screen.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the folding angle of the foldable screen may be an angle of an included angle between the first screen region and the second screen region of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may determine and acquire the screen state of the foldable screen according to an angle of an included angle between the first screen region and the second screen region.

Step 201a2, the electronic device determines the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the electronic device obtains the folding angle according to the angle of the included angle between the first screen region and the second screen region, that is, according to the angle obtained by the electronic device, the electronic device may determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

It can be understood that the folding angle is the degree of the screen angle between the plurality of screen regions divided by the folding line when the foldable screen is in the folded state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, one folding angle may correspond to one screen state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the folding angles may include a first folding angle, a second folding angle, a third folding angle, and a fourth folding angle.

For example, the folding angle of the electronic device may include a first folding angle, a straight second folding angle, a third folding angle, and a fourth folding angle; the first fold angle may be an angle in a range greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees; as shown in fig. 3 (a), the second folding angle may be an angle equal to 90 degrees; the third folding angle may be an angle in a range of more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees; as shown in fig. 3 (B), the fourth folding angle may be an angle in a range of more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the folding angle of the electronic device is the first folding angle, the electronic device may determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the first folding angle; under the condition that the folding angle of the electronic equipment is the second folding angle, the electronic equipment can determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the first folding angle; under the condition that the folding angle of the electronic equipment is the third folding angle, the electronic equipment can determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the first folding angle; in a case where the folding angle of the electronic device is the fourth folding angle, the electronic device may determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the first folding angle.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can determine the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle, so that the electronic equipment acquires the screen state, determines the operation mode according to the screen state, and does not need a user to set, and therefore the efficiency of the electronic equipment during mode switching is improved.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the application, the step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following step 201 b.

Step 201b, under the condition that the electronic device is in the target control mode, the electronic device acquires the screen state of the foldable screen.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may define to acquire the screen state of the foldable screen, so as to enter a condition in an operation mode corresponding to the screen state, that is, in a case that the electronic device is in the target control mode, the electronic device acquires the screen state of the foldable screen.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target control mode may be set in advance for the user, so that the electronic device may acquire the screen state of the foldable screen only when the electronic device is in the target control mode, and determine the operation mode corresponding to the screen state according to the screen state.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device may further define a condition for adjusting to the operation mode corresponding to the screen state according to the screen state, so as to avoid switching of the operation mode caused by a user's misoperation (for example, changing the screen state).

Step 202, the electronic device determines a target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen.

In the embodiment of the application, after the screen state of the foldable screen is acquired, the electronic device may match a corresponding operation mode for the screen state of the foldable screen, and determine the operation mode as the target operation mode.

It should be noted that the operation mode refers to: a system operation mode of the electronic device; the method can support a user to set various self-defining modes according to the form and support the user to define the personalized setting in one self-defining mode.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, in an operation mode, the system capability that can be set by the user includes at least one of the following: the message informs various system capability settings such as application white list, contact white list, application use white list, screen locking wallpaper, screen off, control center and the like. The user can set the notification mode, notification time, notification type, and the like of the above-described system capability.

It will be appreciated that in different operating modes, it may be: different application programs capable of carrying out notification reminding, different contacts capable of carrying out notification reminding, different application programs available for a User, different Interface Design (UI) display styles, different notification reminding modes, different system settings, different foreground-running application programs and the like.

For example, in the target operation mode, the electronic device may use application programs, namely application a, application B, and application C, allow the application performing notification to be application a, and notify the application in a manner of ringing, and an interface to be dynamic wallpaper.

Step 203, the electronic device adjusts the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode.

In the embodiment of the application, after the electronic device determines the target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, the operation mode of the electronic device can be adjusted to the target operation mode.

The embodiment of the application provides a mode switching method, and electronic equipment can acquire a screen state of a foldable screen, determine a target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, and adjust the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the mode switching method further includes the following step 301.

Step 301, the electronic device displays a target operation mode identifier corresponding to the target operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the electronic device adjusts the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode, a target operation mode identifier corresponding to the target operation mode may be displayed, so as to remind a user of what operation mode the operation mode of the electronic device is.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display a name, a keyword, an image, and a symbol of the operation mode on a screen, so as to remind a user of what mode the operation mode of the electronic device is.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the electronic device may further provide that the electronic device of the user is currently in the target operation mode in a manner of blinking, vibrating, or ringing.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display the target operation mode identifier before and/or after adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode.

For example, as shown in fig. 4, after the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted to the target operation mode, the electronic device displays a target operation mode identifier corresponding to the target operation mode, for example, displays a love symbol.

In the embodiment of the application, after the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted to the target operation mode, the electronic equipment can display the target operation mode identification corresponding to the target operation mode, so that the operation mode of the current electronic equipment of a user can be reminded, misoperation of the user is avoided, and the man-machine interaction performance is improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the mode switching method further includes the following steps 401 to 404.

Step 401, the electronic device displays a screen state setting interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may further display a screen state setting interface, and display at least one mode setting control in the screen state setting interface; wherein, a mode setting control corresponds to a screen form.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display multiple identifiers, one identifier may correspond to one mode setting control, and one mode setting control is used to enable the electronic device to operate according to the mode.

It should be noted that before the electronic device enters the operation mode according to the current screen state, the user needs to start the operation mode switching function, and if the user does not start the operation mode switching function, the user has the same operation mode in any screen form.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5, the electronic device displays three mode setting controls, namely, a closed state, an expanded state and a folded state, and a user can input any one of the setting controls, so as to set the working mode corresponding to each state.

Step 402, the electronic device receives a first input of a user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first input is used to select a target screen state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the first input may be input of an identifier of a target screen state in the screen state setting interface by a user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first input may be a click input (for example, a single click input, a double click input, or an input with a preset number of clicks), a long-time press input, or a slide input. The specific setting can be according to the actual use requirement, and the embodiment of the application is not limited.

In step 403, the electronic device displays an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to the target screen state in response to a first input of the target screen state in the screen state setting interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, after receiving a first input by a user, in response to the first input, the electronic device displays an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to a target screen state.

In step 404, the electronic device determines the operation content of the electronic device in the target operation mode in response to a second input to the operation mode setting interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device displays an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to a target screen state, a user may set a system capability of the operation mode in the operation mode setting interface.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 6, the user may set various system capability settings such as a message notification application white list, a contacts white list, an application usage white list, a screen lock wallpaper, a screen off, a control center, etc. in each mode, for example: the list of contacts allowed to be notified is: zhang three, li four and Wang five, the applications of allowing the notification are telephone, short message and setting, etc.

Further illustratively, the user may set a sound effect notification manner in each screen form, for example, a mute mode corresponding to a lid state, a ring mode corresponding to a fully expanded state, and a vibration mode corresponding to a hovering state.

For another example, the user may set a message processing mode in each screen form, for example, when the electronic device receives a message, the closed state corresponds to a self-defined completion message and fast replies, the expanded state corresponds to a direct deletion of the short message, and the folded state corresponds to a marked message that has been read.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can determine the operation content of the electronic equipment in the target operation mode in the operation mode setting interface, namely, the user can customize one operation mode, so that the man-machine interaction performance is improved, and the interestingness of mode switching of the electronic equipment is enhanced.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the target operation mode is a first operation mode; after step 203, the mode switching method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes step 501 and step 502 described below.

Step 501, the electronic device displays a first interface of a first function of a first application when the electronic device is in a first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device is in the first operation mode and an interface of the first function of the first application is displayed, if an input for a user to switch the operation mode of the electronic device is received or a requirement for the user to switch the operation mode of the electronic device is received, the electronic device may adjust the first operation mode to another operation mode, for example, the second operation mode.

Step 502, under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to the second operation mode, the electronic device displays a second interface of a second function of the first application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device receives an input that a user switches an operation mode of the electronic device, that is, when the electronic device can adjust the first operation mode to the second operation mode, the electronic device may display a second interface of the second function of the first application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display interfaces with different functions of the same application in different operation modes.

For example, when the user sets that the electronic device can only run the first function of the first application in the first running mode, the electronic device can only display the first interface of the first function of the first application in the first running mode, and if the electronic device of the user equipment can only run the second function of the first application in the second running mode and cannot run the first function, the electronic device can display the second interface of the second function in the second running mode.

Illustratively, in the case that the electronic device runs a music application, if a user sets a closed state as a first running mode, an unfolded state as a second running mode, and a folded state as a third running mode in advance, and sets a function of the music application in the first running mode as a single song cycle, sets a function in the second running mode as a random play, and sets a function in the third running mode as a song listening and song recognition, in the case that the music application is running, if the electronic device is in the first running mode, a single song cycle function is started, and if it is required to adjust the running mode of the electronic device from the first running mode to the second running mode, a random play function is started.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can also display interfaces with different functions of the same application in different operation modes, so that different functions can be used only by changing the state of the foldable screen of the electronic equipment when a user needs the different functions of the application, the operation of the user is simplified, and the efficiency of switching the application functions of the electronic equipment is improved.

Optionally, the mode switching method provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 503.

Step 503, the electronic device displays a first interface of the first function of the first application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, if the user readjusts the operation mode of the electronic device from the second operation mode to the first operation mode, the electronic device may display a first interface of the first function displayed in the first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the operation mode of the electronic device is the first operation mode and the first interface of the first function of the first application is displayed, if the operation mode of the electronic device needs to be adjusted from the first operation mode to the second operation mode, the electronic device cancels the display of the first interface of the first function of the first application and displays the second interface of the second function of the first application; if the operation mode of the electronic device needs to be adjusted from the second operation mode back to the operation mode, namely the first operation mode, of the electronic device when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted to the second operation mode of the current operation, the electronic device cancels the second interface for displaying the second function of the first application, and displays the content, namely the first interface for the first function of the first application, displayed by the electronic device in the first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the target operation mode is a first operation mode; after step 203, the mode switching method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes step 601 and step 602 described below.

Step 601, under the condition that the electronic device is in the first operation mode, the electronic device displays a third interface of the second application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device is in the first operation mode and a third interface of the second application is displayed, if an input for a user to switch the operation mode of the electronic device is received or a requirement for the user to switch the operation mode of the electronic device is received, the electronic device may adjust the first operation mode to another operation mode, for example, the third operation mode.

Step 602, in a case that the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to the third operation mode, the electronic device displays a fourth interface of the third application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device receives an input that a user switches an operation mode of the electronic device, that is, when the electronic device can adjust the first operation mode to the third operation mode, the electronic device may display a fourth interface of the third application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display different interfaces of different applications in different operation modes.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may display different interfaces of different applications in different operation modes, or the electronic device may display interfaces of different functions of different applications in different operation modes; or, the electronic device may display interfaces of the same function of different applications in different operation modes.

For example, when the user sets the electronic device to run the second application in the first running mode, the electronic device displays a third interface of the second application in the first running mode, and if the electronic device of the user equipment cannot run the second application in the third running mode and needs to run the third application, the electronic device displays a fourth interface of the third application in the third running mode.

Illustratively, if a user sets a closed state as a first operation mode, an expanded state as a second operation mode, and a folded state as a third operation mode in advance, and sets an application that can be operated in the first operation mode as a music application, and an application that can be operated in the third operation mode as a video application, in the first operation mode, in the case of displaying an interface of the music application, if it is required to adjust the operation mode of the electronic device from the first operation mode to the third operation mode, the interface of the video application is displayed.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can also display different interfaces of different applications in different operation modes, so that the electronic equipment can quickly switch the currently-operated application to other application functions only by changing the state of the foldable screen of the electronic equipment under the condition that the application is switched and operated by user requirements, so that the operation of a user is simplified, and the efficiency of switching the applications of the electronic equipment is improved.

Optionally, the mode switching method provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 701.

Step 701, in the case that the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the third operation mode to the first operation mode, the electronic device displays a third interface of the second application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to the third operation mode and the fourth interface of the third application is displayed, if the user adjusts the third operation mode to the first operation mode, the electronic device may default to display the third interface of the second application that is allowed to be displayed in the first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the screen state of the electronic device is changed to the last screen state again, the electronic device controls the electronic device to turn off the screen, and displays the interface displayed in the operating mode according to the first operating mode after the screen is turned on again.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the screen state is switched, the electronic device may prompt the user to switch the operation mode of the electronic device in a manner of turning off and turning on the screen, and display an interface displayed in the operation mode in the first operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device enters the last screen state again, the electronic device defaults to stay and display the interface of the last stay.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the electronic device adjusts the operation mode, the electronic device can display the interface of the application according to the application displayed by default in the current operation mode, or the electronic device can display the interface allowed to be displayed in the current operation mode, so that a user can repeatedly adjust the interface of the application required to be displayed or the interface required to be displayed according to the requirement, and thus, the flexibility of the displayed interface when the electronic device switches the modes is improved.

Optionally, the mode switching method provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes steps 801 and 802 described below.

Step 801, the electronic device determines a screen display area of the electronic device according to a screen placement posture of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may further determine a screen display area of the electronic device according to the screen placement posture.

For example, if the screen of the electronic device is in a folded state and the included angle faces the placing surface, that is, the electronic device is placed in an inverted triangle, the electronic device may determine the screen display area of the electronic device according to the current screen placing posture of the electronic device.

Step 802, the electronic device displays the target operation content in the screen display area.

In the embodiment of the application, the target operation content is the operation content corresponding to the screen placement posture of the electronic device in the target operation mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display the target operation content in the corresponding screen display area according to different screen placement postures.

For example, in a case where the screen state of the electronic device is a folded state and is placed in an inverted triangle, which is more suitable for a sleep scene, in the screen placement posture, the electronic device may display information such as time or alarm in an entire screen area thereof.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic equipment can determine the screen display area of the electronic equipment according to the screen placement gesture, and display the target operation content in the screen display area, so that a user can change the screen area displayed by the requirement only by changing the screen placement gesture, and the efficiency of the user for adjusting the screen display area is improved.

Optionally, the mode switching method provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes the following steps 901 and 902.

Step 901, the electronic device determines a screen display area of the electronic device according to a folding angle of the foldable screen.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may determine the screen display area of the electronic device according to the folding angle of the foldable screen, instead of fixing the display area of the electronic device, so that the screen display area of the electronic device may change with the change of the folding angle of the foldable screen.

And step 902, the electronic equipment displays the mode content of the target operation mode in a screen display area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the electronic device determines the screen display area, the mode content of the target operation mode may be displayed in the screen display area according to a requirement.

For example, in a case where the folding angle of the foldable screen is greater than 0 degree and less than 90 degrees, the electronic device may display a desired display interface and content in the lower half screen area of the inner screen.

In the embodiment of the application, the display area of the electronic equipment can change along with the change of the folding angle of the foldable screen, so that the mode content of the target operation mode can be conveniently displayed for a user, the mode content of the target operation mode can be more favorably checked by the user, and the experience of the user is improved.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the foldable screen includes an inner screen area and an outer screen area; the screen states of the foldable screen include a closed state, an unfolded state and a folded state; the mode switching method provided by the embodiment of the application further includes the following steps 1001 to 1003.

And 1001, displaying prompt information of the notification message in an outer screen area of the foldable screen when the screen state of the foldable screen is a closed state and the notification message is received.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the screen state of the foldable screen of the electronic device is the closed state, if the electronic device receives the notification message, the electronic device may display the prompt information of the notification message in the outer screen area of the foldable screen, so that the user may see the notification message without changing the screen state of the electronic device.

Step 1002, the electronic device receives a fourth input.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the fourth input is used to adjust a screen state of the foldable screen to an unfolded state or a folded state.

Step 1003, the electronic device displays a message reply interface of the notification message in the inner screen area of the foldable screen in response to a fourth input for adjusting the screen state of the foldable screen to the unfolded state or the folded state.

In the embodiment of the application, the operation mode of the electronic device is kept to be the operation mode corresponding to the closed state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, if the screen state of the foldable screen is a closed state and a notification message is received, because the screen of the electronic device in the current screen state may be smaller, the user cannot reply to the message in the current screen state better, so that the user may adjust the screen state of the foldable screen, for example, adjust the foldable screen from the closed state to an expanded state or a folded state, but the operation state of the electronic device is inconvenient, and the corresponding operation mode is still maintained to operate in the closed state, so that the user can reply to the received message, and the flexibility and convenience of replying to the message by the user in different screen states are improved.

In the mode switching method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution main body can be a mode switching device. In the embodiment of the present application, a mode switching device is taken as an example to execute a mode switching method, and the mode switching device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of the mode switching device involved in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, the mode switching device 40 may include: an acquisition module 41, a determination module 42 and an adjustment module 43.

The obtaining module 41 is configured to obtain a screen state of the foldable screen. A determination module 42 for determining a target operation mode corresponding to a screen state of the foldable screen. And an adjusting module 43, configured to adjust the operation mode of the electronic device to a target operation mode.

The embodiment of the application provides a mode switching device, and electronic equipment can acquire the screen state of a foldable screen, confirms the target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, and adjusts the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the obtaining module 41 is specifically configured to obtain a folding angle of the foldable screen; and determines the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

In a possible implementation manner, the obtaining module 41 is specifically configured to obtain the screen state of the foldable screen when the electronic device is in the target control mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the mode switching device 40 further includes: a display module; the display module is used for displaying the target operation mode identification corresponding to the target operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the mode switching device 40 further includes: a display module; the display module is used for displaying a screen state setting interface; in response to a first input of a target screen state in the screen state setting interface, an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to the target screen state is displayed. And the determining module 42 is further configured to determine the operation content of the electronic device in the target operation mode in response to a second input to the operation mode setting interface.

In one possible implementation, the target operating mode is a first operating mode; the mode switching device 40 further includes: the device comprises a display module and a processing module; and a display module, configured to display a first interface of a first function of the first application when the electronic device is in the first operation mode after the step of adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode by the adjusting module 43. And the processing module is used for displaying a second interface of a second function of the first application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module is further configured to display a first interface of a first function of the first application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.

In one possible implementation, the target operating mode is a first operating mode; the mode switching device 40 further includes: the device comprises a display module and a processing module. And a display module, configured to, after the step of adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode by the adjusting module 43, display a third interface of the second application when the electronic device is in the first operation mode. And the processing module is used for displaying a fourth interface of the third application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the first operation mode to the third operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module is further configured to display a third interface of the second application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the third operation mode to the first operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the mode switching device 40 further includes: a display module; the determining module 42 is further configured to determine a screen display area of the electronic device according to the screen placement posture of the electronic device. The display module is used for displaying the target operation content in the screen display area; the target operation content is the operation content of the electronic equipment corresponding to the screen placement posture in the target operation mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the mode switching device 40 further includes: a display module; the determining module 42 is further configured to determine a screen display area of the electronic device according to the folding angle of the foldable screen. And the display module is used for displaying the mode content of the target operation mode in the screen display area.

In one possible implementation, the foldable screen includes an inner screen area and an outer screen area; the screen states of the foldable screen include a closed state, an unfolded state and a folded state; the mode switching device 40 further includes: the device comprises a display module and a processing module; the display module is used for displaying prompt information of the notification message in an outer screen area of the foldable screen under the condition that the screen state of the foldable screen is a closed state and the notification message is received. A processing module for displaying a message reply interface of the notification message in an inner screen area of the foldable screen in response to a fourth input adjusting a screen state of the foldable screen to an unfolded state or a folded state; wherein the operation mode of the electronic device is maintained as the operation mode corresponding to the closed state.

The mode switching device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, or may be a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be a device other than a terminal. The electronic Device may be, for example, a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic Device, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a wearable Device, an ultra-Mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and may also be a server, a Network Attached Storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), a personal computer (NAS), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The mode switching device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The mode switching device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the above method embodiment, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 8, an electronic device 6000 is further provided in an embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 6001 and a memory 6002, where the memory 6002 stores a program or an instruction that is executable on the processor 6001, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 6001, the steps of the foregoing embodiment of the mode switching method are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application includes the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device described above.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, and a processor 110.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 100 may further comprise a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 9 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is not repeated here.

The processor 110 is configured to obtain a screen state of the foldable screen, determine a target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, and adjust an operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode.

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment, and the electronic equipment can acquire the screen state of a foldable screen, confirms the target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen, and adjusts the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

Optionally, the processor 110 is specifically configured to obtain a folding angle of the foldable screen; and determines the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

Optionally, the processor 110 is specifically configured to acquire a screen state of the foldable screen when the electronic device is in the target control mode.

Optionally, the display unit 106 is configured to display a target operation mode identifier corresponding to the target operation mode.

Optionally, a display unit 106 for displaying a screen status setting interface; in response to a first input of a target screen state in the screen state setting interface, an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to the target screen state is displayed. The processor 110 is further configured to determine an operation content of the electronic device in the target operation mode in response to a second input to the operation mode setting interface.

Optionally, the target operation mode is a first operation mode; the display unit 106 is configured to display a first interface of a first function of the first application when the electronic device is in the first operation mode after the step of adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode. The processor 110 is configured to display a second interface of a second function of the first application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to the second operation mode.

Optionally, the display unit 106 is further configured to display a first interface of a first function of the first application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.

Optionally, the target operation mode is a first operation mode; the display unit 106 is configured to display a third interface of the second application when the electronic device is in the first operation mode after the step of adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode by the processor 110. The processor 110 is further configured to display a fourth interface of a third application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to the third operation mode.

Optionally, the display unit 106 is further configured to display a third interface of the second application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the third operation mode to the first operation mode.

Optionally, the processor 110 is further configured to determine a screen display area of the electronic device according to the screen placement posture of the electronic device. A display unit 106 for displaying the target run-time content in a screen display area; the target operation content is the operation content of the electronic equipment corresponding to the screen placement posture in the target operation mode.

Optionally, the processor 110 is further configured to determine a screen display area of the electronic device according to a folding angle of the foldable screen. The display unit 106 is further configured to display mode contents of the target operation mode in the screen display area.

Optionally, the foldable screen comprises an inner screen area and an outer screen area; the screen states of the foldable screen include a closed state, an unfolded state and a folded state; and the display unit 106 is further used for displaying prompt information of the notification message in the outer screen area of the foldable screen when the screen state of the foldable screen is a closed state and the notification message is received. A processor 110, further configured to display a message reply interface notifying a message in an inner screen area of the foldable screen in response to a fourth input adjusting a screen state of the foldable screen to an unfolded state or a folded state; wherein the operation mode of the electronic device is maintained as the operation mode corresponding to the closed state.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 1041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes at least one of a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a first storage area storing a program or an instruction and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or an instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, memory 109 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or memory 109 may include both volatile and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile Memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (Static RAM, SRAM), a Dynamic Random Access Memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), a Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM, ddr SDRAM), an Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 109 in the embodiments of the subject application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 integrates an application processor, which mainly handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the mode switching method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. Such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the above embodiment of the mode switching method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and the details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, where the program product is stored in a storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the processes of the foregoing embodiment of the mode switching method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrases "comprising a component of' 8230; \8230;" does not exclude the presence of another like element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present embodiments are not limited to those precise embodiments, which are intended to be illustrative rather than restrictive, and that various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A mode switching method applied to an electronic device with a foldable screen is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen;

determining a target operation mode corresponding to a screen state of the foldable screen;

and adjusting the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the screen state of the foldable screen comprises:

acquiring a folding angle of the foldable screen;

and determining the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the screen state of the foldable screen comprises:

and under the condition that the electronic equipment is in a target control mode, acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and displaying a target operation mode identification corresponding to the target operation mode.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a screen state setting interface;

in response to a first input of a target screen state in the screen state setting interface, displaying an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to the target screen state;

and responding to a second input of the operation mode setting interface, and determining the operation content of the electronic equipment in the target operation mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target operating mode is a first operating mode;

after the adjusting the operation mode of the electronic device to the target operation mode, the method further includes:

displaying a first interface of a first function of a first application under the condition that the electronic equipment is in the first running mode;

and displaying a second interface of a second function of the first application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the first operation mode to a second operation mode.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

and displaying a first interface of a first function of the first application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the target operating mode is a first operating mode;

displaying a third interface of a second application under the condition that the electronic equipment is in the first running mode;

and displaying a fourth interface of a third application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the first operation mode to a third operation mode.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

and displaying a third interface of the second application under the condition that the operation mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted from the third operation mode to the first operation mode.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a screen display area of the electronic equipment according to the screen placement posture of the electronic equipment;

displaying target operation content in the screen display area; the target operation content is operation content of the electronic equipment corresponding to the screen placement gesture in the target operation mode.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a screen display area of the electronic equipment according to the folding angle of the foldable screen;

and displaying the mode content of the target operation mode in the screen display area.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the foldable screen comprises an inner screen area and an outer screen area; the screen states of the foldable screen comprise a closed state, an unfolded state and a folded state;

the method further comprises the following steps:

when the screen state of the foldable screen is a closed state and a notification message is received, displaying prompt information of the notification message in an outer screen area of the foldable screen;

in response to a fourth input adjusting the screen state of the foldable screen to an unfolded state or a folded state, displaying a message reply interface of the notification message in an inner screen area of the foldable screen;

wherein the operation mode of the electronic device is maintained as the operation mode corresponding to the closed state.

13. A mode switching apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: the device comprises an acquisition module, a determination module and an adjustment module;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the screen state of the foldable screen;

the determining module is used for determining a target operation mode corresponding to the screen state of the foldable screen;

the adjusting module is used for adjusting the operation mode of the electronic equipment to the target operation mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 13,

the obtaining module is specifically used for obtaining the folding angle of the foldable screen; and determining the screen state of the foldable screen according to the folding angle.

15. The apparatus of claim 13,

the obtaining module is specifically configured to obtain a screen state of the foldable screen when the electronic device is in a target control mode.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a display module;

and the display module is used for displaying the target operation mode identification corresponding to the target operation mode.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a display module;

the display module is used for displaying a screen state setting interface; in response to a first input of a target screen state in the screen state setting interface, displaying an operation mode setting interface of a target operation mode corresponding to the target screen state;

the determining module is further configured to determine, in response to a second input to the operation mode setting interface, operation content of the electronic device in the target operation mode.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the target mode of operation is a first mode of operation; the device further comprises: the device comprises a display module and a processing module;

the display module is used for displaying a first interface of a first function of a first application under the condition that the electronic equipment is in a first running mode after the running mode of the electronic equipment is adjusted to the target running mode by the adjusting module;

the processing module is configured to display a second interface of a second function of the first application when the operation mode of the electronic device is adjusted from the first operation mode to a second operation mode.

19. An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the mode switching method of any one of claims 1 to 12.

20. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the mode switching method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.