CN103440191A - Application program finding method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a search method and device for application programs, by identifying icons on the current interface and monitoring the last activation time of the application programs corresponding to the icons; detecting the first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current moment and the second number of application programs whose time is closest to the current moment among the first number of application programs, and detecting whether there is a target application program whose time is less than a preset time threshold among other application programs, wherein, The other application programs include applications other than the second number of application programs in the first number of application programs; if the target application program exists, the second number of application programs are The application program and the target application program are prompted, otherwise, the second number of application programs are prompted on the current interface. Through the invention, the user can quickly find the recently frequently used application programs.

Description

App search method and device

technical field

The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a method and device for searching application programs.

Background technique

At present, with the widespread use of mobile terminals such as mobile phones and tablet computers, the use of related application programs is also increasing. For example, application programs such as various games, videos, education, and online shopping installed in the commonly used Android operating system platform. However, with the accumulation of usage time, a large number of application programs will be continuously installed in the mobile phone or tablet computer, but the application programs that are really frequently used by users are only a few of them. Among the many applications, it is difficult to quickly find the few applications that you often open or have recently opened, which often makes users spend a lot of time searching for these programs on the operation interface, reducing the efficiency of using mobile phones or tablet computers.

For example, the Android system generally has more than 40 built-in application programs. Taking Android4.1.1 as an example, it contains about 35 applications. Users will install a variety of applications on their mobile phones according to their needs. The display method of the Android system is divided into virtual screens. Each virtual screen will display a group of applications. The few applications that the user opens frequently or recently are likely to be scattered on multiple virtual screens. to switch between program groups. When there are many user applications (more than 3 screens), the user needs to memorize a specific application, which makes the task of finding it more difficult. A large number of applications need to be displayed on each virtual screen by constantly swiping the screen Find your purpose in the program. Therefore, it is an urgent need for the user to quickly find the recently frequently opened application program from among the many installed application programs.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and device for searching application programs, so as to solve the problems existing in the prior art.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a search method for an application program is provided, which includes:

Identifying icons on the current interface, and monitoring the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon;

Detecting the first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and the second number of application programs whose time is the closest to the current time in the first number of application programs, and detecting whether there are all other application programs The target application program whose time is less than a preset time threshold, wherein the other application program includes an application program in the first number of application programs except the second number of application programs;

If the target application program exists, the second number of application programs and the target application program are prompted on the current interface, otherwise, the second number of application programs are prompted on the current interface.

Before the step of identifying icons on the current interface, a step of capturing touch events occurring on the current interface is also included.

When the touch event includes a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes:

Keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, for the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the target application program Decrease from the system default value to the specified threshold.

When the touch event includes a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes:

The transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs is kept as a system default value, and the transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs is reduced from the system default value to a specified threshold.

When the touch event includes a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes:

keeping the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as a system default value, and identifying the instant transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs and the target application program Transparency and restores the instant transparency to the system default.

When the touch event includes a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes:

keeping the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as a system default value, identifying the instant transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs and restoring the instant transparency to the system default value .

When the touch event includes a screen sliding event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface or prompting the second number of applications on the current interface At the same time as the step of prompting, the program also executes: the step of processing the screen sliding event.

The step of processing the screen sliding event further includes:

Obtaining the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event;

When the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the threshold number of pixels and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides;

When the touch release event occurs, the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is acquired, and the current interface is slid to switch to the target interface according to the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component.

After the step of switching from the current interface to the target interface by sliding, it also includes:

A screen identifier for displaying the total order of the interface is set in the current interface;

When switching to the target interface, the corresponding screen identifier of the target interface is highlighted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a search device for application programs is proposed, which includes: an identification module, adapted to identify icons on the current interface and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon; detect A module adapted to detect a first number of applications whose time is closest to the current moment and a second number of applications among the first number of applications whose time is closest to the current moment, and detect other applications Whether there is a target application program whose time is less than a preset time threshold, wherein the other application programs include applications other than the second number of application programs in the first number of application programs; the prompt module , adapted to prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface when the target application exists; prompting all the target applications on the current interface prompt for the second number of applications.

Optionally, the device further includes a sensing module adapted to capture a touch event occurring on the current interface and notify the recognition module.

Optionally, the device further includes a control module, adapted to control the prompt module to reduce icon transparency from a system default value to a specified threshold when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a screen touch event;

The prompt module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, for the second number of application programs and the target application program The transparency of the icon of the application other than the application is reduced from the system default value to the specified threshold value.

Optionally, the device further includes a control module, adapted to control the prompt module to reduce the transparency from a system default value to a specified threshold when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a screen touch event;

The prompting module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as the system default value, and perform the transparency change from the system default value to the icons of the application programs other than the second number of application programs. Decrease the action towards the specified threshold.

Optionally, the device further includes a control module, adapted to identify the instant transparency of the icon of the application program when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a touch release event, and control the prompt module to implement transparency by the The above instant transparency is restored to the system default value;

The prompting module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value. Instant transparency of programs and icons of applications other than the target application reverts to the system default.

Optionally, the device further includes a control module, adapted to identify the instant transparency of the icon of the application program when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a touch release event, and control the prompt module to implement transparency by the The above instant transparency is restored to the system default value;

The prompt module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs at the system default value, and the icons of the identified application programs other than the second number of application programs Instant transparency restores operation to the system defaults.

Optionally, the device also includes: a sliding screen module and a control module;

The control module is adapted to control the sliding screen module and the prompt module to execute simultaneously when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a screen sliding event;

The sliding screen module is adapted to process the screen sliding event.

The sliding screen module is further adapted to obtain the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event; When the moving distance is greater than or equal to the threshold of the number of pixels and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides; when the touch release event occurs, obtain the immediate horizontal velocity component /longitudinal velocity component, and call the corresponding animation to play according to the instant horizontal velocity component/longitudinal velocity component, and switch from the current interface to the target interface by sliding.

The prompt module is also suitable for highlighting the corresponding screen identification of the target interface when the sliding screen module is switched to the target interface, wherein a screen identification for displaying the total order of the interface is set below the current interface .

The control module is adapted to configure the prompt module to prompt the second number of application programs and the target application program on the current interface for an execution time longer than a preset duration threshold, and is also suitable for configuring the prompt module The execution duration for prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface is longer than a preset duration threshold; wherein, the preset duration threshold is at least greater than 100 milliseconds.

The beneficial effect of the present invention compared with prior art:

1. By detecting the activated application closest to the current time, and displaying the transparency of the icon of the detected application differently from the transparency of other application icons, the user can quickly find the recently used application program.

2. For the processing and setting of different touch events, effectively set the transparency of the application icon to be searched and the transparency of other application icons. Implemented the corresponding transparency settings while switching screens.

3. When the user touches the screen to release, after setting the difference between the transparency and the system default value on the interface, restore the icon whose transparency is lower than the system default value to the default state, so that the user still has a time of more than 100ms, you can Make users visual persistence and memory.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same components. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a search method for an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a search method for an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a search method for an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a search method for an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for searching an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural block diagram of an application search device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural block diagram of an application searching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural block diagram of an application searching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

In the prior art, it is very inconvenient to find the recently opened or frequently used application program among many application programs, and positioning and sorting calculations are required.

The technical solution according to an embodiment of the present invention is: identifying the icon on the current interface, and monitoring the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon, by setting the first number of application programs and the number of applications in the first number The second number of applications whose time is closest to the current moment in the application can quickly lock the scope of the application to be found. Through the method of transparency setting, the application that has been opened recently is highlighted to give the user a striking feeling. The found applications are prompted on the current interface, so that the user can quickly see recently opened applications. And there is no need to sort all the applications in the operating system during the lookup process.

As shown in Figure 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an application search method is provided, which includes:

S101. Identify the icon on the current interface, and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon.

S102. Detect a first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and a second number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time among the first number of application programs.

S103. Detect whether there is a target application whose time is shorter than a preset time threshold among the application programs except the second number of application programs among the first number of application programs.

If the target application program exists, perform S104 to prompt the second number of applications and the target application program on the current interface; otherwise perform S105 to prompt the second number of application programs on the current interface hint.

In addition, before the step of identifying icons on the current interface (that is, before step S101 in FIG. 1 ), it is also necessary to capture touch events that occur on the current interface. The touch event includes: a screen touch event, or a touch release event, or a screen touch event and a screen slide event, or a touch release event and a screen slide event, and the like. in,

Screen slide event: the event that the user touches the screen and moves the touch position while touching to make the screen slide.

Screen touch event: The event that the user makes contact with the screen through a touch object.

Touch release event: The event that the user touches the screen and leaves the screen to release the touch.

As shown in FIG. 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, another application search method is provided, including:

S201. Capturing touch events that occur on the current interface.

When a screen touch event or a touch release event is captured, step S202 is performed.

When a screen touch event and a screen slide event, or a touch release event and a screen slide event are captured, step S202 is performed, and step S207 is performed to process the screen slide event. The specific description of the screen sliding event processing is in Figure 10.

S202. Identify the icon on the current interface, and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon.

For example, the mobile phone screen shown in FIG. 3 , the screen touch event is as shown in the figure: when the screen application touches, at this time, capture or record the touch position. The ways to capture or record the touch position include: 1) Sound wave recognition method - there are horizontal and vertical ultrasonic transmitters in the upper left and lower right corners of the screen, respectively, and corresponding horizontal and vertical ultrasonic transmitters in the lower left and upper right corners. direction of the ultrasonic receiver. The ultrasonic transmitter emits ultrasonic waves all the time when the screen is touched to work. When the finger touches the screen, the finger blocks and absorbs part of the ultrasonic wave, which attenuates its energy. At this time, the ultrasonic receiver can calculate the coordinate value of the finger based on this, so as to obtain the exact position of the finger and record it; 2) Resistive identification method - add a uniform electric field to the four corners of the touch screen, so that the lower layer of the touch screen is coated with Indium oxide forms a conductive layer, so that the conductive layer is covered with a uniform voltage. The upper layer of the touch screen is a signal receiving device. When a pen or finger presses any point on the upper layer of the touch screen, the controller detects resistance at the finger press. Changes are made to identify and record the change coordinates. Of course, there are other ways to capture or record the touch position, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

S203. Detect a first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and a second number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time among the first number of application programs.

S204. Detect whether there is a target application whose time is shorter than a preset time threshold among the application programs except the second number of application programs among the first number of application programs.

If the target application program exists, perform S205 to prompt the second number of applications and the target application program on the current interface, otherwise perform S206 to prompt the second number of application programs on the current interface hint.

Further examples for the above steps:

As shown in Figure 4, the preset first number is 6, and the detection time is the application program opened within 6 days from the current moment (for example purposes only, not limiting the present invention), and the second number is 4 ( is only for the purpose of illustration, and does not limit the present invention), because the first number includes the second number, so the setting of the second number must be smaller than the first number.

First, detect all the applications that have been opened within 6 days of the current time, and find out the 6 applications with the most recent opening time, such as Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, UC Browser, Baidu Map as shown in Figure 4 , Beijing Metro 6 applications. From the above-mentioned 6 application programs, the 4 application programs with the most recent open time are further detected, such as the application programs Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, and UC browser shown in FIG.

Then, according to the preset time threshold S, it is detected whether the remaining 2 application programs among the 6 application programs are smaller than S except 4 application programs. When the time distance between the two applications or one of them is less than the preset time threshold S, it is determined as the target application. On the contrary, it can be determined that there is no target application program.

At this time, if one target application is detected (for example, the Baidu map application in Figure 4 is the target application), the four applications and the detected one target application will be compared on the current interface. Prompt. For example, in Figure 3, applications such as Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, UC Browser, and Baidu Map provide prompts. or,

If the target application program is not detected at this time, prompts will be given to the four detected application programs on the current interface. That is, for example, in FIG. 3 , four application programs such as Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, and UC Browser provide prompts.

Through the implementation method exemplified above, the user may be provided with recently opened application programs or commonly used application programs. That is, during the process of swiping the screen, the user can quickly find out the recently opened applications on each screen, and then set the transparency of the icons of the detected recently opened applications. For example, keep the system default setting or lower the brightness than the system default setting, so that the detected recently opened application icon is obviously different from other application icons, giving the user a striking feeling, so that the user can quickly see the recently opened application icon application.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the captured touch event is a screen touch event, the processing of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface is further described as follows:

When a screen touch event is captured, the processing step of prompting the second number of application programs and the target application program on the current interface further includes:

S501. Keep the transparency of icons of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as system default values.

The icon transparency of the second number of application programs and target application programs detected in the first embodiment (for example, 4 application programs and 1 target application program are detected) remains in the default state of the system.

S502. Decrease the transparency of icons of the second number of application programs and application programs other than the target application program from the system default value to a specified threshold.

Further examples for the above steps S501-S502:

For example, as shown in Figure 6, the initial icon transparency of all application programs is the system default value, and then the five recently opened application programs (the four application programs detected in Example 1 are Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, and UC browsing) browser, and one target application is Baidu map), the icon transparency value remains at the system default value, and the icon transparency value of other applications (the application with the dotted shaded icon shown in Figure 6) decreases from the system default value to the specified threshold value, The system default is above the specified threshold. The transparency corresponding to the specified threshold is lower than the transparency corresponding to the system default value, so that the recently frequently used applications will be displayed differently from other less frequently used applications or applications that are far away from the current time, so that users can quickly find required application.

Further example: as shown in Figure 6, when the user slides to the left or right on the screen, the screen touch event is first implemented, and the system launcher responds at this time and lights up the recently opened application program, that is, detects 4 applications and 1 target application, the transparency of other application icons will be reduced relative to the system default value, for example, the time of transparency reduction is set at the order of 100ms (the time setting depends The hardware parameters of the device), the default value of the system is set to 1, and the specified threshold for transparency reduction is set between 1/2 and 1/4, as shown in Figure 6, the effect after the transparency reduction, Weibo, mobile 360, The transparency of recently opened applications such as WeChat and UC Browser remains at the system default value and is on.

As shown in FIG. 7 , when the captured touch event is a touch release event, the process of prompting the second number of application programs and the target application program is further described.

When the touch release event is captured, the processing step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes:

S701. Keep the transparency of icons of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as system default values.

S702. Identify the instant transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs and the target application program.

S703. Restore the instant transparency to the system default value.

Further explanation is: at the position shown in FIG. 6 , when the user lifts the finger touching the screen, the system recognizes a touch release event at this time. At this time, the icon transparency of the dimmed application whose transparency drops below the specified threshold when the screen touch event occurs is restored to the normal system default value.

As shown in FIG. 8 , when the captured touch event is a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs is further described.

When the screen touch event is captured, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes:

S801. Keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as a system default value.

S802. Transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs is reduced from the system default value to a specified threshold. That is, only the application programs selected within the current second number are highlighted.

For example, in Fig. 4, 4 application programs have been determined to be Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, and UC Browser according to the scheme in Embodiment 1, and the transparency of these 4 application program icons is operated with the system default value. Transparency settings for applications other than , are lower than the system default.

As shown in FIG. 9 , when the captured touch event is a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs is further described.

When the touch release event is captured, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes:

S901. Keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as a system default value.

S902. Identify the instant transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs, and restore the instant transparency to the system default value.

For the touch release event, for example, in Fig. 4, according to the solution in the first embodiment, 4 application programs have been detected as Weibo, mobile phone 360, WeChat, and UC browser, and the transparency of the icons of these 4 application programs is checked. The system default value operates, and recognizes the instant transparency of other applications except the second number application program, and restores this instant transparency to the system default value, because the release event can be regarded as the user completing the search for the application , and at this point, other applications need to be restored to the state before the user's lookup.

As shown in Figure 10, when the captured touch event is a screen touch event and a screen slide event, or a touch release event and a screen slide event, identify the icon on the current interface, and monitor the application program corresponding to the icon. The time of activation. At the same time, screen sliding event processing is also performed.

The steps for processing the screen sliding event further include:

S1001. Obtain the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event. In this step, when the user drives the application program icon to slide up, down, left, and right on the touch screen, the distance and speed of this action are recorded.

S1002. When the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the threshold number of pixels and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides. This step calculates the position from the initial position of the application icon to the sliding target interface.

S1003. When the touch release event occurs, acquire an immediate horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component.

S1004. Call the corresponding animation to play according to the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component, and switch from the current interface to the target interface by sliding.

S1005. A screen identifier for displaying the total sequence of the interface is set on the current interface.

S1006. When switching to the target interface, highlight the corresponding screen identifier of the target interface.

For further examples of the steps described in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, when the user touches the application program icon, the user may start to drive the application program icon to slide up, down, left, and right (in Figure 6, as shown in the dotted circle at the bottom, it is sliding in the current screen), at this time a sliding event is triggered, and the virtual screen is moved to the next screen according to the X component of the moving speed of the user's touch gesture. However, screen sliding events are often accompanied by screen touch events and touch release events. At this time, the system starts the corresponding response action event of the screen sliding event. The response action event is the icon caused by the screen touch event and touch release event. Transparency transformations are performed simultaneously.

That is to say, the screen touch event causes the icon transparency of the recently opened applications (Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, UC Browser, Baidu Maps, Beijing Subway) to maintain the system default value, and other applications (Rootpro, electronic market, games) ) icon transparency decreases to a transparency lower than the current system default value. At this time, the screen sliding of the above steps S1001-S1006 is performed at the same time. As shown in Figure 6, while the screen is sliding, Rootpro, electronic market, and games will be darkened .

When performing the screen sliding as in the above steps S1001-S1006, a touch release event will also occur, and the icon transparency of other applications (Rootpro, electronic market, games) will be restored from the current transparency to the system default value at the same time, and the recently opened The icon transparency of the application (Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, UC Browser, Baidu Map, Beijing Subway) keeps the system default value.

Obviously, during the process of sliding the screen, the icons of the recently opened applications (Weibo, Mobile 360, WeChat, UC Browser, Baidu Maps, Beijing Subway) will be kept in the system default lighting state, while other applications The icon of the program (Rootpro, electronic market, game) will have a change process from lighting to dark and then lighting again. In this way, a persistence can be formed in the user's vision with the duration of a certain transparency change. , which can well remind the user of the recently opened applications on the current page without affecting the user's use.

As shown in FIG. 11 , the present invention provides an application search device, which includes: an identification module 1101 , a detection module 1102 and a prompt module 1103 connected in sequence.

The identification module 1101 is adapted to identify the icon on the current interface and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon.

The detection module 1102 is adapted to detect a first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and a second number of application programs whose time is the closest to the current time among the first number of application programs, and Detecting whether there is a target application whose time is less than a preset time threshold among other application programs, wherein the other application programs include applications other than the second number of application programs in the first number of application programs program.

The prompt module 1103 is adapted to prompt the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface when the target application exists; The second number of application programs is prompted on the current interface.

As shown in Figure 12, the present invention proposes another embodiment of an application program search device, including: an identification module 1201, a detection module 1202, a prompt module 1203, and a sensing module 1204 connected to the identification module 1201, suitable for capturing A touch event that occurs on the current interface is notified to the recognition module 1201 . It also includes a control module 1205 connected to the sensing module 1204 and the prompt module 1203 respectively. Among them, the recognition module 1201 , the detection module 1202 , and the prompt module 1203 have the same functions as the same modules in FIG. 11 , and will not be repeated here.

Further, when the touch event captured by the sensing module 1204 is a screen touch event,

The control module 1205 is adapted to control the prompt module 1203 to reduce icon transparency from a system default value to a specified threshold.

The prompt module 1203 is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, for the second number of application programs and The transparency of the icons of applications other than the target application is reduced from the system default value to the specified threshold value.

Or, when the touch event captured by the sensing module 1204 is a screen touch event,

The control module 1205 is adapted to control the prompt module 1203 to reduce the execution transparency from the system default value to the specified threshold.

The prompting module 1203 is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as the system default value, and execute the transparency of the icons of the application programs other than the second number of application programs by the system default value. The value decreases towards the specified threshold.

Further, when the touch event captured by the sensing module 1204 is a touch release event,

The control module 1205 is adapted to identify the instant transparency of the icon of the application program, and controls the prompt module 1203 to restore the transparency from the instant transparency to the system default value;

The prompt module 1203 is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value. Instant transparency of the application and icons of applications other than the target application reverts to the system default.

Or, when the touch event captured by the sensing module 1204 is a touch release event,

The control module 1205 is adapted to identify the instant transparency of the icon of the application program, and controls the prompt module 1202 to restore the transparency from the instant transparency to the system default value.

The prompting module 1203 is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs at the system default value, and for the icons of the identified application programs other than the second number of application programs Instant transparency restores operation to the system defaults.

As shown in Figure 13, the present invention also proposes another embodiment of an application program search device, including: an identification module 1301, a detection module 1302, a prompt module 1303, a sensing module 1304, adapted to monitor the screen sliding event The processed sliding screen module 1306, and the control module 1305 connected to the sensing module 1304, sliding screen module 1306, and prompt module 1303 respectively; Same, the function of the sensing module 1304 is the same as that of the same module in FIG. 12 , and details will not be repeated here.

Further, when the touch event captured by the sensing module 1304 is a screen sliding event,

The control module 1305 is adapted to control the sliding screen module and the prompt module 1303 to execute simultaneously.

The prompt module 1303 is further adapted to highlight the corresponding screen identification of the target interface when the sliding screen module is switched to the target interface, wherein a screen identification for displaying the total order of the interface is set below the current interface. Moreover, it is also suitable for highlighting the corresponding screen identification of the target interface when the sliding screen module is switched to the target interface, wherein a screen identification for displaying the total order of the interface is set below the current interface.

The sliding screen module 1306 is further adapted to obtain the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event; When the vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the pixel number threshold and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides; when the touch release event occurs, obtain the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component, and call the corresponding animation to play according to the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component, and switch from the current interface to the target interface by sliding.

In addition, in the application search device proposed in the present invention, the control module is adapted to configure the prompt module to search for the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface. The execution duration for prompting is greater than the preset duration threshold, and it is also suitable for configuring the execution duration of the prompt module to prompt the second number of application programs on the current interface is greater than the preset duration threshold; wherein, the preset duration The threshold is at least greater than 100 milliseconds.

The devices proposed in the present invention correspond to the above-mentioned method embodiments, and details will not be repeated here.

The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other device. Various generic systems can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct such a system is apparent from the above description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), as well as any method or method so disclosed, may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all functions of some or all components in the application program searching apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

The invention discloses A1. A search method for an application program, which includes: identifying icons on the current interface, and monitoring the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon; detecting the first number closest to the current time application programs and the second number of application programs whose time is closest to the current moment in the first number of application programs, and detect whether there is a target application program whose time is less than the preset time threshold in other application programs , wherein, the other application programs include applications other than the second number of application programs in the first number of application programs; if there is the target application program, on the current interface, the The second number of application programs and the target application program are prompted, otherwise, the second number of application programs is prompted on the current interface. A2. The search method according to A1, wherein, before the step of identifying icons on the current interface, it further includes the step of capturing touch events that occur on the current interface. A3. The search method according to A2, wherein, when the touch event is a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes : keeping the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, for the icons of the second number of application programs and the target application program Transparency decreases from the system default value towards the specified threshold. A4. The search method according to A2, wherein when the touch event is a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes: The transparency of the icons of the number of application programs remains at the system default value, and the transparency of the icons of the application programs other than the second number of application programs is reduced from the system default value to a specified threshold. A5. The search method according to A2, wherein, when the touch event is a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes : keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, identify the icons of the second number of application programs and the target application program Instant transparency and restore the instant transparency to the system default. A6. The search method according to A2, wherein, when the touch event is a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes: The transparency of the icons of the number of application programs is maintained as a system default value, and the instant transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs is identified and restored to the system default value. A7. The search method according to A2, wherein, when the touch event is a screen sliding event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface is executed or the While the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface is executed, the step of processing the screen sliding event is also executed. A8. The search method as described in A7, wherein the step of processing the screen sliding event further includes: obtaining the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the moving speed of the screen sliding event The horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component; when the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the pixel number threshold and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the speed threshold, calculate the target that the screen slides to Interface; when the touch release event occurs, acquire an immediate horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component, and slide the current interface to the target interface according to the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component. A9, the search method as described in A8, wherein, after the step of switching from the current interface to the target interface by sliding, it also includes: the current interface is provided with a screen identification for displaying the total order of the interface; after switching to the target When the interface is displayed, the corresponding screen identification of the target interface is highlighted.

The invention discloses B10, a search device for application programs, which includes: an identification module, adapted to identify icons on the current interface and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icons; a detection module, adapted to Detecting the first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and the second number of application programs whose time is the closest to the current time in the first number of application programs, and detecting whether there are all other application programs The target application program whose time is less than the preset time threshold, wherein the other application programs include the application programs in the first number of application programs except the second number of application programs; the prompt module is suitable for when When the target application program exists, the second number of application programs and the target application program are prompted on the current interface; when the target application program does not exist, the second number of application programs are prompted on the current interface application to prompt. B11. The search device according to B10, further comprising: a sensing module adapted to capture a touch event occurring on the current interface and notify the recognition module. B12. The search device as described in B11, further comprising: a control module, adapted to control the prompt module to change the icon transparency from a system default value to a screen touch event when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a screen touch event A specified threshold is lowered; wherein, the prompting module is further adapted to keep the transparency of icons of the second number of application programs and the transparency of icons of the target application program at the system default value, for the second number of The transparency of the icon of the application and the application other than the target application is reduced from the system default value to the specified threshold value. B13. The search device as described in B11, further comprising: a control module, adapted to control the prompt module to perform the transparency from the system default value to the specified one when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a screen touch event The threshold is lowered; wherein, the prompt module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as the system default value, and execute Transparency decreases from the system default value to the specified threshold. B14. The search device as described in B11, further comprising a control module, adapted to identify the instant transparency of the icon of the application program when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a touch release event, and control the prompt module The execution transparency is restored from the instant transparency to the system default value; wherein, the prompt module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the A system default reverts to the system default for immediate transparency of icons of applications other than the identified second number of applications and the target application. B15. The search device as described in B11, further comprising a control module, adapted to recognize the instant transparency of the icon of the application program when the touch event captured by the sensing module includes a touch release event, and control the prompt module The execution transparency is restored from the instant transparency to the system default value; wherein, the prompt module is further adapted to keep the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as the system default value, and the identified Instantaneous transparency of icons of applications other than the second number of applications reverts to the system default value. B16. The search device according to B11, further comprising: a sliding screen module and a control module; the control module is adapted to control all The sliding screen module and the prompt module are executed at the same time; the sliding screen module is suitable for processing the screen sliding event. B17. The search device according to B16, wherein the sliding screen module is further adapted to obtain the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event Speed component; when the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the pixel number threshold and/or the horizontal velocity component/longitudinal velocity component is greater than or equal to the speed threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides; when the touch When a release event occurs, the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is obtained, and the corresponding animation is called to play according to the instant horizontal velocity component/longitudinal velocity component, and the current interface is slid to switch to the target interface. B18. The search device as described in B17, wherein the prompt module is further adapted to highlight the corresponding screen identification of the target interface when the sliding screen module is switched to the target interface, wherein, in the current interface A screen marker for displaying the overall sequence of the interface is provided below. B19. The search device according to B10, wherein the control module is further adapted to configure the execution time of the prompt module to prompt the second number of application programs and the target application program on the current interface to be longer than preset Setting a duration threshold is also suitable for configuring the execution duration of the prompt module to prompt the second number of application programs on the current interface to be longer than a preset duration threshold; wherein, the preset duration threshold is at least greater than 100 milliseconds.

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1. A search method for an application program, comprising: Identifying icons on the current interface, and monitoring the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon; Detecting the first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and the second number of application programs whose time is the closest to the current time in the first number of application programs, and detecting whether there are all other application programs The target application program whose time is less than a preset time threshold, wherein the other application program includes an application program in the first number of application programs except the second number of application programs; If the target application program exists, the second number of application programs and the target application program are prompted on the current interface, otherwise, the second number of application programs are prompted on the current interface. 2. The searching method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Before the step of identifying icons on the current interface, a step of capturing touch events occurring on the current interface is also included. 3. The searching method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, When the touch event is a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes: Keep the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as the system default value, for the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the target application program Decrease from the system default value to the specified threshold. 4. The searching method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, When the touch event is a screen touch event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes: The transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs is kept as a system default value, and the transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs is reduced from the system default value to a specified threshold. 5. The searching method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, When the touch event is a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface further includes: keeping the transparency of the icon of the second number of application programs and the transparency of the icon of the target application program as a system default value, and identifying the instant transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs and the target application program Transparency and restores the instant transparency to the system default. 6. The searching method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, When the touch event is a touch release event, the step of prompting the second number of application programs on the current interface further includes: keeping the transparency of the icons of the second number of application programs as a system default value, identifying the instant transparency of icons of application programs other than the second number of application programs and restoring the instant transparency to the system default value . 7. The searching method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, When the touch event is a screen sliding event, the step of prompting the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface or prompting the second number of applications on the current interface At the same time as the step of prompting, the program also executes: the step of processing the screen sliding event. 8. The search method according to claim 7, wherein the step of processing the screen sliding event further comprises: Obtaining the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance of the screen sliding event, and the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component of the moving speed of the screen sliding event; When the horizontal movement distance/vertical movement distance is greater than or equal to the threshold number of pixels and/or the horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is greater than or equal to the velocity threshold, calculate the target interface to which the screen slides; When the touch release event occurs, the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component is acquired, and the current interface is slid to switch to the target interface according to the instant horizontal velocity component/vertical velocity component. 9. The search method according to claim 8, wherein, after the step of switching from the current interface to the target interface by sliding, further comprising: A screen identifier for displaying the total order of the interface is set in the current interface; When switching to the target interface, the corresponding screen identifier of the target interface is highlighted. 10. A search device for an application, comprising: The identification module is adapted to identify the icon on the current interface and monitor the last activation time of the application program corresponding to the icon; The detection module is adapted to detect the first number of application programs whose time is closest to the current time and the second number of application programs whose time is the closest to the current time among the first number of application programs, and detect other applications Whether there is a target application program whose time is less than a preset time threshold in the program, wherein the other application programs include applications other than the second number of application programs in the first number of application programs; The prompting module is adapted to prompt the second number of applications and the target application on the current interface when the target application exists; Prompting the second number of application programs.

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