WO2021036365A1

WO2021036365A1 - Prompt method, electronic device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2021036365A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/091731
Authority: WO
Inventors: 魏攀
Original assignee: 西安中兴新软件有限责任公司
Priority date: 2019-08-28
Filing date: 2020-05-22
Publication date: 2021-03-04
Also published as: CN112445317A

Abstract

A prompt method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The prompt method comprises: in a screen-off state, determining whether it is necessary to prompt a user (101); and when it is necessary to prompt the user, controlling a partial area of a display screen to flash in a pre-set mode (102). The electronic device comprises: at least one processor; and a memory in communication connection with the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores an instruction that can be executed by the at least one processor, and the instruction is executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute the prompt method.

Description

Prompt method, electronic equipment and storable medium

Cross-references to related applications

This application is filed based on a Chinese patent application with the application number 201910801667.4 and the filing date on August 28, 2019, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is hereby incorporated into this application by way of introduction.

Technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of mobile terminals, in particular to a prompt method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background technique

In the current mobile terminal, in order to reduce the standby power consumption, when the screen is off or in the standby state, if the user needs to be reminded, the indicator will be used to flash the light to remind the user. Because the indicator has low power consumption, Relative to the bright screen display prompt information, the power consumption is lower.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a prompt method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

The embodiment of the present application provides a prompt method, which includes: when the user needs to be prompted in the off-screen state, controlling a partial area of the display screen to flash in a preset mode.

An embodiment of the present application also provides an electronic device, including: at least one processor; and, a memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores the memory that can be executed by the at least one processor; The instructions are executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute the prompt method as described above in an embodiment.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program that implements the above-mentioned prompt method when the computer program is executed by a processor.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the application in one embodiment. In order to understand the technical means of the application more clearly, it can be implemented in accordance with the content of the specification, and for the purpose of making the above and other objectives, features and advantages of the application. To be more obvious and understandable, the specific embodiments of the application are cited below.

Description of the drawings

One or more embodiments are exemplified by the pictures in the corresponding drawings. These exemplified descriptions do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments. The elements with the same reference numerals in the drawings are denoted as similar elements. Unless otherwise stated, the figures in the attached drawings do not constitute a scale limitation.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of the prompt method according to the first embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the prompt method according to the second embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of another prompt method according to the second embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to a fourth embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the various embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, a person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that in each embodiment of the present application, many technical details are proposed for the reader to better understand the present application. However, even without these technical details and various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments, the technical solution claimed in this application can be realized. The following divisions of the various embodiments are for convenience of description, and should not constitute any limitation on the specific implementation of the present application, and the various embodiments may be combined with each other without contradiction.

The first embodiment of the present application relates to a prompt method.

This embodiment may be applied to a terminal, such as a mobile terminal, specifically such as: a mobile phone, a tablet computer (PAD), a watch, an MP3, etc., which will not be listed here. When the terminal prompts the user, there are multiple prompts, such as voice prompts, graphic information prompts, bright prompts, incoming call prompts, etc. All types of prompts enable the user to know certain information in time. This embodiment specifically focuses on bright prompts. Be explained. Since the existing light prompts generally use LEDs as indicators, the physical indicator solution needs to have light-transmitting holes around the front screen to ensure that users can smoothly see the light emitted by the LED indicators. The development trend of existing terminals is a high screen-to-body ratio or even a full screen, and the position of the light-transmitting hole has become a bottleneck for the realization of a full screen. In order to further increase the screen-to-body ratio, some terminals adopt the method of removing the LED indicator, and therefore have to remove the light prompt function. Although the other part of the terminal retains the LED, the light-transmitting hole is opened at the edge of the mobile phone. Due to the influence of the terminal structure, The light prompt is easy to be ignored by the user.

The process of the prompt method in this embodiment is shown in Figure 1, and the details are as follows:

Step 101, in the off-screen state, judge whether the user needs to be prompted; if yes, go to step 102; if not, go back to step 101.

Specifically, the off-screen state refers to the state where the screen is turned off. If the user does not operate the terminal for a long time, the terminal automatically enters the standby state in order to reduce power consumption, and the terminal screen is turned off. In another example, the user manually triggers the screen close button to make the terminal close the screen.

Continuing to explain, in this embodiment, in the off-screen state, when the timing mechanism wakes up the system, it is determined whether the user needs to be prompted. More specifically, when judging whether the user needs to be prompted, the judgment basis is to determine whether the user needs to be prompted based on at least one of the following information: incoming call status, unread information status, and charging status. The following example illustrates:

For example, when the mobile phone is in the off-screen state, when it is awakened by the timing mechanism at time A, and it detects a missed call, it is determined that the user needs to be prompted.

For another example, when the mobile phone is in the off-screen state, when it is awakened by the timing mechanism at time B, and it is detected that the charging is full, it is determined that the user needs to be prompted.

Although the above solution judges whether the user needs to be prompted when the terminal is awakened by the timing mechanism, in actual applications, it is also possible to judge whether the user needs to be prompted when a certain application wakes up the system. In addition, it can also be set to determine whether the user needs to be prompted at other times, which will not be listed here.

Continuing to explain, when judging whether the user needs to be reminded, it can be judged according to one of the incoming call status, unread information status, and charging status, or combined judgment. If there are two types of status, the user needs to be prompted. In actual applications, in addition to the above three types of information, other information can also be set as needed, which will not be listed here.

Step 102: Control a partial area of the display screen to flash in a preset pattern.

Specifically, in this embodiment, when controlling the partial area of the display screen to flash, the off-screen display mode can be used. More specifically, the off-screen display is when the screen is in low power consumption mode, so that the screen is in a half-bright state, which can display the time, or fingerprints, etc. Since the screen does not need to be fully bright, the power consumption when displaying information can be greatly reduced.

Continuing to explain, the local area may be a position corresponding to the physical indicator light, and the position is relatively close, such as the position where the longitudinal center line of the screen is close to the upper and lower edges. In this embodiment, the local area may include several pixels, and the several pixels form a circular shape. When it shines, the effect is closer to that of a physical indicator light.

More specifically, when controlling the shining of a local area in this embodiment, the shining effect is realized by changing the color of the pixels in the local area, for example, each pixel is sequentially changed to the following colors: red, white, and black. The three colors are cyclically changed with a certain preset duration, and the shining effect is more resolved than the shining effect of the physical indicator light. In actual applications, it can also be set to other colors or other color change sequences, which are not limited here.

In addition, in actual applications, the shape of the local area may be square, triangle, etc., in addition to the circle mentioned above, which will not be listed here.

In an example, the above-mentioned partial area can be specifically located in the center of the screen, the lower right corner of the screen, the lower left corner of the screen, etc. In actual applications, the position of the partial area can be changed, and the user can set the position of the partial area according to their preferences. , Provide a user setting interface, so that users can get more in line with their own personalized prompts, and further enhance user experience.

It is worth integrating that the display screen in this embodiment may also be a touch screen of a mobile phone.

It can be seen that in this embodiment, when the screen is off, if the user needs to be prompted, the local area of the display screen can be controlled to flash, and the effect of the analog indicator lamp can be realized by flashing the local area. Since only the local area is required to flash, There is no need to light up the entire screen, and the power consumption is low. In addition, because the effect of the indicator light is simulated, the normal operation of the light prompt function can be guaranteed, and the physical indicator light can be removed. Since the physical indicator light needs to be opened in the front screen area to reveal the indicator light, then after removing the physical indicator light , The front screen area will not be occupied by the holes of the indicator light, which can make the screen larger and the screen-to-body ratio higher. It can be seen that the embodiment of the present application can ensure the function of brightly prompting the user without occupying the space of the front screen, so that the screen-to-body ratio can be increased as much as possible.

The second embodiment of the present application relates to a prompt method. The second embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the main difference is that: in the first embodiment, when a local area of the display screen is shining, it is presented by changing colors of pixels. In the second embodiment of the present application, this is achieved by flashing and displaying icons. The flashing icon realizes the bright prompt, so that the user can understand the general content of the prompt more quickly, so as to determine the follow-up action.

The flow chart of the prompt method in this embodiment is shown in Figure 2, and the details are as follows:

Step 201 in this embodiment is similar to step 101 in the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

Step 202: Determine related applications of content that needs to be prompted to the user.

Specifically, it can be confirmed according to the source of the prompt information. If the prompt information comes from application A, it can be determined that the related application that needs to prompt the user is application A.

Step 203: Control a partial area of the display screen to flash and display the related application.

Specifically, in this embodiment, when a partial area of the control display screen flashes in a preset mode, the icon of the application determined in step 202 is specifically flashed. More specifically, the way of blinking can be realized by changing the brightness, and the icon A is displayed with multiple brightness levels from bright to dark and from dark to bright, so as to present the effect of the icon blinking.

The above solution is illustrated by taking the flashing of an icon of an application related to the content to be prompted as an example. In actual applications, an icon may also be preset, and when the user needs to be prompted, the preset icon is displayed flashing. Among them, the preset icon can be preset by the user. The user can select a picture as the icon when flashing according to their own preferences, or select one from multiple pre-stored icon templates; in addition, it can also be preset by the system , I will not list them all here.

It can be seen that the flashing display of the icon related to the prompt content in this embodiment allows the user to see the flashing content, and then understand the general content of the prompt, so as to determine whether it is necessary to click on to view the details, so that the user can decide what to do after receiving the prompt information. action.

In addition, this embodiment can also be implemented superimposed with the first embodiment, as shown in Figure 3. Specifically, when the user needs to be prompted, a bright prompt can be presented by changing the color of the pixel in a local area, and then after a preset period of time. By flashing the application related to the reminder content, the user is further reminded, and the reminding method is more abundant.

The third embodiment of the present application relates to a prompt method. The third embodiment is roughly the same as the first embodiment. The main difference is that: in the first embodiment, the local area used for light prompting is one area, while the local area in this embodiment includes two sub-areas, which can be realized Multiple areas are illuminated separately to attract users' attention.

Specifically, the local area in this embodiment may include a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The shining state of the first sub-area corresponds to the first preset mode, and the shining state of the second sub-area corresponds to the second preset mode. Mode; control the partial area of the display screen to flash in the preset mode, including: control the first sub-area of the display screen to flash in the first preset mode; control the second sub-area of the display screen to flash in the second preset mode .

In an example, the first sub-area is the upper left corner of the screen, and the second sub-area is the upper right corner of the screen. The first preset mode corresponding to the shining state of the first sub-area includes: red, white, and black cycle changes in sequence, The second preset mode corresponding to the flashing state of the second sub-area also includes: red, white, and black in turn. When the user needs to be prompted, the first sub-area and the second sub-area of the display screen can be controlled to flash. Bright, in actual application, it will show the effect of two areas shining at the same time.

In another example, the first sub-area and the second sub-area are blinking successively, such as first controlling the first sub-area to blink for 10 seconds, and then controlling the second sub-area to blink for 20 seconds.

In another example, the first sub-region and the second sub-region respectively correspond to different flashing modes, the first sub-region presents a bright prompt with a color change, and the second sub-region presents a bright prompt with an icon flashing.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned implementation with two sub-areas, a local area can also include more sub-areas, such as three sub-areas or four sub-areas.

It can be seen that in this embodiment, multiple areas are illuminated separately, which is convenient for further attracting the user's attention. At the same time, in actual applications, different changes can be made to further enrich the embodiments of the present application, so that different implementation schemes can be selected according to needs.

The division of the steps of the various methods above is just for clarity of description. When implemented, it can be combined into one step or some steps can be split and decomposed into multiple steps. As long as they include the same logical relationship, they are all within the scope of protection of this patent. ; Adding insignificant modifications to the algorithm or process or introducing insignificant design, but not changing the core design of the algorithm and process are within the scope of protection of the patent.

The fourth embodiment of the present application relates to an electronic device, as shown in FIG. 4, including:

At least one processor; and a memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute as described above Any prompt method from the first embodiment to the third embodiment.

Among them, the memory and the processor are connected in a bus manner, and the bus may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, and the bus connects one or more processors and various circuits of the memory together. The bus can also connect various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc., which are all known in the art, and therefore, no further description will be given herein. The bus interface provides an interface between the bus and the transceiver. The transceiver may be one element or multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on the transmission medium. The data processed by the processor is transmitted on the wireless medium through the antenna. In this embodiment, the antenna also receives the data and transmits the data to the processor.

The processor is responsible for managing the bus and general processing, and can also provide various functions, including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. The memory can be used to store data used by the processor when performing operations.

The fifth embodiment of the present application relates to a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by the processor, the above method embodiment is realized.

A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or some of the steps, functional modules/units in the system, and apparatus in the methods disclosed above can be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and appropriate combinations thereof. In hardware embodiments, the division between functional modules/units mentioned in the above description does not necessarily correspond to the division of physical components; for example, a physical component may have multiple functions, or a function or step may consist of several physical components. The components are executed cooperatively. Some physical components or all physical components can be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, a digital signal processor, or a microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit . Such software may be distributed on a computer-readable medium, and the computer-readable medium may include a computer storage medium (or a non-transitory medium) and a communication medium (or a transitory medium). As is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, the term computer storage medium includes volatile and non-volatile data implemented in any method or technology for storing information (such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data). Sexual, removable and non-removable media. Computer storage media include but are not limited to RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technologies, CD-ROM, digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tapes, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or Any other medium used to store desired information and that can be accessed by a computer. In addition, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, communication media usually contain computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as carrier waves or other transmission mechanisms, and may include any information delivery media. .

A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that the above-mentioned embodiments are specific embodiments for realizing the present application, and in practical applications, various changes can be made to them in form and details without departing from the spirit and spirit of the present application. range.

Claims

A prompt method includes:

In the off-screen state, when the user needs to be prompted, the partial area of the control display screen flashes in a preset mode.
The prompting method according to claim 1, wherein the display mode is used to control the partial area of the display screen to flash in a preset mode.
The prompt method according to claim 1, wherein the local area of the display screen is controlled to blink in the following manner:

Controlling the pixel points of the local area of the display screen to change colors.
The prompt method according to claim 3, wherein the pixel points sequentially change into the following colors: red, white, and black.
The prompt method according to claim 1, wherein when the content to be prompted to the user is related to the first application, the partial area of the display screen is controlled to flash and display an icon or a preset icon of the first application.
The prompting method according to claim 1, wherein the partial area includes at least a first sub-area and a second sub-area, the flashing state of the first sub-area corresponds to a first preset mode, and the second sub-area The flashing state of the area corresponds to the second preset mode;

The partial area of the control display screen flashes in a preset mode, including:

Controlling the first sub-area of the display screen to flash in the first preset mode;

Controlling the second sub-area of the display screen to flash in the second preset mode.
The prompt method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein it is determined whether the user needs to be prompted in the following situations:

When the timing mechanism wakes up the system; or,

When the app wakes up the system.
The prompt method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein it is determined whether the user needs to be prompted according to at least one of the following information:

Incoming call status, unread information status, charging status.
The prompt method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the shape of the local area is a square, a circle, or a triangle.
The prompt method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the location of the local area can be changed.
An electronic device, including:

At least one processor; and,

A memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor; wherein,

The memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute any one of claims 1 to 10 The prompt method.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program implements the prompt method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 when the computer program is executed by a processor.