CN107168566B

CN107168566B - Operation mode control method, device and terminal electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN107168566B
Application number: CN201610130561.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王刚; 李国盛; 唐磊
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-03-08
Filing date: 2016-03-08
Publication date: 2020-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 2036-03-08
Also published as: CN107168566A

Abstract

The present application discloses an operation mode control method, device and terminal electronic device. The operation mode control method is applied to a terminal electronic device. The terminal electronic device includes a touch key area, and the touch key area includes a pressure sensing element. The method includes: when the screen is on, detecting a user's touch on the terminal electronic device. Control the pressing operation of the touch buttons in the key area; when the pressing operation is detected, determine the user instruction according to the pressing operation; and control the operation mode of the terminal electronic device according to the determined user instruction. The operation mode control method of the present disclosure controls the operation mode by detecting the user's pressing operation on the touch keys in the touch key area. Compared with the method of sliding on two touch keys in the related art, it can effectively reduce the cause of The phenomenon that the one-hand operation mode cannot be triggered normally due to missing touch.

Description

Operation mode control method and device and terminal electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an operation mode control method and apparatus, and a terminal electronic device.

Background

The terminal electronic device (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc.) shown in fig. 1 includes a View Area (VA) 1 and a touch key Area 2. Besides having a display function in the visible area 1, the terminal electronic device can be operated by sensing the touch action of the user. At least one touch key is disposed in the touch key area 2, and in fig. 1, for example, 3 touch keys S1, S2, and S3 are taken as examples, so that a user can operate the terminal electronic device by touching the touch key S located in the touch key area 2. However, currently, the touch key in the touch key area 2 can only sense the position information of the touch object, and when the touch object touches the touch key area 2, the touch key touched by the touch object is located according to the touch position of the touch object, so as to execute the corresponding operation.

Currently, when a user wants to control an operation mode, the following operations are generally required to be performed: when the user wants to use the right-hand operation mode, the user needs to slide the touch keys S1 and S2 shown in the touch key area 2 in fig. 1 from left to right, and then pop up a prompt indicating whether to enter the right-hand operation mode in the visible area 1 in fig. 1, and the user touches the "ok" virtual key in the prompt box to enter the right-hand operation mode; when the user wants to use the left-handed operation mode, the user needs to slide the touch keys S3 and S2 shown in the touch key area 2 in fig. 1 from right to left, then pop up the prompt indicating whether to enter the left-handed operation mode in the visible area 1 in fig. 1, and then touch the "ok" virtual key in the prompt box to enter the left-handed operation mode.

As described above, when entering the single-handed operation mode, the user needs to continuously slide 2 touch keys, which is likely to cause failure of single-handed mode triggering due to missed touch, and reduces the effectiveness of user operation, thereby affecting the normal use of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The disclosure provides an operation mode control method, an operation mode control device and terminal electronic equipment, which can provide a convenient and effective operation mode control mode for a user.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows, or in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an operation mode control method applied to a terminal electronic device, the terminal electronic device including: the touch key area is used for providing touch keys; the touch button area includes: a pressure sensing element; the operation mode control method includes: when the screen is bright, detecting the pressing operation of a user on a touch key in the touch key area; when the pressing operation is detected, determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation; and controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic equipment according to the determined user instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation includes: and when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses a first touch key and a second touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force larger than a preset first force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation further includes: and when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses a third touch key and a fourth touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force larger than a preset second force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is a left-handed single-handed mode instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the third touch key and the fourth touch key are partially identical, completely identical, or completely identical to the first touch key and the second touch key; and when the third touch key and the fourth touch key are connected with the first touch key and the second touch key, the second force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation further includes: and when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses a fifth touch key and a sixth touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force greater than a preset third force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are partially identical, completely identical, or completely identical to the first touch key and the second touch key; when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold; or the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are partially, completely or completely identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the second force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth touch key, the sixth touch key, the third touch key, the fourth touch key, the first touch key and the second touch key are all the same, and the first force threshold, the second force threshold and the third force threshold are all different from each other.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key, the fourth touch key, the fifth touch key, and the sixth touch key are configured by a user.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user instruction includes: a left-hand single-hand mode instruction, a right-hand single-hand mode instruction, and an intermediate single-hand mode instruction; according to the determined user instruction, controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic equipment comprises the following steps: when the user instruction is determined to be a left-handed single-handed mode instruction, controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter a left-handed operation mode; when the user instruction is determined to be a right-hand single-hand mode instruction, controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter a right-hand operation mode; and when the user instruction is determined to be in the middle one-hand mode, controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter the middle one-hand operation mode.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an operation mode control apparatus applied to a terminal electronic device, the terminal electronic device including: the touch key area is used for providing touch keys; the touch button area includes: a pressure sensing element; the operation mode control device includes: the operation detection module is used for detecting the pressing operation of a user on a touch key in a touch key area of the terminal electronic equipment when a screen is bright; the instruction determining module is used for determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation when the pressing operation is detected by the operation detecting module; and the operation mode control module is used for controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic equipment according to the determined user instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the instruction determining module includes: the first instruction determining submodule is used for determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detection module is that a user presses a first touch key and a second touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force larger than a preset first force threshold value.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the instruction determining module further includes: and the second instruction determining submodule is used for determining that the user instruction is a left-handed single-handed mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detection module is that the user presses a third touch key and a fourth touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force larger than a preset second force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the instruction determining module further includes: a third instruction determining submodule, configured to determine that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detection module is a user simultaneously pressing a fifth touch key and a sixth touch key in the touch key area with a force greater than a preset third force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are partially identical, completely identical, or completely identical to the first touch key and the second touch key; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are partially identical, completely identical, or completely identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the second force threshold.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the operation mode control apparatus further includes: a user configuration module, configured to provide a user interface for configuring the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key, the fourth touch key, the fifth touch key, and the sixth touch key by the user.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user instruction includes: at least one of a left-handed single-handed mode command, a right-handed single-handed mode command, and an intermediate single-handed mode command; the operation mode control module includes: the left-hand operation mode sub-module is used for controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter a left-hand operation mode when the instruction determining module determines that the user instruction is a left-hand single-hand mode instruction; the right-hand operation mode sub-module is used for controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter a right-hand operation mode when the instruction determining module determines that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction; and the middle operation mode submodule is used for controlling the terminal electronic equipment to enter a middle single-hand operation mode when the instruction determining module determines that the user instruction is in the middle single-hand mode.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal electronic device including: touch button district for provide touch button, include: a pressure sensing element; a processor; and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to perform the following operations via execution of the executable instructions: when a screen is bright, detecting the pressing operation of a user on a touch key in a touch key area of the terminal electronic equipment; when the pressing operation is detected, determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation; and controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic equipment according to the determined user instruction.

According to the operation mode control method disclosed by the invention, the operation mode is controlled by detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch keys in the touch key area, and compared with the mode of sliding on two touch keys in the related art, the phenomenon that the single-hand operation mode cannot be normally triggered due to missed touch can be effectively reduced. In addition, in the related art, in addition to sliding on the touch keys of the touch key area, the virtual keys in the visual area need to be clicked, which is inconvenient for the user to use, especially when the user is inconvenient to operate. The operation mode control method disclosed by the invention only needs to press the touch key of the touch key area, so that the operation of a user is facilitated.

In addition, according to some embodiments, the touch keys related to pressing operation of the operation mode control method provided by the present disclosure can be set by the user according to the preference, so that the user experience is enriched.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal electronic device shown according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of operating mode control according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3A-3C are schematic diagrams illustrating various modes of operation of a terminal electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating another method of operating mode control according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an operation mode control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating another operation mode control device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a touch key area of a terminal electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch key area of another terminal electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal electronic device according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus their repetitive description will be omitted.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, devices, steps, and the like. In other instances, well-known structures, methods, devices, implementations, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of operating mode control according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the operation mode control method 10 can be applied to a terminal electronic device including a touch key area, for example, the touch key area can be located at the position of the touch key area 2 shown in fig. 1, and is used to provide a non-physical touch key, which includes a pressure sensing element in addition to a touch sensing element (e.g., a capacitive touch sensing element), so that the touch key provided by the touch key area can sense not only the position information of a touch object, but also the pressure information of the touch object. The operation mode control method 10 includes:

in step S110, when the screen is bright, a pressing operation of the touch key in the touch key area by the user is detected.

And when the screen is bright, detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch key of the touch key area.

When the screen is bright, the pressing operation of the touch key in the touch key area is detected regardless of whether a main interface or an application program interface is displayed in the current user display interface of the terminal electronic equipment.

In step S120, when a pressing operation of the touch key in the touch key area by the user is detected, a user instruction is determined according to the pressing operation.

For example, according to the pressing operation of the user on different touch keys, the user command is determined to be a right-hand single-hand mode command, a left-hand single-hand mode command or a middle single-hand mode command.

In step S130, the operation mode is controlled according to the determined user instruction.

For example, if it is determined that the user instruction is a right-handed one-handed mode instruction, the terminal electronic device is controlled to enter a right-handed operation mode as shown in fig. 3A, and the user can operate the effective display operation area 1 'therein by using a right hand, where the effective display operation area 1' is located at a lower right corner of the visible area 1.

If the user instruction is determined to be the left-handed single-handed mode instruction, the terminal electronic device is controlled to enter the left-handed operation mode shown in fig. 3B, and the user can operate the effective display operation area 1 ″ therein by using the left hand, wherein the effective display operation area 1 ″ is located at the lower left corner of the visible area 1.

If the user instruction is determined to be the intermediate single-hand mode instruction, the control terminal electronic device enters the intermediate single-hand operation mode shown in fig. 3C, and the user can operate the effective hour operation area 1 '″ therein by using the left hand or the right hand, wherein the effective display operation area 1' ″ is located in the middle of the visible area 1.

The operation mode control method 10 provided in this embodiment controls the operation mode by detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch key in the touch key area, and can effectively reduce the phenomenon that the one-handed operation mode cannot be normally triggered due to missed touch compared with the related art in which the operation mode is controlled by sliding on two touch keys. In addition, in the related art, in addition to sliding on the touch keys of the touch key area, the virtual keys in the visual area need to be clicked, which is inconvenient for the user to use, especially when the user is inconvenient to operate. The operation mode control method 10 of the present embodiment only needs to press the touch key of the touch key area, which is convenient for the user to operate.

It should be clearly understood that this disclosure describes how to make and use particular examples, but the principles of this disclosure are not limited to any details of these examples. Rather, these principles can be applied to many other embodiments based on the teachings of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating another method of operating mode control according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the operation mode control method 20 can be applied to a terminal electronic device including a touch key area, for example, the touch key area can be located at the position of the touch key area 2 shown in fig. 1, and is used to provide a non-physical touch key, which includes a pressure sensing element in addition to a touch sensing element (e.g., a capacitive touch sensing element), so that the touch key provided by the touch key area can sense not only the position information of a touch object, but also the pressure information of the touch object. The operation mode control method 20 includes:

in step S210, when the screen is bright, the pressing operation of the touch key in the touch key area by the user is detected.

In step S220, a user instruction is determined according to a pressing operation of the touch key by the user.

And determining that the user command is a right-hand single-hand mode command, a left-hand single-hand mode command or a middle single-hand mode command according to the pressing operation of the user on different touch keys.

Determination of a right-handed one-handed mode instruction

For example, when it is detected that the user presses the first touch key and the second touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force greater than a preset first force threshold, it is determined that the user command is a right-handed one-handed mode command. When the first touch key and the second touch key are detected to be pressed by a user, the pressure applied to the first touch key and the second touch key by the user is sensed, and if the pressure exceeds a first force threshold value, the user command is judged to be a right-hand single-hand mode command.

The positions of the first touch key and the second touch key may be set as required in actual application, for example, the positions may be set at the positions of the touch keys S2 and S3 shown in fig. 1, the positions of the touch keys S1 and S3 shown in fig. 1, or the positions of the touch keys S1 and S2 shown in fig. 1.

In addition, the first touch key and the second touch key can be configured by the user according to the preference, and the first touch key and the second touch key are set by the user by providing a corresponding setting interface for the user, so that the user experience is enriched. The first force threshold may also be set according to actual requirements in actual applications, and the disclosure is not limited thereto.

Determination of left-handed single-handed mode instruction

And when the fact that the user presses the third touch key and the fourth touch key in the touch key area with the strength larger than a preset second strength threshold value is detected, determining that the user instruction is a left-hand single-hand mode instruction. And when the third touch key and the fourth touch key are detected to be pressed by the user, sensing the pressure applied to the third touch key and the fourth touch key by the user, and if the pressure exceeds a second force threshold value, judging that the user instruction is a left-hand single-hand mode instruction.

The positions of the third touch key and the fourth touch key may be set as required in actual application, for example, the positions may be set at the positions of the touch keys S1 and S2 shown in fig. 1, the positions of the touch keys S1 and S3 shown in fig. 1, or the positions of the touch keys S2 and S3 shown in fig. 1.

Taking the touch key layout shown in fig. 1 as an example, the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key may be partially the same. For example, the positions of the first touch key and the second touch key are at the positions of the touch keys S2 and S3, respectively, and the positions of the third touch key and the fourth touch key are at the positions of the touch keys S1 and S2, respectively.

When the layout of the touch keys in the touch key area exceeds 3 touch keys, the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key may be different.

In addition, the third touch key and the fourth touch key can also be configured by the user according to the preference, and the third touch key and the fourth touch key are set by the user by providing a corresponding setting interface for the user, so that the user experience is enriched. The second power threshold may also be set according to actual requirements in actual applications, and the second power threshold may be the same as or different from the first power threshold, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Or, the third touch key and the fourth touch key may be identical to the first touch key and the second touch key, and at this time, it may be determined whether the user instruction is a right-handed single-handed mode instruction or a left-handed single-handed mode instruction by determining the magnitude of the pressure applied by the user to the touch keys. Taking the second force threshold larger than the first force threshold as an example, if the pressure applied to the first touch key and the second touch key (i.e., the third touch key and the fourth touch key) by the user is larger than the second force threshold, determining that the user instruction is a left-handed single-handed mode instruction; and if the pressure applied to the first touch key and the second touch key by the user is smaller than the second force threshold value but larger than the first force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction.

Similarly, the first touch key and the second touch key (i.e., the third touch key and the fourth touch key) may also be configured by the user according to the preference, and the user sets the touch keys by providing a corresponding setting interface for the user, thereby enriching the user experience.

Determination of an intermediate one-handed mode instruction

And when the situation that the user presses the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force greater than a preset third force threshold value is detected, determining that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction. And when the fact that the user touches the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key is detected, sensing the pressure applied to the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key by the user, and if the pressure exceeds a third force threshold value, judging that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction.

The positions of the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may be set as needed in practical application, for example, the positions may be set at the positions of the touch keys S1 and S3 shown in fig. 1, the positions of the touch keys S1 and S2 shown in fig. 1, or the positions of the touch keys S2 and S3 shown in fig. 1.

Taking the touch key layout shown in fig. 1 as an example, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may be partially identical to the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key. For example, the positions of the first touch key and the second touch key are at the positions of the touch keys S2 and S3, respectively, the positions of the third touch key and the fourth touch key are at the positions of the touch keys S1 and S2, respectively, and the positions of the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are at the positions of the touch keys S1 and S3, respectively.

When the layout of the touch keys in the touch key area exceeds 5 touch keys, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may be different from the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key.

In addition, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key can also be configured by the user according to the preference, and the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are set by the user by providing a corresponding setting interface for the user, so that the user experience is enriched. The third strength threshold may also be set according to actual requirements in actual applications, and the third strength threshold may be the same as or different from the first strength threshold and/or the second strength threshold, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Or, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may also be identical to the first touch key and the second touch key, and at this time, it may be determined whether the user instruction is the middle single-hand mode instruction or the right single-hand mode instruction by determining the magnitude of the pressure applied by the user to the two touch keys. Taking the third force threshold value greater than the first force threshold value as an example, if the pressure applied to the two touch keys by the user is greater than the third force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction; and if the pressure applied to the two touch keys by the user is smaller than the third force threshold but larger than the first force threshold, determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction.

Similarly, the two touch keys can also be configured by the user according to the preference, and the user sets the touch keys by providing a corresponding setting interface for the user, so that the user experience is enriched.

Or, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may also be identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key, and at this time, it may be determined whether the user instruction is the middle single-hand mode instruction or the left single-hand mode instruction by determining the pressure applied by the user to the two touch keys. Taking the third strength threshold value larger than the second strength threshold value as an example, if the pressure applied by the user to the two touch keys is larger than the third strength threshold value, determining that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction; and if the pressure applied to the two touch keys by the user is smaller than the third force threshold but larger than the first force threshold, determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction.

Or, the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may also be identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key, and the first touch key and the second touch key, and at this time, it may be determined whether the user instruction is the middle single-hand mode instruction or the left single-hand mode instruction by determining the magnitude of pressure applied by the user to the two touch keys. Taking the third strength threshold value larger than the second strength threshold value, and the second strength threshold value larger than the first strength threshold value as an example, if the pressure applied by the user to the two touch keys is larger than the third strength threshold value, determining that the user instruction is the middle single-hand mode instruction; if the pressure applied to the two touch keys by the user is smaller than the third strength threshold value but larger than the second strength threshold value, determining that the user instruction is a left-hand single-hand mode instruction; and if the pressure applied to the two touch keys by the user is smaller than the second force threshold value but larger than the first force threshold value, determining that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction.

In step S230, when it is determined that the user instruction is a right-handed one-handed mode instruction, the control terminal electronic device enters a right-handed operation mode.

In step S240, when it is determined that the user instruction is a left-handed one-handed mode instruction, the control terminal electronic device enters a left-handed operation mode.

In step S250, when it is determined that the user instruction is an intermediate one-handed mode instruction, the control terminal electronic device enters an intermediate one-handed operation mode.

The operation mode control method 20 provided in this embodiment controls the operation mode by detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch key in the touch key area, and can effectively reduce the phenomenon that the one-handed operation mode cannot be normally triggered due to missed touch compared with the related art in which the operation mode is performed by sliding on two touch keys. In addition, in the related art, in addition to sliding on the touch keys of the touch key area, the virtual keys in the visual area need to be clicked, which is inconvenient for the user to use, especially when the user is inconvenient to operate. The operation mode control method 20 of the present embodiment only needs to press the touch key of the touch key area, which is convenient for the user to operate. Furthermore, the touch keys related to the pressing operation can be set by the user according to the preference, so that the user experience is enriched.

It is noted that the above-described figures for illustrating method embodiments are merely schematic illustrations of processes involved in methods according to exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, and are not intended to be limiting. It will be readily understood that the processes shown in the above figures are not intended to indicate or limit the chronological order of the processes. In addition, it is also readily understood that these processes may be performed synchronously or asynchronously, e.g., in multiple modules.

The following are embodiments of the disclosed apparatus that may be used to perform embodiments of the disclosed methods. For details not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present disclosure, refer to the embodiments of the method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an operation mode control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 5, the operation mode control device 30 can be applied to a terminal electronic device including a touch key area, for example, the touch key area can be located at the position of the touch key area 2 shown in fig. 1, and is used to provide a non-physical touch key, which includes a pressure sensing element in addition to a touch sensing element (e.g., a capacitive touch sensing element), so that the touch key provided by the touch key area can sense not only the position information of a touch object, but also the pressure information of the touch object. The operation mode control device 30 includes: an operation detection module 310, an instruction determination module 320, and an operation mode control module 330.

The operation detection module 310 is configured to detect a pressing operation of a user on a touch key in a touch key area of the terminal electronic device when the screen is on.

The instruction determining module 320 is configured to determine a user instruction according to the pressing operation when the pressing operation is detected by the operation detecting module 310.

The user instructions may include, for example, at least one of a left-hand single-hand mode instruction, a right-hand single-hand mode instruction, and an intermediate single-hand mode instruction.

The operation mode control module 330 is configured to control an operation mode of the terminal electronic device according to the user instruction determined by the instruction determining module 320.

The operation mode control device 30 provided in this embodiment controls the operation mode by detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch key in the touch key area, and can effectively reduce the phenomenon that the one-handed operation mode cannot be normally triggered due to the missed touch compared with the related art in which the operation mode is performed by sliding on two touch keys. In addition, in the related art, in addition to sliding on the touch keys of the touch key area, the virtual keys in the visual area need to be clicked, which is inconvenient for the user to use, especially when the user is inconvenient to operate. The operation mode control device 30 of the present embodiment only needs to press the touch key of the touch key area, thereby facilitating the operation of the user.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating another operation mode control device according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 6, the operation mode control device 40 can be applied to a terminal electronic device including a touch key area, for example, the touch key area can be located at the position of the touch key area 2 shown in fig. 1, and is used to provide a non-physical touch key, which includes a pressure sensing element in addition to a touch sensing element (e.g., a capacitive touch sensing element), so that the touch key provided by the touch key area can sense not only the position information of a touch object, but also the pressure information of the touch object. The operation mode control device 40 includes: an operation detection module 410, an instruction determination module 420, and an operation mode control module 430.

The operation detection module 410 is configured to detect a pressing operation of a user on a touch key in a touch key area of the terminal electronic device when the screen is on.

The instruction determining module 420 is configured to determine a user instruction according to the pressing operation when the pressing operation is detected by the operation detecting module 410.

The instruction determination module 420 includes: the first instruction determination submodule 4210.

The first instruction determining submodule 4210 is configured to determine that the user instruction is a right-hand single-hand mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detecting module 410 is a pressing operation performed by the user on the first touch key and the second touch key in the touch key area at the same time with a force greater than a preset first force threshold.

The instruction determination module 420 further includes: the second instruction determination submodule 4220.

The first instruction determining submodule 4220 is configured to determine that the user instruction is a left-handed single-handed mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detecting module 410 is a pressing operation performed by the user on the third touch key and the fourth touch key in the touch key area simultaneously with a force greater than a preset second force threshold.

The third touch key and the fourth touch key are partially identical, completely identical or completely identical to the first touch key and the second touch key; and when the third touch key and the fourth touch key are connected with the first touch key and the second touch key, the second force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold.

The instruction determination module 420 further includes: the third instruction determination submodule 4230.

The third instruction determining submodule 4230 is configured to determine that the user instruction is an intermediate single-hand mode instruction when the pressing operation detected by the operation detecting module 410 is a pressing operation performed by the user on a fifth touch key and a sixth touch key in the touch key area at the same time with a force greater than a preset third force threshold.

The fifth touch key and the sixth touch key can be partially, completely or completely identical to the first touch key and the second touch key; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold.

The fifth touch key and the sixth touch key can also be partially, completely or completely the same as the third touch key and the fourth touch key; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the second force threshold.

The fifth touch key and the sixth touch key may be identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the first touch key and the second touch key, and the first force threshold, the second force threshold and the third force threshold are different from each other.

The operation mode control module 430 is configured to control an operation mode of the terminal electronic device according to the user instruction determined by the instruction determining module 420.

The operation mode control module 430 includes: the left hand operation mode sub-module 4310.

The left-handed operation mode sub-module 4310 is configured to control the terminal electronic device to enter the left-handed operation mode when the instruction determining module 420 determines that the user instruction is the left-handed single-handed mode instruction.

The operation mode control module 430 further includes: right hand operation mode sub-module 4320.

The right-handed operation mode sub-module 4320 is configured to control the terminal electronic device to enter a right-handed operation mode when the instruction determining module 420 determines that the user instruction is a right-handed one-handed mode instruction.

The operation mode control module 430 further includes: an intermediate operating mode sub-module 4330.

The middle operation mode sub-module 4330 is configured to control the terminal electronic device to enter the middle one-handed operation mode when the instruction determining module 420 determines that the user instruction is the middle one-handed mode.

The operation mode control device 40 may further include: the user configuration module 440 is configured to provide a user interface for configuring the first touch key, the second touch key and the third touch key.

The operation mode control device 30 provided in this embodiment controls the operation mode by detecting the pressing operation of the user on the touch key in the touch key area, and can effectively reduce the phenomenon that the one-handed operation mode cannot be normally triggered due to the missed touch compared with the related art in which the operation mode is performed by sliding on two touch keys. In addition, in the related art, in addition to sliding on the touch keys of the touch key area, the virtual keys in the visual area need to be clicked, which is inconvenient for the user to use, especially when the user is inconvenient to operate. The operation mode control device 40 of the present embodiment only needs to press the touch key of the touch key area, thereby facilitating the operation of the user.

Furthermore, the touch keys related to the pressing operation can be set by the user according to the preference, so that the user experience is enriched.

In order to further illustrate how to detect the pressing operation of the user on the touch key in the touch key area of the terminal electronic device, the disclosure also provides two structures of the touch key area of the terminal electronic device, but it should be noted that the two structures of the touch key area are only for illustration and are not limiting to the disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a touch key area of a terminal electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment. The terminal electronic device shown in fig. 7 includes: transparent cover plate 3, two-dimensional touch module 4, pressure touch module 5, shielding layer 6 and casing 7.

The two-dimensional touch module 4, the pressure touch module 5 and the shielding layer 6 are all located in the touch key area 2 of the terminal electronic device. The position of the area shown in the touch key area 2 of the terminal electronic device shown in fig. 7 may be the same as the position of the area shown in the touch key area 2 in fig. 1, for example.

The two-dimensional touch module 4 is used to obtain position information of a touch object (e.g., a user's finger). The two-dimensional touch module 4 may be, for example, a capacitive touch module, and detects and obtains accurate position information of a touch object in a capacitive coupling manner. The two-dimensional touch module 4 may include at least one touch sensing electrode 41 disposed under the transparent cover 3.

The shielding layer 5 is formed on the casing 114 directly below the touch key region 2, and the shielding layer 5 may be adhered to the casing 7 by adhesive. The shielding layer 5 achieves shielding effect on various interference signals (such as electromagnetic interference and the like) through grounding.

The pressure touch module 5 is formed on the shielding layer 6, and is fully attached to the shielding layer 5 through an adhesive, for example. The pressure touch module 5 may include at least one pressure sensing electrode 51. A gap is formed between the at least one pressure sensing electrode 51 and the at least one touch sensing electrode 41.

The pressure touch module 5 is configured to obtain pressure information of the touch object, such as sensing a pressure of the touch object. The pressure touch module 5 may be, for example, a capacitive pressure touch module, and sense pressure information of a touch object in a capacitive coupling manner.

In the following, it is exemplified that the two-dimensional touch module 4 and the pressure touch module 5 both adopt a capacitive touch module, and how the two-dimensional touch module 4 and the pressure touch module 5 work cooperatively in practical applications is described.

When a user normally touches a key located in the touch key area 2 with a finger, the two-dimensional touch module 4 senses a capacitance signal of the finger, and acquires touch key information corresponding to the position of the finger according to the sensed capacitance signal.

When a user presses a key located in the touch key area 2 with a finger, the two-dimensional touch module 4 senses a capacitance signal of the finger to obtain key information corresponding to the finger position, and the pressure touch module 5 senses a change in capacitance coupling signal amount caused by a change in a gap between the pressure touch module 5 and the two-dimensional touch module 4 to obtain information on the pressing pressure of the user's finger.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch key area of another terminal electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment. The terminal electronic device shown in fig. 7 includes: the touch screen comprises a transparent cover plate 3 ', a two-dimensional touch module 4 ', a pressure touch module 5 ', a shielding layer 6 ' and a machine shell 7 '. Unlike the structure shown in fig. 7, the pressure touch module 5 'is attached to the two-dimensional touch module 4'. A gap is left between the pressure touch module 5 ' and the shielding layer 6 ' attached to the casing 7 '. Therefore, when a user presses a key in the touch key area 2 of the terminal electronic device with a finger, the two-dimensional touch module 4 'senses a capacitance signal of the finger to obtain key information corresponding to the position of the finger, and the pressure touch module 5' obtains the information of the pressing pressure of the user finger by sensing a change of a capacitive coupling signal amount caused by a change of a gap between the pressure touch module 5 'and the shielding layer 6'. The same contents between the embodiment shown in fig. 8 and the embodiment shown in fig. 6 are not repeated herein.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal electronic device according to an example embodiment. The terminal electronics 50 shown in fig. 9 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, fitness device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

As shown in fig. 9, the terminal electronic device 50 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 510, memory 520, power supply power component 530, multimedia component 540, audio component 550, input/output (I/O) interface 560, sensor component 570, and communications component 580.

The processing component 510 generally controls overall operation of the terminal electronic device 50, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing component 510 may include one or more processors 5110 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 510 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 510 and other components. For example, the processing component 510 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 540 and the processing component 510.

The memory 520 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation at the terminal electronic device 50. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal electronic device 50, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 520 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power component 530 provides power to the various components of terminal electronics 50. Power components 530 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for terminal electronic device 50.

The multimedia component 550 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the terminal electronic device 50 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 540 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the terminal electronic device 50 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 550 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio assembly 550 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal electronic device 50 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 520 or transmitted via the communication component 580. In some embodiments, audio assembly 550 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 560 provides an interface between the processing component 510 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These keys may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 570 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the terminal electronics 50. For example, the sensor assembly 570 may detect the open/closed status of the device 50, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the terminal electronic device 50, the sensor assembly 570 may also detect a change in the position of the terminal electronic device 50 or a component of the terminal electronic device 50, the presence or absence of user contact with the terminal electronic device 50, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the terminal electronic device 50, and a change in the temperature of the terminal electronic device 50. The sensor assembly 570 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 570 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 570 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 580 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal electronic device 50 and other devices. The terminal electronic device 50 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 580 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 580 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal electronics 50 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions, e.g., memory 520 storing instructions, executable by processor 5110 of terminal electronic device 50 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically illustrated and described above. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities described herein; on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. a terminal electronic device, is characterized in that, comprises:

The touch key area is used to provide touch keys, including: pressure sensing elements;

processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions for the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the following operations via executing the executable instructions:

When the screen is on, detecting the user's pressing operation on the touch keys in the touch key area;

When the pressing operation is detected, a user instruction is determined according to the pressing operation; and

Control the operation mode of the terminal electronic device according to the determined user instruction;

Wherein, according to the pressing operation, determining the user instruction includes:

When the detected pressing operation is that the user simultaneously presses the first touch key and the second touch key in the touch key area with a force greater than a preset first force threshold, it is determined that the The user command is a right-handed one-handed mode command; when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses the third touch key and the fourth touch key in the touch key area with a force greater than a preset second force threshold When pressing operations are performed at the same time with the force of , it is determined that the user command is a left-handed one-handed mode command; the third touch key, the fourth touch key and the first touch key, the second touch key The key parts are the same, different or completely identical; and when the third touch key and the fourth touch key are completely the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, the The second force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold; the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key are all configured by the user.

2 . The terminal electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, determining the user instruction according to the pressing operation further comprises: when the detected pressing operation is the user's pressing on the fifth button in the touch key area. 3 . When the touch button and the sixth touch button are simultaneously pressed with a force greater than a preset third force threshold, it is determined that the user command is an intermediate one-handed mode command.

3 . The terminal electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are partially the same as the first touch key and the second touch key. 4 . , are different or identical; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are exactly the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, the third force The threshold value is not equal to the first force threshold value; or, the fifth touch key, the sixth touch key and the third touch key, the fourth touch key are partially the same, all different, or are identical; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are identical to the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to the The second velocity threshold.

4 . The terminal electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are both configured by a user. 5 .

5 . The terminal electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the user instructions include: left-handed one-handed mode instructions, right-handed single-handed mode instructions and middle single-handed mode instructions; according to the determined user instructions, Controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic device includes: when it is determined that the user instruction is a left-handed one-handed mode instruction, controlling the terminal electronic device to enter a left-handed operation mode; when it is determined that the user instruction is a right-handed one-handed mode instruction, The terminal electronic device is controlled to enter the right-hand operation mode; when it is determined that the user instruction is the middle single-hand mode, the terminal electronic device is controlled to enter the middle single-hand operation mode.

6. An operation mode control method, applied to a terminal electronic device, wherein the terminal electronic device comprises: a touch key area for providing touch keys; the touch key area comprises: a pressure sensing element ; The operation mode control method includes:

7 . The operation mode control method according to claim 6 , wherein determining a user instruction according to the pressing operation further comprises: when the detected pressing operation is a user’s control of the first touch key area in the touch key area. 8 . When the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are simultaneously pressed with a force greater than a preset third force threshold, it is determined that the user command is an intermediate one-handed mode command.

8 . The operation mode control method according to claim 7 , wherein the fifth touch key, the sixth touch key and the first touch key and the second touch key are part of the are the same, different or identical; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are identical to the first touch key and the second touch key, the third touch key The force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold; or, the fifth touch key, the sixth touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key are partially the same or different. or the same; and when the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are completely the same as the third touch key and the fourth touch key, the third force threshold is not equal to all the second intensity threshold.

9 . The operation mode control method according to claim 7 , wherein the first touch key, the second touch key, the third touch key, the fourth touch key, Both the fifth touch key and the sixth touch key are configured by the user.

10 . The operation mode control method according to claim 6 , wherein the user instructions include: left-handed single-handed mode instructions, right-handed single-handed mode instructions, and middle single-handed mode instructions; according to the determined user instructions. 11 . , controlling the operation mode of the terminal electronic device includes: when it is determined that the user instruction is a left-handed one-handed mode instruction, controlling the terminal electronic device to enter a left-handed operation mode; when it is determined that the user instruction is a right-handed one-handed mode instruction , control the terminal electronic device to enter the right-hand operation mode; when it is determined that the user instruction is the middle one-hand mode, control the terminal electronic device to enter the middle one-hand operation mode.

11. An operation mode control device, applied in a terminal electronic device, wherein the terminal electronic device comprises: a touch key area for providing touch keys; the touch key area comprises: a pressure sensing element ; The operation mode control device includes:

an operation detection module, configured to detect a user's pressing operation on the touch keys in the touch key area when the screen is on;

an instruction determining module, configured to determine a user instruction according to the pressing operation when the operation detecting module detects the pressing operation; and

an operation mode control module, which controls the operation mode of the terminal electronic device according to the determined user instruction;

Wherein, the instruction determination module includes:

The first instruction determination sub-module is used for when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses the first touch key and the second touch key in the touch key area with a force greater than a preset first force threshold. When the force is pressed at the same time, it is determined that the user command is a right-handed one-handed mode command;

The second instruction determination sub-module is used for when the detected pressing operation is that the user presses the third touch key and the fourth touch key in the touch key area with a force greater than a preset second force threshold When the force is pressed at the same time, it is determined that the user command is a left-handed one-handed mode command;

The third touch key and the fourth touch key are partially the same as the first touch key and the second touch key, are not the same or are completely the same; and when the third touch key , When the fourth touch button is exactly the same as the first touch button and the second touch button, the second force threshold is not equal to the first force threshold; the first touch button , The second touch key, the third touch key and the fourth touch key are all configured by the user.