CN103294363B - A kind of searching method and terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a search method and a terminal. The method includes: identifying a sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen; extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen; obtaining The first information is the search result information of the search condition; the search result information is displayed. It only needs to identify the sliding track of the user when the user slides the gesture on the mobile terminal, identify the information as the search condition, and obtain and display the search results in real time, which reduces the operation complexity, reduces the time cost, and improves the search efficiency.

Description

A search method and terminal

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to a search method and a terminal.

Background technique

With the development of mobile networks, there are more and more applications using smart terminals to access mobile networks, such as web browsing news, reading e-books and so on.

In the era of information explosion, people often encounter things they do not understand or do not understand in their lives, and the demand for search is also increasing. When using mobile terminals, people hope to use search engines anytime and anywhere, and then Get the information you want.

In the prior art, when using a mobile terminal to search for information, it is necessary to input a search keyword through a virtual keyboard. Due to the limitation of the screen size, there will be a lot of inconvenience in the text input process. Or switch from the text browsing interface to the text selection state, select the string to be searched by dragging in the text selection state; convert the string into a URL (UniversalResourceLocator, uniform resource locator), and send it to the web server through the browser; The server returns the searched results to the browser and presents them in the form of another web page; when the user closes the page displaying the search results, the user returns to the original text browsing page.

Therefore, the premise of selecting search keywords in the existing technology is that it must switch to the text selection state, which increases the possibility of misoperation; after the search behavior is triggered, the search results can only be queried in a separate web page. If the user wants to compare the current text at the same time To browse the content of the page and the search result page, you need to switch back and forth between the two pages, and the search efficiency is not high.

Contents of the invention

The search method and the terminal provided by the embodiments of the present invention can extract information through sliding tracks, thereby improving search efficiency.

In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a search method, which includes: identifying the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen; the first information in the displayed content; acquire the search result information with the first information as the search condition; and display the search result information.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first implementation manner, a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along a first direction is identified, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the first For a trajectory in one direction from a sliding start position to a sliding end position, the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is determined as the sliding trajectory when the sliding operation is performed.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second implementation manner, a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction is identified, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the first The track from the start position of the slide to the end position of the slide in one direction, and identify the slide operation along the second direction performed by the user on the track of the slide operation along the first direction, and the slide operation along the second direction The start position coincides with the end position of the sliding operation along the first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction to determine the end position of the sliding operation along the second direction; The track between the start position of the slide operation in the first direction and the end position of the slide operation in the second direction is a slide track during the slide operation.

In combination with the first or second implementation manner, in the third implementation manner, it is judged whether the sliding trajectory is a closed curve according to the determined sliding start position and sliding end position of the sliding trajectory; when the sliding When the track is an unclosed curve, acquire the content of the intersection of the sliding track and the display content as the first information; when the sliding track is a closed curve, acquire the display content included in the sliding track as the first information.

With reference to the first aspect, the first implementation manner, the second implementation manner, or the third implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth implementation manner, the first information is displayed through the first display window.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner, in a fifth implementation manner, the first display window floats on an upper layer of the display content of the touch screen.

With reference to the fourth or fifth implementation manner, in the sixth implementation manner, the first information is highlighted through the first display window; or, the first information is displayed translucently or non-transparently through the first display window. first information.

With reference to the fourth, fifth or sixth implementation manner, in the seventh implementation manner, when the current position of the sliding operation is close to the first display window, the position of the first display window is far away from the first display window. The current position of the swipe action described above.

In combination with the first aspect, or any one of the above implementations of the first aspect, in an eighth implementation, the first information is used as the search condition to search locally, and the search result information corresponding to the search condition is obtained ; or, sending the first information to a search server, and receiving search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition.

With reference to the first aspect, or any one of the above implementation manners of the first aspect, in a ninth implementation manner, the search result information is displayed through the second display window.

With reference to the ninth implementation manner, in the tenth implementation manner, the second display window floats on an upper layer of the display content of the touch screen.

With reference to the eighth implementation manner or the ninth implementation manner, in the tenth implementation manner, the search result information is highlighted through the second display window; or, the second display window is translucent or opaque Transparently display the search result information.

With reference to the first aspect, or any one of the above-mentioned implementation manners of the first aspect, in the eleventh implementation manner, before the identification of the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen, the The method further includes: obtaining an instruction input by the user through the touch screen indicating the start of the search.

With reference to the eleventh implementation manner, in the twelfth implementation manner, the instruction for instructing to start the search includes that the duration of a user's click operation on any position on the touch screen exceeds a preset duration threshold.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, and the terminal includes: an identification unit, an extraction unit, an acquisition unit, and a display unit. The identification unit is used to identify the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen; the extraction unit is used to extract from the display content of the touch screen that the sliding track identified by the identification unit corresponds to the Displaying the first information in the content and sending it to the acquiring unit; the acquiring unit is configured to receive the first information sent by the extracting unit, acquire search result information using the first information as a search condition, and The search result information is sent to the display unit; the display unit is configured to receive the search result information sent by the acquisition unit, and display the search result information.

With reference to the second aspect, in the first implementation manner, the identification unit is specifically configured to: identify a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the sliding operation along the first direction The trajectory of the sliding operation is a trajectory from the sliding start position to the sliding end position in the first direction, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is determined as the sliding trajectory when performing the sliding operation.

With reference to the second aspect, in a second implementation manner, the identification unit is specifically configured to: identify a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the sliding operation along the first direction The trajectory of the sliding operation is the trajectory from the sliding start position to the sliding end position in the first direction, and the sliding operation along the second direction performed by the user on the sliding operation trajectory along the first direction is identified, so The start position of the sliding operation along the second direction coincides with the end position of the sliding operation along the first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction to determine the sliding operation along the second direction The end position of the sliding operation; determining the trajectory between the starting position of the user's sliding operation in the first direction and the ending position of the sliding operation in the second direction as the sliding trajectory during the sliding operation.

In combination with the first or second implementation manner, in the third implementation manner, the extraction unit is specifically configured to: determine the sliding position according to the sliding start position and the sliding end position of the sliding track determined by the identification unit. Whether the track is a closed curve; when the sliding track is an unclosed curve, obtain the content of the intersection of the sliding track and the display content as the first information; when the sliding track is a closed curve, obtain the The display content included in the slide track is the first information.

Combining the second aspect, or any of the above-mentioned implementation manners of the second aspect, in a fourth implementation manner, the display unit is further configured to: display the first information through a first display window.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner, in the fifth implementation manner, the display unit is specifically configured to: highlight the first information through the first display window; or display the first information semi-transparently or non-transparently through the first display window the first information.

With reference to the fourth or fifth implementation manner, in a sixth implementation manner, the terminal further includes a window moving unit. The window moving unit is configured to: when the current position of the sliding operation is close to the first display window, the position of the first display window is far away from the current position of the sliding operation.

In combination with the second aspect, or any of the above-mentioned implementation manners of the second aspect, in the seventh implementation manner, the acquisition unit is specifically configured to: use the first information as a search condition to search locally, and obtain information corresponding to the or, send the first information to the search server, and receive the search result information with the first information as the search condition sent by the search server.

With reference to the second aspect, or any of the above implementation manners of the second aspect, in an eighth implementation manner, the display unit is specifically configured to: display the search result information through a second display window.

With reference to the second aspect, or any of the above-mentioned implementation manners of the second aspect, in a ninth implementation manner, the terminal further includes a search start instruction unit, configured to obtain an instruction input by the user through the touch screen indicating the start of the search, and send the instruction to the identification unit. The identification unit is specifically configured to: when receiving the instruction, execute the step of identifying a sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen.

With reference to the ninth implementation manner, in the tenth implementation manner, the instruction for instructing to start the search includes that the duration of a user's click operation on any position on the touch screen exceeds a preset duration threshold.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides another terminal, where the terminal includes a processor and a touch screen. The touch screen is used for: receiving a sliding operation performed by a user on the displayed content on the touch screen. The processor is configured to: identify a sliding track when the user performs the sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen; extract the first item in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen A piece of information; acquiring search result information with the first information as a search condition. The touch screen is further configured to: display the search result information acquired by the processor.

With reference to the third aspect, in the first implementation manner, the terminal further includes a memory; the memory is configured to: store data; the processor is specifically configured to: use the first information as a search condition to search the memory to store data, and obtain search result information using the first information as a search condition.

With reference to the third aspect, in the second implementation manner, the terminal further includes a network interface. The processor is specifically configured to: send the first information to a search server through the network interface, and receive search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition.

It can be seen that the search method and terminal provided by the embodiments of the present invention only need to identify the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the mobile terminal, and extract the first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track, and Acquiring and displaying the search result information using the first information as the search condition in real time reduces the operation complexity of the search, reduces the time cost, and improves the search efficiency.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For Those of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without making creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a search method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is one of the interface schematic diagrams of the search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the second schematic interface diagram of the search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 4a-4d are schematic diagrams of logical structures of two types of terminals provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

5a-5c are respectively schematic diagrams of logical structures of three terminals provided by the embodiments of the present invention;

6a-6b are respectively schematic diagrams of logical structures of two types of terminals provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

detailed description

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The search method and terminal in the embodiments of the present invention solve the problem of too many search processing steps and low efficiency when browsing display content on the terminal, and provide a gesture-swipe-based search method. When a user uses a terminal device to browse news or read online, when encountering content that he does not understand or is interested in, he only needs to use a swipe gesture to search for information and display the searched result information on the same page instead of using a virtual Enter the search keywords with the keyboard, and you can see the search results without switching pages.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a search method according to an embodiment of the present invention. This method can be applied to any electronic device with a touch screen. The electronic device can be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., or a fixed terminal, such as Desktop computers, servers, etc. As shown in Figure 1, the method provided in this embodiment specifically includes:

Step 101, identifying the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen;

Referring to one of the interface schematic diagrams of the search method in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. Perform a sliding operation, manifested as a sliding gesture, and identify the sliding track of the sliding gesture.

In an implementation manner, when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen, a sliding track from a sliding start position to a sliding end position is identified.

In such an implementation manner, firstly, the electronic device may identify a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the displayed content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the first For a trajectory in one direction from a sliding start position to a sliding end position, the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is determined as the sliding trajectory when the sliding operation is performed.

Second, the electronic device can identify the trajectory of the sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the first direction from the sliding start position track to the end position of the slide, and identify the slide operation along the second direction performed by the user on the track of the slide operation along the first direction, the start position of the slide operation along the second direction is the same as the slide operation along the second direction The end position of the sliding operation in one direction coincides, the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the end position of the sliding operation along the second direction is determined; determine the user's sliding operation along the first direction The trajectory between the start position of the sliding operation in the second direction and the ending position of the sliding operation in the second direction is a sliding trajectory during the sliding operation.

It should be noted that the track of the sliding operation along the first direction or the second direction in the embodiment of the present invention may be a straight line track or a curved track, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

It can be seen that if the user finds that he has selected some real content, the user can execute The reverse swipe corresponding to the previous swipe (hereafter referred to as the forward swipe). The terminal recognizes the forward sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen, and the reverse sliding operation along the forward sliding track, and determines the distance from the starting position of the forward sliding operation to the reverse sliding operation by the user. The trajectory between the end positions is the sliding trajectory from the sliding start position to the sliding end position. For example, if there is a piece of text in the display content 2 "the starting position of the forward sliding operation", the user starts to perform the forward sliding operation from the word "positive" until the word "open", at this time the user actually selects the word "positive". If the user finds that the word "Open" has been selected too much, he can perform a reverse slide to "Work", and uncheck the word "Open" at this time. If the sliding operation ends here, the content actually selected by the user is the "forward sliding operation".

In another implementation, the user may perform a swipe at the start position and the end position that the user wants to select. The text in the middle position here belongs to the text selected by the user.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention uses gesture sliding as an example, but in other implementation manners, the user may also use a specific tool for sliding on the touch screen, such as using a touch pen to slide on the touch screen.

Step 102, extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen.

Specifically, judge whether the sliding track is a closed curve according to the sliding start position and the sliding end position of the sliding track determined in step 101; when the sliding track is an unclosed curve, obtain the sliding track and the The content intersecting the display content is the first information; when the sliding track is a closed curve, acquiring the display content included in the sliding track is the first information.

In FIG. 2 provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first information 41 may be displayed through the first display window 31 in the display content of the mobile terminal. The first display window 31 may float on the upper layer of the display content of the touch screen. The first information may be highlighted in the first display window 31 . In order to prevent the first display window 31 from covering the original display content 2, the first display window 31 can display the first information 41 in a semi-transparent manner. A display window 31 can be displayed between texts or pictures; or when the user does not need to care about other displayed content except the first information, the first display window 31 can display the first information 41 in a non-transparent manner.

In other embodiments, the first information may not be displayed through an additional window, but only highlighted or recognized by the user in a manner different from other displayed content information.

Specifically, in an implementation manner, the first display window 31 may be generated after the user's sliding operation ends. The end of the sliding operation may be that the user's finger or touch pen leaves the touch screen for more than a certain time threshold. In another implementation, when the current browsing window of the mobile terminal displays the browsed display content, a floating first display window 31 is displayed at the same time, and when the user performs a sliding search, the obtained first display window is displayed in the first display window. Information 41.

The display position of the first display window 31 can be close to the position where the user makes a sliding gesture, or can be set at a specific position on the touch screen, such as the right side of the touch screen. For example, after the user performs a sliding operation along the text "patent application" on the touch screen, a display window will appear next to the text "patent application" (left, right, up, and down), highlighting "patent application" ", prompting the user that "patent application" has been selected; this display window can also be preset on the right side of the screen, and it does not appear when the sliding search operation is not performed. When the user slides to select "patent application", the display window changes from The word "patent application" pops up and is highlighted on the right side of the touch screen.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the display position and transparency of the first display window can be controlled in real time. The display position is to ensure that the first display window does not hinder the extension direction of the user's sliding track during the process of generating the sliding track by sliding. The transparency is to ensure The displayed content below the first display window will not be completely blocked.

Optionally, the first display window displays the first information semi-transparently when the focus is not obtained, so that when the user browses the display content, the display content below the first display window is not completely blocked by the first display window (such as Figure 2). When the first display window acquires the focus by clicking or other gesture triggers, the first display window displays the first information in a non-transparent manner (as shown in FIG. 3 ).

The first display window supports draggability, changeable window size, shrinkage and expansion, and when the current position of the sliding operation is close to the first display window, the position of the first display window is far away from the sliding operation the current location of .

Specifically, when the sliding position of the user's sliding operation (that is, the current position of the sliding track) is close to any edge of the first display window, the first display window will move away from the current finger position (or the position of the pen tip) in a straight line. direction to avoid the end of the sliding operation, so as not to affect the user to continue reading the displayed content.

The first information extracted by the user through the sliding track generated by the sliding gesture on the mobile terminal is displayed in the first display window, and the user can also slide along the opposite direction of the sliding track to cancel part or all of the extracted first information. Specifically, the reverse sliding of the user along the sliding track is identified, and when the end of the track of the reverse sliding returns to the initial position of the sliding track, the display of the first information is canceled. When the end of the reverse sliding track has not returned to the initial position of the sliding track, canceling part of the first information corresponding to the reverse sliding track. The corresponding relationship can be described with reference to the (forward) sliding trajectory described in the foregoing embodiments.

Step 103, acquiring search result information with the first information as the search condition;

The method for obtaining the search result information may be a local search or a search through a search server.

In an implementation manner, the terminal searches locally using the first information as a search condition, and obtains search result information corresponding to the search condition. At this time, the local database of the terminal stores the search information for the first information as the search condition. When the user's sliding gesture is completed, that is, when the user's finger leaves the touch screen, the first information obtained according to the identification of the sliding track is the user's desired information. Search for information, so that the search result information with the first information as the search condition can be searched locally.

In another implementation manner, the terminal sends the first information to a search server, and receives search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition. When the user's sliding gesture is completed, that is, when the user's finger leaves the touch screen, the first information obtained according to the sliding track recognition is the search information desired by the user, and the mobile terminal sends the first information as the search information to the search server. The server is made aware of the search request of the mobile terminal, searches according to the first information to obtain search result information, and sends it to the mobile terminal.

Step 104, displaying search result information.

Referring to the second schematic diagram of the interface of the search method of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the search result information 42 is displayed on the mobile terminal through the second display window 32, and the second display window 32 can display the search result information 42 translucently or non-transparently. . Automatically move the focus to the second display window, so that the second display window displays the search result information in a non-transparent manner, until the next time the information is searched, the focus of the second display window will be automatically removed again, so that the display is semi-transparent .

The second display window 32 may float on the upper layer of the display content of the touch screen. As for the specific location, it may be anywhere where the content 2 is displayed, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that one display window may be used to realize the first display window and the second display window, and in this case, the first information and the search result information will be displayed in the same display window.

In addition, the search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may obtain an instruction input by the user through the touch screen indicating the start of the search before performing the search. After the command is obtained, it indicates that the search state provided by the embodiment of the present invention is subsequently entered. In this search state, the search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be used to select search conditions and automatically search. Wherein, the instruction indicating the start of the search may be that the duration of a user's click operation on any position on the touch screen exceeds a preset duration threshold. Of course, a search start button can also be set on the touch screen, and the user can send a search start instruction to the terminal by clicking this button.

To sum up, in the search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the user browses the displayed content through the mobile terminal, he only needs to use a sliding operation on the touch screen to select the target information as the search condition. Further, the target information can be displayed through the first display window floating on the upper layer of the current display content at the same time, and the search result information can be displayed in real time through the second display window floating on the upper layer of the current display content, and the entire search process only requires the user's sliding operation , there is no need to input search keywords, and there is no need to switch pages, which reduces the complexity of operations, reduces time costs, and improves search efficiency.

Fig. 4a is a schematic diagram of a terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 a , the terminal 10 of this embodiment includes: an identification unit 11 , an extraction unit 12 , an acquisition unit 13 and a display unit 14 . The terminal also includes at least one touch screen, and the display unit 14 is connected to the touch screen. The terminal may be a mobile terminal or a fixed terminal.

The identification unit 11 is configured to identify a sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen.

The user's swipe can be a gesture swipe, or an additional tool can be used to perform the swipe operation.

The identification unit 11 is specifically configured to identify a sliding track from a sliding start position to a sliding end position when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen.

The user's sliding operation can be in one direction or in two directions. For both cases, there are different implementations of the identification unit 11:

In the first case, the identification unit 11 is specifically configured to: identify a trajectory of a sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the A trajectory in the first direction from the sliding start position to the sliding end position, determining the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction as the sliding trajectory when performing the sliding operation.

In the second case, the identification unit 11 is specifically configured to: identify the trajectory of the sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the A trajectory in the first direction from a sliding start position to a sliding end position, and identifying a sliding operation along a second direction performed by the user on the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction, the sliding operation along the second direction The start position of the sliding operation along the first direction coincides with the end position of the sliding operation along the first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the ending position of the sliding operation along the second direction is determined; The track between the start position of the slide operation in the first direction and the end position of the slide operation in the second direction is a slide track during the slide operation.

The extraction unit 12 is configured to extract from the display content of the touch screen the first information corresponding to the sliding track identified by the identification unit in the display content, and send it to the acquisition unit 13 .

The extraction unit 12 is specifically used to: judge whether the sliding track is a closed curve according to the sliding start position and the sliding end position of the sliding track determined by the identification unit 11; when the sliding track is an unclosed curve, obtain the The content where the sliding track intersects with the display content is the first information; when the sliding track is a closed curve, acquiring the display content included in the sliding track is the first information.

The acquiring unit 13 is configured to receive the first information sent by the extracting unit, acquire search result information using the first information as a search condition, and send the search result information to the display unit 14 .

The display unit 14 is used for displaying the search result information. Specifically, the display unit 14 instructs the touch screen to display the search result information.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4b, the display unit 14 is further configured to display the first information through the first display window. The display unit 14 is specifically configured to highlight the first information through the first display window; or display the first information semi-transparently or non-transparently through the first display window.

As shown in FIG. 4c, the terminal may further include a window moving unit 15, configured to indicate that the display is not the same as the first display window when the current position of the sliding operation recognized by the recognition unit 11 is close to the first display window. and moving the position of the first display window away from the current position of the sliding operation.

In an implementation manner, the obtaining unit 13 is specifically configured to use the first information as a search condition to search locally to obtain search result information corresponding to the search condition. In another implementation manner, the obtaining unit 13 is specifically configured to send the first information to a search server, and receive search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition.

The display unit 14 may also be configured to display search result information through a second display window in the display content of the terminal. For example, the search result information is displayed semi-transparently or non-transparently through the second display window in the display content of the terminal.

As shown in Figure 4d, the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention may also include a search start instruction unit 16, which is used to obtain an instruction input by the user through the touch screen to indicate the start of the search, and send the instruction to the recognition unit 11 . When the recognition unit 11 receives the instruction, it executes the step of recognizing a sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen. The instruction indicating the start of the search may be a user's click operation on any position on the touch screen whose duration exceeds a preset duration threshold, or an instruction to press a search start button.

The terminal in this embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile terminal or other handheld or non-handheld terminals.

It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, the terminal module division method introduced in this embodiment is only an example, and other module division forms can be made according to the method and apparatus provided in this embodiment. In addition, these modules can be completely located on one terminal, or can be stored on multiple terminals in a distributed computing manner.

It can be seen that the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention only needs to identify the user's sliding track when the terminal slides, identify the first information as the search condition, and obtain and display the search result information in real time, which reduces the operation complexity and time costs and improve search efficiency.

FIG. 5 a is a schematic diagram of a terminal 50 provided by another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, this embodiment includes a processor 51 and a touch screen 52 .

The touch screen 52 is used to: receive the sliding operation of the user;

The processor 51 is configured to: identify a sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen 52; extract the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen 52 the first information; take the search result information with the first information as the search condition;

The touch screen 52 is also used for: displaying the search result information.

In one implementation, the processor 52 may store data used for the search basis. After the processor obtains the first information, it searches the data stored by itself using the first information as a search condition to obtain the search result. result information.

In another implementation manner, as shown in FIG. 5 b , the terminal 50 may further include a memory 53 . The memory 53 is used to store data; the processor 51 is specifically used to search the data stored in the memory by using the first information as a search condition, and obtain search result information using the first information as a search condition.

In yet another implementation manner, as shown in FIG. 5c , the terminal 50 may further include a network interface 54 . The processor 51 is specifically configured to send the first information to a search server through the network interface, and receive search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition.

It can be seen that the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention only needs to identify the user's sliding track when the terminal slides, identify the first information as the search condition, and obtain and display the search result information in real time, which reduces the operation complexity and time costs and improve search efficiency.

As shown in FIG. 6a, it is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal 60 provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 60 includes a processor 61 , a memory 62 and a touch screen 63 . The system bus 64 is used to connect the processor 61 , memory 62 and touch screen 63 .

A software program is stored in the memory 62 . The software program can be executed by the processor 61, so as to realize various functions of the above method of the present invention.

Processor 61 accesses the software program in memory 62 and executes the following instructions: identify the sliding track when the user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen 63; extract the corresponding slide track from the display content on the touch screen 63; The first information in the displayed content; obtaining the search result information with the first information as the search condition; instructing the touch screen 63 to display the search result information.

The touch screen 63 is used to receive a sliding operation performed by the user on the displayed content on the touch screen. If the touch screen is also used as a display screen, the search result information may be displayed under the instruction of the processor 61 .

Specifically, the processor 61 may specifically execute the following instruction: identify a sliding track from a sliding start position to a sliding end position when the user performs a sliding operation on the displayed content on the touch screen.

In an implementation manner, the trajectory of the sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction is identified, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is from the sliding in the first direction The trajectory between the position and the sliding end position, determining the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction as the sliding trajectory when performing the sliding operation.

In another implementation manner, the trajectory of the sliding operation performed by the user on the display content on the touch screen along the first direction is identified, and the trajectory of the sliding operation along the first direction is the track between the start position and the slide end position, and identify the slide operation along the second direction performed by the user on the track of the slide operation along the first direction, and the start position of the slide operation along the second direction is the same as that of the slide operation along the second direction The end position of the sliding operation along the first direction coincides, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the end position of the sliding operation along the second direction is determined; determine the user's position along the first direction The track between the start position of the slide operation and the end position of the slide operation in the second direction is a slide track during the slide operation.

For the instruction of extracting the first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen, the processor 61 can implement the following instructions: according to the sliding start position of the sliding track and the sliding end position to determine whether the sliding track is a closed curve; when the sliding track is an unclosed curve, acquiring the intersection content of the sliding track and the display content as the first information; when the When the sliding track is a closed curve, the display content included in the sliding track is acquired as the first information.

For example, when the sliding track is a non-closed straight line, the part of the displayed content that coincides with the straight line is the first information; when the sliding track is a circle, the part inside the circle The included display content is the first information.

Further, after the processor 61 accesses the software program in the memory 53, it executes instructions of the following process: displaying the first information on the touch screen 63 through a first display window. It can be displayed transparently or non-transparently. The first display window may float on the upper layer of the display content of the touch screen 63 .

In one implementation manner, the memory 62 stores data for the processor 61 to access in addition to storing software programs for the processor 61 to access. The processor 61 uses the first information as a search condition to search from data stored in the local memory 62 and obtain search result information corresponding to the search condition.

In another implementation manner, as shown in FIG. 6 b , the terminal 60 may further include a network interface 65 . The network interface 65 is used to communicate with the search server. The processor 61 sends the first information to the search server through the network interface 65, and receives search result information sent by the search server and using the first information as a search condition.

Similar to the first display window, the processor 61 may also instruct the touch screen 63 to display the search result information through the second display window. It can be displayed transparently or non-transparently. The second display window may float on the upper layer of the display content of the touch screen 63 .

Further, the application program in the storage 53 is also used to execute instructions of the following process: the user can also slide along the reverse direction of the sliding track, thereby canceling part or all of the extracted first information. Specifically, the reverse sliding of the user along the sliding track is identified, and when the end of the track of the reverse sliding returns to the initial position of the sliding track, the display of the first information is canceled. When the end of the reverse sliding track has not returned to the initial position of the sliding track, cancel part of the first information corresponding to the reverse sliding track. The corresponding relationship can be described with reference to the (forward) sliding trajectory described in the foregoing embodiments.

It can be seen that the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention only needs to identify the user's sliding track when the terminal slides, identify the first information as the search condition, and obtain and display the search result information in real time, which reduces the operation complexity and time costs and improve search efficiency.

Each embodiment in this specification is described in a progressive manner, the same and similar parts of each embodiment can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, as for the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for relevant parts, please refer to part of the description of the method embodiment. The device embodiments described above are only illustrative, and the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in One place, or it can be distributed to multiple network elements. Part or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. It can be understood and implemented by those skilled in the art without creative effort.

The memory described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), a magnetic disk or an optical disk. The system bus 64 may be an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture, industry standard architecture) bus, a PCI (Peripheral Component, external device interconnection) bus, or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, extended industry standard architecture) bus or the like. The bus can be one or more physical lines, and when there are multiple physical lines, it can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. In other implementation manners, the modules in Figures 6a and 6b may not communicate through the bus, but directly have a communication connection; each module may also be connected to the processor.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be realized by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware. Processing unit), dedicated memory, dedicated components, etc. to achieve. In general, all functions completed by computer programs can be easily realized by corresponding hardware, and the specific hardware structure used to realize the same function can also be varied, such as analog circuits, digital circuits or special-purpose circuit etc. However, software program implementation is a better implementation mode for the present invention in most cases. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer , U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM, Read-OnlyMemory), random access memory (RAM, RandomAccessMemory), magnetic disk or optical disk, etc., including several instructions to make a computer device (it can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The inventive arrangements may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program elements, being executed by a computer. Generally, program elements include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The inventive arrangements may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program elements may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including storage devices.

The specific embodiments described above have further described the purpose, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present invention in detail. It should be understood that the above descriptions are only specific embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Protection scope, within the spirit and principles of the present invention, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc., shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (24)

1. A method of searching, the method comprising:

recognizing a trajectory of a sliding operation in a first direction performed by a user on display content on a touch screen, the trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction being a trajectory from a sliding start position to a sliding end position in the first direction,

and identifying a sliding operation in a second direction performed by a user on a trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction, wherein a starting position of the sliding operation in the second direction coincides with an ending position of the sliding operation in the first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the ending position of the sliding operation in the second direction is determined; determining a track from a starting position of the sliding operation of the user along the first direction to an ending position of the sliding operation along the second direction as a sliding track during the sliding operation, wherein a part of the track of the sliding operation along the first direction is overlapped with the track of the sliding operation along the second direction;

extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen;

acquiring search result information with the first information as a search condition;

and displaying the search result information.

2. The searching method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen comprises:

judging whether the sliding track is a closed curve according to the determined sliding starting position and the determined sliding ending position of the sliding track;

when the sliding track is a non-closed curve, acquiring the content of the intersection of the sliding track and the display content as the first information;

and when the sliding track is a closed curve, acquiring the display content contained in the sliding track as the first information.

3. The searching method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the extracting the first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen, the method further comprises displaying the first information through a first display window.

4. The search method of claim 3, wherein the first display window floats above a display content of the touch screen.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying the first information through the first display window comprises:

highlighting the first information through a first display window; or,

and displaying the first information through the first display window in a semi-transparent or non-transparent mode.

6. The search method of claim 3, further comprising:

when the current position of the sliding operation is close to the first display window, the position of the first display window is far away from the current position of the sliding operation.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the obtaining search result information with the first information as a search condition comprises:

obtaining search result information corresponding to the search condition from local search by taking the first information as the search condition; or,

and sending the first information to a search server, and receiving search result information which is sent by the search server and takes the first information as a search condition.

8. The search method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the displaying the search result information includes:

and displaying the search result information through a second display window.

9. The search method of claim 8, wherein the second display window floats above a display content of the touch screen.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the displaying the search result information through the second display window comprises:

highlighting the search result information through the second display window; or,

and displaying the search result information through the second display window in a semi-transparent or non-transparent mode.

11. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein before identifying a sliding track when a user performs a sliding operation on the display content on the touch screen, the method further comprises: and acquiring an instruction which is input by a user through the touch screen and indicates the start of searching.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the instruction indicating the start of the search comprises a duration of one click operation of the user on any position on the touch screen exceeding a preset duration threshold.

13. The search terminal is characterized by comprising an identification unit, an extraction unit, an acquisition unit and a display unit;

a recognition unit configured to recognize a trajectory of a sliding operation in a first direction performed by a user on display content on a touch screen, the trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction being a trajectory from a sliding start position to a sliding end position in the first direction, and recognize a sliding operation in a second direction performed by the user on the trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction, the start position of the sliding operation in the second direction coinciding with the end position of the sliding operation in the first direction, the second direction being an opposite direction to the first direction, and determine the end position of the sliding operation in the second direction; determining a track from a starting position of the sliding operation of the user along the first direction to an ending position of the sliding operation along the second direction as a sliding track during the sliding operation, wherein a part of the track of the sliding operation along the first direction is overlapped with the track of the sliding operation along the second direction; the extracting unit is used for extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track identified by the identifying unit from the display content of the touch screen and sending the first information to the acquiring unit;

the acquisition unit is used for receiving the first information sent by the extraction unit, acquiring search result information with the first information as a search condition and sending the search result information to the display unit;

and the display unit is used for receiving the search result information sent by the acquisition unit and displaying the search result information.

14. The search terminal of claim 13, wherein the extracting unit is specifically configured to: judging whether the sliding track is a closed curve according to the sliding starting position and the sliding ending position of the sliding track determined by the identification unit; when the sliding track is a non-closed curve, acquiring the content of the intersection of the sliding track and the display content as the first information; and when the sliding track is a closed curve, acquiring the display content contained in the sliding track as the first information.

15. The search terminal according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the display unit is further configured to: and displaying the first information through a first display window.

16. The search terminal of claim 15, wherein the display unit is specifically configured to: highlighting the first information through a first display window; or the first information is displayed through the first display window in a semi-transparent or non-transparent mode.

17. The search terminal of claim 16, further comprising a window moving unit;

the window moving unit is used for enabling the position of the first display window to be far away from the current position of the sliding operation when the current position of the sliding operation is close to the first display window.

18. The search terminal of claim 13 or 14,

the acquisition unit is specifically used for acquiring search result information corresponding to the search condition from local search by taking the first information as the search condition; or, the first information is sent to a search server, and search result information which is sent by the search server and takes the first information as a search condition is received.

19. The search terminal according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the display unit is specifically configured to: and displaying the search result information through a second display window.

20. The search terminal according to any one of claims 13 or 14, further comprising a search start instruction unit configured to acquire an instruction indicating a start of a search input by a user through the touch screen and send the instruction to the recognition unit;

the identification unit is specifically used for executing the step of identifying the sliding track of the user when the sliding operation is executed on the display content on the touch screen when the instruction is received.

21. The search terminal according to claim 20, wherein the instruction indicating the start of the search comprises a duration of one click operation of the user to any position on the touch screen exceeding a preset duration threshold.

22. A search terminal is characterized by comprising a processor and a touch screen;

the touch screen is used for: receiving a sliding operation performed by a user on display content on the touch screen;

the processor is configured to: identifying a trajectory of a sliding operation in a first direction performed by a user on display content on a touch screen, the trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction being a trajectory from a sliding start position to a sliding end position in the first direction, and identifying a sliding operation in a second direction performed by the user on the trajectory of the sliding operation in the first direction, the start position of the sliding operation in the second direction coinciding with the end position of the sliding operation in the first direction, the second direction being an opposite direction to the first direction, the end position of the sliding operation in the second direction being determined; determining a track from a starting position of the sliding operation of the user along the first direction to an ending position of the sliding operation along the second direction as a sliding track during the sliding operation, wherein a part of the track of the sliding operation along the first direction is overlapped with the track of the sliding operation along the second direction; extracting first information in the display content corresponding to the sliding track from the display content of the touch screen; acquiring search result information with the first information as a search condition;

the touch screen is further configured to: and displaying the search result information acquired by the processor.

23. The search terminal of claim 22, further comprising a memory:

the memory is to: storing the data;

the processor is specifically configured to: and searching the data stored in the memory by taking the first information as a search condition, and acquiring search result information by taking the first information as a search condition.

24. The search terminal of claim 22, further comprising a network interface;

the processor is specifically configured to: and sending the first information to a search server through the network interface, and receiving search result information which is sent by the search server and takes the first information as a search condition.