WO2018001261A1 - Method for configuring button functions and mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a method for configuring button functions and a mobile terminal, said method being applied to a mobile terminal comprising at least one touch region, the touch region comprising a plurality of buttons, and said method comprising: when an operation instruction for resetting button functions is received, determining two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction; swapping the button functions of the two target buttons.

Description

Button function setting method and mobile terminal

Cross-reference to related applications

Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 201610509087.4, filed on Jun. 29,,,,,,,,

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a button function setting method and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

With the development of mobile communication technology, mobile terminals such as mobile phones have gradually become an indispensable part of people's lives, and also provide great convenience for people's work.

While smartphones are selling well, the size of mobile phone screens is getting bigger and bigger. The large-size screen mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as "large-screen mobile terminal") brings a high-definition, high-quality visual experience to the user, and also brings certain inconvenience to the user, affecting the user's experience; for example, When the user operates the mobile phone, the one-hand operation mode is usually adopted. When the button of the lower row of the touch panel is required, a large distance needs to be used, especially when the screen width of the mobile phone is larger than the length of the finger of the person, the one hand is difficult to touch the opposite side. button.

In order to solve the above problems, there are mainly three solutions in the related art:

(1) Scale the window proportionally, pull down and hover.

As the current two-handed one-hand operation scheme, the problem of touch operation in the display area is solved, but for the three buttons at the bottom of the screen, such as "menu key", "home" key, and "back" ))" did not solve the problem.

(2) Floating window.

Use the floating window to integrate key functions into the small area window. Although it solves the inconvenience of one-hand operation of the button, it also adds an area of the floating window, occupying the space of the display.

(3) Appearance optimization + edge anti-missing.

By improving the design of the mobile terminal body and the screen ratio design, the screen edge anti-missing function is increased. Improve the operability of large-size screens, but it is only to improve the experience, and can not solve the problem fundamentally.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure provides a method for setting a button function and a mobile terminal, and the purpose thereof is to solve the problem that the current large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and affects the user experience.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for setting a button function, where the method is applied to a mobile terminal including at least one touch area, where the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the method includes:

When receiving an operation instruction for resetting a button function, determining two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction;

Exchange the button functions of the two target buttons.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal includes at least one touch area, the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the mobile terminal further includes:

a determining module, configured to determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction when receiving an operation instruction for resetting the button function;

A function switching module for exchanging key functions of two target buttons.

In still another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, including: a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program is executed by the processor to implement the button The steps in the function setting method.

In still another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the above-described key function setting method.

In this way, the button function setting method and the mobile terminal provided by the present disclosure can realize the button function of the button that is difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation by exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons, and can be realized by the touchable button. Effectively avoiding mobile terminals for large screens, it is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; satisfying the diversified use requirements of users; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and improves the user's Use experience.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art based on these drawings without the inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for setting a button function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for setting a button function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a scenario of a first example of an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram 1 of a second example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a second schematic diagram of a second example of an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for setting a button function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 7 shows a schematic diagram of a scenario of an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram 1 of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram 2 of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a mobile terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for setting a button function, which is applied to a mobile terminal including at least one touch area, where the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the method includes:

Step 101: When receiving an operation instruction for resetting a button function, determining two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction;

The mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a wearable device, such as a smart watch. The mobile terminal may include a touch area, such as the bottom of the display screen, and may also include multiple touch areas, such as the top, side or display screen of the display screen.

When the mobile terminal receives the operation instruction of the button function reset, the target button having the function exchange relationship with the button function is determined according to the operation instruction.

In step 102, the button functions of the two target buttons are exchanged with each other.

After the target button is determined, the button function of the target button is exchanged, so that the user can operate conveniently. For example, the button function of the button that cannot be touched by the user can be switched to a position that the user can touch, so that the user can easily reach the target operation. .

In the above embodiment of the present disclosure, by mutually exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons, the button functions of the buttons that are difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation are realized by the touchable buttons, and the large screen can be effectively avoided. The mobile terminal is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; it satisfies the diversified use requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and improves the user experience.

Example

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for setting a button function, which is applied to a mobile terminal including at least one touch area, where the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the method includes:

Step 201: When detecting a touch operation of sliding from the first area to the second area at least twice, the first area is an area covered by the first button in the touch area, and the second area is in the touch area. The area covered by the second button, the second button is different from the first button, and confirms that an operation command for resetting the button function is received.

Specifically, the first button and the second button may be any button in the touch area. When the touch operation of sliding from the first area to the second area is detected, and the touch operation continues at least twice, it is confirmed that an operation instruction that the user issues a reset of the key function is received.

In step 202, the button functions of the two target buttons are exchanged with each other.

After the target button is determined, the button function of the target button is exchanged, so that the user can operate conveniently. For example, the button function of the button that cannot be touched by the user can be switched to a position that the user can touch, so that the user can easily reach the target operation. .

As a first example, referring to FIG. 3, a mobile terminal 300 shown in FIG. 3, the buttons in the lower row of the operation panel are sequentially "menu" and "home" from left to right. And "back" button; when the user is accustomed to the left hand handheld mobile terminal with one hand operation, pressing the back button is difficult, if the function of the back button and the menu button is interchanged as the target button having the button function exchange relationship; Then, when the user slides the home button twice to the menu button twice, and confirms that the user needs to reset the button function, the function of the back button and the menu button is interchanged, and the user can easily touch the swapped back with one-handed operation with the left hand. Key to avoid the inconvenience caused by the inability to touch the back button.

It should be noted that the operation of the user-initiated button function reset is set to at least two slides to avoid resetting the button function due to the user's accidental touch operation, for example, when the user's one-touch operation just happens to be swiped from the home button to the menu button. Will not cause the button function to be reset.

Specifically, step 201 includes:

The two target buttons corresponding to the operation command are determined according to the correspondence between the pre-established operation command and the target button.

The correspondence between the operation instruction and the target button can be set according to the needs of the user, which can improve the user experience, especially when there are multiple target buttons. Still taking the first example as an example, for example, when the operation instruction is the home key sliding to the menu key, the corresponding target key is the back key and the menu key; when the operation instruction is the menu key sliding to the home key, the corresponding target key may be Menu button and home button.

Optionally, when the touch area includes a virtual button, the steps of exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons are performed, including:

If the target button has a button identifier, the button functions of the two target buttons and the button identifier are exchanged.

Specifically, the button identification may be an icon or other form of identification corresponding to the button. When the touch area includes a virtual button, for example, when the touch area is over the display screen, or all the buttons are virtual buttons, when the virtual button is used as the target button, the button functions are exchanged, and the button identifier needs to be exchanged. It is convenient for the user to recognize the function of the button after the exchange and improve the user experience.

As a second example, referring to FIG. 4, the keys of the mobile terminal 400 shown in FIG. 4 are virtual keys, wherein the left and right of the display screen are "menu key (triangle icon)" and "home key" (circular shape). Icon)" and "back button (rectangular icon)", when the back button and the menu button are used as the target button to exchange the button functions while exchanging the button icons of both, as shown in FIG.

Optionally, after step 202, the method includes:

Remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset.

Specifically, after the button function is reset, the user is reminded to facilitate the user to know the function reset condition.

Optionally, after step 202, the method includes:

If the operation command of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is detected to be closed, the original button function of the target button is restored.

Wherein, if an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, the original button function of the target button is restored according to the operation instruction; or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is closed after the button function is reset, the user can be determined to stop the button function Reset, restore the original button function of the target button.

Further, the step of receiving an operation instruction for restoring the original button function of the target button includes:

When the touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area is detected at least twice, the fourth area is the area covered by the fourth button in the touch area, and the fifth area is the fifth button in the touch area. In the covered area, the fifth button and the fourth button are different, and an operation command for receiving the original button function of the recovery target button is confirmed.

The fourth button and the fifth button may be any button in the touch area. When the touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area is detected, and the touch operation continues at least twice, it is confirmed that the operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received by the user, and the original of the target button is restored. Button function to avoid affecting the normal use of the user.

In the above embodiment of the present disclosure, by mutually exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons, the button functions of the buttons that are difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation are realized by the touchable buttons, and the large screen can be effectively avoided. The mobile terminal is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; for the virtual button, the button function is exchanged while exchanging the button function, so that the user can recognize the key function after the exchange; and the target button corresponding to the operation instruction can be used by the user. The setting meets the diversified use requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and improves the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 6 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for setting a button function, which is applied to a mobile terminal including at least one touch area, where the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, including:

Step 601: When the user's multi-touch operation is detected, the user is reminded whether the button function needs to be reset and the user feedback is YES, and the operation command for resetting the button function is confirmed.

Among them, the user is more prone to multi-touch operation when manipulating the large-screen mobile terminal; when the user's multi-contact operation is detected, the user is reminded whether the button function needs to be reset (the user may be difficult Touching the button causes multi-contact operation). When the user feedback is YES, confirm the operation command that receives the reset of the button function.

Step 602, exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons with each other.

After the target button is determined, the button function of the target button is exchanged, so that the user can operate conveniently. For example, the button function of the button that cannot be touched by the user can be switched to a position that the user can touch, so that the user can easily reach the target operation. .

Optionally, step 601 includes:

When the user touches the button identifier of one button, the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal is touched, and the distance between the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user is within a preset range. Inside.

Wherein, when the user touches a button identifier, the user touches the first contact on the touch screen, and the distance between the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user is within a preset range. , can be judged as multi-contact operation.

Optionally, the distance between the first contact and the button identifier touched by the user may be calculated by a coordinate distance between the first contact and the edge of the button identifier, or may be the center of the first contact and the button identifier. Coordinate distance.

Step 603: If an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is detected to be closed, the original button function of the target button is restored.

Wherein, if an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, the original button function of the target button is restored according to the operation instruction; or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is closed after the button function is reset, the user can be determined to stop the button function Reset, restore the original button function of the target button.

As an example, referring to FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 700 shown in FIG. 7 has the buttons in the lower row of the operation panel being "menu key", "home key" and "back key" from left to right; when the user holds the right hand grip When the terminal 700 is moved, the leftmost menu button is touched; while the menu button is touched, the root of the right thumb forms a certain false touch area in the lower right corner of the touch screen of the mobile terminal 700, as indicated by the arrow in the figure; When it is judged that the multi-contact operation is established, the user is reminded whether it is necessary to reset the button function, and when the user feedback is yes, the button functions of the menu button and the back button are exchanged with each other.

When the user's finger is slid to the back key twice by the home key, or when the user closes the display screen, it is determined that the user stops the key function reset, and the original key function of the menu key and the back key is restored.

In the above embodiment of the present disclosure, when detecting the multi-touch operation of the user, the user is reminded whether the button function needs to be reset, and when the user feedback is yes, the button functions of the two target buttons are exchanged with each other, which makes it difficult for the user to pass the single button. The button function of the button that is easy to touch by the hand operation is realized by the touchable button, which can effectively avoid the mobile terminal for the large screen, and it is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; for the virtual button, the function of the button is exchanged while exchanging the button function The icon of the button is convenient for the user to recognize the function of the button after the exchange; and the target button corresponding to the operation instruction can be set by the user to meet the diversified use requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings the user A certain problem of inconvenient operation has improved the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal 800 shown in FIG. 8 includes at least one touch area, and the touch area includes a plurality of buttons. The mobile terminal 800 further includes: a determining module 801 and a function switching module 802;

The determining module 801 is configured to determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction when receiving the operation instruction of the button function reset.

The mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a wearable device, such as a smart watch. The mobile terminal may include a touch area, such as the bottom of the display screen, and may also include multiple touch areas, such as the top, side or display screen of the display screen.

When the mobile terminal receives the operation instruction of the button function reset, the target button having the function exchange relationship with the button function is determined according to the operation instruction.

The function switching module 802 is configured to exchange the button functions of the two target buttons with each other.

After the target button is determined, the button function of the target button is exchanged, so that the user can operate conveniently. For example, the button function of the button that cannot be touched by the user can be switched to a position that the user can touch, so that the user can easily reach the target operation. .

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, the determining module 801 includes:

The first determining sub-module 8011 is configured to: when detecting a touch operation of sliding from the first area to the second area at least twice, the first area is an area covered by the first button in the touch area, and the second area is For the area covered by the second button in the touch area, the second button is different from the first button, and an operation command for resetting the button function is confirmed.

Specifically, the first button and the second button may be any button in the touch area. When a touch operation of sliding from the first area to the second area is detected, and the touch operation continues at least twice, then Confirm that the user has received an operation command to reset the button function.

or

The second determining sub-module 8012 is configured to, when the user's multi-touch operation is detected, remind the user whether the button function needs to be reset and the user feedback is YES, confirming that the operation command of the button function reset is received.

Among them, the user is more prone to multi-touch operation when manipulating the large-screen mobile terminal; when the user's multi-contact operation is detected, the user is reminded whether the button function needs to be reset (the user may cause multiple contacts because it is difficult to touch the button) Operation), when the user feedback is YES, confirm the operation command that receives the reset of the button function.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, the determining module 801 further includes:

The button determining sub-module 8013 is configured to determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation command according to the correspondence between the pre-established operation command and the target button.

The correspondence between the operation instruction and the target button can be set according to the needs of the user, which can improve the user experience, especially when there are multiple target buttons.

Optionally, the second determining submodule is configured to:

When the user touches the button identifier of one button, the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal is touched, and the distance between the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user is within a preset range. Inside.

Wherein, when the user touches a button identifier, the user touches the first contact on the touch screen, and the distance between the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user is within a preset range. , can be judged as multi-contact operation.

Optionally, the distance between the first contact and the button identifier touched by the user may be calculated by a coordinate distance between the first contact and the edge of the button identifier, or may be the center of the first contact and the button identifier. Coordinate distance.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, when the touch area includes a virtual button, the function switching module 802 includes:

The virtual key exchange sub-module 8021 is used for exchanging the key functions of the two target keys and the key identification if the target key has a key identifier.

Specifically, when the touch area includes a virtual button, such as when the touch area is over the display screen, or when all the buttons are virtual buttons, when the virtual button is used as the target button, At the same time of exchanging button functions, it is necessary to exchange key identifiers with each other, so that the user can recognize the function of the keys after the exchange and improve the user experience.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, the mobile terminal 800 further includes:

The reminder module 803 is configured to remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset.

Specifically, after the button function is reset, the user is reminded to facilitate the user to know the function reset condition.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, the mobile terminal 800 further includes:

The recovery module 804 is configured to restore the original button function of the target button when receiving an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button or detecting that the display screen of the mobile terminal is closed.

Wherein, if an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, the original button function of the target button is restored according to the operation instruction; or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is closed after the button function is reset, the user can be determined to stop the button function Reset, restore the original button function of the target button.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 9, the recovery module 804 includes:

The command receiving sub-module 8041 is configured to: when detecting a touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area at least twice in a row, the fourth area is an area covered by the fourth button in the touch area, and the fifth area is In the area covered by the fifth button in the touch area, the fifth button and the fourth button are different, and the operation command for receiving the original button function of the resume target button is confirmed.

The fourth button and the fifth button may be any button in the touch area. When the touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area is detected, and the touch operation continues at least twice, it is confirmed that the operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received by the user, and the original of the target button is restored. Button function to avoid affecting the normal use of the user.

In the above embodiment of the present disclosure, the mobile terminal 800 can effectively avoid the button function of the two target buttons by mutually exchanging the button functions of the buttons that are difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation, and the touchable buttons. For a large-screen mobile terminal, it is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; for virtual buttons, the buttons of the buttons are exchanged while exchanging the functions of the buttons, so that the user can recognize the key functions after the exchange; and the target buttons corresponding to the operation instructions, The user can set the user's own requirements to meet the diversified use requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and improves the user experience.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal of an embodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile terminal 1000 shown in FIG. 10 includes: at least one processor 1001, a memory 1002, at least one network interface 1004, and a user. Interface 1003. The various components in mobile terminal 1000 are coupled together by bus system 1005. It will be appreciated that the bus system 1005 is used to implement connection communication between these components. The bus system 1005 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1005 in FIG.

The user interface 1003 may include a display, a keyboard, or a pointing device (eg, a mouse, a trackball, a touchpad, or a touch screen, etc.).

It is to be understood that the memory 1002 in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), or an electric Erase programmable read only memory (EEPROM) or flash memory. The volatile memory can be a Random Access Memory (RAM) that acts as an external cache. By way of example and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM). SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), Synchronous Connection Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) and Direct Memory bus random access memory (DirectRambusRAM, DRRAM). The memory 1002 of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In some implementations, the memory 1002 stores elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or their extended set: an operating system 10021 and an application 10022.

The operating system 10021 includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, and the like, for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application 10022 includes various applications, such as a media player (Media Player), a browser, and the like, for implementing various application services, and a program for implementing the method of the embodiment of the present disclosure may be included in the application 10022.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by calling a program or instruction stored in the memory 1002, specifically, The processor 1001 is configured to: when receiving an operation instruction of the button function reset, determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction; and exchange the button functions of the two target buttons with each other.

The method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the processor 1001 or implemented by the processor 1001. The processor 1001 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the foregoing method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1001 or an instruction in a form of software. The processor 1001 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or the like. Programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented or carried out. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present disclosure may be directly implemented by the hardware decoding processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in the memory 1002, and the processor 1001 reads the information in the memory 1002 and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

It will be appreciated that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the processing unit can be implemented in one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSP devices, DSPDs), programmable Programmable Logic Device (PLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), general purpose processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, other electronic unit for performing the functions described herein Or a combination thereof.

For a software implementation, the techniques described herein can be implemented by modules (eg, procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software code can be stored in memory and executed by the processor. The memory can be implemented in the processor or external to the processor.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to: when detecting at least two consecutive a touch operation from the first area to the second area, the first area is an area covered by the first button in the touch area, and the second area is an area covered by the second button in the touch area, The two buttons are different from the first button, or

When the user's multi-touch operation is detected, the user is reminded whether it is necessary to reset the button function and when the user feedback is received, the operation command for resetting the button function is confirmed.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to: determine, according to a correspondence between the preset operation instruction and the target button, two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to: when detecting that the user touches the button identifier of one button, touch the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, the first contact and the user The distance of the area covered by the touched key identifier is within a preset range.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to exchange the button functions of the two target buttons and the button identifiers with each other.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to: remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to restore the original button function of the target button if an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is detected to be closed.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1001 is further configured to: when detecting a touch operation that slides from the fourth area to the fifth area at least twice in a row, the fourth area is a fourth button in the touch area The area covered by the fifth area is the area covered by the fifth button in the touch area, and the fifth button and the fourth button are different, and the operation command for receiving the original button function of the recovery target button is confirmed.

The mobile terminal 1000 can implement various processes implemented by the mobile terminal in the foregoing embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The mobile terminal 1000 of the embodiment of the present disclosure exchanges the function of the two target buttons with each other through the processor 1001, and the button function of the button that is difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation is realized by the touchable button. Avoiding large-screen mobile terminals, it is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; for virtual buttons, the buttons of the buttons are exchanged while exchanging the functions of the buttons, so that the user can recognize the key functions after the exchange; and the target buttons corresponding to the operation instructions The user can set it to meet the diversified usage requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the application of the large-screen mobile terminal The user brings a certain problem of inconvenient operation and improves the user experience.

FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, the mobile terminal 1100 in FIG. 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a vehicle-mounted computer.

The mobile terminal 1100 in FIG. 11 includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit 1110, a memory 1120, an input unit 1130, a display unit 1140, a processor 1150, a WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) module 1160, an audio circuit 11110, and a power supply 1180.

The input unit 1130 can be configured to receive numeric or character information input by the user, and generate signal input related to user setting and function control of the mobile terminal 1100.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the input unit 1130 may include a touch panel 1131. The touch panel 1131, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations on or near the user (such as the operation of the user using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus on the touch panel 1131), and according to the preset The programmed program drives the corresponding connection device. Optionally, the touch panel 1131 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Wherein, the touch detection device detects the touch orientation of the user, and detects a signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into contact coordinates, and sends the touch information. The processor 1150 is provided and can receive commands from the processor 1150 and execute them. In addition, the touch panel 1131 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch panel 1131, the input unit 1130 may further include other input devices 1132. The other input devices 1132 may include but are not limited to physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, and the like. One or more of them.

The display unit 1140 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menu interfaces of the mobile terminal 1100. The display unit 1140 may include a display panel 1141. Alternatively, the display panel 1141 may be configured in the form of an LCD or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED).

It should be noted that the touch panel 1131 may cover the display panel 1141 to form a touch display screen, and when the touch display screen detects a touch operation on or near it, it is transmitted to the processor 1150 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor The 1150 provides a corresponding visual output on the touch display depending on the type of touch event.

The touch display includes an application interface display area and a common control display area. The arrangement manner of the application interface display area and the display area of the common control is not limited, and the arrangement manner of the two display areas can be distinguished by up-and-down arrangement, left-right arrangement, and the like. The application interface display area can be used to display the interface of the application. Each interface can contain interface elements such as at least one application's icon and/or widget desktop control. The application interface display area can also be an empty interface that does not contain any content. The common control display area is used to display controls with high usage, such as setting buttons, interface numbers, scroll bars, phone book icons, and the like.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, by calling a software program and/or module stored in the first memory 1121 and/or data in the second memory 1122, the processor 1150 is configured to: when receiving a button function reset operation When the command is made, the two target buttons corresponding to the operation command are determined; the button functions of the two target buttons are exchanged.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to: when detecting a touch operation that is slid from the first area to the second area at least twice, the first area is a first button in the touch area The covered area, the second area is the area covered by the second button in the touch area, the second button is different from the first button, or

When the user's multi-touch operation is detected, the user is reminded whether it is necessary to reset the button function and when the user feedback is received, the operation command for resetting the button function is confirmed.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to: determine, according to a correspondence between the preset operation instruction and the target button, two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to: when detecting that the user touches the button identifier of one button, touch the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, the first contact and the user The distance of the area covered by the touched key identifier is within a preset range.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to exchange the button functions of the two target buttons and the button identifiers with each other.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to: remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to restore the original button function of the target button if an operation instruction of the original button function of the recovery target button is received, or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is detected to be closed.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the processor 1150 is further configured to: when detecting a touch operation that slides from the fourth area to the fifth area at least twice in a row, the fourth area is a fourth button in the touch area The area covered by the fifth area is the area covered by the fifth button in the touch area, and the fifth button and the fourth button are different, and the operation command for receiving the original button function of the recovery target button is confirmed.

The mobile terminal 1100 can implement various processes implemented by the mobile terminal in the foregoing embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The mobile terminal 1100 of the embodiment of the present disclosure exchanges the function of the two target buttons with each other through the processor 1150, and the button function of the button that is difficult for the user to easily touch by one-hand operation is realized by the touchable button. Avoiding large-screen mobile terminals, it is difficult to touch some buttons with one-hand operation; for virtual buttons, the buttons of the buttons are exchanged while exchanging the functions of the buttons, so that the user can recognize the key functions after the exchange; and the target buttons corresponding to the operation instructions The user can set the user to meet the diversified usage requirements of the user; the present disclosure solves the problem that the large-screen mobile terminal brings certain inconvenience to the user and improves the user experience.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components displayed for the unit may or may not be physical units, ie may be located in one place, or may be distributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in various embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such understanding, the portion of the technical solution of the present disclosure that contributes in essence or to the prior art or the portion of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like, which can store various program codes.

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the disclosure. It should be covered within the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the disclosure should be determined by the scope of the claims.

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A button function setting method is applied to a mobile terminal including at least one touch area, the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the method includes: Determining two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction when receiving an operation instruction for resetting a button function; The key functions of the two target buttons are exchanged with each other. The button function setting method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving an operation instruction for resetting a button function comprises: When detecting a touch operation that slides from the first area to the second area at least two times, the first area is an area covered by a first button in the touch area, and the second area is the An area covered by the second button in the touch area, the second button is different from the first button, and an operation instruction for receiving the reset of the button function is confirmed; or When the user's multi-touch operation is detected, the user is reminded whether it is necessary to reset the button function and when the user feedback is received, the operation command for resetting the button function is confirmed. The button function setting method according to claim 2, wherein the step of determining the two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction comprises: Two target buttons corresponding to the operation command are determined according to a correspondence between the previously established operation command and the target button. The button function setting method according to claim 2, wherein the step of detecting a multi-touch operation of the user comprises: Detecting that the user touches the button identifier of one of the buttons, and touches the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, and the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user The distance is within a preset range. The method of setting a button function according to claim 1, wherein when the touch area includes a virtual button, the step of exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons comprises: If the target button has a button identifier, the button functions of the two target buttons and the button identifier are exchanged with each other. The key function setting method according to claim 1, wherein said mutual exchange of two After the step of the button function of the target button, the method includes: Remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset. The button function setting method according to claim 1, wherein the step of mutually exchanging the button functions of the two target buttons comprises: If an operation command to restore the original button function of the target button is received, or when the display screen of the mobile terminal is detected to be closed, the original button function of the target button is restored. The button function setting method according to claim 7, wherein the step of receiving an operation instruction for restoring the original button function of the target button comprises: When the touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area is detected at least twice, the fourth area is an area covered by the fourth button in the touch area, and the fifth area is the In an area covered by the fifth button in the touch area, the fifth button is different from the fourth button, and it is confirmed that an operation instruction for restoring the original button function of the target button is received. A mobile terminal includes at least one touch area, the touch area includes a plurality of buttons, and the mobile terminal further includes: a determining module, configured to determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction when receiving an operation instruction for resetting a button function; The function exchange module is configured to exchange the button functions of the two target buttons with each other. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the determining module comprises: a first determining sub-module, configured to: when detecting a touch operation that slides from the first area to the second area at least twice, the first area is an area covered by the first button in the touch area, The second area is an area covered by the second button in the touch area, and the second button is different from the first button, and confirms that an operation instruction for resetting the button function is received; or The second determining submodule is configured to, when the user's multi-touch operation is detected, remind the user whether the button function needs to be reset and the user feedback is YES, confirming that the operation command of the button function reset is received. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the determining module comprises: The button determining submodule is configured to determine two target buttons corresponding to the operation instruction according to a correspondence between the pre-established operation instruction and the target button. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the second determining submodule is configured to: Detecting that the user touches the button identifier of one of the buttons, and touches the first contact on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, and the first contact and the area covered by the button identifier touched by the user The distance is within a preset range. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when the touch area comprises a virtual button, the function exchange module comprises: The virtual key exchange sub-module is configured to exchange the button functions of the two target buttons and the button identifiers if the target button has a button identifier. The mobile terminal of claim 9, comprising: The reminder module is configured to remind the user that the button functions of the two target buttons have been reset. The mobile terminal of claim 9, comprising: And a recovery module, configured to restore the original button function of the target button when receiving an operation instruction for restoring the original button function of the target button, or detecting that the display screen of the mobile terminal is closed. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the recovery module comprises: The instruction receiving sub-module is configured to: when detecting a touch operation of sliding from the fourth area to the fifth area at least twice, the fourth area is an area covered by the fourth button in the touch area, The fifth area is an area covered by the fifth button in the touch area, and the fifth button is different from the fourth button, and it is confirmed that an operation instruction for restoring the original button function of the target button is received. A mobile terminal comprising: a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the computer program being implemented by the processor to implement as claimed in claims 1 to 8 The steps in the method for setting a key function according to any one of the above. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program being executed by a processor, wherein the key function setting method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 step.

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