CN106681620A

CN106681620A - Method and device for achieving terminal control

Info

Publication number: CN106681620A
Application number: CN201611079235.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李成; 陈鹏飞
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-30
Filing date: 2016-11-30
Publication date: 2017-05-17

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for achieving terminal control. The method for achieving the terminal control includes: obtaining function key information of an application currently running on a terminal; detecting holding information of the terminal when the terminal is held by one hand, and confirming a moving area of one-hand operation according to the detected holding information; in the confirmed moving area of the one-hand operation, generating virtual keys in one to one correspondence with all function keys according to the obtained function key information; when the generated virtual keys receive screen touch signals, converting the received screen touch signals into operating signals corresponding to the function keys of the application currently running; running functions corresponding to the function keys according to the operating signals obtained through conversion, wherein, the holding information includes: holding positions and left hand holding or right hand holding. The method and the device for achieving the terminal control achieve the one-hand operation of the terminal control and improve usage experience of a user by converting the screen touch signals of the virtual keys into the operating signals of the function keys of the application currently running under the circumstance that an original application layout does not need to be changed.

Description

Method and device for realizing terminal control

Technical Field

The present invention relates to, but not limited to, terminal application technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for implementing terminal control.

Background

With the development of mobile communication technology, in order to improve the user experience of mobile terminals such as mobile phones and tablets, increasing the display area, reducing the thickness of the mobile terminal, prolonging the service life of the mobile terminal, and the like become the improvement direction of products of manufacturers.

With the continuous increase of the display area of the mobile terminal, when a user operates the terminal application, the user cannot operate partial functions of the mobile terminal with one hand, and the use experience of the user is seriously influenced; for example, when a user uses an instant messaging application, if a function key (e.g., a key for adding a friend) is far away from a finger of the user for one-hand operation, the user cannot complete the operation with one hand, which affects the control operation of the application performed on the terminal by the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The following is a summary of subject matter that describes embodiments of the invention in detail. This summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for realizing terminal control, which can realize one-hand operation of terminal control and improve the use experience of a user.

The embodiment of the invention provides a device for realizing terminal control, which comprises: the device comprises an acquisition unit, a detection and determination unit, a generation unit, a conversion unit and an operation unit; wherein,

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the function key information of the application currently running by the terminal;

the detection and determination unit is used for detecting holding information when the terminal is held by one hand and determining an active area operated by one hand according to the detected holding information;

the generating unit is used for generating virtual keys which correspond to the function keys one by one according to the acquired function key information in the determined activity area operated by one hand;

the conversion unit is used for converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal of a function key corresponding to the currently running application when the generated virtual key receives the touch screen signal;

the operation unit is used for operating the function corresponding to the function key according to the operation signal obtained by conversion;

wherein the holding information includes: a holding position, a left-hand holding, or a right-hand holding.

Optionally, the function key information includes:

the name of each function key, the number of the function keys and the coordinates of each function key.

Optionally, the detecting and determining unit is specifically configured to:

detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand;

determining a touch area convenient for single-hand operation by using a left hand by combining the holding position when the left-hand holding is determined according to the holding information;

and when the user is determined to be held by the right hand according to the holding information, determining a touch area convenient for performing one-hand operation by the right hand by combining the holding position.

Optionally, the conversion unit is specifically configured to,

when the generated virtual key receives a touch screen signal, determining a function key corresponding to the virtual key for the virtual key generating the touch screen signal;

converting the coordinates of the virtual keys generating the touch screen signals into the coordinates of corresponding functional keys;

and converting the touch screen signal received by the virtual key into an operation signal of the function key corresponding to the currently running application according to the conversion between the coordinate of the virtual key and the coordinate of the function key.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the hiding processing unit is used for hiding and opening part or all of the generated virtual keys according to a preset switch.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for implementing terminal control, including:

acquiring function key information of an application currently running by the terminal;

detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand, and determining an active area operated by the single hand according to the detected holding information;

in the determined active area operated by one hand, generating virtual keys corresponding to the function keys one by one according to the acquired function key information;

when the generated virtual key receives a touch screen signal, converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application;

operating the function corresponding to the function key according to the operation signal obtained by conversion;

Optionally, the function key information includes:

Optionally, the determining the active region of the one-handed operation includes:

Optionally, the converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application includes:

determining a function key corresponding to the virtual key for the virtual key generating the touch screen signal;

and converting the touch screen signal received by the virtual key into an operation signal corresponding to the function key of the currently running application according to the conversion between the coordinate of the virtual key and the coordinate of the function key.

Optionally, the method further includes: and hiding and opening part or all of the generated virtual keys according to a preset switch.

Compared with the related art, the technical scheme of the application comprises the following steps: acquiring function key information of an application currently running by the terminal; detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand, and determining an active area operated by the single hand according to the detected holding information; in the determined active area operated by one hand, generating virtual keys corresponding to the function keys one by one according to the acquired function key information; when the generated virtual key receives a touch screen signal, converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application; operating the function corresponding to the function key according to the operation signal obtained by conversion; wherein the holding information includes: a holding position, a left-hand holding, or a right-hand holding. According to the embodiment of the invention, the touch screen signal of the virtual key is converted into the operation signal of the currently running application function key, so that the single-hand operation of terminal control is realized without changing the layout of the original application, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the attached drawings and detailed description.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a fixed position virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a slidable virtual key distribution according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic distribution diagram of the embodiment of the present invention after sliding the virtual keys;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the distribution of virtual keys according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a virtual key including a hidden switch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an add/delete interface of a virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of an apparatus for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in themselves. Thus, "module" and "component" may be used in a mixture.

The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcast receiver, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet computer), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation device, and the like, and a stationary terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal in addition to elements particularly used for moving purposes.

Fig. 1 is a schematic hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may include a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190, etc. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome sheet, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, and the like due to being touched), scroll wheel, joystick, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.

The sensing unit 140 detects a current state of the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., an open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), a position of the mobile terminal 100, presence or absence of contact (i.e., touch input) by a user with the mobile terminal 100, an orientation of the mobile terminal 100, acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100, and the like, and generates a command or signal for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is implemented as a slide-type mobile phone, the sensing unit 140 may sense whether the slide-type phone is opened or closed. In addition, the sensing unit 140 can detect whether the power supply unit 190 supplies power.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the cradle are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be used as signals for recognizing whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the cradle. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151 and the like.

The display unit 151 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are overlapped with each other in the form of a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The touch screen may be used to detect a touch input pressure as well as a touch input position and a touch input area.

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or will be output. Also, the memory 160 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.

The memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 180. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a process or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows performing at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.

Up to this point, mobile terminals have been described in terms of their functionality. Hereinafter, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals, such as a folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminal, and the like, will be described as an example for the sake of brevity. Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.

Based on the hardware structure of the mobile terminal, the invention provides various embodiments of the method.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, including:

200, acquiring function key information of an application currently running by the terminal;

optionally, the function key information includes:

name of each function key, number of function keys, and coordinates of each function key.

It should be noted that the function key information may be determined by reading the parameter or attribute information of the currently running application.

Step 201, detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand, and determining an active area operated by the single hand according to the detected holding information;

When it needs to be explained, the holding information can be determined by sensors in the related art, such as a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, etc., the holding position can be determined by detecting the finger distribution of the holding terminal by the sensors, and the left-hand holding or the right-hand holding can be determined by combining the human body structure;

optionally, the determining the activity area operated by one hand according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:

determining a touch area convenient for single-hand operation by using a left hand in combination with the holding position when the left-hand holding is determined according to the holding information;

and when the user is determined to be held by the right hand according to the holding information, determining a touch area which is convenient for performing one-hand operation by the right hand by combining the holding position.

Optionally, the touch area convenient for one-handed operation includes an active area of a thumb of the user when the user holds the mobile terminal with one hand; the terminal can comprise an active area of the thumb of the left hand when held by the left hand, and can comprise an active area of the thumb of the right hand when held by the right hand; the embodiment of the invention can also ensure that the touch area operated by one hand can be the overlapping area of the left thumb active area and the right thumb active area, thus, when the method is applied to an application, if the left hand and the right hand are interchanged, the touch area can be kept unchanged; the touch area operated by one hand in the embodiment of the invention can also be an area expanded properly based on the overlapping area. According to the embodiment of the invention, the touch area operated by one hand can be determined through the detected holding information; taking holding the mobile terminal by the left hand as an example, the initial position, height, and width information of the touch area for performing single-hand operation can be analyzed and determined according to the holding position and the finger distribution.

Step 202, in the determined active area operated by one hand, generating virtual keys corresponding to the function keys one by one according to the acquired function key information;

when it needs to be explained, the method for generating the virtual key can be implemented by referring to the implementation method of the related art.

In addition, the number of the virtual keys is determined according to the actual situation that the application comprises the functional keys. The virtual keys may include: the position of the virtual key is fixed, and the virtual key can also be adjusted; fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of fixed-position virtual keys according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, it is assumed that an application includes 3 virtual keys, and the virtual keys are set according to a preset interval, where the preset interval may be set according to an operation habit of a user, and the preset interval may be a fixed interval or an interval with different sizes. Fig. 4 is a schematic distribution diagram of slidable virtual keys according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, an active area operated by one hand includes 4 virtual keys, and the virtual keys can perform sliding processing by receiving a sliding signal input by a user; here, assuming that the second virtual key is the most convenient virtual key to be operated by a single hand of a user, if the third or fourth virtual key needs to be operated, the second virtual key, the third virtual key, and the fourth virtual key may be moved to the left by sliding the virtual keys, and the first virtual key may be displayed behind the fourth virtual key; fig. 5 is a schematic distribution diagram of the virtual keys after sliding, as shown in fig. 5, compared to the virtual key shown in fig. 4, the virtual key in fig. 5 moves according to the received sliding signal; if other virtual keys are included in addition to the four virtual keys displayed, a fifth virtual key may be added after the fourth virtual key when sliding the virtual keys.

Alternatively, the active area for one-handed operation may be a sector of the area that is accessible by the thumb. Fig. 6 is a schematic distribution diagram of virtual keys according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, the virtual keys in fig. 6 are distributed in a sector area, so that when a user holds the virtual keys with his left hand, the operation of the virtual keys can be conveniently realized; the sector area can be arranged symmetrically with the figure 6, and when a user holds the sector area by the right hand, convenient operation can be realized. The fan shape with which the structure is specifically adopted can be selectively confirmed by the user through inputting a setting instruction.

Optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: and hiding and opening part or all of the generated virtual keys according to a preset switch.

The embodiment of the invention can reduce the number of the virtual keys by hiding part of the virtual keys, thereby facilitating the touch control of the virtual keys; hiding all the virtual keys can avoid the virtual keys from influencing some operations of the user on the currently running application; for example, after a user uses an instant messaging application to complete friend addition through a virtual key, the user needs to send information to friend a in an address book, at the moment, the position of the virtual key just blocks a dialog box of friend a, and if the virtual key cannot be hidden, the virtual key inevitably affects user operation; in addition, the embodiment of the invention can also move the virtual key, and because the area of the virtual key is the moving area of the finger which is convenient for operation, the purpose of avoiding influencing the operation of the user can be achieved by moving the virtual key within a certain range. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a virtual key including a hidden switch according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the hidden and open processing of the virtual key can be implemented by the set switch.

The method of the embodiment of the invention can also comprise the following steps: receiving a preset first external instruction, and determining whether to start a virtual key; and/or receiving a preset second external instruction to determine whether to add or delete the virtual key; fig. 8 is a schematic view of an add/delete interface of virtual keys according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, when adding or deleting a virtual key, the virtual key may be added through a preset plus key, and whether to delete the virtual key is determined through a delete key provided on each virtual key.

Step 203, when the generated virtual key receives a touch screen signal, converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application;

it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the currently running application is an application that is running in the foreground of the mobile terminal, and the application that is running in the foreground of the mobile terminal may be determined in a manner of reading the system running parameter.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application includes:

determining a function key corresponding to a virtual key for generating a touch screen signal;

Here, after the coordinate conversion is completed, the operation on the virtual key is converted into the operation on the corresponding function key, thereby generating the operation signal.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the coordinates of the virtual key may be defined when the virtual key is set according to the display parameters of the display screen of the mobile terminal, and the coordinates of the functional key may be determined according to the configuration parameters of the mobile terminal and the attribute parameters of the application. The conversion between the coordinates of the touch screen signal and the coordinates of the function keys can be realized by adopting a processing mode in the related technology, for example, when the touch screen signal is generated, the coordinates of the touch screen signal generated are replaced by the coordinates of the corresponding function keys according to a preset corresponding relation; a process of obtaining an operation signal through conversion is described below by way of an example, when a user clicks a display screen in an area where a virtual key is located, a touch screen signal is generated through a click operation on a coordinate position of the virtual key, and at this time, the touch screen signal may include a coordinate of the generated touch screen signal; determining a functional key corresponding to the clicked virtual key according to the embodiment of the invention; obtaining the coordinates of the function keys from the attribute parameters; and converting the coordinates of the virtual keys generating the touch screen signals into the coordinates of the function keys, namely converting the operation on the virtual keys into the operation on the function keys through coordinate conversion.

And step 204, operating the function corresponding to the function key according to the operation signal obtained by conversion.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented on a mobile terminal with a touch screen, including a mobile phone, a tablet, and the like, and generally, the touch screen of the mobile terminal has a large display area, which is inconvenient for a single-handed operation of terminal control; for example, a touch screen is a mobile terminal larger than 3.5 inches. In addition, the embodiment of the invention operates the corresponding function of the function key after converting the operation signal of the obtained function key, and has the same processing process as the mobile terminal in the related art after receiving the operation signal of the function key.

In the embodiment of the invention, each virtual key can be independent, namely the operation of the virtual keys is not influenced; the virtual key is a virtual key dynamically generated according to the application function keys, for example, if the opened application has three function keys, the three function keys are correspondingly generated in the active area operated by one hand, and if the opened application includes four function keys, the four function keys are correspondingly generated, so that dynamic adjustment is realized.

The application running in the embodiment of the invention can comprise applications such as a browser, an instant messaging application, an electronic book reader, an electronic mailbox, a game, shopping and the like;

if the terminal of the embodiment of the invention comprises the browser, the functional keys can comprise: a search key, a voice input key, a homepage key, a previous page key, etc.; if the application is an instant messaging application, the function keys may include: sharing, forwarding, collecting, scanning, and the like; if the application is an electronic book reader, the function keys may include: bookmark, previous page, next page, exit, etc.; if the application is an email, the function buttons may include: saved as draft key, forward key, view, last mail, next mail, open, etc. Here, taking a browser as an example, assuming that a mapping relationship is established between the virtual key 1 and the homepage key according to a one-to-one correspondence relationship, when a user inputs a touch screen signal through the virtual key 1, the coordinates of the virtual key 1 generating the touch screen signal are converted into the coordinates of the homepage key (function key) according to the mapping relationship, which is equivalent to the homepage key being operated by the user, and the operation signal of the homepage key is generated by the method of the embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the functional keys of the embodiment of the invention can be keys displayed on the application interactive interface or keys not displayed on the application interactive interface; generally, when the functional keys are held by a single hand, convenient operation cannot be realized;

according to the embodiment of the invention, the touch screen signal of the virtual key is converted into the operation signal of the currently running application function key, so that the single-hand operation of terminal control is realized without changing the layout of the original application, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, including:

step 900, acquiring function key information of an application currently running by the terminal;

optionally, the function key information includes:

Step 901, detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand, and determining an active area operated by the single hand according to the detected holding information;

Optionally, the touch area convenient for one-handed operation includes an active area of a thumb of the user when the user holds the mobile terminal with one hand; may include an active area for the left thumb, an active area for the right thumb; but also can be an overlapping area of the left thumb active area and the right thumb active area, or an area which is expanded appropriately based on the overlapping area. According to the embodiment of the invention, the touch area operated by one hand can be determined through the detected holding information; taking holding the mobile terminal by the left hand as an example, the initial position, height, and width information of the touch area for performing single-hand operation can be analyzed and determined according to the holding position and the finger distribution.

Step 902, in the determined active area operated by one hand, generating virtual keys corresponding to the function keys one by one according to the acquired function key information;

In addition, the number of the virtual keys is determined according to the actual situation that the application comprises the functional keys. The virtual keys may include: the position of the virtual key is fixed, and the virtual key can also be adjusted; the virtual keys are arranged according to preset intervals, the preset intervals can be arranged according to the operation habits of users, and the preset intervals can be fixed intervals or intervals with different sizes. The virtual keys can perform sliding processing by receiving sliding signals input by a user; here, assuming that the second virtual key is the most convenient virtual key to be operated by a single hand of a user, if the third or fourth virtual key needs to be operated, the second virtual key, the third virtual key, and the fourth virtual key may be moved to the left by sliding the virtual keys, and the first virtual key may be displayed behind the fourth virtual key;

and step 903, hiding and opening part or all of the generated virtual keys according to a preset switch.

The embodiment of the invention can reduce the number of the virtual keys by hiding part of the virtual keys, thereby facilitating the touch control of the virtual keys; hiding all the virtual keys can avoid the virtual keys from influencing some operations of the user on the currently running application; for example, after a user uses an instant messaging application to complete friend addition through a virtual key, the user needs to send information to friend a in an address book, at the moment, the position of the virtual key just blocks a dialog box of friend a, and if the virtual key cannot be hidden, the virtual key inevitably affects user operation; in addition, the embodiment of the invention can also move the virtual key, and because the area of the virtual key is the moving area of the finger which is convenient for operation, the purpose of avoiding influencing the operation of the user can be achieved by moving the virtual key within a certain range.

The method of the embodiment of the invention can also comprise the following steps: receiving a preset first external instruction, and determining whether to start a virtual key; and/or receiving a preset second external instruction to determine whether to add or delete the virtual key.

Step 904, when the generated virtual key receives a touch screen signal, converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of the currently running application;

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the coordinates of the virtual key may be defined when the virtual key is set according to the display parameters of the display screen of the mobile terminal, and the coordinates of the functional key may be determined according to the configuration parameters of the mobile terminal and the attribute parameters of the application. The conversion between the coordinates of the touch screen signal and the coordinates of the function keys can be realized by adopting a processing mode in the related technology, for example, when the touch screen signal is generated, the coordinates of the touch screen signal generated are replaced by the coordinates of the corresponding function keys according to a preset corresponding relation; a process of obtaining an operation signal through conversion is described below by way of an example, when a user clicks a display screen in an area where a virtual key is located, a touch screen signal is generated through a click operation on a coordinate position of the virtual key, and at this time, the touch screen signal may include a coordinate of the generated touch screen signal; according to the preset relationship of the embodiment of the invention, determining the functional key corresponding to the clicked virtual key; obtaining the coordinates of the function keys from the attribute parameters; and converting the coordinates of the virtual keys generating the touch screen signals into the coordinates of the function keys, namely converting the operation on the virtual keys into the operation on the function keys through coordinate conversion.

And step 905, operating the function corresponding to the function key according to the operation signal obtained by conversion.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a device for implementing terminal control according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 10, including: the device comprises an acquisition unit, a detection and determination unit, a generation unit, a conversion unit and an operation unit; wherein,

optionally, the function key information in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

optionally, the detecting and determining unit is specifically configured to:

detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand;

Optionally, the touch area convenient for one-handed operation includes an active area of a thumb of the user when the user holds the mobile terminal with one hand; may include an active area for the left thumb, an active area for the right thumb; but also can be an overlapping area of the left thumb active area and the right thumb active area, or an area which is expanded appropriately based on the overlapping area. According to the embodiment of the invention, the touch area operated by one hand can be determined through the detected holding information; according to the embodiment of the invention, the touch area operated by one hand can be determined through the detected holding information; taking holding the mobile terminal by the left hand as an example, the initial position, height, and width information of the touch area for performing single-hand operation can be analyzed and determined according to the holding position and the finger distribution.

optionally, the conversion unit is specifically configured to,

optionally, the apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

Here, in the embodiment of the present invention, by hiding part of the virtual keys, the number of the virtual keys can be reduced, and the virtual keys can be conveniently touched; hiding all the virtual keys can avoid the virtual keys from influencing some operations of the user on the currently running application; for example, after a user uses an instant messaging application to complete friend addition through a virtual key, the user needs to send information to friend a in an address book, at the moment, the position of the virtual key just blocks a dialog box of friend a, and if the virtual key cannot be hidden, the virtual key inevitably affects user operation; in addition, the embodiment of the invention can also move the virtual key, and because the area of the virtual key is the moving area of the finger which is convenient for operation, the purpose of avoiding influencing the operation of the user can be achieved by moving the virtual key within a certain range.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a structural block diagram of a device for implementing terminal control, including: the device comprises an acquisition unit, a detection and determination unit, a generation unit, a hiding unit, a conversion unit and an operation unit; wherein,

optionally, the detecting and determining unit is specifically configured to:

detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand;

optionally, the conversion unit is specifically configured to,

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above methods may be implemented by a program instructing associated hardware (e.g., a processor) to perform the steps, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the above embodiments may be implemented in hardware, for example, by an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or in software, for example, by a processor executing a program/instruction stored in a memory to implement its corresponding function. The present invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An apparatus for implementing terminal control, comprising: the device comprises an acquisition unit, a detection and determination unit, a generation unit, a conversion unit and an operation unit; wherein,

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the function key information comprises:

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection and determination unit is specifically configured to:

detecting holding information when the terminal is held by a single hand;

4. The device according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the conversion unit is in particular adapted to,

5. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

6. A method for realizing terminal control is characterized by comprising the following steps:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the function key information comprises:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining an active area for one-handed operation comprises:

9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the converting the received touch screen signal into an operation signal corresponding to a function key of a currently running application comprises:

10. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising: and hiding and opening part or all of the generated virtual keys according to a preset switch.