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US 12705008 · App. 18/233,776 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Control method, apparatus, and electronic device

Inventors: Li Yuan (Beijing, CN); Jinshan Chen (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED

G06F3/14 G09G5/391 G09G2320/0686 G09G2340/0407

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Patent No.: US 12705008
App. No.: 18/233,776
Granted: Aug 11, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A control method includes, in response to an electronic device entering a target mode, controlling at least two processing units to process display content for one or more display output areas to obtain processing results, and outputting the processing results to the one or more display output areas.

Claims (64)

1 . A control method comprising:

identifying at least two processing units;

in response to the electronic device entering different target modes, controlling at least two processing units of the electronic device to process display content for one or more display output areas based on control parameters corresponding to each target mode to obtain processing results by a display controller of an electronic device, including:

based on display configuration information of the electronic device and configuration information of the processing units, determining a processing unit for each display output area of the one or more display output areas to allow the processing unit to process a to-be-displayed content of the corresponding display output area, the display configuration information including at least one of a size ratio relationship of the display output areas, resolutions, or types, and the configuration information of the processing units representing processing capabilities of the processing units, including:

determining the processing unit corresponding to each display output area based on a condition that the higher the display configuration information of the corresponding display output area, the higher the processing capability of the processing unit needed;

receiving, by the display controller, the processing results obtained by the at least two processing units processing the display content; and

outputting, by the display controller, the processing results to the one or more display output areas.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the at least two processing units to process the display content in response to the electronic device entering the different target modes includes at least one of:

in response to the electronic device entering a first target mode with at least two display output areas, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in corresponding ones of the at least two display output areas, so as to output the processing results to the at least two display output areas using corresponding drivers; or

in response to the electronic device entering a second target mode with only one display output area, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in the only one display output area, so as to output the processing results to the only one display output area using the corresponding drivers.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed in the corresponding ones of the at least two display output areas, in response to the electronic device entering the first target mode with the at least two display output areas includes at least one of:

in response to a display screen of the electronic device entering a split-screen mode, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in at least two split-screen areas, at least based on split-screen information of the display screen;

in response to both a first display screen and a second display screen entering a use mode, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in the first display screen and the second display screen, at least based on first display configuration information of the electronic device; or

in response to the electronic device establishing a communication connection with a display device, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and the display device at least based on second display configuration information of the electronic device and the display device.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed in the at least two split-screen areas, at least based on the split-screen information of the display screen includes at least one of:

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the split-screen information, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the split-screen area;

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the split-screen information and the configuration information of the at least two processing units, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the split-screen area; or

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the split-screen information, the configuration information of the at least two processing units, and the content to be displayed in the split-screen area, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the corresponding content to be displayed.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising at least one of:

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, obtaining display identification information of the split-screen area fed back from a display controller of the display screen, and adjusting display resolution of the content to be displayed corresponding to the split-screen area based on the display identification information; or

after the display screen of the electronic device enters the split-screen mode, configuring relationship between the at least two split-screen areas, so as to at least realize data interaction between the at least two split-screen areas.

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed in the first display screen and the second display screen, at least based on the first display configuration information of the electronic device includes at least one of:

for each of the first display screen and the second display screen, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the first display configuration information and the configuration information of the at least two processing units, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the display screen; or

for each of the first display screen and the second display screen, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the first display configuration information, the configuration information of the at least two processing units, and the content to be displayed in the first display screen and the second display screen, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the display screen.

7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and the display device at least based on the second display configuration information of the electronic device and the display device includes at least one of:

in response to the display device being configured with a processing unit, controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and controlling the processing unit configured at the display device to process the content, that is to be displayed of the display device, based on the second display configuration information;

in response to the display device being configured with the processing unit, controlling at least one of the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and controlling at least one of remaining processing units in the at least two processing units and the processing unit configured at the display device to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the display device based on the second display configuration information; and

in response to the display device being not configured with processing unit, controlling at least one of the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and controlling at least one of remaining processing units in the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the display device based on the second display configuration information and the processing capabilities of the at least two processing units.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the electronic device being connected to a first processing unit, transferring a processing task of a second processing unit in the at least two processing units for content to be displayed in a target display output area to the first processing unit, types of the first processing unit and the second processing unit being different.

9 . An electronic device comprising:

a display controller configured to determine at least two processing units, wherein each of the at least two processing units having at least one display processing function to process display content to be displayed in corresponding areas in one or more display output areas of the electronic device in response to the electronic device entering different target modes wherein the two processing units process display content based on control parameters corresponding to each target mode, wherein:

the target modes include a first target mode and a second target mode;

in response to the electronic device entering the first target mode with at least two display output areas in response to a trigger event, a processing unit corresponding to each of the at least two display output areas is determined from the at least two processing units; and

in response to the electronic device entering the second target mode with one display output area from power-on or the first target mode, one of the at least two processing units is turned off, and remaining processing units correspond to the display output area; and

a central processing unit configured to send display content for the one or more display output areas to the at least two processing units;

wherein the display controller is further configured to:

receive processing results obtained by the at least two processing units processing the display content; and

output the processing results to the one or more display output areas.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

in response to the electronic device entering the first target mode with at least two display output areas, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in corresponding ones of the at least two display output areas, so as to output the processing results to the at least two display output areas using corresponding drivers; or

in response to the electronic device entering the second target mode with only one display output area, controlling the at least two processing units to process content, that is to be displayed in the only one display output area, so as to output the processing results to the only one display output area using the corresponding drivers.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the split-screen information and configuration information of the at least two processing units, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the split-screen area; or

for each of the at least two split-screen areas, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the split-screen information, the configuration information of the at least two processing units, and the content, that is to be displayed in the split-screen area, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the corresponding content to be displayed.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

14 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

for each of the first display screen and the second display screen, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the first display configuration information and configuration information of the at least two processing units, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the display screen; or

for each of the first display screen and the second display screen, determining a corresponding one of the at least two processing units based on the first display configuration information, the configuration information of the at least two processing units, and the content to be displayed in the first display screen and the second display screen, so as to use the determined processing unit to process the content, that is to be displayed in the display screen.

15 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform at least one of:

in response to the display device being configured with a processing unit, controlling the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and controlling the processing unit configured at the display device to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the display device based on the second display configuration information;

in response to the display device being not configured with processing unit, controlling at least one of the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the electronic device and controlling at least one of remaining processing units in the at least two processing units to process the content, that is to be displayed, of the display device based on the second display configuration information and processing capabilities of the at least two processing units.

16 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the display controller is further configured to perform: