IP Library Granted Patent US 9,690,536
Granted Patent B2
US 9,690,536 · App. 14/643,664 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Terminal device, and screen-sharing display method and system

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Patent No.
US 9,690,536
App. No.
14/643,664
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a terminal device, and a screen-sharing display method and system. The screen-sharing display method is used in a device having a touch function, where the method includes: detecting a position of a touch object on a touchscreen; generating, according to the detected position of the touch object on the touchscreen, an icon corresponding to the position of the touch object; superimposing the icon onto display content of the touchscreen to obtain screen-sharing touch and display content; and sending the screen-sharing touch and display content to a screen-sharing display device, so that the screen-sharing display device displays the screen-sharing touch and display content including the icon.

Claims (37)

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a touchscreen;

an adjacent touch module configured to detect a position of a touch object that performs a touch operation on the touchscreen displaying display content;

a processor; and

a memory storing program modules executable by the processor, the modules including:

a position icon generating module configured to obtain the position of the touch object detected by the adjacent touch module, and to generate, according to the detected position, an icon corresponding to the position of the touch object, wherein the icon comprises information about the detected position of the touch object and is used to display the touch operation at the detected position of the touchscreen;

a combining module configured to obtain the icon that is generated by the position icon generating module and to superimpose the icon onto the display content of the touchscreen at the detected position to obtain screen-sharing touch and display content, the screen-sharing touch and display content comprising the display content of the touchscreen and the icon located at the detected position; and

a sending module configured to send the screen-sharing touch and display content comprising the icon to a screen-sharing display device for display, wherein the icon allows the touch operation that is not observable on the screen-sharing display device to be displayed on the screen-sharing display device by displaying the icon.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the combining module comprises:

a display cache module configured to obtain the icon that is generated by the position icon generating module, to superimpose the icon onto the display content of the touchscreen to obtain the screen-sharing touch and display content, and to update, according to the screen-sharing touch and display content, screen-sharing touch and display content of the touchscreen; and

a screen-sharing module configured to obtain the screen-sharing touch and display content, and to send the screen-sharing touch and display content to the sending module.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the combining module comprises:

a screen-sharing module configured to obtain the icon that is generated by the position icon generating module, to superimpose the icon onto the display content of the touchscreen to obtain the screen-sharing touch and display content, and to send the screen-sharing touch and display content to the sending module; and

a display cache module configured to obtain the screen-sharing touch and display content, and to update, according to the screen-sharing touch and display content, screen-sharing touch and display content of the touchscreen.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the modules further include a screen-sharing startup module, which is configured to discover a screen-sharing display device in a communication network, and to start the adjacent touch module to detect a position of a touch object on the touchscreen after entering a screen-sharing mode.

5. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the modules further include a screen-sharing startup module, which is configured to discover a screen-sharing display device in a communication network, and to start the adjacent touch module to detect a position of a touch object on the touchscreen after entering a screen-sharing mode.

6. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein the modules further include a screen-sharing startup module, which is configured to discover a screen-sharing display device in a communication network, and to start the adjacent touch module to detect a position of a touch object on the touchscreen after entering a screen-sharing mode.

7. A screen-sharing display method, used in a device having a touch function, the method comprising:

detecting a position of a touch object performing a touch operation at the position on a touchscreen displaying display content;

generating an icon corresponding to the touch operation performed at the position of the touch object based on the detected position of the touch object on the touchscreen, the icon comprising information about the position and displaying the touch operation performed at the position of the touchscreen;

superimposing the icon onto the display content of the touchscreen to obtain screen-sharing touch and display content, the screen-sharing touch and display content comprising the display content of the touchscreen and the icon located at the detected position; and

sending the screen-sharing touch and display content to a screen-sharing display device for display, wherein the touch operation that is performed on the touchscreen at the detected position and that is not observable on the screen-sharing display device is displayed on the screen-sharing display device by displaying the icon on the screen-sharing display device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising displaying the screen-sharing touch and display content on the screen-sharing display device.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the touch object is not in contact with the touchscreen and the position of the touch object on the touchscreen is a projection position of the touch object on the touchscreen.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the touch object is in contact with the touchscreen and the position of the touch object on the touchscreen is a contact position of the touch object on the touchscreen.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising, after superimposing the icon onto the display content of the touchscreen to obtain the screen -sharing touch and display content, updating previously stored screen-sharing touch and display content of the touchscreen according to the screen-sharing touch and display content.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen comprises starting the device having the touch function to enter a screen-sharing mode, and starting detection of the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after the device having the touch function enters the screen-sharing mode.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen comprises starting the device having the touch function to enter a screen-sharing mode, and starting detection of the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after the device having the touch function enters the screen-sharing mode.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen comprises starting the device having the touch function to enter a screen-sharing mode, and starting detection of the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after the device having the touch function enters the screen-sharing mode.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen comprises starting the device having the touch function to enter a screen-sharing mode, and starting detection of the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after the device having the touch function enters the screen-sharing mode.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen comprises starting the device having the touch function to enter a screen-sharing mode, and starting detection of the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after the device having the touch function enters the screen-sharing mode.

17. A screen-sharing display system, comprising:

a device having a touch function; and

a screen-sharing display device functionally connected to the device having the touch function;

wherein the device having the touch function is configured to detect a position of a touch object performing a touch operation at the position on a touchscreen, to generate an icon corresponding to the position of the touch object based on the detected position of the touch object on the touchscreen, the icon comprising information about the detected position of the touch object and indicating the touch operation performed at the detected position on the touchscreen, to superimpose the icon onto display content of the touchscreen to obtain screen-sharing touch and display content, the screen-sharing touch and display content comprising the display content of the touchscreen and the icon located at the detected position, and to send the screen-sharing touch and display content to the screen-sharing display device; and

wherein the screen-sharing display device is configured to receive the screen-sharing touch and display content sent by the device having the touch function and to locally display the screen-sharing touch and display content comprising the icon, wherein the touch operation that is not observable on the screen-sharing display device is able to be displayed on the screen-sharing display device through displaying the icon on the screen-sharing display device.

18. The screen-sharing display system according to claim 17 , wherein the device having the touch function is further configured to discover the screen-sharing display device in a communication network, and to start detecting the position of the touch object on the touchscreen after entering a screen-sharing mode.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: PCMS HOLDINGS, INC.
To: DRNC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062983/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: PCMS HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054848/0047 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 048555/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0393 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2015
From: ZHANG, QINLIANG; ZHU, YU
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035135/0356 →