Granted Patent B2

US 12,566,545 · App. 18/364,474 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Inventors: Fanxiu Kong (Dongguan, CN); Han Li (Dongguan, CN); Yilun Wan (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

G06F3/04886G06F3/0488G06F2203/04803G06F2203/04808

Abstract

Claims (83)

1 . A split screen method, implemented by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a touch screen, the touch screen comprises a displayable area, and the method comprises:

obtaining, in response to a two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation; and

splitting, based on the sliding direction, the displayable area into a first split screen area and a second split screen area;

wherein one of the first split screen area and the second split screen area is configured to display a multi-task interface;

wherein in a case where a foreground of the electronic device runs a first application and a background of the electronic device runs a plurality of second applications, after the splitting, based on the sliding direction, the displayable area into a first split screen area and a second split screen area, the method further comprises:

displaying an application interface of the first application in the first split screen area, and displaying a multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications in the second split screen area; and

in response to a further two-finger sliding operation acting on the first split screen area:

splitting the first split screen area into a first sub split screen area and a second sub split screen area;

enlarging both the first sub split screen area and the second sub split screen area together; and

displaying the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area with the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications hidden, wherein the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area occupy a whole of the displayable area together.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the obtaining, in response to a two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

obtaining, in response to the two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding start position and a sliding end position corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation; and

obtaining, based on the sliding start position and the sliding end position, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the obtaining, based on the sliding start position and the sliding end position, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

determining, in response to the sliding start position meeting a first preset position condition and the sliding end position meeting a second preset position condition, the two-finger sliding operation meeting a split screen trigger condition; and

obtaining the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the determining, in response to the sliding start position meeting a first preset position condition and the sliding end position meeting a second preset position condition, the two-finger sliding operation meeting a split screen trigger condition, comprises:

determining, in response to determining that a distance between the sliding start position and a first edge of the touch screen is less than a first preset distance, and a distance between the sliding end position and a second edge of the touch screen is less than a second preset distance, the two-finger sliding operation meeting the split screen trigger condition;

wherein the first edge is opposite to the second edge.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the obtaining, based on the sliding start position and the sliding end position, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

obtaining, in response to the sliding start position meeting a first preset position condition and the sliding end position meeting a second preset position condition, a sliding distance corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation;

determining, in response to the sliding distance being greater than a preset distance, the two-finger sliding operation meeting a split screen trigger condition; and

obtaining the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the splitting, based on the sliding direction, the displayable area into a first split screen area and a second split screen area, comprises:

splitting, based on a target position and the sliding direction, the displayable area into the first split screen area and the second split screen area;

wherein an end position of a boundary between the first split screen area and the second split screen area corresponds to the target position, and the target position is one of the sliding start position and the sliding end position.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the obtaining, in response to the two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding start position and a sliding end position corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

obtaining, in response to the two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, coordinate information of a sliding starting point corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, and coordinate information of a sliding ending point corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation;

obtaining, based on the coordinate information of the sliding starting point, the sliding start position corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation; and

obtaining, based on the coordinate information of the sliding ending point, the sliding end position corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the obtaining, based on the sliding start position and the sliding end position, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

obtaining a connecting direction of the sliding start position and the sliding end position;

performing angle correction on the connecting direction to obtain a target connecting direction; and

obtaining, based on the target connecting direction, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein after the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications is hidden, the method comprises:

in response to a first display switching instruction, maintaining displaying of the application interface in the enlarged first sub split screen area, and switching the enlarged second sub split screen area to display the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in a case where the foreground of the electronic device does not run an application, and the background of the electronic device runs the plurality of second applications, after the splitting, based on the sliding direction, the displayable area into a first split screen area and a second split screen area, the method further comprises:

displaying the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications in the first split screen area; and

displaying a blank interface in the second split screen area.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein after displaying the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications in the first split screen area, and displaying a blank interface in the second split screen area, the method comprises:

obtaining, in response to an application selection operation acting on the first split screen area, a target application corresponding to the application selection operation; and

displaying an application interface of the target application in the first split screen area, and switching and displaying a multi-task interface corresponding to remaining second applications in the plurality of second applications except the target application in the second split screen area.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the obtaining, in response to a two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

detecting, in response to the touch screen being in a lit state, a touch operation acting on the touch screen; and

obtaining, in response to the two-finger sliding operation, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation when the two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen is detected.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the detecting, in response to the touch screen being in a lit state, a touch operation acting on the touch screen, comprises:

detecting, in response to the touch screen is in the lit state and an unlocked state, the touch operation acting on the touch screen.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the detecting, in response to the touch screen is in the lit state and an unlocked state, the touch operation acting on the touch screen, comprises:

detecting, in response to the touch screen being in the lit state and the unlocked state, a currently displayed interface of the touch screen; and

detecting, in response to detecting that the currently displayed interface of the touch screen is a desktop or an application interface, the touch operation acting on the touch screen.

15 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the obtaining, in response to a two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation, comprises:

obtaining, in response to the two-finger sliding operation acting on the touch screen, a sliding trajectory corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation; and

obtaining, based on the sliding trajectory, the sliding direction corresponding to the two-finger sliding operation.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the application interface of the first application in both the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area.

17 . An electronic device, comprising:

a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to implement a split screen method, the method comprising:

obtaining, in response to a target sliding operation acting on a touch screen of the electronic device, a sliding direction corresponding to the target sliding operation;

determining a split screen direction based on the sliding direction; and

splitting, based on the split screen direction, a displayable area of the touch screen into a first split screen area and a second split screen area;

wherein one of the first split screen area and the second split screen area is configured to display a multi-task interface;

wherein in a case where a foreground of the electronic device runs a first application and a background of the electronic device runs a plurality of second applications, after the splitting, based on the split screen direction, a displayable area of the touch screen into a first split screen area and a second split screen area, the method further comprises:

displaying an application interface of the first application in the first split screen area, and displaying a multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications in the second split screen area; and

in response to a further target sliding operation acting on the first split screen area:

splitting the first split screen area into a first sub split screen area and a second sub split screen area;

enlarging both the first sub split screen area and the second sub split screen area together; and

displaying the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area with the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications hidden, wherein the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area occupy a whole of the displayable area together.

18 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the application interface of the first application in both the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area; and

in response to a first display switching instruction, maintaining displaying of the application interface of the first application in the enlarged first sub split screen area, and switching the enlarged second sub split screen area to display the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored program code, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a split screen method, the method comprising:

determining, in response to a user's split screen operation acting on a touch screen of an electronic device, a split screen direction, wherein the split screen direction is parallel to a target direction, and the target direction is one of a longitudinal axis direction of the electronic device, a transverse axis direction of the electronic device, and a diagonal direction of the electronic device;

splitting, based on the split screen direction, a displayable area of the touch screen into a first split screen area and a second split screen area; and

wherein one of the first split screen area and the second split screen area is configured to display a multi-task interface;

wherein in a case where a foreground of the electronic device runs a first application and a background of the electronic device runs a plurality of second applications, after the splitting, based on the split screen direction, a displayable area of the touch screen into a first split screen area and a second split screen area, the method further comprises:

displaying an application interface of the first application in the first split screen area, and displaying a multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications in the second split screen area; and

in response to a further split screen operation acting on the first split screen area:

splitting the first split screen area into a first sub split screen area and a second sub split screen area;

enlarging both the first sub split screen area and the second sub split screen area together; and

displaying the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area with the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications hidden, wherein the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area occupy a whole of the displayable area together.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the application interface of the first application in both the enlarged first sub split screen area and the enlarged second sub split screen area; and

in response to a first display switching instruction, maintaining displaying of the application interface of the first application in the enlarged first sub split screen area, and switching the enlarged second sub split screen area to display the multi-task interface corresponding to the plurality of second applications.

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