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Granted Patent B2
US 11,226,736 · App. 16/799,533 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Method and apparatus for controlling display and mobile terminal

Inventors: Anyu Liu (Beijing, CN); Hui Du (Beijing, CN); Guosheng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,226,736
App. No.
16/799,533
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal for controlling display includes: a frame body including a middle frame; a touch screen provided on a front surface of the frame body and attached onto the middle frame; wherein the touch screen covers whole of the front surface of the frame body, or the touch screen covers a remaining area except a predetermined area on the front surface of the frame body, the predetermined area being an exposure area for additional electronic devices provided on the front surface of the frame body; a touch integrated circuit connected with the touch screen; and a processor connected with the touch integrated circuit. According to the disclosure, the whole front surface of the frame body is covered by the touch screen without providing the upper forehead area and the lower button area thereon.

Claims (61)

1. A mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a frame body comprising a middle frame;

a touch screen provided on a front surface of the frame body and attached onto the middle frame;

a touch integrated circuit connected with the touch screen; and

a processor connected with the touch integrated circuit;

wherein at least one exposure opening for additional electronic devices is provided in the touch screen, the at least one exposure opening being in nonintersection with an edge of the touch screen;

wherein the touch screen covers the whole of the front surface of the frame body and the at least one exposure opening includes non-through holes with light permeability or sound permeability; and

wherein the processor is configured to:

divide the touch screen into n display regions, where n≥2;

collect historical operation data of a user on the touch screen;

determine, based on the collected historical operation data, a most frequently touched area of a plurality of areas in a first display region of the n display regions; and

arrange the most frequently touched area as a center of the first display region of the n display regions.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the additional electronic devices comprise at least one of: a front camera, a speaker, a microphone, a light sensor, a proximity sensor, or a signal light.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one exposure opening corresponds to one of the additional electronic devices; or,

the at least one exposure opening corresponds to two or more of the additional electronic devices.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein,

both corners adjoined by at least one edge of the touch screen are formed in right angles.

5. A method for controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a frame body comprising a middle frame;

a touch screen provided on a front surface of the frame body and attached onto the middle frame;

a touch integrated circuit connected with the touch screen; and

a processor connected with the touch integrated circuit;

wherein at least one exposure opening for additional electronic devices is provided in the touch screen, the at least one exposure opening being in nonintersection with an edge of the touch screen; and

wherein the touch screen covers the whole of the front surface of the frame body and the at least one exposure opening includes non-through holes with light permeability or sound permeability, the method comprising:

dividing the touch screen into n display regions, where n≥2;

controlling a display status for each display region among the n display regions, the display status comprising an activated state and a screen-off state;

controlling display content of a display region in the activated state;

collecting historical operation data of a user on the touch screen;

determining, based on the collected historical operation data, a most frequently touched area of a plurality of areas in a first display region of the n display regions; and

arranging the most frequently touched area as a center of the first display region of the n display regions.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the dividing the touch screen into n display regions comprises:

dividing the touch screen into the n display regions according to a system default operation manner of the mobile terminal.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the controlling a display status for each display region among the n display regions comprises:

enabling at least one of the n display regions into the activated state, when a first preset operation is detected in the at least one of the n display regions; or,

enabling the n display regions into the activated state when a second preset operation is detected in at least one of the n display regions.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the controlling display content of a display region in the activated state comprises:

determining a display content type corresponding to the display region in the activated state according to a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence indicating a correspondence between each display region and respective display content type thereof; and

providing display content of the display content type as the display content of the display region.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the controlling a display status for each display region among the n display regions comprises:

enabling, when unprocessed information is received at the mobile terminal, a display region corresponding to the unprocessed information into the activated state according to a display content type of the unprocessed information and a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence indicating a correspondence between each display region and respective display content type thereof; wherein the unprocessed information comprising either unread short message or notification message.

10. An apparatus for controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a frame body comprising a middle frame;

a touch screen provided on a front surface of the frame body and attached onto the middle frame;

a touch integrated circuit connected with the touch screen; and

a processor connected with the touch integrated circuit;

wherein at least one exposure opening for additional electronic devices is provided in the touch screen, the at least one exposure opening being in nonintersection with an edge of the touch screen; and

wherein the touch screen covers the whole of the front surface of the frame body and the at least one exposure opening includes non-through holes with light permeability or sound permeability, the apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

divide the touch screen into n display regions, wherein n≥2;

control a display status for each display region among the n display regions, the display status comprising an activated state and a screen-off state;

control display content of a display region in the activated state;

collect historical operation data of a user on the touch screen;

determine, based on the collected historical operation data, a most frequently touched area of a plurality of areas in a first display region of the n display regions; and

arrange the most frequently touched area as a center of the first display region of the n display regions.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to divide the touch screen into the n display regions according to a system default operation manner of the mobile terminal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to enable at least one of the n display regions into the activated state, when a first preset operation is detected in the at least one of the n display regions; or,

the processor is configured to enable the n display regions into the activated state when a second preset operation is detected in at least one of the n display regions.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a display content type corresponding to the display region in the activated state according to a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence indicating a correspondence between each display region and respective display content type thereof; and provide display content of the display content type as the display content of the display region.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein, the processor is configured to, when unprocessed information is received at the mobile terminal, enable a display region corresponding to the unprocessed information into the activated state according to a display content type of the unprocessed information and a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence indicating a correspondence between each display region and respective display content type thereof; wherein the unprocessed information comprising either unread short message or notification message.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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