US 10,872,585 B2Granted

Display method and terminal

AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

InventorsXiazhi Ge, Hui Yi, Zhili Gu

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Abstract

A method includes receiving an instruction for switching display orientation of a screen from a first display orientation to a second display orientation, and obtaining display orientation configuration information of page display of an application currently displayed on the screen. The method also includes modifying the display orientation configuration information and a page display size of the application, when the display orientation configuration information sets that the application supports only display in the first display orientation. The method also includes switching the display orientation of the screen according to the instruction, and displaying the application with the modified page display size on the screen after the display orientation of the application is switched from the first display orientation to the second display orientation.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, an instruction for switching a display orientation of a screen of the terminal from a first display orientation to a second display orientation;
obtaining, by the terminal, display orientation configuration information of a page display of an application currently displayed on the screen comprising one or more display elements, wherein the configuration information includes a limitation in an application page configuration file that the page display of the application only supports a first display orientation;
modifying, by the terminal, the display orientation configuration information and a page display size of the application wherein the modifying includes removing the limitation that the page of the application only supports a first display orientation in the application page configuration file;
switching, by the terminal, the display orientation of the screen from the first display orientation to the second display orientation according to the instruction;
after the display orientation of the screen is switched from the first display orientation to the second display orientation, displaying, by the terminal, the application with the modified page display size in the second display orientation on the screen of the terminal in a first display area located in a portion of the display associated with a handedness of a user;
and
displaying, in a second display area comprising a portion of the terminal screen uncovered by the first display area, at least one of a preset function button or preset application, wherein the at least one the preset function button or preset application is set by a terminal vendor or customized by the user.

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A terminal, comprising:

a processor;
a non-transitory memory;
a display screen;
and
a bus,
wherein the processor, the memory, and the display screen are coupled with each other using the bus,
wherein the non-transitory memory is configured to store computer executable instructions,
wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer executable instructions to:
receive, using an input device, an orientation instruction for switching a display orientation of the display screen from a first display orientation to a second display orientation;
obtain display orientation configuration information of a page display of an application currently displayed on the display screen comprising one or more display elements, wherein the configuration information includes a limitation in an application page configuration file that the page display of the application only supports a first display orientation;
modify the display orientation configuration information and a page display size of the application, comprising removing the limitation that the page of the application only supports a first display orientation in the application page configuration file;
switch the display orientation of the display screen from the first display orientation to the second display orientation according to the orientation instruction;
and
after the display orientation of the display screen is switched from the first display orientation to the second display orientation, instruct the display screen to display the application with the modified page display size in the second display orientation on the display screen in a first display area located in a portion of the display associated with a handedness of a user;
and
display, in a second display area comprising a portion of the terminal screen uncovered by the first display area, at least one of a preset function button or preset application, wherein the at least one the preset function button or preset application is set by a terminal vendor or customized by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/070,019Filed 15 Jan 2016
Published: US 2019/0019476 A117 Jan 2019
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
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Classification13 codes

G09G 5/38
Characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory: with means for controlling the display position
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G06F 3/048
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: interaction techniques based on graphical…
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…

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