Display method and electronic device

Abstract

The present application discloses a display method and electronic device, belonging to the field of terminal technology. The method comprises: displaying a time dial, the time dial comprising K pointers, the K pointers being used to indicate time, K being a positive integer; receiving a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers; in response to the first input, displaying M application icons associated with the first pointer, M being a positive integer; and in the case where the first pointer indicates a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon, the M application icons including the target icon.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of terminal technology, and specifically relates to a display method and an electronic device. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as smart wristband devices have been widely used, and more and more applications can be installed in electronic devices.

[0003] Currently, application interfaces in electronic devices are usually triggered and displayed through physical buttons or icon controls. Due to the limitations of the material and force feedback of physical buttons, as well as the scattered distribution of icon controls, the effect of triggering and displaying application interfaces is relatively poor. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a display method and an electronic device, which can solve the problem of poor effect of triggering the display of an application interface.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display method, the method comprising:

[0006] Display a time dial, the time dial comprising K pointers, the K pointers are used to indicate time, K is a positive integer;

[0007] Receiving a first input to a first pointer of the K pointers;

[0008] In response to the first input, displaying M application icons associated with the first pointer, where M is a positive integer;

[0009] When the first pointer indicates a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed, and the M application icons include the target icon.

[0010] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, the device comprising:

[0011] A first display module is used to display a time dial, wherein the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time, where K is a positive integer;

[0012] A receiving module, configured to receive a first input of a first pointer among the K pointers;

[0013] A second display module, configured to display M application icons associated with the first pointer in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer;

[0014] The third display module is used to display an application interface corresponding to the target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon, and the M application icons include the target icon.

[0015] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0016] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0017] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the method described in the first aspect.

[0018] In an embodiment of the present application, a time dial is displayed, the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time; a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers is received; in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer are displayed, M being a positive integer; when the first pointer indicates a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed, and the M application icons include the target icon. In this way, a time dial can be displayed, and the display of an application interface can be triggered by the pointer on the time dial. Since the pointer is not limited to material and force feedback relative to a physical button, and relative to an icon control, the M application icons associated with the pointer can be displayed by triggering the pointer. In this way, the application interface to be displayed is selected, so that it is not limited to the dispersed distribution of the icon control, thereby improving the effect of triggering the display of the application interface. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a flow chart of a display method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a display diagram of the application interface;

[0021] Figure 3 It is one of the target state display diagrams of the first pointer;

[0022] Figure 4 is the second schematic diagram showing the target state of the first pointer;

[0023] Figure 5 It is one of the display modes of M application icons;

[0024] Figure 6 This is the second way to display M application icons;

[0025] Figure 7 It is one of the recovery diagrams of the first pointer;

[0026] Figure 8 This is the second schematic diagram of the recovery of the first pointer;

[0027] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of rotating the first pointer to select an application icon;

[0028] Fig.10 This is the third schematic diagram of the recovery of the first pointer;

[0029] Fig.11 is a structural diagram of a display device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Fig.12 is a structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Fig.13 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device to implement an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field based on the embodiments in the present application belong to the scope of protection of this application.

[0033] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here, and the objects distinguished by "first", "second", etc. are generally of one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and / or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

[0034] The display provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below through specific embodiments and their application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0035] Figure 1 is a flow chart of a display method provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1 As shown, the following steps are included:

[0036] Step 101: display a time dial, wherein the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time.

[0037] It should be noted that the display method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a display device, or a control module in the display device for executing the display method.

[0038] In this step, the time dial refers to the general term for elements used to indicate time, which may include various elements used to indicate time, wherein the pointer is an indispensable element used to indicate time in the time dial, and the time dial may include K pointers, where K is a positive integer. Of course, in addition to K pointers, the time dial may also include time scales, which are not specifically limited here.

[0039] The K pointers include at least one of an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand. In an optional implementation, the K pointers include an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand at the same time.

[0040] The shape of the time dial may be circular or square, etc. In the following description, the shape of the time dial will be described by taking a circular shape as an example.

[0041] There are many ways to display the time dial. For example, the time dial can be displayed on the interface of the display device by installing a dial plug-in, or by calling a corresponding program. The interface of the display device can be the main interface, the interface when the screen is locked, or other interfaces, which are not specifically limited here.

[0042] Step 102: Receive a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers.

[0043] In this step, the K pointers may be controls in the form of pointers, that is, the display device may receive user input based on the pointers and perform related functions based on the user input. Meanwhile, the pointers may have certain pointing functions.

[0044] The characteristics of the pointer may include at least one of the following:

[0045] Stretchable;

[0046] Retractable;

[0047] Rotatable.

[0048] That is to say, the user can control the display device to perform related functions according to at least one operation of stretching, shrinking and rotating the pointers among the K pointers.

[0049] The first input may be voice input, gesture input, or touch input, etc. The touch input may include long press input, sliding input, and drag input, etc. In the following description, the first input will be described by taking touch input as an example.

[0050] In an optional embodiment, the first input may include a long press input and a sliding input. The user may long press the hour hand to bring the hour hand into a target state. The pointer in the target state may be used as a pointer-shaped control. By sliding the pointer, the pointer may be stretched, shrunk or rotated.

[0051] Step 103: In response to the first input, display M application icons associated with the first pointer.

[0052] Wherein, M is a positive integer.

[0053] In this step, the M application icons may be pre-set application icons or application icons corresponding to recently used applications, which are not specifically limited here. In addition, the pre-set application icons may be icons of shortcut functions or application icons corresponding to applications.

[0054] M may be 1, or may be determined based on the length value or the rotation angle value of the first pointer, which is not specifically limited here.

[0055] The first pointers are different, and the associated application icons may also be different. For example, for the hour hand, it can be associated with the application icon corresponding to the most recently used application, where the most recently used application may refer to the application that the user used most recently from the current time. For the minute hand, it can be associated with the application icons corresponding to the application for call function, sports function and SMS function, etc. For the second hand, it can be associated with the application icons corresponding to the application for breathing training, physical vitality value, heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, stress monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, music and weather, etc.

[0056] Step 104: when the first pointer indicates a target icon, display an application interface corresponding to the target icon, wherein the M application icons include the target icon.

[0057] In this step, the first pointer has a pointing function, and can indicate an icon by any one of the pointing position, length value and rotation angle value of the first pointer.

[0058] When the first pointer indicates the target icon, the display may jump to the application interface corresponding to the target icon immediately, or may jump to the application interface corresponding to the target icon for display after the first pointer is released, which is not specifically limited here.

[0059] For example, when it is determined that the first pointer points to a target icon, the application corresponding to the target icon is started after the hand is released, and the application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed, such as Figure 2 shown.

[0060] In this embodiment, a time dial is displayed, the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time; a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers is received; in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer are displayed, M is a positive integer; when the first pointer indicates a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed, and the M application icons include the target icon. In this way, a time dial can be displayed, and the display of the application interface can be triggered by the pointer on the time dial. Since the pointer is not limited to the material and force feedback relative to the physical button, and relative to the icon control, it can display the M application icons associated with the pointer by triggering the pointer. In this way, the application interface to be displayed is selected, so that it is not limited to the scattered distribution of the icon control, thereby improving the effect of triggering the display of the application interface.

[0061] Furthermore, the product characteristics of the display device itself can be utilized to carry out targeted feature design, thereby enhancing the use value of the pointer.

[0062] Optionally, step 103 specifically includes:

[0063] In response to the first input, adjusting the display state of the first pointer to a first display state;

[0064] M application icons associated with the first display state are displayed.

[0065] In this embodiment, the display state of the first pointer refers to the display state of the first pointer on the interface of the display device. When the display state of the first pointer is the initial state, the first pointer in the initial state is used to display the time. By long pressing the first pointer, the display state of the first pointer can change.

[0066] For example, you can long press the hour hand, minute hand or second hand to put the hour hand, minute hand or second hand in a target state, which includes at least one of a stretched state, a contracted state and a rotated state. Specifically, long press the hour hand to put the hour hand in a stretched state, and other contents can be grayed out, such as Figure 3 and Figure 4 shown.

[0067] like Figure 3As shown, after long pressing the hour hand 301, the display state of the hour hand can be changed, and the pointer of the display state can be a control 302 in the form of a pointer. In addition, triggering the minute hand and the second hand is similar to triggering the hour hand and displaying a control in the form of a pointer, which will not be repeated here. The pointer of the display state can include two endpoints, one endpoint is a fixed end 3021, and the other endpoint is a pointing end 3022, and the length from the fixed end to the pointing end is the length value of the pointer. After long pressing the hour hand 301, the length value of the first pointer can be a preset shortest value, on which it can be stretched, or a preset longest value, on which it can be contracted, which is not specifically limited here.

[0068] The user can control the first pointer to stretch or shrink the length from the fixed end to the pointing end based on the fixed end, and can also control the first pointer to rotate the first pointer based on a certain length value.

[0069] In the case of displaying a control in the form of a pointer, the user can stretch, shrink or rotate the first pointer, and accordingly, the display device can adjust the display state of the first pointer to a first display state that matches the input parameters of the first input.

[0070] For example, the first display state of the first pointer is the length value of the first pointer, and the input parameter of the first input is stretching 5mm. Before stretching, the length value of the first pointer is 5mm. Accordingly, the display state of the first pointer is adjusted to superimpose the stretched length. At this time, the length value of the first pointer is 1cm.

[0071] Afterwards, M application icons associated with the first display state may be displayed, wherein the M application icons displayed may be different for different first display states. In this way, different application icons may be displayed according to different display states of the first pointer, so that the application interface corresponding to the application icon to be displayed may be selected, thereby further improving the effect of triggering the display of the application interface.

[0072] Optionally, the first display state of the first pointer includes at least one of the following:

[0073] The position pointed by the first pointer is the target position;

[0074] The length value of the first pointer is the target length;

[0075] The rotation angle value of the first pointer is a target angle.

[0076] In this embodiment, when the first display state is the target length, it can display M application icons corresponding to the M most recently used applications, or it can display M pre-set application icons, where M can be determined based on the target length, and M is greater than 1. It can also display only an application icon corresponding to a most recently used application, or only a pre-set application icon, where the application icon can be determined based on the target length.

[0077] When the first display state is the target angle, it can display M application icons corresponding to the M most recently used applications, or it can display M pre-set application icons, where M can be determined based on the target angle, and M is greater than 1. It can also display only an application icon corresponding to a most recently used application, or only a pre-set application icon, where the application icon can be determined based on the target angle.

[0078] It should be noted that when M is greater than 1, the M application icons can be displayed in a stacked manner, such as stacked display in the direction of the first pointer, or can be displayed in an interval distribution on a time dial such as the edge of a time dial, which is not specifically limited here.

[0079] When the position pointed by the first pointer is the target position, M application icons may be displayed in a stacked manner in the direction pointed by the first pointer, and the target position may point to the application icon displayed on the top layer. In addition, M may be determined based on the target length and / or the target angle.

[0080] For example, for the hour hand, it can be associated with the application icon corresponding to the most recently used application. The number of application icons can be set according to the actual situation. For example, if 8 or 15 application icons are set, the length value of the pointer can be divided into equal parts according to the maximum length of the pointer. The number of equal parts can be equal to the number of application icons, and each length corresponds to an application icon. The rotation angle value of the pointer can also be divided into equal parts according to the maximum rotation angle value of the pointer. The number of equal parts can be equal to the number of application icons, and each rotation angle value corresponds to an application icon.

[0081] Afterwards, the application icons corresponding to the application that was most recently used can be displayed in sequence according to the target length or the target angle. The shorter the target length or the smaller the target angle, the application icons corresponding to the application that was used more recently to the current time will be displayed; the longer the target length or the larger the target angle, the application icons corresponding to the application that was used more distant from the current time will be displayed.

[0082] For another example, the minute hand can be associated with a pre-set application icon, and the number of application icons can also be set according to actual conditions. For example, if three are set, the length of the pointer can be divided into equal parts according to the maximum length of the pointer. The number of equal parts can be equal to the number of application icons, and one application icon is displayed for each length.

[0083] Afterwards, pre-set application icons may be displayed in sequence according to the target length, such as displaying application icons corresponding to application programs for call function, sports function and SMS function in sequence from short to long according to the target length.

[0084] For example, the second hand can be associated with a pre-set application icon, and the number of application icons can also be set according to actual conditions. For example, if 8 are set, the length of the pointer can be divided into equal parts according to the maximum length of the pointer. The number of equal parts can be equal to the number of application icons, and one application icon is displayed for each length.

[0085] Afterwards, the pre-set application icons can be displayed in sequence according to the target length, such as displaying the application icons corresponding to the applications of breathing training, body vitality value, heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, stress monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, music and weather in sequence from short to long according to the target length.

[0086] M can be a positive integer, which can be 1, and only one application icon corresponding to the target length can be displayed. It can also be greater than 1, and the application icon corresponding to each length of the pointer during the stretching process can be displayed. Specifically, the value of M can be determined by determining the number of length divisions corresponding to the target length. For example, if the maximum length of the pointer is 4 cm, it is pre-divided into 8 equal parts, each of which is 5 mm. When the target length is 3.3 cm, it can be determined that the number of length divisions corresponding to the target length is 7, that is, M is 7.

[0087] For example, during the stretching process, the application icon A corresponding to the length value of the first pointer can be displayed. When the length value of the first pointer exceeds the length value corresponding to the application icon A, the application icon A will be hidden and the application icon B corresponding to the current length value will be displayed.

[0088] For another example, during the stretching process, when the length value of the first pointer exceeds the length value corresponding to the currently displayed application icon, the previously displayed application icon can be gradually hidden and displayed, or the application icon can be enlarged from small to large and displayed in sequence, that is, the application icon corresponding to each length of the first pointer during the stretching process is displayed.

[0089] like Figure 5As shown, as the first pointer is stretched, the application icons corresponding to each length of the first pointer are gradually hidden and displayed in turn. The application icon corresponding to the target length of the first pointer is displayed at the top layer, and the application icon corresponding to the first length of the first pointer is displayed at the bottom layer.

[0090] like Figure 6 As shown, as the first pointer is stretched, the application icons corresponding to each length of the first pointer are displayed from small to large in sequence until the display length corresponding to the application icon is exceeded, at which time the size of the application icon will not change. The application icons displayed in sequence can be displayed at intervals in a clockwise direction on the edge of the time dial, and it is best that the displayed application icons do not overlap each other.

[0091] In this implementation, by setting the display state of the first pointer to include at least one of a pointing position, a length value, and a rotation angle value, the types of the first display state can be made more diverse, thereby improving the flexibility of application icon display.

[0092] Optionally, the first display state is the target length or the target angle, and the method further includes:

[0093] When the first display state is the target length: the M application icons are any of the following:

[0094] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target length;

[0095] An application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target length;

[0096] When the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any of the following:

[0097] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target angle;

[0098] The application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications is arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle.

[0099] In this embodiment, the M application icons include application icons corresponding to recently used applications, and application icons corresponding to applications that were most recently used can be displayed in sequence according to the target length. During the stretching process, application icons corresponding to applications that are used more recently than the current time are displayed for shorter target lengths, and application icons corresponding to applications that are used more recently than the current time are displayed for longer target lengths.

[0100] Correspondingly, when displaying application icons corresponding to recently used applications, application icons corresponding to each length of the target length can be displayed, that is, application icons corresponding to the first M applications in recently used applications arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target length, and specifically can be the number of equal divisions of the length corresponding to the target length.

[0101] The application icons corresponding to the most recently used application can be displayed in sequence according to the target angle. The smaller the target angle, the application icons corresponding to the application used more recently to the current time are displayed, and the larger the target angle, the application icons corresponding to the application used more distant to the current time are displayed.

[0102] Correspondingly, when displaying application icons corresponding to recently used applications, application icons corresponding to each angle in the target angle can be displayed, that is, application icons corresponding to the first M applications in recently used applications arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target angle, and specifically can be the number of equal divisions of the angle corresponding to the target angle.

[0103] When M is equal to 1, the application icon corresponding to the target length can also be displayed, that is, the application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time can be displayed, and N is determined based on the target length, specifically the number of equal divisions of the length corresponding to the target length.

[0104] The application icon corresponding to the target angle can also be displayed, that is, the application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle, specifically the number of angle divisions corresponding to the target angle.

[0105] In this embodiment, by associating the target length or target angle of the first pointer with the application icon corresponding to the most recently used application, during the stretching process, the shorter the target length or the smaller the target angle, the application icon corresponding to the application used more recently is displayed, and the longer the target length or the larger the target angle, the application icon corresponding to the application used more distant from the current time is displayed. In this way, by stretching or rotating the first pointer, the user can choose to enter the application corresponding to different application icons based on the stretched length or the rotation angle, and display the corresponding application interface, thereby improving the startup effect of entering the most recently used application and improving the user experience and fun of entering the most recently used application.

[0106] Optionally, step 104 specifically includes:

[0107] When the pointing position of the first pointer points to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon;

[0108] or,

[0109] In a case where the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon;

[0110] or,

[0111] When the length value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed.

[0112] In this embodiment, when M application icons are displayed, it can be determined whether the first pointer indicates a target icon. When it is determined that the first pointer indicates the target icon, the application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed. When it is determined that the first pointer does not indicate the target icon, when the user releases the finger touching the first pointer, the first pointer can be restored to the initial state. The first pointer in the initial state is used to indicate time, such as Figure 7 and Figure 8 shown.

[0113] Whether the first pointer points to the target icon may be determined by any one of the pointing position, the rotation angle value, and the length value of the first pointer.

[0114] In an optional implementation, when the pointing position of the first pointer points to the target icon, when the user releases the finger touching the first pointer, the application interface corresponding to the target icon may be displayed, such as Figure 2 The first pointer may point to one or more application icons, which is not specifically limited here.

[0115] In another optional implementation, when the length value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, when the user releases the finger touching the first pointer, an application interface corresponding to the target icon may be displayed.

[0116] In another optional implementation, when the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon, when the user releases the finger touching the first pointer, the application interface corresponding to the target icon can be displayed. Accordingly, when the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon, before displaying the application interface corresponding to the target icon, the method further includes:

[0117] Obtaining the rotation angle value of the first pointer;

[0118] Based on the rotation angle value, a target icon indicated by the first pointer is determined.

[0119] like Fig. 9 As shown, the display mode of M application icons is to be displayed at intervals on the edge of the time dial. At this time, the first pointer can be rotated to adjust the display state of the first pointer to the second display state. The second display state can be used to indicate the target icon, so that the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the application icon to be started, that is, the target icon. Accordingly, the target icon is in the selected state, that is, the first pointer indicates the target icon.

[0120] Alternatively, the first pointer may not be rotated. When the length of the first pointer is greater than or equal to the preset length, the rotation angle of the first pointer may correspond to the target icon, which may be the earliest displayed application icon, such as Figure 6 The preset length can be the longest length of the first pointer stretched, or the length of the first pointer when the length is divided into a certain number of equal parts, such as when the length is divided into 4 equal parts, that is, when at least 4 application icons are displayed, the rotation angle value of the first pointer can correspond to the target icon.

[0121] The preset length is described below by taking the first pointer stretched to the longest length as an example.

[0122] Specifically, when the first pointer is not stretched to the maximum length, the first pointer cannot be rotated, and when the first pointer is released, the display state of the first pointer will be restored to the initial state, such as Figure 8 When stretched to the longest length, the first pointer can be rotated, and the rotation mode of the first pointer can be non-infinite rotation, and the width of the application icon can be used as an interval during rotation. The application icon corresponding to the rotation angle value of the first pointer is temporarily selected.

[0123] When stretched to the longest length, when the first input does not indicate rotating the first pointer, the initial default rotation angle value of the first pointer is 0, and the earliest displayed application icon among the M application icons is selected accordingly. When the first input indicates rotating the first pointer, the rotation angle value of the first pointer is obtained accordingly, and the target icon is determined based on the rotation angle value.

[0124] In addition, after receiving a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers, the method further includes:

[0125] Display preset icons;

[0126] When the first pointer indicates the preset icon, the display state of the first pointer is adjusted to an initial state, and the first pointer in the initial state is used to indicate time.

[0127] The preset icon may be a "cancel" icon, such as Fig.10 As shown, when the first pointer is stretched to the longest length, the first pointer is rotated so that the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the "cancel" icon. At this time, the first pointer is released and the display state of the first pointer can be restored to the initial state.

[0128] In this embodiment, when M application icons are displayed, the first pointer can be made to indicate the target icon in different ways, and when the first pointer indicates the target icon, the application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed. This can improve the flexibility of the first pointer indicating the icon and further improve the effect of triggering the display of the application interface.

[0129] Optionally, M is greater than 1, and when the pointing position of the first pointer points to a target icon, before displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon, the method further includes:

[0130] In a case where the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons, it is determined that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer.

[0131] In the case where the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons, that is, when multiple application icons among the M application icons are displayed in a stacked manner in the pointing direction of the first pointer, it can be detected whether the continuous display time of the application icon displayed at the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is greater than a preset threshold. In the case where it is detected that the continuous display time of the application icon displayed at the top layer among the M application icons is greater than the preset threshold, that is, the user no longer stretches the first pointer within the display time of the application icon displayed at the top layer, at this time, when it is detected that its continuous display time is greater than the preset threshold, it is determined that the application icon displayed at the top layer is in a selected state, that is, it is determined that the application icon displayed at the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer.

[0132] The preset threshold can be set according to actual conditions, such as 1 second. When the application icon displayed on the top layer is kept for 1 second, the hovering application icon can be slightly enlarged to show the selected state. Figure 2 As shown, in this case, after releasing the hand, the user can enter the application corresponding to the selected application icon and display the corresponding application interface.

[0133] In this embodiment, when the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons, by determining that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer, the user can enter the application corresponding to the target icon after releasing the hand, and display the corresponding application interface. In this way, the application can be very conveniently started and the corresponding application interface can be displayed through the first pointer.

[0134] Optionally, when the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, before displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon, the method further includes:

[0135] When the first input does not indicate rotating the first pointer, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer in a first display state, where the first display state is a display state associated with the M application icons;

[0136] or,

[0137] When K is greater than 1, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to a second pointer among the K pointers;

[0138] or,

[0139] In the case where the first input indicates to rotate the first pointer, a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to an initial position is acquired, where the initial position is a position of the first pointer before receiving the first input.

[0140] In this embodiment, when the first input does not indicate rotating the first pointer, the rotation angle value of the first pointer in the first display state can be obtained, and the rotation angle value can be 0 by default, and the earliest displayed application icon among the M application icons can be selected accordingly.

[0141] When the first input indicates to rotate the first pointer, the rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to the initial position can be obtained, and the initial position is the position of the first pointer before receiving the first input. When the rotation angle value corresponds to a target icon, the application interface corresponding to the target icon can be displayed.

[0142] In addition, when K is greater than 1, the rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to the second pointer among the K pointers can also be obtained. For example, when the first pointer is the hour hand and the second pointer is the minute hand, the rotation angle value of the hour hand relative to the minute hand can be obtained. When the rotation angle value corresponds to a target icon, the application interface corresponding to the target icon can be displayed.

[0143] In this embodiment, different methods can be used to obtain the rotation angle value of the first pointer to select the desired application icon, start the application, and display the corresponding application interface. In this way, the application icon can be very flexibly selected to start the application and display the corresponding application interface through the rotation angle value of the first pointer.

[0144] It should be noted that the display method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a display device or a control module in the display device for executing the display method. In the embodiment of the present application, the display device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the display device executing the display method as an example.

[0145] See also Fig.11 , Fig.11 is a structural diagram of a display device provided in an embodiment of the present application, such as Fig.11 As shown, the display device 1100 includes:

[0146] A first display module 1101 is used to display a time dial, wherein the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time, where K is a positive integer;

[0147] A receiving module 1102, configured to receive a first input of a first pointer among the K pointers;

[0148] A second display module 1103, configured to display M application icons associated with the first pointer in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer;

[0149] The third display module 1104 is used to display an application interface corresponding to the target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon, and the M application icons include the target icon.

[0150] Optionally, the second display module 1103 includes:

[0151] an adjusting unit, configured to adjust a display state of the first pointer to a first display state in response to the first input;

[0152] A display unit is used to display M application icons associated with the first display state.

[0153] Optionally, the first display state of the first pointer includes at least one of the following:

[0154] The position pointed by the first pointer is the target position;

[0155] The length value of the first pointer is the target length;

[0156] The rotation angle value of the first pointer is a target angle.

[0157] Optionally, the first display state is the target length or the target angle, and the device further includes:

[0158] When the first display state is the target length: the M application icons are any of the following:

[0159] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target length;

[0160] An application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target length;

[0161] When the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any of the following:

[0162] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target angle;

[0163] The application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications is arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle.

[0164] Optionally, the third display module 1104 includes:

[0165] A first display unit, configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the pointing position of the first pointer points to the target icon;

[0166] a second display unit, configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon;

[0167] The third display unit is used to display an application interface corresponding to the target icon when the length value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon.

[0168] Optionally, M is greater than 1, and the device further comprises:

[0169] A determination module is used to determine that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer when the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons.

[0170] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0171] a first acquisition module, configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer in a first display state when the first input does not indicate to rotate the first pointer, the first display state being a display state associated with the M application icons;

[0172] A second acquisition module, configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to a second pointer among the K pointers when K is greater than 1;

[0173] A third acquisition module is configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to an initial position when the first input indicates rotating the first pointer, wherein the initial position is a position of the first pointer before receiving the first input.

[0174] In this embodiment, a time dial is displayed by the first display module 1101, the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time; a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers is received by the receiving module 1102; M application icons associated with the first pointer are displayed by the second display module 1103 in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer; and an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed by the third display module 1104 when the first pointer indicates a target icon, and the M application icons include the target icon. In this way, the time dial can be displayed, and the display of the application interface can be triggered by the pointer on the time dial. Since the pointer is not limited to the material and force feedback relative to the physical button, and relative to the icon control, it can display the M application icons associated with the pointer by triggering the pointer. In this way, the application interface to be displayed is selected, so that it is not limited to the scattered distribution of the icon control, thereby improving the effect of triggering the display of the application interface.

[0175] The display device in the embodiment of the present application can be a device, or a component, integrated circuit, or chip in a terminal. The device can be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Exemplarily, the mobile electronic device can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a PDA, an in-vehicle electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc. The non-mobile electronic device can be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0176] The display device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0177] The display device provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figures 1 to 10 To avoid repetition, the various processes implemented by the method embodiment are not described here.

[0178] Alternatively, if Fig.12As shown, an embodiment of the present application also provides an electronic device 1200, including a processor 1201, a memory 1202, and a program or instruction stored in the memory 1202 and executable on the processor 1201. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1201, each process of the above-mentioned display method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0179] It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices mentioned above.

[0180] Fig.13 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device to implement an embodiment of the present application.

[0181] The electronic device 1300 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1301, a network module 1302, an audio output unit 1303, an input unit 1304, a sensor 1305, a display unit 1306, a user input unit 1307, an interface unit 1308, a memory 1309, and a processor 1310 and other components.

[0182] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 1300 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1310 through a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Fig.13 The electronic device structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0183] The display unit 1306 is used to display a time dial, wherein the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time, where K is a positive integer;

[0184] An input unit 1304, configured to receive a first input for a first pointer among the K pointers;

[0185] The display unit 1306 is further configured to display M application icons associated with the first pointer in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer;

[0186] The display unit 1306 is further configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the first pointer indicates a target icon, wherein the M application icons include the target icon.

[0187] In this embodiment, a time dial is displayed by display unit 1306, and the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time; a first input to a first pointer among the K pointers is received by input unit 1304; M application icons associated with the first pointer are displayed by display unit 1306 in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer; when the first pointer indicates a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed, and the M application icons include the target icon. In this way, the time dial can be displayed, and the display of the application interface can be triggered by the pointer on the time dial. Since the pointer is not limited to the material and force feedback relative to the physical button, and relative to the icon control, it can display the M application icons associated with the pointer by triggering the pointer, so that the application interface to be displayed is selected, so that it is not limited to the scattered distribution of the icon control, thereby improving the effect of triggering the display of the application interface. .

[0188] Optionally, the processor 1310 is configured to adjust a display state of the first pointer to a first display state in response to the first input;

[0189] The display unit 1306 is further configured to display M application icons associated with the first display state.

[0190] Optionally, the first display state of the first pointer includes at least one of the following:

[0191] The position pointed by the first pointer is the target position;

[0192] The length value of the first pointer is the target length;

[0193] The rotation angle value of the first pointer is a target angle.

[0194] Optionally, the first display state is the target length or the target angle. When the first display state is the target length, the M application icons are any of the following:

[0195] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target length;

[0196] An application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target length;

[0197] When the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any of the following:

[0198] Application icons corresponding to the first M applications among the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where M is determined based on the target angle;

[0199] The application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications is arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle.

[0200] Optionally, the display unit 1306 is further configured to:

[0201] When the pointing position of the first pointer points to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon;

[0202] or,

[0203] In a case where the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon;

[0204] or,

[0205] When the length value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed.

[0206] Optionally, M is greater than 1, and the processor 1310 is further used to determine that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer when the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons.

[0207] Optionally, the processor 1310 is further configured to:

[0208] When the first input does not indicate rotating the first pointer, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer in a first display state, where the first display state is a display state associated with the M application icons;

[0209] or,

[0210] When K is greater than 1, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to a second pointer among the K pointers;

[0211] or,

[0212] In the case where the first input indicates to rotate the first pointer, a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to an initial position is acquired, where the initial position is a position of the first pointer before receiving the first input.

[0213] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1304 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 13041 and a microphone 13042, and the graphics processor 13041 processes the image data of the static picture or video obtained by the image capture device (such as a camera) in the video capture mode or the image capture mode. The display unit 1306 may include a display panel 13061, and the display panel 13061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1307 includes a touch panel 13071 and other input devices 13072. The touch panel 13071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 13071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 13072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, a function key (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here. The memory 1309 can be used to store software programs and various data, including but not limited to applications and operating systems. The processor 1310 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 1310.

[0214] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned display method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0215] The processor is a processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0216] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned display method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0217] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0218] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise one..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0219] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, a disk, or an optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0220] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A display method, characterized in that: include: Display a time dial, the time dial comprising K pointers, the K pointers are used to indicate time, K is a positive integer; Receiving a first input to a first pointer of the K pointers; In response to the first input, displaying M application icons associated with the first pointer, where M is a positive integer; When the first pointer indicates a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon, the M application icons including the target icon; The step of displaying, in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer comprises: In response to the first input, adjusting the display state of the first pointer to a first display state, wherein the first display state of the first pointer includes at least one of a length value of the first pointer being a target length and a rotation angle value of the first pointer being a target angle; Display M application icons associated with the first display state, where the M application icons are different for different first display states, and M is determined based on the target length and / or target angle; during the first pointer stretching process, the M application icons associated with the first display state are displayed by displaying the application icon corresponding to each length of the first pointer, or during the first pointer rotation process, the M application icons associated with the first display state are displayed by displaying the application icon corresponding to each rotation angle value of the first pointer.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first display state of the first pointer also includes: The position pointed to by the first pointer is the target position.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The first display state is the target length or the target angle, and the method further includes: When the first display state is the target length: the M application icons are any of the following: Application icons corresponding to the first M applications in the most recently used applications, arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time; An application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target length; When the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any of the following: Application icons corresponding to the first M applications in the most recently used applications, arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time; The application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications is arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon includes: When the pointing position of the first pointer points to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon; or, In a case where the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon; or, When the length value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, an application interface corresponding to the target icon is displayed.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that M is greater than 1, and when the pointing position of the first pointer points to the target icon, before displaying the application interface corresponding to the target icon, the method further includes: In a case where the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons, it is determined that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that In the case where the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to a target icon, before displaying an application interface corresponding to the target icon, the method further includes: When the first input does not indicate rotating the first pointer, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer in a first display state, where the first display state is a display state associated with the M application icons; or, When K is greater than 1, obtaining a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to a second pointer among the K pointers; or, In the case where the first input indicates to rotate the first pointer, a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to an initial position is acquired, where the initial position is a position of the first pointer before receiving the first input.

7. A display device, characterized in that: include: A first display module is used to display a time dial, wherein the time dial includes K pointers, and the K pointers are used to indicate time, where K is a positive integer; A receiving module, configured to receive a first input of a first pointer among the K pointers; A second display module, configured to display M application icons associated with the first pointer in response to the first input, where M is a positive integer; a third display module, configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the first pointer indicates the target icon, wherein the M application icons include the target icon; The second display module includes: an adjusting unit, configured to adjust, in response to the first input, a display state of the first pointer to a first display state, wherein the first display state of the first pointer includes at least one of a length value of the first pointer being a target length and a rotation angle value of the first pointer being a target angle; A display unit is configured to display M application icons associated with the first display state, wherein the M application icons are different for different first display states, and M is determined based on a target length and / or a target angle; during a first pointer stretching process, the M application icons associated with the first display state are displayed by displaying an application icon corresponding to each length of the first pointer, or during a first pointer rotation process, the M application icons associated with the first display state are displayed by displaying an application icon corresponding to each rotation angle value of the first pointer.

8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that The first display state of the first pointer also includes: The position pointed to by the first pointer is the target position.

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that The first display state is the target length or the target angle, and the device further includes: When the first display state is the target length: the M application icons are any of the following: Application icons corresponding to the first M applications in the most recently used applications, arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time; An application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target length; When the first display state is the target angle, the M application icons are any of the following: Application icons corresponding to the first M applications in the most recently used applications, arranged in ascending order of interval from the current time; The application icon corresponding to the Nth application in the most recently used applications is arranged in ascending order according to the interval from the current time, where N is determined based on the target angle.

10. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that The third display module comprises: A first display unit, configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the pointing position of the first pointer points to the target icon; a second display unit, configured to display an application interface corresponding to a target icon when the rotation angle value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon; The third display unit is used to display an application interface corresponding to the target icon when the length value of the first pointer corresponds to the target icon.

11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that M is greater than 1, and the device further comprises: A determination module is used to determine that the application icon displayed on the top layer in the pointing direction of the first pointer is the target icon pointed to by the pointing position of the first pointer when the pointing direction of the first pointer includes multiple application icons among the M application icons.

12. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that The device also includes: a first acquisition module, configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer in a first display state when the first input does not indicate to rotate the first pointer, the first display state being a display state associated with the M application icons; A second acquisition module, configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to a second pointer among the K pointers when K is greater than 1; A third acquisition module is configured to acquire a rotation angle value of the first pointer relative to an initial position when the first input indicates rotating the first pointer, wherein the initial position is a position of the first pointer before receiving the first input.

13. An electronic device, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the display method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

14. A readable storage medium, characterized in that: The readable storage medium stores a program or instruction, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the display method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 are implemented.

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