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EP-4312112-B1 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPLIT-SCREEN DISPLAY AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

EP4312112B1EP 4312112 B1EP4312112 B1EP 4312112B1EP-4312112-B1

Inventors

  • PENG, Cong

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20221031

Claims (12)

  1. A method for split-screen display, performed by an electronic device comprising a display, comprising: displaying (S102) a first interface of a first application in a first split-screen area, displaying a second interface of a second application in a second split-screen area, in response to a start instruction for a split-screen function, wherein the second split-screen area is different from the first split-screen area; and displaying (S104) a third interface in the second split-screen area, displaying the first interface of the first application in the first split-screen area, in response to a first operation on the second interface, wherein the third interface is independent from the second application; and characterized by creating a subsystem corresponding to the first split-screen area to run the first application, wherein the first application is run based on the subsystem created; wherein displaying the second interface of the second application in the second split-screen area comprises: running the second application based on a main system to display the second interface of the second application in the second split-screen area; wherein the main system is an operating system mounted on the electronic device, the subsystem is an independent virtual system created in the main system.
  2. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the subsystem corresponding to the first split-screen area to run the first application comprises: running the first application in the subsystem in response to the start instruction for the first application; or switching the first application running on a main system to the subsystem, in response to the subsystem being created.
  3. The method of any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein creating the subsystem corresponding to the first split-screen area comprises: creating independent subsystems for M split-screen areas, in response to altogether N split-screen areas, wherein the M split-screen areas comprise the first split-screen area, the M split-screen areas do not include the second split-screen area, and N, M are positive integers, N≥2, N>M≥1; wherein, each subsystem is configured to run an application individually, and interfaces of running applications are displayed in the M split-screen areas correspondingly.
  4. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: adding a lock identification to the first split-screen area displaying the first interface of the first application, to make the subsystem only run the first application.
  5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: determining that the start instruction for the split-screen function is detected, in response to a start widget of the split-screen function displayed being triggered; or, determining that the start instruction for the split-screen function is detected, in response to a second operation being detected.
  6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second operation comprises at least one of: a preset floating gesture operation, a sliding operation along a preset track or a click operation in a preset form.
  7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: exchanging positions of the first split-screen area and the second split-screen area, in response to receiving an exchange instruction to change positions of the first split-screen area and the second split-screen area.
  8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: displaying a prompt for the split-screen area corresponding to an input widget, in response to the input widget being displayed.
  9. An apparatus for split-screen display, applied to an electronic device comprising a display, comprising: a splitting unit (801), configured to display a first interface of a first application in a first split-screen area, displaying a second interface of a second application in a second split-screen area, in response to a start instruction for a split-screen function, wherein the second split-screen area is different from the first split-screen area; a display unit (802), configured to display a third interface in the second split-screen area, displaying the first interface of the first application in the first split-screen area, in response to a first operation on the second interface, wherein the third interface is independent from the second application; and characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a creating unit (803), configured to create a subsystem corresponding to the first split-screen area to run the first application, wherein the first application is run based on the subsystem created; wherein the creating unit (803) is further configured to: run the second application based on a main system to display the second interface of the second application in the second split-screen area; wherein the main system is an operating system mounted on the electronic device, the subsystem is an independent virtual system created in the main system.
  10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the creating unit (803) is further configured to: run the first application in the subsystem in response to the start instruction for the first application; or switch the first application running on a main system to the subsystem, in response to the subsystem being created.
  11. The apparatus of claim 9 or 10, further comprising: a determining unit (804), configured to determine that the start instruction for the split-screen function is detected, in response to a start widget of the split-screen function displayed being triggered; or, determine that the start instruction for the split-screen function is detected, in response to a second operation being detected.
  12. A computer-readable storage medium stored with computer instructions thereon, wherein the instructions implement steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 8 when executed by a processor of an electronic device comprising a display.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the field of terminals, especially a method and an apparatus for split-screen display, an electronic equipment and a storage medium. BACKGROUND With the popularity of large-screen terminals such as folding screen mobile phones and tablet computers, a split-screen display function is embedded in various terminal devices to provide users with a better experience. In related art, after the terminal enters a split-screen display mode, different split-screen areas display interfaces of different applications, and the interfaces displayed in different split-screen areas interact with each other. WO 2021/104030 A1 & EP 4 057 119 A1 discloses a split-screen display method and an electronic device. The method may be applied to the field of human-machine interaction. The method includes: A user enters an operation for a split-screen display area, for example, taps a lock control in a split-screen display area; and the electronic device locks display content in the split-screen display area in response to the operation. In this way, display content in a split-screen display area can be conveniently locked, to improve user operation efficiency. EP 3 951 575 A1 discloses an operation method for split-screen display and an electronic device, and relate to the field of electronic devices, to resolve a problem that use efficiency of an electronic device is low because during split-screen display, a user needs to perform a series of operations to implement an operation on an application in a plurality of display areas. During split-screen display of an electronic device, the electronic device receives a first operation performed by a user in a display area, where a first interface of a first application is displayed in the display area (S403), and displays a second interface of the first application in the display area in response to the first operation, where the second interface is a previous-level interface of the first interface (S404); or the electronic device receives a second operation performed by a user in a display area (S405), and enables, in response to the second operation, a first application displayed in the display area to exit split-screen display (S406); or the electronic device receives a third operation performed by a user in a display area (S407), and displays a multi-task interface in the display area in response to the third operation (S408). SUMMARY The invention is set out in the appended set of claims. In the technical solution of the present disclosure, after the split-screen function is started, the first interface of the first application may be displayed in the first split-screen area, while the second interface of the second application may be displayed in the second split-screen area. After receiving the first operation on the second interface, the third interface which is independent from the second application may be displayed in the second split-screen area, while the display of the first interface may be maintained in the first split-screen area. It can be seen that the display of the first split-screen area in the present disclosure is not affected by the second split-screen area, which realizes the display decoupling between different split-screen areas and avoids mutual influence of display contents between different split-screens in related art. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings herein are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of the specification, show embodiments in conformity with embodiments of the present disclosure, and explain the principle of the present disclosure together with the specification. FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for split-screen display according to an example embodiment;FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for split-screen display according to another example embodiment;FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a folding screen mobile phone in split-screen display according to a first example embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a folding screen mobile phone in split-screen display according to a second example embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a folding screen mobile phone in split-screen display according to a third example embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a folding screen mobile phone in split-screen display according to a fourth example embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a folding screen mobile phone in split-screen display according to a fifth example embodiment of the present disclosure;FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an apparatus for split-screen display according to an example embodiment;FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an apparatus for split-screen display according to another example embodiment;FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of an electronic device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIP