US 12,242,719 B2
Split-screen display method and electronic device
Yi Luo, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/764,426
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/102488
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063074, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910938898.X (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357845 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A split-screen display method, wherein the method comprises:
displaying a display interface corresponding to a first task on a display when a first application is run to execute the first task;
receiving, on an element of the display interface corresponding to the first task, a first operation within the first application and used to enable a second task;
enabling a split-screen display mode in response to the first operation, wherein the enabling the split-screen display mode in response to the first operation comprises:
generating a view of a display interface corresponding to the second task, and displaying the view on the display interface corresponding to the first task;
determining a location of a split-screen display window based on a second operation for the view in response to the second operation, wherein the second operation comprises a first sub-operation and a second sub-operation, the first sub-operation is an operation of dragging the view or a copy of the view to a preset location, the second sub-operation is an operation of touching and holding the view with a single finger or touching and holding the view with two fingers, and the determining the location of the split-screen display window based on the second operation comprising determining the preset location to be the location of the split-screen display window; and
displaying the split-screen display window at the location of the split-screen display window after the first sub-operation is received, and displaying the display interface corresponding to the second task in the split-screen display window.