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Method and apparatus for controlling multi window display in interface

US10996786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 2017
Grant dateMay 4, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04817
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention, which provides a method and apparatus for controlling a multi-window display in an interface, can display a plurality of application windows simultaneously and completely on the same interface, can control changes in size of the launched application windows by finger pressing, can display the application windows of corresponding sizes at different levels, and can also realize changes in size by squeezing between the plurality of application windows. The method for controlling a multi-window display in an interface according to the present invention comprises: defining a correspondence relationship between display levels of windows of a plurality of applications and pressure values applied on icons of the plurality of applications, determining the display levels of the windows according to the pressure values applied on the icons, displaying the windows in the interface according to the display levels, wherein the window having the highest priority is the window of a currently operated application, and, if the window having the highest priority intersects other windows, compressing the other windows according to a display size of the window having the highest …

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