US20180203568A1 - Method for Enabling Function Module of Terminal, and Terminal Device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method includes detecting a touch operation that is performed by a user on a sensor disposed in an area on an outer surface of the terminal except on a touchscreen; generating touch information according to the touch operation; and when the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enabling the function module or the function type of the function module.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
• This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/980,444, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, which is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/083734, filed on Aug. 5, 2014, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310690582.6, filed on Dec. 13, 2013, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
TECHNICAL FIELD
• The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to a method for enabling a function module of a terminal, and a terminal device.
BACKGROUND
• With the popularity of smartphones, more and more user interaction operations are performed inside a screen. At present, for enabling of functions of function modules on most terminals (such as a photographing function of a camera, a lighting function of a camera, a videotaping function of a camera, and a loudspeaker function for a call), an operation needs to be performed after entering a terminal interface above more than one level, to implement corresponding enabling. For example, when a screen of a terminal is in a sleep mode, a user at least needs to unlock a lock interface of the terminal to enter a desktop interface, to enable a photographing function of a camera of the terminal by touching a shortcut icon on the desktop interface. Even in some cases, when there is no functional shortcut icon on the desktop interface, the user further needs to enter an icon interface of an application to enable a corresponding function of a function module of the terminal. Therefore, at present, for an enabling manner of enabling, based on a touchscreen, a function of a function module, a dependency on the touchscreen and complexity of operations on multiple levels of interfaces exist to some extent.
SUMMARY
• Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for enabling a function module of a terminal, and a terminal device, which can quickly enable a function module of a terminal using touch information generated when a user touches a sensor on the terminal except on a touchscreen.
• A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for enabling a function module of a terminal, where the method may include detecting a touch operation that is performed by a user on a sensor, where the sensor is disposed in an area on an outer surface of the terminal except on a touchscreen; generating touch information according to the touch operation; and when the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enabling the function module or the function type of the function module.
• With reference to the first aspect, in a first feasible implementation manner, the touch information includes at least a touch location, and the touch information further includes at least one of touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location and generated touch time are the same as a saved touch location and saved touch time that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a seventh feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a ninth feasible implementation manner, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to any one of the first aspect to the ninth feasible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a tenth feasible implementation manner, the sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an infrared optical sensor, a pressure sensor, and a levitation sensor.
• With reference to any one of the first aspect to the ninth feasible implementation manners of the first aspect, in an eleventh feasible implementation manner, the function module includes at least one of a camera, a loudspeaker, an earpiece, an audio monitoring unit, a subscriber identity module (SIM) switchover module, and a wireless charging module.
• A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a terminal device, where the terminal device may include at least one function module, where the function module is configured to implement a service function; at least one sensor disposed in an area on an outer surface of a terminal except on a touchscreen and configured to detect a touch operation of a user; an information processing module configured to generate touch information according to the touch operation detected by the sensor; and an enabling control module configured to, when the touch information generated by the information processing module meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enable the function module or the function type of the function module.
• With reference to the second aspect, in a first feasible implementation manner, the touch information includes at least a touch location, and the touch information further includes at least one of touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location generated by the information processing module is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location and touch time that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location and saved touch time that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location and a touch gesture that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location and a touched-sensor type that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a sixth feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location, touch time, and a touch gesture that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a seventh feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location, touch time, and a touched-sensor type that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in an eighth feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to the first feasible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a ninth feasible implementation manner, the enabling control module is configured to, when a touch location, touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type that are generated by the information processing module are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• With reference to any one of the second aspect to the ninth feasible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a tenth feasible implementation manner, the sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an infrared optical sensor, a pressure sensor, and a levitation sensor.
• With reference to any one of the second aspect to the ninth feasible implementation manners of the second aspect, in an eleventh feasible implementation manner, the function module includes at least one of a camera, a loudspeaker, an earpiece, an audio monitoring unit, a SIM switchover module, and a wireless charging module.
• It can be seen from the foregoing that in some feasible implementation manners of the present disclosure, a touch operation that is performed by a user on a sensor is detected, where the sensor is disposed in an area on an outer surface of the terminal except on a touchscreen; touch information is generated according to the touch operation; and when the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, the function module or the function type of the function module is enabled. Therefore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the function module of the terminal can be quickly enabled using touch information generated when the user touches the sensor on the terminal except on the touchscreen, thereby avoiding a dependency on the touchscreen and complexity of operations on multiple levels of interfaces when the function module of the terminal is enabled.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
• FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a method for enabling a function module of a terminal in embodiments of the present disclosure;
• FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure;
• FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an information processing module in the embodiments of the present disclosure;
• FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure; and
• FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
• To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the following further describes the present disclosure in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
• Before embodiments are described in detail, a range of a terminal in the embodiments of the present disclosure and a range of a function module of the terminal in the embodiments of the present disclosure are first described.
• In an implementation, the terminal in the present disclosure includes a device in which a sensor may be disposed, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a player, a television, a computer, or a set top box.
• In an implementation, the function module of the terminal in the present disclosure includes a hardware function module or a software function module, such as a camera, a loudspeaker, an earpiece, an audio monitoring unit, a SIM switchover module, or a wireless charging module.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a method for enabling a function module of a terminal in the embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 1, the method in this embodiment of the present disclosure may include the following steps.
• Step S110: Detect a touch operation that is performed by a user on a sensor, where the sensor is disposed in an area on an outer surface of the terminal except on a touchscreen.
• In an implementation, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensor may be disposed on the terminal and the touch operation that is performed by the user on the sensor is detected using the sensor. A location of the sensor in this embodiment of the present disclosure is set in an area on the terminal except on a touchscreen, which can avoid a dependency on the touchscreen when a function module of the terminal is enabled in this embodiment of the present disclosure. There may be multiple manners of setting the location of the sensor. For example, when the function module of the terminal includes a hardware function module, the sensor may be disposed in an area in which the hardware function module is disposed (for example, disposed less than 2 centimeters (cm) away from the hardware function module). For another example, when the function module of the terminal includes a software function module, in this case, the sensor may be disposed at any location on the terminal except on the touchscreen.
• In an implementation, the sensor in this embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an infrared optical sensor, a pressure sensor, and a levitation sensor. Manners of detecting a user operation by different sensors may be different. For example, when the sensor is a temperature sensor, when a user moves within a range set by the temperature sensor, and a temperature value of the temperature sensor reaches a set threshold, it may be considered that the temperature sensor detects that the user performs a touch operation on the temperature sensor. For another example, when the sensor is a capacitive sensor, when a user touches a surface of the capacitive sensor, the capacitive sensor may detect that the user performs a touch operation on the capacitive sensor.
• Step S111: Generate touch information according to the touch operation.
• In an implementation, when performing a touch operation on the sensor, a user may perform a single tap operation or perform a complex track operation. Therefore, in step S111, different touch information may be generated according to different touch operations performed by the user. The touch information in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least a touch location. Besides, the touch information further includes at least one of touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type. In implementation, the touch location may include a location at which the touched sensor is disposed. The touch time may include duration in which the user touches the corresponding sensor. The touch gesture includes a touch track of the user, such as a left swipe and a right swipe.
• In an implementation, in step S111, different types of touch information may be generated according to different touch operations. Generally, in step S111, at least one of the following steps may be performed: generating a touch location according to the touch operation; generating touch time according to the touch operation; generating a touch gesture according to the touch operation; and generating a sensor type according to the touch operation.
• Step S112: When the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enable the function module or the function type of the function module.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module may include that, when the generated touch location is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a photographing function of a camera of the terminal is a touch location less than 2 cm away from the camera, when the generated touch location is also less than 2 cm away from the camera, it is determined that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the photographing function of the camera, and then the photographing function of the camera may be enabled in step S112.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module may include that, when the generated touch location and generated touch time are the same as a saved touch location and saved touch time that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a videotaping function of a camera of the terminal is a touch location less than 2 cm away from the camera, and time of touch at the touch location is at least3 seconds (s), when the generated touch location is also less than 2 cm away from the camera, and generated time of touch at the touch location is at least3s,it is determined that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the photographing function of the camera, and then the videotaping function of the camera may be enabled in step S112.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a loudspeaker function of a loudspeaker of the terminal is a touch location less than 1 cm away from the loudspeaker, and a touch gesture is a right swipe, when the generated touch location is also less than 1 cm away from the loudspeaker, and the generated touch gesture is a right swipe, it is determined that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the loudspeaker function of the loudspeaker, and then the loudspeaker function of the loudspeaker may be enabled in step S112.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a wireless charging function module of the terminal is a location of a mobile phone housing directly opposite to the wireless charging function module, and a touched-sensor type is a temperature sensor, when the generated touch location is also the location of the mobile phone housing directly opposite to the wireless charging function module, and a touched sensor is a temperature sensor, it is determined that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the wireless charging function module, and then the wireless charging module may be enabled to charge a mobile phone battery in step S112.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In an implementation, in step S112, that the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module includes that, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• It can be seen from the foregoing that in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a sensor is disposed in an area on a terminal except on a touchscreen, and a function module of the terminal is enabled using touch information that is generated according to a touch operation performed by a user on the sensor. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a dependency on the touchscreen and complexity of operations on multiple levels of interfaces when the function module of the terminal is enabled are avoided.
• FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 2, the terminal device in this embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one function module20 (onefunction module20 is used as an example in the figure), at least one sensor21 (onesensor21 is used as an example in the figure), aninformation processing module22, and an enablingcontrol module23.
• Eachfunction module20 is configured to implement various service functions of a terminal.
• In an implementation, thefunction module20 in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes a hardware function module or a software function module, such as a camera, a loudspeaker, an earpiece, an audio monitoring unit, a SIM switchover module, or a wireless charging module.
• Thesensor21 is disposed in an area on an outer surface of the terminal except on a touchscreen and configured to detect a touch operation of a user.
• A location of thesensor21 in this embodiment of the present disclosure is set in an area on the terminal except on a touchscreen, thereby avoiding a dependency on the touchscreen when the function module of the terminal is enabled in this embodiment of the present disclosure. There may be multiple manners of setting the location of thesensor21. For example, when thefunction module20 of the terminal includes a hardware function module, thesensor21 may be disposed in a specified area in which the hardware function module is disposed (for example, disposed less than 2 cm away from the hardware function module). For another example, when the function module of the terminal includes a software function module, in this case, the sensor may be disposed at any location on the terminal except on the touchscreen.
• In an implementation, thesensor21 in this embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an infrared optical sensor, a pressure sensor, and a levitation sensor. Manners of detecting a user operation bydifferent sensors21 may be different. For example, when thesensor21 is a temperature sensor, and when a user moves within a range specified by the temperature sensor, and a temperature value of the temperature sensor reaches a set threshold, it may be considered that the temperature sensor detects that the user performs a touch operation on the temperature sensor. For another example, when thesensor21 is a capacitive sensor, and when a user touches a surface of the capacitive sensor, the capacitive sensor may detect that the user performs a touch operation on the capacitive sensor.
• Theinformation processing module22 is configured to generate touch information according to the touch operation detected by thesensor21.
• In an implementation, when performing an operation on thesensor21, a user may perform a single tap operation or perform a complex track operation. Therefore, theinformation processing module22 may generate different touch information according to different touch operations performed by the user. The touch information in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least touch location information. In addition to a touch location, the touch information may further include at least one of touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type. In an implementation, the touch location may include a location at which the touched sensor is disposed. The touch time may include duration in which the user touches the corresponding sensor. The touch gesture includes a touch track of the user, such as a left swipe and a right swipe.
• In an implementation, as shown inFIG. 3, theinformation processing module22 may include alocation identification module221 configured to generate a touch location according to the touch operation detected by thesensor21; besides, theinformation processing module22 may further include at least one of the following modules: atime identification module222 configured to generate touch time according to the touch operation detected by thesensor21; agesture identification module223 configured to generate a touch gesture according to the touch operation detected by thesensor21; and atype identification module224 configured to generate a touched-sensor type according to the touch operation detected by thesensor21.
• The enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the touch information generated by theinformation processing module22 meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enable the function module or the function type of the function module.
• In an implementation, as shown inFIG. 4, the terminal device in this embodiment of the present disclosure may further include asetting module24 configured to preset and save a condition, which needs to be met, of enabling thefunction module20 or enabling a function type of thefunction module20. Conditions of enabling different function modules may be set to be the same or different.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a photographing function of a camera of the terminal is a touch location less than 2 cm away from the camera, when the generated touch location is also less than 2 cm away from the camera, the enablingcontrol module23 determines that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the photographing function of the camera, and enables the photographing function of the camera.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location and generated touch time are the same as a saved touch location and saved touch time that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a videotaping function of a camera of the terminal is a touch location less than 2 cm away from the camera, and time of touch at the touch location is at least3s,when the generated touch location is also less than 2 cm away from the camera, and generated time of touch at the touch location is at least3s,the enablingcontrol module23 determines that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the photographing function of the camera, and enables the videotaping function of the camera.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a loudspeaker function of a loudspeaker of the terminal is a touch location less than 1 cm away from the loudspeaker, and a touch gesture is a right swipe, when the generated touch location is also less than 1 cm away from the loudspeaker, and the generated touch gesture is a right swipe, the enablingcontrol module23 determines that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the loudspeaker function of the loudspeaker, and enables the loudspeaker function of the loudspeaker.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function. For example, assuming that a saved touch location that is used for enabling a wireless charging function module of the terminal is a location of a mobile phone housing directly opposite to the wireless charging function module, and a touched-sensor type is a temperature sensor, when the generated touch location is also the location of the mobile phone housing directly opposite to the wireless charging function module, and a touched sensor is a temperature sensor, the enablingcontrol module23 determines that generated touch information meets a touch condition of enabling the wireless charging function module, and enables the wireless charging module to charge a mobile phone battery.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• In some feasible implementation manners, the enablingcontrol module23 is configured to, when the generated touch location, generated touch time, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, saved touch time, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type that are used for enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function, respectively, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the function module of the terminal or enabling the function type of the function.
• It can be seen from the foregoing that in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a sensor is disposed in an area on a terminal except on a touchscreen, and a function module of the terminal is enabled using touch information that is generated according to a touch operation performed by a user on the sensor. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a dependency on the touchscreen and complexity of operations on multiple levels of interfaces when the function module of the terminal is enabled are avoided.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a terminal device in the embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 5, the terminal device in this embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one function module50, at least onesensor51, and aprocessor52. The function module50 is the same as thefunction module20, and details are not repeatedly described herein. Thesensor51 is the same as thesensor21, and details are not repeatedly described herein. In this embodiment, theprocessor52 may be used to replace theinformation processing module22 and the enablingcontrol module23 in the embodiment shown inFIG. 2. In this embodiment, theprocessor52 runs program code to implement the following functions: generating touch information according to a touch operation detected by thesensor51, and when the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling a function module of the terminal or enabling a function type of the function module, enabling the function module or the function type of the function module. In this embodiment, the touch information is similar to that in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeatedly described herein. In this embodiment, the condition of enabling the function module or the function type of the function module is similar to that in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeatedly described herein.
• Modules in this embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented using a general integrated circuit (such as a central processing unit (CPU)) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some of the steps of the methods in the embodiments may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium may include a flash memory, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, and an optical disc.
• The foregoing descriptions are merely exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. Any equivalent modifications made according to the claims of the present disclosure still fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

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What is claimed is:

1. A method for enabling a first function module of a terminal or a first function type of the first function module of the terminal, wherein the terminal comprises at least two sensors disposed in different areas on an outer surface of the terminal, wherein the different areas correspond to respective function modules of the terminal that include the first function modules or to respective function types of the first function module that include the first function type, and wherein the method comprises:

detecting a touch operation from a user on a first of the at least two sensors in a first area of the different areas;

generating touch information according to the touch operation; and

enabling the first function module or the first function type corresponding to the first area when the generated touch information meets a condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the touch information comprises at least a touch location, and wherein the touch information further comprises at least one of a touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type.

3. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

4. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location and the generated touch time are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch time, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

5. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

6. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

7. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch time, and the generated touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

8. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the function module comprises that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch time, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

9. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

10. The method ofclaim 2, wherein that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module comprises that, when the generated touch location, the generated touch time, the generated touch gesture, and the generated touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch time, a saved touch gesture, and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module, it is determined that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

11. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an infrared optical sensor, a pressure sensor, or a levitation sensor.

12. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the first function module comprises at least one of a camera, a loudspeaker, an earpiece, an audio monitoring unit, a subscriber identity module (SIM) switchover module, or a wireless charging module.

13. A terminal device, comprising:

at least two sensors disposed in different areas on an outer surface of the terminal device, wherein the different areas correspond to respective function modules of the terminal device that include a first function module or to respective function types of the first function module that include a first function type, and wherein each of the at least two sensors is configured to detect a touch operation of a user in a respective area of the different areas; and

a computer processor coupled to the at least two sensors and configured to:

generate touch information according to a touch operation detected by a first of the at least two sensors in a first area of the different areas; and

enable the first function module or the first function type corresponding to the first area, wherein the first function module is configured to implement a service function when the touch information meets a condition of enabling the first function module of the terminal or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

14. The terminal device ofclaim 13, wherein the touch information comprises at least a touch location, and wherein the touch information further comprises at least one of a touch time, a touch gesture, and a touched-sensor type.

15. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location is the same as a saved touch location that is used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

16. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location and the touch time are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch time, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

17. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location and the touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touch gesture, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

18. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location and the touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

19. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location, the touch time, and the touch gesture are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch time, and a saved touch gesture, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

20. The terminal device ofclaim 14, wherein the computer processor is configured to, when the touch location, the touch time, and the touched-sensor type are the same as a saved touch location, a saved touch time, and a saved touched-sensor type, respectively, that are used for enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module, determine that the generated touch information meets the condition of enabling the first function module or enabling the first function type of the first function module.

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