PERSONALIZATION USING CUSTOM GESTURES

• US 20110314427A1
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sundararajan, Vinodh
• Application Number:
  US12/818,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20110314427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method and apparatus allow users of touchscreen-based devices to create custom gestures on the touchscreen that are associated with behaviors and recognized throughout the operation of the device. The method and apparatus include sensing a user interaction on a touchscreen and detecting whether the sensed user interaction is a custom gesture stored in a behavior repository, the custom gesture being a user-defined interaction on the touchscreen. A gesture processor determines a behavior that is associated with the custom gesture. A personality adapter selects an appropriate operation from a set of operations associated with the behavior based on policies for the behavior, and a main processor executes the appropriate operation.

Claims

1. A personalization component in a touchscreen-enabled device that supports custom gestures, the personalization component comprising:

a gesture processor configured to detect whether a user interaction on a touchscreen is one of a set of custom gestures and determine a behavior that is associated with the detected custom gesture, each custom gesture being a user-defined interaction on the touchscreen;

a personality adapter configured to select an appropriate operation from a set of operations associated with the behavior based on policies for the behavior; and

a behavior repository stored in a memory, the behavior repository configured to store the set of custom gestures, associated behaviors, and the policies for the associated behaviors.

2. The personalization component of claim 1, wherein each operation comprises at least one of a function within the current application, a system command, and a shortcut to another application.

3. The personalization component of claim 1, wherein the gesture processor is further configured to detect the custom gesture irrespective of the current application.

4. The personalization component claim 1, wherein the personality adapter is further configured to:

manage the policies for the behavior, the policies comprising rules that determine the appropriate operation for the behavior based a context of the current application;

manage the set of operations associated with the behavior; and

manage user-defined operations.

5. The personalization component of claim 1, wherein the set of custom gestures, the associated behaviors, and the policies stored in the personalization module are personalized for each user.

6. The personalization component of claim 1, wherein the personality adapter is further configured to:

receive a new custom gesture from a user;

associate the new custom gesture to a user-selected behavior; and

store the new custom gesture and the user-selected behavior in the behavior repository.

7. The personalization component of claim 1, wherein the custom gesture comprises at least one of a movement on the touchscreen, a number of fingers touching the touchscreen during the movement, a sequence of the movement, a number of strokes, and a timing of the movement.

8. A method for supporting custom gestures in a touch-enabled device:

sensing a user interaction on a touchscreen;

detecting whether the sensed user interaction is a custom gesture stored in a behavior repository, the custom gesture being a user-defined interaction on the touchscreen;

determining a behavior that is associated with the custom gesture;

selecting an appropriate operation from a set of operations associated with the behavior based on policies for the behavior; and

executing the appropriate operation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting whether the sensed user interaction is a custom gesture comprises:

converting a raw data of the sensed user interaction to a coherent data representation; and

determining whether the coherent data representation is stored in a data repository.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the custom gesture is detected irrespective of the current application.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

managing the policies for the behavior, the policies comprising rules that determine the appropriate operation for the behavior based a context of the current application;

managing the set of operations associated with the behavior; and

managing user-defined operations.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein a set of custom gestures and associated behaviors is personalized for each user.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

learning a new custom gesture when receiving user input to create the new custom gesture, comprising;

prompting a user to enter a user interaction,

prompting the user to assign the new custom gesture to a user-selected behavior upon confirming that the user interaction is not stored in the behavior repository, and

storing the new custom gesture and the assigned behavior in the behavior repository.

14. The method claim 8, wherein the custom gesture comprises at least one of a movement on the touchscreen, a number of fingers touching the touchscreen during the movement, a sequence of the movement, a number of strokes and a timing of the movement.

15. A touchscreen-enabled device, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a graphical user interface and sense a user interaction;

a memory configured to store a core software for the device, the core software comprising a personalization module; and

a controller configured to execute the personalization module when the touchscreen senses the user interaction, personalization module configured to;

detect whether the sensed user interaction is one of a set of custom gestures, each custom gesture being a user-defined interaction on the touchscreen,

determine a behavior associated with the detected custom gesture, and

select an appropriate operation from a set of operations associated with the behavior based on policies for the behavior.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the memory is further configured to store a behavior repository comprising the set of custom gestures, associated behaviors, and the policies for each behavior.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to execute the personalization module irrespective of the current application.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the personalization module is further configured to:

manage the policies for the behavior, the policies comprising rules that determine the appropriate operation for the behavior based a context of the current application;

manage the set of operations associated with the behavior; and

manage user-defined operations.

19. The device claim 15, wherein the personalization module is further configured to learn a new custom gesture when user input to create the new custom gesture is received, comprising:

prompting a user to enter a user interaction;

prompting the user to assign the new custom gesture a user-selected behavior upon confirming that the that the user interaction is not stored in the behavior repository; and

storing the new custom gesture and the user-selected behavior in the behavior repository.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the custom gesture comprises at least one of a movement on the touchscreen, a number of fingers touching the touchscreen during the movement, a sequence of the movement, a number of strokes, and a timing of the movement.