METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR TRIGGERING APPLICATION PROGRAMS AND APPLICATION PROGRAM FUNCTIONS

• US 20140232672A1
• Filed: 04/10/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: ZHANG, YUNLONG
• Application Number:
  US14/249,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20140232672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A touch-based triggering method is provided for a mobile terminal. The method includes receiving a plurality of touch trajectories and, based on application programs or application program functions to be configured, establishing a mapping index table for storing mapping relationships between the received touch trajectories and the application programs or application program functions. The method also includes storing the mapping index table on the mobile terminal. Further, the method includes detecting and responding to a touch event, obtaining a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch event, comparing the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching and, when the obtained touch trajectory matches a stored touch trajectory in the mapping index table, triggering the application program or application program function corresponding to the stored touch trajectory.

Claims

1. A touch-based triggering method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving a plurality of touch trajectories;

based on application programs or application program functions to be configured, establishing a mapping index table for storing mapping relationships between the received touch trajectories and the application programs or application program functions;

storing the mapping index table on the mobile terminal;

detecting and responding to a touch event;

obtaining a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch event;

comparing the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching; and

when the obtained touch trajectory matches a stored touch trajectory in the mapping index table, triggering the application program or application program function corresponding to the stored touch trajectory.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein establishing the mapping index table further includes:

detecting and responding to a mapping index configuration command;

determining an application program or application program function to be configured based on the configuration command;

receiving an inputted specific touch trajectory;

establishing a mapping relationship between the specific touch trajectory and the determined application program or application program function; and

storing the mapping relationship in the mapping index table.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein comparing the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching further includes:

scaling the obtained touch trajectory into a same size as the stored touch trajectories and normalizing the obtained touch trajectory into a same coordinate system as the stored touch trajectories;

determining whether a similarity between the scaled and normalized touch trajectory and any stored touch trajectory is greater than a preset threshold; and

when the similarity is greater than the preset threshold, determining that the match between the obtained touch trajectory and the stored touch trajectory is successful.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the application programs or the application program functions are those application programs or application program functions that can be triggered by a touch trajectory.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the application programs include a painting program; and

the obtained touch trajectories includes one or more of a single finger click trajectory, a two finger click trajectory, a three finger click trajectory, a single finger straight line slide trajectory, a two finger straight line slide trajectory, and a three finger straight line slide trajectory.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the mapping relationships in the mapping index table include:

the single finger click trajectory is mapped to a first paint effect function;

the two finger click trajectory is mapped to a second paint effect function; and

the three finger click trajectory is mapped to a third paint effect function.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the mapping relationships in the mapping index table further include:

the single finger straight line slide trajectory is mapped to a function canceling a previous coloring function.

8. A mobile terminal with touch-based triggering functionality, comprising:

a parameter setting module configured to;

receive a plurality of touch trajectories;

based on application programs or application program functions to be configured, establish a mapping index table for storing mapping relationships between the received touch trajectories and the application programs or application program functions; and

store the mapping index table on the mobile terminal;

a trajectory acquisition module configured to;

detect and respond to a touch event; and

obtain a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch event; and

a function trigger module configured to

compare the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching; and

when the obtained touch trajectory matches a stored touch trajectory in the mapping index table, trigger the application program or application program function corresponding to the stored touch trajectory.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the parameter setting module is further configured to:

detect and respond to a mapping index configuration command;

determine an application program or application program function to be configured based on the configuration command;

receive an inputted specific touch trajectory;

establish a mapping relationship between the specific touch trajectory and the determined application program or application program function; and

store the mapping relationship in the mapping index table.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the function trigger module is further configured to:

scale the obtained touch trajectory into a same size as the stored touch trajectories and normalizing the obtained touch trajectory into a same coordinate system as the stored touch trajectories;

determine whether a similarity between the scaled and normalized touch trajectory and any stored touch trajectory is greater than a preset threshold; and

when the similarity is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the match between the obtained touch trajectory and the stored touch trajectory is successful.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the application programs or the application program functions are those application programs or application program functions that can be triggered by a touch trajectory.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein:

the application programs include a painting program; and

the obtained touch trajectories includes one or more of a single finger click trajectory, a two finger click trajectory, a three finger click trajectory, a single finger straight line slide trajectory, a two finger straight line slide trajectory, and a three finger straight line slide trajectory.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the mapping relationships in the mapping index table include:

the single finger click trajectory is mapped to a first paint effect function;

the two finger click trajectory is mapped to a second paint effect function; and

the three finger click trajectory is mapped to a third paint effect function.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 13, wherein the mapping relationships in the mapping index table further include:

the single finger straight line slide trajectory is mapped to a function canceling a previous coloring function.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program for, when being executed by a processor, performing a touch-based triggering method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of touch trajectories;

based on application programs or application program functions to be configured, establishing a mapping index table for storing mapping relationships between the received touch trajectories and the application programs or application program functions;

storing the mapping index table on the mobile terminal;

detecting and responding to a touch event;

obtaining a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch event;

comparing the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching; and

when the obtained touch trajectory matches a stored touch trajectory in the mapping index table, triggering the application program or application program function corresponding to the stored touch trajectory.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein establishing the mapping index table further includes:

detecting and responding to a mapping index configuration command;

determining an application program or application program function to be configured based on the configuration command;

receiving an inputted specific touch trajectory;

establishing a mapping relationship between the specific touch trajectory and the determined application program or application program function; and

storing the mapping relationship in the mapping index table.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein comparing the obtained touch trajectory with the touch trajectories stored in the mapping index table for similarity matching further includes:

scaling the obtained touch trajectory into a same size as the stored touch trajectories and normalizing the obtained touch trajectory into a same coordinate system as the stored touch trajectories;

determining whether a similarity between the scaled and normalized touch trajectory and any stored touch trajectory is greater than a preset threshold; and

when the similarity is greater than the preset threshold, determining that the match between the obtained touch trajectory and the stored touch trajectory is successful.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the application programs or the application program functions are those application programs or application program functions that can be triggered by a touch trajectory.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein:

the application programs include a painting program; and

the obtained touch trajectories includes one or more of a single finger click trajectory, a two finger click trajectory, a three finger click trajectory, a single finger straight line slide trajectory, a two finger straight line slide trajectory, and a three finger straight line slide trajectory.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein the mapping relationships in the mapping index table include:

the single finger click trajectory is mapped to a first paint effect function;

the two finger click trajectory is mapped to a second paint effect function;

the three finger click trajectory is mapped to a third paint effect function; and

the single finger straight line slide trajectory is mapped to a function canceling a previous coloring function.