METHOD OF CONVERTING AN APPLICATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE INTO A DISTRACTION-FREE MODE

• US 20140282127A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MAGNA Electronics Solutions GmbH (Magna International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: MURESAN, Gabriel Felician, Fischenich, Marc
• Application Number:
  US13/839,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A method of converting an application of a mobile device into a distraction-free mode is provided. The method comprises: recognizing a control element within the APP based on the image of the APP on the mobile device and a position of the control element; recognizing a content information of the control element via character recognition unit; generating a layout description including the control element, the position and the content information of the control element by a control handler and transmitting the layout description to a graphical user interface (GUI) engine; and rebuilding an user interface of the APP into the distraction-free mode via the GUI engine.

Claims

1. A method of converting an application (APP) of a mobile device into a distraction-free mode, comprising the following steps:

(a) recognizing a control element within the APP based on an image of the APP on the mobile device and a position of the control element;

(b) recognizing a content information of the control element by a character recognition unit;

(c) generating a layout description including the control element, the position and the content information of the control element by a control handler and transmitting it to a graphical user interface (GUI) engine; and

(d) rebuilding an user interface of the APP into the distraction-free mode via the GUI engine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the character recognition unit recognizes the content information via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) method.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the layout description is stored as a XML, XAML or a text file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the distraction-free mode is adapted to a specific user requirement in design of form, size or numbers of the control elements and text.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone, an iPad, a tablet computer or an c-paper.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when the APP is to be converted from the mobile device to the distraction-free mode in an information unit, the method further comprises a step (a-1) before the step (a):

transmitting an image of the APP from the mobile device to the information unit, and the steps (a) to (d) are performed in the information unit.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information unit is able to provide information to a user in a visual or audible form.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the image of the APP on the mobile device to the information unit is via USB, WiFi, Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) or Bluetooth transmission technique.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the image of the APP on the mobile device in step (a) is transmitted as a JPG, BMP or RAW file.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the information unit is installed in a vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the information unit is a head unit or an infotainment system in a vehicle.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle is a car, a boat, a marine vessel, an aircraft, a recreational vehicle, or a motorcycle.