Application Program Switching Method and Apparatus, and Touchscreen Electronic Device

• US 20150109230A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Long, Kaizhong
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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

An application program switching method and apparatus, and a touchscreen electronic device are provided that can rapidly implement switching between different application programs. The method includes identifying, by a touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, at least one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on a touchscreen of the touchscreen electronic device; matching the at least one user gesture with a preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device; and if a first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists, triggering a second application program corresponding to the first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to, in an interface of any application program, implementation of automatic switching to another application program when a touchscreen electronic device is used.

Claims

1. An application program switching method for a touchscreen electronic device, comprising:

identifying, by a touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, at least one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on a touchscreen of the touchscreen electronic device;

matching the at least one user gesture with a preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device; and

triggering a second application program corresponding to a first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol when the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying, by the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, the at least one user gesture comprises within a preset period of time after the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device starts to identify a first user gesture, identifying and storing the at least one user gesture including the first user gesture before the preset period of time elapses.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying, by the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, the at least one user gesture comprises after the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device identifies and stores one user gesture, identifying and storing a next user gesture when a touch on the touchscreen is detected within a preset waiting time interval, and ending the identifying when no touch on the touchscreen is detected within the preset waiting time interval.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein matching the at least one user gesture with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device comprises matching all user gestures, which are stored before the identifying ends, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein matching the at least one user gesture with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device comprises matching all user gestures, which are stored before the identifying ends, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying, by the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, the at least one user gesture, and matching the at least one user gesture with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device comprise:

identifying, by the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, one user gesture; and

matching at least one user gesture, which is formed by the one user gesture and all previously stored user gestures, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

storing the one user gesture and identifying a next user gesture within a preset waiting time interval after the one user gesture when the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture does not exist; and

ending the identifying when the next user gesture is not identified within the preset waiting time interval.

8. An application program switching apparatus used for a touchscreen electronic device, comprising:

an identifying unit configured to identify at least one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on a touchscreen of the touchscreen electronic device;

a matching unit configured to match the at least one user gesture identified by the identifying unit with a preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device; and

a triggering unit configured to trigger a second application program corresponding to a first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol when a matching result of the matching unit is that the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises a first timer configured to set a period of time from start of the identifying to end of the identifying, and wherein the identifying unit is configured to start the first timer after a first user gesture starts to be identified, and identify and store the at least one user gesture including the first user gesture within the period of time set by the first timer until the first timer times out.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises a second timer configured to set a waiting time interval from a time point when one user gesture is identified to a time point when a next user gesture starts to be identified, and wherein the identifying unit is configured to:

start the second timer after one user gesture is identified and stored;

identify and store the next user gesture when a touch on the touchscreen is detected within the waiting time interval that is set by the second timer; and

end the identifying when no touch on the touchscreen is detected within the waiting time interval that is set by the second timer.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the identifying unit is configured to identify one user gesture, and wherein the matching unit is configured to match at least one user gesture, which is formed by the one user gesture identified by the identifying unit and all previously stored user gestures, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus further comprises a third timer configured to set a waiting time interval from the time point when one user gesture is identified to a time point when a next user gesture starts to be identified, and wherein the identifying unit is further configured to:

store the one user gesture when a matching result of the matching unit is that the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture does not exist;

identify the next user gesture within the waiting time interval that is set by the third timer and after the one user gesture; and

end the identifying when the next user gesture is not identified within the waiting time interval that is set by the third timer.

13. A touchscreen electronic device, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to receive a user gesture, and display an interface of an application program; and

a touchscreen driver configured to;

identify at least one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on the touchscreen;

match the at least one user gesture with a preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device; and

trigger a second application program corresponding to a first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol when the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the touchscreen driver is configured to:

identify and store the at least one user gesture including a first user gesture before a preset period of time elapses when an interface of a first application program is displayed on the touchscreen and within the preset period of time after the touchscreen driver starts to identify the first user gesture; and

match all user gestures, which are stored before the identifying ends, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the touchscreen driver is configured to:

identify and store a next user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on the touchscreen, after the touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device identifies and stores one user gesture, and when a touch on the touchscreen is detected within a preset waiting time interval;

end the identifying when no touch on the touchscreen is detected within the preset waiting time interval; and

match all user gestures, which are stored before the identifying ends, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein the touchscreen driver is configured to:

identify one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on the touchscreen;

match at least one user gesture, which is formed by the one user gesture and all previously stored user gestures, with the preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device;

trigger the second application program corresponding to the first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol when the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists; and

store the one user gesture and identify the next user gesture within the preset waiting time interval after the one user gesture when the first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture does not exist.