APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A USER-DEFINED PATTERN FOR AN APPLICATION

• US 20130067497A1
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: SEO, Kwang-Seok, AHN, Yu-Ri
• Application Number:
  US13/523,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20130067497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

In an apparatus to set a user-defined pattern for use in executing an application, the apparatus sets pattern information that indicates at least one of an input value according to a user input signal and an input value according to an input method for sensing information, and extracts task information of an application. Then, the apparatus generates mapping information based on the pattern information and the task information such that an application task corresponding to pattern information that is input in response to a user input signal is executed. A method for setting a reference pattern, including: receiving a first input; setting the reference pattern based on the first input; and mapping the reference pattern to an event of an application, wherein the event is executed in response to a duplication of the reference pattern.

Claims

1. A device to execute an application, comprising:

an input unit to receive a first input and a second input;

a pattern setting unit to set a reference pattern based on the first input and to map the reference pattern to an event of the application; and

a control unit to execute the event in response to the second input corresponding to the reference pattern.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the input unit further comprises:

a touch input unit to receive a touch input; and

a sensor unit to sense a sense parameter,

wherein if the sensed parameter matches a reference parameter, the control unit executes the event.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the event is a task of the application.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the task is executed in response to the application being in a state of execution.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein a general operation is executed in response to the application being in a state of non-execution.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the reference pattern is stored in a look-up table.

7. The device according to claim 2, wherein the sensor unit is a gravity sensor, global positioning satellite sensor, gyro sensor, image sensor, or a combination thereof.

8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the touch input unit is a touch display.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines if the reference pattern has been mapped to the event or another event.

10. A method for executing an application, comprising:

receiving a first input and a second input;

setting a reference pattern based on the first input;

mapping the reference pattern to an event; and

executing the event in response to the second input corresponding to the reference pattern.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the receiving of the first input and the second input comprises:

receiving a touch input;

sensing a sense parameter; and

executing the event based on the sensed parameter matching a reference parameter.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the event is a task of the application.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the task is executed in response to the application being in a state of execution.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein a general operation is executed in response to the application being in a state of non-execution.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising storing the reference pattern in a look-up table.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sense parameter is a gravity measurement, global position, acceleration, image, or a combination thereof.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the touch input is received via a touch display.

18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising determining if the reference pattern has been mapped to the event or another event.

19. A method for setting a reference pattern, comprising:

receiving a first input;

setting the reference pattern based on the first input; and

mapping the reference pattern to an event of an application,

wherein the event is executed in response to a duplication of the reference pattern.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the event is a macro recordation of a runtime record.