Touchscreen Gesture Switching via Driver-Level Symbol Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current touchscreen electronic devices face inefficiencies when switching between application programs, requiring users to enable or disable programs, which is time-consuming and inconvenient, especially in emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that uses a touchscreen driver to identify and match user gestures with preset symbols, allowing direct switching between application programs without the need to touch icons or stop/minimize programs, enabling rapid switching by binding gestures to specific actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the current application program is in a non-standby state and switching to another non-standby state application program is needed, then the current application program needs to be disabled or minimized first, but this process is troublesome and reduces operation efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads multiple application programs into memory, keeping them in a standby state ready for immediate execution. When a user wants to switch applications, the pre-loaded program can be activated directly without needing to close or minimize the current program first, thus eliminating the troublesome switching process while maintaining high operation efficiency
2Speed
If the current application program is in a standby state and switching to a non-standby state application program is needed, then the target application program needs to be enabled first, but this process is still time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary loading of multiple application programs into memory before they are needed. This way, when switching is required, the target application is already prepared and can be activated immediately, dramatically reducing switching time and increasing switching speed without requiring the enabling process
3Ease of operation
If a keypad needs to be enabled for entering emergency numbers, but the current application is running, then the current application must be stopped or exited first, but this is time-consuming and inconvenient in emergency situations
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads the keypad application and emergency dialing functions into memory in a standby state. In emergency situations, users can directly access the pre-loaded keypad without needing to stop or exit the current application first, significantly reducing emergency response time and making the operation convenient and quick
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide an application program switching method and apparatus, and a touchscreen electronic device, and relate to the field of mobile communications, which 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.