WO2013177863A1

WO2013177863A1 - Colour-based symbol selection method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2013177863A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/079450
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李佳晶
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-06-01
Filing date: 2012-07-31
Publication date: 2013-12-05
Also published as: CN102981696A

Abstract

A colour-based symbol selection method, comprising: receiving a first input related to symbol colour selection; at least based on the first input, determining symbols corresponding to the first input; and determining a display order of the symbols corresponding to the first input according to a rule and generating a first display. A colour-based symbol selection device. A processor is configured to receive a first input related to symbol colour selection; to determine symbols corresponding to the first input at least based on the first input; and to determine a display order of the symbols corresponding to the first input according to a rule and generate a first display.

Description

Method and device for selecting symbols based on color

Technical field

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for symbol selection, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for symbol selection based on color.

Background technique

The development of intelligent terminals has made the terminal applications develop rapidly. The online software stores such as NOKIA's OVI store, APPLE's apple store, and Android platform's Android market make it easy for users to obtain terminal applications and install them easily. However, the increase in terminal software has increased the difficulty of organizing and managing applications. As far as the organization of existing applications is concerned, such as Nokia's Saipan V5 system, all applications are directly placed in the program directory, although users can organize the applications according to their own needs by creating separate folders. Go to different directories, but manual operation is very troublesome; Android also puts the application directly into the "All Applications" directory. In this case, if the user installs more than 50 applications, with the current mainstream 3 inch display, you have to scroll the screen and carefully identify through the eyes to find the application you want to open. As the number of applications increases, it becomes more difficult.

In response to the above problems, many terminals currently have built-in search software that searches through the name of the application. However, this situation can be achieved only if the user has a very orderly name for the required software. Then, for some English software, the user may not be able to locate the exact name at a time and cannot be accurately located. The existing search method of the terminal still stays on the traditional name search, and there is no more intuitive search method. Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes a color search method according to the above problem. Specifically, the method of searching for the symbol of the terminal application software by color and accurately positioning the symbol can be obtained.

The invention discloses a method for selecting symbols by color, which comprises: receiving and symbol color selection Selecting the relevant first input; determining a symbol corresponding thereto based on at least the first input; determining a symbol display order corresponding to the first input according to the rule and generating a first display.

The present invention also discloses a device for selecting a symbol by color, the processor being configured to: receive a first input related to symbol color selection; determine a symbol corresponding thereto based on at least the first input; determine according to a rule The symbol that matches the first input shows the order and produces the first display.

Since the symbols of the current terminal application software are often personalized, most of the symbols have obvious color characteristics, such as Gmail for red and white, Google Talk for blue plus white, and Sina Weibo for red and yellow, WeChat. Green and blue. The user's memory of the commonly used symbol color is due to the memory of the text in many programs. Therefore, the convenience of using the software symbol color search is better than the traditional text search, and the program positioning is more convenient, so that the user spends more quickly. Call the required application software. BRIEF abstract

1A-1B are diagrams showing a visual representation of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

2A-2C are diagrams showing a visual representation of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

3A-3D are diagrams showing a visual representation of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

4A-4C illustrate diagrams of touch inputs in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a method of selecting symbols based on colors according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 shows a flow diagram of a method of selecting symbols based on color according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 shows a block diagram of an electronic device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Preferred embodiment of the invention

In one embodiment, the symbol can be associated with a program, a file, an image information, a folder icon turn off. For example, the symbol can be related to an application's icon file, or to an icon or folder's icon file. The symbol contains at least one color and can be distinguished based on color.

In an embodiment, the symbol may further include other symbols, for example, a folder may include a program, a file, an image information, and other folders, and then an input operation of an icon to be associated with the folder may be included in the display. Other symbols.

Figure 1A shows a visual representation 100 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The symbols represented by blocks 101-109 are related to the application's icon file. The arrangement of the symbols may be a three-dimensional arrangement as shown in the figure, or a one-dimensional arrangement or a three-dimensional arrangement, and the arrangement thereof is not limited by the embodiment. For example, the color of the symbol represented by block 101 contains at least red, the color of the symbol represented by block 102 contains at least blue, and the color of the symbol represented by block 103 contains at least green, and the color of the symbol represented by block 104 At least blue is included, the color of the symbol represented by block 105 contains at least yellow, the color of the symbol represented by block 106 contains at least red, and the color of the symbol represented by block 107 contains at least red, the symbol represented by block 108 The color of the symbol contains at least purple, and the color of the symbol represented by block 109 contains at least yellow.

Figure 1B shows a diagram 100 of a visual representation of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1B, the user may have made a color selection input, such as a touch input based on a color selection button as shown in FIG. 4A, a menu-based selection input as shown in FIG. 4B, as shown in FIG. 4C. A touch input based on a symbol, or a drag input, a multi-touch input, a voice input, or the like. In the embodiment of FIG. 1B, the color of the selection input that the user may have made is red, so based on the symbol shown in FIG. 1A, the symbol containing at least red is selected, and the result of the selection is block 101, block 106, The symbol shown in block 107.

2A shows a diagram of a visual representation 200 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; the symbols represented by blocks 201-209 are related to an icon file of an application. For example, the color of the symbol represented by block 201 contains at least red and white, the color of the symbol represented by block 202 contains at least blue and red, and the color of the symbol represented by block 203 contains at least green, represented by block 204. The color of the symbol contains at least blue, red, and white, and the color of the symbol represented by block 205 contains at least yellow, and the color of the symbol represented by block 206 contains at least red and yellow, and the color of the symbol represented by block 207 a symbol containing at least red, white, and yellow, the symbol represented by block 208 The color contains at least purple, and the color of the symbol represented by block 209 contains at least yellow and white. 2B shows a diagram of a visual representation 100 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2B, the user may have made a color selection input, such as a touch input based on a color selection button as shown in FIG. 4A, a menu-based selection input as shown in FIG. 4B, as shown in FIG. 4C. A touch input based on a symbol, or a drag input, a multi-touch input, a voice input, or the like. In the embodiment of FIG. 2B, the color of the selection input that the user may have made is red, so based on the symbol shown in FIG. 2A, the symbol containing at least red is selected, and the result of the selection is block 201, block 202, Block 204, block 206, the symbol shown in block 207.

Figure 2C shows a diagram 100 of a visual representation of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2C, the user may have performed color selection input again on the basis of completing the first color selection, the second selected color being different from the first selected color. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2C, the color of the selection input that the user may have performed again is white, so on the result of the first selection (as shown in Fig. 2B), at least the symbol of red and white will be included at the same time. Select and select the result as the symbol shown in block 201, block 204, block 207.

3A shows a diagram of a visual representation 300 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; the symbols represented by blocks 301-304, 306-309 are related to an icon file of an application, represented by block 305. The symbol is related to the folder. For example, the color of the symbol represented by block 301 contains at least yellow, the color of the symbol represented by block 302 contains at least blue, and the color of the symbol represented by block 303 contains at least green and yellow, and the symbol represented by block 304 The color contains at least blue, the color of the symbol represented by block 305 contains at least yellow, the color of the symbol represented by block 306 contains at least red and yellow, and the color of the symbol represented by block 307 contains at least red, white and Yellow, the color of the symbol represented by block 308 contains at least purple, and the color of the symbol represented by block 309 contains at least yellow and white.

Figure 3B shows a visual representation 305 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As previously discussed, the symbols represented by block 305 are associated with a folder, blocks 305-1, 305-2, 305- 3 shows the three symbols contained by the symbol shown in block 305 and is associated with the application's icon file. For example, the color of the symbol represented by block 305-1 includes at least yellow, the color of the symbol represented by block 305-2 contains at least red, and the color of the symbol represented by block 305-3 contains at least green, yellow, and white. FIG. 3C shows a diagram of a visual representation 300 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3C, the user may have made a color selection input, and the color is yellow, so based on the symbol shown in FIG. 3A, a symbol containing at least yellow is selected, in this embodiment, The symbol shown in block 305 is considered to be indistinguishable from other symbols, together with the object of color selection, so the result of the selection is the symbol shown in block 301, block 303, block 305, block 309.

Figure 3D shows a visual representation 300 of a selection process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3D, the user may have made a color selection input, and the color is yellow, so based on the symbol shown in FIG. 3A, a symbol containing at least yellow is selected, as shown in FIG. 3C. In contrast, in the present embodiment, the symbols shown in block 305 are distinguished from other symbols, and the symbols shown in block 305 are used as objects associated with the folder and not as a color selection. The symbols shown by the blocks 305-1, 305-2, 305-3 having the inclusion relationship are the objects of color selection, and when the display of the selection result is displayed, the blocks 305-1, 305-2, 305-3 The symbols shown are shown as symbols in symbols 301, 303, 309 on the same page.

4A-4C show diagrams of touch inputs in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4A, the symbols represented by blocks 401-409 are related to the icon file of the application. Blocks 401 - 1 through 401-6 are six color selection buttons. The number and position of the color selection buttons can be changed according to the needs of the color selection and the needs of the display, and should not be limited by the embodiment. The color selection button can be used to select the color to be input. The input can be either a keyboard input or a touch input. It is shown in the embodiment shown in Fig. 4B that the user can select the color to be input through the menu. For example, the user can find the color to be selected from the menu and determine it, the system will process according to the input, and feedback the selected result. The color selection in the embodiment shown in Figs. 4A and 4B may be a single color, or a combination of two or more colors may be input at a time through one button or one item in the menu.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 4C, the user can use the drag of a symbol to complete the input of the color selection. For example, in this embodiment, the symbol shown in block 402 is composed of red and white, wherein the proportion of red is greater than white, and the user drags the symbol along the direction of the figure to indicate the color that needs to be selected by the user. It is a combination of red and white, that is, the system will filter all the symbols at least/only red and contain white in the symbols represented by the above boxes 401-409, and display them to the user through the display. Of course, the system can also be based on the preset settings or user changes, to the above pair 402 The dragging behavior of the symbol shown is understood to be the input of the color having the highest color ratio in the symbol. In the present embodiment, the symbols including at least red in the symbols indicated by the above-mentioned blocks 401-409 are filtered out. The rules preset by the system can be modified on the basis of the embodiment, including the direction of the drag, the angle, and the like, which are not limited to the embodiment.

In addition to the methods shown in Figures 4A-4C above, the colors to be selected can also be input by voice, multi-touch, and the like.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a flow chart of a method for selecting symbols based on color in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

Step 501: Receive an input related to symbol color selection. The input method can be seen in Figures 4A-4C.

Step 502: Determine a symbol that matches the at least based on the input. As an embodiment of the present invention, the implementation of this step can be implemented by two sub-steps, as shown in Figure 6:

Step 601: Read the color value of each symbol related picture file pixel

Extract the image file corresponding to all the symbols, and read the color value of each pixel of the icon file, such as RGB value. In conjunction with Figures 3A-3C, it is possible to decide whether to read the symbol associated with the folder, or the color value of other symbols contained in the symbol, based on system presets or user changes.

Step 602: Normalize the above color values

Each pixel is normalized to the adjacent color. This normalization process can be performed while reading the color of the pixel, or it can be processed after reading some or all of the pixels. The normalization process is to combine adjacent colors of 16777216 colors and express them in several typical colors. For example, 9 kinds of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, white, and black can be used. The color is used for normalization. A mapping table can be set inside the system, that is, the color read directly in the icon corresponds to the normalized color. However, the way of normalization is not limited to this. It is also possible to combine 16 million colors into several typical colors by other rules.

Original color name mapping color name indicating color

#ff0000 #ff0000红

#fe0000 #ff0000 红 #e53c3c #ff0000红

#bBc4e #ff0000 红

#ffff00 #ffff00 黄

#fefe30 #ffff00 黄

#0000ff #0000ff Blue

#1010fe #0000ff Blue

For some intermediate colors, there is little visual difference, such as blue with high saturation. In the normalization process, it can be expressed as blue or white, which is convenient for later selection.

In one embodiment, some of the colors are so small that they do not visually highlight. For example, in a symbol, red and white occupy 95% of the space, and red and white are interspersed with sporadic yellow. At this point, the system can choose to ignore yellow and think that the symbol is only red and white.

In one embodiment, the information obtained by step 602 can be stored in a non-volatile memory as shown in FIG. The next time the input associated with the symbol color selection is received, the system can search for relevant information directly from the non-volatile memory described above. This can avoid a large amount of time spent performing step 601 and step 602 when there are a large number of symbols, which greatly improves the efficiency of the search.

In one embodiment, steps 601 and 602 may occur before step 501. E.g When the system is first turned on or when the system detects the presence of a new symbol, the system automatically performs steps 601 and 602 and stores the information in a non-volatile memory as shown in FIG.

In one embodiment, based on steps 601 and 602, the symbols may be color-coded. The system creates an array of each icon file, which holds a collection of colors for the icon. Take the icon of 30 30 pixel Gmail as an example. The following contents can be stored in the array of icons:

Each icon has a separate array of icons, and the set of icon arrays of all the application icons of the terminal form the above icon file library. In this way, the system's response time to the search situation can be further accelerated.

Step 503: Determine the symbol display order and display according to the rules

The symbols determined in step 502 are displayed according to the setting rules of the system.

In one embodiment, the display order can be adjusted according to the settings of the user. For example, according to the frequency of use display, in the icon obtained in step 502, the icon with the highest frequency is displayed at the forefront, and the icon with the lowest frequency is displayed at the last. In addition, sorting and display may be performed according to the ratio of the colors in the symbols to the inputs. For example, when the received color of the input related to the symbol color selection is red, the symbol with the highest red pixel ratio is displayed at the forefront, and the symbol with the lowest red pixel ratio is displayed at the end. In addition, you can sort the rules by name, or keep the symbol arrangement before the symbol selection.

Figure 7 shows a block diagram of an electronic device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Although FIG. 7 shows a diagram of the electronic device 70, the electronic device is not limited to: a portable digital assistant (PDA), a pager, a mobile computer, a desktop computer, a television, a gaming device, a laptop, a camera, a video recorder, a global positioning device. System (GPS) devices and other types of electronic devices.

Moreover, embodiments of the present invention can be readily applied to these devices regardless of whether the device is intended to provide mobility. Accordingly, while embodiments of the present invention have been described in connection with mobile communication applications, it should be understood that embodiments of the present invention may be utilized in conjunction with various other applications (both in the field of mobile communications and mobile communications). Industrial applicability

Since the symbols of the current terminal application software are often personalized, most of the symbols have obvious color characteristics, such as Gmail for red and white, Google Talk for blue plus white, and Sina Weibo for red and yellow, WeChat. Green and blue. The user's memory of the commonly used symbol color is due to the memory of the text in many programs. Therefore, the convenience of using the software symbol color search is better than the traditional text search, and the program positioning is more convenient, so that the user spends more quickly. Call the required application software.

Claims

Claim

1. A method of selecting symbols based on color, comprising:

Receiving a first input related to symbol color selection;

Determining a symbol that matches the first input based at least on the first input;

The order in which the symbols are displayed in accordance with the first input is determined according to the rules and the first display is generated.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

Accept the second input associated with the symbol color selection;

Determining a symbol corresponding to the second input among the symbols displayed for the first time based at least on the second input;

The symbol display order corresponding to the second input is determined according to the rule and a second display is generated.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the input mode is a touch input, and the touch input is based on a drag input of at least one symbol.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the input mode is voice input.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the input is a combined color.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the first input, the symbol corresponding to the first input comprises:

Reading the color value of each symbol-related image file pixel;

The above color values are normalized.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the following steps are performed prior to receiving the first input associated with the symbol color selection:

Reading the color value of each symbol-related image file pixel;

Normalizing the above color values;

Make a symbol color collection and store it.

The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the normalization process is to match the color value to at least one color that is consistent with the symbol color selection.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, when the symbol corresponding to the first input is determined based on the first input, a color less than a threshold is ignored.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the display order is sorted according to a ratio of colors in the symbols to the input.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the display order is sorted according to a frequency used by the symbols.

12. An apparatus for selecting symbols based on color, the processor being configured to:

Receiving a first input related to symbol color selection;

A symbol display order corresponding to the first input is determined according to a rule and a first display is generated.

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to:

Accept the second input associated with the symbol color selection;

A symbol display order corresponding to the second input is determined according to a rule and a second display is generated.

The apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the input mode is a touch input, and the touch input is based on a drag input of at least one symbol.

The device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the input mode is voice input.

16. Apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said input is a combined color.

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determining, according to the first input, a symbol corresponding to the first input comprises:

Reading the color value of each symbol-related image file pixel;

The above color values are normalized.

18. Apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the following steps are performed prior to receiving the first input associated with symbol color selection: Reading the color value of each symbol-related image file pixel;

Normalizing the above color values;

Make a symbol color collection and store it.

The apparatus according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the normalization process is to assign the color value to at least one color that is consistent with the symbol color selection.

The apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein, when the symbol corresponding to the first input is determined based on the first input, a color less than a threshold is ignored.

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the display order is sorted according to a ratio of colors in the symbols to the input.

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the display order is sorted according to a frequency used by the symbols.