Interaction method and communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10735068-B2
Application number	US-201615192968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jun 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

An interaction method and communication device are provided. An interaction method comprises: sending multiple different signals by a communication device, wherein the signals have different coverage areas, at least determining at least two signals in the multiple different signals received by another communication device, and at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command. An interaction solution is thereby provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
sending multiple different signals by a communication device comprising a processor through multiple wave beams, wherein the multiple different signals have different coverage areas, and the multiple wave beams are formed by at least one signal emitting source in the communication device;
at least determining at least two signals in the multiple different signals received by another communication device and a receiving sequence in which the other communication device receives the at least two signals, wherein the receiving sequence represents a passing sequence that the other communication device respectively moves among at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals; and
executing a command at least corresponding to the coverage areas of the at least two signals and the receiving sequence,
wherein the sending the multiple different signals by the communication device through the multiple wave beams comprises: sending at least one first signal by the communication device through at least one first wave beam, wherein the at least one first wave beam comprises at least one initial wave beam in at least two wave beams corresponding to each of the multiple possible moving tracks;
wherein the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and the receiving sequence in which the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises: receiving from the other communication device a first acknowledging signal for acknowledging a first signal;
wherein the sending the multiple different signals by the communication device through multiple wave beams further comprises: sending at least one second signal by the communication device through at least one second wave beam, the at least one second wave beam comprises at least one next wave beam of a first wave beam in at least one possible moving track, the first signal received by the other communication device is sent by the communication device through the first wave beam, each of the at least one possible moving track takes the first wave beam as the initial wave beam; and
wherein the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and the receiving sequence in which the other communication device receives the at least two signals further comprises: receiving from the other communication device a second acknowledging signal for acknowledging a second signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the multiple wave beams to be formed by the at least one signal emitting source by the communication device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining the multiple wave beams to be formed by the at least one signal emitting source by the communication device comprises:
determining multiple commands executable by the communication device;
determining multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands; and
determining the multiple wave beams to be formed by the at least one signal emitting source according to the multiple possible moving tracks, wherein each possible moving track corresponds to at least two wave beams in the multiple wave beams.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands comprises:
at least according to a current position of the other communication device relative to the communication device, determining the multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a first sequence corresponding to each of the multiple commands;
aiming at each command, according to at least two wave beams corresponding to one possible moving track corresponding to the command and a corresponding order of the at least two wave beams to the possible moving track, dividing a first sequence corresponding to the command into at least two subsequences corresponding to the at least two wave beams one to one; and
respectively modulating the at least two subsequences into at least two signals corresponding to the at least two wave beams.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device, and the receiving sequence in which the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving a second sequence from the other communication device, wherein the second sequence is made up of at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals according to the receiving sequence by the other communication device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the executing the command comprises:
determining the command corresponding to the second sequence; and
executing the command.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the executing the command comprises:
combining at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals into a third sequence according to the receiving sequence;
determining the command corresponding to the third sequence; and
executing the command.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and the receiving sequence in which the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving the at least two signals returned in sequence by the other communication device; and
determining the receiving sequence as a returning sequence in which the other communication device returns the at least two signals.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and the receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving the at least two signals and at least two receiving moments at which the other communication device respectively receives the at least two signals, which are both returned by the other communication device; and
according to the at least two receiving moments, determining the receiving sequence.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple different signals comprise at least one of electromagnetic wave signals, light signals or sound wave signals.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple different signals are visible light signals; and
wherein the sending the multiple different signals by the communication device comprises:
sending multiple visible light signals by the communication device through multiple light emitting diode (LED) light sources corresponding to different display regions in a display.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executing the corresponding command comprises:
at least according to the coverage areas of the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determining a moving track of the other communication device;
executing a command corresponding to the moving track.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the determining the moving track of the other communication device comprises:
determining at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals; and
according to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determining the moving track of the other communication device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the executing the command corresponding to the moving track comprises:
at least according to a device state of the communication device and the moving track, determining the command corresponding

Assignees

• Beijing Zhigu Ruituo Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ran
• Ding Dayong

Classifications

• H04B7/0617 Primary

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