Method and apparatus for performing directional operation, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11314345-B2
Application number	US-202017022002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	Apr 26, 2020
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

A method for performing a directional operation includes: obtaining an operation directing to a target operation device; determining a direction of the operation, determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation; and performing the operation on the target operation device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for performing a directional operation, applied to an operation implementing device, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining an operation having a direction;
determining the direction of the operation, comprising: determining a third angle between the direction of the operation and a reference direction of a preset operation,
determining a target operation device matched with the direction of the operation; and
performing the operation on the target operation device;
wherein said determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation comprises:
determining, from a plurality of antennas comprised in the operation implementing device, two antennas based on current position and orientation of the operation implementing device, wherein a direction of a connection line of the two antennas is horizontal;
re-determining two antennas from the plurality of antennas comprised in the operation implementing device, based on a change of the posture and orientation of the operation implementing device, wherein a direction of a connection line of re-determined two antennas is horizontal;
determining an arrival angle based on an angle of a direction measuring signal arriving at the operation implementing device determined by the re-determined two antennas; and
in response to determining that the third angle and the arrival angle corresponding to a candidate target operation device conform to a preset angle relationship, determining the candidate target operation device as the target operation device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation comprises:
determining an orientation range where the target operation device is located based on the direction of the operation; and
within the orientation range, determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the method further comprises determining orientations of a plurality of candidate target operation devices; and
determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation comprises: determining, from the plurality of candidate target operation devices, the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation, based on the orientations.

4. The method of claim 3 , after the determining the orientations of the plurality of candidate target operation devices, further comprising:
displaying an icon representing each candidate target operation device at a corresponding position on a display interface of the operation implementing device based on the orientations.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the target operation device matched with the direction of the operation comprises:
in response to determining that the direction of the operation and an orientation of a candidate target operation device with respect to the operation implementing device conform to a preset angle relationship, as well as a distance from the candidate target operation device to the operation implementing device conforms to a preset distance condition, determining the candidate target operation device as the target operation device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein in response to determining that the direction of the operation and the orientation of the candidate target operation device with respect to the operation implementing device conform to the preset angle relationship, as well as the distance from the candidate target operation device to the operation implementing device conforms to the preset distance condition, the determining the candidate target operation device as the target operation device comprises:
in response to determining that the direction of the operation and orientations of at least two candidate target operation devices with respect to the operation implementing device conform to the preset angle relationship, determining distances between the operation implementing device and the at least two candidate target operation devices;
based on a preset correspondence between a length of an operation and the distance, determining, from the at least two candidate target operation devices, a candidate target operation device as the target operation device, in response to determining that the distance from the operation implementing device to the candidate target operation device matches with the length of the operation; or
based on a preset correspondence between a gesture of an operation and the distance, determining, from the at least two candidate target operation devices, a candidate target operation device as the target operation device, in response to determining that the distance from the operation implementing device to the candidate target operation device matches with the gesture of the operation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the orientation of the target operation device with respect to the operation implementing device comprises a transmission direction of a direction measuring signal transmitted between the target operation device and the operation implementing device;
wherein the method further comprises: determining a first angle between the direction of the operation and a reference direction of a preset operation; and
determining a second angle between a preset reference direction of measuring the distance and direction and a projection, on a horizontal plane, of the transmission direction of the direction measuring signal transmitted between each candidate target operation device and the operation implementing device; and
in response to determining that a difference between the first angle and the second angle conforms to the preset angle relationship, determining the candidate target operation device corresponding to the second angle as the target operation device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the reference direction of the preset operation comprises: a direction along a central axis of the operation implementing device; or a direction perpendicular to the direction along the central axis and within a plane where the operation implementing device is located; and
the preset reference direction of measuring the distance and direction comprises: the direction along the central axis of the operation implementing device; the direction perpendicular to the direction along the central axis and within the plane where the operation implementing device is located; or a direction of an intersection line between a horizontal plane and a plane parallel to the central axis or containing the central axis and perpendicular to the plane where the operation implementing device is located.

9. A device for performing a directional operation, comprising:
a processor; and
memory, configured to store executable instructions by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain an operation having a direction;
determine the direction of the operation, comprising: determining a third angle between the direction of the operation and a reference direction of a preset operation,
determine a target operation device matched with the direction of the operation; and
perform the operation on the target operation device;
wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine, from a plurality of antennas comprised in the operation implementing device, two antennas based on current position and orientation of the operation implementing device, wherein a direction of a connection line of the two antennas is horizontal;
re-determine two antennas from the plurality of antennas comprised in the operation implementing device, based on a change of the posture and orientation of the operation implementing device, whe

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yanjiong
• Li Zheng
• Chen Shan

Classifications

• G06F1/1694

  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 title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04M1/72412

  using two-way short-range wireless interfaces · CPC title