First electronic device and method for displaying control window of second electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12432409-B2
Application number	US-202218552833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	Mar 31, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a first electronic device is configured to communicate with a first ultra-wideband base station via ultra-wideband wireless communication and receive coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on a relative location between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station. The first electronic device is further configured to display a control window of a second electronic device in response to detecting that the first electronic device is located in a front area of the second electronic device and points to the second electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first electronic device, comprising:
an ultra-wideband communication circuit configured to communicate with a first ultra-wideband base station via ultra-wideband wireless communication and receive coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on a relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station;
an inertia measurement device;
a processor; and
a memory with a computer program stored thereon, wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the first electronic device is enabled to perform:
recording, in response to a first input received when the first electronic device is located at a first vertex angle position of a second electronic device, first coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the first vertex angle position,
recording, in response to a second input received when the first electronic device is located at a second vertex angle position of the second electronic device, second coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the second vertex angle position,
recording, in response to a third input received when the first electronic device is located at a third vertex angle position of the second electronic device, third coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the third vertex angle position,
recording, in response to a fourth input received when the first electronic device is located at a fourth position that is in a front area of the second electronic device outside of the second electronic device, fourth coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the fourth position, and
displaying, by the first electronic device, a control window of the second electronic device in response to detecting that the first electronic device is located in the front area of the second electronic device and points to the second electronic device, wherein the control window is configured to receive a control command for the second electronic device, wherein
any two of the first vertex angle position, the second vertex angle position, and the third vertex angle position are different, and
a detection result that the first electronic device is located in the front area of the second electronic device and points to the second electronic device is associated with the first vertex angle position, the second vertex angle position, the third vertex angle position, and the fourth position.

2. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is incapable of obtaining position information from the second electronic device before the processor performs the steps of recording the first coordinates, recording the second coordinates, recording the third coordinates, recording the fourth coordinates and displaying the control window.

3. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is incapable of obtaining orientation information from the second electronic device before the processor performs the steps of recording the first coordinates, recording the second coordinates, recording the third coordinates, recording the fourth coordinates and displaying the control window.

4. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control window is further configured to display an interface that displays content associated with the second electronic device.

5. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the processor is further enabled to perform:
not displaying, by the first electronic device, the control window of the second electronic device in response to not detecting that the first electronic device is located in the front area of the second electronic device.

6. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the processor is further enabled to perform:
not displaying, by the first electronic device, the control window of the second electronic device in response to not detecting that the first electronic device points to the second electronic device.

7. The first electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first vertex angle position, the second vertex angle position, and the third vertex angle position are three different vertex angle positions on an edge contour of the second electronic device; or
the first vertex angle position, the second vertex angle position, and the third vertex angle position are three different vertex angle positions of an edge contour of a display area of the second electronic device.

8. The first electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first ultra-wideband base station comprises three antennas and is configured to communicate with the first electronic device by using the three antennas via the ultra-wideband wireless communication.

9. A method of operating a first electronic device comprising an inertia measurement unit module, and an ultra-wideband communication circuit configured to communicate with a first ultra-wideband base station via ultra-wideband wireless communication to obtain coordinates of the first electronic device based on a relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station, the method comprising:
recording, in response to a first input received when the first electronic device is located at a first vertex angle position of a second electronic device, first coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the first vertex angle position;
recording, in response to a second input received when the first electronic device is located at a second vertex angle position of the second electronic device, second coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the second vertex angle position;
recording, in response to a third input received when the first electronic device is located at a third vertex angle position of the second electronic device, third coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the third vertex angle position;
recording, in response to a fourth input received when the first electronic device is located at a fourth position that is in a front area of the second electronic device outside of the second electronic device, fourth coordinates of the first electronic device that are based on the relative position between the first electronic device and the first ultra-wideband base station as coordinates of the fourth position; and
displaying, by the first electronic device, a control window of the second electronic device in response to detecting that the first electronic device is located in the front area of the second electronic device and points to the second electronic device, wherein the control window is configured to receive a control command for the second electronic device, wherein
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Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qian Kai
• Dong Wei
• Xu Haowei
• Xue Qingfeng
• Wang Erli

Classifications

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N21/42222

  Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title