Control method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9459699-B2
Application number	US-201414584420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2014
Priority date	Jul 7, 2014
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A control method and an electronic device are provided in this application. The control method includes: determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, where, sensing information from various spatial areas are obtained the at least two sensing units, the first operating area includes at least one spatial area of the various spatial areas; and generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction, where the first control instruction is different from a second control instruction which is generated when the operator performs a gesture operation in a second operating area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method applied to an electronic device on which at least two sensing units, including a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit, are arranged, the method comprising:
determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, wherein, sensing information from various spatial areas are obtained by the at least two sensing units, the first operating area comprises at least one spatial area of the various spatial areas; and
generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction, wherein the first control instruction is different from a second control instruction which is generated when the operator performs a gesture operation in a second operating area;
wherein information of a first spatial area is sensed by the first sensing unit, information of a second spatial area is sensed by the second sensing unit, and information of a third spatial area is sensed by both the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit, and
wherein generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction comprises:
generating and executing first sub-control information for switching forward with a plurality of outputs of the electronic device if the first operating area varies at least from the first spatial area to the third spatial area; and
generating and executing second sub-control information for switching backward with the plurality of outputs of the electronic device if the first operating area varies at least from the second spatial area to the third spatial area.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units comprises:
determining, according to the sensing information, each sensing unit sensing the operator, and temporal information of sensing an operator by each sensing unit; and
calculating, according to the temporal information of sensing the operator by each sensing unit, information of variation of spatial areas corresponding to the first operating area where the operator passes, wherein each sensing unit is distinguished by a unit identity.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction comprises:
generating and executing third sub-control information for switching forward or backward with one output of the electronic device if the first operating area is inside the third spatial area.

4. The method according to claim 2 , after the sensing information is obtained by the at least two sensing units, further comprising:
obtaining gesture information of the gesture operation from the sensing information, wherein the gesture information is for assisting in determining the first control instruction.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two sensing units comprise:
distance sensing units, image capture units, or light sensing units.

6. The method according to claim 1 , after the sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, further comprising:
obtaining gesture information of the gesture operation from the sensing information, wherein the gesture information is for assisting in determining the first control instruction.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction comprises:
generating and executing a fourth sub-control instruction if the first operating area is determined comprising the third spatial area, otherwise forbidding responding to the gesture operation.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two sensing units comprise:
distance sensing units, image capture units, or light sensing units.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two sensing units comprise:
distance sensing units, image capture units, or light sensing units.

10. An electronic device, on which at least two sensing units, including a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit, are arranged, comprising:
a determination unit determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, wherein, sensing information from various spatial areas are obtained by the at least two sensing units, the first operating area comprises at least one spatial area of the various spatial areas; and
an execution unit generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction, wherein the first control instruction is different from a second control instruction which is generated when the operator performs a gesture operation in a second operating area,
wherein information of a first spatial area is sensed by the first sensing unit, information of a second spatial area is sensed by the second sensing unit, and information of a third spatial area is sensed by both the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit,
wherein the execution unit generates and executes first sub-control information for switching forward with a plurality of outputs of the electronic device if the first operating area varies at least from the first spatial area to the third spatial area, and
wherein the execution unit generates and executes second sub-control information for switching backward with the plurality of outputs of the electronic device if the first operating area varies at least from the second spatial area to the third spatial area.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the determination unit:
determines, according to the sensing information, each sensing unit sensing the operator, and temporal information of sensing an operator by each sensing unit; and
calculates information of variation of spatial areas corresponding to the first operating area where the operator passes according to the temporal information of sensing the operator by each sensing unit, wherein each sensing unit is distinguished by a unit identity.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the execution unit
generates and executes third sub-control information for switching forward with one output of the electronic device if the first operating area is inside the third spatial area.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the electronic device further:
obtains gesture information of the gesture operation from the sensing information, wherein the gesture information is for assisting in determining the first control instruction.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least two sensing units comprise:
distance sensing units, image capture units, or light sensing units.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the electronic device further:
obtains gesture information of the gesture operation from the sensing information, wherein the gesture information is for assisting in determining the f

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Su Li

Classifications

• G06F3/0304

  Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042) · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• H04M1/72454

  according to context-related or environment-related conditions · CPC title

• H04M2250/52

  including functional features of a camera · CPC title