Electronic apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9563262-B2
Application number	US-201414477164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2014
Priority date	Sep 5, 2013
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first processing unit for executing an operation of a first type; a second processing unit for executing an operation of a second type, with the average power consumption of the second processing unit being less than average power consumption of the first processing unit; a sharing unit connected to the first processing unit and the second processing unit and for operating cooperatively with either or both of the first processing unit and the second processing unit selectively according to predetermined condition; and a fixing unit for fixing relative position relation of the electronic apparatus with the user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first processing unit for executing an operation of a first type;
a second processing unit for executing an operation of a second type, wherein, an average power consumption of the second processing unit is less than an average power consumption of the first processing unit;
a sharing unit connected to the first processing unit and the second processing unit for operating cooperatively selectively with either or both of the first processing unit and the second processing unit according to a predetermined condition; and
a fixing unit for fixing relative position relation of the electronic apparatus with a user, wherein
the electronic apparatus includes the first processing subsystem and the second processing subsystem,
the first processing subsystem further includes a first display connected to the first processing unit for displaying content outputted from the first processing unit according to the control of the first processing unit, and the second processing subsystem further includes a second display connected to the second processing unit for displaying content outputted from the second processing unit according to the control of the second processing unit,
the second display is further connected to the first processing unit, so that the second display displays content outputted from the first processing unit according to the control of the first processing unit; or
the second processing unit is further connected to the first processing unit, so that the second processing unit receives content output from the first processing unit and control the second display to display the content received from the first processing unit when processing of the first processing unit is completed, wherein
the second processing unit is configured to control the electronic apparatus to display a second graphical interface including P second identification objects for identifying application entries which are able to invoke applications corresponding to the P second identification objects in response to the first manipulation instruction, wherein, P is a positive integer.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a body unit including at least the first processing unit and the second processing unit;
wherein, the fixing unit is connected to the body unit and the fixing unit includes at least a fixing status in which the fixing unit is able to be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximate annular space satisfying a first predetermined condition and the annular space or the approximate annular space is able to surround at a periphery of a columnar body satisfying a second predetermined condition.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first processing subsystem includes at least the sharing unit and the first processing unit, and the second processing subsystem includes at least the sharing unit and the second processing unit, and an average power consumption of the second processing subsystem is less than an average power consumption of the first processing subsystem.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first processing subsystem includes the first communication unit and the second processing subsystem includes the second communication unit, the first communication unit is connected to the first processing unit and connected to the network according to the control of the first processing unit, the second communication unit is connected to the second processing unit and is connected to the network according to the control of the second processing unit, wherein a communication distance of the first communication unit is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and a communication distance of the second communication unit is less than a predetermined threshold and power consumption of the first communication unit is larger than that of the second communication unit;
the first communication unit stops operating according to the control of the first processing unit when the second communication unit is able to be connected to the network; and
the second communication unit stops operating according to the control of the second processing unit and the first communication unit is connected to the network according to the control of the first processing unit when the second communication unit is not able to be connected to the network.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first processing subsystem includes the first communication unit and the second communication unit which are connected to the first processing unit and connected to the network according to the control of the first processing unit, the communication distance of the first communication unit is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold the communication distance of the second communication unit is less than the predetermined threshold, wherein, the power consumption of the first communication unit is larger than that of the second communication unit;
the first communication unit stops operating according to the control of the first processing unit when the second communication unit is able to be connected to the network; and
the second communication unit stops operating according to the control of the second processing unit and the first communication unit is connected to the network according to the control of the first processing unit when the second communication unit is not able to be connected to the network.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are provided overlapped in radial direction of the annular space, and when the first display or the second display provided at inner side of the radial direction of the annular space displays, it is controlled so that light transmittance of the second display or the first display provided at an outer side of the radial direction of the annular space is larger than a predetermined threshold.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a frame structure body including the fixing unit which is able to fix the electronic apparatus on a first operation body of a user;
a display unit fixed on the frame structure body and including a display screen;
an input unit fixed by the frame structure body and of which a sensing section is able to be positioned at any position on the frame structure body other than the display screen; and
a first acquiring unit for obtaining a first manipulation instruction;
wherein, the first processing unit and the second processing unit are connected to the input unit and are fixed through the frame structure body to control the electronic apparatus according to a parameter obtained by the sensing section of the input unit;
the first processing unit is configured to control the electronic apparatus to display a first graphical interface including M first identification objects which is able to feedback working parameter of N functional modules of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the M first identification objects when the electronic apparatus is fixed on the first operation body by the fixing unit and, M and N are positive integers; and
wherein, when a trigger operation with respect to an application entry corresponding to the i-th second identification object in the P second identification objects is obtained, an application corresponding to the i-th second identification object is invoked, wherein, i is a positive integer that is not larger than P.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the electronic apparatus further includes a second acquiring unit for obtaining a trigger operation with respec

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lai Xuefeng
• Wan Xi
• Jiang Xiaohua
• Yu Xiaodong
• Li Weicheng

Classifications

• G06F1/3293 Primary

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