Electronic device and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9806752-B2
Application number	US-201514982398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic device and an information processing method of providing an electronic device which may be used more conveniently. The electronic device comprises: a main body; a first audio output component arranged on a first outer surface of the main body; a display arranged on a second outer surface of the main body, the first outer surface and the second outer surface being opposite to each other; an audio input component arranged on the main body; a second audio output component arranged on the main body, wherein an attribute parameter of the second audio output component is higher than that of the first audio output component.

First claim

We claim:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a main body;
a first audio output component arranged on a first outer surface of the main body;
a display arranged on a second outer surface of the main body, the first outer surface and the second outer surface being arranged on opposite sides of the main body;
an audio input component arranged on the main body;
a second audio output component arranged on the main body, wherein an attribute parameter of the second audio output component is higher than that of the first audio output component.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first sensor, arranged on the main body and configured to detect a posture of the main body;
a communication component, arranged on the main body and configured to communicate with other electronic devices; and
a processor, arranged on the main body and connected to the first sensor, the communicator, the first audio output component, the display, the audio input component and the second audio output component, the processor being configured to:
determine whether the posture of the main body is switched from a first posture of the main body to a second posture of the main body which is different from the first posture of the main body, and
switch the electronic device from a first communication state to a second communication state which is different from the first communication state if the posture of the main body is switched from the first posture of the main body to the second posture of the main body.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the first communication state and the second communication state are any two of a Communication Connected state, a Not-In-Communication state and a Communication Requesting state; or
the first communication state and the second communication state are any two of a Low Power Consumption Communication Requesting state, a High Power Consumption Communication Requesting state, a High Power Consumption Communication Connected state, a Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state and a Not-In-Communication state.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the postures of the main body comprise a maintaining posture and a non-maintaining posture which is different from the maintaining posture; and
wherein when the main body is in the maintaining posture, the main body maintains a relative position relationship of the electronic device with respect to at least a part of a user's body, and the main body can be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximately annular space which satisfies a first predetermined condition.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to switch between Communication Connected/Disconnected states, if the posture of the main body is switched from the first posture of the main body to the second posture of the main body.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the second communication state is a High Power Consumption Communication Connected state; and the High Power Consumption Communication Connected state is a state in which a voice input of a first communication party is collected by the audio input component and voices from said other electronic devices are output by the second audio output component.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein
the processor is configured to switch the electronic device from a Communication Requesting state to a Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state; and the Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state is a state in which a voice input of a first communication party is collected by the audio input component and voices from said other electronic devices are output by the first audio output component; wherein the first posture of the main body is a maintaining posture, and the second posture of the main body is a non-maintaining posture; and the postures of the main body comprise the maintaining posture and the non-maintaining posture; when the main body is in the maintaining posture, the main body maintains a relative position relationship of the electronic device with respect to at least a part of a user's body, and the main body can be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximately annular space which satisfies a first predetermined condition; and
the display is further configured to output a communication requesting prompt when the electronic device is in the Communication Requesting state.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein
the processor is configured to switch the electronic device from a Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state to a Not-In-Communication state; and the Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state is a state in which a voice input of a first communication party is collected by the audio input component and voices from said other electronic devices are output by the first audio output component; wherein the first posture of the main body is a non-maintaining posture, and the second posture of the main body is a maintaining posture; and the postures of the main body comprise the maintaining posture and the non-maintaining posture; when the main body is in the maintaining posture, the main body maintains a relative position relationship of the electronic device with respect to at least a part of a user's body, and the main body can be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximately annular space which satisfies a first predetermined condition.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a second sensor arranged on the main body and connected to the processor, the second sensor being configured to detect a first operation which satisfies a first predetermined condition; and
wherein the processor is configured to switch the electronic device from the Low Power Consumption Communication Connected state to the High Power Consumption Communication Connected state, if the second sensor detects the first operation; wherein the first posture of the main body is a non-maintaining posture, and the second posture of the main body is a maintaining posture; and the postures of the main body comprise the maintaining posture and the non-maintaining posture; when the main body is in the maintaining posture, the main body maintains a relative position relationship of the electronic device with respect to at least a part of a user's body, and the main body can be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximately annular space which satisfies a first predetermined condition.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to switch the electronic device from the Communication Requesting state to the High Power Consumption Communication Connected state; wherein the first posture of the main body is a non-maintaining posture, and the second posture of the main body is a maintaining posture; and the postures of the main body comprise the maintaining posture and the non-maintaining posture; when the main body is in the maintaining posture, the main body maintains a relative position relationship of the electronic device with respect to at least a part of a user's body, and the main body can be at least a part of an annular space or at least a part of an approximately annular space which satisfies a first predetermined condition; and
the display is further configured to output a communication requesting prompt when the electronic device is in the Communication Requesting state.

11. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the display can be switched from

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• Xia Jie
• Gao Ge

Classifications

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