Remote controller and information processing method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9978261-B2
Application number	US-201414493520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A remote controller and an information processing method and system, which relate to the field of electronic technologies and can improve user experience, where the remote controller is easy to carry. The remote controller includes a remote control main body, where the remote control main body is a wearable ring body; a sensor configured to detect a signal generated by an operation gesture input by a user; a processor, where the processor is connected to the sensor, and is configured to analyze the signal generated by the operation gesture, and generate a corresponding control signal according to an analysis result; and a first wireless communications module, connected to the processor, and configured to send the control signal to a terminal device, so that the terminal device performs a corresponding operation according to the control signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A remote controller comprising:
a remote control main body, wherein the remote control main body is a wearable ring body;
a touch pad configured to receive a touch gesture input by a user;
a sensor configured to detect a movement direction and a movement distance in the movement direction when the remote controller moves;
a processor coupled to the touch pad and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a touch area detected by the touch pad and generated by the touch gesture;
obtain a spacing between two points, between which an annular distance is the largest, in the touch area as a first length;
obtain a spacing between two points, between which an axial distance is the largest, in the touch area as a second length;
determine, when the remote controller moves, an operation gesture is a gesture of covering and rotating when a movement distance of the remote controller in a first movement direction is larger than or equal to a first preset movement distance, a movement time is shorter than a first preset movement time, an operation residence time of the user at a movement end position is shorter than or equal to a second time threshold, the first length is larger than or equal to a first preset length, and the second length is larger than or equal to a second preset length, wherein the first movement direction is parallel to a circumferential direction of the ring body; and
generate a control signal according to the gesture of covering and rotating; and

a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to send the control signal to a terminal device so that the terminal device performs a corresponding operation according to the control signal.

2. The remote controller according to claim 1 , wherein the first wireless transceiver is configured to establish a connection between the first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and a second wireless transceiver of the terminal device, and wherein the connection between the first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and the second wireless transceiver of the terminal device is a WiFi or Bluetooth connection.

3. The remote controller according to claim 2 , wherein the first wireless transceiver is further configured to receive a second operation instruction table sent by the second wireless transceiver, wherein the first wireless transceiver is further configured to update an operation instruction table in the remote controller according to the second operation instruction table, wherein the second operation instruction table records relationships between control signals and response instructions, wherein the processor is configured to:
query the second operation instruction table according to the operation gesture; and
generate a control signal that carries a response instruction corresponding to the operation gesture, and
wherein the first wireless transceiver is configured to send the control signal to the terminal device so that the terminal device executes the response instruction carried in the control signal.

4. The remote controller according to claim 2 , wherein the first wireless transceiver is further configured to send a first operation instruction table to the second wireless transceiver so that the terminal device updates an operation instruction table in the terminal device according to the first operation instruction table, wherein the first operation instruction table records relationships between operation gestures and response instructions, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a control signal indicating the gesture of covering and rotating, and wherein the first wireless transceiver is further configured to send the control signal to the terminal device so that the terminal device:
queries the first operation instruction table according to the gesture of covering and rotating indicated by the control signal; and
executes, according to a query result, a response instruction corresponding to the gesture of covering and rotating.

5. An information processing method, applied to a remote controller, the method comprising:
receiving, by a touch pad of the remote controller, a touch gesture input by a user;
obtaining a touch area detected by the touch pad and generated by the touch gesture;
obtaining a spacing between two points, between which an annular distance is the largest, in the touch area as a first length;
obtaining a spacing between two points, between which an axial distance is the largest, in the touch area as a second length;
detecting a movement direction and a movement distance in the movement direction when the remote controller moves;
determining, when the remote controller moves, an operation gesture is a gesture of covering and rotating when a movement distance of the remote controller in a first movement direction is larger than or equal to a first preset movement distance, and a movement time is shorter than a first preset movement time, an operation residence time of the user at a movement end position is shorter than or equal to a second time threshold, the first length is larger than or equal to a first preset length, and the second length is larger than or equal to a second preset length, wherein the first movement direction is parallel to a circumferential direction of a ring body of the remote controller;
generating a control signal according to the gesture of covering and rotating; and
sending the control signal to a terminal device so that the terminal device performs a corresponding operation according to the control signal.

6. The information processing method according to claim 5 , wherein before receiving the touch gesture input by the user, the method further comprises establishing a connection between a first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and a second wireless transceiver of the terminal device, and wherein the connection between the first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and the second wireless transceiver of the terminal device is a WiFi or Bluetooth connection.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein after establishing the connection between the first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and the second wireless transceiver of the terminal device, the method further comprises:
receiving a second operation instruction table sent by the second wireless transceiver; and
updating an operation instruction table in the remote controller according to the second operation instruction table, wherein the second operation instruction table records relationships between control signals and response instructions, and wherein sending the control signal to the terminal device so that the terminal device performs the corresponding operation according to the control signal comprises sending the control signal to the terminal device so that the terminal device executes the response instruction carried in the control signal.

8. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the control signal comprises the operation gesture, wherein after establishing the connection between the first wireless transceiver of the remote controller and the second wireless transceiver of the terminal device, the method further comprises sending a first operation instruction table to the terminal device, so that the terminal device updates an operation instruction table in the terminal device according to the first operation instruction table, wherein the first operation instruction table records relationships between operation gestures and response instructions, and wherein sending the control signal to the terminal device so that the terminal device performs the corresponding operation according to the co

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Lifu
• Zhong Shan
• Xia Zhaojie

Classifications

• G06F3/017

  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

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title