Apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus by a user

• US 10,241,753 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2015
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alleaume, Vincent, Baillard, Caroline, Jouet, Pierrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Marinelli, Patrick F
• Application Number:
  US14/741,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for controlling the same by a user are suggested. The suggested apparatus comprises: a detecting unit for detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus; a control unit for generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit; an output unit for presenting the second event to the user, wherein the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit. The suggested apparatus and method are suitable to provide a second event, before executing a command corresponding to a first event from the user, for the user to confirm the intention of the first event.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising

a detecting unit for detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus;

a control unit generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit, said second event being specific to said apparatus;

an output unit for presenting the second event to the user, wherein

the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit; and

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay to confirm the intention to execute the first event on the apparatus.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit detects the first event in the form of a gesture and/or a voice.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first event is a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second event is a verification event for the user to verify an intention to initiate the interactivity session.

5. Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the control unit transmits the command to components and relevant devices needed for executing the first event.

6. A method to control an apparatus by a user, comprising, at the level of the apparatus:

receiving a first event executed by the user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus;

generating a second event according to the first event;

presenting the second event to the user; and

executing a command corresponding to the first event on the apparatus, as a function of a response of the user to the second event, wherein

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay to confirm the intention to execute the first event on the apparatus.

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein the first event is in the form of a gesture and/or a voice.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program product comprising program code instructions executable by a processor for implementing the steps of a method according to claim 6.

9. Method according to claim 6, wherein the first event is a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user.

10. Method according to claim 9, wherein the second event is a verification event for the user to verify an intention to initiate the interactivity session.

11. Method according to claim 6, wherein the step of executing the command comprises transmitting the command to components and relevant devices needed for executing the first event.

12. An apparatus, comprising

a detecting unit detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus, wherein the first event being a triggering event for initiating an interactivity session between the apparatus and the user;

a control unit generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit; and

an output unit presenting the second event to the user;

wherein

the second event being a verification event for the user to confirm an intention to initiate the interactivity session on the apparatus;

the second event being individual to the apparatus according to the way the apparatus intends to verify the intention of the interactivity initiated by the user;

the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus, instead of the other devices among the plurality of devices, as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit; and

the second event comprises an audio query produced by a speaker and presented with a random delay.