External operation signal recognition system of a mobile communication terminal

• US 20070099630A1
• Filed: 10/17/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Min-Seok, Byun, Joon-Ho
• Application Number:
  US11/582,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20070099630A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 11/14 using ultrasonic, sonic, or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/22 Position of source determined by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements G01S5/28 takes precedence
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

Provided is an external operation signal recognition system of a mobile communication terminal which includes an external operation signal generation apparatus separate from the mobile communication terminal for generating synch and operation signals; and an external operation signal recognition apparatus for receiving the synch signal, sensing the external operation signal through at least three operation signal sensing units, generating three dimensional (3D) coordinates corresponding to a position of the external operation signal generation apparatus using the received synch signal and the sensed external operation signal, and realizing the external operation signal using the generated 3D coordinates. Accordingly, a user can easily operate a 3D application without directly moving the mobile communication terminal.

Claims

1. An external operation signal recognition system of a mobile communication terminal, the system comprising:

an external operation signal generation apparatus for generating synch and operation signals, said external operation signal generation apparatus being separate from the mobile communication terminal; and

an external operation signal recognition apparatus for receiving the synch signal, sensing the external operation signal through at least three operation signal sensing units, generating three dimensional (3D) coordinates corresponding to a position of the external operation signal generation apparatus using the received synch signal and the sensed external operation signal, and realizing the external operation signal using the generated 3D coordinates.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal executes an application according to the external operation signal realization result.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the external operation signal generation apparatus comprises:

a synch signal generator for generating the synch signal; and

an operation signal generator for generating the operation signal having a slower transmission rate than the synch signal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the external operation signal recognition apparatus comprises:

a synch signal receiver for receiving the synch signal from the external operation signal generation apparatus;

at least three operation signal sensing units, which are arranged at different locations on the mobile communication terminal and sense the operation signal generated by the external operation signal generation apparatus;

a 3D coordinate information generator for generating 3D coordinates corresponding to a position of the external operation signal generation apparatus using the received synch signal and the sensed operation signals; and

an external operation signal recognition unit for realizing an external operation signal using the generated 3D coordinates.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the 3D coordinate information generator calculates a position of the external operation signal generation apparatus using time differences between a synch signal reception time of the synch signal receiver and operation signal sensing times of the at least three operation signal sensing units, and operation signal sensing time differences between the at least three operation signal sensing units

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the 3D coordinate information is at least one of coordinate information in a spherical coordinate system, coordinate information in a cylindrical coordinate system, and coordinate information in a Cartesian coordinate system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the 3D coordinate information generator generates coordinate information in the spherical coordinate system corresponding to a position of the external operation signal generation apparatus and transforms the generated coordinate information in the spherical coordinate system to coordinate information in the Cartesian coordinate system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the synch signal transmits at the speed of light, and the operation signal has a lower transmission rate than the synch signal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the synch signal is an infrared signal.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operation signal is an ultrasonic wave signal.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the synch signal receiver and the at least three operation signal sensing units are arranged on the front surface of the mobile communication terminal.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least three operation signal sensing units are arranged in a triangular form, and the synch signal receiver is arranged on an axis formed by two of the at least three operation signal sensing units.