METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THROUGH INFRARED DETECTION

• US 20090289188A1
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Everspring Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Everspring Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HUANG, Cheng-Hung
• Application Number:
  US12/123,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289188A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/341.800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042

Abstract

A method for controlling an electronic device through infrared detection includes an infrared sensor to detect displacement alteration waveforms of a targeted object to generate a control signal to control the electronic device. The method includes: setting at least one execution command; setting an executing condition for each execution command; getting a detection signal of the infrared sensor; processing alteration waveforms of the detection signal; judging whether the detection signal alteration waveforms coincided with the executing condition; and executing the execution command corresponding to the executing condition. By means of the method set forth above the infrared sensor can detect movement of the targeted object, and convert the movement to a control means for the electronic device. Thereby through the movement of an object the electronic device can be activated to perform a selected function.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an electronic device through infrared detection that detects displacement alteration waveforms of a targeted object through an infrared sensor to generate a control signal to control the electronic device, the method comprising:

setting at least one execution command to control the electronic device to perform a selected function;

setting an executing condition for each execution command;

getting a detection signal of the infrared sensor that is generated by the infrared sensor by judging the location of the targeted object;

processing alteration waveforms of the detection signal, the alteration waveforms being determined by the infrared sensor by detecting a location movement of the targeted object; and

judging whether the detection signal alteration waveforms coincided with the executing condition, and executing the execution command corresponding to the executing condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location movement of the targeted object includes different moving directions and moving distances of the targeted object, and different detection signal alteration waveforms are generated corresponding to the different moving directions and distances.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the execution condition of different execution commands is the different moving directions of the targeted object.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the execution condition of different execution commands is the different moving distances of the targeted object.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the execution condition of different execution commands is combinations of the different moving directions and moving distances of the targeted object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution command generates a control signal corresponding to a selected function of the electronic device, the control signal being transmitted to the electronic device to activate the selected function of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1 further having a circuit structure to implement the method, the circuit structure including a sensor located in the infrared sensor, the sensor having a plurality of detection elements to detect the targeted object to generate the detection signal, the sensor being connected to a processing unit which receives the detection signal and judges the alteration waveforms of the detection signal to generate an alteration waveform signal, the processing unit further having at least one trigger circuit triggered by the alteration waveform signal to generate an execution command signal sent to a command generation unit which generates the control signal sent to the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the processing unit has a plurality of trigger units, each of the trigger units being triggered by a different electric polarity or amount.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the processing unit and the command generation unit are integrated into a circuit board independent from the infrared sensor.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the processing unit and the command generation unit are integrated into the infrared sensor.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a digital photo frame.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a computer.