METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING DEVICE

• US 20110137441A1
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sang-jin
• Application Number:
  US12/775,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23026 Recognise user input pattern and present possible intended program
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2615 Audio, video, tv, consumer electronics device

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus which control a device, the method including: receiving at least two input signals; analyzing at least one of a frequency variation, an energy intensity variation, a duration variation, and an input time interval between the received at least two input signals, and controlling the device to perform an operation corresponding to the received at least two input signals based on a result of the analyzing.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a device, the method comprising:

receiving at least two input signals;

analyzing at least one of a frequency variation, an energy intensity variation, a duration variation, and an input time interval between the received at least two input signals; and

controlling the device to perform an operation corresponding to the received at least two input signals, based on a result of the analyzing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing a variation in respective directions in which the received at least two input signals are received.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing the variation in respective directions in which the received at least two input signals are received comprises analyzing the variation in respective directions in which the received at least two input signals are received using a plurality of microphones.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing a variation of respective distances to positions at which the received at least two input signals are generated.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing a kind of each of the received at least two input signals.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the received at least two input signals comprise at least one of a clap, a finger snap, a voice, a knock, and a sound generated by rubbing hands together.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the device based on a database in which are stored control commands generated using at least one of the frequency variation, the energy intensity variation, the duration variation, and the input time interval between the received at least two input signals and device operations corresponding to the control commands.

19. A computer readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of claim 1 is recorded.

8. An apparatus which controls a device, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving part which receives at least two input signals;

an analysis part which analyzes at least one of a frequency variation, an energy intensity variation, a duration variation and an input time interval between the received at least two input signals; and

a control part which controls the device to perform an operation corresponding to the received at least two input signals, based on an analysis result of the analysis part.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the analysis part analyzes a variation in respective directions in which the received at least two input signals are received.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the analysis part analyzes a variation in respective distances to positions at which the received at least two input signals are generated.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the analysis part analyzes a kind of each of the received at least two input signals.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the received at least two input signals comprise at least one of a clap, a finger snap, a voice, a knock, and a sound generated by rubbing hands together.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control part controls the device based on a database in which are stored control commands generated using at least one of the frequency variation, the energy intensity variation, the duration variation, and the input time interval between the received at least two input signals and device operations corresponding to the control commands.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the receiving part comprises at least one microphone.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the device is a mobile multimedia device.

16. A method of controlling a device, the method comprising:

receiving at least two input signals;

analyzing a difference between at least one of physical characteristics and temporal characteristics of the received at least two input signals; and

controlling the device to perform an operation corresponding to the received at least two input signals, based on the analyzed difference.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one of the physical characteristics and the temporal characteristics comprises at least one of a frequency, an energy intensity, a duration, and an input time of the respective input signals.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one of the physical characteristics and the temporal characteristics comprises at least one of a direction in which the respective input signal is received, a distance to a position in which the respective input signal is generated, and a kind of the respective input signal.

20. A computer readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of claim 16 is recorded.