HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20120284652A1
• Filed: 06/22/2011
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Chen, Jiann-Jone, Kuo, Chung-Hsien, Yu, Han-Yen, Lee, Chen-Han, Zhang, Rui-Zhe
• Application Number:
  US13/165,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

A human-environment interactive system and a portable device using the same are provided. The human-environment interactive system includes a ubiquitous computing system, at least one home-equipment, and the portable device. The portable device is suitable for two-way communicating with the portable device, and includes a RF transceiver, a browser, and a controller. When the portable device is taken into an environmental space, the controller actively receives a set of situational information from the ubiquitous computing system through the RF transceiver. The situational information includes a status information of at least one home-equipment, and a real time position information of the portable device. The controller displays this set of situational information in the browser for a user to perceive variations of the surrounding environment, so as to operate the at least one home-equipment through the browser.

Claims

1. A portable device, suitable for two-way communicating with a ubiquitous computing system, the ubiquitous computing system having a plurality of computing devices, and the portable device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver;

a browser; and

a controller, coupled to the RF transceiver and the browser,

wherein when the portable device is taken into an environmental space, the controller actively receives a set of situational information related to the environmental space from the ubiquitous computing system through the RF transceiver, and the set of situational information comprises status information of at least one home-equipment, and real-time position information of the portable device;

wherein the controller displays the set of situational information in the browser for a user to perceive variations of the surrounding environment, so as to operate the at least one home-equipment through the browser.

2. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a first pan-tilt-zoom camera, coupled to the controller, and the first pan-tilt-zoom camera displaying a first camera image in the browser according to an operation of the user.

3. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user performs operations through a graphical user interface of the browser, wherein the graphical user interface is a static graphical interaction interface or a reality interactive interface.

4. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one home-equipment comprises a second pan-tilt-zoom camera, and the user performs remote control to the second pan-tilt-zoom camera through the browser, and displays a second camera image on the browser.

5. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the user operates the at least one home-equipment through the browser, the portable device sends a wireless control signal to control an operation of the at least one home-equipment.

6. A human-environment interactive system, comprising:

a ubiquitous computing system, having a plurality of computing devices;

at least one home-equipment, located in an environmental space; and

a portable device, for two-way communicating with the ubiquitous computing system, and the portable device comprising;

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver;

a browser; and

a controller, coupled to the RF transceiver and the browser,

wherein when the portable device is taken into the environmental space, the controller actively receives a set of situational information related to the environmental space from the ubiquitous computing system through the RF transceiver, and the set of situational information comprises status information of the at least one home-equipment, and real-time position information of the portable device,

wherein the controller displays the set of situational information in the browser for a user to perceive variations of the surrounding environment, so as to operate the at least one home-equipment through the browser.

7. The human-environment interactive system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a first pan-tilt-zoom camera, coupled to the controller, and the first pan-tilt-zoom camera displaying a first camera image in the browser according to an operation of the user.

8. The human-environment interactive system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the user performs operations through a graphical user interface of the browser, wherein the graphical user interface is a static graphical interaction interface or a reality interactive interface.

9. The human-environment interactive system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one home-equipment comprises a second pan-tilt-zoom camera, and the user performs remote control to the second pan-tilt-zoom camera through the browser, and displays a second camera image on the browser, so as to provide the image to the reality interactive interface of the browser.

10. The human-environment interactive system as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the user operates the at least one home-equipment through the browser, the portable device sends a wireless control signal to control an operation of the at least one home-equipment.