REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SCREEN

• US 20130002549A1
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: J-MEX Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc., J-MEX Inc.
• Inventors: Ni, Tsang-Der, Tone, Kwang-Sing, Hwang, Deng-Huei, Chen, Ching-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US13/540,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002549A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• 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
• 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

A control system for controlling an operation of a screen having a first geometric reference includes a marking device and a remote-control device. The marking device displays a first pattern associated with the first geometric reference on the screen. The remote-control device obtains a signal from the screen. The signal represents an image having a second geometric reference and a second pattern associated with the first pattern. The second pattern and the second geometric reference have a first geometric relationship therebetween. The remote-control device uses the first geometric relationship to transform the second pattern into a third pattern, and calibrates the first geometric reference according to the third pattern for controlling the operation of the screen.

Claims

1. A control system for controlling an operation of a screen having a first geometric reference, the control system comprising:

a marking device displaying a first pattern associated with the first geometric reference on the screen; and

a remote-control device obtaining a first signal from the screen, wherein;

the first signal represents an image having a second geometric reference and a second pattern associated with the first pattern;

the second pattern and the second geometric reference have a first geometric relationship therebetween; and

the remote-control device uses the first geometric relationship to transform the second pattern into a third pattern, and calibrates the first geometric reference according to the third pattern for controlling the operation of the screen.

2. A control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the screen further has an operation area, wherein the operation area is a display area and has an upper left corner point, a lower left corner point, a lower right corner point and an upper right corner point;

the first geometric reference identifies the operation area and has a first reference rectangle, wherein the first reference rectangle has four reference positions located at the upper left corner point, the lower left corner point, the lower right corner point and the upper right corner point, respectively;

the second geometric reference is fixed and has a second reference rectangle;

the first pattern and the first geometric reference have a second geometric relationship therebetween, and the third pattern and the second geometric reference have a third geometric relationship therebetween; and

the remote-control device transforms the third pattern into a third geometric reference according to the second and the third geometric relationships for calibrating the first geometric reference.

3. A control system according to claim 2, wherein the marking device displays a digital content in the operation area for displaying the first pattern by using a program.

4. A control system according to claim 2, wherein:

the marking device includes four light-source devices; and

the first pattern flickers at a specific frequency and includes four sub-patterns, each of which is one of a light-emitting mark and a light-emitting spot, and the four sub-patterns are distributed near the four reference positions, respectively.

5. A control system according to claim 2, wherein the operation area has a first resolution, the second geometric reference defines a first area having a second resolution provided by the image, and the remote-control device correlates the third pattern with the first geometric reference by using the first and the second resolutions.

6. A control system according to claim 2, wherein:

the third pattern and the operation area have a first dimension and a second dimension corresponding to the first dimension, respectively; and

the remote-control device obtains a scale relationship between the first and the second dimensions, and transforms the operation area into the third geometric reference according to the scale relationship and the third pattern.

7. A control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the first geometric reference identifies an operation area on the screen;

the operation area includes a predetermined position; and

the remote-control device comprises;

a reference direction;

an image-sensing unit having an image-sensing area, and sensing the first pattern to generate the first signal from the screen through the image-sensing area in the reference direction;

a motion-sensing unit sensing the reference direction to generate a second signal;

a control unit coupled to the image-sensing and the motion-sensing units, receiving the first signal, arranging a second geometric relationship between the second geometric reference and the image-sensing area, obtaining the first geometric relationship according to the first signal, transforming the second pattern into the third pattern according to the first geometric relationship, obtaining a third geometric reference according to the third pattern to calibrate the first geometric reference, and correlating the reference direction with the predetermined position according to the third geometric reference and the second signal; and

a communication interface unit coupled to the control unit controlling the operation through the communication interface unit.

8. A control system according to claim 7, wherein:

the control unit further has a third geometric relationship between the first pattern and the first geometric reference for obtaining the third geometric reference;

the operation area has a cursor; and

the remote-control device causes the cursor to be located at the predetermined position by the control unit in the reference direction.

9. A control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the third pattern and the second geometric reference have a second geometric relationship therebetween;

the second geometric reference has a first shape center and a first shape principal axis, the second pattern has a second shape center and a second shape principal axis, and the third pattern has a third shape center and a third shape principal axis;

the first geometric relationship includes a position relationship between the first shape center and the second shape center and a direction relationship between the first shape principal axis and the second shape principal axis;

the remote-control device obtains a transformation parameter according to the first geometric relationship, and transforms the second pattern into the third pattern according to the transformation parameter, wherein the transformation parameter includes a displacement parameter associated with the position relationship and a rotation parameter associated with the direction relationship; and

the second geometric relationship includes a first relationship that the first shape center coincides with the third shape center, and a second relationship that the first shape principal axis is aligned with the third shape principal axis.

10. A control method for controlling an operation of a screen having a first geometric reference, the control method comprising steps of:

displaying a first pattern associated with the first geometric reference on the screen;

providing a remote-control device;

generating a second pattern associated with the first pattern, wherein the second pattern has a reference orientation; and

calibrating the first geometric reference in the remote-control device according to the reference orientation for controlling the operation of the screen.

11. A control method according to claim 10, wherein:

the remote-control device has a reference direction;

the first geometric reference identifies an operation area on the screen, wherein the operation area has a cursor and a predetermined position; and

the control method further comprises steps of;

obtaining a signal from the screen in the reference direction, wherein the signal represents an image including a second geometric reference and the second pattern, and the second pattern and the second geometric reference have a first geometric relationship therebetween;

transforming the second pattern into a third pattern according to the first geometric relationship, wherein the third pattern and the second geometric reference have a second geometric relationship therebetween;

obtaining a third geometric reference according to the third pattern to calibrate the first geometric reference;

obtaining an estimated direction for estimating the reference direction; and

correlating the reference direction with the predetermined position according to the first geometric relationship and the estimated direction.

12. A control method according to claim 11, wherein:

the second geometric reference has a first shape center and a first shape principal axis, the second pattern has a second shape center and a second shape principal axis, and the third pattern has a third shape center and a third shape principal axis;

the first geometric relationship includes a position relationship between the first shape center and the second shape center and a direction relationship between the first shape principal axis and the second shape principal axis;

the second shape principal axis has a first direction, and the reference orientation includes the second shape center and the first direction; and

the control method further comprises steps of;

obtaining a third geometric relationship between the first pattern and the first geometric reference for obtaining the third geometric reference;

causing the cursor to be located at the predetermined position in the reference direction; and

obtaining a transformation parameter according to the first geometric relationship, wherein;

the second pattern is transformed into the third pattern according to the transformation parameter;

the transformation parameter includes a displacement parameter associated with the position relationship and a rotation parameter associated with the direction relationship; and

the second geometric relationship includes a first relationship that the first shape center coincides with the third shape center, and a second relationship that the first shape principal axis is aligned with the third shape principal axis.

13. A control method according to claim 11, wherein:

the operation area has a first resolution;

the second geometric reference defines a first area having a second resolution provided by the image; and

the control method further comprises a step of correlating the third pattern with the first geometric reference according to the first and the second resolutions.

14. A control method according to claim 11, wherein the third pattern and the operation area have a first dimension and a second dimension corresponding to the first dimension, respectively, and the control method further comprises steps of:

obtaining a scale relationship between the first and the second dimensions; and

transforming the operation area into the third geometric reference according to the scale relationship and the third pattern.

15. A remote-control device for controlling an operation of a screen having a first geometric reference and a first pattern associated with the first geometric reference, the remote-control device comprising:

a pattern generator generating a second pattern associated with the first pattern, wherein the second pattern has a reference orientation; and

a defining medium defining the first geometric reference according to the reference orientation for controlling the operation of the screen.

16. A remote-control device according to claim 15, further comprising:

a reference direction, wherein the pattern generator has an image-sensing area, and senses the first pattern to generate a first signal from the screen through the image-sensing area in the reference direction, wherein the first signal represents an image including a second geometric reference and the second pattern;

a motion-sensing unit sensing the reference direction to generate a second signal; and

a communication interface unit coupled to the defining medium for controlling the operation.

17. A remote-control device according to claim 16, wherein:

the first geometric reference identifies an operation area on the screen;

the operation area has a cursor and a predetermined position;

the second pattern and the second geometric reference have a first geometric relationship therebetween; and

the defining medium is coupled to the pattern generator and the motion-sensing unit, receives the first signal, arranges a second geometric relationship between the second geometric reference and the image-sensing area, obtains the first geometric relationship according to the first signal, transforms the second pattern into a third pattern according to the first geometric relationship, obtains a third geometric reference according to the third pattern to define the first geometric reference, and correlates the reference direction with the predetermined position according to the first geometric relationship and the second signal.

18. A remote-control device according to claim 17, wherein:

the third pattern and the second geometric reference have a third geometric relationship therebetween;

the defining medium obtains a fourth geometric relationship between the first pattern and the first geometric reference for obtaining the third geometric reference;

the defining medium causes the cursor to be located at the predetermined position in the reference direction;

the second geometric reference has a first shape center and a first shape principal axis, the second pattern has a second shape center and a second shape principal axis, and the third pattern has a third shape center and a third shape principal axis;

the first geometric relationship includes a position relationship between the first shape center and the second shape center and a direction relationship between the first shape principal axis and the second shape principal axis;

the second shape principal axis has a first direction, and the reference orientation includes the second shape center and the first direction;

the remote-control device obtains a transformation parameter according to the first geometric relationship, and transforms the second pattern into the third pattern according to the transformation parameter, wherein the transformation parameter includes a displacement parameter associated with the position relationship and a rotation parameter associated with the direction relationship; and

the third geometric relationship includes a first relationship that the first shape center coincides with the third shape center, and a second relationship that the first shape principal axis is aligned with the third shape principal axis.

19. A remote-control device according to claim 17, wherein the operation area has a first resolution, the second geometric reference defines a first area having a second resolution provided by the image, and the defining medium correlates the third pattern with the first geometric reference by using the first and the second resolutions.

20. A remote-control device according to claim 17, wherein:

the third pattern and the operation area have a first dimension and a second dimension corresponding to the first dimension, respectively; and

the defining medium obtains a scale relationship between the first and the second dimensions, and transforms the operation area into the third geometric reference according to the scale relationship and the third pattern.