ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF MAPPING HUMAN MOVEMENT TO DIGITAL MODEL AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130002682A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YOU, QIANG
• Application Number:
  US13/220,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• 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

Abstract

An electronic device includes a human movement data receiving module, a digital model providing module, a human movement mapping module, and an animated image displaying module. The human movement data receiving module receives human movement data produced by the gyroscopes which are attached to different parts of a human. Each gyroscope is assigned an identifier. The digital model providing module provides a digital model whose shape is similar to the shape of the human. The digital model includes a number of portions associated with the human movement data of one of the gyroscopes. The human movement mapping module identifies the identifiers of the gyroscopes to determine the gyroscopes, and maps the human movement data produced by the determined gyroscopes onto the portions of the digital model associated with the determined gyroscopes to form an animated image. The animated image displaying module displays the animated image on the display unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device with a function of mapping human movement to a digital model, comprising:

a display unit; and

a processing unit comprising;

a human movement data receiving module configured to receive human movement data produced by a plurality of gyroscopes which are respectively attached on different parts of a human, each gyroscope is assigned an identifier;

a digital model providing module configured to receive human movement data from the human movement data receiving module, and provide a digital model whose basic shape is similar to the shape of the human, wherein the digital model comprises a plurality of portions, each of which is associated with the human movement data from one of the gyroscopes;

a human movement mapping module configured to identify the identifiers of the gyroscopes to determine the gyroscopes, and to map the human movement data produced by the determined gyroscopes onto the portions of the digital model associated with the determined gyroscopes, to form an animated image; and

an animated image displaying module configured to display the formed animated image on the display unit.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of gyroscopes is wirelessly connected to the electronic device.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of standard animated images;

the processing unit further comprising;

an animated image comparing module configured to compare the generated animated image with one of the standard animated images to determine any differences, and generate correction indications according to any determined differences; and

an animated image marking module configured to mark the correction indications on the animated image.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the human movement data comprises an orientation and an angular velocity of the movement of the parts of the human.

5. A method for mapping human movement to a digital model implemented by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display unit, the method comprising:

receiving human movement data produced by a plurality of gyroscopes which are respectively attached on different parts of the human, each gyroscope is assigned an identifier;

providing a digital model whose basic shape is similar to the shape of the human, wherein the digital model comprises a plurality of portions, each of which is associated with the human movement data from one of the gyroscopes;

identifying the identifiers of the gyroscopes to determine the gyroscopes, and mapping the human movement data produced by the determined gyroscopes onto the portions of the digital model associated with the determined gyroscopes to form an animated image; and

displaying the formed animated image on the display unit.

6. The method as described in claim 5, wherein the electronic device further comprises a storage unit for storing a plurality of standard animated images, the method further comprises:

comparing the generated animated image with one of the standard animated images to determine any differences, and generating correction indications according to any determined differences; and

marking the correction indications on the animated image displayed on the display unit.