Electronic Apparatus And Method

• US 20140240221A1
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yang, Guang
• Granted Patent: US 9,696,811 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method are disclosed. The electronic apparatus can be worn on a wrist of a user and can have established a data connection to a remote apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first image collecting unit for collecting an image; a storing unit for storing image collected by the first image collecting unit; a gesture detecting unit for detecting a gesture of the user; a data transmitting unit for transmitting data with the remote apparatus; a control unit for activating the first image collecting unit when it is determined that a first gesture of the user is detected; and activating the data transmitting unit to transmit the image stored in the storing unit to the remote apparatus when it is determined that a second gesture of the user is detected.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus having a body connected to a wristlet that is configured to be attached to a user, and the electronic apparatus having established a data connection to a remote apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes:

a first image collecting unit for collecting an image;

a storing unit for storing the image collected by the first image collecting unit;

a gesture detecting unit for detecting a gesture of the user;

a data transmitting unit for transmitting data with the remote apparatus; and

a control unit for activating the first image collecting unit when it determines that a first gesture of the user is detected; and

activating the data transmitting unit so as to transmit the image stored in the storing unit to the remote apparatus when it determines that a second gesture of the user is detected.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the first gesture of the user is not detected the control unit makes the first image collecting unit to be in an off-status.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gesture detecting unit includes an electromyography detecting sensor for detecting an electromyography signal of the wrist of the user so as to decide a current gesture of the user.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the gesture detecting unit further includes an acceleration sensor and a gyroscope for detecting movement information and angle information of the wrist of the user so as to assist in deciding the current gesture of the user.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the remote apparatus includes a second image collecting unit and the hand of the user is in a field range of the second image collecting unit, and

when the gesture detecting unit detects the first gesture or the second gesture, the control unit transmits an instruction for turning on the second image collecting unit to the remote apparatus,

after receiving the instruction, the second image collecting unit acquires an image of the hand of the user to further confirm whether it is the first gesture or the second gesture, and transmits information for indicating result of confirmation back to the electronic apparatus,

the control unit determines that the first gesture or the second gesture of the user is detected only when information of confirming the first gesture or the second gesture is received from the remote apparatus.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first image collecting unit is at front surface and/or side surface of the body.

7. An information processing method applied in an electronic apparatus having a body connected to a wristlet and including a first image collecting unit and having established a data connection to a remote apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

detecting a gesture of the user;

activating the first image collecting unit to collect an image and store the collected image when it is determined that a first gesture of the user is detected; and

transmitting the image stored to the remote apparatus when it is determined that a second gesture of the user is detected.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein when it is determined that the first gesture of the user is not detected, the first image collecting unit is made to be in an off-status.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of detecting the gesture of the user includes detecting an electromyography signal of the wrist of the user to decide a current gesture of the user.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of detecting the gesture of the user further includes detecting movement information and angle information of the wrist of the user to assist to decide the current gesture of the user.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein

the remote apparatus includes a second image collecting unit and the hand of the user is in a field range of the second image collecting unit, and

the step of detecting the gesture of the user further includes:

transmitting an instruction for turning on the second image collecting unit to the remote apparatus when the gesture detecting unit detects the first gesture or the second gesture, wherein, after receiving the instruction, the second image collecting unit acquires an image of the hand of the user to further confirm whether it is the first gesture or the second gesture and transmits information indicating result of confirmation back to the electronic apparatus; and

determining that the first gesture or the second gesture of the user is detected only when information of confirming the first gesture or the second gesture is received from the remote apparatus.