INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140257790A1
• Filed: 03/03/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhou, Zhiqiang
• Granted Patent: US 9,916,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/043 using propagating acoustic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The present invention discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. An action by an operator including a user'"'"'s finger is collected and identified to determine location information and sound information associated with the action, so that only information corresponding to the location information and the sound information associated with the action is inputted. In this way, the user can input different types of information by performing different touch actions, simplifying the user'"'"'s operation, and improving operation efficiency.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied in an electronic device, the method comprising:

collecting, by a first collection unit of the electronic device, location information of an operator relative to the first collection unit when the operator performs on the electronic device an operation that satisfies a predetermined condition;

collecting, by a second collection unit of the electronic device, sound information generated by the operator during the operation; and

determining input information based on the location information and the sound information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a first component having a transmittance in a first direction that satisfies a threshold, the first component being provided on a side of the first collection unit, the first direction being a direction from the first collection unit to the first component, and

wherein said collecting, by the first collection unit, the location information of the operator relative to the first collection unit comprises collecting, by the first collection unit, the location information of the operator relative to the first collection unit when the operator touches the first component, and the location information indicates a projection location obtained by projecting the touch location at which the operator touches the first component onto a plane in which the first collection unit lies, and

wherein said collecting, by the second collection unit, the sound information generated by the operator during the operation comprises collecting, by the second collection unit, the sound information generated by the operator'"'"'s touch with the first component when the operator touches the first component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a display unit overlapping the first collection unit, and when the display unit displays an image, the first collection unit does not obstruct the image from being perceived by a user,

wherein said determining input information based on the location information and the sound information comprises determining the input information based on the image displayed on the display unit, the location information and the sound information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said determining the input information based on the displayed image, the location information and the sound information comprises:

determining an operation object based on the image and the location information;

determining a candidate information set corresponding to the operation object based on the operation object; and

selecting the input information from the candidate information set based on the sound information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, on the display unit, an identifier of at least one item of information in the candidate information set;

or

displaying, on the display unit, an identifier of each item of information in the candidate information set.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein

when there are at least two operation objects, each of the operation objects corresponds to at least two identifiers, and

the at least two identifiers corresponding to a first object of the at least two operation objects is displayed in a layout identical to that of the at least two identifiers corresponding to a second object of the at least two operation objects.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein

the candidate information set corresponding to one of the operation objects comprises at least a first candidate information subset associated with first sound information and a second candidate information subset associated with second sound information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first sound information and the second sound information are different sound information generated by different portions of the operator touching the first component.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a first collecting unit configured to collect location information of an operator relative to the first collection unit when the operator performs on the electronic device an operation that satisfies a predetermined condition;

a second collection unit configured to collect sound information generated by the operator during the operation; and

a determination unit configured to determine input information based on the location information and the sound information.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the electronic device comprises a first component having a transmittance in a first direction that satisfies a threshold, the first component being provided on a side of the first collection unit, the first direction being a direction from the first collection unit to the first component, and

wherein the first collection unit is configured to collect the location information of the operator relative to the first collection unit when the operator touches the first component, and the location information indicates a projection location obtained by projecting the touch location at which the operator touches the first component onto a plane in which the first collection unit lies, and

wherein the second collection unit is configured to collect the sound information generated by the operator'"'"'s touch with the first component when the operator touches the first component.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device further comprises a display unit overlapping the first collection unit, and when the display unit displays an image, the first collection unit does not obstruct the image from being perceived by a user,

wherein the determination unit is configured to determine the input information based on the image displayed on the display unit, the location information and the sound information.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the determination unit comprises:

a first determination module configured to determine an operation object based on the image and the location information;

a second determination module configured to determine a candidate information set corresponding to the operation object based on the operation object; and

a selection module configured to select the input information from the candidate information set based on the sound information.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the display unit is further configured to display an identifier of at least one item of information in the candidate information set, or to display an identifier of each item of information in the candidate information set.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein

when there are at least two operation objects, each of the operation objects corresponds to at least two identifiers, and

the at least two identifiers corresponding to a first object of the at least two operation objects is displayed in a layout identical to that of the at least two identifiers corresponding to a second object of the at least two operation objects.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein

the candidate information set corresponding to each operation object comprises at least a first candidate information subset associated with first sound information and a second candidate information subset associated with second sound information.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first sound information and the second sound information are different sound information generated by different portions of the operator touching the first component.