ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION

• US 20150091781A1
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yu, Ming, Du, Yaojiang
• Granted Patent: US 10,761,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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

A wearable electronic apparatus includes: a fixing unit configured to maintain a relative position relationship between the wearable electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s head, the fixing unit can maintain a first relative position relationship and a second relative position relationship between the wearable electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s head, and the first relative position relationship is different from the second relative position relationship; a display unit, fixed provided on the fixing unit; a first sound output unit, located at a first end of the fixing unit; a second sound output unit, located at a second end of the fixing unit, and the first end is different from the second end. With the present invention, using the wearable electronic apparatus to facilitate processing information, at least the problem that user'"'"'s combined experiences of functional requirements, entertainment requirements and usability requirements etc. are met is solved.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a fixing unit, configured to maintain a relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and a user'"'"'s head or wrist;

wherein the fixing unit is configured to maintain a first relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s wrist;

the fixing unit is configured to maintain a second relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head; and

a display unit, fixedly provided on the fixing unit;

wherein,

the electronic apparatus is in a first use mode, in the case where the fixing unit maintains the first relative position relationship between the electronic and the user'"'"'s head; and

the electronic apparatus is in a second use mode, in the case where the fixing unit maintains the second relative relationship between the electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s wrist, and the first use mode is different from the second use mode.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first sound output unit, located at a first end of the fixing unit; and

a second sound output unit, located at a second end of the fixing unit,

wherein the first end is different from the second end.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the case where the display unit is located a first position on the fixing unit, light output by the display unit to form a display image is incident on the user'"'"'s eyes.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first sound output unit is rotatably connected to the fixing unit;

the second sound output unit is rotatably connected to the fixing unit, so that the fixing unit maintains the relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head, changes the relative position relationship of the fixing unit relative to the user'"'"'s head, and maintains the relative positions of the first sound output unit and the second sound output unit relative to the user'"'"'s head.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sensing unit;

wherein the sensing unit is provided at a second location of the fixing unit, the sensing unit is configured to obtain sensing information indicating that the electronic apparatus contacts the user'"'"'s nose bridge, the sensing information is configured to initiate the display unit.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a gravity sensor Gsenior,

wherein the display unit is initiated in the case where the Gsenior determines that the fixing unit is switched in position.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the display unit is a flexible display screen;

the fixing unit comprises a first member and a second member which are flexible; and

the first member is connected to a first end of the display screen by a first connection member, and the second member is connected to a second end of the display screen by a second connection member.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the electronic apparatus further has a third operation state;

wherein the display screen is in a first state, a second state or a third state;

the first state, the second state and the third state are different from each other;

in the case where the display screen is in the first state and the first member and the second member maintains the first relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s wrist, the electronic apparatus is in a first use mode;

in the case where the display screen is in the second state and the first member and the second member maintains the second relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s head, the electronic apparatus is in a second use mode; and

in the case where the display screen is in the third state, the electronic apparatus is in a third use mode.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a bendable housing, wherein a groove is provided on a first surface of the housing;

and in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the third use mode, the first member and the second member are accommodated within the groove of the housing.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein,

the display screen is provided on a second surface of the housing, light output from the display screen to form a display image is incident on the user'"'"'s eyes in the case where the first member and the second member maintain the second relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s head;

and

the second surface is different from the first surface.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the display screen has s first display interface, a second display interface and a third display interface;

wherein,

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the first use mode, the second use mode or the third use mode, the display screen displays the first multimedia data via the first display interface, the second display interface and the third display interface.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the display screen has a first display interface, a second display interface and a third display interface;

wherein,

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the first use mode, the display screen displays the first multimedia data via the first display interface and the second display interface.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the display screen has a first display interface, a second display interface and a third display interface;

wherein,

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the first use mode, the display screen displays the first multimedia data via the second display interface and the third display interface.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the display screen has a first display interface, a second display interface and a third display interface;

wherein,

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the first use mode, the display screen displays the first multimedia data via the first display interface or the third display interface.

15. A method for processing information applied to an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a fixing unit and a display unit, the fixing unit is configured to maintain a first relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and a user'"'"'s wrist;

the fixing unit is configured to maintain a second relative position relationship between the electronic apparatus and the user'"'"'s head;

the display unit is fixedly provided on the fixing unit;

the method comprises;

obtaining a first trigger instruction for indicating whether to initiate a first use mode of the electronic apparatus;

controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a first operation mode corresponding to the first use mode, in response to the first trigger instruction;

obtaining a second trigger instruction for indicating whether to initiate a second use mode of the electronic apparatus;

controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a second operation mode corresponding to the second use mode, in response to the second trigger instruction;

wherein the first operation mode is different from the second operation mode;

wherein,

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the first use mode, the fixing unit maintains the first relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s wrist;

in the case where the electronic apparatus is in the second use mode, the fixing unit maintains the second relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head;

the first use mode is different from the second use mode.

16. The method for processing information according to claim 15, wherein the electronic apparatus further includes a gravity sensor Gsenior;

wherein the Gsenior issues the first trigger instruction in the case where the Gsenior satisfies a first preset parameter value;

the step of controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a first operation mode corresponding to the first use mode, in response to the first trigger instruction comprises,

determining that the fixing unit is located at the first relative position based on the first preset parameter value, initiating the first sound output unit and/or the second sound output unit, controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a sound output mode, and performing a call operation mode between a electronic terminal corresponding to the sound output mode;

issuing the second trigger instruction in the case where the Gsenior satisfies a second preset parameter value;

the step of controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a second operation mode corresponding to the second use mode, in response to the second trigger instruction, comprises;

determining that the fixing unit is switched to the second relative position from the first relative position based on the second preset parameter value, initiating the display unit, controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a display and sound output mode, and performing a glasses operation mode of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the display and sound output mode.

17. The method for processing information according to claim 15, wherein the electronic apparatus further includes a sensing unit provided at a second position on the fixing unit;

wherein the sensing unit is configured to issue the first trigger instruction in the case where the sensing unit senses that the fixing unit maintains the first relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head of the electronic apparatus;

the step of controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a first operation mode corresponding to the first use mode, in response to the first trigger instruction, comprises;

obtaining, by the sensing unit, sensing information indicating that the electronic apparatus contacts the user'"'"'s head in the case where the fixing unit maintains the first relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head of the electronic apparatus;

wherein the sensing information is configured to initiate the first sound output unit and/or the second sound output unit, control the electronic apparatus to be in a sound output mode and perform a call operation mode between electronic terminals corresponding to the sound output mode;

wherein the sensing unit is configured to issue the second trigger instruction in the case where the sensing unit senses that the fixing unit maintains the second relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head of the electronic apparatus;

the step of controlling the electronic apparatus to be in a second operation mode corresponding to the second use mode, in response to the second trigger instruction, comprises;

obtaining, by the sensing unit, sensing information indicating that the electronic apparatus contacts the user'"'"'s nose bridge in the case where the fixing unit maintains the second relative position relationship with the user'"'"'s head of the electronic apparatus;

wherein the sensing information is configured to initiate the display unit, control the electronic apparatus to be in a display and sound output mode, and perform a glasses operation mode of the electronic apparatus corresponding to the display and sound output mode.