INTERACTION METHOD BETWEEN WEARABLE DEVICES AND WEARABLE DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150149924A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsai, Tony, Chen, Xu-Dong
• Granted Patent: US 9,625,998 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

The present invention provides an interaction method between wearable devices. The method of the present invention comprises: sending a detection signal from a first wearable device to detect a second wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule used by the first wearable device and the second wearable device; sending a response signal to confirm the interaction from the second wearable device to the first wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule after the second wearable device receives the detection signal sent from the first wearable device; establishing an interaction communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device after the first wearable device receives the response signal sent from the second wearable device, interacting between the first wearable device and the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule. The method of the present invention enhances the intelligence and social function of the wearable devices.

Claims

1. An interaction method between wearable devices, the method comprising:

sending a detection signal from a first wearable device to detect a second wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule for use by the first wearable device and the second wearable device;

upon the second wearable device receiving the detection signal, the first wearable device receiving a response signal agreeing to interaction, transmitted from the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule;

upon the first wearable device receiving the response signal, establishing an interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device; and

the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule by the interactive communication.

2. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein upon the step of sending a detection signal to the second wearable device further includes:

sending an ID verification information of the first wearable device to the second wearable device, wherein the step of the first wearable device receiving a response signal is performed if the ID verification information of the first wearable device meets a first condition.

3. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein upon establishing the interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, the interaction method further includes stopping the interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, if an interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device does not meet a second condition.

4. The interaction method of claim 2, wherein in order to perform the step of sending the ID verification information of the first wearable device to the second wearable device, the method further includes:

an ID verification information server receiving a request for the ID verification information of the first wearable device from the second wearable device; and

if it is determined that the second wearable device is a verified or permitted device and the ID verification information of the first wearable device is allowed to be disclosed, the ID verification information server searches for the ID verification information of the first wearable device in order to perform the step of sending the ID verification information of the first wearable device to the second wearable device.

5. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein use of the predetermined interaction rule is to define the meaning of a gesture signal, and the step of the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device further includes:

the first wearable device sending an interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device for the second wearable device to identify and explain the interaction gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule;

upon the second wearable device explaining the interaction gesture signal, the first wearable device receiving a response gesture signal from the second wearable device; and

the first wearable device identifying, and explaining the response gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule, and then sending the interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device or stopping the interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device according to the meaning of the response gesture signal.

6. The interaction method of claim 5, wherein if the interaction gesture signal or the response gesture signal cannot be identified or explained, the interaction method further includes the first wearable device or the second wearable device acquiring the meaning of the interaction gesture signal or the response gesture signal which cannot be identified or explained, according to the predetermined interaction rule.

7. The interaction method of claim 6, wherein the step of acquiring the meaning of each of the interaction gesture signals or the response gesture signals which cannot be identified or explained further includes:

a wearable device gesture collection server receiving a request for explaining each said gesture signal, from the first wearable device or the second wearable device;

the wearable device gesture collection server searching for a gesture signal corresponding to said each gesture signal, and sending the corresponding gesture signal to a wearable device gesture signal analyzing server; and

the wearable device gesture signal analyzing server analyzing the corresponding gesture signal to obtain the meaning corresponding to said each gesture signal and sending the obtained meaning to the first wearable device or the second wearable device.

8. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein upon establishing the interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, the interaction method further includes the first wearable device receiving an ID information of the second wearable device, wherein the step of the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device is performed if the ID information of the second wearable device meets a requirement of the first wearable device.

9. A wearable device, comprising:

a detection unit used for sending a detection signal to detect a second wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule for use by the wearable device and the second wearable device;

a receiving unit used for receiving a response signal sent from the second wearable device;

an interactive communication unit used for establishing an interactive communication with the second wearable device; and

an interacting unit used for interacting with the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule by the interactive communication.

10. The wearable device of claim 9, further comprising:

a capturing unit used for capturing an ID information of the second wearable device; and

a determining unit used for determining whether the ID information of the second wearable device meets a predetermined condition or not.

11. The wearable device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined interaction rule is used for defining a gesture signal, the interacting unit further comprising:

a trigger interaction gesture signal subunit used for sending an interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device for the interaction gesture signal to be received by the second wearable device;

a receiving subunit used for receiving an interaction response gesture signal sent from the second wearable device;

a determining subunit used for determining whether the interaction response gesture signal can be identified or not; and

an explaining subunit used for explaining the definition of the interaction response gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule when the interaction response gesture signal can be identified by the determining subunit.

12. The wearable device of claim 10, wherein the predetermined interaction rule is used for defining a gesture signal, the interacting unit further comprising:

a trigger interaction gesture signal subunit used for sending an interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device for the interaction gesture signal to be received by the second wearable device;

a receiving subunit used for receiving an interaction response gesture signal sent from the second wearable device;

a determining subunit used for determining whether the interaction response gesture signal can be identified or not; and

an explaining subunit used for explaining a definition of the interaction response gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule when the interaction response gesture signal can be identified by the determining subunit.

13. A wearable device, comprising:

a receiving unit used for receiving a detection signal sent from a first wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule for use by the first wearable device and the wearable device;

a sending unit used for sending a response signal agreeing to interaction with the first wearable device;

an interactive communication unit used for establishing an interactive communication with the first wearable device; and

an interacting unit used for interacting with the first wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule by the interactive communication.

14. The wearable device of claim 13, further comprising:

a capturing unit used for capturing an ID verification information of the first wearable device sending the detection signal; and

a first determining unit used for determining whether the ID verification information of the first wearable device sending the detection signal meets a first predetermined condition or not.

15. The wearable device of claim 13, further comprising:

a second determining unit used for determining whether the interaction experience meets a second predetermined condition or not.

16. The wearable device of claim 14, further comprising:

a second determining unit used for determining whether the interaction experience meets a second predetermined condition or not.

17. The wearable device of claim 13, further comprising:

a receiving interacting gesture subunit used for receiving an interaction gesture signal sent from the first wearable device sending the detection signal;

a determining subunit used for determining whether the interaction gesture signal can be identified or not;

an explaining subunit used for explaining a definition of the interaction gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule when the interaction gesture signal can be identified by the determining subunit; and

a trigger interaction response gesture signal subunit used for sending an interaction response gesture signal according to the definition of the interaction response gesture signal.

18. The wearable device of claim 14, further comprising:

a receiving interacting gesture subunit used for receiving an interaction gesture signal sent from the wearable device sending the detection signal;

a determining subunit used for determining whether the interaction gesture signal can be identified or not;

an explaining subunit used for explaining a definition of the interaction gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule when the interaction gesture signal can be identified by the determining subunit; and

a trigger interaction response gesture signal subunit used for sending an interaction response gesture signal according to the definition of the interaction response gesture signal.