Method for Processing Information and Electronic Device

• US 20150241968A1
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Brehmer, Jesper
• Application Number:
  US14/470,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20150241968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0317 in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a first display component and a second display component each fixed on the housing, and M sensors. The housing includes a fixing structure through which the electronic device is fixable to a first operation body for a user. The first display component includes a display exposed on a first surface of the housing. The second display component includes a projection lens exposed on a second surface of the housing. The first surface and the second surface intersect with each other. The M sensors are fixed through the housing. A method for processing information includes: acquiring triggering information through a first sensor if the electronic device is fixed to the first operation body; and projecting, in response to the triggering information, a graphical interaction interface onto an operation portion of the first operation body.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

acquiring triggering information through a first sensor among a plurality of M sensors in the case that an electronic device is fixed to a first operation body of a user; and

projecting, using a projector and in response to the triggering information, a graphical interaction interface onto an operation portion of the first operation body through a projection lens.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the projecting onto an operation portion comprises projecting onto a surface of the operation portion, functioning as a projection screen for displaying the graphical interaction interface, is approximately perpendicular to a surface which supports the projector.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the M sensors comprise a second sensor, wherein the second sensor is a sensor selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensor array and a camera;

wherein the method further comprises;

acquiring an interactive operation of the operation portion through the second sensor; and

changing the graphical interaction interface displayed on the surface of the operation portion functioning as the projection screen, in response to the interactive operation.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of simultaneously flexing a plurality of fingers of the first hand, different instructions are triggered by operations of simultaneously flexing different combinations of fingers of the first hand, and an instruction corresponding to the operation of simultaneously flexing the plurality of fingers is triggered and an operation corresponding to the instruction is performed, in response to the acquiring interactive operation.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of simultaneously flexing at least four fingers;

and the triggering the instruction corresponding to the acquiring of an operation of simultaneously flexing the plurality of fingers and performing the operation corresponding to the instruction comprises changing a graphical interaction interface currently displayed on the surface of the operation portion functioning as the projection screen into a main interface.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of a rotation of the first hand;

and an object displayed in a current graphical interaction interface is zoomed in responsive to the acquiring interactive operation.

15. The method according to claim 3, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of a flexion operation of one or more fingers of the first hand, wherein in the acquiring, each finger of the first hand corresponds to one function, and an interface of the function corresponding to the flexion operation of the finger is displayed in response to the acquiring interactive operation.

16. The method according to claim 3, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of moving a thumb of the first hand toward a palm of the first hand from an initial position of the thumb, and a determination instruction is triggered and an operation corresponding to the determination instruction is performed on an object displayed in the graphical interaction interface, in response to the acquiring interactive operation.

17. The method according to claim 3, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of moving a thumb of the first hand away from a palm of the first hand from an initial position of the thumb, and a deletion instruction is triggered and an operation corresponding to the deletion instruction is performed on an object displayed in the graphical interaction interface, in response to the acquiring interactive operation.

7. An electronic device, comprising a housing which supports a first display component, a second display component and M sensors, wherein the housing comprises a fixing structure through which the electronic device is fixable to a first operation body of a user;

wherein the first display component is exposed on a first surface of the housing;

the second display component comprises a projection lens, wherein the projection lens is exposed on a second surface of the housing; and

wherein the first surface and the second surface intersect with each other.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the electronic device further comprises:

a first acquisition unit that acquires triggering information through a first sensor among the M sensors in the case that the electronic device is fixed to the first operation body of the user via the fixing structure; and

a first response unit that projects, in response to the triggering information, a graphical interaction interface onto an operation portion of the first operation body through the projection lens, wherein the operation portion and the second surface of the housing are located on a same side in the case that the electronic device is fixed to the first operation body of the user.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the second surface of the housing is approximately perpendicular to a surface of the operation portion functioning as a projection screen for displaying the graphical interaction interface.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the M sensors comprise a second sensor, the second sensor comprises a pressure sensor array provided on the fixing structure or a camera fixed in the housing and exposed from the second surface;

wherein the electronic device further comprises;

a second acquisition unit which acquires an interactive operation of the operation portion through the second sensor; and

a second response unit which changes, in response to the interactive operation, the graphical interaction interface displayed on the surface of the operation portion functioning as the projection screen.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of the user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of simultaneously flexing a plurality of fingers of the first hand, different instructions are triggered by operations of simultaneously flexing different combinations of fingers of the first hand, and the second response unit triggers an instruction corresponding to the operation of simultaneously flexing the plurality of fingers and performs an operation corresponding to the instruction.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of simultaneously flexing at least four fingers;

and the second response unit changes a graphical interaction interface currently displayed on the surface of the operation portion functioning as the projection screen into a main interface.

13. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of a user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of a rotation of the first hand;

and the second acquisition unit zooms an object displayed in a current graphical interaction interface.

18. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of the user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of a flexion operation of one or more fingers of the first hand, wherein in the acquiring, each finger of the first hand corresponds to one function, and the second response unit displays an interface of the function corresponding to the flexion operation of the finger.

19. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of the user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of moving a thumb of the first hand toward a palm of the first hand from an initial position of the thumb, and the second response unit triggers a determination instruction and performs an operation corresponding to the determination instruction on an object displayed in the graphical interaction interface.

20. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the projection onto an operation portion of the first operation body is a projection onto a first arm of the user and a first hand on the first arm, and the operation portion is the first hand on the first arm;

and

the acquiring interactive operation of the operation portion is an acquiring of an operation of moving a thumb of the first hand away from a palm of the first hand from an initial position of the thumb, and the second response unit triggers a deletion instruction and performs an operation corresponding to the deletion instruction on an object displayed in the graphical interaction interface.

14. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

acquire triggering information through a first sensor among a plurality of M sensors in the case that the electronic device is fixed to the first operation body of a user; and

project, using a projector and in response to the triggering information, a graphical interaction interface onto an operation portion of the first operation body through a projection lens.