METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING A MODE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150294639A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: McCoy, Charles, Gonzales, Justin, Xiong, True
• Application Number:
  US14/252,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Various aspects of a method and a system for switching a mode of an electronic device are disclosed herein. The method includes switching the electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in response to detecting one or more conditions. The method further includes outputting a second response in the second mode in response to a user input provided by a user. The second response corresponds to a first response in the first mode.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in an electronic device;

switching said electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in response to detecting one or more conditions; and

outputting a second response in said second mode in response to user input, wherein said second response corresponds to a first response in said first mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising performing an action and generating said second response corresponding to said user input, wherein an association between said action and said user input is pre-configured by a user in said first mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing one or more parameters associated with said one or more conditions with corresponding pre-determined threshold values.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said switching from said first mode to said second mode is based on said comparison.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said one or more conditions comprise one or more of:

an ambient light, an ambient noise, motion detection, a battery usage status, and/or a power supply status.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user input is one of:

an audio-based input, a touch-based input, or a gesture-based input.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first mode is a visual mode and said second mode is a non-visual mode.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising turning off a display of said electronic device in said non-visual mode.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising indicating in said second mode that said electronic device is being switched to said second mode, wherein said indication comprises one or more of:

an audio-based output or a tactile output.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first mode is a non-visual mode and said second mode is a visual mode.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising indicating in said second mode that said electronic device is being switched to said second mode, wherein said indication comprises one or more of:

a message and/or a graphical icon.

12. A system comprising:

one or more processors in an electronic device operable to;

switch said electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in response to detecting one or more conditions; and

output a second response in said second mode in response to user input, wherein said second response corresponds to a first response in said first mode.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said one or more processors are operable to compare one or more parameters associated with said one or more conditions with corresponding pre-determined threshold values.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein said one or more processors are operable to switch from said first mode to said second mode based on said comparison.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein said one or more processors are operable to perform an action and generate said second response corresponding to said user input, wherein an association between said action and said user input is pre-configured by a user in said first mode.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein said first mode is a visual mode and said second mode is a non-visual mode.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors are operable to indicate in said second mode that said electronic device is being switched to said second mode, wherein said indication comprises one or more of:

an audio-based output or a tactile output.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein said first mode is a non-visual mode and said second mode is a visual mode.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein said one or more processors are operable to indicate in said second mode that said electronic device is being switched to said second mode, wherein said indication comprises one or more of:

a message and/or a graphical icon.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for switching, the at least one code section being executable by a computer for causing the computer to perform steps comprising:

in an electronic device;

switching said electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in response to a detecting of one or more conditions; and

outputting a second response in said second mode in response to user input provided by a user, wherein said second response corresponds to a first response in said first mode.