Switching Method And Electronic Device

• US 20160091956A1
• Filed: 12/27/2014
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wei, Zhiyu
• Granted Patent: US 9,563,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A switching method and an electronic device solve the technical problem of an inflexible switching way of an electronic device. The method includes capturing a first sensing parameter by a first sensing unit, and capturing a second sensing parameter by a second sensing unit, when the electronic device is in a first work state; judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition, or not; generating a first switching instruction for controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to a second work state, when the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition; and controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state, according to the first switching instruction.

Claims

1. A switching method applied to an electronic device comprising a display unit and at least two sensing units, the method comprising:

capturing a first sensing parameter by a first sensing unit of the at least two sensing units, and capturing a second sensing parameter by a second sensing unit of the at least two sensing units, when the electronic device is in a first work state in which the display unit is in a state with a first power consumption;

judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition, or not;

generating a first switching instruction for controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to a second work state in which the display unit is in a state with a second power consumption larger than the first power consumption, when a judging result indicates that the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition; and

controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state, according to the first switching instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition or not comprises:

judging whether a parameter value corresponding to the first sensing parameter is larger than a preset threshold that is a change value corresponding to a change in a spatial location occurred in the electronic device, or not;

wherein, if it is, it indicates that the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition; and

judging whether the second sensing parameter matches with a preset parameter that is an operation parameter of a second part of an operating body performing an operation including a preset action when the electronic device is fixed to a first part of the operating body through a fixing body, or not;

if it does, it is determined that the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sensing parameter is a device parameter corresponding to the electronic device that is captured by the first sensing unit and the device parameter indicates a first operation performed by a first part of an operating body corresponding to the electronic device;

and the second sensing parameter is a parameter corresponding to a second part of the operating body, that is captured by the second sensing unit.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a second operation performed by the second part of the operating body is determined according to a biometric feature parameter of the first part captured by the second sensing unit, when the electronic device is fixed to the first part of the operating body through a fixing body.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

at the same time when judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition, or not, determining a first capturing timing corresponding to the first sensing parameter and a second capturing timing corresponding to the second sensing parameter;

judging whether a time difference between the first capturing timing and the second capturing timing meets a third preset condition or not;

generating the first switching instruction for controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state when the judging result indicates that the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition comprising;

controlling the electronic device to generate the first switching instruction if the judging result indicates that the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition, the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition, and the time difference meets the third preset condition.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of judging whether the time difference between the first capturing timing and the second capturing timing meets the third preset condition or not and controlling the electronic device to generate the first switching instruction if it does, comprises:

determining the time difference between the first capturing timing and the second capturing timing;

judging whether the time difference is in a preset time difference range, or not;

determining that the time difference meets the third preset condition and controlling the electronic device to generate the first switching instruction, if it is in the preset time difference range.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state according to the first switching instruction comprises controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state and starting a specific application, according to the first switching instruction, wherein an application picture corresponding to the specific application is displayed by the display unit.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

at the same time when controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state, according to the first switching instruction, determining a first display brightness corresponding to the display unit according to the second sensing parameter; and

controlling the display unit to display the corresponding application picture with the first display brightness.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of determining the first display brightness corresponding to the display unit according to the second sensing parameter comprises:

determining a first operation times of a second operation corresponding to the second sensing parameter, the second operation being performed by a second part of the operating body; and

determining a display brightness corresponding to the first operation times as the first display brightness according to a relationship between an operation times and a display brightness.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state according to the first switching instruction, determining a second operation times corresponding to a second operation in a preset time by the second sensing unit, when it is detected that a second part of an operating body is performing the second operation;

determining a first adjustment brightness value corresponding to the second operation times according to a relationship between an operation times and a display brightness; and

controlling the display brightness of the display unit to be adjusted from a first display brightness to a second display brightness in response to the second operation, wherein a brightness value corresponding to the second display brightness is a sum value of the brightness value of the first display brightness and the first adjustment brightness value.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state according to the first switching instruction, acquiring a third sensing parameter corresponding to a second operation, when the second operation performed by a second part of an operating body is detected to be an operation including a preset action;

determining a first operation magnitude corresponding to the second part of the operating body according to the third sensing parameter;

determining a second adjustment brightness value corresponding to the first operation magnitude according to a relationship between an operation magnitude and a display brightness; and

controlling the display brightness of the display unit to be adjusted from a first display brightness to a third display brightness in response to the second operation, wherein a brightness value corresponding to the third display brightness is a sum value of the brightness value of the first display brightness and the second adjustment brightness value.

12. A switching method applied to an electronic device comprising a display unit and a second sensing unit, the electronic device being fixed to a first part of an operating body through a fixing body, the method comprising:

judging whether an operation magnitude parameter corresponding to a second operation meets a second preset condition, or not, when the electronic device is in a first work state in which the display unit is in a state with a first power consumption, and it is detected by the second sensing unit that a second part of the operating body is performing the second operation;

generating a first switching instruction for controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to a second work state in which the display unit is in a state with a second power consumption larger than the first power consumption, when it meets the second preset condition; and

controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state, according to the first switching instruction.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first sensing unit, and the method further comprises:

at the same time when at least judging whether an operation magnitude parameter corresponding to the second operation meets the second preset condition or not when the electronic device is in the first work state, capturing a first sensing parameter of the electronic device by the first sensing unit, judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition or not, wherein the first sensing parameter is used for indicating a first operation corresponding to a first part of the operating body when the electronic device is fixed to the first part of the operating body;

wherein the step of generating the first switching instruction comprises controlling the electronic device to generate the first switching instruction if the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition and the operation magnitude parameter meets the second preset condition.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a display for outputting image information when the electronic device is in a second work state in which the display is in a state with a second power consumption larger than a first power consumption;

at least two sensors, a first sensor of which senses a first sensing parameter and a second sensor of which senses a second sensing parameter when the electronic device is in a first work state in which the display is in a state with the first power consumption; and

a processor for generating a first switching instruction when it is at least determined that the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition, and controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

a main body;

a fixing body for maintaining a relative location between the electronic device and a first part of an operating body when the electronic device is in a fixed state;

wherein the display, the at least two sensors, and the processor are arranged within the main body and/or the fixing body.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein in the fixed state, the fixing body is at least a part of an annular space, or the fixing body is at least a part of an approximate annular space meeting a first predetermined condition;

wherein the annular space or the approximate annular space surrounds outside of the operating body meeting a second predetermined condition; and

wherein, the at least two sensors are located at the inner side of the annular space.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor

judges whether a parameter value corresponding to the first sensing parameter is larger than a preset threshold which is a change value corresponding to a change in a spatial location occurred in the electronic device, or not;

and, if it is, it indicates that the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition; and

judges whether the second sensing parameter matches with a preset parameter which is an operation parameter of a second part of the operating body performing an operation including a preset action when the electronic device is fixed to the first part of the operating body through the fixing body, or not;

if it does, it is determined that the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first sensor captures a device parameter corresponding to the electronic device, which indicates a first operation performed by the first part of the operating body corresponding to the electronic device;

and

the second sensor captures a parameter corresponding to a second part of the operating body.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the second sensor captures a biometric feature parameter of the first part, when the electronic device is fixed to the first part of the operating body through a fixing body, the biometric feature parameter indicating a second operation performed by the second part.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor adjusts a display brightness of the display from a first display brightness to a second display brightness according to the parameters sensed by the at least two sensors.