METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL

• US 20160132286A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anhui Huami Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Zepp Health Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Anhui Huami Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Zepp Health Corporation)
• Inventors: WU, Haocheng, WANG, Hui
• Application Number:
  US14/934,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20160132286A1
• 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 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 3/017 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: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and systems for control of multimedia playback, comprising receiving an instruction data packet from a wearable smart device, wherein the instruction data packet includes a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device; according to a correspondence relation between the gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction; controlling multimedia playback according to the playback control instruction. By receiving the gesture instruction from the wearable smart device and retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction to control multimedia playback, a user may control the multimedia playback by gestures only, without interacting with any button.

Claims

1. A method for controlling multimedia playback at a multimedia player, comprising:

receiving one or more instruction data packets from a wearable smart device, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device;

in accordance with a correspondence relation between a preset gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction; and

controlling multimedia playback in accordance with the playback control instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving one or more instruction data packets from a wearable smart device, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device, further comprises:

establishing a wireless connection to the wearable smart device; and

upon receiving an identifier of the wearable smart device, storing the identifier for a matching operation between the multimedia player and the wearable smart device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise an identifier of the wearable smart device;

and wherein in accordance with a correspondence relation between a preset gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, the retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction comprises;

determining whether the identifier within the one or more instruction data packets is one or more pre-stored identifiers; and

upon a determination that the identifier within the one or more instruction data packets is one of the one or more pre-stored identifiers, in accordance with the correspondence relation between the preset gesture instruction and the playback control instruction, retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction.

4. A method for controlling multimedia playback at a wearable smart device, comprising:

monitoring one or more user gestures;

upon a determination that a user gesture is a preset gesture, in accordance with a correspondence relation between the preset gesture and a gesture instruction, determining the gesture instruction associated with the user gesture; and

transmitting one or more instruction data packets to a multimedia player, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise the gesture instruction.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the monitoring one or more user gestures further comprises:

establishing a wireless connection to the multimedia player; and

transmitting an identifier to the multimedia player, wherein the identifier is used for a matching operation between the multimedia player and the wearable smart device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more instruction data packets further comprise an identifier of the wearable smart device.

7. An apparatus for multimedia playback control, comprising:

a reception module, wherein the reception module is configured to receive one or more instruction data packets from a wearable smart device, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device;

a retrieval module, wherein in accordance with a correspondence relation between a preset gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, the retrieval module is configured to retrieve the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction; and

a control module, wherein the control module is configured for the multimedia playback control in accordance with the playback control instruction.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a first connection module, wherein the first connection module is configured to establish a wireless connection to the wearable smart device; and

a storage module, wherein upon receiving an identifier of the wearable smart device, the storage module is configured to store the identifier for a matching operation between a multimedia player and the wearable smart device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the retrieval module comprises:

a determination sub-module, wherein the determination sub-module is configured to determine whether the identifier within the one or more instruction data packets is any of one or more pre-stored identifiers; and

a retrieval sub-module, wherein upon a determination that the identifier within the one or more instruction data packets is one of the one or more pre-stored identifiers, in accordance with the correspondence relation between the gesture instruction and the playback control instruction, the retrieval sub-module is configured to retrieve the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction.

10. A apparatus for multimedia playback control, comprising:

a monitor module, wherein the monitor module is configured to monitor one or more user gestures;

a decision module, wherein upon a determination that a user gesture is a preset gesture, in accordance with a correspondence relation between a preset gesture and a gesture instruction, the decision module is configured to determine the gesture instruction associated with the user gesture; and

a first transmission module, wherein the first transmission module is configured to transmit one or more instruction data packets to a multimedia player, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise the gesture instruction.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a second connection module, wherein the second connection module is configured to establish a wireless connection to a wearable smart device; and

a second transmission module, wherein the second transmission module is configured to transmit an identifier to the multimedia player, wherein the identifier is configured for a matching operation between the multimedia player and the wearable smart device.

12. A system for multimedia playback control, comprising a multimedia player and a wearable smart device, wherein:

the multimedia player is configured to receive one or more instruction data packets from the wearable smart device, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device;

in accordance with a correspondence relation between the gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, to retrieve the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction; and

to control the multimedia playback in accordance with the playback control instruction; and

the wearable smart device is configured to monitor one or more user gestures, wherein upon a determination that a user gesture is a preset gesture;

in accordance with a correspondence relation between the preset gesture and the gesture instruction, to determine the gesture instruction associated with the user gesture;

to transmit the one or more instruction data packets to the multimedia player, wherein the one or more instruction data packets comprise the gesture instruction.