INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20160277550A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tan, Yong, Bao, Qiuru, Xu, Jianguo
• Application Number:
  US14/747,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0208 characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0241 using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an information processing method applied to an electronic device having a movable portion and a main body. The method includes: detecting an operation when a first relative positional relationship is formed between the movable portion and the main body, and the electronic device is in a first operation mode corresponding to the first relative positional relationship; and triggering the movable portion to rotate and form a second relative positional relationship with the main body to change the electronic device to a second operation mode, upon determining that the operation triggers to invoke a first functional module of the movable portion and a second functional module of the main body.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied to an electronic device having a movable portion and a main body, the movable portion comprising a first functional module and the main body comprising a second functional module, the method comprising:

detecting an operation if a first relative positional relationship is formed between the movable portion and the main body, and the electronic device is in a first operation mode corresponding to the first relative positional relationship; and

triggering the movable portion to rotate and form a second relative positional relationship with the main body to change the electronic device to a second operation mode, upon determining that the operation triggers to invoke a first functional module of the movable portion and a second functional module of the main body.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the first functional module is exposed on a first end surface of the movable portion, a portion of the second functional module is exposed on a first end surface of the main body;

when the movable portion and the main body form the second relative positional relationship, an orientation of the first end surface of the movable portion is same as that of the first end surface of the main body.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the operation to obtain operating parameters of the operation;

determining whether the operating parameters of the operation match with preset operating parameters; and

determining that the operation triggers to invoke the first functional module and the second functional module, if the obtained operating parameters of the operation match with preset operating parameters.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

triggering the movable portion to rotate relative to the main body and form an angle larger than 0 degree relative to the main body when the electronic device is in the first operation mode; and

triggering the movable portion to rotate relative to the main body and form an angle equal to 0 degree relative to the main body when the electronic device is in the second operation mode.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the first functional module is an audio output module, and the second functional module is an audio input module.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a movable portion comprising a first functional module; and

a main body comprising a second functional module and a processor, the processor is configured to;

detect an operation, if a first relative positional relationship is formed between the movable portion and the main body, and the electronic device is in a first operation mode corresponding to the first relative positional relationship;

trigger the movable portion to rotate and form a second relative positional relationship with the main body to change the electronic device to a second operation mode, upon determining that the operation triggers to invoke the first functional module and the second functional module.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein a portion of the first functional module is exposed on a first end surface of the movable portion, a portion of the second module is exposed on a first end surface of the main body;

when the movable portion and the main body form the second relative positional relationship, an orientation of the first end surface of the movable portion is same as that of the first end surface of the main body.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the main body and/or the movable portion further comprising a first sensor module,

the first sensor module is configured to output first sensing data representing a relative positional relationship between the movable portion and the main body;

and

wherein the processor is further configured to analyze the sensing data output by the sensor module, to obtain the relative positional relationship between the movable portion and the main body.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the main body and/or the movable portion further comprising a second sensor module,

the second sensor module is configured to output second sensing data representing operating features of the operation upon the operation is detected;

and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

analyze the second sensing data output by the second sensor module to obtain the operating parameters of the operation; and

determine that the operation triggers to invoke the first functional module and the second functional module, if the operating parameters of the operation match with preset operating parameters.

10. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the main body further comprises a movable connecting member and a driving member;

the movable portion is connected to the main body through the movable connecting member, the driving member is connected to the processor and the movable connecting member;

the driving member and the movable connecting member form a transmission structure; and

the processor is further configured to trigger the driving member to output power and transmit the output power to the movable portion through the movable connecting member, so as to drive the movable portion to rotate relative to the main body and form the second relative positional relationship with the main body.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is further configured to trigger the movable portion to rotate relative to the main body and form an angle larger than 0 degree relative to the main body when the electronic device is in the first operation mode.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is further configured to trigger the movable portion to rotate relative to the main body and form an angle equal to 0 degree relative to the main body when the electronic device is in the second operation mode.

13. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the first functional module is an audio output module, and the second functional module is an audio input module.

14. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer program instructions which, when being executed by an electronic device having a movable portion with a first functional module, and a main body with a second functional module, cause the electronic device to perform:

detecting an operation if a first relative positional relationship is formed between the movable portion and the main body, and the electronic device is in a first operation mode corresponding to the first relative positional relationship; and

triggering the movable portion to rotate and form a second relative positional relationship with the main body to change the electronic device to a second operation mode, upon determining that the operation triggers to invoke a first functional module of the movable portion and a second functional module of the main body.