ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170017305A1
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyo-Won, SUNG, Ki-Suk, HUR, Jung-Bum, KIM, Sung-Jin, KEH, Yong-Chan, KIM, Sung-Soon, KIM, Ju-Yeoung, PARK, Byeong-Hoon, OH, Sae-Gee, LEE, Sang-Yoon, LEE, Jung-Kee, YIM, Soe-Youn
• Application Number:
  US15/211,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20170017305A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/207 using a single 2D image sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/271 wherein the generated image signals comprise depth maps or disparity maps
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a holder positioned in a first surface of the housing to mount an external electronic device thereon, a beam projector positioned in a second surface of the housing, a mirror positioned between the first surface and the second surface to reflect a content outputted from the beam projector, an input unit provided in the housing, a transceiver communicable with the external electronic device, and a processor. The processor is configured to control for receiving the content from the external electronic device, outputting the content using the beam projector, and adjusting a direction in which the mirror is positioned according to a rotation control signal on the mirror received from the external electronic device through the transceiver or received through the input unit to adjust a direction in which the content is reflected.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a holder positioned in a first surface of the housing to mount an external electronic device thereon;

a beam projector positioned in a second surface of the housing;

a mirror positioned between the first surface and the second surface to reflect a content outputted from the beam projector;

an input unit provided in the housing;

a transceiver communicable with the external electronic device; and

a processor configured to control for;

receiving the content from the external electronic device,

outputting the content using the beam projector, receiving a rotation control signal on the mirror through the transceiver from the external electronic device or through the input unit; and

adjusting a direction in which the mirror is positioned according to the rotation control signal to adjust a direction in which the content is reflected.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a rotatable actuator to adjust the direction in which the mirror is positioned,

wherein the processor is further configured to control for rotating the actuator according to the rotation control signal.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a three-dimensional (3D) camera positioned in the second surface to sense a motion of a user to obtain raw image data.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on body information of the user.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on an application run on the external electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on a sensing direction of the 3D camera.

7. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for:

outputting the raw image data to the external electronic device, and

receiving a content processed using the raw image data from the external electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for:

extracting skeleton data from the raw image data,

outputting the skeleton data to the external electronic device, and

receiving a content processed using the skeleton data from the external electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to control for:

applying depth data of the raw image data to two-dimensional (2D) image data of the raw image data to generate 3D mapping data,

outputting the 3D mapping data to the external electronic device, and

receiving a content processed using the 3D mapping data from the external electronic device.

10. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising a housing, a holder positioned in a first surface of the housing to mount an external electronic device thereon, a beam projector positioned in a second surface of the housing, a mirror positioned between the first surface and the second surface to reflect a content outputted from the beam projector, an input unit provided in the housing, a transceiver communicable with the external electronic device, and a processor, the method comprising:

receiving the content from the external electronic device;

outputting the content using the beam projector;

receiving a rotation control signal on the mirror through the transceiver from the external electronic device or through the input unit; and

adjusting a direction in which the mirror is positioned according to the rotation control signal to adjust a direction in which the content is reflected.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising sensing a motion of a user to obtain raw image data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on body information of the user.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on an application run on the external electronic device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising setting a motion input region for sensing the motion of the user based on a sensing direction of a three-dimensional (3D) camera provided in the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising outputting the raw image data to the external electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving a content processed using the raw image data from the external electronic device.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising extracting skeleton data from the raw image data.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising outputting the skeleton data to the external electronic device and receiving a content processed using the skeleton data from the external electronic device.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising applying depth data of the raw image data to two-dimensional (2D) image data of the raw image data to generate three-dimensional (3D) mapping data and outputting the 3D mapping data to the external electronic device.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving a content processed using the 3D mapping data from the external electronic device.