METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING OPERATING STATES

• US 20170046866A1
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Chu, Yueyue, Lu, Xiaochuang, Lin, Tao
• Application Number:
  US15/141,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046866A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/36 Visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• 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: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

Method and device for presenting operating states of an appliance in a display are provided. The method may include: acquiring an operating state of the appliance; retrieving, by using the operating state as an index, a particle animation model corresponding to the operating state from a particle animation model library; determining, according to the particle animation model, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle; and presenting a particle animation in the display, according to the changing states in n display frames of at least one particle. Herein n2 and n is an integer.

Claims

1. A method for presenting operating states of an appliance in a display, comprising:

acquiring an operating state of the appliance;

retrieving, by using the operating state as an index, a particle animation model corresponding to the operating state from a particle animation model library;

determining, according to the particle animation model, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle; and

presenting a particle animation in the display, according to the changing states in n display frames of at least one particle,

wherein n2 and n is an integer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the particle animation model comprises information on a motion trajectory of each particle respectively;

and

wherein the determining the changing states in the n display frames of the at least one particle, and presenting the particle animation comprises;

determining, for each particle, a position in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the motion trajectory of the particle; and

presenting the n display frames to demonstrate the particle animation.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

detecting, for a i^th particle, whether a position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in a (j+1)^th display frame is located outside a predetermined display area, wherein both i and j are positive integers; and

setting p(i,j+1) as an initial position of the i^th particle, if the position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in the (j+1)^th display frame is located outside the predetermined display area.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining, for each particle, the position in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the motion trajectory of the particle comprises:

determining, for a i^th particle, a position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in a (j+1)^th display frame, according to a position p(i,j) of the i^th particle in a j^th display frame and a motion trajectory function ƒ

_i corresponding to the i^th particle, wherein both i and j are positive integers;

wherein, a position p(i,1) of the i^th particle in a 1^st display frame is an initial position of the i^th particle.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a motion trajectory corresponding to the motion trajectory function ƒ

_i comprises any one of a linear motion trajectory, a curve motion trajectory, a circular motion trajectory, a bouncing motion trajectory, and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the particle animation model further comprises information on a display style of each particle respectively;

wherein the determining the changing states in the n display frames of the at least one particle, and presenting the particle animation further comprises;

determining, for each particle, a display style in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the display style of the particle; and

wherein the display style comprises any one of color, size, shape and display time, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating, for each display frame, a line successively connecting m particles included in the display frame, wherein m is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting values of key parameters for the appliance in the operating state;

calculating a value distribution of key parameters based on the detected values of key parameters; and

determining, according to the particle animation model and the value distribution of key parameters, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen;

and wherein the method further comprises;

receiving, via the touch screen, a user action executed on the particle animation to change a distribution of particles within the particle animation;

generating a control instruction in accordance with the user action; and

controlling the appliance to change its operating state based on the control instruction.

10. A device for presenting operating states of an appliance in a display, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform;

acquiring an operating state of the appliance;

retrieving, by using the operating state as an index, a particle animation model corresponding to the operating state from a particle animation model library;

determining, according to the particle animation model, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle; and

presenting a particle animation in the display, according to the changing states in n display frames of at least one particle,

wherein n2 and n is an integer.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the particle animation model comprises information on a motion trajectory of each particle respectively;

and

wherein the determining the changing states in the n display frames of the at least one particle, and presenting the particle animation comprises;

determining, for each particle, a position in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the motion trajectory of the particle; and

presenting the n display frames to demonstrate the particle animation.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to performing:

detecting, for a i^th particle, whether a position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in a (j+1)^th display frame is located outside a predetermined display area, wherein both i and j are positive integers; and

setting p(i,j+1) as an initial position of the i^th particle, if the position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in the (j+1)^th display frame is located outside the predetermined display area.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the determining, for each particle, the position in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the motion trajectory of the particle comprises:

determining, for a i^th particle, a position p(i,j+1) of the i^th particle in a (j+1)^th display frame, according to a position p(i,j) of the i^th particle in a i^th display frame and a motion trajectory function ƒ

_i corresponding to the i^th particle, wherein both i and j are positive integers;

wherein, a position p(i,1) of the i^th particle in a 1^st display frame is an initial position of the i^th particle.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein a motion trajectory corresponding to the motion trajectory function ƒ

_i comprises any one of a linear motion trajectory, a curve motion trajectory, a circular motion trajectory and a bouncing motion trajectory, or any combination thereof.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the particle animation model further comprises information on a display style of each particle respectively;

wherein the determining the changing states in the n display frames of the at least one particle, and presenting the particle animation further comprises;

determining, for each particle, a display style in each of the n display frames, according to the information on the display style of the particle; and

wherein the display style comprises any one of color, size, shape and display time, and combinations thereof.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

generating, for each display frame, a line successively connecting m particles included in the display frame, wherein m is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

detecting values of key parameters for the appliance in the operating state;

calculating a value distribution of key parameters based on the detected values of key parameters; and

determining, according to the particle animation model and the value distribution of key parameters, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the display is a touch screen;

and wherein the processor is further configured to perform;

receiving, via the touch screen, a user action executed on the particle animation to change a distribution of particles within the particle animation;

generating a control instruction in accordance with the user action; and

controlling the appliance to change its operating state based on the control instruction.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to perform a method for presenting operating states of an appliance in a display, the method comprising:

acquiring an operating state of the appliance;

retrieving, by using the operating state as an index, a particle animation model corresponding to the operating state from a particle animation model library;

determining, according to the particle animation model, changing states in n display frames of at least one particle; and

presenting a particle animation in the display, according to the changing states in n display frames of at least one particle,

wherein n2 and n is an integer.