ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOY USING THE SAME

• US 20170165587A1
• Filed: 02/18/2016
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: MENG, QING-CHEN
• Granted Patent: US 9,950,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method of controlling a toy using an electronic device includes generating a control interface that includes at least one function button. The control interface is displayed on a 3D touch screen of the electronic device. A pressure value on the at least one function button is obtained, when the at least one function button is not divided into different areas. An acceleration speed for the toy is determined according to the detected pressure value. The toy is controlled to execute a function corresponding to the at least one function button based on the determined acceleration speed.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a toy using an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen, the method comprising:

generating a control interface comprising at least one function button;

displaying the control interface on the 3D touch screen;

detecting, when the at least one function button is not divided into different areas, a pressure value at the at least one function button;

determining an acceleration speed for the toy according to the detected pressure value; and

controlling the toy to execute a function corresponding to the at least one function button based on the determined acceleration speed.

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

predetermining different pressure value ranges corresponding to different acceleration speeds.

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

dividing the at least one function button into a specified number of areas in response to a user operation;

determining each of the specified number of areas corresponds to an acceleration speed;

determining one of the specified number of areas is pressed by the user, according to a pressure position on the at least on function button; and

determining an acceleration speed for the toy according to the pressed area.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one function button is averagely divided into the specified number of areas;

or the at least one function button is divided into the specified number of areas according to a preset proportion.

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

detecting a rotation direction of the electronic device using a gyroscope sensor of the electronic device; and

controlling the toy to rotate according to the rotation direction of the electronic device.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen;

at least one processor; and

a storage device configured to store one or more programs that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

generate a control interface comprising at least one function button;

display the control interface on the 3D touch screen;

detect, when the at least one function button is not divided into different areas, a pressure value at the at least one function button;

determine an acceleration speed for the toy according to the detected pressure value; and

control the toy to execute a function corresponding to the at least one function button based on the determined acceleration speed.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

predetermine different pressure value ranges corresponding to different acceleration speeds.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

divide the at least one function button into a specified number of areas in response to a user operation;

determine each of the specified number of areas corresponds to an acceleration speed;

determine one of the specified number of areas is pressed by the user, according to a pressure position on the at least on function button; and

determine an acceleration speed for the toy according to the pressed area.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the at least one function button is averagely divided into the specified number of areas;

or the at least one function button is divided into the specified number of areas according to a preset proportion.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

detect a rotation direction of the electronic device using a gyroscope sensor of the electronic device; and

control the toy to rotate according to the rotation direction of the electronic device.

11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a method for controlling a toy, the electronic device comprising a storage device and a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen, wherein the method comprises:

generating a control interface comprising at least one function button;

displaying the control interface on the 3D touch screen;

detecting, when the at least one function button is not divided into different areas, a pressure value at the at least one function button;

determining an acceleration speed for the toy according to the detected pressure value; and

controlling the toy to execute a function corresponding to the at least one function button based on the determined acceleration speed.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising:

predetermining different pressure value ranges corresponding to different acceleration speeds.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising:

dividing the at least one function button into a specified number of areas in response to a user operation;

determining each of the specified number of areas corresponds to an acceleration speed;

determining one of the specified number of areas is pressed by the user, according to a pressure position on the at least on function button; and

determining an acceleration speed for the toy according to the pressed area.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the at least one function button is averagely divided into the specified number of areas;

or the at least one function button is divided into the specified number of areas according to a preset proportion.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a rotation direction of the electronic device using a gyroscope sensor of the electronic device; and

controlling the toy to rotate according to the rotation direction of the electronic device.