Method for controlling terminal device and the smart terminal device thereof

• US 9,402,124 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xu
• Primary Examiner(s): Paul, Disler
• Application Number:
  US14/162,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20140314247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 381/74, 381/58, 381370-371, 381/374, 381/376
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling a smart terminal device and the smart terminal device thereof. The method comprises: monitoring a wearing state of receivers of an earphone connected to the smart terminal device, wherein the wearing state comprises a putting-on state and a taking-off state; and controlling running state of one or more applications in the smart terminal device and/or an operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the wearing state of the receivers. The embodiments of the present disclosure can simplify manual operations by monitoring the change of wearing state of an earphone. The lifetime of the mechanical members of the earphone can be improved, the electric energy of the smart terminal device can be saved, and no manual operation control is needed.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a smart terminal device, comprising:

periodically monitoring a wearing state of receivers of an earphone connected to the smart terminal device, wherein the wearing state comprises a putting-on state and a taking-off state;

detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in a background of the smart terminal device when the putting-on state is monitored, the at least one sound releasing application being selected from a group consisting of a multimedia application, a game application and a communication application;

presenting one of the sound releasing applications into an interface of the smart terminal device according to a predetermined strategy in response to detecting that no at least one sound releasing application is running in a background of the smart terminal device when the putting-on state is monitored;

determining a type of the presented application belong to which one of a multimedia application type, a game application type and a communication application type; and

controlling a running state of the presented application in the smart terminal device and an operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the type of the presented application and the wearing state of the receivers, wherein the operation mode of the smart phone device comprises an earphone mode, a phone receiver mode, a hand-free mode, and a speaker mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of presenting one of the sound releasing applications into an interface of the smart terminal device according to a predetermined strategy comprises:

controlling a display interface to display a list of sound releasing applications including multimedia applications, game applications and communication applications; and

presenting one sound releasing application selected by a user from the list of sound releasing applications.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the running state of the presented application and the operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the type of the presented application and the wearing state of the receivers comprises:

when the type of the presented application is the multimedia application type or the game application type, determining whether the presented application is in a first running state if the wearing state of the receivers is the putting-on state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to a second running state if the presented application is in the first running state;

when the type of the presented application belongs to the multimedia application type or the game application type, determining the running state of the presented application if the wearing state of the receivers is the taking-off state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the second running state to the first running state if the presented application is in the second running state, or controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to the second running state and controlling the smart terminal device to switch to a first operation mode if the presented application is in the first running state;

when the type of the presented application is the communication application type and the wearing state of the receivers is the putting-on state, controlling the smart terminal device to switch to the second operation mode;

or determining whether the presented application is in the first running state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to the second running state if the presented application is in the first running state; and

when the type of the presented application is the communication application type and the wearing state of the receivers is the taking-off state, controlling the smart terminal device to switch to a third operation mode;

or determining whether the running state is in the second running state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the second running state to the first running state if the presented application is in the second running state.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of periodically monitoring the wearing state of receivers of the earphone connected to the smart terminal device comprises:

periodically monitoring the wearing state of the receivers of the earphone connected to the smart terminal device through a sensor installed on the surface of or inside the receivers of the earphone;

wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a camera sensor, a capacitive electrostatic sensor, a resistive pressure sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, an optical sensor, an infrared sensor, and a distance sensor.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in the background of the smart terminal device comprises:

receiving a control instruction generated by a signal codec installed in the earphone; and

detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in the background of the smart terminal device upon receiving the control instruction.

6. A smart terminal device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform;

periodically monitoring a wearing state of receivers of an earphone connected to the smart terminal device, wherein the wearing state comprises a putting-on state and a taking-off state;

detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in a background of the smart terminal device when the putting-on state is monitored, the at least one sound releasing application being selected from a group consisting of a multimedia application, a game application and a communication application;

presenting one of the sound releasing applications into an interface of the smart terminal device according to a predetermined strategy in response to detecting that no at least one sound releasing application is running in a background of the smart terminal device when the putting-on state is monitored;

determining a type of the presented application belong to which one of a multimedia application type, a game application type and a communication application type; and

controlling a running state of the presented application in the smart terminal device and an operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the type of the presented application and the wearing state of the receivers, wherein the operation mode of the smart phone device comprises an earphone mode, a phone receiver mode, a hand-free mode, and a speaker mode.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the step of presenting one of the sound releasing applications into an interface of the smart terminal device according to a predetermined strategy comprises:

controlling display interface to display a list of sound releasing applications including multimedia applications, game applications and communication applications; and

presenting one sound releasing application selected by a user from the list sound releasing of the applications.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the step of controlling the running state of the presented application and the operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the type of the presented application and the wearing state of the receivers comprises:

when the type of the presented application is the multimedia application type or the game application type, determining whether the presented application is in a first running state if the wearing state of the receivers is the putting-on state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to a second running state if the presented application is in the first running state;

when the type of the presented application belongs to the multimedia application type or the game application type, determining the running state of the presented application if the wearing state of the receivers is the taking-off state; and

controlling the presented application to switch from the second running state to the first running state if the presented application is in the second running state, or controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to the second running state and controlling the smart terminal device to switch to a first operation mode if the presented application is in the first running state;

when the type of the presented application is the communication application type and the wearing state of the receivers is the putting-on state, controlling the smart terminal device to switch to the second operation mode;

or determining whether the presented application is in the first running state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the first running state to the second running state if the presented application is in the first running state; and

when the type of the presented application is the communication application type and the wearing state of the receivers is the taking-off state, controlling the smart terminal device to switch to a third operation mode;

or determining whether the running state is in the second running state, and controlling the presented application to switch from the second running state to the first running state if the presented application is in the second running state.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the step of periodically monitoring the wearing state of receivers of the earphone connected to the smart terminal device comprises:

periodically monitoring the wearing states of the receivers of the earphone connected to the smart terminal device through a sensor installed on the surface of or inside the receivers of the earphone;

wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a camera sensor, a capacitive electrostatic sensor, a resistive pressure sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, an optical sensor, an infrared sensor, and a distance sensor.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the step of detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in the background of the smart terminal device comprises:

receiving a control instruction generated by a signal codec installed in the earphone; and

detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in the background of the smart terminal device upon receiving the control instruction.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a smart terminal device, causes the smart terminal device to perform:

periodically monitoring a wearing state of receivers of an earphone connected to the smart terminal device, wherein the wearing state comprises a putting-on state and a taking-off state;

detecting whether at least one sound releasing application is running in a background of the smart terminal device when the putting-on state is monitored, the at least one sound releasing application being selected from a group consisting of a multimedia application, a game application and a communication application;

presenting one of the sound releasing applications into an interface of the smart terminal device according to a predetermined strategy in response to detecting that no sound releasing application is running in the background of the smart terminal device;

determining a type of the presented application belong to which one of a multimedia application type, a game application type and a communication application type; and

controlling a running state of the presented application in the smart terminal device and an operation mode of the smart terminal device according to the type of the presented application and the wearing state of the receivers, wherein the operation mode of the smart phone device comprises an earphone mode, a phone receiver mode, a hand-free mode, and a speaker mode.