Information processing method and electronic device

• US 9,495,023 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US14/084,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20140139497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

Abstract

An information processing method and an electronic device are described. The information processing method is applied in a first electronic device which can perform data transmission with a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first detecting unit. The method includes acquiring a first rotation information through detecting the rotation of the first electronic device by the first detecting unit; determining the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the relationship between the preset rotation information and the control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is provided to the second electronic device to be executed.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied in a first electronic device which can perform a data transmission with a second electronic device comprising:

acquiring a first rotation information through detecting a rotation of the first electronic device by a first detecting unit; and

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determining a first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on a relationship between preset rotation information and a control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is provided to the second electronic device to be executed,

wherein the first electronic device further comprises a first switch unit for controlling the first detecting unit to be an enabled state, and

wherein before acquiring a first rotation information through detecting the rotation of the first electronic device by the first detecting unit, the method comprises generating a second control instruction when the first switch unit controls the first detecting unit to be an enabled state, wherein the second control instruction is used to control the first detecting unit to detect the rotation of the electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information comprises:

reading an instruction list stored in the first electronic device;

acquiring the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the instruction list; and

sending the first control instruction to the second electronic device so that the second electronic device executes the first control instruction to achieve a first function.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is an input means of the second electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first control instruction is an instruction for controlling display parameters of a first information and the first information is the information inputted by the first electronic device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates counter-clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for controlling a display unit of the second electronic device to be unlocked.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for enlarging a first display object displayed on a display unit of the second electronic device.

7. An information processing method applied in a second electronic device which can perform a data transmission with a first electronic device comprising:

acquiring a first rotation information sent by the first electronic device, wherein, the first rotation information is acquired through detecting a rotation of the first electronic device by a first detecting unit in the first electronic device;

acquiring a first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the relationship between preset rotation information and a control instruction; and

executing a first control instruction to control the second electronic device to achieve a first function corresponding to the first control instruction,

wherein acquiring the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information comprises;

reading an instruction list stored in the second electronic device; and

acquiring the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the instruction list.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first electronic device is an input means of the second electronic device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first control instruction is an instruction for controlling display parameters of a first information and the first information is the information inputted by the first electronic device.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates counter-clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for controlling a display unit of the second electronic device to be unlocked.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for enlarging a first display object displayed on a display unit of the second electronic device.

12. An electronic device which can perform a data transmission with a second electronic device, characterized in that comprising:

a circuit board;

a first detecting unit connected to the circuit board for detecting a rotation of the electronic device to acquire a first rotation information; and

a first control unit provided on the circuit board and connected to the first detecting unit for determining a first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on a relationship between preset rotation information and a control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is provided to the second electronic device to be executed,

a first switch unit for controlling the first detecting unit to be an enabled state; and

a second control unit for generating a second control instruction when the first switch unit controls the first detecting unit to be an enabled state, wherein the second control instruction is used to control the first detecting unit to detect the rotation of the electronic device.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the first control unit comprises:

a first reading subunit for reading an instruction list stored in the electronic device;

a first control subunit for acquiring a first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the instruction list; and

a first sending subunit for sending the first control instruction to the second electronic device so that the second electronic device executes the first control instruction to achieve a first function.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the electronic device is an input means of the second electronic device.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the first control instruction is instruction for controlling display parameters of a first information and the first information is the information inputted by the electronic device.

16. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the electronic device rotates counter-clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for controlling a display unit of the second electronic device to be unlocked.

17. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the electronic device rotates clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for enlarging a first display object displayed on a display unit of the second electronic device.

18. An electronic device which can perform a data transmission with a first electronic device comprising:

a circuit board;

a first receiving unit provided on the circuit board for acquiring a first rotation information sent by the first electronic device, wherein, the first rotation information is acquired through detecting a rotation of the first electronic device by a first detecting unit in the first electronic device; and

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a first control unit provided on the circuit board and connected to the first receiving unit for acquiring a first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on a relationship between preset rotation information and a control instruction, and for executing the first control instruction to control the electronic device to achieve a first function corresponding to the first control instruction,

wherein the first control unit comprises;

a first acquiring unit for acquiring the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the relationship between the preset rotation information and the control instruction;

a second control unit for executing the first control instruction to control the electronic device to achieve the first function corresponding to the first control instruction.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the first acquiring unit comprises:

a first reading subunit for reading an instruction list stored in the electronic device; and

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a first acquiring subunit for acquiring the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the instruction list.

20. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the first electronic device is an input means of the electronic device.

21. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the first control instruction is an instruction for controlling display parameters of a first information and the first information is the information inputted by the first electronic device.

22. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates counter-clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for controlling a display unit of the electronic device to be unlocked.

23. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein when the first rotation information is the information indicating that the first electronic device rotates clockwise, the first control instruction is the instruction for enlarging a first display object displayed on a display unit of the electronic device.