Information processing method and electronic device

• US 9,607,572 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Su, Wei, Gao, Zhijun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bukowski, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US14/584,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063944A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/002 Mounting on the human body
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

An information processing method and an electronic device are described. The method includes acquiring a first sensing parameter through a first sensor; determining whether the first sensing parameter satisfies a first predetermined condition, the first predetermined condition being a distance threshold of a distance between an object that operates the electronic device and a display output area to which a display unit of the first display module of the electronic device corresponds; generating a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition; and controlling the first display module to switch from a first state to a second state based on the first control instruction.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied to a wearable electronic device that includes a first display module, the method comprising:

acquiring a first sensing parameter through a first sensor;

determining whether the first sensing parameter satisfies a first predetermined condition, the first predetermined condition being a distance threshold of a distance between an object that operates the electronic device and a display output area to which a display unit of the first display module of the electronic device corresponds, so as to determine that the object before the display output area is a user'"'"'s eye as a first operating body;

generating a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition;

controlling the first display module to switch from a first state to a second state based on the first control instruction,

wherein the first state is a low-power-consumption state of the first display module, at least the display unit of the first display module is not lightened when the first display module is in the low-power-consumption state,

the second state is a displaying-operating state of the first display module, the display unit of the first display module is lightened when the first display module is in the displaying-operating state, wherein the method further comprises;

acquiring a second sensing parameter through a second sensor;

determining whether the second sensing parameter satisfies a second predetermined condition, wherein the acquiring a second sensing parameter through a second sensor comprises acquiring a motion parameter of the second operating body that wears or holds the electronic device through the second sensor as the second sensing parameter; and

correspondingly, determining whether the second sensing parameter satisfies a second predetermined condition based on the second sensing parameter comprises;

determining the object in front of the display output area as the first operating body when the motion parameter of the second operating body represents that the second operating body moves from a first relative position to a second relative position,

wherein determining the object in front of the display output area as the first operating body when the motion parameter of the second operating body represents that the second operating body moves from a first relative position to a second relative position comprises initiating the first sensor when the motion parameter of the second operating body represents that the second operating body moves from a first relative position to a second relative position, and determining the object in front of the display output area as the first operating body when the first sensing parameter is sensed through the first sensor.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the second predetermined condition is whether the object that operates on the display output area to which the display unit corresponds belongs to a first operating body;

wherein the generating a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition comprises generating a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition and the second sensing parameter satisfies the second predetermined condition.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

the second sensor is a sensor for sensing gesture, and is configured to acquire a motion of a second operating body that wears or holds the electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

generating a startup instruction when the first display module is in the displaying-operating state;

controlling the display unit of the first display module to be lit based on the startup instruction, wherein a light beam emitted by the display unit transmits through the display output area and is incident to eyes of a user, which serves as the first operating body, so that the user sees a magnified picture.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the electronic device further includes a second display module, display principle of the second display module is different than a display principle of the first display module;

the second display module includes a first operating state and a second operating state;

wherein the first operating state is a low-power-consumption state of the second display module, at least a display unit of the second display module is not lit when the second display module is in the low-power-consumption state,

the second operating state is a displaying-operating state of the second display module, the display unit of the second display module is lit when the second display module is in the displaying-operating state;

wherein the controlling the first display module to switch from a first state to a second state based on the first control instruction comprises controlling the first display module to switch from the first state to the second state based on the first control instruction, while controlling the second display module to switch from the second operating state to the first operating state.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the first predetermined condition is a distance interval of a distance between an object that operates the electronic device and a display output area to which a display unit of the first display module of the electronic device corresponds, the distance interval including a first distance threshold at a start position of the distance interval and a second distance threshold at an end position of the distance interval, the first distance threshold being smaller than the second distance threshold;

a sensing range of the first sensor is a first distance value that includes the distance interval;

wherein the determining whether the first sensing parameter satisfies a first predetermined condition comprises;

generating a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter is within the distance interval so as to control the first display module to switch from the first state to the second state;

controlling the first display module to maintain in the first state when the first sensing parameter is smaller than the first distance threshold;

controlling the first display module to maintain in the first state when the first sensing parameter is greater than the second distance threshold.

7. A wearable electronic device, comprising

a first sensor configured to acquire a first sensing parameter;

an information processing unit configured to determine whether the first sensing parameter satisfies a first predetermined condition, the first predetermined condition being a distance threshold of a distance between an object that operates the electronic device and a display output area to which a display unit of the first display module of the electronic device corresponds, so as to determine that the object before the display output area is a user'"'"'s eye as a first operating body; and

to generate a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition; and

control the first display module to switch from a first state to a second state based on the first control instruction

wherein the first state is a low-power-consumption state of the first display module, at least the display unit of the first display module is not lightened when the first display module is in the low-power-consumption state, the second state is a displaying-operating state of the first display module, the display unit of the first display module is lightened when the first display module is in the displaying-operating state,

wherein, a second sensor is configured to acquire a second sensing parameter; and

correspondingly, the information processing unit is further configured to determine whether the second sensing parameter satisfies a second predetermined condition,

the second sensor is configured to acquire a motion of a second operating body that wears or holds the electronic device, and to acquire a motion parameter of the second operating body that wears or holds the electronic device through the second sensor as the second sensing parameter; and

corresponding, the information processing unit is configured to determine the object in front of the display output area as the first operating body when the motion parameter of the second operating body represents that the second operating body moves from a first relative position to a second relative position,

the information processing unit is configured to initiate the first sensor when the motion parameter of the second operating body represents that the second operating body moves from a first relative position to a second relative position, and to determine the object in front of the display output area as the first operating body when the first sensing parameter is sensed through the first sensor.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the second predetermined condition is whether the object that operates on the display output area to which the display unit corresponds belongs to a first operating body;

and the information processing unit is further configured to generate a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter satisfies the first predetermined condition and the second sensing parameter satisfies the second predetermined condition.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a frame body, a fixing device, and a functional main section;

the fixing device is connected with the frame body and is configured to fix the electronic device to a support body, such that the frame body and the fixing device form an annular space when the electronic device is fixed to the support body by the fixing device;

the functional main section includes a display device provided within the frame body and has a first display area and a second display area;

wherein the display device includes a first display module configured to form a display output area corresponding to the display area on an outer surface of the frame body when content is displayed in the display area, and to generate a startup instruction when the first display module is in the displaying-operating state;

wherein the information processing unit is further configured to control the display unit of the first display module to be lit based on the startup instruction, such that a light beam emitted by the display unit transmits through the display output area and is incident to eyes of a user, which serves as the first operating body, so that the user sees a magnified picture.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein:

the electronic device further includes a second display module, display principle of the second display module is different than that of the first display module;

the second display module includes a first operating state and a second operating state;

wherein the first operating state is a low-power-consumption state of the second display module, at least a display unit of the second display module is not lit when the second display module is in the low-power-consumption state, the second operating state is a displaying-operating state of the second display module, the display unit of the second display module is lit when the second display module is in the displaying-operating state;

wherein the information processing unit is further configured to control the first display module to switch from the first state to the second state based on the first control instruction, while controlling the second display module to switch from the second operating state to the first operating state.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the second sensor is a sensor for sensing gesture.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein:

the first predetermined condition is a distance interval of a distance between an object that operates the electronic device and a display output area to which a display unit of the first display module of the electronic device corresponds, the distance interval including a first distance threshold at a start position of the distance interval and a second distance threshold at an end position of the distance interval, the first distance threshold being smaller than the second distance threshold;

a sensing range of the first sensor is a first distance value that includes the distance interval;

the information processing unit is further configured to generate a first control instruction when the first sensing parameter is within the distance interval so as to control the first display module to switch from a first state to a second state;

to control the first display module to maintain in the first state when the first sensing parameter is smaller than the first distance threshold; and

to control the first display module to maintain in the first state when the first sensing parameter is greater than the second distance threshold.