Interaction method between wearable devices and wearable device thereof

• US 9,625,998 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsai, Tony, Chen, Xu-Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nhat-Huy T
• Application Number:
  US14/328,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

An interaction method between wearable devices comprises: sending a detection signal from a first wearable device to detect a second wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule used by the first wearable device and the second wearable device; sending a response signal to confirm the interaction from the second wearable device to the first wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule after the second wearable device receives the detection signal; establishing an interaction communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device after the first wearable device receives the response signal, interacting between the first wearable device and the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule. The method of the present invention enhances the intelligence and social function of the wearable devices.

Claims

1. An interaction method between wearable devices, comprising:

sending a detection signal from a first wearable device to detect a second wearable device according to a predetermined interaction rule for use by the first wearable device and the second wearable device;

upon the second wearable device receiving the detection signal, the second wearable device sending a request to an ID verification information server for an ID verification information of the first wearable device, the ID verification information server searching for the ID verification information of the first wearable device and sending it to the second wearable device if the ID verification information server determines that the second wearable device is a verified or permitted device and the ID verification information of the first wearable device is allowed to be disclosed, the first wearable device receiving a response signal agreeing to interaction, transmitted from the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule if the ID verification information of the first wearable device meets a first condition;

upon the first wearable device receiving the response signal, establishing an interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device; and

the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device according to the predetermined interaction rule by the interactive communication.

2. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein upon establishing the interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, the interaction method further comprises:

stopping the interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, if an interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device does not meet a second condition.

3. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein use of the predetermined interaction rule is to define the meaning of a gesture signal, and the step of the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device comprises:

the first wearable device sending an interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device for the second wearable device to identify and explain the interaction gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule;

upon the second wearable device explaining the interaction gesture signal, the first wearable device receiving a response gesture signal from the second wearable device; and

the first wearable device identifying, and explaining the response gesture signal according to the predetermined interaction rule, and then sending the interaction gesture signal to the second wearable device or stopping the interaction between the first wearable device and the second wearable device according to the meaning of the response gesture signal.

4. The interaction method of claim 3, wherein if the interaction gesture signal or the response gesture signal cannot be identified or explained, the method further comprises:

the first wearable device or the second wearable device acquiring the meaning of the interaction gesture signal or the response gesture signal which cannot be identified or explained, according to the predetermined interaction rule.

5. The interaction method of claim 4, wherein the step of acquiring the meaning of each of the interaction gesture signals or the response gesture signals which cannot be identified or explained comprises:

a wearable device gesture collection server receiving a request for explaining each said gesture signal, from the first wearable device or the second wearable device;

the wearable device gesture collection server searching for a gesture signal corresponding to said each gesture signal, and sending the corresponding gesture signal to a wearable device gesture signal analyzing server; and

the wearable device gesture signal analyzing server analyzing the corresponding gesture signal to obtain the meaning corresponding to said each gesture signal and sending the obtained meaning to the first wearable device or the second wearable device.

6. The interaction method of claim 1, wherein upon establishing the interactive communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, the interaction method further comprises:

the first wearable device receiving an ID information of the second wearable device, wherein the step of the first wearable device interacting with the second wearable device is performed if the ID information of the second wearable device meets a requirement of the first wearable device.