Method for controlling terminal device by using headset wire and the terminal device thereof

• US 9,703,386 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Zhijie, Xiao, Kai, Xu, Bing
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Carlos E
• Application Number:
  US14/525,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20150123763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 3404072, 340 551
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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: G06F 3/021 Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a terminal device by using a headset wire connected to the terminal device. The method includes: recognizing a user'"'"'s gesture based on a current detected in a specific region of the headset wire; acquiring control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture; and executing the control instruction. According to the present disclosure, when a current is detected in the specific region of the headset wire, a user'"'"'s gesture is recognized based on the current, control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture is acquired, and the control instruction is executed to control the terminal. In the whole procedure, the user only needs to touch the specific region of the headset wire without using pressure button to produce current signal, thereby the operation of controlling the terminal device is convenient and fast.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a terminal device by using a headset wire connected to the terminal device, the method comprising:

detecting a current in a specific region of the headset wire, wherein the specific region of the headset wire is made of capacitance material and comprises a first detecting point and a second detecting point, and a distance between the first and second detecting point is larger than a preset distance threshold value;

detecting a first current variation signal at the first detecting point and a second current variation signal at the second detecting point within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture in a direction from the second detecting point to the first detecting point, if the first current variation signal becomes larger and the second current variation signal becomes smaller;

acquiring control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture; and

executing the control instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the first and second current variation signal comprises:

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture, if at least one of the first current variation signal and the second current variation signal keeps constant.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the tap gesture is recognized as with a tapping period larger than the preset threshold value if the duration of the current variation signal keeping constant is larger than a preset threshold value;

and

the tap gesture is recognized as with a tapping period smaller than or equal to the preset threshold value if the duration of the current variation signal keeping constant is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from left to right, if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from left to right; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from right to left, if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from right to left.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period larger than the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is larger than a preset threshold value; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period smaller than or equal to the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture comprises:

searching the user'"'"'s gesture in a preset mapping table prescribing mapping relations between gestures and control instructions to acquire the control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

an audio interface unit for connecting a headset wire to the terminal device;

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions for;

detecting a current in a specific region of the headset wire, wherein the specific region of the headset wire is made of capacitance material and comprises a first detecting point and a second detecting point, and a distance between the first and second detecting point is larger than a preset distance threshold value;

detecting a first current variation signal at the first detecting point and a second current variation signal at the second detecting point within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture in a direction from the second detecting point to the first detecting point, if the first current variation signal becomes larger and the second current variation signal becomes smaller;

acquiring control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture; and

executing the control instruction.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from left to right if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from left to right; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from right to left, if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from right to left.

9. The terminal device of claim 7, recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period larger than the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is larger than a preset threshold value; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period smaller than or equal to the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value.

10. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture is acquired by searching the user'"'"'s gesture in a preset mapping table prescribing mapping relations between prescribed gestures and control instructions.

11. A non-transitory readable storage medium including instructions, executable by a processor in a terminal device, for performing a method for controlling the terminal device by using a headset wire connected to the terminal device, the method comprising:

detecting a current in a specific region of the headset wire, wherein the specific region of the headset wire is made of capacitance material and comprises a first detecting point and a second detecting point, and a distance between the first and second detecting point is larger than a preset distance threshold value;

detecting a first current variation signal at the first detecting point and a second current variation signal at the second detecting point within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture in a direction from the second detecting point to the first detecting point, if the first current variation signal becomes larger and the second current variation signal becomes smaller;

acquiring control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture; and

executing the control instruction.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from left to right if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from left to right; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a sliding gesture from right to left, if the position information changes within the preset time period and a movement direction determined by the change of the position information is from right to left.

13. The storage medium of claim 11, recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture based on the current comprises:

calculating position information of a contact point where the current is generated within a preset time period;

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period larger than the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is larger than a preset threshold value; and

recognizing the user'"'"'s gesture as a tap gesture with a tapping period smaller than or equal to the preset threshold value, if the position information keeps constant within the preset time period and a duration in which the position information keeps constant is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value.

14. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the control instruction corresponding to the user'"'"'s gesture is acquired by searching the user'"'"'s gesture in a preset mapping table prescribing mapping relations between prescribed gestures and control instruction.