Interaction methods and systems

• US 9,742,502 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Du, Lin, Pan, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US15/304,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 11/00 Transmission systems employing sonic, ultrasonic or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body

Abstract

The present application provides an interaction method and system, and relates to the field of information interaction. The method comprises: in response to contact between a user body and an object, receiving a wave signal that is sent by the object and is transmitted by using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body. The system comprises: a receiving apparatus, configured to: in response to contact between a user body and an object, receive a wave signal that is sent by the object and is transmitted by using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body. The interaction method and system can help a user to naturally and efficiently complete an information interaction process, simplify an interaction process, and improve the interaction efficiency.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to contact between a user body and an object, receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a wave signal from a signal source disposed in the object that is transmitted using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body; and

identifying the object according to a signal characteristic of the received wave signal and another signal characteristic, corresponding to a known object, of another received wave signal from a signal source disposed in the known object, wherein signal sources disposed in the object and the known object transmit a same initial wave signal, and the signal characteristic is affected by propagation of the wave signal through at least a portion of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the part of the user body comprises a user hand.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pre-storing the other signal characteristic, corresponding to the known object, of the other received wave signal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pre-determining the other signal characteristic, corresponding to the known object, of the other received wave signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a corresponding operation according to an identification result.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the executing the corresponding operation comprises at least one of switching a mode, inputting content, matching a device, or prompting a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the object comprises at least one of identifying a material of the object, identifying a texture of the object, identifying a shape of the object, identifying a size of the object, identifying a type of the object, identifying a structure of the object, or identifying a contact position of the object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal characteristic is related to at least one of an amplitude, a phase, or a frequency spectrum of the wave signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the signal characteristic comprises at least one of a fingerprint, an average value, or a difference, and wherein

the fingerprint is formed by at least one of the amplitude the phase, or the frequency spectrum of the wave signal;

the average value is the average value of at least one of the amplitude, the phase, or the frequency spectrum of the wave signal; and

the difference is the difference of at least one of the amplitude, the phase, or the frequency spectrum of the wave signal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the wave signal is an acoustic wave signal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the wave signal is an ultrasonic wave signal.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the wave signal is an electromagnetic wave signal.

13. A system, comprising:

a receiving apparatus configured to;

in response to contact between a user body and an object, receive a wave signal that is sent by a signal source disposed in the object and is transmitted by using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body; and

an identification apparatus configured to identify the object according to a signal characteristic of the received wave signal and another signal characteristic, corresponding to a known object, of another received wave signal from a signal source disposed in the known object, wherein signal sources disposed in the object and the known object transmit a same initial wave signal, and the signal characteristic is affected by propagation of the wave signal through at least a portion of the object.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a storage apparatus configured to pre-store the other signal characteristic, corresponding to the known object, of the other received wave signal.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a determining apparatus configured to pre-determine the other signal characteristic, corresponding to the known object, of the other received wave signal.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an execution apparatus configured to execute a corresponding operation according to an identification result.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the system comprises at least one of a wrist strap and a ring.

18. A computer readable storage device, comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

in response to contact between a user body and an object, receiving a wave signal that was sent by a signal source disposed in the object using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body; and

identifying the object according to a signal characteristic of the received wave signal and another signal characteristic, corresponding to a known object, of another received wave signal from a signal source disposed in the known object, wherein signal sources disposed in the object and the known object transmit a same initial wave signal, and the signal characteristic is affected by propagation of the wave signal through at least a portion of the object.

19. An interaction device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions, the processor being connected to the memory through a communication bus, and when the interaction device operates, the processor executes the executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the interaction device executes operations, comprising:

in response to contact between a user body and an object, receiving a wave signal that is sent by a signal source disposed in the object and is transmitted by using a medium comprising at least a part of the user body; and

identifying the object according to a signal characteristic of the received wave signal and another signal characteristic, corresponding to a known object, of another received wave signal from a signal source disposed in the known object, wherein signal sources disposed in the object and the known object transmit a same initial wave signal, and the signal characteristic is affected by propagation of the wave signal through at least a portion of the object.