MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A GESTURE TO CONTROL FUNCTIONS

• US 20140379341A1
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Ho-Seong, Cho, Shi-Yun
• Granted Patent: US 10,162,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a portable terminal and a method of detecting a gesture and controlling a function. A method of controlling a function of a portable terminal includes: detecting a gesture; activating a voice recognition module in response to the detected gesture; and analyzing a voice input into the activated voice recognition module, and executing a function corresponding to the input voice.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a function of a portable terminal, comprising:

detecting a gesture;

activating a voice recognition module in response to the detected gesture; and

analyzing a voice input into the activated voice recognition module, and executing a function corresponding to the input voice.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

activating a touch screen in response to the detected gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice recognition module is activated when there is no movement for a predetermined time after the gesture is detected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a movement raising a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal higher.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing eyeballs of a user moving the portable terminal through one or more cameras when the gesture is a movement lowering a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal lower.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the recognizing of the eyeballs of the user includes activating the voice recognition module when the gesture is the movement lowering a touch screen of the portable terminal, and the eyeballs of the user are detected.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising:

maintaining the voice recognition module in an inactive state when the eyeballs are not detected.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the executed function does not include user'"'"'s personal information of the portable terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the function which does not include the personal information includes Internet searches, call communication, map searches, broadcasts viewing, or news and weather information viewing, and is not interconnected with another function.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the input voice is a function including user'"'"'s personal information of the portable terminal, outputting a fact that the function is not executable to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the function which includes the personal information includes a phonebook search function, e-mails, text messages, a call list, a diary, a messenger, or a photo album, and is preset by the user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when a command is not input for a predetermined time after the function is executed, switching the function to be in an inactive state.

13. A method of controlling a function by using voice recognition of a portable terminal, comprising:

determining whether there is a movement of the portable terminal for a predetermined time after detection of a gesture;

activating a voice recognition module of the portable terminal; and

determining whether a function corresponding to a voice input into the voice recognition module includes personal information, and determining whether to execute the function.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

activating a touch screen when there is no movement of the portable terminal for the predetermined time.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining whether to execute the function includes executing a function corresponding to the voice when the function does not include the personal information.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining whether to execute the function includes outputting a fact that a function corresponding to the voice is not executable when the function includes the personal information.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the output includes outputting a list including one or more functions executable in response to the voice with a voice or displaying a list including one or more functions executable in response to the voice on the touch screen.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the gesture is a movement raising a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal higher.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

scanning eyeballs of a user moving the portable terminal through one or more cameras when the gesture is a movement lowering a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal lower.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising:

the scanning of the eyeballs of the user includes activating the voice recognition module when the gesture is the movement lowering a touch screen, and the eyeballs of the user are detected.

21. The method of claim 20, comprising:

maintaining the voice recognition module in an inactive state when the eyeballs are not detected.

22. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

when a command is not input for a predetermined time after the function is executed, switching the function to be in an inactive state.

23. A portable terminal controlling a function by using voice recognition, comprising:

a touch screen that executes one or more functions;

a sensor module that detects a gesture; and

a controller that activates a voice recognition module in response to the detected gesture and analyzes an input voice, and controls execution of a function corresponding to the input voice.

24. The portable terminal of claim 23, wherein the sensor module detects whether the gesture is a movement raising a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal higher.

25. The portable terminal of claim 23, further comprising:

a camera module including one or more cameras for recognizing eyeballs of a user moving the portable terminal.

26. The portable terminal of claim 23, wherein the controller activates the touch screen and a microphone for receiving the voice when the portable terminal is maintained in a horizontal state for a predetermined time after the gesture is detected.

27. The portable terminal of claim 23, wherein the controller determines whether a function corresponding to the voice includes personal information and determines whether to execute the function.

28. The portable terminal of claim 27, wherein the controller executes the function corresponding to the voice when the function does not include the personal information, and outputs a fact that the function corresponding to the voice is not executable to the user when the function includes the personal information.

29. The portable terminal of claim 23, wherein the controller controls one or more cameras for recognizing eyeballs of a user moving the portable terminal when the gesture is a movement lowering a touch screen of the portable terminal making an altitude of the portable terminal lower.

30. The portable terminal of claim 23, wherein

the controller switches an executed function to be in an inactive state when a command is not input for a predetermined time after the execution of the function.