Electronic device and method for triggering function of electronic device

• US 9,235,985 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Jian-Jun, Zhang, Jun-Wei, Zhang, Jun, Chuang, Tsung-Jen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US13/873,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20130294205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.82, 340/5.84, 179/15, 381/56, 381/110, 704/275, 704/270, 704/233, 704/214, 704/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G08C 19/12 in which the signal transmitted is frequency or phase of ac

Abstract

An electronic device includes a sound collecting unit and a processor. The processor determine whether continuous sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit includes a first alternating portion, a direct portion, and a second alternating portion in sequence. The processor further determines whether a first duration of the direction signals portion falls within a first preset time range, and determines whether a second duration of each of the first alternating portion and the second alternating portion falls within a second preset time range. The processor then triggers a function of the electronic device when the first duration falls within the first preset time range, and the second duration falls within the second preset time range. A related method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a sound collecting unit; and

a processor to determine whether sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in sequence in a continuous time period, the first portion and the third portion being generated when a human being exhales;

the processor further to determine whether a first duration of the second portion falls within a first preset time range, wherein the first duration of the second portion indicates an interval between two exhalations;

the processor further to determine whether a second duration of each of the first portion and the third portion falls within a second preset time range, and further to determine whether a frequency of each of the first portion and the third portion is greater than 300Hz when the second duration falls within the second preset time range, a function of the electronic device being triggered when the first duration falls within the first preset time range, and when the second duration falls within the second preset time range, and the frequency of each of the first portion and the third portion being greater than 300Hz.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the first preset time range is 100ms˜

2.5s, and the second preset time range is 100ms˜

2.5s.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the first preset time range is 200ms˜

500ms, and the second preset time range is 200ms˜

500ms.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 1, further comprising:

a filtering and magnifying circuit to filter and magnify the sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit; and

a decoding circuit to decode the magnified sound signals and output the decoded sound signals to the processor.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a sound collecting trait;

a storage unit to store reference signals, the reference signals comprising a. first reference portion, a second reference portion, and a third reference portion in sequence; and

a processor to determine whether sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in sequence in a continuous time period, the first portion and the third portion being generated when a human being exhales, the processor further to determine whether a first difference between durations of the second reference portion and the second portion falls within a first preset time range, whether a second difference between durations of the first reference portion and the first portion falls within a second preset time range, and whether a third difference between durations of the third reference portion and the third portion falls within the second preset time range, wherein the duration of the second portion indicates an interval between two exhalations; and

a function of the electronic device being triggered when the first difference falls within the first preset time range, the second difference and the third difference each fall within the second preset time range; and

wherein the processor is further to determine whether a first frequency difference between the first reference portion and the first portion falls within a preset frequency range, and whether a second frequency difference between the third reference portion and the third portion falls within the preset frequency range; and

trigger the function of the electronic device when the first frequency difference and the second frequency difference fall within the preset frequency range.

6. A method for triggering a function of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a sound collecting unit, the method comprising:

determining whether sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in sequence in a continuous time period;

determining whether a first duration of the second portion falls within a first preset time range, and whether a second duration of each of the first portion and the third portion falls within a second preset time range;

determining whether a frequency of each of the first portion and the third portion is greater than 300Hz when the second duration falls within the second preset time range; and

triggering a function of the electronic device when the first duration falls within the first preset time range and the second duration falls within the second preset time range, and when the frequency of each of the first portion and the third portion is greater than 300Hz.

7. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the first preset time range is 100ms˜

2.5s, and the second preset time range is 100ms˜

2.5s.

8. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the first preset time range is 200ms˜

500ms, and the second preset time range is 200ms˜

500ms.