Patent Grant
10469998
The present patent application claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510357562.6, filed on Jun. 25, 2015, and entitled “Interaction Method and Communication Device”, which application is hereby incorporated into the present application by reference herein in its entirety.
Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of interaction, and, for example, to an interaction method and a communication device.
Interaction between men and devices and interaction between the devices both can be implemented in many manners. One vision-based interaction manner is that one device collects an image of a user or another device by a depth sensor to interact with the user or another device, and such interaction manner has high requirements on calculating complexity and hardware complexity of image collecting. In addition, use of wireless signals for interaction gains more and more attention of people, for example, a user action is recognized by detecting reflection echo features of a directionally sent wireless signal wave beam, thereby realizing the interaction with the user, but transmission distance of reflected signal is limited generally, and recognition precision is related to the distance, so that application thereof is limited.
Considering this, an example, non-limiting object of embodiments of the present application aims to provide an interaction solution.
In this regard, a first aspect of example embodiments of the present application provides an interaction method, comprising:
sending multiple different signals in multiple directions by a communication device, wherein the signals have different coverage areas;
at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device; and
at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command.
A second aspect of example embodiments of the present application provides a communication device, comprising:
a sending module, configured to send multiple different signals in multiple directions by a communication device, wherein the signals have different coverage areas;
a first determining module, configured to at least determine at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device; and
an executing module, configured to at least according to the at least two signals, execute a corresponding command.
A third aspect of example embodiments of the present application provides a communication device, comprising:
at least one signal emitting source:
a memory, configured to store instructions; and
a processor, configured to execute the instructions stored by the memory wherein the instructions enables the processor to execute following operations:
controlling the at least one signal emitting source to send multiple different signals in multiple directions, wherein the signals have different coverage areas;
at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device; and
at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command.
At least one of above example embodiments has the following example technical effects:
According to example embodiments of the present application, by sending multiple different signals having different coverage areas in multiple directions by a communication device, at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device, and at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command, the interaction solution is provided. In addition, the communication device is controlled to execute the corresponding command based on the signals received by the other communication device from the communication device, therefore interaction distance is relatively flexible and the interaction solution is easy to realize.
The following further explains example embodiments of the present application in combination with accompanying drawings and embodiments. The following embodiments are intended to describe the present application rather than limiting a scope of the present application.
110: sending multiple different signals in multiple directions by a communication device, wherein the signals have different coverage areas.
In the present embodiment, the communication device can be any device with a communication function, which comprises but not limited to a cellphone, a tablet computer, a smart television, a wearable device and a display.
In the present embodiment, the word “different” in the phase “multiple different signals” means that the signals carry different information.
In the present embodiment, the signals may be signals in any form. Optionally, the signals comprise but not limited to any one of the following: electromagnetic wave signals, light signals and sound wave signals, wherein the light signals comprise visible light signals and invisible light signals, and the sound wave signals comprise but not limited to ultrasonic wave signals.
In the present embodiment, the communication device is usually provided with at least one signal emitting source, and the communication device send the signals in multiple directions by the at least one signal emitting source. The type of the at least one signal emitting source relates to that of the signals emit by the at least one signal emitting source. For example, a signal emitting source emitting electromagnetic wave signals can be an antenna or an antenna array; a signal emitting source emitting light signals can be a light source or a light source array; and a signal emitting source emitting sound wave signals can be a loudspeaker or a loudspeaker array.
In the present embodiment, the multiple directions are multiple different directions. As shown in
120: at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device.
In the present embodiment, the other communication device can be any device with a communication function, which comprises but not limited to a cellphone and a wearable device.
In the present embodiment, since the signals have different coverage areas, the other communication device respectively receives the at least two signals in at least two positions which are different relative to the communication device, and correspondingly, the at least two signals at least partially mark a moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device. For example, the other communication device receives a signal A in a first position relative to the communication device and receives a signal B and a signal C in a second position relative to the communication device, then the signal A, the signal B and the signal C at least partially mark the moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device.
130: at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command.
In the present embodiment, the command at least corresponds to the at least two signals, that is, the command corresponds to a moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device.
According to the present embodiment, by sending multiple different signals having different coverage areas in multiple directions by a communication device, at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device, and at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command, the interaction solution is provided. In addition, the communication device is controlled to execute the corresponding command based on the signals received by another communication device from the communication device, therefore interaction distance is relatively flexible and the interaction solution is easy to realize.
The method of the present embodiment is further described in some optional example embodiments as below.
In the present embodiment, the signals can be transmitted in multiple forms.
In one example embodiment, the signals are transmitted in a form of wave beam, correspondingly, the sending multiple different signals in different directions by a communication device comprises:
sending multiple different signals by the communication device through multiple wave beams of different directions.
The multiple wave beams are formed by at least one signal emitting source in the communication device. Specifically, any signal emitting source in the at least one signal emitting source optionally forms one wave beam or at least two wave beams. If one signal emitting source forms at least two wave beams, then the at least two wave beams are different in direction.
Similar to the coverage areas of the signals, the multiple wave beams are different in coverage area.
The type of the multiple wave beams relates to that of the signals. For example, the signals are electromagnetic wave signals, and the multiple wave beams are electromagnetic wave beams; the signals are light signals, and the multiple wave beams are light wave beams; and the signals are sound wave signals, and the multiple wave beams are sound wave beams. Correspondingly, along with difference of the type of the multiple wave beams, the communication device can form the multiple wave beams by adopting different techniques; by taking the electromagnetic wave beams as an example, the communication device can form the multiple electromagnetic wave beams by adopting an antenna array and a wave beam forming technique. Further, the multiple wave beams can be formed at the same time or different moments, for example, in sequence.
The signals can be sent through the multiple wave beams at the same time or different moments, for example, in sequence.
The multiple wave beams optionally correspond to the signals one to one, that is, the communication device sends a signal through each wave beam.
In the present example embodiment, optionally, before sending multiple different signals by the communication device through multiple wave beams of different directions, the method further comprises:
determining the multiple wave beams by the communication device.
The coverage area of each wave beam determines the coverage area of the signal sent through the wave beam, and the coverage area of each wave beam is usually decided by position of a signal emitting source forming the wave beam and direction and width of the wave beam. Correspondingly, the determining the multiple wave beams by the communication device comprises: determining at least one signal emitting source used for forming the multiple wave beams, and directions and widths of the multiple wave beams by the communication device. Optionally, a projection direction of one light source can serve as the direction of the wave beam formed by the light source. By taking an electromagnetic wave beam as an example, width of the wave beam comprise a horizontal width and a vertical width.
Specifically, the communication device can determine the multiple wave beams in many manners.
In one possible scene, the multiple wave beams are preset. For example, there are five signal emitting sources in the communication device, and each of the five signal emitting sources is preset to form one wave beam in preset direction and preset width. For another example, one signal emitting source in the communication device can form multiple wave beams of different directions and different widths, and the directions and widths of the multiple wave beams formed by the signal emitting source are preset; as shown in
In another possible scene, the communication device determines the multiple wave beams according to possible moving track(s) of the other communication device. Correspondingly, the determining the multiple wave beams by the communication device comprises:
determining multiple commands executable by the communication device;
determining multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands; and
determining the multiple wave beams according to the multiple possible moving tracks, wherein, each of the multiple possible moving tracks corresponds to at least two wave beams in the multiple wave beams.
The above determining the multiple wave beams according to the multiple possible moving tracks at least comprises: determining at least one signal emitting source for forming the multiple wave beams and directions of the multiple wave beams according to the multiple moving tracks. In addition, the widths of the multiple wave beams can be preset or determined according to the multiple possible moving tracks.
Optionally, the multiple commands are those commands that are probably executed by the communication device at that moment. Optionally, the multiple commands are determined according to a device state of the communication device. For example, when the device state is call in, the multiple commands optionally comprise but not limited to: call answering, call refusing and call ring muting; when the device state is song playing, the multiple commands optionally comprise but not limited to: playing pausing, playing stopping, next song playing and last song playing; when the device state is screen locking and closing, the multiple commands optionally comprise but not limited to: screen lighting on, screen lighting on and unlocking; when the device state is asking a user to select one from three options A, B and C, the multiple commands optionally comprise but not limited to: A option selecting, B option selecting and C option selecting.
The multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device are the possible moving tracks of the other communication device relative to the communication device; the multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device optionally correspond to the multiple commands one to one, or one of the multiple commands corresponds to at least two moving tracks in the multiple possible moving tracks. For example, the communication device is a cellphone, a signal emitting source A is arranged at one surface of the communication device, and the multiple possible moving tracks comprise: a transverse moving track parallel with the surface, a vertical moving track parallel with the surface and an L shaped moving track parallel with the surface, respectively as shown by dotted lines in
The case that each possible moving track corresponds to at least two wave beams in the multiple wave beams means that, each possible moving track at least passes by the coverage areas of the at least two wave beams. Specifically, each possible moving track is optionally marked by the coverage areas of the at least two wave beams, or marked by the coverage areas of the at least two wave beams and a passing sequence that the other communication device passes by the coverage areas of the at least two wave beams. In the above example, further, the directions of the three wave beams formed by the signal emitting source determined according to the transverse moving track are respectively directions 1, 2 and 3 as shown in
In the above scene(s) of determining the wave beams according to possible moving tracks, the determining the moving tracks can be implemented in multiple manners.
Optionally, the determining multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands comprises:
at least according to a current position of the other communication device relative to the communication device, determining the multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands.
The current position is optionally detected and determined by the communication device.
The current position can serve as one reference of the multiple possible moving tracks. Optionally, the multiple possible moving tracks each take the current position as starting points.
Optionally, the multiple possible moving tracks are preset and are unrelated to the current position of the other communication device relative to the communication device.
In the present embodiment, the command executed by the communication device in 130 optionally only corresponds to the at least two signals, or corresponds to the at least two signals and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals. In the latter scene, optionally, the at least determining at least two signals in the multiple different signals received by another communication device comprises:
determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals;
the at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command comprises:
at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, executing a corresponding command.
According to the multiple possible moving tracks, the receiving sequence corresponds to the passing sequence that the other communication device moves to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals. That is, the moving track of the other communication device is marked by the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals and the passing sequence that the other communication device respectively moves to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals.
The command corresponds to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, that is, the command corresponds to the moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device.
The determining the at least two signals and the receiving sequence can be implemented in multiple manners.
Optionally, the determining the at least two signals in the signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving the at least two signals returned in sequence by the other communication device; and
determining the receiving sequence as a returning sequence that the other communication device returns the at least two signals.
The other communication device returns the at least two signals received to the communication device according to the receiving sequence, for example, the other communication device instantly returns a signal to the communication device every time the other communication device receives the signal, correspondingly, for the communication device, the returning sequence that the other communication device returns the at least two signals is the receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals.
The case that the other communication device returns the at least two signals optionally means that the other communication device returns the information carried in the at least two signals. For example, in 110, the signals sent by the communication device are multiple visible light signals, the at least two signals received by the other communication device are at least two visible light signals, correspondingly, the other communication device can directly return the at least two visible light signals received to the communication device, or demodulate the at least two visible light signals to obtain the information carried in the at least two visible light signals, carry the information in signals of any form, for example, the electromagnetic wave signals, sound wave signals or light signals, and return the signals carrying the information to the communication device.
Optionally, the determining the at least two signals in the signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving the at least two signals and at least two receiving moments that the other communication device respectively receives the at least two signals, which are both returned by the other communication device; and
according to the at least two receiving moments, determining the receiving sequence.
The case that the other communication device returns the at least two signals optionally means that the other communication device returns the information carried in the at least two signals. For example, in 110, the signals sent by the communication device are multiple visible light signals, the at least two signals received by the other communication device are at least two visible light signals, correspondingly, the other communication device can directly return the at least two visible light signals received and the receiving moments of the at least two signals to the communication device, or demodulate the at least two visible light signals to obtain the information carried in the at least two visible light signals and carry the information and the receiving moments in signals of any form, for example, the electromagnetic wave signals, sound wave signals or light signals, and return the signals carrying the information and the receiving moments to the communication device.
In the above scene(s) of considering the receiving sequence, the at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence executing a corresponding command can be implemented in many manners.
Optionally, the at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence executing a corresponding command comprises:
at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determining a moving track of the other communication device; and
executing one command corresponding to the moving track.
On one aspect, the at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determining a moving track of the other communication device optionally comprises:
determining at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals; and
according to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determining a moving track of the other communication device.
The at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals can be marked in multiple manners. For example, in the scene combining the above sending the signals through the multiple wave beams, the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals are respectively equivalent to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two wave beams for sending the at least two signals; since the widths of the at least two wave beams are probably the same, if the at least two wave beams are formed by one signal emitting source, the at least two coverage areas of the at least two wave beams are optionally marked by directions of the at least two wave beams only, if the at least two wave beams are formed by multiple signal emitting sources, each of the at least two coverage areas of the at least two wave beams is optionally marked by position of a signal emitting source forming the wave beam and direction of the wave beams.
For example, the other communication device receives a first signal, a second signal and a third signal sent by the communication device in sequence, the communication device determines that a first wave beam for sending the first signal is formed by a signal emitting source A and has a direction A and a first width, a second wave beam for sending the second signal is formed by the signal emitting source A and has a direction B and a second width, and a third wave beam for sending the third signal is formed by the signal emitting source A and has a direction C and a third width, correspondingly, it is determined that the moving track of the other communication device is from the coverage area of the first wave beam to the coverage area of the third wave beam via the coverage area of the second wave beam, as shown by dotted lines in
On another aspect, the executing one command corresponding to the moving track optionally comprises:
at least according to a device state of the communication device and the moving track, determining one command corresponding to the moving track under the device state; and
executing the command.
The device state can refer to the device state mentioned in the above determining multiple commands executable by the communication device. Specifically, since the multiple commands executable by the communication device under different device states may be different, the same moving track of the other communication device may corresponds to different commands under different device states of the communication device. For example, when the device state of the communication device is call in, one command corresponding to a moving track of the other communication device under the device state of call in is call answering, and when the device state of the communication device is song playing, one command corresponding to the same moving track under the device state of song playing is next song playing.
In scene(s) combining the above receiving sequence and determining the multiple wave beams according to the multiple possible moving tracks, optionally, the method further comprises:
determining a first sequence corresponding to each of the multiple commands;
aiming at each command, according to at least two wave beams corresponding to one possible moving track corresponding to the command and a corresponding order of the at least two wave beams to the possible moving track, dividing a first sequence corresponding to the command into at least two subsequences, the at least two subsequences correspond to the at least two wave beams one to one; and
respectively modulating the at least two subsequences into at least two signals corresponding to the at least two wave beams.
Each command corresponds to one first sequence, and first sequences respectively corresponding to different commands are optionally different.
Any command optionally corresponds to one possible moving track, or at least two possible moving tracks. In the scene(s) that a command corresponds to at least two possible moving tracks, for any two possible moving tracks in the at least two possible moving tracks, at least two wave beams corresponding to one of the two moving tracks are optionally the same as those corresponding to the other, but two respective corresponding orders of the same at least two wave beams to the two possible moving tracks are different, or, at least two wave beams corresponding to one of the two possible moving tracks are totally different from those corresponding to the other; the at least two possible moving tracks can be grouped according to the fact whether their respectively corresponding at least two wave beams are totally the same, and one possible moving track is selected from each group to perform the step of dividing the first sequence.
One signal corresponding to each wave beam is the signal to be sent through the wave beam in 110.
For example, a first sequence corresponding to one command is {1,3,5,7,9,11}, the command corresponds to two possible moving tracks called as track 1 and track 2, wherein track 1 is from a coverage area of wave beam A to a coverage area of wave beam B, track 2 is from a coverage area of wave beam C to a coverage area of wave beam D, the coverage areas of wave beams A, B, C and D are different, then the first sequence is divided into two subsequences according to a corresponding order of the wave beams A and B to track 1, specifically, one subsequence {1,3,5} corresponds to wave beam A and another subsequence {7,9,11} corresponds to wave beam B; the first sequence is divided into two subsequences according to a corresponding order of wave beams C and D to track 2, specifically, one subsequence {1,3,5} corresponds to wave beam C and another subsequence {7,9,11} corresponds to wave beam D, and further, the subsequence {1,3,5} is modulated in the signals respectively corresponding to wave beams A and C, the subsequence {7,9,11} is modulated in the signals respectively corresponding to wave beams B and D.
In the scene(s) combining the above receiving sequence and dividing a first sequence corresponding to the command, optionally, the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises:
receiving a second sequence from the other communication device, wherein the second sequence is made up of at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals according to the receiving sequence by the other communication device.
Further, the at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, executing a corresponding command comprises:
determining a command corresponding to the second sequence; and
executing the command.
The second sequence is optionally the same as a first sequence corresponding to one of the multiple commands. For example, when the other communication device moves along any one possible moving track in the multiple possible moving tracks corresponding to the multiple commands, the second sequence is the same as a first sequence, which means that the command corresponding to the second sequence is a command corresponding to the first sequence.
The second sequence is optionally different from any first sequence corresponding to one of the multiple commands. For example, when the other communication device does not move along any one possible moving track in the multiple possible moving tracks corresponding to the multiple commands, the second sequence is different from any first sequence in the multiple first sequences, which means that the second sequence does not correspond to any command in the multiple commands, and correspondingly, the communication device does not execute any command in the multiple commands.
In the scene(s) combining the above receiving sequence and dividing a first sequence corresponding to the command, optionally, the at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence executing one corresponding command comprises:
combining at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals into a third sequence according to the receiving sequence;
determining a command corresponding to the third sequence; and
executing the command.
The third sequence is optionally the same as a first sequence corresponding to one of the multiple commands. For example, when the other communication device moves along any one possible moving track in the multiple possible moving tracks corresponding to the multiple commands, the third sequence is the same as a first sequence, which means that the command corresponding to the third sequence is a command corresponding to the first sequence.
The third sequence is optionally different from any first sequence corresponding to one of the multiple commands. For example, when the other communication device does not move along any one possible moving track in the multiple possible moving tracks corresponding to the multiple commands, the third sequence is different from any first sequence in the multiple first sequences, which means that the third sequence does not correspond to any command in the multiple commands, and correspondingly, the communication device does not execute any command in the multiple commands.
In the above example embodiment of sending the signals through the wave beams, the communication device sends the signals through the multiple wave beams optionally at different moments.
Further in combination with the scene(s) of determining the wave beams according to the possible moving tracks, optionally, in at least two wave beams corresponding to each possible moving track, the communication device sends a signal through an initial wave beam, and then sends another signal through a next wave beam after confirming that the other communication device receives the signal sent through the initial wave beam, and so on. Correspondingly, the sending multiple different signals through the multiple wave beams of different directions by the communication device comprises: sending at least one first signal by the communication device through at least one first wave beam, wherein the at least one first wave beam comprises at least one initial wave beam in at least two wave beams corresponding to each of the multiple possible moving tracks;
the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals comprises: receiving from the other communication device a first confirming signal for acknowledging a first signal;
the sending multiple different signals by the communication device through multiple wave beams of different directions further comprises: sending at least one second signal by the communication device through at least one second wave beam, the at least one second wave beam comprises at least one next wave beam of a first wave beam in at least one possible moving track, the first signal received by the other communication device is sent by the communication device through the first wave beam, each of the at least one possible moving track takes the first wave beam as the initial wave beam;
the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals further comprises: receiving from the other communication device a second confirming signal for acknowledging a second signal.
In the at least two wave beams corresponding to each possible moving track, if moving along the possible moving track, the other communication device usually arrives at the coverage area of the initial wave beam firstly and then enters the coverage area of the next wave beam of the initial wave beam, and so on.
The at least one first wave beam can be one first wave beam or multiple first wave beams. Specifically, if each of the multiple possible moving tracks takes the same wave beam as the initial wave beam, then the at least one first wave beam is one first wave beam, that is the same wave beam; and if at least two possible moving tracks in the multiple possible moving tracks take different wave beams as initial wave beams, then the at least one first wave beam is multiple first wave beams.
The at least one second wave beam can be one second wave beam or multiple second wave beams. Specifically, if only one possible moving track in the multiple possible moving tracks takes the first wave beam as the initial wave beam, or the next wave beams of the first wave beam in the at least two possible moving tracks taking the first wave beam as the initial wave beam are the same, the first signal the other communication device receives is sent through the first wave beam, then the at least one second wave beam is one second wave beam; and if the next wave beams of the first wave beam in the at least two possible moving tracks taking the first wave beam as the initial wave beam are different, then the at least one second wave beam is multiple second wave beams.
Further, if at least two possible moving tracks in the multiple possible moving tracks each take the first wave beam as the initial wave beam and a second wave beam as the next wave beam of the initial wave beam, the second signal the other communication device receives is sent through the second wave beam, then the sending multiple different signals by the communication device through multiple wave beams of different directions optionally further comprises: sending at least one third signal by the communication device through at least one third wave beam, wherein the at least one third wave beam comprises at least one next wave beam of a second wave beam in at least one possible moving track, the at least one possible moving track each takes the first wave beam as the initial wave beam and takes the second wave beam as the next wave beam of the initial wave beam; the determining the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals further comprises: receiving from the other communication device a third confirming signal for acknowledging a third signal.
In one application scene of the present embodiment, a cellphone placed on a desk by a user is taken as the communication device in the present embodiment, a smart bracelet worn on a wrist of the user is taken as the other communication device in the present embodiment; when the user cooks, the cellphone on the desk receives a call, the cellphone sends multiple different signals in multiple directions, if the user does not want to answer the call and does not want to touch the cellphone, the user can only slide the worn smart bracelet along a certain track; the smart bracelet receives at least two signals in the signals in a corresponding receiving sequence in the process of sliding along the certain track, in addition, every time the smart bracelet receives one signal, the signal is returned to the cellphone immediately; and the cellphone determines the at least two signals received by the intelligent bracelet and the receiving sequence that the smart bracelet receives the at least two signals, thereby executing a corresponding command, that is, call refusing.
In another application scene of the present embodiment, one electronic advertisement board serves as the communication device in the present embodiment, a cellphone of a user is taken as the other communication device in the present embodiment; when the user comes to the electronic advertisement board, the electronic advertisement board displays a commodity and sends multiple different signals in multiple directions; if the user is interest in the commodity being displayed by the electronic advertisement board and wants to know about position information of the commodity, then the user can hold the cellphone to transversely slide in front of the electronic advertisement board, in the transverse sliding process, the cellphone receives at least two signals in the signals in a corresponding receiving sequence, in addition, every time the cellphone receives one signal, the signal is returned to the electronic advertisement board immediately, and the electronic advertisement board determines the at least two signals received by the cellphone and the receiving sequence that the cellphone receives the at least two signals, thereby executing a corresponding command, that is, displaying the position information of the commodity; if the user is interest in the commodity being displayed by the electronic advertisement board and wants to know about discounting information of the commodity, then the user can hold the cellphone to vertically slide in front of the electronic advertisement board, in the vertical sliding process, the cellphone receives at least two signals in the signals in a corresponding receiving sequence, in addition, every time the cellphone receives one signal, the signal is returned to the electronic advertisement board immediately, and the electronic advertisement board determines the at least two signals received by the cellphone and the receiving sequence that the cellphone receives the at least two signals, thereby executing a corresponding command, that is, displaying the discounting information of the commodity.
a sending module 41, configured to send multiple different signals in multiple directions by a communication device, wherein the signals have different coverage areas;
a first determining module 42, configured to at least determine at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device; and
an executing module 43, configured to: at least according to the at least two signals, execute a corresponding command.
In the present embodiment, the communication device 400 can be any device with a communication function, which comprises but not limited to a cellphone, a tablet computer, an smart television, a wearable device and a display.
In the present embodiment, the word “different” in the phase “multiple different signals” means that the signals carry different information.
In the present embodiment, the signals may be signals in any form. Optionally, the signals comprise but not limited to any one of the following: electromagnetic wave signals, light signals and sound wave signals, wherein the light signals comprise visible light signals and invisible light signals, and the sound wave signals comprise but not limited to ultrasonic wave signals.
In the present embodiment, the communication device 400 is usually provided with at least one signal emitting source, and the sending module 41 is configured to send the signals in multiple directions by the at least one signal emitting source. The type of the at least one signal emitting source relates to that of the signals emit by the at least one signal emitting source. For example, a signal emitting source emitting electromagnetic wave signals can be an antenna or an antenna array; a signal emitting source emitting light signals can be a light source or a light source array; and a signal emitting source emitting sound wave signals can be a loudspeaker or a loudspeaker array.
In the present embodiment, the multiple directions are multiple different directions. As shown in
In the present embodiment, the other communication device can be any device with a communication function, which comprises but not limited to a cellphone and a wearable device.
In the present embodiment, since the signals have different coverage areas, the other communication device respectively receives the at least two signals in at least two positions which are different relative to the communication device 400, and correspondingly, the at least two signals at least partially mark a moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device 400.
In the present embodiment, the command at least corresponds to the at least two signals, that is, the command corresponds to a moving track of the other communication device relative to the communication device 400.
According to the present embodiment of a communication device, by sending multiple different signals having different coverage areas in multiple directions by a sending module, at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device by a first determining module, and at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command by an executing module, the interaction solution is provided. In addition, the communication device is controlled to execute the corresponding command based on the signals received by another communication device from the communication device, therefore interaction distance is relatively flexible and the interaction solution is easy to realize.
The communication device 400 of the present embodiment is further described in some optional example embodiments as below.
In the present embodiment, the signals can be transmitted in multiple forms.
In one example embodiment, the signals are transmitted in a form of wave beam, correspondingly, the sending module 41 is configured to
send multiple different signals through multiple wave beams of different directions.
The multiple wave beams are formed by at least one signal emitting source in the communication device 400. Specifically, any signal emitting source in the at least one signal emitting source optionally forms one wave beam or at least two wave beams. If one signal emitting source forms at least two wave beams, then the at least two wave beams are different in direction.
Similar to the coverage areas of the signals, the multiple wave beams are different in coverage area.
The type of the multiple wave beams relates to that of the signals. For example, the signals are electromagnetic wave signals, and the multiple wave beams are electromagnetic wave beams; the signals are light signals, and the multiple wave beams are light wave beams; and the signals are sound wave signals, and the multiple wave beams are sound wave beams. Correspondingly, along with changing of the type of the multiple wave beams, the multiple wave beams can be formed by adopting different techniques; by taking the electromagnetic wave beams as an example, the multiple electromagnetic wave beams can be formed by adopting an antenna array and a wave beam forming technique. Further, the multiple wave beams can be formed at the same time or different moments, for example, in sequence.
The sending module 41 can send the multiple signals through the multiple wave beams at the same time or different moments, for example, in sequence.
The multiple wave beams correspond to the multiple signals one to one, that is, the sending module 41 sends a signal through each wave beam.
In the present example embodiment, optionally, as shown in
a second determining module 44, used for determining the multiple wave beams.
Specifically, the second determining module 44 can determine the multiple wave beams in many manners.
In one possible scene, the multiple wave beams are preset.
In another possible scene, the second determining module 44 determines the multiple wave beams according to possible moving track(s) of the other communication device. Correspondingly, as shown in
a first determining unit 441, configured to determine multiple commands executable by the executing module 43;
a second determining unit 442, configured to determine multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands; and
a third determining unit 443, configured to determine the multiple wave beams according to the multiple possible moving tracks, wherein, each of the multiple possible moving tracks corresponds to at least two wave beams in the multiple wave beams.
In the above scene(s) of determining the wave beams according to possible moving tracks, the second determining unit 442 can determine the possible moving tracks in many manners.
Optionally, the second determining unit 442 is configured to:
at least according to a current position of the other communication device relative to the communication device, determine the multiple possible moving tracks of the other communication device corresponding to the multiple commands.
Optionally, the multiple possible moving tracks are preset and are unrelated to the current position of the other communication device relative to the communication device.
In the present embodiment, the command executed by the executing module 43 optionally corresponds to the at least two signals only, or corresponds to the at least two signals and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals. In the latter scene, optionally, the first determining module 42 is configured to determine the at least two signals received by the other communication device and a receiving sequence that the other communication device receives the at least two signals;
the executing module 43 is configured to at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, execute a corresponding command.
The first determining module 42 can determine the at least two signals and the receiving sequence in many manners.
Optionally, as shown in
a first receiving unit 421, configured to receive the at least two signals from the other communication device in sequence; and
a sixth determining unit 422, configured to determine the receiving sequence as a returning sequence that the other communication device returns the at least two signals.
Optionally, as shown in
a second receiving unit 423, configured to receive the at least two signals and at least two receiving moments that the other communication device respectively receives the at least two signals, which are both returned by the other communication device; and
a seventh determining unit 424, configured to according to the at least two receiving moments, determine the receiving sequence.
In the above scene(s) of the executing module 43 considering the receiving sequence, the executing module 43 can execute the corresponding command at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence in many manners.
Optionally, as shown in
an eighth determining unit 431, configured to at least according to the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determine a moving track of the other communication device; and
a third executing unit 432, configured to execute one command corresponding to the moving track.
On one aspect, the eighth determining unit 431 is configured to:
determine at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals sent by the sending module 41; and
according to the at least two coverage areas of the at least two signals and the receiving sequence, determine a moving track of the other communication device.
On another aspect, optionally, the third executing unit 432 is configured to:
at least according to a device state of the communication device 400 and the moving track, determine one command corresponding to the moving track under the device state; and
execute the command.
In the scene(s) combining the above considering the receiving sequence and determining the multiple wave beams according to the multiple possible moving tracks, optionally, as shown in
a third determining module 45, configured to determining a first sequence corresponding to each of the multiple commands;
a dividing module 46, configured to: aiming at each command, according to at least two wave beams corresponding to one possible moving track corresponding to the command and a corresponding order of the at least two wave beams to the possible moving track, divide a first sequence corresponding to the command into at least two subsequences, the at least two subsequences correspond to the at least two wave beams one to one; and
a modulating module 47, configured to respectively modulate the at least two subsequences into at least two signals corresponding to the at least two wave beams.
In the scene(s) combining the above considering the receiving sequence and dividing the first sequence corresponding to the command according to the wave beams, optionally, the first determining module 42 is configured to:
receive a second sequence from the other communication device, wherein the second sequence is made up of at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals according to the receiving sequence by the other communication device.
Further, as shown in
a fourth determining unit 433, configured to determine a command corresponding to the second sequence; and
a first executing unit 434, configured to execute the command.
In the scene(s) combining the above considering the receiving sequence and dividing the first sequence corresponding to the command according to the wave beams, optionally, as shown in
a combining unit 435, configured to combine at least two subsequences carried in the at least two signals into a third sequence according to the receiving sequence;
a fifth determining unit 436, configured to determine a command corresponding to the third sequence; and
a second executing unit 437, configured to execute the command.
In the above example embodiment of the sending module 41 sending the signals through the wave beams, the sending module 41 sends the signals through the multiple wave beams optionally at different moments.
Further in combination with the scene(s) of determining the wave beams according to the possible moving tracks, optionally, in at least two wave beams corresponding to each possible moving track, the sending module 41 sends a signal through an initial wave beam, and then sends another signal through the next wave beam after the first determining module 42 confirms that the other communication device receives the signal sent through the initial wave beam, and so on. Correspondingly, the sending module 41 is configured to: send at least one first signal through at least one first wave beam, wherein the at least one wave beam comprises at least one initial wave beam in at least two wave beams corresponding to each of the multiple possible moving tracks;
the first determining module 42 is configured to receive from the other communication device a first confirming signal for acknowledging a first signal;
the sending module 41 is further configured to send at least one second signal through at least one second wave beam, the at least one second wave beam comprises at least one next wave beam of a first wave beam in at least one possible moving track, the first signal received by the other communication device is sent by the sending module 41 through the first wave beam by the sending module 41, each of the at least one possible moving track takes the first wave beam as the initial wave beam;
the first determining module 42 is further configured to receive from the other communication device a second confirming signal for acknowledging a second signal.
Each example embodiment and each scene in the present embodiment can refer to the corresponding description in the embodiment of an interaction method provided by the present application.
at least one signal emitting source 61:
a memory 62, used for storing at least one program; and
a processor 63, used for executing the at least one program stored by the memory 62, wherein the at least one program enables the processor 63 to execute following operations:
controlling the at least one signal emitting source 61 to send multiple different signals in multiple directions, wherein the signals have different coverage areas;
at least determining at least two signals in the signals received by another communication device; and
at least according to the at least two signals, executing a corresponding command.
In the present embodiment, the communication device 600 can be any device with a communication function, which comprises but not limited to a cellphone, a tablet computer, a smart television, a wearable device and a display.
In the present embodiment, the at least one signal emitting source 61 can be one signal emitting source 61 or more signal emitting sources 61.
In the present embodiment, the type of the signal emitting source 61 relates to that of the signal(s) emit by the signal emitting source 61. For example, a signal emitting source 61 emitting electromagnetic wave signals can be an antenna or an antenna array; a signal emitting source 61 emitting light signals can be a light source or a light source array; and a signal emitting source 61 emitting sound wave signals can be a loudspeaker or a loudspeaker array.
In the present embodiment, the memory 62 can optionally comprise a random-access memory (RAM), and optionally further comprise a non-volatile memory, for example, at least one disk storage.
In the present embodiment, the processor 63 can be a central processing unit (CPU), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to execute the above operations. The above operations that the at least one program enables the processor 63 to execute can refer to the corresponding description in the above embodiment of an interaction method and is not repeated herein.
In one example embodiment, as shown in
Effective effects of the present embodiment refer to the corresponding description of the embodiment of an interaction method provided by the present application.
A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in this specification, units and method steps can be implemented by electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented by hardware or software depends on specific applications and design constraint conditions of the example embodiment. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be construed as a departure from the scope of the present application.
If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional unit and are sold or used as an independent product, the product can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the example embodiment of {\kerning2 the present application} essentially, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or a part of the example embodiment may be embodied in the form of a software product; the computer software product is stored in a storage medium and comprises several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) to execute all or some of the steps of the method in the embodiments of the present application. The foregoing computer-readable storage medium comprises physical volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable mediums that are implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. The computer-readable storage medium comprises, but is not limited to, a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a diskette or a compact disk and other mediums capable of storing a program code.
The foregoing implementations are only used to describe present application, but not to limit the present application. A person of ordinary skill in the art can still make various alterations and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application; therefore, all equivalent example embodiments also fall within the scope of the present application, and the patent protection scope of present application should be subject to the claims.
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