Motion detection system
The present invention provides a motion detecting system, which includes a light source module, a plurality of image sensors and a control unit. The light source module illuminates at least one object. The image sensors respectively detect the object under the light emitted by the light source module to generate a plurality of detection results. The control unit is coupled to the image sensors, and generates a control command according to the detection results.
1. A motion detecting system, comprising:
a first motion detecting sub-system comprising a light emitting unit, an image sensor and a computing unit, wherein
the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to generate a determining result that represents a relative distance between an object and the image sensor by analyzing, using the computing unit, image contents of image sensing results generated by the image sensor,
the light emitting unit is configured to illuminate the object, and
the image sensor is configured to receive reflecting light from the object formed by reflecting light emitted from the light emitting unit;
a second motion detecting sub-system which has a same type as the first motion detecting sub-system, the second motion detecting sub-system comprising a further light emitting unit, and configured to generate a further determining result that represents at least one of a relative distance, an angle and a moving direction of the second motion detecting sub-system with respect to the object;
a first electronic device configured to receive the determining result and the further determining result respectively from the first and second motion detecting sub-systems and transmit the determining result and the further determining result, wherein the light emitting unit, the image sensor and the computing unit of the first motion detecting sub-system as well as the second motion detection sub-system are integrated in the first electronic device; and
a second electronic device configured to wirelessly receive the determining result and the further determining result from the first electronic device for controlling or operating a state of the second electronic device,
wherein the second electronic device comprises a display screen having a display surface, and
a sensing range of the image sensor does not cover the display surface of the second electronic device.
2. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to detect gesture motions of a user as the determining result.
3. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is free of a display screen.
4. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the determining result generated by the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to control an operation mode of the first electronic device.
5. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the second electronic device is a digital television.
6. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the second motion detecting sub-system and the first motion detecting sub-system are arranged on different positions in the first electronic device.
7. The motion detecting system of claim 6 , wherein the first motion detecting sub-system and the second motion detecting sub-system are configured to simultaneously detect the object.
8. A motion detecting system, comprising:
a first motion detecting sub-system comprising a light emitting unit, an image sensor and a computing unit, wherein
the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to generate a determining result that represents a relative distance between an object and the image sensor by analyzing, using the computing unit, image contents of image sensing results generated by the image sensor,
the light emitting unit is configured to illuminate the object, and
the image sensor is configured to receive reflecting light from the object formed by reflecting light emitted from the light emitting unit;
a first electronic device configured to receive the determining result from the first motion detecting sub-system and transmit the determining result, wherein the light emitting unit, the image sensor and the computing unit of the first motion detecting sub-system are integrated in the first electronic device;
a second electronic device; and
a third electronic device, separated from the first electronic device, integrated with a second motion detecting sub-system, the second motion detecting sub-system having a same type as the first motion detecting sub-system and comprising a further light emitting unit, a further image sensor and a further computing unit, the third electronic device configured to generate a further determining result that represents at least one of a relative distance, an angle and a moving direction of the further image sensor with respect to the object,
wherein
the second electronic device is separated from the first and third electronic devices, and configured to wirelessly receive the determining result and the further determining result from the first and third electronic devices for controlling or operating a state of the second electronic device,
the second electronic device comprises a display screen having a display surface, and
a sensing range of the image sensor does not cover the display surface of the second electronic device.
9. A motion detecting system, comprising:
a first motion detecting sub-system comprising a light emitting unit, an image sensor and a computing unit, wherein
the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to generate a determining result that represents a relative distance between an object and the image sensor by analyzing, using the computing unit, image contents of image sensing results generated by the image sensor,
the light emitting unit is configured to illuminate the object, and
the image sensor is configured to receive reflecting light from the object formed by reflecting light emitted from the light emitting unit;
a second motion detecting sub-system, which has a same type as the first motion detecting sub-system, and is configured to generate a further determining result that represents at least one of a relative distance, an angle and a moving direction of the second motion detecting sub-system with respect to the object;
a first electronic device configured to receive an integrated determining result associated with the determining result and the further determining result from the first motion detecting sub-systems and transmit the integrated determining result, wherein
the light emitting unit, the image sensor and the computing unit of the first motion detecting sub-system as well as the second motion detection sub-system are integrated in the first electronic device,
the second motion detecting sub-system is configured to send the further determining result to the first motion detecting sub-system, and
the first motion detecting sub-system is configured to form the integrated determining result from (i) the determining result and (ii) the further determining result received from the second motion detecting sub-system; and
a second electronic device configured to receive the integrated determining result wirelessly from the first electronic device for controlling or operating a state of the second electronic device,
wherein the second electronic device comprises a display screen having a display surface, and
a sensing range of the image sensor does not cover the display surface of the second electronic device.
10. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting unit of the first motion detecting sub-system and the further light emitting unit of the second motion detecting sub-system have a same type.
11. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the first motion detecting sub-system and the second motion detecting sub-system are gesture sensors.
12. The motion detecting system of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting unit and the further light emitting unit are arranged at identical positions respectively on the first motion detecting sub-system and the second motion detecting sub-system.