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Granted Patent B2
US 9,432,085 · App. 14/581,298 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Method for recognizing movement trajectory of operator, microcontroller and electronic device

Inventor: Jianhua Song (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.; Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
H04B5/0012H04B5/0043
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Patent No.
US 9,432,085
App. No.
14/581,298
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for recognizing a movement trajectory of an operator, a microcontroller and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device provided with an antenna and a sensor, and the antenna is connected to the sensor and is in a first operation mode. The method includes: obtaining a capacitance signal which is generated by the antenna in the first operation mode during a first time period and is collected by the sensor; generating data of a distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal; and analyzing the data of the distance and obtaining the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period.

Claims (29)

1. A method for recognizing a movement trajectory of an operator, wherein the method is applied to an electronic device provided with an antenna and a sensor, the antenna is connected to the sensor and is in a first operation mode, and the method comprises:

obtaining a capacitance signal which is generated by the antenna in the first operation mode during a first time period and is collected by the sensor;

generating data of a distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal; and

analyzing the data of the distance, and obtaining the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period; and

triggering the electronic device to make the electronic device execute a target instruction corresponding to the movement trajectory according to a preset correspondence between a trajectory and an instruction after obtaining the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period,

wherein the method further comprises: after generating the data of the distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal,

controlling the antenna to switch from the first operation mode to a second operation mode in a case that the data of the distance comprises data of a distance smaller than or equal to a first threshold, wherein transmission power of the antenna in the second operation mode is smaller than transmission power of the antenna in the first operation mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the data of the distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal comprises:

obtaining the data of the distance corresponding to the capacitance signal from a preset correspondence between a capacitance and a distance,

wherein the data of the distance comprises data of a distance between the operator and the antenna at any moment in the first time period.

3. A microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is arranged in an electronic device, the electronic device comprises an antenna and a sensor, the antenna is connected to the sensor and is in a first operation mode, and the microcontroller is configured to:

obtain a capacitance signal which is generated by the antenna in the first operation mode during a first time period and is collected by the sensor;

generate data of a distance between an operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal;

analyze the data of the distance and obtain a movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period; and

trigger the electronic device to make the electronic device execute a target instruction corresponding to the movement trajectory according to a preset correspondence between a trajectory and an instruction after the data analyzing module obtains the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period,

wherein the microcontroller is further configured to control the antenna to switch from the first operation mode to a second operation mode in a case that the data of the distance comprises data of a distance smaller than or equal to a first threshold after the data generating module generates the data of the distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal, wherein transmission power of the antenna in the second operation mode is smaller than transmission power of the antenna in the first operation mode.

4. The microcontroller according to claim 3 , wherein generating data of the distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal the data generating module comprises:

obtaining the data of the distance corresponding to the capacitance signal from a preset correspondence between a capacitance and a distance,

wherein the data of the distance comprises data of a distance between the operator and the antenna at any moment in the first time period.

5. An electronic device, wherein

the electronic device comprises an antenna, a sensor and a microcontroller, the sensor is arranged on an upper region of a display screen of the electronic device or on a hinge region of the electronic device;

the antenna is configured to generate a capacitance signal in a case that an operator is in a search range of the antenna and in a case that the antenna is in a first operation mode;

the sensor is configured to collect the capacitance signal generated by the antenna in the first operation mode during a first time period;

the microcontroller is configured to obtain the capacitance signal collected by the sensor, generate data of a distance between the operator and the antenna during the first time period according to the capacitance signal, analyze the data of the distance and obtain a movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period, and trigger the electronic device to make the electronic device execute a target instruction corresponding to the movement trajectory according to a preset correspondence between a trajectory and an instruction after obtaining the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period; and

the microcontroller is further configured to control the antenna to switch from the first operation mode to a second operation mode in a case that the data of the distance comprises data of a distance smaller than or equal to a first threshold, wherein transmission power of the antenna in the second operation mode is smaller than transmission power of the antenna in the first operation mode.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the microcontroller comprises:

a signal obtaining unit, configured to obtain the capacitance signal collected by the sensor;

a data generating unit, configured to obtain the data of the distance corresponding to the capacitance signal from a preset correspondence between a capacitance and a distance, wherein the data of the distance comprises data of a distance between the operator and the antenna at any moment in the first time period; and

a data analyzing unit, configured to analyze the data of the distance and obtain the movement trajectory of the operator formed during the first time period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2014
From: SONG, JIANHUA
To: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.; LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034579/0114 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0368304 · Jul 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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