Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of method that can share input block in distinct electronic apparatuses, and the electronic equipment of this method can be provided.
To achieve these goals, the present invention provides a kind of input method for electric room, described electronic equipment includes a main equipment and at least one is from equipment, described at least include an input block from equipment, described method includes, starting main equipment and the input from equipment couples, the described mode from equipment with wireless telecommunications provides input operation for main equipment.
Further, described from equipment include input block management module, described management module includes the described input block externally provided from equipment, described main equipment and described complete the described input operation from equipment to main equipment from equipment according to the described input block externally provided from equipment.
Further, described main equipment includes input block and selects module, described input block selects module for being suitable for the input block of described main equipment according to the Attributions selection of described input block, and described main equipment and the described input block selected according to described input block selection module from equipment complete the described input operation from equipment to main equipment.
Further, described input block selects module according to the suitable input block of the condition selecting of described main equipment, completes the described input operation from equipment to main equipment.
Further, before starting input connection, carry out input equipment and couple checking.
The present invention also provides for a kind of input method for electronic equipment, and described method includes, and described electronic equipment is opened and found from equipment;The search of described electronic equipment around from equipment;The attribute of the input block included from equipment described in the acquisition of described electronic equipment;Described electronic equipment provides input according to the input block that the Attributions selection of its current state and each input block is suitable for it.
Further, described method includes, selected from the equipment corresponding input block state of entrance, provides input for described electronic equipment.
Further, described multiple input block is included from equipment.
The present invention also provides for a kind of electronic equipment, and described electronic equipment contains above-mentioned method.
The present invention also provides for a kind of input method for electronic equipment, and described method includes, and the input started with main equipment from equipment couples;Suitable input block the described current state obtaining described main equipment from equipment;Described it is switched to described input block state from equipment, provides input for described main equipment;The described state change responding described main equipment from equipment, input switching element.
Further, described multiple input block is included from equipment.
The present invention also provides for a kind of electronic equipment, and described electronic equipment contains above-mentioned method.
The present invention also provides for a kind of electronic equipment, described electronic equipment includes input block and low coverage wireless communication unit, described electronic equipment also includes externally input unit and finds unit and externally input Unit selection unit, described externally input unit finds that unit is for finding the externally input unit that external electronic device and external electronic device provide, and described externally input Unit selection unit is used for selecting described externally input unit.
Further, the attribute of described externally input Unit selection unit externally input unit entrained by the state of described electronic equipment and described external electronic device selects described externally input unit.
Further, the multiple described externally input unit of described externally input Unit selection Unit selection.
Further, described electronic equipment also includes external input block administrative unit, for managing the external output unit that described electronic equipment can provide.
Further, described electronic equipment includes multiple external output unit.
Further, described electronic equipment is television set.
Further, described electronic equipment is mobile phone.
The present invention also provides for a kind of method utilizing mobile phone to control television set, described television set and described mobile phone and opens input connection;Described television set obtains the attribute of the input block that described mobile phone includes;Described television set provides input according to the input block that the Attributions selection of its current state and each input block is suitable for it;Described mobile phone enters corresponding input block state, provides input for described television set.
Further, described mobile phone includes touch screen input block, controls the switching of TV channel by detecting the direction of entering stroke on touch screen.
Further, described mobile phone includes acceleration transducer body-sensing input block, controls the switching of TV channel by detecting the direction of described mobile phone motion.
After adopting above method, input block just can be shared between electronic equipment with input block, electronic equipment is facilitated to utilize in other electronic equipment existing input block to extend the input capability of self, while saving related resource, obtain better input mode, and bring better Consumer's Experience.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the system framework figure of the present invention, below in conjunction with this figure, principles of the invention is described.Input reception equipment 1 prepares to receive corresponding input, as character inputs.Input reception equipment 1 includes input block 2, may be used for being simply input, but for complicated input such as character input or specific input mode such as body-sensing input, input block 2 can not be supported, at this moment input reception equipment 1 will find operational input block the input tool as self from associated miscellaneous equipment.The equipment being connected with reception equipment includes device A 7, equipment B5 and equipment C3, and wherein device A 7 includes two input block A19 and input block A28, equipment B5 and includes an input block B6, equipment C3 and include an input block C4.Here, equipment is connected and all uses communication, especially the communication of standard, as existing bluetooth (BlueTooth) technology, ZigBee technology, Wi-Fi (WirelessFidelity) technology, etc., or certain wireless communication mode of in the future definition.
In order to facilitate the input block between distinct device to share, want between each equipment of system shown in Figure 1 mutually to find, especially input reception equipment 1 is wanted it can be found that equipment around, and obtain input block and each input block input characteristics that each equipment can provide, and one or more input block is selected to provide input for it.
Input block and each input block input characteristics that each equipment can provide is obtained in order to convenient, each unit all stores its input block that can provide and each input block input property parameters, here input block is all the part in each equipment, thering is provided input function for equipment, wherein the input property parameters of each input block includes following parameters.
1), input block title, for representing the name of input block.
2), input block type, be divided into button input block, touch-screen type input block, body-sensing input block.Here, button input block is its button is be physically present;Touch-screen type button is virtual display on the touchscreen;Human body temperature type input block be the motion by sensing apparatus input correspondingly control signal to equipment.
3), the standard code of standard type input block, be divided into standard full keyboard here, its code is 1;Standard numeric keyboard, its code is 2;Standard cell phone keyboard, its code is 3;Reference direction controls keyboard, and its code is 4;Etc..Different keyboards has different standard codes.Standard according to a preconcerted arrangement, button and the key assignments thereof of the QWERTY style keyboard representated by each standard code define.If standard type input block, provide the standard code of standard type unit here.Fig. 2 is standard cell phone keyboard, and Fig. 3 is standard numeric keyboard, and Fig. 4 is reference direction keyboard.
The above is the most basic property parameters of input block, certainly can also have other property parameters, due to unrelated to the invention, just no longer illustrate here.
For button input block, different types of input block can be obtained respectively according to its button being with.If standard full keyboard, then it both can serve as standard full keyboard, it is also possible to controls keyboard as standard numeric keyboard and reference direction.If standard cell phone keyboard, then it both can serve as standard cell phone keyboard, it is also possible to controls keyboard as standard numeric keyboard and reference direction.If standard numeric keyboard, generally then it can only be used as standard numeric keyboard.If reference direction keyboard, then it is only used as reference direction keyboard.
For touch-screen type input block, due to its keyboard on screen virtual, then in principle, it can serve as any type of keyboard, keyboard is controlled including standard full keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard, standard numeric keyboard and reference direction, but due to size and the resolution of screen, if number of keys is many, it is possible to button is too little affects user's use.
For body-sensing input block, being generally used for and be simply input, such as direction controlling, it is used as reference direction and controls keyboard.
So, if each equipment its can externally provide input support, just have the property parameters of corresponding input block inside it.Device A 7 shown in Fig. 1, comprises two groups of property parameters inside it, respectively corresponding two input blocks, and wherein corresponding for input block A19 property parameters is: device A standard full keyboard, button input block, and 1;Wherein corresponding for input block A28 property parameters is: device A reference direction control keyboard, body-sensing input block, 4.
Equipment B5 shown in Fig. 1, comprises one group of property parameters, a corresponding input block inside it, wherein corresponding for input block B6 property parameters is: equipment B standard cell phone keyboard, button input block, and 3.
Equipment C3 shown in Fig. 1, comprises one group of property parameters, a corresponding input block inside it, wherein corresponding for input block C4 property parameters is: equipment C standard cell phone keyboard, touch-screen type input block, and 3.
Input reception equipment 1 is by communication and standard defined above, would know that the input equipment that ancillary equipment A7, equipment B5 and equipment C3 can provide, so, input reception equipment 1 can select one or more input block as present input device from self or ancillary equipment.When selecting ancillary equipment institute tape input unit as input, ancillary equipment is equivalent to an input block of input reception equipment 1.
In order to better illustrate scheme above, it is assumed that input reception equipment 1 is television set, and device A 7, equipment B5 and equipment C3 are mobile phone, are described in detail below.
Fig. 5 is the system framework figure of mobile phone of the present invention.Main control unit 14 is connected with input block 11, low coverage wireless communication unit 12, mobile communication unit 15, screen display unit 16, externally input administrative unit 17 and externally input Unit selection unit 18, wherein, low coverage wireless communication unit 12 is used for and peripheral communications, input block 11 is standard cell phone key input unit, externally input Unit selection unit 18 is used for selecting externally input unit, and external input block administrative unit 17 is for managing the external output unit that electronic equipment can provide.
Fig. 6 is the external structure of mobile phone of the present invention.Mobile phone 10 includes mobile phone screen 101, talk button 102, on-hook key 121, input method switching key 115, direction controlling button 120 and input key 103 ~ 113.Wherein, input method switching key 115, direction controlling button 120 and input key 103 ~ 113 form standard cell phone keyboard.According to description above, this mobile phone can be used as standard cell phone keyboard, it is provided that using to miscellaneous equipment, it belongs to button input block.
Fig. 7 is the system framework figure of television set of the present invention.Main control unit 24 is connected with input block 21, low coverage wireless communication unit 22, remote signal Transmit-Receive Unit 23, processing television signals unit 25, screen display unit 26, externally input administrative unit 27 and externally input Unit selection unit 28.Wherein, low coverage wireless communication unit 22 is used for and peripheral communications, input block 21 is panel button input block, remote signal Transmit-Receive Unit 23 is for receiving the input of TV remote controller, externally input Unit selection unit 28 is used for selecting externally input unit, and external input block administrative unit 27 is for managing the external output unit that electronic equipment can provide.
Fig. 8 is that mobile phone is controlled mutual scene graph with TV.Inputted by mobile phone, it is possible to complete the control to television set or the input of television set relevant information.Assume to utilize a mobile phone that one television set is controlled.
In order to utilize mobile phone that TV is controlled, first passing through low coverage wireless communication unit and couple between mobile phone and TV, television set obtains ancillary equipment and the input block included thereof.Mobile phone 10 includes standard cell phone keyboard, when television set knows this case for mobile telephone containing standard cell phone keyboard, television set is by starting, with the mode of mobile communication, the standard cell phone keyboard that mobile phone comprises, mobile phone 10 enters input terminal state, at this moment when user presses standard cell phone keyboard every time, being actually and television set is carried out input operation, television set makes corresponding reaction according to the input of mobile phone.
Although mobile phone described above contains standard cell phone keyboard, but actually, this cell phone keyboard also is used as standard numeric keyboard or reference direction keyboard, this configures according to the inside of mobile phone and determines, if its input block that can provide of mobile phone storage includes standard cell phone keyboard, standard numeric keyboard and reference direction keyboard, then mobile phone just externally provides the output of three kinds of modes;If contains only one therein or two kinds, then mobile phone just externally provides a kind of or two ways output.
In order to better realize the present invention, the television set of the present invention both defines the input block type of its input applicable and the standard code of standard type input block under each state, and provides corresponding priority.Here, input block type is consistent with previously described with the standard code of standard type input block.Illustrate below detailed description.
In general, the state of television set can be divided into program viewing state, menu operation state and editor's input state.
For program viewing state, the input block type being suitable for it includes button input block, touch-screen type input block and body-sensing input block, and the standard type input block being suitable for it includes standard full keyboard, standard numeric keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard and reference direction control keyboard.In order to allow user obtain better Consumer's Experience, the priority of input block type is followed successively by body-sensing input block, touch-screen type input block, button input block from high to low;The priority of standard type input block is followed successively by reference direction from high to low and controls keyboard, standard numeric keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard, standard full keyboard.Owing to the quantity of ancillary equipment has multiple, the reference input element that can be provided by together also has multiple, at this moment, television set can have body-sensing input block or reference direction and control the ancillary equipment of keyboard and to provide input for it by prioritizing selection, or arrange various input blocks according to the order of priority and select for user.It is described separately its mode of operation below.
For body-sensing input block, as having acceleration transducer body-sensing input block, it is integrated in mobile phone, is typically used as reference direction and controls keyboard, when it is brandished to the left, channel successively decreases successively, and when brandishing to the right, channel is incremented by successively, when upwards brandishing, volume increases successively, and when brandishing downwards, volume is successively decreased successively.
For touch screen input block, it is possible to control keyboard as standard full keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard, standard numeric keyboard and reference direction.It provides the mode that reference direction controls keyboard can be the direction that user's finger slides on screen, operates similar with body-sensing input block;Can also is that on screen, show that a reference direction controls keyboard, carry out operation above by pressing corresponding direction arrow.Additionally, when it is used as standard full keyboard and standard cell phone keyboard, by showing corresponding keyboard on its screen, user both can utilize pressing numeral keys to directly input corresponding channel number, it is also possible to presses its directionkeys to obtain the operation that reference direction keyboard described above provides.When it is used as or during standard numeric keyboard, it is possible to use pressing numeral keys directly inputs corresponding channel number.
For button input block, generally it is through pressing corresponding button and carries out input control, operate substantially similar.Used as standard full keyboard and standard cell phone keyboard, then can press directionkeys or digital keys to carry out corresponding channel operation;Used as standard numeric keyboard, then can press digital keys to carry out corresponding channel operation;Used as reference direction keyboard, then can press directional pad to carry out channel operation or volume operation.
For menu operation state, the operation that general television set is all by directionkeys realizes menu operation, therefore, the input block type being suitable for its operation includes button input block, touch-screen type input block and body-sensing input block, the standard type input block being suitable for it includes standard full keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard and reference direction control keyboard, can complete menu operation according to the mode of operation standard directional pad.In order to allow user obtain better Consumer's Experience, the priority of input block type is followed successively by body-sensing input block, touch-screen type input block, button input block from high to low;The priority of standard type input block is followed successively by reference direction from high to low and controls keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard, standard full keyboard.Owing to the quantity of ancillary equipment has multiple, the reference input element that can be provided by together also has multiple, at this moment, television set can have body-sensing input block or reference direction and control the ancillary equipment of keyboard and to provide input for it by prioritizing selection, or arrange various input blocks according to the order of priority and select for user.
For editor's input state, television set carries out editor's input operation by providing the remote controller comprising standard cell phone keyboard, therefore, the input block type being suitable for its operation includes button input block and touch-screen type input block, the standard type input block being suitable for it includes standard full keyboard and standard cell phone keyboard, completes editor's input by corresponding character input system.In order to allow user obtain better Consumer's Experience, the priority of input block type is followed successively by button input block, touch-screen type input block from high to low;The priority of standard type input block is followed successively by standard full keyboard, standard cell phone keyboard from high to low.Owing to the quantity of ancillary equipment has multiple, the reference input element that can be provided by together also has multiple, at this moment, television set can have the ancillary equipment of standard full keyboard and to provide input for it by prioritizing selection, or arrange various input blocks according to the order of priority and select for user.
Fig. 9 is the operation interface schematic diagram that television set input equipment selects.After television set 30 starts search input equipment, the input equipment that can set up connection around television set can be shown on screen in the form of a list, at this moment, list input equipment selects 301 to include device A touch screen 302, equipment B keyboard 303 and equipment C body-sensing input 304.User can select one or more as input equipment from the equipment of display, and herein for the present invention is conveniently described, three input equipments listed above are all selected.
Figure 10 is the operation interface schematic diagram that television set input block selects.After choosing input equipment, system enters input block and selects user interface.Three equipment of television set and the connection mode by communication, it is thus achieved that the input block that each input equipment can provide.Owing to above having been described above, each equipment all stores its input block that can provide and each input block input property parameters, by reading above-mentioned information, television set display input block selective listing 311, device A touch screen includes standard cell phone keyboard 312, reference direction keyboard 313 and standard full keyboard 314, equipment B keyboard includes standard cell phone keyboard 315, and the input of equipment C body-sensing includes reference direction keyboard 316, and wherein standard cell phone keyboard 315 is not selected.
External equipment is used to input control command or information to television set in order to better convenient, television set can arrange the priority of the input block of each input equipment and each equipment under its different conditions, this priority is mainly reflected in input equipment and finds and connection, the prioritizing selection of input block and input.
Figure 11 is the priority level initializing of input block under program viewing state, according to description above, body-sensing input is preferential, touch screen is secondly, in addition, the input of reference direction keyboard is better than standard cell phone keyboard and standard full keyboard, so, under program viewing state, the priority level initializing list 321 of input block is followed successively by equipment C body-sensing input reference direction keyboard 322, device A touch screen reference direction keyboard 323, device A touch screen standard cell phone keyboard 324 and device A touch screen standard full keyboard 325 according to priority orders.
Figure 12 is the priority level initializing of input block under menu operation state, according to description above, body-sensing input is preferential, touch screen is secondly, in addition, the input of reference direction keyboard is better than standard cell phone keyboard and standard full keyboard, so, under menu operation state, the priority level initializing list 331 of input block is followed successively by equipment C body-sensing input reference direction keyboard 332, device A touch screen reference direction keyboard 333, device A touch screen standard cell phone keyboard 334 and device A touch screen standard full keyboard 335 according to priority orders.
Figure 13 is the priority level initializing of input block under editing mode, according to description above, press key equipment and touch panel device input are preferential, in addition, the input of standard full keyboard is better than standard cell phone keyboard, so, under editing mode, the priority level initializing list 341 of input block is followed successively by device A touch screen standard full keyboard 342 and device A touch screen standard cell phone keyboard 343 according to priority orders.Due to reference direction keyboard inconvenient operation under editing mode, non-selected here.
To accept input equipment for main equipment, input equipment is from equipment, and Figure 14 is that the input that main equipment is initiated couples.First main equipment opens input equipment discovery, and search for the input equipment of surrounding, after searching each input equipment, main equipment and these input equipments carry out communication, read the input property parameters of each input block of each equipment, so, main equipment just can input property parameters according to its current state and each input block and select suitable input block be that it provides input, and selected input equipment just enters correspondingly input block state providing to main equipment according to the attribute of input block and inputs.In input equipment, namely input block state externally provides input state, and input equipment itself is not responding to input now, and so, the button operation each time of input equipment is all sent to main equipment.If the state of main equipment changes, as forwarded editor's input state to from program viewing state, now, the input block state of input equipment also can change, for instance transfers standard full keyboard state to from the directionkeys state of standard.
Figure 15 is that the input to main equipment that input equipment is initiated couples.First, the input that input equipment starts with main equipment couples, input equipment obtains the preferential input block of main equipment under current state by the mode of communication, input equipment is switched to preferential input block state, and start to provide input to main equipment, at this moment, also the state of main equipment can be constantly obtained from equipment, and the state change according to main equipment is switched to corresponding preferential input block state, as long as being not over input state from equipment, said process just carries out always, until end of input, at this moment, input equipment terminates the input with main equipment and couples.
Main equipment and can be different types of equipment from equipment, such as television set and mobile phone or other portable equipment, television set and computer, it is also possible to be the equipment of same type, as between mobile phone and mobile phone.When a mobile phone is as main equipment, another mobile phone is as from equipment, when carrying out input connection each other, as being that main equipment body provides input from the mobile phone of equipment, until this input connection is cancelled.
Additionally, in order to make main equipment and the input from equipment couple relatively reliable, need to carry out authentication before inputting, such as the password of input agreement, interactive digital authentication etc..
Wireless technology makes user break away from the puzzlement of cable, is used widely in daily life and work, for instance bluetooth (Bluetooth) technology, Wi-Fi (WirelessFidelity) technology, technology.For bluetooth, between bluetooth equipment, uniquely identify other bluetooth equipment by globally unique bluetooth device address (BluetoothDeviceAddress is called for short BD-ADDR).Bluetooth equipment is by using equipment query to find other bluetooth equipment in its communication range, and all available bluetooth equipments of periphery respond, and send its bluetooth device address.Obtain the friendly name of bluetooth equipment also by device name querying command between bluetooth equipment.The function of one bluetooth equipment is supplied to another bluetooth equipment in the way of one or more bluetooth equipments service, and user can select certain bluetooth equipment service therein to be attached as required.Main equipment said before and between equipment input couple can be completed by bluetooth.
It is last it is noted that above example is only in order to illustrative not limiting technical scheme; the present invention can be modified or equivalent replacement by those of ordinary skill in the art; without deviating from any modification or partial replacement of the spirit and scope of the present invention, it all should be encompassed in the claims of the present invention.