Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the interest of clarity and conciseness, not all features of an actual implementation are described in the specification. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure.
It should be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, only the device structures and/or processing steps closely related to the solution according to the present invention are shown in the drawings, and other details not so relevant to the present invention are omitted.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a playback control apparatus for multimedia content, including: the mobile device comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a control unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the motion state of the mobile device; and a control unit for generating and outputting a play control signal to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content stored therein to a predetermined play device for playing, in case the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies a predetermined condition.
An example of a play control apparatus of multimedia contents according to an embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 1, the playback control apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an acquisition unit 110 and a control unit 120.
The obtaining unit 110 is configured to obtain a motion state of the mobile device. Fig. 2 schematically shows a structural diagram of the acquisition unit 110.
As shown in fig. 2, the obtaining unit 110 may include a receiving module 210. In this example, the receiving module 210 is configured to receive a current acceleration and a current angular velocity of the mobile device, where the current acceleration and the current angular velocity of the mobile device are used to represent a motion state of the mobile device. For example, in some implementations, the receiving module 210 may receive the current acceleration and the current angular velocity of the mobile device from a sensing element internal to the mobile device.
Thus, the motion state of the mobile device (represented by the current acceleration and the current angular velocity of the mobile device) can be acquired through the processing of the acquisition unit 110. In this way, the control unit 120 may determine whether the motion state of the mobile device acquired by the acquisition unit 110 completely or partially satisfies a predetermined condition, and generate and output a play control signal to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content stored therein to the predetermined play device 130 for playing in a case where the motion state of the mobile device completely or partially satisfies the predetermined condition.
It should be noted that in a specific implementation manner of the apparatus 100 for controlling playing of multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia content may be various forms of multimedia content, for example, the multimedia content may include, but is not limited to, any one or more of text, video, audio, and pictures.
In some implementations of the apparatus 100 for controlling playing of multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia content transmitted by the mobile device may be the multimedia content selected by the user or the current interface content of the mobile device. It should be noted that, in the case that the multimedia content sent by the mobile device is the current interface content of the mobile device, the predetermined playing device 130 may play the current interface content of the mobile device as the multimedia content in the form of a picture.
In some implementations, assuming that the obtaining unit 110 includes the receiving module 210, in the case that the receiving module 210 receives the current acceleration and the current angular velocity of the mobile device, the predetermined condition described above may include at least one of the following conditions: the current acceleration magnitude of the mobile device is greater than or equal to a first predetermined threshold (hereinafter referred to as condition one); and the magnitude of the current angular velocity of the mobile device is greater than or equal to a second predetermined threshold (hereinafter referred to as condition two).
The first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold may be the same or different. In addition, the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold may be set according to empirical values, or may be determined by an experimental method, which is not described herein again.
In an implementation manner of the playback control apparatus 100 for multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 120 may be configured to: and generating and outputting a play control signal to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content stored therein to the predetermined play device 130 for playing, if the motion state of the mobile device partially satisfies the predetermined condition. Taking the case that the predetermined conditions include the first condition and the second condition as an example, when the user makes the mobile device perform a certain action a1, if there is a certain time t0 during the duration of the action a1, such that the acceleration magnitude of the mobile device at the time t0 is greater than or equal to the first predetermined threshold value, or the angular velocity magnitude at the time t0 is greater than or equal to the second predetermined threshold value, the control unit 120 may control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content to the predetermined playback device 130 for playback; on the other hand, when the user makes the mobile device perform another action a2, if the acceleration magnitude of the mobile device at any time during the continuation of action a2 is smaller than the first predetermined threshold value and the angular velocity magnitude of the mobile device at any time during the continuation of action a2 is smaller than the second predetermined threshold value, the control unit 120 does not generate the playback control signal.
In another implementation manner of the apparatus 100 for controlling playback of multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 120 may be configured to: and generating and outputting a playing control signal under the condition that the motion state of the mobile device completely meets the preset condition so as to control the mobile device to send the multimedia content stored in the mobile device to the preset playing device 130 for playing. Taking the case that the predetermined conditions include the first condition and the second condition as an example, when the user makes the mobile device perform a certain action A3, if there is a certain time t1 during the duration of the action A3, such that the acceleration magnitude of the mobile device at the time t1 is greater than or equal to the first predetermined threshold value, and the angular velocity magnitude at the time t1 is greater than or equal to the second predetermined threshold value, the control unit 120 may control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content to the predetermined playback device 130 for playback; on the other hand, when the user makes the mobile device perform another action a4, if neither the acceleration nor the angular velocity of the mobile device at any time during the duration of action a4 satisfies the first condition and the second condition, the control unit 120 does not generate the play control signal.
Furthermore, in a specific implementation manner of the apparatus 100 for controlling playing of multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the "current acceleration of the mobile device" may include acceleration components of the mobile device in three spatial dimensions, respectively, and the "current angular velocity of the mobile device" may include angular velocity components of the mobile device in three spatial dimensions, respectively, currently. In one example of this implementation, the predetermined condition described above may include at least one of the following conditions: the current acceleration magnitude of the mobile device is greater than or equal to a third predetermined threshold (hereinafter referred to as condition three); the current angular velocity magnitude of the mobile device is greater than or equal to a fourth predetermined threshold (hereinafter referred to as condition four); the current acceleration component magnitudes of the mobile device in three spatial dimensions are respectively in a first predetermined range (hereinafter referred to as condition five); and the sizes of the angular velocity components of the mobile device in the three spatial dimensions are respectively in the second predetermined ranges (hereinafter referred to as the condition six).
It should be noted that the third condition and the fourth condition are similar to the first condition and the second condition described in the above embodiments, and are both limiting conditions for the composite acceleration and the composite angular velocity of the mobile device, and detailed descriptions of the third condition and the fourth condition are omitted here. The fifth and sixth conditions are conditions that define three acceleration components and three angular velocity components of the mobile device in three dimensions of space. It should be noted that, in the fifth condition, the first predetermined ranges corresponding to the respective acceleration components may be the same or different; further, similarly, in the condition six, the second predetermined ranges corresponding to the respective angular velocity components may be the same or different.
Thus, in a specific implementation manner of the playback control apparatus 100 for multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined condition may include any combination of the above-described conditions three to four according to actual situations and needs. It should be noted that the third predetermined threshold and the fourth predetermined threshold may be the same as or different from the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold described in the above embodiments, respectively. In addition, it should be noted that the third predetermined threshold and the fourth predetermined threshold, and the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined range may be set according to empirical values, or may be determined by an experimental method, and are not described herein again.
In addition, in some implementations of the apparatus 100 for controlling playback of multimedia content according to embodiments of the present invention, the mobile device may transmit the multimedia content to the predetermined playback device 130 by way of wireless communication. In one example, the above-mentioned wireless communication mode may include any one of the following communication modes: WIFI, bluetooth, 3G, GPRS, and WLAN.
Compared with the traditional wired connection mode, the control unit 120 in the above implementation mode can transmit the multimedia content to the predetermined playing device 130 for playing in a wireless communication mode, and does not need a connecting line or the like to connect the mobile device with the predetermined playing device 130, so that resources such as space and the connecting line can be saved. In addition, the play control device in the above implementation manner can make the mobile device not limited to the limited area range of the connecting line such as the cable and the data line, so that the freedom degree of spatial movement of the user and the mobile device can be improved.
In addition, in another implementation manner, in the case that the motion state of the mobile device satisfies the predetermined condition, the control unit 120 may generate and output a play control signal to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content to a predetermined server, and then forward the multimedia content to a predetermined play device for playing through the predetermined server. In some cases, some predetermined playing devices may have a problem that they cannot play the multimedia content with a large capacity transmitted from the mobile device due to their limited storage space, and in this implementation, the multimedia content is temporarily stored by a predetermined server, which can solve the problem.
In addition, in a specific implementation manner of the playback control apparatus 100 for multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the playback control apparatus 100 may be disposed inside the mobile device (for example, the playback control apparatus 100 is disposed on a chip inside the mobile device), or may be disposed outside the mobile device. In the case where the playback control apparatus 100 is provided outside the mobile device, the playback control apparatus 100 may communicate with the mobile device by wire or wirelessly.
As can be seen from the above description, the play control apparatus for multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention can generate the play control signal to control the playing of the multimedia content in the mobile device without the user manually inputting the play operation instruction in the case that the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies the predetermined condition. Compared with the traditional playing operation and control technology of multimedia content, the playing control device of the multimedia content according to the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of more convenient operation and control, time saving and high efficiency. In addition, in some embodiments, the play control apparatus can also transmit multimedia content by wireless communication, which can save more resources such as space and connection lines compared to the traditional wired communication method, and can enable users and mobile devices to have higher freedom of space movement.
The embodiment of the invention also provides an electronic device which can comprise the multimedia content play control device and the mobile device.
As shown in fig. 3, in one implementation, the electronic device 300 may include only the play control apparatus 310. The playing control device 310 is configured to obtain a motion state of the mobile device, and generate and output a playing control signal when the motion state of the mobile device completely or partially meets a predetermined condition, so as to control the mobile device to send the multimedia content stored in the mobile device to a predetermined playing device for playing. It should be noted that the playback control apparatus 310 may have the same structure and function as the playback control apparatus 100 described in fig. 1 or fig. 2, and achieve similar technical effects, and therefore, will not be described in detail here.
Furthermore, in another implementation, the electronic device 300 may include a play control device 310 and a sensing device 320. The structure and function of the playback control apparatus 310 are as described in fig. 1 or fig. 2, and are not described herein again. The sensing device 320 may be used to sense the current acceleration and the current angular velocity of the electronic device 300.
It should be noted that the electronic device 300 shown in fig. 3 corresponds to the mobile device described in fig. 1 or fig. 2.
Fig. 4 schematically shows an example of a sensing device 320. As shown in fig. 4, the sensing device 320 may include an acceleration sensor 410 and a gyroscope 420. The acceleration sensor 410 may be configured to acquire acceleration components of the mobile device in three spatial dimensions as a current acceleration of the mobile device. In addition, gyroscope 420 may be used to obtain angular velocity components of the mobile device in three dimensions of space, respectively, as the current angular velocity of the mobile device.
In some implementations of the electronic device 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile device may be any one of a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant, a multimedia playing device, and an electronic paper book.
In addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides a playing control system of the multimedia content. As shown in fig. 5, the playback control system 500 may include an electronic device 510 and a predetermined playback device 520. The playing control means in the electronic device 510 is configured to generate and output a playing control signal when the motion state of the mobile device in the electronic device completely or partially meets a predetermined condition, so as to control the mobile device to send the multimedia content stored therein to a predetermined playing device for playing. The electronic device 510 may have the same structure and function as the electronic device 300 described above with reference to fig. 3 or fig. 4, and can achieve similar technical effects, which are not described herein again.
In addition, in some implementations of the playing control system 500 for multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined playing device 520 may be any one of a television, a projector, a notebook computer, and a tablet computer.
It should be noted that, the electronic device and the playing control system of multimedia content both have all the advantages and benefits of the playing control device of multimedia content, and are not described herein again.
In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for controlling playback of multimedia content, where the method for controlling playback includes: acquiring a motion state of the mobile equipment; and generating and outputting a play control signal to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content stored therein to a predetermined play device for playing, in case that the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies a predetermined condition.
An exemplary process of the above-described play control method of multimedia content is described below with reference to fig. 6.
As shown in fig. 6, the process flow 600 of the play control method according to the embodiment of the present invention starts at step S610 and then proceeds to step S620.
In step S620, the motion state of the mobile device is acquired. Then, step S630 is performed. The processing executed in step S620 may be the same as the processing of the obtaining unit 110 described in fig. 1 or fig. 2, for example, and similar technical effects can be achieved, which is not described herein again.
In step S630, it is determined whether the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies a predetermined condition, and step S640 is performed if the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies the predetermined condition, and step S650 is performed if the motion state of the mobile device does not fully or partially satisfy the predetermined condition. The predetermined condition may include the above-mentioned condition one and condition two, which are not described herein again.
In step S640, a play control signal is generated and output to control the mobile device to transmit the multimedia content stored therein to a predetermined playing device for playing. Then, step S650 is performed.
The processing performed in steps S630-S640 may be the same as the processing of the control unit 120 described in fig. 1, and similar technical effects can be achieved, which is not described herein again.
In one implementation manner of the playback control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, in step S640, the mobile device and the predetermined playback device may communicate with each other in a wireless communication manner. The wireless communication method may be any of the above-described wireless communication methods, for example.
In addition, in another implementation manner of the play control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, in step S640, the mobile device may first send the multimedia content stored therein to a predetermined server, and then forward the multimedia content to a predetermined play device through the predetermined server for playing.
Process flow 600 ends at step S650.
As can be seen from the above description, the play control method of multimedia content according to the embodiment of the present invention can generate the play control signal to control the play of the multimedia content in the mobile device without the user manually inputting the play operation instruction in the case that the motion state of the mobile device fully or partially satisfies the predetermined condition. Compared with the traditional playing operation and control technology of the multimedia content, the playing control method of the multimedia content according to the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of more convenient operation and control, time saving and high efficiency. In addition, in some embodiments, the play control method can also transmit multimedia content in a wireless communication manner, which can save more resources such as space and connection lines compared with a traditional wired communication manner, and can enable users and mobile devices to have higher freedom of space movement.
The respective constituent units, modules, and the like in the above-described playback control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured by software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof. When some of the constituent elements and modules in the information processing apparatus are implemented by software or firmware, a program constituting the software or firmware may be installed from a storage medium or a network to a machine having a dedicated hardware configuration, and the machine may be capable of executing various functions of the constituent elements and sub-elements when various programs are installed.
In the foregoing description of specific embodiments of the invention, features described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment may be used in the same or similar manner in one or more other embodiments, in combination with or instead of the features of the other embodiments.
Furthermore, the methods of the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to being performed in the time sequence described in the specification or shown in the drawings, and may be performed in other time sequences, in parallel, or independently. Therefore, the order of execution of the methods described in this specification does not limit the technical scope of the present invention.
Further, it is apparent that some of the operational procedures of the above-described method according to the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a computer-executable program stored in various machine-readable storage media.
Finally, it should also be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, relational terms such as left and right, first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. The term "comprising", without further limitation, means that the element so defined is not excluded from the group consisting of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.