CN106790939B

CN106790939B - Call prompting method and device

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Publication number: CN106790939B
Application number: CN201611153903.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 江波; 史春晓
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-12-14
Filing date: 2016-12-14
Publication date: 2020-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 2036-12-14
Also published as: CN106790939A

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a call prompting method and a call prompting device, and belongs to the technical field of mobile communication. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a call request of a first communication device; performing call prompting based on the call request; judging whether a user of the second communication equipment is in a specified response state, wherein the specified response state is used for indicating that the user is about to respond to the call request; and if the user is determined to be in the designated response state, sending a prompt message to the first communication device, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to respond to the call request soon. According to the method and the device, whether the user of the second communication equipment is in the designated response state or not is judged, whether the prompt message is sent to the first communication equipment or not is determined, so that the user of the first communication equipment can know whether the user of the second communication equipment is about to respond to the call request or not, whether the user of the second communication equipment continues to wait for responding to the call request or not is determined, the time of the user is saved, and the intelligence is better.

Description

Call prompting method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a call prompting method and apparatus.

Background

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, communication devices such as mobile phones and smart watches have become necessary for many modern people in work and life, for example, a user may dial a number to send a call request to a mobile phone B of another user through a mobile phone a, the mobile phone B may perform a call prompt in a manner of ringing or the like when receiving the call request of the mobile phone a, and if the mobile phone B does not answer within a period of time, a call failure may be caused.

In implementing the present disclosure, the inventors found that the related art has at least the following problems:

continuing with the above example, if the mobile phone B receives the call request of the mobile phone a and performs a call prompt in a manner of ringing or the like to the user, and the distance between the user and the mobile phone B is long, the user often needs to spend much time in the process of arriving at the mobile phone B and answering, and another user may think that the user is inconvenient to answer or does not carry the mobile phone B at the time after waiting for a period of time, and then terminates the call request, which may cause that when the user arrives at the mobile phone B and answers the call, another user has terminated the call request, causing call failure, wasting the user's time, and having poor intelligence.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a call prompting method and device.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for call prompting is provided, the method including:

receiving a call request of a first communication device, wherein the call request is used for establishing a communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device;

performing call prompting based on the call request;

judging whether a user of the second communication equipment is in a designated response state, wherein the designated response state is used for indicating that the user is about to respond to the call request, and whether the user of the second communication equipment is in the designated response state is whether the user is driving to the position of the second communication equipment;

if the user is determined to be in the designated response state, sending a prompt message to the first communication device, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to respond to the call request soon,

if the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, continuously prompting the user for calling until a stop time length is met, wherein the stop time length is set by the user of the second communication device, and the stop time length is used for controlling the second communication device to judge whether the user is in the designated response state.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, when the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device and performs call prompt, whether the prompt message is sent to the first communication device is determined by judging whether the user of the second communication device is in the specified response state, so that the user of the first communication device can know whether the user of the second communication device is about to respond to the call request and decide whether to continue to wait for the user of the second communication device to respond to the call request, the time of the user is saved, and the intelligence is better.

In another embodiment, said determining whether the user of the second communication device is in a designated response state comprises:

acquiring at least one distance value between the user and the user every preset time length, and judging whether the at least one distance value is gradually reduced or not;

if the at least one distance value is gradually reduced, determining that the user is in the specified response state;

and if the at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased, determining that the user is not in the specified response state.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, at least one distance value between the user and the user is obtained every other preset time, and if the at least one distance value is gradually reduced, the user is determined to be in an appointed response state; if at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased, the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, and whether the user is about to respond to the call request or not is judged according to the distance between the user and the user, so that the judgment is more accurate.

In another embodiment, the obtaining at least one distance value between the user and the user every preset time period includes:

determining at least one signal intensity between the intelligent wearable device and a preset intelligent wearable device every other first preset time, and determining a distance value between the intelligent wearable device and the user according to the at least one signal intensity; or the like, or, alternatively,

the method comprises the steps of obtaining a plurality of images obtained by shooting of preset shooting equipment, and determining a distance value between the preset shooting equipment and a user according to the plurality of images.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, at least one signal intensity between the intelligent wearable device and the preset intelligent wearable device is determined every other preset time, and a distance value between the intelligent wearable device and a user is determined according to the at least one signal intensity; or a plurality of images obtained by shooting of the preset shooting equipment are obtained, the distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user is determined according to the plurality of images, a plurality of modes for determining the distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user are provided for the user, and the intelligence is better.

In another embodiment, the acquiring the plurality of images obtained by the preset shooting device through shooting includes:

acquiring images obtained by the preset shooting equipment through shooting every second preset time length; or the like, or, alternatively,

and acquiring a video with a third preset time length, which is shot by the preset shooting equipment, and extracting a plurality of images from the video.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, images obtained by shooting of preset shooting equipment are obtained every second preset time; or acquiring a video with a third preset time length obtained by shooting through the preset shooting equipment, so that the accuracy of the mode of determining the distance value between the user and the preset shooting equipment through multiple images obtained by shooting is higher.

In another embodiment, the determining, from the plurality of images, a distance value to the user comprises:

and if the second communication equipment is located in the shooting range of the preset shooting equipment, detecting the positions of the user in the plurality of images, and determining the distance value between the user and the second communication equipment according to the positions of the user in the plurality of images and the positions of the second communication equipment in the plurality of images.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the second communication device detects the position of the user in the plurality of images, and determines the distance value between the second communication device and the user according to the position of the second communication device in the plurality of images, so that the second communication device does not need to be placed at a fixed position, and the method for determining the distance value between the second communication device and the user is more flexible.

In another embodiment, said determining whether the user of the second communication device is in a specified response state further comprises:

collecting sound signals in a current surrounding environment;

comparing the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, wherein the preset sound signal is used for indicating that a user of the second communication equipment is in a specified response state;

if the sound signal is consistent with any preset sound signal in the at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is in the specified response state;

and if the sound signal is not consistent with the at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is not in the specified response state.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the sound signals in the current surrounding environment are collected, the sound signals are compared with at least one preset sound signal, whether the user is in the specified response state or not is judged, various modes for determining the specified response state are provided for the user, and the method is high in intelligence.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a call alert device, the device including:

a receiving module configured to receive a call request of a first communication device, the call request being used for establishing a communication connection between the first communication device and the second communication device;

a prompt module configured to prompt for a call based on the call request;

a determining module, configured to determine whether a user of the second communication device is in a specified response state, where the specified response state is used to indicate that the user is about to respond to the call request, and whether the user of the second communication device is in the specified response state is a state indicating whether the user is heading to a location where the second communication device is located;

a sending module configured to send a prompt message to the first communication device if it is determined that the user is in the designated response state, the prompt message being used to prompt the user to be about to respond to the call request,

the prompting module is further configured to, if it is determined that the user is not in the specified response state, continue to perform call prompting to the user until a stop duration is met, where the stop duration is set by the user of the second communication device, and the stop duration is used to control the second communication device to determine a duration of whether the user is in the specified response state.

In another embodiment, the determining module includes:

the obtaining submodule is configured to obtain at least one distance value between the user and the obtaining submodule every other preset time length, and judge whether the at least one distance value is gradually reduced;

a determination submodule configured to determine that the user is in the designated response state if the at least one distance value decreases gradually;

the determining submodule is further configured to determine that the user is not in the designated response state if the at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module is further configured to determine at least one signal strength between the user and a preset smart wearable device every first preset time, and determine a distance value between the user and the user according to the at least one signal strength; or acquiring a plurality of images obtained by shooting of preset shooting equipment, and determining a distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user according to the plurality of images.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module is further configured to obtain an image obtained by shooting by the preset shooting device every second preset time; or acquiring a video with a third preset time length, which is shot by the preset shooting equipment, and extracting a plurality of images from the video.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module is further configured to detect the position of the user in the plurality of images if the second communication device is located within the preset shooting range of the shooting device, and determine the distance value between the user and the second communication device according to the position of the user in the plurality of images and the position of the second communication device in the plurality of images.

In another embodiment, the determining module includes:

a collection sub-module configured to collect sound signals in a current ambient environment;

a comparison sub-module configured to compare the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, the preset sound signal being used to indicate that a user of the second communication device is in a specified response state;

a determining submodule configured to determine that the user is in the designated response state if the sound signal is consistent with any one of the at least one preset sound signal;

the determining sub-module is further configured to determine that the user is not in the designated response state if the sound signal is inconsistent with the at least one preset sound signal.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a call prompt apparatus, the apparatus including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: receiving a call request of a first communication device, wherein the call request is used for establishing a communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device; performing call prompting based on the call request; judging whether a user of the second communication equipment is in a designated response state, wherein the designated response state is used for indicating that the user is about to respond to the call request, and whether the user of the second communication equipment is in the designated response state is whether the user is driving to the position of the second communication equipment; if the user is determined to be in the designated response state, sending a prompt message to the first communication device, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to respond to the call request soon, if the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, continuing to perform call prompting to the user until a stop duration is met, wherein the stop duration is set by the user of the second communication device, and the stop duration is used for controlling the second communication device to judge the duration of whether the user is in the designated response state.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a call alerting method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 2A is a flow diagram illustrating a call alerting method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 2B is an exemplary diagram illustrating a call alerting method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3A is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3B is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3C is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device 400 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a call alerting method, according to an exemplary embodiment, for use in a second communication device, as shown in fig. 1, including the following steps.

In step 101, a call request of a first communication device is received, the call request being used to establish a communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device.

In step 102, a call alert is made based on the call request.

In step 103 it is determined whether the user of the second communication device is in a designated response state indicating that the user is about to respond to the call request.

In step 104, if it is determined that the user is in the designated response state, a prompt message is sent to the first communication device, and the prompt message is used for prompting the user to respond to the call request.

In another embodiment, determining whether the user of the second communication device is in the designated responsive state comprises:

if at least one distance value is gradually reduced, determining that the user is in a designated response state;

and if at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased, determining that the user is not in the specified response state.

In another embodiment, the obtaining at least one distance value between the user and the user at intervals of a preset time comprises:

determining at least one signal intensity between the intelligent wearable device and a preset intelligent wearable device every other first preset time, and determining a distance value between the intelligent wearable device and a user according to the at least one signal intensity; or the like, or, alternatively,

In another embodiment, acquiring a plurality of images obtained by shooting by a preset shooting device includes:

acquiring images obtained by shooting through preset shooting equipment every second preset time; or the like, or, alternatively,

and acquiring a video with a third preset time length, which is shot by preset shooting equipment, and extracting a plurality of images from the video.

In another embodiment, determining a distance value to the user based on the plurality of images comprises:

and if the second communication equipment is located in the preset shooting range of the shooting equipment, detecting the positions of the user in the plurality of images, and determining the distance value between the user and the second communication equipment according to the positions of the user in the plurality of images and the positions of the second communication equipment in the plurality of images.

In another embodiment, determining whether the user of the second communication device is in the specified response state further comprises:

collecting sound signals in a current surrounding environment;

if the sound signal is consistent with any preset sound signal in at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is in an appointed response state;

and if the sound signal is not consistent with at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is not in a specified response state.

All the above optional technical solutions may be combined arbitrarily to form the optional embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not described herein again.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a call alerting method, as shown in fig. 2, for use in a second communication device, according to an example embodiment, including the following steps.

In step 201, the second communication device receives a call request of the first communication device, and performs call prompting based on the call request, where the call request is used to establish a communication connection between the first communication device and the second communication device.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first communication device and the second communication device are communication devices held by different users, and may be different types of communication devices such as a fixed phone, a mobile phone, and a tablet computer. The types of communication connections to be established also differ between different types of communication devices, i.e. for different types of communication devices, the call request may also be a different type of call request. For example, for a communication connection between landline telephones, the call request may be a telephone call request; for communication connection between mobile phones or tablet computers, the call request may be a phone call request or a voice call request.

For example, if the first communication device and the second communication device are both fixed telephones, the first communication device and the second communication device both have telephone numbers corresponding thereto. In this way, the call request sent by the first communication device to the second communication device is a phone call request. When sending a phone call request to a second communication device, a first communication device needs to receive a phone number of the second communication device input by a user, and send a call request carrying the phone number to an intermediate operator providing a service of sending the call request, and the intermediate operator obtains the phone number carried in the call request and sends the call request to the second communication device indicated by the phone number. If the first communication device and the second communication device are both fixed line telephones, the phone call request sent by the first communication device to the second communication device can also be a visual call request.

If the first communication device is a fixed telephone and the second communication device is a mobile phone, the first communication device and the second communication device have corresponding telephone numbers. In this way, the process that the first communication device sends the call request to the second communication device is also a phone call request, and is consistent with the process that the first communication device and the second communication device are both fixed phones, and is not described herein again.

If the first communication device and the second communication device are both communication devices such as mobile phones or tablet computers, the first communication device and the second communication device both have corresponding Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. In this way, the call request sent by the first communication device to the second communication device is a video call request or a voice call request in an application program. When a video call request or a voice call request is sent to the second communication device, the first communication device provides a communication list in an application program, wherein a user ID (Identity) capable of sending a call request currently is stored in the communication list, obtains the user ID specified by the user in the communication list, and requests the server to send the video call request or the voice call request to the communication device of the user indicated by the user ID. The server acquires the IP address of the communication device of the user according to the user ID, and sends a video call request or a voice call request to the second communication device indicated by the IP address through a network Protocol such as HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), TCP (Transmission control Protocol), and the like.

The application program may be any social application program that can perform a video or voice call, such as an instant messaging application program, a network phone application program, and the like.

After receiving the call request sent by the first communication device, the second communication device obtains a call prompt mode set by the user and prompts the call for the user according to the call prompt mode. The call prompting mode may be a ringing mode, a vibration mode, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this disclosure.

In step 202, the second communication device determines whether the user is in a designated response state, and if it is determined that the user is in the designated response state, the following step 203 is executed; if it is determined that the user is not in the designated response state, step 204 is performed as follows.

In the disclosed embodiment, the designated response status is used to indicate that the user is about to respond to the call request. The inventor realizes that some users may not place the mobile phone around anytime and anywhere and may be busy with other matters, so that when the mobile phone receives a call request sent by other communication equipment, the user may not be able to answer the call immediately and needs to travel to the current position of the mobile phone from other positions, and at this time, the second communication equipment needs to judge whether the user is traveling to the current position of the mobile phone, that is, whether the user is in a specified response state to be ready to respond to the call request. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the user is in the specified response state by performing the following three methods.

The method comprises the steps that every other preset time length, at least one distance value between the second communication equipment and a user is obtained, and whether the at least one distance value is gradually reduced or not is judged; if at least one distance value is gradually reduced, determining that the user is in a designated response state; and if at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased, determining that the user is not in the specified response state.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the second communication device acquires at least one distance value between the second communication device and the user every preset time period, and determines whether the at least one distance value is gradually reduced along with the lapse of time. If at least one distance value is gradually reduced along with the time, determining that the user approaches to the second communication equipment, namely the user is in a designated response state; if at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased along with the time, it is determined that the user is not close to the second communication device or is farther away from the second communication device, that is, the user is not in the designated response state.

When the second communication device obtains at least one distance value, the second communication device can be obtained in two modes of presetting the wearable device and presetting the shooting device, and the following two implementation modes are referred.

According to the first implementation mode, the second communication device acquires at least one distance value between the second communication device and the user through the preset intelligent wearable device.

Wherein, it can be the intelligent wearing equipment commonly used of users such as bracelet, wrist-watch to predetermine intelligent wearing equipment. When the user sets the common intelligent wearable equipment to be the preset intelligent wearable equipment, the terminal can acquire the wearable equipment identification of the common intelligent wearable equipment and stores the wearable equipment identification as the preset wearable equipment identification.

When the second communication device receives a call request of the first communication device, the terminal establishes connection with the preset intelligent wearable device according to the preset wearable device identification, determines at least one signal intensity between the terminal and the preset intelligent wearable device every first preset time based on the connection, and determines a distance value between the terminal and the preset intelligent wearable device, namely a distance value between the terminal and a user according to the at least one signal intensity.

Wherein, when the second communication equipment is confirming and predetermine at least one signal strength between the intelligent wearing equipment, a mode can be: after receiving the call request sent by the first communication device, the second communication device sends at least one signal request message to the preset intelligent wearable device every a first preset time. And when the preset intelligent wearable device receives at least one signal request message, returning at least one signal strength to the second communication device. Another way may be: after receiving the call request sent by the first communication device, the second communication device sends a signal request message to the preset intelligent wearable device. And when the preset intelligent wearable device receives the signal request message, returning at least one signal strength to the second communication device at intervals of a first preset time.

In order to determine the distance to the user on the basis of at least one signal strength, a "signal strength-distance criterion" may be preset in the second communication device, the value of the distance to the user is estimated on the basis of the "signal strength-distance criterion", and the closest distance is determined as the distance value. The "signal strength-distance criteria" is an empirically determined relationship between distance and signal strength, and may be a list of distance-signal strength criteria as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

In a second implementation manner, the second communication device obtains at least one distance value between the second communication device and the user through the preset shooting device.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the second communication device acquires a plurality of images obtained by shooting by the preset shooting device, and determines a distance value between the second communication device and the user according to the plurality of images. Data connection needs to be established between the preset shooting device and the second communication device, so that the second communication device can acquire images shot by the preset shooting device through the data connection. The image shot by the preset shooting equipment can be in a picture form or a video form.

If the image shot by the preset shooting device is an image in a picture form, when the second communication device receives a call request of the first communication device, the second communication device sends a shooting request to the preset shooting device. And when the preset shooting equipment receives the shooting request, shooting at intervals of second preset time to obtain at least one image in the form of a picture, and sending the at least one image in the form of the picture obtained by shooting to the second communication equipment based on the data connection between the preset shooting equipment and the second communication equipment.

If the image obtained by shooting by the preset shooting device is an image in a video form, when the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device, the second communication device sends a shooting request to the preset shooting device. When the preset shooting device receives the shooting request, the preset shooting device shoots a video with a third preset time length and sends the shot video with the third preset time length to the second communication device based on the data connection with the second communication device. And after the second communication device receives the video with the third preset time length, the second communication device extracts a plurality of images from the video.

It should be noted that the preset shooting device may also be a monitoring shooting device that continuously shoots, and if the preset shooting device is the monitoring shooting device, when the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device and performs the call prompt, the second communication device may obtain a video that the preset shooting device continuously shoots within the time period of the call prompt, and obtain a plurality of images from the continuously shot video. In the process of extracting the plurality of images from the video by the second communication device, the preset shooting device can also extract the video after shooting the video, and the preset shooting device sends the plurality of images to the second communication device after extracting the plurality of images.

After the second communication device acquires the plurality of images, the second communication device determines whether a human-shaped area exists in the plurality of images, and if the human-shaped area exists in the plurality of images, the human-shaped area is used as the position of the user; then, the second communication device specifies an area having a shape similar to its own shape in the plurality of images, and if the area having the shape similar to its own shape exists in the plurality of images, the area having the shape similar to its own shape is set as its own position, and the distance between the position of the user in the plurality of images and its own position is set as a distance value from the user. For example, fig. 2B is a certain image of the plurality of images, and if the human-shaped area determined by the second communication device in fig. 2B is the area a, the second communication device takes the area a as the location of the user; then, if the area determined by the second communication device in fig. 2B and having a shape similar to the second communication device is the area B, the area B is used as the position of the second communication device, and it is obtained that the distance between the area a and the area B is 5 meters, and 5 meters is used as the distance value between the user and the area a in fig. 2B.

The second communication device collects sound signals in the current surrounding environment, compares the sound signals with at least one preset sound signal, and determines that the user is in an appointed response state if the sound signals are consistent with any preset sound signal in the at least one preset sound signal; and if the sound signal is not consistent with at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is not in a specified response state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one preset sound signal for indicating that the user is in the specified response state may be stored in advance in the second communication device. The at least one preset sound signal may be preset by a user, for example, the second communication device provides a preset sound signal setting entry for the user, and when the user clicks the preset sound signal setting entry to set the preset sound signal, the second communication device stores the voice recorded by the user, such as "equal to" or "coming soon" as the preset sound signal.

When the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device, the second communication device starts a microphone of the second communication device, collects sound signals in the current environment through the microphone, and simultaneously acquires at least one stored preset sound signal. And when the sound signal is collected, the second communication device compares the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, and determines whether the user is in a specified response state currently or not based on the comparison result. When the sound signal is compared with at least one preset sound signal, on one hand, the second communication device can perform semantic recognition on the sound signal and the at least one preset sound signal, and judge whether the preset sound signal with the same semantic as the sound signal exists in the at least one preset sound signal. And if the preset sound signal with the same semantic as the sound signal exists in the at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is currently in the specified response state. On the other hand, in order to ensure the accuracy of the judgment of whether the user is in the designated response state, when the second communication device collects the sound signal, the second communication device may first perform voiceprint recognition on the sound signal, and judge whether the sound signal and at least one preset sound signal belong to the same voiceprint. And if the preset voice signal which is the same as the voiceprint of the voice signal exists in the at least one preset voice signal, the second communication equipment continues to carry out semantic recognition on the at least one preset voice signal and the voice signal. The semantic recognition process is consistent with the above semantic recognition process, and is not repeated here.

For example, if the preset sound signal is "equal to" and "coming soon", the second communication device collects the sound signal in the current environment after receiving the call request of the first communication device, and acquires the stored preset sound signal. Then, the second communication device compares the voiceprint of the preset voice signal with the voiceprint of the collected voice signal, judges whether the voice signal is the voice sent by the same user, and if the voice signal is the voice sent by the same user, continuously judges whether the collected voice signal comprises the keywords 'equal waiting' and 'coming soon'. If any keyword in the 'waiting for waiting' or 'coming soon' is included in the collected sound signal, the second communication equipment determines that the user is in a specified response state; if the keywords "wait for" and "coming soon" are not included in the collected sound signal, the second communication device determines that the user is not in the specified response state.

When the user clicks the preset sound signal inlet to set the preset sound signal, the second communication device may also display a pull-down menu including "stool sound", "footstep sound", "clapping sound", and the like, and the user may select one or more options in the pull-down menu and select the type of the preset sound signal, so that after the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device, if the stool sound, the footstep sound or the clapping sound is collected, it may be determined that the user is in the designated response state.

The first method is an executable method when the positions of the preset shooting device and the second communication device are not consistent, and if the positions of the preset shooting device and the second communication device are consistent, the following method three can be adopted to judge whether the user is in the specified response state.

If the second communication device is provided with the preset shooting device, the second communication device detects the size of the display area of the user in the plurality of images, and if the size of the display area of the user in the plurality of images is gradually increased, the user is determined to be in a specified response state; if the size of the display area of the user in the plurality of images is not changed or gradually reduced, the user is determined not to be in the specified response state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the preset shooting device may also be disposed on the second communication device, that is, the position of the preset shooting device is consistent with the position of the second communication device. In this way, after the second communication device receives the call request sent by the first communication device, the second communication device may acquire the plurality of images through the preset shooting device, and may detect the size of the display area of the user in the plurality of images, that is, the size of the user in the plurality of images. When the size of the display area of the user in the plurality of images becomes larger, the second communication device may determine that the user is approaching, that is, that the user is in a specified response state.

When the user clicks to enter the face detection entrance, the second communication device detects the face in the current visible range and displays the detected face to the user, and when the user determines that the face is taken as the preset face, the face is stored. Therefore, when the second communication device receives the call request sent by the first communication device, the second communication device can acquire a plurality of images shot by the preset shooting device and carry out face detection on the plurality of images, namely, whether the face same as the preset face exists in the plurality of images or not is detected. And if the plurality of images have the same face as the preset face, the second communication equipment acquires the size of the display area of the face in the plurality of images. When the display area size of the faces in the plurality of images is larger and larger as time goes on, the second communication device may determine that the user is approaching, that is, the user is in a specified response state; if the faces existing in the plurality of images are different from the preset faces, the second communication device does not judge whether the size of the display area of the faces existing in the images is larger and larger.

In step 203, if the second communication device determines that the user is in the designated response state, a prompt message is sent to the first communication device.

The inventor realizes that if the second communication device determines that the user is in the designated response state, the user of the first communication device is prompted in the process that the user of the first communication device waits for the second communication device to respond to the call request, so that the user of the first communication device can know that the user of the second communication device is responding to the call request, the success rate of establishing the communication connection between the first communication device and the second communication device is improved, and the waste of the time of the user is avoided.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the prompt message is used to prompt the user of the first communication device that the user of the second device is about to respond to the call request, and may be a voice prompt message or a text prompt message. For example, the second communication device may preset a voice prompt message or a text prompt message that "the other party is waiting to answer, do not hang up …". Thus, when the second communication device sends the prompt message to the first communication device, if the prompt message is a voice prompt message, the user of the first communication device will hear the prompt message in the form of voice broadcast, "the other party is going to answer the call, and does not hang up …", while waiting for the user of the second communication device to respond to the call request; if the prompt message is a text prompt message, the user of the first communication device receives the prompt message in the form of short message, mail or the like when waiting for the user of the second communication device to respond to the call request, and displays the prompt message to the user of the first communication device, so that the user knows that the user of the second communication device is about to respond to the call request.

It should be noted that the manner in which the second communication device sends the prompt message to the first communication device is consistent with the manner in which the first communication device sends the call request to the second communication device, that is, if the first communication device sends the call request to the second communication device through the intermediate operator, the second communication device also sends the prompt message to the first communication device through the intermediate operator; if the party, the first communication device and the communication device send the call request to the second communication device through the network protocol, the second communication device also sends a prompt message to the first communication device through the network protocol.

In step 204, if the second communication device determines that the user is not in the designated response state, the call prompt is continuously performed to the user.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving a call request of a first communication device, if a user has not responded to the call request, a second communication device continues to perform call prompting on the user and determines whether the user is in a specified response state until the first communication device hangs up or a stop duration is met. The stop duration is set by the user of the second communication device and is used for controlling the second communication device to judge whether the user is in the duration of the specified response state. When the user clicks to enter the stop duration setting entry, the second communication device may provide a pull-down menu, which may include options for the stop duration, and the user may select 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, or the like as the stop duration. And when the second communication equipment still does not determine whether the user is in the specified response state within the stop time length, the second communication equipment stops judging.

When the second communication device determines that the user is in the designated response state through the process of step 202 at a certain time in the stop duration, step 203 is performed.

It should be noted that all the functions of the first communication device and the second communication device mentioned above can be set by the first communication device and the second communication device.

In another embodiment, at least one distance value between the user and the user is obtained every preset time, and if the at least one distance value is gradually reduced, the user is determined to be in a specified response state; if at least one distance value is not changed or gradually increased, the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, and whether the user is about to respond to the call request or not is judged according to the distance between the user and the user, so that the judgment is more accurate.

In another embodiment, at least one signal intensity between the intelligent wearable device and the preset intelligent wearable device is determined every other preset time, and a distance value between the intelligent wearable device and the user is determined according to the at least one signal intensity; or a plurality of images obtained by shooting of the preset shooting equipment are obtained, the distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user is determined according to the plurality of images, a plurality of modes for determining the distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user are provided for the user, and the intelligence is better.

In another embodiment, images obtained by shooting by preset shooting equipment are obtained every second preset time; or acquiring a video with a third preset time length obtained by shooting through the preset shooting equipment, so that the accuracy of the mode of determining the distance value between the user and the preset shooting equipment through multiple images obtained by shooting is higher.

In another embodiment, the second communication device detects the position of the user in the plurality of images and determines the distance value to the user according to the position of the second communication device in the plurality of images, so that the second communication device does not need to be placed at a fixed position, and the method for determining the distance value to the user is more flexible.

In another embodiment, by collecting the sound signals in the current surrounding environment, comparing the sound signals with at least one preset sound signal, whether the user is in the designated response state is judged, and various manners for determining the designated response state are provided for the user, so that the intelligence is better.

Fig. 3A is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 3A, the apparatus includes a receiving module 301, a prompting module 302, a determining module 303, and a sending module 304.

The receiving module 301 is configured to receive a call request of a first communication device, where the call request is used to establish a communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device;

the prompting module 302 is configured to prompt the call based on the call request;

the determining module 303 is configured to determine whether the user of the second communication device is in a specified response state, where the specified response state is used to indicate that the user is about to respond to the call request;

the sending module 304 is configured to send a prompt message to the first communication device if it is determined that the user is in the specified response state, where the prompt message is used for prompting the user to respond to the call request soon.

According to the device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, when the second communication device receives the call request of the first communication device and performs call prompt, whether the prompt message is sent to the first communication device is determined by judging whether the user of the second communication device is in the specified response state, so that the user of the first communication device can know whether the user of the second communication device is about to respond to the call request and decide whether to continue to wait for the user of the second communication device to respond to the call request, the time of the user is saved, and the intelligence is better.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3B, the determining module 303 includes an obtaining sub-module 3031 and a determining sub-module 3032.

The obtaining submodule 3031 is configured to obtain at least one distance value between the user and the obtaining submodule 3031 every preset time length, and judge whether the at least one distance value is gradually reduced;

the determining submodule 3032 is configured to determine that the user is in the designated response state if the at least one distance value gradually decreases;

the determining submodule 3032 is further configured to determine that the user is not in the designated response state if the at least one distance value is unchanged or gradually increases.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module 3031 is further configured to determine, every first preset time period, at least one signal strength with a preset smart wearable device, and determine a distance value with the user according to the at least one signal strength; or acquiring a plurality of images obtained by shooting of the preset shooting equipment, and determining a distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user according to the plurality of images.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module 3031 is further configured to obtain, every second preset time, an image obtained by shooting by a preset shooting device; or acquiring a video with a third preset time length, which is shot by the preset shooting equipment, and extracting a plurality of images from the video.

In another embodiment, the obtaining sub-module 3031 is further configured to detect the position of the user in the plurality of images if the second communication device is located within the preset shooting range of the shooting device, and determine the distance value between the user and the second communication device according to the position of the user in the plurality of images and the position of the second communication device in the plurality of images.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3C, the decision module 303 includes a collection submodule 3033 and a comparison submodule 3034.

The collecting submodule 3033 is configured to collect sound signals in the current surrounding environment;

the comparison submodule 3034 is configured to compare the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, wherein the preset sound signal is used for indicating that the user of the second communication device is in a specified response state;

the determining submodule 3032 is configured to determine that the user is in a specified response state if the sound signal is consistent with any preset sound signal of the at least one preset sound signal;

the determining submodule 3032 is further configured to determine that the user is not in the designated response state if the sound signal is inconsistent with the at least one preset sound signal.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a call alerting device 400 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 400 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus 400 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 402, memory 404, power component 406, multimedia component 408, audio component 410, interface to I/O (Input/Output) 412, sensor component 414, and communication component 416.

The processing component 402 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 400, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 402 may include one or more processors 420 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 402 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 402 and other components. For example, the processing component 402 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 408 and the processing component 402.

The memory 404 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 400. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 400, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The Memory 404 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile Memory device or combination thereof, such as an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), a PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a magnetic Memory, a flash Memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Power supply components 406 provide power to the various components of device 400. The power components 406 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 400.

The multimedia component 408 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 400 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a TP (touch panel). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 408 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 400 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 410 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 410 may include a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 400 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 404 or transmitted via the communication component 416. In some embodiments, audio component 410 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 412 provides an interface between the processing component 402 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 414 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the apparatus 400. For example, the sensor component 414 can detect the open/closed state of the device 400, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 400, the sensor component 414 can also detect a change in the position of the apparatus 400 or a component of the apparatus 400, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 400, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 400, and a change in the temperature of the apparatus 400. The sensor assembly 414 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 414 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS (Complementary Metal oxide semiconductor) or CCD (Charge-coupled Device) image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 414 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 416 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 400 and other devices. The apparatus 400 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 416 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the Communication component 416 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on an RFID (Radio frequency identification) technology, an IrDA (infrared-Data Association) technology, an UWB (Ultra Wideband) technology, a BT (Bluetooth) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 400 may be implemented by one or more ASICs (Application specific integrated circuits), DSPs (Digital signal processors), DSPDs (Digital signal processing devices), PLDs (Programmable logic devices), FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate arrays), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described call alerting method.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 404 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 420 of the apparatus 400 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory), a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein which, when executed by a processor of a call alerting device, enable the call alerting device to perform the above-described call alerting method.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A call prompting method is applied to a second communication device, and comprises the following steps:

performing call prompting based on the call request;

if the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, continuing to perform call prompting on the user until a stopping time length is met, wherein the stopping time length is set by the user of the second communication device and is used for controlling the second communication device to judge whether the user is in the designated response state or not;

the determining whether the user of the second communication device is in a designated response state comprises:

collecting sound signals in a current surrounding environment;

comparing the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, wherein the preset sound signal is used for indicating that a user of the second communication equipment is in a specified response state, and the preset sound signal comprises stool sound, footstep sound and clapping sound;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the user of the second communication device is in a designated response state further comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the obtaining at least one distance value to the user every preset time period comprises:

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the acquiring of the plurality of images obtained by shooting by the preset shooting device comprises:

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining a distance value from the user based on the plurality of images comprises:

6. A call alert apparatus, the apparatus being applied to a second communication device, the apparatus comprising:

a prompt module configured to prompt for a call based on the call request;

the prompting module is further configured to, if it is determined that the user is not in the specified response state, continue to perform call prompting to the user until a stop duration is met, where the stop duration is set by a user of the second communication device, and the stop duration is used to control the second communication device to determine a duration of whether the user is in the specified response state;

the judging module comprises:

a comparison sub-module configured to compare the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, the preset sound signal being used to indicate that a user of the second communication device is in a specified response state, the preset sound signal including a stool sound, a footstep sound, and a clap sound;

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the determining module further comprises:

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining sub-module is further configured to determine at least one signal strength with a preset smart wearable device every first preset time period, and determine a distance value with the user according to the at least one signal strength; or acquiring a plurality of images obtained by shooting of preset shooting equipment, and determining a distance value between the preset shooting equipment and the user according to the plurality of images.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining sub-module is further configured to obtain an image obtained by shooting by the preset shooting device every second preset time period; or acquiring a video with a third preset time length, which is shot by the preset shooting equipment, and extracting a plurality of images from the video.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining sub-module is further configured to detect the position of the user in the plurality of images if the second communication device is located within the preset shooting range of the shooting device, and determine the distance value between the user and the second communication device according to the position of the user in the plurality of images and the position of the second communication device in the plurality of images.

11. A call alert device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: receiving a call request of a first communication device, wherein the call request is used for establishing a communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device; performing call prompting based on the call request; judging whether a user of the second communication equipment is in a designated response state, wherein the designated response state is used for indicating that the user is about to respond to the call request, and whether the user of the second communication equipment is in the designated response state is whether the user is driving to the position of the second communication equipment; if the user is determined to be in the designated response state, sending a prompt message to the first communication device, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting that the user is about to respond to the call request, if the user is determined not to be in the designated response state, continuing to perform call prompt to the user until a stop duration is met, wherein the stop duration is set by the user of the second communication device, and the stop duration is used for controlling the second communication device to judge the duration of whether the user is in the designated response state; the determining whether the user of the second communication device is in a designated response state comprises: collecting sound signals in a current surrounding environment; comparing the sound signal with at least one preset sound signal, wherein the preset sound signal is used for indicating that a user of the second communication equipment is in a specified response state, and the preset sound signal comprises stool sound, footstep sound and clapping sound; if the sound signal is consistent with any preset sound signal in the at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is in the specified response state; and if the sound signal is not consistent with the at least one preset sound signal, determining that the user is not in the specified response state.