TWI762312B - Smart wearable device for controlling volume and method for controlling volume - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart wearable device for controlling volume comprises: a wearable element, at least one detection portions, a transmission module, an electronic device, and an application program installed in the electronic device. After the detection portions generate a detecting value by detecting its contact area with the user, the detecting value is transmitted to the application program installed in the electronic device through the transmission module. Then, the application program transmits a control instruction to the electronic device so as to adjust the volume of the electronic device. As such, the wearable device and its using method can enhance the efficiency for controlling the volume of the electronic device without pressing the button to progressively increase or decrease the volume. Further, the wearable device has a high durability.

Description

System and method for controlling volume by smart wearable device

The present invention relates to a wearable device for controlling volume, in particular to a system and method for controlling volume by a smart wearable device.

Smart textiles and wearable technology brings together academic and professional knowledge from a variety of industries in this emerging field, including electronics, communications, biotechnology, medicine, and textiles, enabling clothing to exhibit various possibilities such as emitting light or heat, displaying digital Imaging, harvesting energy, communication, physiological detection, etc., provide the world with a potential kinetic energy that is ready to go.

This type of wearable technology, it can perform a function in situations where the hands are busy, such as while driving, or in a dangerous situation, and more importantly, change the function from a traditional blunt product to The potential for the development of soft and elastic products is of great interest to consumers.

With the improvement of sensing accuracy, the evolution of miniaturization technology, and the optimization of user data protection capabilities, the number of new users is increasing, which drives the popularity of wearable devices and expands the market size. Smart wearable devices bring convenience to people in life. At present, smart wearable devices are mainly based on detection, such as detecting heart rate, blood pressure and daily walking steps, which provide health diagnosis and exercise calculation functions. More sophisticated technologies are also gradually emerging.

It is known to directly adjust the volume through wireless earphones and wired earphones, but the operation is very troublesome. It is necessary to press multiple times to increase or decrease the volume, so that if people have to adjust the volume when exercising, driving or performing other business. To adjust, you must stop the work at hand and press the adjustment button, and the system of the present invention for controlling the volume with a smart wearable device can adjust the volume through the hook or the sensing area of the wearable piece that is attached to the clothing or worn on the body. When you only need to touch it with your palm, the sensing device will sense the touch area to determine the level of volume adjustment, such as 0% (mute), 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% (maximum volume). ), so it is only necessary to directly adjust the volume level by the degree of contact area with the smart wearable device, avoiding the trouble of repeated pressing to adjust the volume, and prolonging the life of the product due to the reduction of pressing times, which is simple and convenient to use.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for controlling the volume with a smart wearable device. By touching the sensing area set by the wearable device, the volume level can be directly adjusted based on the contact area, which greatly reduces the need for repeated pressing to adjust the volume. Troubled, and simple and convenient to use.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device, comprising: a wearable piece having at least one sensing area for sensing a contact area and obtaining a sensing value ; a communication module disposed on the wearable part, and the signal is connected to the at least one sensing area to receive the sensing value; and an electronic device, which has an application program, the electronic device is signal-connected to the communication module , the electronic device receives the sensing value through the communication module, and transmits it to the application; wherein, an initial sensing value is obtained in the at least one sensing area of the wearable device, and is transmitted to the application through the electronic device an application program, the application program performs operations according to the initial sensing value and a preset ratio value to generate a plurality of threshold values, when the at least one sensing area of the wearable device measures the sensing value and transmits it to the application When using the program, the application program compares the threshold values and the sensing value, generates and outputs a control command to the electronic device, and the electronic device generates a volume value according to the control command to adjust the electronic device the volume.

Preferably, it further includes: a power module disposed on the wearable piece and electrically connected to the at least one sensing area and the communication module respectively.

Preferably, the at least one sensing area is a conductive fabric to sense the contact area to obtain the sensing value.

Preferably, the electronic device is a smart phone, a tablet computer or a desktop computer.

Preferably, the communication module and the electronic device transmit signals wirelessly, and the wireless transmission is WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NB-IOT, LoRa, WiMAX, UWB, NB-IOT, 4G or 5G.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling the volume, which is to obtain a sensing value from the contact area of at least one sensing area of the wearable device, and then the application program outputs a control command according to the sensing value. It is further transmitted to the electronic device for volume adjustment, so the volume can be adjusted to a specified level at one time according to the contact area, without the need for incremental or descending adjustments, which greatly reduces the adjustment time.

In order to achieve the above object, another embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for controlling volume, comprising the following steps: obtaining an initial sensing value in at least one sensing area of a wearable part; a communication module transmitting the The initial sensing value is sent to an application program of an electronic device; the application program performs operations according to the initial sensing value and a preset ratio value to generate a plurality of threshold values; the at least one sensing area is obtained and obtained according to a contact area sending a sensed value to the application; the application according to the sensed value and The threshold values are compared to generate and output a control command to the electronic device; and the electronic device generates a volume value according to the control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device.

Preferably, after the wearable device turns on a power module, the sensing area of the wearable device obtains the initial sensing value.

Preferably, the application program stores the threshold values, and transmits a message to the electronic device for display, wherein the message is a text message, a picture message, or a combination thereof.

Preferably, the threshold values are the average of the products of the initial sensing value and the predetermined proportional value.

Preferably, the preset ratio value is not greater than 20%.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the sensing area is set through a hook or a conductive fabric pasted on the clothes or worn on the body. When you want to adjust the volume, you only need to touch it with your palm, and the sensing device will sense the touch. area to determine the degree of volume adjustment, such as 0% (mute), 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% (maximum volume), by the contact area with the sensing area of the smart wearable device The volume level can be directly adjusted without the need for incremental or descending adjustments, which is simple and convenient to use, and greatly improves the adjustment efficiency.

1: Wearing parts

2: Sensing area

3: Communication module

4: Electronic device

A: The first sensing area

APP: application

B: The second sensing area

B1: button icon

Fo: Initial sensing value

S1-11: Steps

P: power module

Ro: Preset scale value

Figure 1: It is a schematic diagram of an apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2: It is a flow chart of a method of an embodiment of the present invention; and Figures 3A-3E: It is an operation of an embodiment of the present invention Schematic diagram; Figure 4: It is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.

The features and technical contents of the relevant patent applications of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device according to the present invention, which includes a wearable device 1, at least one sensing area 2, a communication module 3 and an electronic device 4, wherein the electronic device 4 has an application program APP, And the system for controlling the volume by the smart wearable device of the present invention further includes a power module P.

The at least one sensing area 2 is a conductive fabric and is disposed on the wearable device 1 . In one embodiment, the at least one sensing area 2 transmits the received initial sensing value Fo and the sensing value to the electronic device through the communication module 3 4. Application APP.

The communication module 3 is disposed on the wearable device 1 and is connected to the electronic device 4 for signal connection. In one embodiment, the signal connection is performed wirelessly for signal transmission, and the wireless transmission includes but is not limited to WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NB -IOT, LoRa, WiMAX, UWB, NB-IOT, 4G or 5G.

The electronic device 4 has an application program APP, wherein the electronic device 4 includes but is not limited to a smart phone, a tablet computer or a desktop computer.

The power module P is electrically connected to the at least one sensing area 2 and the communication module 3 respectively, wherein the electrical connection is realized by the connection of conductive members to provide power to the at least one sensing area 2 and the communication module 3 .

Please also refer to FIG. 2 , which is a flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to the above-mentioned system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device, the method for controlling volume of the present invention includes the following steps.

Step S1: obtaining an initial sensing value in a sensing area of a wearable piece; Step S3: A communication module transmits the initial sensing value to an application program of an electronic device; Step S5: The application program performs operations according to the initial sensing value and a preset ratio value to generate a plurality of threshold values; Step S7: The at least one sensing area obtains and transmits a sensing value to the application program according to a contact area; Step S9: The application program compares the sensing value and the threshold values to generate and output a sending a control command to the electronic device; and step S11 : the electronic device generates a volume value according to the control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device.

As described in step S1, the wearing part 1 is in the form of an arm guard, which can be easily put on the user's arm. When the wearing part 1 turns on the power module P, the power module P supplies power and detects the user's skin capacitance value. That is, the initial sensing value Fo. The initial sensing value Fo will measure different capacitance values according to the skin conditions of different users. Therefore, whenever the wearable device 1 turns on the power module P again, the user's initial sensing value will be obtained again. Sensing value Fo.

；第二門檻值為Fo+Fo×Ro×

；第三門檻值為Fo+Fo×Ro×

；及第四門檻值為Fo+Fo×Ro×1。 As described in step S3, the communication module 3 transmits the initial sensing value Fo to the application program APP of the electronic device 4, and then as described in step S5, the application program APP performs calculation according to the initial sensing value Fo and the preset ratio value Ro , to generate a plurality of threshold values, wherein the preset ratio value Ro is the change ratio value of the skin capacitance value measured by the human body. The skin capacitance value measured by the human body will vary according to different people, but the skin capacitance of the same person The change ratio of the value is not more than 20%. The preferred embodiment of the present invention adopts 15% as the preset ratio Ro, but not limited to this. The calculation methods of these threshold values are as follows. The threshold values are as follows: the first threshold value is Fo+Fo×Ro×

;The second threshold value is Fo+Fo×Ro×

;The third threshold is Fo+Fo×Ro×

; and the fourth threshold value is Fo+Fo×Ro×1.

As described in step S7, at least one sensing area 2 obtains and transmits the sensing value to the application program APP according to the contact area, wherein the contact area is not limited to any gesture, and the size of the contact area is mainly used for interpretation. Divided into one-finger contact, two-finger contact, three-finger contact, four-finger contact, and palm contact as examples, but not limited to this, and after step S7, it further includes:

Step S71: The application program stores the threshold values, and transmits a message to the electronic device for display.

As described in step S71, the application program APP stores the threshold values, and transmits the information to display to the electronic device 4, wherein the information is a text information, a picture information or a combination of the foregoing, but not limited thereto, in this embodiment, the electronic The device 4 will display the picture information to provide the user that the initial sensing value Fo has been set, and the picture information is taken as an example of a ticked picture, but not limited to this, as the initial sensing value Fo has been successfully detected, and these A threshold value is stored in the prompt of the application.

As described in step S9, the application program APP compares the sensed value with the threshold values, generates and outputs a control command to the electronic device 4, and finally, as described in step S11, the electronic device 4 generates a volume value according to the control command, To adjust the volume of the electronic device 4, in order to express the embodiment of the present invention more clearly, an example will be described as follows: Please also refer to FIGS. 3A-3E, which are schematic diagrams of the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. As mentioned above, four threshold values are set, which are divided into a first threshold value, a second threshold value, and a third threshold value and the fourth threshold value as an example, and take the one-finger contact, two-finger contact, three-finger contact, four-finger contact, and palm contact as examples, so five control commands will be generated, namely the first control command, the second The control command, the third control command, the fourth control command and the fifth control command, but not limited to this, the application program APP compares the sensed value according to the first threshold value, when the sensed value is less than the first threshold value, the application program APP A first control command is output, and the electronic device 4 generates a volume value of 0% according to the first control command, that is, a mute state, so as to adjust the volume of the electronic device 4 to a mute state. This is when the user touches at least one sensor with one finger. The situation in area 2, that is, Figure 3A; when the sensing value is greater than the first threshold, the application APP compares the sensing value with the second threshold, and when the sensing value is less than the second threshold, the application APP outputs The second control command is sent to the electronic device 4. The electronic device 4 generates a volume value of 25% according to the second control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device 4 to 25%. This is when the user touches at least one sensing area 2 with two fingers. 3B; when the sensed value is greater than the second threshold, the application APP compares the sensed value with the third threshold, and when the sensed value is less than the third threshold, the application APP outputs the third The control command is sent to the electronic device 4, and the electronic device 4 generates a volume value of 50% according to the third control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device 4 to 50%. This is the case when the user touches at least one sensing area 2 with three fingers, Figure 3C; when the sensed value is greater than the third threshold value, the application program APP compares the sensed value with the fourth threshold value, and when the sensed value is less than the fourth threshold value, the application program APP outputs a fourth control command to The electronic device 4, the electronic device 4 generates a volume value of 75% according to the fourth control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device 4 to 75%. 3D drawings; and When the sensed value is greater than the fourth threshold value, the application program APP outputs a fifth control command to the electronic device 4 , and the electronic device 4 generates a volume value of 100% according to the fifth control command, that is, the maximum volume, so as to adjust the volume of the electronic device 4 To the maximum volume, this is the case where the user touches at least one sensing area 2 with five fingers, ie Fig. 3E.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, two sensing areas can be arranged on adjacent sides, please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the device of another embodiment, that is, the sensing areas are respectively the first sensing areas A and the second sensing area B, the first sensing area A is used as the sensing area for adjusting the volume, and the second sensing area B is used to adjust the music playback, such as pause playback, fast forward and up (down) first and other functions , the button icon B1 of the relative function can also be set, and different threshold values can be set. When the user touches the corresponding button icon B1, such as the pause icon, the threshold values can be provided as in the previous embodiment. After the determination, the music played by the electronic device 4 is paused for the user to use, but not limited to this, a plurality of sensing areas can also be set according to the user's needs to control the functions of the electronic device.

To sum up, the present invention uses a smart wearable device to control the volume and the method thereof. The contact area is sensed through at least one sensing area set on the wearable device, and then the communication module further uses the communication module to measure the sensed value. The application program sent to the electronic device makes a judgment, and the volume of the electronic device can be directly adjusted to the set volume value without the need to adjust the volume in an increasing or decreasing manner, so as to improve the convenience of use, so the present invention can indeed be achieved. Purpose.

However, the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention, that is, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the contents of the description of the invention, All still fall within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

1: Wearing parts

2: Sensing area

3: Communication module

4: Electronic device

APP: application

P: power module

Claims (9)

A system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device, comprising: a wearable piece having at least one sensing area for sensing a contact area to obtain a sensing value; a communication module disposed on the wearable piece, and A signal is connected to the at least one sensing area to receive the sensing value; and an electronic device has an application program, the electronic device is signal-connected with the communication module, and the electronic device receives the sensing value through the communication module , and sent to the application; wherein, an initial sensing value is obtained in the at least one sensing area, and sent to the application through the electronic device, and the application is based on the initial sensing value and a preset ratio value Perform operations to generate a plurality of threshold values, when the at least one sensing area measures the sensing value and transmits it to the application, the application compares the thresholds and the sensing value to generate and A control command is output to the electronic device, and the electronic device generates a volume value according to the control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device; wherein the threshold values include a first threshold value, a second threshold value, a A third threshold value and a fourth threshold value, and the control command includes a first control command, a second control command, a third control command, a fourth control command and a fifth control command; wherein, the first control command A threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×1/4, and the second threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset The ratio value Ro×2/4, the third threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×3/4, and the fourth threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×1; wherein, the application is based on the first threshold value, the second threshold value, the third threshold value, the fourth threshold value and the sensing value is compared, when the sensing value is less than the first threshold value, the The application program generates and outputs the first control command to the electronic device. When the sensed value is greater than the first threshold value and is smaller than the second threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the second control command to the electronic device. In the electronic device, when the sensed value is greater than the second threshold value and smaller than the third threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the third control command to the electronic device, and when the sensed value is greater than the third threshold value When the third threshold value is smaller than the fourth threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the fourth control command to the electronic device, and when the sensing value is greater than the fourth threshold value, the application program generates and output the fifth control command to the electronic device; wherein, when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the first control command, the volume value is 0%, and when the electronic device generates the volume according to the second control command When the volume value is 25%, when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the third control command, the volume value is 50%, and when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the fourth control command, the volume value is The volume value is 75%, and when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the fifth control instruction, the volume value is 100%. The system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device according to claim 1, further comprising: a power module disposed on the wearable device and electrically connected to the at least one sensing area and the communication module respectively. According to the system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing area is a conductive fabric for sensing the contact area to obtain the sensing value. The system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a smart phone, a tablet computer or a desktop computer. The system for controlling volume by a smart wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the communication module and the electronic device transmit signals wirelessly, and the wireless transmission is WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NB-IOT, LoRa , WiMAX, UWB, NB-IOT, 4G or 5G. A method for controlling volume, comprising the following steps: Obtaining an initial sensing value in at least one sensing area of a wearable device; a communication module transmits the initial sensing value to an application program of an electronic device; the application program is based on the initial sensing value and a preset ratio The value is operated to generate a plurality of threshold values; the at least one sensing area obtains and transmits a sensing value to the application program according to a contact area; the application program compares the sensing value and the threshold values , generate and output a control command to the electronic device; and the electronic device generates a volume value according to the control command to adjust the volume of the electronic device; wherein, the threshold values include a first threshold value, a second threshold value a threshold value, a third threshold value and a fourth threshold value, and the control command includes a first control command, a second control command, a third control command, a fourth control command and a fifth control command; Wherein, the first threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×1/4, and the second threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo ×the preset ratio value Ro×2/4, the third threshold value is the initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×3/4, and the fourth threshold value is the The initial sensing value Fo+the initial sensing value Fo×the preset ratio value Ro×1; wherein, the application is based on the first threshold value, the second threshold value, the third threshold value, and the fourth threshold value Compare with the sensing value, when the sensing value is less than the first threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the first control command to the electronic device, when the sensing value is greater than the first threshold value , and, when it is less than the second threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the second control command to the electronic device, when the sensing value is greater than the second threshold value and less than the third threshold value, Then the application program generates and outputs the third control command to the electronic device, and when the sensed value is greater than the third threshold value and smaller than the fourth threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the fourth control command. control command to the electronic device, when the sensing value is greater than the fourth threshold value, the application program generates and outputs the fifth control command to the electronic device; wherein, when the electronic device generates according to the first control command When the volume value is the volume value, the volume value is 0%. When the electronic device generates the volume value according to the second control command, the volume value is 25%. When the electronic device generates the volume value according to the third control command , the volume value is 50%, when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the fourth control command, the volume value is 75%, and when the electronic device generates the volume value according to the fifth control command, the volume value is 100%. According to the method for controlling volume according to claim 6, in the step of obtaining an initial sensing value from a sensing area of a wearable piece, a power module disposed on the wearable piece is turned on to provide power to the wearable piece. the sensing area and the communication module. According to the method for controlling volume according to claim 6, after the application program performs operations according to the initial sensing value and a preset ratio value to generate a plurality of threshold values, the method further comprises the step of: when the application program The threshold values are stored, and a corresponding piece of information is transmitted and displayed to the electronic device, wherein the information is a text message, a picture message or a combination of the foregoing. The method for controlling volume according to claim 6, wherein the preset ratio value is not greater than 20%.

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