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Definitions
- the present invention relates to an input device for triggering a function of an electronic device, a method for triggering a function of an electronic device, and a corresponding computer program element.
- Miniaturization and wireless technologies have enabled portable electronic devices to process information in a ubiquitous way.
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is therefore to provide a simple and reliable keyless human-machine interface.
- the input device for triggering a function of an electronic device according to the features of claim 1.
- the input device comprises a temperature sensor and a control unit for analyzing a temperature signal supplied by the temperature sensor and for providing a trigger signal subject to the analysis of the temperature signal for triggering the function of the electronic device.
- the input device is integrated into the electronic device, such as a mobile phone, a handheld, a touchpad, a laptop, without limitation to such devices.
- the input device is integrated into the electronic device, such as a mobile phone, a handheld, a touchpad, a laptop, without limitation to such devices.
- Such class of electronic devices is characterized by being portable and including functions to be initiated/triggered by a user.
- Other classes of electronic devices which may benefit from such input device may include stationary devices such as flat panel displays, television sets, audio and video recorders, game consoles, etc.
- the input device may be integrated into such electronic devices, too.
- the input device may be separate from the electronic device and communicate to the electronic device in a wire less manner, such as, for example, by means of Bluetooth, or any other near range wireless transmission protocol.
- the input device exploits an exhalation air stream of human beings as trigger to control a function.
- the temperature of the air stream is detected by a temperature sensor converting such temperature into an electrical signal which in the following is denoted as temperature signal.
- temperature signal Generally, the temperature of exhaled air is about 35° Celsius such that in most cases the exhaled air may properly be discriminated from other events causing a change in temperature.
- the temperature signal may be subject to treatment prior to being supplied to the control unit or prior to being analyzed in the control unit.
- Such treatment may include one or more of filtering, amplifying, compensating for undesired effects, dynamically compensating, or building of any derivative, without limitation.
- the signal supplied to the control, unit or the signal being analyzed there is considered as a temperature signal.
- any such signal treatment may be considered as part of the analysis when executed in the control unit.
- the temperature sensor preferably is a sensor including one of a thermoelement, a thermistor, and a semiconductor temperature sensor.
- a thermoelement preferably one of a thermoelement, a thermistor, and a semiconductor temperature sensor.
- other types of temperature sensors may be used instead, too.
- the interaction with an electronic device can be facilitated by the present input device in that a user simply needs to blow at the input device for triggering one or more functions of the electronic device.
- the present input device may be one of many input devices provided for controlling the functions of the electronic device. Subject to the situation, the user may choose which input device is best to use. In a preferred embodiment, the input device as such may be en ⁇ abled or disabled for usage. This may be achieved in a system set-up of the electronic device.
- the trigger assigned inputs and/or commands are implemented/executed by means of blowing towards the temperature sensor.
- the trigger signal may be assigned to functions such as taking a call on a mobile phone, turning pages of an electronic book, or scrolling through a picture gallery.
- Other functions to be triggered by the exhalation air stream may be one or more of denying a call, confirming or denying an operation, releasing a photo to be taken, switching on or off a function, opening or closing an application, opening or closing a window or menu on a screen, without limitation to the functions listed.
- any input and/or command can be assigned to the trigger signal that may be released by blowing at the present input device.
- the dynamics of the temperature signal over time is exploited.
- the reason for doing so is that by blowing at the input device the temperature changes rapidly such that a rapid increase in the temperature signal may be observed and used as a means for distinguishing from a slow increase of the temperature as may be evoked by any other environmental event.
- control unit is adapted for providing the trigger signal subject to a change of the temperature signal within a time interval.
- time interval may be the time between two sensor values being supplied by the temperature sensor, or be, for example, a multiple of such supply time.
- triggering the function may depend on - alone or in combination with other requirements to be fulfilled - the increase of the temperature signal exceeding an assigned threshold within the time interval.
- the assigned threshold By suitably selecting the assigned threshold, the event of blowing at the temperature sensor can be distinguished from other events resulting in a change in temperature.
- a value of the threshold applied may be set subject to one or more previously measured values of the temperature signal. Such previously measured temperature values may represent, for example, the relative temperature in ambient air.
- This approach may take into account, that a blow at the temperature sensor at a low temperature may generate an increase in the sensed temperature that by far exceeds an increase in temperature caused by a blow at the input device at a higher temperature of the ambient air.
- the threshold rises with falling temperature values of the ambient air.
- the trigger signal may directly be generated, or the trigger signal at least may be enabled and may then depend on the fulfilment of any additional requirements.
- any additional requirement for triggering a function may be based on an analysis of the characteristics of a sensor signal from a sensor other than a temperature sensor which other sensor is responsive to an exhalation air stream, too.
- the control unit preferably is adapted for analyzing a sensor signal supplied by such other sensor and for providing the trigger signal subject to both the analysis of the temperature signal and the analysis of the sensor signal.
- the trigger signal is generated if an increase of the temperature signal ex ⁇ ceeds a threshold within a time interval or if an increase of the sensor signal exceeds another threshold within a time interval.
- the trigger signal is generated only if an increase of the temperature signal exceeds a threshold within a time interval and if an increase of the sensor signal exceeds another threshold within a time interval. In such way, a non-exhalation air stream event may even better be distinguished from an exhalation air stream event since based on two different physical measurands, such other sensor may or may not confirm the result of the temperature sensor.
- the additional sensor preferably is exposed to an anticipated exhalation air stream as is the temperature sensor for having applied the same conditions to both sensors.
- the input device or the electronic device includes a casing with an opening for exposing a sensitive element of the temperature sensor to an environment of the casing
- the other sensor may be arranged close to the temperature sensor such that both sensor face the opening in order to be exposed to the outside of the casing.
- the opening may be an opening solely assigned to the temperature sensor and if applicable to the other sensor, or it may be an opening already existing in the electronic device, such as an opening for a microphone of a mobile phone.
- the other sensor may be embodied as one of a humidity sensor, an airflow sensor, a chemi ⁇ cal sensor and a pressure sensor.
- the pressure sensor may especially be embodied as a differential pressure sensor, or as a microphone.
- the humidity sensor may detect a change in relative humidity caused by an exhalation air stream which constantly is close to 100%.
- an increase of the airflow may indicate an exhalation air stream.
- an increase of the pressure may indicate an exhalation air stream.
- the chemical sensor may especially be embodied as a CO 2 sensor for measuring such ingredient of the exhalation air stream.
- One or more of such sensors may be added to the temperature sensor for detecting an exhalation air stream used for controlling a function of the electronic device.
- the dynamics in the sensor signal supplied by such other sensor such as a humidity sensor may be investigated, which dynamics are represented by the characteristics of the sensor signal over time.
- the control unit is adapted for providing the trigger signal subject to a change of the sensor signal within the same time interval, and in particular subject to an increase of the sensor signal exceeding another threshold within the same time interval. For the reason, that the measurand measured by the other sensor is different to temperature, the thresholds applied represent different values.
- the time intervals under consideration may be set to different values if needed.
- a method for triggering a function of an electronic device according to the features of claim 14.
- a temperature signal supplied by a temperature sensor is analyzed, and the function of the electronic device is triggered subject to the analy ⁇ sis of the temperature signal.
- a computer program element is provided according to the features of claim 15.
- FIG. 1 a usage scenario with a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 a block diagram of a mobile phone ac- cording to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 signal characteristics for explaining an analysis method according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 signal characteristics for explaining an analysis method according to another embodiment of the present invention
- FIG 6 a cross section of a part of a casing of an mobile phone according to an embodiment of the pre ⁇ sent invention
- FIG. 7 a block diagram of a distributed in ⁇ put device according to an embodiment of. the present in ⁇ vention.
- FIG. 8 signal characteristics for explaining an analysis method according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scenario with a mobile phone 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a message is displayed that Jake is calling.
- a temperature sensor 12 is provided next to a standard speaker 32 of the mobile phone 3.
- a user U blows at the mobile phone 3 such that at least a part of an exhalation air stream EAS meets the temperature sensor 12.
- the temperature signal supplied by the temperature sensor 12 is analyzed by means of a logic, software or other means not shown. In case the analysis shows that the temperature signal can be interpreted as an exhalation air stream for intentionally controlling a function of the mobile phone 3, a trigger signal may be issued.
- the function assigned to the trigger signal is to accept the incoming call.
- FIG. 2 illustrates , a block diagram of an input device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the input device 1 in the present embodiment includes another sensor 13 next to the temperature sensor 12, which other sensor 13 in the present example is a hu ⁇ midity sensor 13.
- the exhalation air stream of a human being is characterized by a nearly constant temperature of about 35° Celsius, and a nearly constant relative hu ⁇ midity of about a 100%.
- the exhalation air stream is distinctly different in both temperature and humidity from typical environmental changes in temperature and humidity.
- exhaled air blown at a combination of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor will simultaneously make the relative humidity signal RH(t) and the temperature signal T(t) rise significantly.
- blowing exhaled air towards such input device 1 includes both a rapid change of the relative humidity RH and a . rapid change of the temperature T.
- a temperature sensor 12 and a humidity sensor 13 to track these changes allows to detect the correlated change and thus constitutes a proper means for triggering inputs and/or commands - collectively denoted as functions - on the electronic device.
- a substrate 42 is arranged next to a microphone 31 on a carrier 43 of the mobile phone 3, such as a flexible circuit board or a printed circuit board.
- the microphone 31 is arranged next to and below an opening 41 in a casing 4 of the mobile phone 3.
- the opening in the present example is represented by multiple bores in the casing 4.
- the substrate 42 carries the temperature sensor 12 and - if available - the humidity sensor 13 which presently are not shown.
- the substrate 42 is arranged such that the temperature sensor 12 and the humidity sensor 13 are sufficiently exposed to the opening 41 in or- der to receive an exhalation air stream directed at the opening 41.
- the temperature signal T(t) and the humidity signal RH(t) are supplied by the respective sensors 12 and 13 to a control unit 11.
- the control unit 11 comprises an analyzing section including two analyzers 111 and 112 each one assigned to one of the received signals T(t) and RH(t) for analyzing these signals, and in par ⁇ ticular for analyzing the characteristics of these signals T(t),RH(t) over time, i.e. their dynamics.
- it is a change in each of the signals T(t),RH(t) to be analyzed for the reason that the change of each of these signals T(t),RH(t) or their simultaneous change may be used for distinguishing between an environmental change of the measurands and an exhalation air stream induced change of the measurands.
- a sample relative temperature characteristic T(t) over time resulting from an exhalation air stream is depicted.
- a change in the temperature can be observed at a minimum for the supply time Ast.
- the time interval At for which a change in the temperature signal T(t) is determined is equal to or a multiple of the supply time Ast. Such change then may be compared to a threshold TH T .
- a change in temperature T during such time interval At is determined and compared to the threshold TH T .
- a simple shift register may be provided for temporary storage.
- the change of the temperature signal T in such interval At is determined by Such change is positive and as such represents an increase, and exceeds the assigned threshold TH T .
- the analysis of the sample temperature signal T may result in a trigger of the function by means of issuing the trigger signal C.
- the analysis of the temperature signal T(t) may alternatively include in a preferred embodiment an investigation of the change of the temperature signal T(t) in more than one time interval At.
- a humidity signal RH(t) supplied by the humidity sensor 13 may be analyzed by its corresponding analyzer 112 in a similar way:
- a sample humidity characteristic RH(t) is depicted in response to blowing at the humidity sensor 13 of Figure 2.
- a trigger signal is generated or at least enabled if during the time interval At the increase in the humidity signal RH(t) exceeds an assigned threshold TH RH .
- the change of the humidity signal RH in such time interval At is determined by
- the triggering enabling, signal meets the triggering enabling signal issued by the analyzer 111 at the AND/OR gate 115.
- the trigger signal C(t) is generated if both trigger enabling signals are provided by the analyzers 111 and 112 - this is true for gate 115 being an AND gate - or the trigger signal C(t) may be generated even if only one of the trigger enabling signals from the analyzers 111 or 112 is provided - this is true for the.
- gate 115 being an OR- gate.
- the diagrams of Figure 5 show the same sample temperature and humidity signals T and RH, however, based on a slightly different analysis concept. It. is assumed that the frequency l/Ast at which the signal values T an RH are supplied is higher than in the example of Figure 4. This means that the supply time Ast between two measurements is smaller than in Figure 4 and as such a change in the signal in such time interval may be less significant for a blow at the input device. Hence, in a preferred embodiment, it is the present temperature value compared to the previous temperature value resulting in the determination of a change in temperature AT over the supply time Ast. In case such comparison results in a temperature change ⁇ exceeding a starting temperature threshold STH T then the present temperature value Ttx IS taken as a reference temperature value for the analysis.
- the humidity signal RH(t) needs to rise more than another threshold TH RH within a the same given time interval At starting from the sample point t x in order to generate its corresponding trigger enabling signal.
- each signal T(t) and RH(t) may be verified for a starting condition and trigger the start of the analysis within the assigned time intervals respectively. This may result in different starting points t x for the temperature signal T(t) and t y for the humidity signal RH(t). For each signal, the associated trigger requirement may be verified and confirmed, which may be achieved for the temperature signal T(t) at a point in time t TO and for the humidity signal RH(t). at point in time t n .
- the trigger signal C may only be generated once a trigger enabling signal from the temperature analyzer 111 overlaps in time with a trigger enabling signal from the humidity analyzer 112, i.e. if the trigger enabling signals are generated with a given time window.
- each signal value T, or RH generated every Ast seconds may. need to be compared to an assigned threshold. Instead, it may be waited until the end of the given time interval At, and the signal value at such point in time may be compared to the one at the starting point of the time interval At. A difference of these two values may be accepted as a measure for a change of the signal within the given time interval At which change may be compared to the assigned threshold.
- the analyzers 111 and 112, and possibly other building blocks are solely depicted as individual blocks for explaining the functional processing in the control unit 11. Some or all of these building blocks may also be embodied as software and run on a single microprocessor.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic hardware oriented block diagram of a mobile phone 3.
- the processing as illustrated in connection with Figure 2 is implemented as software residing in a memory 38 connected to a microprocessor 34 via a system bus 37, and will be executed by the microprocessor 34 on demand.
- the temperature sensor 12 and the humidity sensor 13 are connected to the microprocessor 34 via an input system bus 36.
- the one or more sensors for detecting an exhalation of a user are arranged in the electronic device together with the control unit 11 which control unit 11 may be merged with the overall control unit of such electronic device.
- the temperature sensor 12 and possibly any other sensors used may be separate from the control unit 11.
- a sensitive element 121 is depicted, and a wireless transmitter 2 is included in such temperature sensor 12 for sending the temperature signal to a wireless transmitter 2 of the control unit 11 which control unit 11 comprises a microprocessor 34 for analyzing the temperature signal.
- This block diagram is rather of schematic nature in that all the various embodiments described above may also be implemented in such distrib- uted input device.
- a humidity sensor may be arranged together with the temperature sensor 12 and may use the common wireless transmitter 2 communicating to the remote control unit 11.
- the control unit 11 may be part of a mobile or a stationary computing or telecommunication device.
- thresholds TH T and/or TH RH may be chosen according to the requirements of the function that should be triggered. For example, to trigger the shutter of a camera in a mobile phone, one might prefer a very sensitive trigger while when accepting a call the trigger level may be chosen in a way that the user has to clearly exhale onto the electronic device on purpose. This of course holds, also when there is only the temperature sensor provided without the presence of a humidity sensor .
- the thresholds and the time intervals are set such that it can be expected that an exhalation air stream would result in temperature and humidity signals that reach the associated thresholds within the assigned given time intervals.
- changes in temperature and/or humidity evoked by different events such as pure environmental changes or , for example, changes resulting from putting the electronic device into a pocket would show slower slopes and not reach the assigned thresholds within the given time intervals.
- the additional sensor which in the present case is the humidity sensor, may act as a safety sensor for preventing a wrong interpretation of a scenario in which only the temperature signal rises swiftly.
- the temperature sensor acts as a safety sensor for the humidity sensor.
- the function assigned to the trigger signal C may vary subject to the characteristic of the temperature signal RH.
- a first blowing pattern may be identified in the temperature signal T
- a first function may be assigned to the trigger signal C, i.e. in other words the trigger signal C executes a first function.
- a second blowing pattern may be identified in the temperature signal T
- a second function may be assigned to the trigger signal C, i.e. in other words the trigger signal C executes a second function different from the first function.
- the first blowing pattern may be a single blow event, preferably within a given time window to be monitored
- the second blowing pattern may be a double - blow event comprising two subsequent blows with a short break in between, preferably within a given time window to be monitored.
- a first function may be assigned to the trigger signal C out of a set of functions if an increase of the temperature signal T exceeds a threshold TH T within a time interval At and if after a decrease following the increase no new increase is monitored in the temperature signal T within a given time window.
- a second function may be assigned to the trigger signal C out of the set of functions if an increase of the temperature signal T exceeds a threshold TH T within a time interval At and if after a decrease following the increase a new increase is monitored in the temperature signal T within a given time window.
- a sample temperature signal T(t) representing a double blow pattern is illustrated in the diagram of Figure 8 over time t.
- the trigger signal C is not issued immediately in response to the identification of such single blow pattern since the temperature signal T(t) ' will continued to be analyzed during the subsequent time intervals At.
- the temperature signal T(t) peaks and then starts to drop again.
- the temperature signal T(t) makes a significant negative change, i.e. the temperature signal T(t) drops and such drop exceeds the threshold TH T .
- the temperature signal T(t) rises again and shows a significant positive change again exceeding the threshold TH T .
- a double peak may be identified in the temperature signal T(t).
- the identification of a double peak may be translated into identifying a first peak by means of an increase of the temperature exceeding a threshold, followed by a drop of the temperature exceeding the same or another threshold, and by an- other increase of the temperature following the drop such increase exceeding the same or another threshold again.
- Each of the three events - increase - drop - increase - may be applied to the time interval At, and all three events may preferably need to occur within the time win- dow Atw.
- a function is assigned to the trigger signal C to be generated which function is different to the function assigned to the trigger signal C when a different blow pattern is identi- fied, such as for example a single blow without another increase in the time window after a drop following the first increase.
- the present input device may be extended by additional sensors for detecting the strength of blow, the direction, or very fast multi- trigger events, input opportunities may be increased various input ' events may be distinguished from each other by means of suitable algorithms used in analyzing the various sensor signals.
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