WO2016029860A1

WO2016029860A1 - Information interaction method and information interaction system

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Publication number: WO2016029860A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/088267
Authority: WO
Inventors: 沈维
Original assignee: 沈维
Priority date: 2014-08-28
Filing date: 2015-08-27
Publication date: 2016-03-03
Also published as: HK1222022A1; CN105373754A

Abstract

Provided are an information interaction method and an information interaction system. The method comprises: generating at least one code pattern composed of geometric code elements in a single row or single column, the at least one code pattern being related to information which is associated with an electronic screen or associated with the content played on the electronic screen (10); displaying the at least one code pattern on at least one of an upper edge part, a lower edge part, a left edge part and a right edge part of a display region of the electronic screen in accordance with a predetermined rule (20); shooting at a normal viewing distance, by a user, an image of one region containing all the at least one code pattern on the electronic screen through an image pick-up unit of a mobile terminal (30); processing the image, including acquiring all the at least one code pattern (40); and decoding the at least one code pattern in accordance with the predetermined rule, so as to obtain the information which is associated with the electronic screen or associated with the content played on the electronic screen (50). A user is permitted to scan a two-dimensional code at a normal viewing distance, thereby greatly improving the operation experience of the user.

Description

Information interaction method and information interaction system

Technical field

The present invention relates to an information interaction method and an information interaction system, and in particular to an information interaction method and an information interaction system that allow a user to interact remotely.

Background technique

Today, QR codes are widely used in people's daily lives. For example, a QR code can be displayed on a television screen or billboard to enhance interaction with the viewer.

However, the current two-dimensional code (such as a QR code) displayed on the display screen such as a television screen or a billboard is set at a certain portion of the screen (for example, the lower right corner), and if the size of the two-dimensional code is small, It is inconvenient to use the viewer to move the mobile device (such as a smart phone, etc.) close to the TV screen or billboard to scan the code. If you increase the area of the QR code to a large extent, you will inevitably sacrifice valuable effective display area.

In some cases, the displayed two-dimensional code is far away from the user, such as an outdoor advertising column, and the user cannot get close to the displayed two-dimensional code, so that the two-dimensional code cannot be scanned by the mobile device, affecting User's operating experience.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a convenient information interaction method and information interaction system to solve the above problems.

Summary of the invention

To solve the above problems, the present invention provides an information interaction method and an information interaction system.

The present invention provides an information interaction method for information interaction between a substantially rectangular electronic screen and a user, the method comprising: generating at least one code map consisting of a single row or a single column of geometric pattern symbols, At least one code map associated with information associated with or associated with content of the electronic screen; displaying the at least one code map on an upper edge portion of a display area of the electronic screen in accordance with a predetermined rule, At least one of the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion; the user photographing an area of the electronic screen including all of the at least one code map at a normal viewing distance by an imaging unit of the mobile terminal Processing the image, the processing comprising obtaining all of the at least one code map; and decoding the at least one code map in accordance with the predetermined rule to obtain association with or with the electronic screen The information associated with the content played by the electronic screen.

The present invention provides an information interaction system, the system comprising: an electronic screen, the electronic screen is substantially rectangular, An information exchange with a user; a mobile terminal; a code map generating device, the generating device generating at least one code map composed of a single row or a single column of geometric pattern symbols, the at least one code map and the The electronic screen is associated with or associated with information associated with the content played by the electronic screen; the display control device displays the at least one code map on an upper edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen according to a predetermined rule At least one of the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion, wherein the user includes all of the at least one on the electronic screen by the camera unit of the mobile terminal at a normal viewing distance An image of a region of the code map; the processing device processes the image to acquire all of the at least one code map; and a decoding device that decodes the at least one code map according to the predetermined rule Obtaining the information associated with content associated with the electronic screen or played with the electronic screen.

The information interaction method and the information interaction system of the invention can allow the user to scan the two-dimensional code at the normal viewing distance, realize the remote scanning code interaction, and greatly improve the user's operating experience.

DRAWINGS

The invention may be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments of the invention, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information interaction method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

2 is a schematic diagram showing a code map displayed on an electronic screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

3a-3c are schematic diagrams of code pattern encoding versions in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of an information interaction system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in the . In other examples, well-known structures and devices are shown in the block diagram. The illustrative example embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. Therefore, the scope of the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but only the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a schematic flow diagram of an information interaction method 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The information interaction method 100 is for interacting information between a substantially rectangular electronic screen and a user, the method 100 comprising: generating at least one code map (step 10), displaying the at least one code map (step 20), photographing The at least one code map (step 30), acquiring all of the at least one code map and processing (step 40), and decoding the at least one code map (step 50).

The electronic screen may be an indoor display screen, such as a television screen or an indoor electronic billboard, or may be a large outdoor billboard. Specifically, according to the information interaction method 100, at least one code map composed of a single-row or single-column geometry symbol is first generated, and the at least one code map is associated with the electronic screen or related to the content played on the electronic screen. Linking the information; then, displaying at least one code map on at least one of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen according to a predetermined rule; Recording, by the camera unit of the mobile terminal, an image of an area of all at least one code map on the electronic screen at a normal viewing distance; then processing the image, the processing comprising acquiring all at least one code map; and finally, according to a predetermined The rules decode the at least one code map to obtain the information associated with the content associated with the electronic screen or played with the electronic screen.

It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the number of code patterns and their display positions on the electronic screen can be adjusted according to actual needs. For example, a plurality of code patterns may be placed on any edge portion of the electronic screen in a manner of being spaced apart from each other, or a plurality of code patterns may be respectively placed on different edge portions of the electronic screen, and the present invention is not limited thereto. In a preferred embodiment, two code patterns are generated in step 10, and the two code patterns are respectively displayed in the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right of the display area of the electronic screen in step 20. On two different edge portions in the edge portion. In other embodiments, three or four code patterns are generated in step 10, and the three or four code patterns are respectively displayed in the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen in step 20. Three or four different edge portions of the left and right edge portions.

As shown in Fig. 2, there is shown an embodiment of the present invention in which four code patterns are generated and placed on the four edge portions of the electronic screen, respectively. Further, referring to FIG. 1, step 20 may include displaying two code patterns on a substantially intermediate portion of two different edge portions of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen. on. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, step 20 may include displaying three or four code patterns on three or four of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen. The approximate middle portion of the edge portion. However, it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the location of the code map can be placed anywhere on the electronic screen, such as near a corner.

In addition, it is easily understood that the range of the edge portion of the electronic screen can be set as needed. For example, the height of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion may be less than 1/7 of the height of the electronic screen, and the width of the left edge portion or the right edge portion may be less than 1/7 of the width of the electronic screen. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can make adjustments. For example, the height of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion may be less than 1/10 of the height of the display region of the electronic screen, and the width of the left edge portion or the right edge portion may be less than 1/10 of the width of the display region of the electronic screen. Also, in a preferred embodiment, the heights of the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion may be equal, and the widths of the left edge portion and the right edge portion may be equal. In a further embodiment, the heights of the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion may be equal, and the widths of the left edge portion and the right edge portion may be equal, while the heights of the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion are equal to the left edge portion and the right edge The width of the part.

In an actual application, the user can communicate with the server or the designated web address through the mobile terminal, so that the operation represented by the information can be performed after obtaining the information associated with the content associated with the electronic screen or played with the electronic screen. In an embodiment, the mobile terminal and the server may be coupled to each other through a communication network.

The code map herein is composed of information elements for coding (ie, "symbols" as referred to herein), specifically, code maps. It may be composed of single-row or single-column geometry symbols, which may have any shape (such as a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, a triangle, a polygon, an irregular figure, etc.), a color, according to the shape, color, and The location is where it can be encoded/decoded. In an embodiment, the symbols may be monochromatic or colored, may have different geometric features, may have the same geometric features, or may be letters or symbols. In other embodiments, the same symbol can also be set to a combination of multiple colors, for example, the symbol is a concentric circle pattern, at least one of the inner circle and the outer circle can be colored, and both the inner circle and the outer circle are colored. The colors of the two may be the same or different, or the inner and outer circles are not colored. In addition, the size of the symbols in the same code map can also vary. For example, multiple symbols are rectangular, but the width is varied. The present invention is not limited in this respect, and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the shape, color, pattern, size, position in the code map, and the like of the symbol as needed.

In addition, for improved security, error correction coding and mask processing can be performed during the encoding process. In an embodiment, the code map can have two regions, a functional graphics region and a coding region. The function graphics area includes positioning information, version information, error correction level and the like. The coding area includes data and error correction code words, and the coding mode, version information, and error correction level can be determined according to the coded data. Wherein, an ordinary symbol in the code map can be designated as a locator, so that the positioning information is included therein, and a dedicated locator can also be set in the code map, and the function is to locate without providing other information. The version of the aforementioned version information hint code, a schematic diagram of the code pattern version according to the present invention is shown in Figures 3a-3c. As shown in FIG. 2, four code patterns are distributed around the rectangular frame of the electronic screen, and there are 16 symbols in total, wherein the first triangular solid coloring symbol from the left in the upper code image and the left color in the lower code image A triangular hollow uncolored symbol is used as the functional area, and the remaining 14 symbols are used as the coding area.

The code map can be located by the locator included in the code map, or by the border of the code map itself, or by the boundary of the electronic screen. When the code map is located by a locator included in the code map, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, step 40 may include locating at least by identifying at least one of all symbols set as a locator. A code map. When the code map is located through the border of the code map itself, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, step 40 may include locating at least one code map by identifying a border of at least one code map itself (see also FIG. 2). When the code map is located through the boundary of the electronic screen, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, step 40 may include locating at least one by recognizing at least one of upper, lower, left, and right boundaries of the display area of the electronic screen. Code map. It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the positioning of the code pattern described in the present invention is not limited to the above content, and the combination of the above manners or other manners may be used to complete the positioning of the code pattern.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, step 40 may further comprise determining a version of the at least one code map, the method comprising identifying at least one of all symbols set to a version indicator. In a further embodiment, step 40 may further comprise confirming an error correction level of the at least one code map, the method comprising identifying at least one of all symbols set to an error correction level indicator.

Referring to Figure 4, there is shown a schematic diagram of an information interaction system 400 in accordance with the present invention. The information interaction system 400 is used to implement various information interaction methods disclosed by the present invention. The system 100 includes an electronic screen 401, a mobile terminal 402, a code map generation device 403, a display control device 404, a processing device 405, and a decoding device 406. Specifically, the electronic screen 401 is substantially rectangular for information interaction with the user; the code map generating means 403 is generated by a single row or At least one code map composed of a single column of geometric symbols associated with at least one of the electronic screen 401 or associated with the content played by the electronic screen 401; the display control device 404 at least one code map according to a predetermined rule Displayed on at least one of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen 401; wherein the user captures an electronic screen at a normal viewing distance by the camera unit of the mobile terminal 402 401 includes an image of a region of all at least one code map; processing device 405 processes the image to obtain all at least one code map; and decoding device 406 decodes at least one code map according to a predetermined rule to obtain correlation with electronic screen 401 Information associated with the content played by the electronic screen 401.

In a further embodiment, the information interaction system 400 can further include a positioning device (not shown) that locates at least one code map, wherein the positioning device recognizes that at least one of all symbols is set as a locator Symbol. In other embodiments, the positioning device recognizes the border of at least one of the code maps themselves. In another embodiment, the positioning device recognizes at least one of the upper, lower, left and right boundaries of the display area of the electronic screen 401.

In a further embodiment, the information interaction system 400 can further include a version determining device (not shown), the version determining device determining a version of the at least one code map, wherein the version determining device recognizes that at least one of all symbols is set A symbol that is defined as a version indicator.

In a further embodiment, the information interaction system 400 may further include an error correction level confirming means (not shown), the error correction level confirming means confirming an error correction level of the at least one code map, wherein the error correction level confirming means recognizes all At least one of the symbols is set as a symbol of the error correction level indicator.

It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that displaying at least one code map according to a predetermined rule as referred to herein may be displayed in a counterclockwise direction along the upper edge portion, the left edge portion, the lower edge portion, and the right edge portion. And/or decoding, or displaying and/or decoding in a clockwise direction along the upper edge portion, the right edge portion, the lower edge portion, and the left edge portion. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the foregoing predetermined rules according to actual needs, for example, displaying and/or decoding in a non-sequential manner in accordance with a certain specified law, such as first going up and down. After the left and right.

The normal viewing distance described herein conforms to the universal viewing distance of people in daily life. In an embodiment, the viewing distance may be 1 to 10 times the diagonal length of the display area of the electronic screen, or may be electronic. The diagonal length of the display area of the screen is 1.5 to 4 times.

Compared with the existing small-sized and high-density two-dimensional code, the information interaction method and the information interaction system of the present invention use a low-density code map to allow a user to scan a two-dimensional code at a normal viewing distance, thereby realizing a long-distance scan. Code interaction greatly improves the user experience.

In the exemplary embodiments presented herein, the widths and lengths of the respective code patterns disposed along the respective edges are the same for the sake of brevity, and those skilled in the art will readily understand that the respective code patterns disposed along the respective edges are Width, length, or other geometric elements can be different from each other, and even the scale of a code map itself (such as width) can be changed. The invention is not limited thereto. In addition, in the exemplary embodiments presented herein, for the sake of brevity, the respective code patterns disposed along opposite edges are symmetrically disposed at intermediate positions, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, disposed along opposite edges. The respective code maps may be disposed in various portions symmetrically or asymmetrically, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Further, in the exemplary embodiment given herein, for the sake of brevity, the code pattern disposed along one edge is a strip pattern, and those skilled in the art will readily understand that the code pattern is provided along one edge. Can be two or more strips of code maps (eg, two strip code patterns) that can be serially parallel to one edge, or The ground is parallel to an edge, and the invention is not limited thereto.

While the several exemplary embodiments have been described above in detail, the disclosed embodiments are merely illustrative and not limiting, and those skilled in the art will readily recognize that many other modifications in the exemplary embodiments The alterations and/or substitutions are possible without departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the disclosure. Accordingly, all such modifications, changes and/or alternatives are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

An information interaction method for interacting information between a substantially rectangular electronic screen and a user, the method comprising:

Generating at least one code map consisting of single-row or single-column geometry symbols associated with information associated with the electronic screen or associated with content played by the electronic screen;

Displaying the at least one code map on at least one of an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a left edge portion, and a right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen according to a predetermined rule;

The user photographs an image of an area of the at least one code map on the electronic screen by a camera unit of the mobile terminal at a normal viewing distance;

Processing the image, the processing comprising obtaining all of the at least one code map;

The at least one code map is decoded in accordance with the predetermined rule to obtain the information associated with content associated with the electronic screen or played with the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of generating at least one code map consisting of a single row or a single column of geometrical symbols comprises generating two code maps, and wherein said at least one code map is displayed The step of at least one of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen further includes displaying the two code maps on the The upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the two different edge portions of the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of generating at least one code map consisting of a single row or single column of geometrical symbols comprises generating three or four code patterns, and wherein said at least one code is to be generated The step of displaying on the at least one of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen further includes the three or four yards The figures are respectively displayed on three or four different edge portions of the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1, wherein the height of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion is less than 1/7 of the height of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1, the width of the left edge portion or the right edge portion being less than 1/7 of a width of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1, wherein the height of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion is less than 1/10 of the height of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1, wherein the width of the left edge portion or the right edge portion is less than 1/10 of the width of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method according to claim 4, 5, 6 or 7, wherein the heights of the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion are equal, and the widths of the left edge portion and the right edge portion are equal.
The method according to claim 4, 5, 6 or 7, wherein the heights of the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion are equal, and the widths of the left edge portion and the right edge portion are equal, and the upper portion The height of the edge portion and the lower edge portion is equal to the width of the left edge portion and the right edge portion.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

The user communicates with the server or the designated web address through the mobile terminal to perform an operation characterized by the information associated with the electronic screen or associated with the content played by the electronic screen;

The mobile terminal and the server are coupled to each other through a communication network.
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the image further comprises:

Locating the at least one code map, the positioning comprising identifying at least one of all symbols set as a locator.
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the image further comprises:

Locating the at least one code map, the positioning comprising identifying a border of the at least one code map itself.
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the image further comprises:

Locating the at least one code map, the positioning comprising recognizing at least one of upper, lower, left, and right boundaries of a display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the image further comprises:

Determining a version of the at least one code map, the determining comprising identifying at least one of all symbols set to a version indicator.
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the image further comprises:

Acknowledgement of an error correction level of the at least one code map, the acknowledgment comprising identifying at least one of all symbols set to an error correction level indicator.
The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined rule is to display and/or decode in a counterclockwise direction of the upper edge portion, the left edge portion, the lower edge portion, and the right edge portion Or display and/or decode in a clockwise direction along the upper edge portion, the right edge portion, the lower edge portion, and the left edge portion.
The method of claim 2, wherein the two code patterns are displayed on the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge of a display area of the electronic screen The step of the two different edge portions of the portion includes displaying the two code maps on the upper edge of the display area of the electronic screen A substantially intermediate portion of the portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the two different edge portions of the right edge portion.
The method according to claim 3, wherein said three or four code patterns are displayed on said upper edge portion, said lower edge portion, said left edge portion, and said display portion of said electronic screen The step of three or four different edge portions in the right edge portion includes displaying the three or four code patterns on the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen And a substantially intermediate portion of the left edge portion and the three or four different edge portions of the right edge portion.
The method of claim 1, wherein the normal viewing distance is 1 to 10 times the diagonal length of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 19, wherein the normal viewing distance is 1.5 to 4 times the diagonal length of the display area of the electronic screen.
The method of claim 1 wherein said geometric symbol comprises a color geometric symbol.
The method of claim 1 wherein said geometric symbol comprises letter or symbol geometry symbols.
An information interaction system, the system comprising:

An electronic screen, the electronic screen is substantially rectangular for interaction with information between users;

Mobile terminal

a code map generating device, the code map generating device generating at least one code map composed of a single row or a single column of geometric pattern symbols, the at least one code map being associated with the electronic screen or with the electronic screen Relevant information associated with the content;

Display control means for displaying the at least one code map on at least one of an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, a left edge portion, and a right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen according to a predetermined rule The user, by the camera unit of the mobile terminal, captures an image of an area of the at least one code map on the electronic screen at a normal viewing distance;

a processing device that processes the image to acquire all of the at least one code map;

a decoding device that decodes the at least one code map in accordance with the predetermined rule to obtain the information associated with content associated with the electronic screen or played with the electronic screen.
The system according to claim 23, wherein said code map generating means generates two code maps, and said display control means displays said two code maps respectively on said display area of said electronic screen Two different edge portions of the edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion.
The system of claim 23, wherein said code map generating means generates three or four code patterns, and And the display control device displays the three or four code patterns on the upper edge portion, the lower edge portion, the left edge portion, and the right edge portion of the display area of the electronic screen, respectively Three or four different edge parts in the middle.
The system of claim 23 wherein said user communicates with a server or designated web address via a mobile terminal to perform said representation of said information associated with said electronic screen or associated with said electronic screen played content The operation of the mobile terminal and the server are coupled to each other through a communication network.
The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a positioning device that locates the at least one code map, wherein the positioning device identifies at least one of all symbols set as a symbol of a locator.
The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a positioning device that locates the at least one code map, wherein the positioning device recognizes a border of the at least one code map itself.
The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a positioning device that locates the at least one code map, wherein the positioning device recognizes at least one of upper, lower, left, and right boundaries of a display area of the electronic screen.
The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a version determining means, the version determining means determining a version of the at least one code map, wherein the version determining means recognizes at least one of all symbols set as a symbol of a version indicator.
The system of claim 23, further comprising:

An error correction level confirming means, the error correction level confirming means confirms an error correction level of the at least one code map, wherein the error correction level confirming means recognizes that at least one of all symbols is set as an error correction level indication The symbol of the symbol.
The system according to claim 23, wherein said predetermined rule is to display and/or decode in a counterclockwise direction of said upper edge portion, said left edge portion, said lower edge portion and said right edge portion Or display and/or decode in a clockwise direction along the upper edge portion, the right edge portion, the lower edge portion, and the left edge portion.
The system of claim 23 wherein said geometric symbol comprises a color geometric symbol.
The system of claim 23 wherein said geometric symbol comprises letter or symbol geometry symbols.