HTC Patent | Electronic device, method and system for detecting fingers and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Publication Number: 20190034072
Publication Date: 2019-01-31
Applicants: HTC
Abstract
An electronic device, method and system for detecting fingers and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided in this disclosure. The electronic device includes a touch panel, a plurality of distance detection units, and a processor. The processor electrically connected to the touch panel and the distance detection units. The touch panel is configured for sensing a touched position. The distance detection units are configured for detecting a plurality of distance measurement signals. The processor is configured for calculating a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals; determining a finger gesture information according to the measurement values, the finger gesture information indicating which one of a plurality of areas on the touched position is touched; and transmitting a finger gesture, based on the finger gesture information, to an external device to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in a simulated scenario.
Background
The present application relates to an electronic device, method and system for detecting a touched position and non-transitory computer-readable medium. More particularly, the present application relates to an electronic device and method for determining a finger gesture which detected a touched position and non-transitory computer-readable medium.
In the current virtual reality (VR) environment, controller devices are commonly used to interact with VR scenes, such as game themes or VR contents. Usually, a virtual reality system has a head-mounted display (HMD) and controllers. There are several sensors disposed on the controller to detect the hand gestures. However, most of the controllers still have some detecting errors when the sensors detect the hand gestures or finger gestures. Therefore, a more precise device for providing simulated hand gestures or simulated finger gestures in the virtual reality environments is required.
Summary
An aspect of the disclosure is to provide an electronic device for detecting fingers. The electronic device includes a touch panel, a plurality of distance detection units and a processor. The processor is electrically connected to the touch panel and the distance detection units. The processor is configured to calculate a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals; determine a finger gesture information according to the measurement values, the finger gesture information indicating which one of a plurality of areas on the touched panel is touched; and transmitting a finger gesture, based on the finger gesture information, to an external device to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in a simulated scenario.
Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method for detecting fingers. The method includes operations of: sensing a touched position by a touch panel; detecting a plurality of distance measurement signals by a plurality of distance detection units; calculating a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals by a processor; determining a finger gesture information according to the measurement values, the finger gesture information indicating which one of a plurality of areas on the touched panel is touched by the processor; and transmitting a finger gesture, based on the finger gesture information, to an external device to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in a simulated scenario by the processor.
Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a system for detecting fingers and providing a simulated scenario. The system includes an external device, a controller, and a central processing unit. The central processing unit is electrically connected to the external device and the controller. The controller includes a touch panel, a plurality of distance detection units, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals; determine a finger gesture information according to the measurement values, the finger gesture information indicating which one of a plurality of areas on the touched panel is touched. The central processing unit is configured for controlling the external device to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in the simulated scenario according to the finger gesture, based on the finger gesture information.
Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions to be executed by a processor of an electronic device for performing a method for detecting finger, wherein the method includes operations of: sensing a touched position by a touch panel; detecting a plurality of distance measurement signals by a plurality of distance detection units; calculating a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals by a processor; determining a finger gesture information according to the measurement values, the finger gesture information indicating which one of a plurality of areas on the touched panel is touched by the processor; and transmitting a finger gesture, based on the finger gesture information, to an external device to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in a simulated scenario by the processor.
Based on aforesaid embodiments, electronic device, method and system for detecting fingers and non-transitory computer-readable medium are capable of calculating a plurality of measurement values according to the touched position and the distance measurement signals, determining a finger gesture according to the measurement values, and transmitting the finger gesture information to a head-mounted display to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in a simulated scenario. In some embodiments, the head-mounted display is able to display a simulated finger gesture of an avatar in the simulated scenario according to the finger gesture.
