CN113946203B - Gesture switching-on and switching-off method of portable equipment and portable equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a gesture switching on and switching off method of portable equipment, which comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a mainboard controller detects the on/off state of the portable equipment; the touch module detects gesture operation of a user on a keyboard of the portable equipment, generates gesture sensing signals according to the gesture operation, and sends the gesture sensing signals to the keyboard microcontroller and the main board controller; the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator lamp according to the gesture sensing signal; and when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, the main board controller executes shutdown/startup operation according to the startup/shutdown state. The invention realizes a startup and shutdown mode based on gesture operation, effectively solves the problem of false triggering existing in the existing physical keys, is convenient for users to use, and optimizes the industrial design of the notebook computer shell.

Description

Gesture power on/off method for portable device and portable device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of information technology, and in particular to a gesture power on/off method for a portable device and the portable device.

Background technique

Existing portable devices, such as portable computers, mainly trigger power on or off by setting physical buttons. However, there is no unified standard for physical buttons. The physical buttons of portable computers produced by different computer manufacturers vary greatly in shape and position, giving users different physical sensations. The physical buttons of some portable computers are even set in relatively obscure places, which is inconvenient for users to use and even causes great trouble when users turn on the computer for the first time. Furthermore, physical buttons are easily pressed for a long time or triggered by mistake due to uncertain factors, which can cause the machine to fail to start normally, resulting in data loss or information leakage.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a gesture power on/off method for a portable device and the portable device, so as to solve the problems of false triggering and inconvenience in use of the existing portable device when the physical keys are used to power it on and off.

A gesture startup method for a portable device, comprising:

The portable device includes a mainboard controller, a touch control module, a keyboard microcontroller, and a keyboard indicator light;

The mainboard controller detects the power-on/power-off status of the portable device;

The touch control module detects a user's gesture operation on the keyboard of the portable device, generates a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller;

The keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal; and

When the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, the mainboard controller performs a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state.

Optionally, the touch control module includes N touch control chips;

The N touch chips detect gesture operations of the user on the keyboard of the portable device in a preset order;

Each touch chip generates a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller, and generates a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and sends the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller.

Optionally, the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal, including:

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the control keyboard indicator light turns on;

When receiving the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on;

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off.

Optionally, the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal, further comprising:

When a sensing failure signal is received from any one or more touch chips, the indicator light of the control keyboard flashes for a preset time and then turns off.

Optionally, when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, before the mainboard controller performs a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state, the method further includes:

Calculate the number of gesture sensing signals received;

When the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, the mainboard controller performs a shutdown/startup operation according to the power-on/off state, including:

When the number of the gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of the touch control chips, a shutdown/power-on operation is performed according to the power-on/power-off state;

If the portable device is in a power-off state, a power-on operation is performed; if the portable device is in a power-on state, a power-off operation is performed.

A portable device includes a mainboard controller, a touch control module, a keyboard microcontroller, and a keyboard indicator light;

The mainboard controller is used to detect the power-on/power-off status of the portable device;

The touch control module is used to detect the user's gesture operation on the keyboard of the portable device, generate a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation, and send the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller;

The keyboard microcontroller is used to control the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal;

The mainboard controller is also used to perform a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition.

Optionally, the touch control module includes N touch control chips;

The N touch chips detect gesture operations of the user on the keyboard of the portable device in a preset order;

Each touch chip generates a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller, and generates a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and sends the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller.

Optionally, the keyboard microcontroller is used to:

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the control keyboard indicator light turns on;

When receiving the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on;

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off.

Optionally, the keyboard microcontroller is further used for:

When a sensing failure signal is received from any one or more touch chips, the indicator light of the control keyboard flashes for a preset time and then turns off.

Optionally, the mainboard controller is further used for:

Calculate the number of gesture sensing signals received;

When the number of the gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of the touch control chips, a shutdown/power-on operation is performed according to the power-on/power-off state;

If the portable device is in a power-off state, a power-on operation is performed; if the portable device is in a power-on state, a power-off operation is performed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable device includes a mainboard controller, a touch control module, a keyboard microcontroller, and a keyboard indicator light. When turning the device on and off, the mainboard controller detects the power-on/off state of the portable device, the touch control module detects the gesture operation of the user on the keyboard of the portable device, generates a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller. The keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal; and when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, the mainboard controller performs a power-off/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state; thereby realizing a power-on/power-off method based on gesture operation, effectively solving the problem of false triggering of existing physical buttons, facilitating user use, and optimizing the industrial design of the notebook computer shell.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

FIG1 is a structural diagram of a portable device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG2 is a flowchart of a method for powering on and off a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of implementing step S204 in a method for powering on and off a portable device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the implementation of step S205 in the method for powering on and off a portable device provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.

The following is a detailed description of the gesture power on/off method for a portable device provided by this embodiment. Existing portable devices use physical buttons for power on/off, which may cause false triggering and inconvenience in use. In view of this, the embodiment of the present invention optimizes the power on/off method of a portable device, replacing physical button power on/off with gesture power on/off, effectively solving the false triggering problem of existing physical buttons, facilitating user use, and optimizing the industrial design of the laptop computer housing.

FIG. 1 is a portable device provided by the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the portable device includes a mainboard controller 10, a touch control module 20, a keyboard microcontroller 30, and a keyboard indicator light 40;

The mainboard controller 10 is used to detect the power-on/power-off status of the portable device;

The touch control module 20 is used to detect the user's gesture operation on the keyboard of the portable device, generate a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation, and send the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10;

The keyboard microcontroller 30 is used to control the working state of the keyboard indicator light 40 according to the gesture sensing signal;

The mainboard controller 10 is further configured to execute a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition.

Here, the touch control module 20 is arranged on the keyboard of the portable device, and is used to detect the gesture operation of the user on the keyboard of the portable device, and generate a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation to complete the recognition of the gesture operation of the user. The keyboard indicator light 40 is arranged on the keyboard of the portable device, preferably in a more conspicuous position on the keyboard, and is controlled by the keyboard controller 30. When the touch control module 20 generates a gesture sensing signal, the keyboard microcontroller 30 generates a control signal for the keyboard indicator light 40 according to the gesture sensing signal, and sends the control signal to the keyboard indicator light 40 to change and control the working state of the keyboard indicator light 40. Here, this embodiment prompts the working state of the portable device by the on and off state of the keyboard indicator light 40.

The motherboard controller 10 is an embedded controller of the motherboard of the portable device, referred to as the motherboard EC, and is used to manage the power timing, working status, temperature control, battery management, etc. of the computer. In this embodiment, the motherboard controller 10 is used to detect the state of the portable device, including the power-on state and the power-off state, and receive gesture sensing signals, and when the gesture sensing signals sent by the received touch module 20 meet the preset conditions, the state of the portable device is switched according to the gesture sensing signals, including switching from the power-on state to the power-off state, and switching from the power-off state to the power-on state.

Optionally, as a preferred example of the present invention, the touch control module 20 includes N touch control chips;

The N touch control chips are used to detect gesture operations of a user on the keyboard of the portable device in a preset order;

Each touch chip generates a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10 , and generates a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and sends the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30 .

Here, the number N of the touch chips is greater than or equal to 3, which is specifically determined according to the electrical characteristics of the touch chips and is not limited here. In this embodiment, a plurality of touch chips are arranged at equal intervals under the keyboard of an existing portable device. The structure and function of each of the touch chips are the same, and are used to generate a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and send the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10, and to generate a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and send the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30. In this embodiment, the sequence of the plurality of touch chips is pre-set, so that the plurality of touch chips sense the gesture operation of the user on the keyboard of the portable device in the sequence, and send the sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller 30 in the sequence.

For example, it is assumed that the touch module 20 includes three touch chips, which are in the order of the first touch chip, the second touch chip, and the third touch chip. When detecting gesture operation, the first touch chip is used for sensing first. If a user's gesture operation is sensed, a gesture sensing signal is generated, and the gesture sensing signal is sent to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10; then the second touch chip is used for sensing. If a user's gesture operation is sensed, a gesture sensing signal is generated, and the gesture sensing signal is sent to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10; finally, the third touch chip is used for sensing. If a user's gesture operation is sensed, a gesture sensing signal is generated, and the gesture sensing signal is sent to the keyboard microcontroller 30 and the mainboard controller 10.

Optionally, as a preferred example of the present invention, the keyboard microcontroller 30 is used for:

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the control keyboard indicator light turns on;

When receiving the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on;

When the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off.

Here, the keyboard controller 30 is used to control the working state of the keyboard indicator light 40 according to the gesture sensing signal. Since the touch module 20 includes a plurality of touch chips, the touch module 20 will receive a plurality of sensing signals during a gesture detection process. Among them, when the keyboard controller 30 receives the gesture sensing signal from the first touch chip, the keyboard indicator light 40 starts to light up, prompting the user that the touch module 20 starts to collect gesture signals. When the keyboard controller 30 receives gesture sensing signals from the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on, prompting the user that the touch module 20 continues to collect gesture signals; when the keyboard controller 30 receives the gesture sensing signal from the Nth touch chip, the keyboard indicator light 40 is turned off, prompting the user that the gesture collection is completed.

Furthermore, the keyboard microcontroller 30 is also used for:

When a sensing failure signal is received from any one or more touch chips, the indicator light of the control keyboard flashes for a preset time and then turns off.

Here, if any one or more touch chips fail to detect the gesture operation and generate a sensing failure signal, the keyboard microcontroller 30 determines that the gesture sensing acquisition has failed, and controls the keyboard indicator light to flash for a few seconds and then turn off to prompt the user to perform gesture recognition again.

This embodiment can prompt the user of each stage of gesture sensing by setting up several touch chips on the portable device and combining the touch chips and keyboard indicator lights, which is beneficial to improving the effect of gesture power on and off and user experience.

When the last Nth touch chip sends a gesture sensing signal to the keyboard controller 30 and the mainboard controller 10, the keyboard controller 30 turns off the keyboard indicator light 40 to indicate that the user gesture collection is completed, and the mainboard controller 10 performs power on and off operations according to the received gesture sensing signal. The mainboard controller 10 is also used for:

Calculate the number of gesture sensing signals received;

When the number of the gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of the touch control chips, a shutdown/power-on operation is performed according to the power-on/power-off state;

If the portable device is in a power-off state, a power-on operation is performed; if the portable device is in a power-on state, a power-off operation is performed.

As mentioned above, the plurality of touch chips sense the user's gesture operation on the keyboard of the portable device in sequence, and send gesture sensing signals to the mainboard controller 10 in the sequence. The mainboard controller 10 counts the received gesture sensing signals, and when the number of the gesture sensing signals reaches the number of the touch chips, it is confirmed that the user gesture collection is completed, and then the corresponding power-off/power-on operation is performed according to the previously detected power-on/power-off state of the portable device.

Each module in the portable device can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware or a combination thereof. Each module can be embedded in or independent of a processor in a computer device in the form of hardware, or can be stored in a memory in a computer device in the form of software, so that the processor can call and execute operations corresponding to each module.

When the embodiment of the present invention is turned on or off, the mainboard controller detects the power-on/off state of the portable device, the touch module detects the gesture operation of the user on the keyboard of the portable device, generates a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation, sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller, and then controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal through the keyboard microcontroller; and when the gesture sensing signal meets the preset conditions, the mainboard controller performs the power-off/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state; thereby realizing a power-on/power-off method based on gesture operation, effectively solving the problem of false triggering of existing physical buttons, facilitating user use, and optimizing the industrial design of the notebook computer shell.

Optionally, as a preferred example of the present invention, as shown in FIG2 , the power on/off method of the portable device includes:

In step S201, the mainboard controller detects the power-on/power-off state of the portable device.

In step S202, the touch control module detects a gesture operation performed by a user on a keyboard of the portable device, and generates a gesture sensing signal according to the gesture operation.

In step S203, the touch control module sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller.

In step S204, the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal.

In step S205, when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, the mainboard controller performs a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 3 , the keyboard microcontroller in step S204 controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal, including:

In step S301, when the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to light up;

In step S302, when the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is kept on;

In step S303, when the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off.

Optionally, the keyboard microcontroller in step S204 controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal, further comprising:

When a sensing failure signal is received from any one or more touch chips, the indicator light of the control keyboard flashes for a preset time and then turns off.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 4 , when the gesture sensing signal meets a preset condition, before the mainboard controller in step S205 performs a shutdown/startup operation according to the power-on/off state, the method further includes:

In step S401, the number of received gesture sensing signals is calculated.

When the gesture sensing signal meets the preset condition, the motherboard controller in step S205 performs the shutdown/startup operation according to the power-on/off state, including:

In step S402, when the number of the gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of touch control chips, a shutdown/power-on operation is performed according to the power-on/power-off state;

If the portable device is in a power-off state, a power-on operation is performed; if the portable device is in a power-on state, a power-off operation is performed.

For details of the steps in the embodiments of FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 , please refer to the description of the embodiment of FIG. 1 , which will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that the order of execution of the steps in the above embodiment does not necessarily mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiment of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiments can be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Among them, any reference to memory, storage, database or other media used in the embodiments provided by the present invention can include non-volatile and/or volatile memory. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. As an illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used as an example. In actual applications, the above-mentioned functions can be distributed and completed by different functional units and modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different functional units or modules to complete all or part of the functions described above.

The embodiments described above are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit the same. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments may still be modified, or some of the technical features may be replaced by equivalents. Such modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A gesture power on/off method for a portable device, characterized in that the portable device comprises a mainboard controller, a touch control module, a keyboard microcontroller, and a keyboard indicator light; The mainboard controller detects the power-on/power-off status of the portable device; The touch control module includes N touch control chips, and the N touch control chips detect gesture operations of a user on the keyboard of the portable device in a preset order. Each touch chip generates a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller, and generates a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and sends the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller; The keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal; and The mainboard controller calculates the number of gesture sensing signals received, and when the number of gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of touch control chips, performs a shutdown/power-on operation according to the power-on/power-off state. 2. The gesture power on/off method of a portable device according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal, comprising: When the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the control keyboard indicator light turns on; When receiving the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on; When the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off. 3. The gesture power on/off method of a portable device according to claim 2, wherein the keyboard microcontroller controls the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal further comprises: When a sensing failure signal is received from any one or more touch chips, the indicator light of the control keyboard flashes for a preset time and then turns off. 4. A portable device, characterized by comprising a mainboard controller, a touch control module, a keyboard microcontroller, and a keyboard indicator light; The mainboard controller is used to detect the power-on/power-off status of the portable device; The touch control module includes N touch control chips, and the N touch control chips are used to detect gesture operations of a user on the keyboard of the portable device in a preset order, and each touch chip generates a corresponding gesture sensing signal when a gesture operation is detected, and sends the gesture sensing signal to the keyboard microcontroller and the mainboard controller, and generates a sensing failure signal when no gesture operation is detected, and sends the sensing failure signal to the keyboard microcontroller; The keyboard microcontroller is used to control the working state of the keyboard indicator light according to the gesture sensing signal; The mainboard controller is also used to calculate the number of gesture sensing signals received, and when the number of gesture sensing signals is equal to the number of touch control chips, a shutdown/power-on operation is performed according to the power-on/power-off state. 5. The portable device according to claim 4, wherein the keyboard microcontroller is used for: When the gesture sensing signal sent by the first touch chip is received, the control keyboard indicator light turns on; When receiving the gesture sensing signal sent by the second touch chip to the N-1th touch chip, the keyboard indicator light is kept on; When the gesture sensing signal sent by the Nth touch chip is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to turn off. 6. The portable device according to claim 5, wherein the keyboard microcontroller is further configured to: When a sensing failure signal sent by any one or more touch chips is received, the keyboard indicator light is controlled to flash for a preset time and then turn off according to the sensing failure signal.