CN107566939B - A kind of method and terminal of controlling terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of method of controlling terminal and terminal, the earphone includes the first component on left earpiece, and the second component on right earpiece；This method comprises: determining the status information of the earphone by detecting the conducting electric current between the first component and the second component；Or the activation signal by the activation signal and the second component that detect the first component, determine the status information of the earphone；Obtain the status information of the earphone；When the earphone is in use state, controls the terminal output or receive audio signal；When the earphone is in idle condition, controls the terminal and stop output or stop receiving audio signal.In this way, realizing automatic control of the terminal to audio signal by the status information of the first component and second component test earphone that are configured on earphone according to determining status information, improving intelligence of the earphone to terminal control.

Description

Terminal control method and terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a terminal control technology, and in particular, to a method for controlling a terminal and a terminal.

Background

Intelligent terminals (such as mobile phones, IPADs, notebook computers, etc.) have become an indispensable part of people's work and life, and creating a more convenient control method for an intelligent terminal has become a continuous pursuit target of various manufacturers.

An earphone (including a wired earphone or a wireless earphone) is used as the most important component of an intelligent terminal, but the earphone does not contribute much to the improvement of the intelligent control of the terminal, the use of the earphone is limited to receiving or sending audio signals at present, and the control of the terminal through the earphone is limited to the control of the functions of the terminal part through a small number of keys arranged on the earphone, for example: the volume of the terminal is controlled to be increased or decreased by an increasing key and a decreasing key, and the incoming call is controlled to be answered or refused by a confirmation key. In practical application, the earphone can only control the terminal through the active operation of the user, and the intelligent degree of the control is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method for controlling a terminal and a terminal, so as to improve the intelligence of an earphone for controlling the terminal.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling a terminal, wherein the terminal comprises an earphone, and the earphone comprises a first part positioned on a left earphone or a second part positioned on a right earphone; the method comprises the following steps:

determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining status information of the headset by detecting a contact signal of the first part or a contact signal of the second part;

acquiring state information of the earphone;

when the earphone is in a use state, controlling the terminal to output or receive an audio signal;

and when the earphone is in an idle state, controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In the above aspect, the first member and the second member are conductors;

the determining the state information of the earphone by detecting the conduction current between the first part and the second part comprises:

detecting a conduction current between the first component and the second component;

when the conducting current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state;

when the conduction current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

In the foregoing solution, the first condition includes: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and less than a second current threshold;

the second condition includes: the on-current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the on-current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold.

In the foregoing aspect, the determining the state information of the headset by detecting the contact signal of the first component or the contact signal of the second component includes:

determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal;

determining that the headset is in an idle state when the first component does not detect a contact signal and the second component does not detect a contact signal.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: recording the idle time of the earphone in a space state;

and when the idle time is greater than a time threshold, controlling the terminal to be in a standby state.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, which is characterized by comprising: a headset, a processor and a memory; wherein,

the headset comprises a first part located on the left earpiece or a second part located on the right earpiece;

the processor is used for executing the control terminal program stored in the memory so as to realize the following steps: determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining status information of the headset by detecting a contact signal of the first part or a contact signal of the second part;

acquiring state information of the earphone;

when the earphone is in a use state, controlling the terminal to output or receive an audio signal;

and when the earphone is in an idle state, controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In the above aspect, the first member and the second member are conductors;

the processor is specifically configured to perform the steps of:

detecting a conduction current between the first component and the second component;

when the conducting current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state;

when the conduction current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

In the foregoing solution, the first condition includes: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and less than a second current threshold;

the second condition includes: the on-current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the on-current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold.

In the foregoing solution, the processor is specifically configured to execute the following steps: determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal; determining that the headset is in an idle state when the first component does not detect a contact signal and the second component does not detect a contact signal.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer readable storage medium, and the computer program realizes the steps of any one of the above methods when executed by a processor.

The terminal comprises an earphone, wherein the earphone comprises a first part positioned on a left earphone and a second part positioned on a right earphone; the method comprises the following steps: determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining the state information of the earphone by detecting the contact signal of the first component and the contact signal of the second component; acquiring state information of the earphone; when the earphone is in a use state, the control terminal outputs or receives an audio signal; when the earphone is in an idle state, the control terminal stops outputting or receiving the audio signal. By adopting the technical scheme, the state information of the earphone is detected through the first part and the second part which are configured on the earphone, and the automatic control of the terminal on the audio signal is realized according to the state information of the earphone. Therefore, the intellectualization of the control of the terminal by the earphone is promoted.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an alternative mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a wireless communication system for the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a front view of a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a bottom view of a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a method of controlling a terminal according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a first earphone structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a front view of a second earphone structure in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 is a right side view of a second earphone configuration in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 9 is a front view of a third earphone structure in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 10 is a left side view of a third earphone structure in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 11 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a method of controlling a terminal according to the present invention;

fig. 12 is a flowchart of a third embodiment of a method of controlling a terminal according to the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in itself. Thus, "module", "component" or "unit" may be used mixedly.

The terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Portable Media Player (PMP), a navigation device, a wearable device, a smart band, a pedometer, and the like, and a fixed terminal such as a Digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like.

The following description will be given by way of example of a mobile terminal, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the construction according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal, in addition to elements particularly used for mobile purposes.

Referring to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may include: RF (Radio Frequency) unit 101, audio output unit 103, a/V (audio/video) input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, power supply 111, and the like. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mobile terminal architecture shown in fig. 1 is not intended to be limiting of mobile terminals, which may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes each component of the mobile terminal in detail with reference to fig. 1:

the radio frequency unit 101 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and specifically, receive downlink information of a base station and then process the downlink information to the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA2000(Code Division Multiple Access 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division duplex-Long Term Evolution), and TDD-LTE (Time Division duplex-Long Term Evolution).

The audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The a/V input unit 104 is used to receive audio or video signals. The a/V input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, the Graphics processor 1041 Processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 101. The microphone 1042 may receive sounds (audio data) via the microphone 1042 in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and may be capable of processing such sounds into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 in case of a phone call mode. The microphone 1042 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The mobile terminal 100 also includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or a backlight when the mobile terminal 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the mobile phone, further description is omitted here.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 106 may include a Display panel 1061, and the Display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 107 may include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., an operation performed by the user on or near the touch panel 1071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory), and drive a corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. In particular, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like, and are not limited to these specific examples.

Further, the touch panel 1071 may cover the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are shown in fig. 1 as two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, and is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from external devices and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 100 and external devices.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the mobile terminal, connects various parts of the entire mobile terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile terminal. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The mobile terminal 100 may further include a power supply 111 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and preferably, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system.

Although not shown in fig. 1, the mobile terminal 100 may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described in detail herein.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, a communication network system on which the mobile terminal of the present invention is based is described below.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is an architecture diagram of a communication Network system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication Network system is an LTE system of a universal mobile telecommunications technology, and the LTE system includes a UE (User Equipment) 201, an E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) 202, an EPC (Evolved Packet Core) 203, and an IP service 204 of an operator, which are in communication connection in sequence.

Specifically, the UE201 may be the terminal 100 described above, and is not described herein again.

The E-UTRAN202 includes eNodeB2021 and other eNodeBs 2022, among others. Among them, the eNodeB2021 may be connected with other eNodeB2022 through backhaul (e.g., X2 interface), the eNodeB2021 is connected to the EPC203, and the eNodeB2021 may provide the UE201 access to the EPC 203.

The EPC203 may include an MME (Mobility Management Entity) 2031, an HSS (Home Subscriber Server) 2032, other MMEs 2033, an SGW (Serving gateway) 2034, a PGW (PDN gateway) 2035, and a PCRF (Policy and charging functions Entity) 2036, and the like. The MME2031 is a control node that handles signaling between the UE201 and the EPC203, and provides bearer and connection management. HSS2032 is used to provide registers to manage functions such as home location register (not shown) and holds subscriber specific information about service characteristics, data rates, etc. All user data may be sent through SGW2034, PGW2035 may provide IP address assignment for UE201 and other functions, and PCRF2036 is a policy and charging control policy decision point for traffic data flow and IP bearer resources, which selects and provides available policy and charging control decisions for a policy and charging enforcement function (not shown).

The IP services 204 may include the internet, intranets, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), or other IP services, among others.

Although the LTE system is described as an example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the LTE system, but may also be applied to other wireless communication systems, such as GSM, CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and future new network systems.

Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication network system, the present invention provides various embodiments of the method.

First embodiment

A first embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a terminal, which can be applied to a terminal including an earphone accessory.

Here, the above-described terminal may be a fixed terminal having a display screen, or may be a mobile terminal having a display screen; the earphone included in the terminal may be a wired earphone or a wireless earphone, wherein the wireless earphone includes: an infrared earphone, a Bluetooth earphone,

The above-mentioned fixed terminal may be a computer, and the above-mentioned mobile terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a camera, a PDA, a PAD, a PMP, a navigation device, and the like. The terminal can be connected to the internet, wherein the connection can be made through a mobile internet network provided by an operator, or through accessing a wireless access point.

Here, if the mobile terminal has an operating system, the operating system may be UNIX, Linux, Windows, Android (Android), Windows Phone, or the like.

The type, shape, size, and the like of the display screen on the terminal are not limited, and the display screen on the terminal may be a liquid crystal display screen, for example.

In a first embodiment of the present invention, the display screen is used to provide a human-computer interaction interface for a user, when the mobile terminal is a mobile phone, fig. 3 is a front view of the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is a bottom view of the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the bottom of the mobile terminal includes: an earphone hole 41, a microphone hole 42, and a charging hole 43. Wherein the earphone hole may also be located at the top of the mobile terminal.

In the prior art, the usage of the earphone is limited to receiving or sending audio signals, and the control of the terminal through the earphone is also limited to the control of the terminal part functions through a small number of keys arranged on the earphone, for example: the volume of the terminal is controlled to be increased or decreased by an increasing key and a decreasing key, and the incoming call is controlled to be answered or refused by a confirmation key. When a user uses the earphone, the user needs to start or stop the output of the audio signal through the terminal, or press a key arranged on the earphone to start or stop the output of the audio signal, but when the user is inconvenient to operate the terminal, the terminal can only be in a playing state or a playing stopping state all the time.

In order to improve the intelligent level of the earphone on the terminal operation, the embodiment of the invention provides a terminal operation method, when the earphone is worn on the ear, an audio signal is output; when the earphone is away from the ear, the output of the audio signal is stopped. The terminal realizes automatic control of the audio signal by judging the current state information of the earphone, and the intelligent level of terminal control is improved.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a method for controlling a terminal according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes:

step 501: determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or by detecting the contact signal of the first part and the contact signal of the second part, the state information of the headset is determined.

In practical implementation, the status information may include: a use state and an idle state. The using state can be that the earphone receiver is contacted with the ear, which indicates that the user needs to receive the audio signal output by the terminal through the earphone or send the audio signal to the terminal at the moment; the idle state may be the headphone being off the ear, indicating that the user does not need to receive or transmit audio signals through the headphone at this time. Therefore, corresponding operation can be executed by detecting the state of the earphone, a user does not need to operate keys arranged on the earphone to control the terminal, and intelligent operation of terminal control is improved.

It should be noted that, when the earphone includes two left and right earphones, that is, the earphone includes a first component and a second component, the first component and the second component may be conductive bodies, and the earphone state is determined by measuring the conduction current of the first component and the second component, thereby implementing intelligent control of the terminal.

The measurement conduction current is based on the human electrically conductive principle, and when the earphone was plugged in simultaneously about the user ear about the earphone about, first part and second part contacted with the human body and conducted through the human body, had certain conduction current after first part and the second part switched on, because human resistance is very big, consequently this conduction current is very little, generally is in microampere level, can not cause harm to the human body. Therefore, when the left and right earphones of the earphone are plugged into the left and right ears of the same user at the same time, the earphone is determined to be in a use state, and the terminal can be controlled to output or receive audio signals at the moment; when at least one earphone of the earphone is not plugged into the ear, the earphone is determined to be in an idle state, and the terminal can be controlled to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In practical implementation, determining the state information of the earphone by detecting the conduction current between the first part and the second part may include: detecting a conduction current between the first and second components; when the conduction current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state; and when the conduction current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

For example, the first condition may include: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and is less than a second current threshold; the second condition may include: the conduction current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the conduction current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold.

When the first member and the second member are in direct contact with each other or are electrically connected to each other through another conductor, an on current is generated, and in this case, the on current may cause erroneous determination operation of the terminal. Therefore, in order to reduce the misjudgment operation of the terminal, it is necessary to set a variation range of the conduction current, which may be determined through experiments in a development stage of the headset, and determine a value range of the conduction current by detecting the conduction current between the first component and the second component when different users are in different environments. Therefore, the accuracy of earphone state judgment is improved by further judging whether the conduction current is in the value range.

In practical implementation, the first member and the second member may be metallic conductors, and the metallic conductors may be made of copper, aluminum alloy, iron alloy, or the like.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a first earphone structure in an embodiment of the present invention, where the earphone may be a wired earphone or a wireless earphone, and as shown in fig. 6, the earphone is an in-ear earphone, and the earphone includes: a left earpiece 601, a right earpiece 602, a first part 603 and a second part 604, wherein the left earpiece 601 and the right earpiece 602 of the headset are tucked into the left ear and the right ear, respectively, of a user's head 605, the first part 603 being located at the bottom of the left earpiece 601 and the second part 604 being located at the bottom of the right earpiece 602. When the left earpiece 601 and the right earpiece 602 are plugged into the left ear and the right ear of the same user, respectively, the first part 603 and the second part 604 are conducted through a human body (the conduction mode is shown by a dotted line in fig. 6), and a conduction current is generated after the conduction, so that when the conduction current is detected, the earphone is determined to be in a use state; when at least one of the left earpiece 601 and the right earpiece 602 is not plugged into an ear, no conduction current exists between the first part 603 and the second part 604, and the headset is determined to be in an idle state.

For example, the method for detecting the on-current may be: when the terminal is connected with the earphone, the terminal provides continuous voltage for the first component and the second component, when the first component and the second component are conducted through a human body, the human body and the earphone form a loop, and then conduction current is generated in the loop and can be detected by the current detector; when the first and second components are non-conductive, there is no conduction current. Therefore, whether the conduction current exists in the earphone can be detected through the current detector, and the state information of the earphone can be further judged.

It should be noted that, when the earphone state is determined by detecting the conduction current between the first component and the second component, it is determined that the earphone is in the use state only when the left earphone or the right earphone of the earphone is plugged into the earphone at the same time, and it is determined that the earphone is in the idle state only when one earphone is not plugged into the ear. However, according to the usage habit of the earphone, there may be a part of users used to use a single earphone, or some wireless earphones have only a single earphone, in which case, the judgment of the earphone state by the conduction current obviously cannot adapt to the usage situation of the single earphone. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention also provides another method for detecting the state information of the earphone so as to meet the use condition of a single earphone.

Another method of detecting state information of the headset may be that the first and second parts may be sensors for detecting a contact signal to determine whether the left or right earpiece is in contact with the human ear. In practice, sensors that detect contact with the body are suitable for use in the present method.

In practical implementation, detecting the contact signal of the first component and the contact signal of the second component to determine the state information of the headset may include: when the first component detects the contact signal or the second component detects the contact signal, determining that the earphone is in a use state; when the first component does not detect the contact signal and the second component does not detect the contact signal, it is determined that the headset is in an idle state.

In practical implementation, the left earpiece may include a plurality of first components, and the plurality of first components are uniformly distributed in the left earpiece-ear contact area; the right earpiece may include a plurality of second features thereon, the plurality of second features being evenly distributed over an ear-contacting area of the right earpiece. Accordingly, detecting the contact signal of the first part and the contact signal of the second part to determine the state information of the headset may include: when the at least one first component detects a contact signal, or the at least one second component detects a contact signal, it is determined that the headset is in an idle state.

In practical implementation, in order to improve the efficiency of detecting the state of the earphone, the state of the earphone may be determined based on the determination that a plurality of first components simultaneously detect the contact signal or a plurality of second components simultaneously detect the contact signal. This can reduce the terminal misoperation phenomenon caused by the accidental touch of the first component or the second component.

Illustratively, the first component and the second component may be pressure sensors, and correspondingly, the contact signal is a pressure signal. When the first component or the second component detects the pressure signal, it is determined that the left earpiece or the right earpiece is in contact with the human ear.

In practical implementation, the position of the first part or the second part on the earpiece needs to be arranged in the area where the earpiece contacts the ear during use.

Fig. 7 is a front view of a second earphone structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 8 is a right side view of the second earphone structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, the earphone may be an in-ear earphone, the earphone includes at least one earpiece, and fig. 7 and 8 both include: the left earphone 701 and the first part 702, the first part 702 may be located at the bottom of the left earphone 701, and the bottom surface of the left earphone 701 is covered by the first part 702 within a certain arc range, so that the first part is convenient to detect a contact signal when the left earphone contacts with an ear. In practical implementation, the arc range of the first part covering the left earpiece can be the whole area or partial area of the left earpiece contacting with the ear. The right earphone structure and the left earphone structure of the earphone are symmetrical.

Fig. 9 is a front view of a third earphone structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 10 is a left side view of the third earphone structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the earphone may be a headphone, and fig. 9 includes: left earpiece 801, right earpiece 802, first part 803 and second part 804, fig. 10 comprising: a right earpiece 802 and a second part 804, wherein the right earpiece 802 comprises three second parts 804, and the three second parts 804 are uniformly distributed on the surface of the right earpiece 804, which is the surface of the right earpiece 804 contacting with the ear. The number and distribution of the first components 803 on the left earpiece 801 is symmetrical to the right earpiece 804.

Step 502: and acquiring the state information of the earphone.

In practical implementation, the state information of the headset may include: a use state and an idle state.

It should be noted that, when determining the state information of the headset by detecting the conduction current between the first component and the second component, the headset needs to have a left earpiece and a right earpiece, and at this time, the use state includes: the left and right earphones of the earphone are simultaneously contacted with the left and right ears of the same user, and the idle state comprises: at least one earpiece is remote from the user's ear.

Determining state information of the headset by detecting the contact signal of the first part and the contact signal of the second part, wherein the headset comprises at least one earphone, and the using state comprises: at least one earpiece in contact with a user's ear, the idle state comprising: all earpieces are remote from the user's ears.

Step 503: when the earphone is in a use state, the control terminal outputs or receives an audio signal.

In practical implementation, when the terminal outputs an audio signal and detects that the earphone is in a use state, the current audio signal output state is kept; and when the terminal does not output the audio signal and detects that the earphone is in the use state, starting the audio signal output. Here, the audio signal that is started may be an audio signal that the user played the longest or an audio signal that the user paused the last time.

For example, the method for controlling the terminal to output or receive the audio signal may be that when the earphone is detected to be in the use state, an activation signal is generated, and the terminal starts to output or receive the audio signal after detecting the activation signal.

Step 504: when the earphone is in an idle state, the control terminal stops outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In practical implementation, when the terminal outputs an audio signal and detects that the earphone is in an idle state, stopping outputting the current audio signal; and when the terminal is not outputting the audio signal and the earphone is detected to be in the idle state, keeping the current state.

For example, the method for controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal may be that when the earphone is detected to be in the idle state, a stop signal is generated, and the terminal stops outputting or receiving the audio signal after detecting the stop signal.

The method for controlling the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may further include: recording the idle time of the earphone in a space state; and when the idle time is greater than the time threshold, controlling the terminal to enter a standby state. Here, when the earphone is in the idle state for a long time, since the terminal may continuously perform earphone state detection, which may increase power consumption of the terminal, when the time that the earphone is in the idle state exceeds the time threshold, the terminal is controlled to be in the standby state, which saves energy consumption of the terminal.

In order to further embody the object of the present invention, the above-mentioned scheme is further exemplified on the basis of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Second embodiment

Fig. 11 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a method for controlling a terminal according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, the flowchart includes:

step 1101: the headset is connected to the terminal.

It will be appreciated that the headset must be connected to the terminal before the terminal can be controlled by detecting the state of the headset. For a wired earphone, an earphone connector needs to be inserted into an earphone hole of a terminal, and for a wireless earphone, matching connection between the terminal and the earphone needs to be completed.

Step 1102: an on-current between the first and second components is detected.

In practical implementation, when the first component and the second component are connected through the electric conductor or directly contacted, a conduction current is generated in the earphone, so that the terminal judges whether the first component is communicated with the second component by detecting whether the conduction current exists in the earphone.

When the step is realized, the earphone must simultaneously comprise a left earphone and a right earphone, based on the human body conduction principle, when the left earphone and the right earphone of the earphone are simultaneously plugged into the left ear and the right ear of the same user, the first part and the second part are conducted through the human body, and when the conduction current exists in the earphone, the earphone is determined to be in a use state; and when the conduction current does not exist in the earphone, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

Step 1103: judging whether the conducting current is formed after the human body is conducted, if so, executing step 1104; if not, step 1105 is performed.

Through the above analysis, when there is a conducting current in the earphone, it may be generated after the first part and the second part are communicated by other conductive bodies, or generated after the first part and the second part are directly contacted. Therefore, it is also necessary to determine whether the on-state current is formed by the human body after the on-state current is conducted according to the magnitude of the on-state current.

When the first component and the second component are conducted through a human body, the existing conduction current is in the microampere level, and when the first component and the second component are conducted in direct contact or conducted through other conductors, the measured conduction current is far larger than the conduction current conducted through the human body. Therefore, whether the first component and the second component are conducted through the human body can be determined by further judging the magnitude of the conducting current, and the phenomenon of misjudgment is reduced.

Exemplarily, when the conduction current in the earphone is detected to exist, and the conduction current is judged to meet a first condition, the earphone is determined to be in a use state; and when the conduction current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

Here, the first current threshold value in the first condition and the second condition may be 0, and the second current threshold value may be 1 mA.

Step 1104: and determining that the earphone is in a use state, and controlling the terminal to output or receive the audio signal.

Step 1105: and determining that the earphone is in an idle state, and controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal.

This step may further include: recording idle time of the earphone in an idle state, and controlling the terminal to enter a standby state when the idle time is greater than a time threshold; otherwise, returning to step 1102 to continue monitoring the state information of the headset.

In actual implementation, after steps 1104 and 1105 are completed, the process returns to step 1102, and the terminal continues to monitor the status information of the headset until the headset is disconnected from the terminal, or the function of controlling the terminal through the status information of the headset is turned off.

Third embodiment

To further illustrate the object of the present invention, on the basis of the first embodiment of the present invention, the earphone includes a left earphone and a right earphone.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, the flowchart includes:

step 1201: the headset is connected to the terminal.

In practical implementation, if the earphone is disconnected from the terminal, the terminal will not detect the state information of the earphone.

Step 1202: and controlling the first component and the second component to acquire the contact signal.

Step 1203: judging whether the first component acquires the contact signal, if so, executing a step 1205; if not, go to step 1204.

An alternative embodiment is to reduce the possibility of end-of-life mishandling due to mishandling of the first or second component. When the first component or the second component acquires the contact signal, starting a timer to time; stopping the timer for timing when the first component or the second component does not acquire the contact signal; determining a timing time, and determining that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is valid when the timing time exceeds a time threshold; when the timing time does not exceed the time threshold, it is determined that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is invalid. The time threshold may take 10s, 30s, 60s, etc.

In this step, determining whether the first component acquires the contact signal may be: it is determined whether the first component has acquired a valid contact signal.

Step 1204: judging whether the second component acquires the contact signal, if so, executing a step 1205; if not, go to step 1206.

Optionally, the determining whether the second component acquires the contact signal may be: it is determined whether the second component has acquired a valid contact signal.

Here, the sequence of step 1203 and step 1204 is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention, and it may also be detected whether the second component acquires the contact signal first, and then whether the first component acquires the contact signal.

Step 1205: and determining that the earphone is in a use state, and controlling the terminal to output or receive the audio signal.

Step 1206: and determining that the earphone is in an idle state, and controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In actual implementation, after steps 1204 and 1205 are completed, the process returns to step 1202, and the terminal continues to monitor the status information of the earphone.

In practical implementation, if the earphone only includes one receiver (e.g., a right receiver), the state information of the earphone can be determined only by determining whether the second component acquires the contact signal.

Optionally, when the state information of the earphone is detected through the contact signal, the state information of the left earphone and the state information of the right earphone can be respectively detected, and when the left earphone or the right earphone is in a use state, the control terminal outputs an audio signal to the left earphone or the right earphone; and when the left receiver or the right receiver is in an idle state, the control terminal stops outputting the audio signal to the left receiver or the right receiver.

The terminal comprises an earphone, wherein the earphone comprises a first part positioned on a left earphone and a second part positioned on a right earphone; the method comprises the following steps: determining state information of the earphone by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part, or determining state information of the earphone by detecting a contact signal of the first part and a contact signal of the second part; acquiring state information of the earphone; when the earphone is in a use state, the control terminal outputs or receives an audio signal; when the earphone is in an idle state, the control terminal stops outputting or receiving the audio signal. Compared with the prior art, the state information of the earphone is detected through the first part and the second part which are configured on the earphone, and the automatic control of the terminal on the audio signal is realized according to the determined state information. Therefore, the intellectualization of the control of the terminal by the earphone is promoted.

Fourth embodiment

Aiming at the method of the embodiment of the invention, the embodiment of the invention also provides a control terminal.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a composition structure of a terminal in an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 13, the terminal 13 may include: the headset 1301, the processor 1302 and the memory 1303; wherein,

the headset 1301 comprises a first part on the left earpiece or a second part on the right earpiece;

the processor 1302 is configured to execute the control terminal program stored in the memory 1303, so as to implement the following steps: determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining the state information of the earphone by detecting the contact signal of the first component or the contact signal of the second component;

acquiring state information of the earphone;

when the earphone is in a use state, the control terminal outputs or receives an audio signal;

when the earphone is in an idle state, the control terminal stops outputting or receiving the audio signal.

In practical implementation, the terminal 13 may be the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1, the processor 1302 may be the processor 110 in the mobile terminal 100, the memory 1303 may be the memory 109 in the mobile terminal 100, when the earphone is a wired earphone, the earphone is connected to the mobile terminal 100 through the interface unit 108, and the power supply 111 in the mobile terminal 100 may supply power to the earphone to provide continuous voltage for the first component and the second component.

In actual practice, the first and second parts may be electrical conductors;

the processor 1302 is specifically configured to perform the following steps: detecting a conduction current between the first and second components; when the conduction current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state; and when the conduction current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

In practical implementation, the first condition includes: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and is less than a second current threshold;

the second condition includes: the conduction current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the conduction current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold.

In practical implementation, the first component or the second component may be a sensor, and the sensor is configured to detect a contact signal and determine the state information of the headset according to whether the headset earphone is in contact with the human ear;

the processor 1302 is specifically configured to perform the following steps: when the first component detects the contact signal or the second component detects the contact signal, determining that the earphone is in a use state; when the first component does not detect the contact signal and the second component does not detect the contact signal, it is determined that the headset is in an idle state.

The processor 1302 is further configured to perform the following steps: recording the idle time of the earphone in a space state; and when the idle time is greater than the time threshold, controlling the terminal to be in a standby state.

In practical applications, the Processor 1302 may be at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Microprocessor (MPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). It is to be understood that the electronic devices used to implement the functions of the processor 1302 may be other devices, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

The Memory 1303 may be a volatile Memory (e.g., a Random-Access Memory (RAM); or a non-volatile Memory (non-volatile Memory), such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a flash Memory (flash Memory), a Hard Disk (HDD), or a Solid-State Drive (SSD); or a combination of the above types of memories and provides instructions and data to the processor 1302.

In addition, each functional module in this embodiment may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware or a form of a software functional module.

Based on the understanding that the technical solution of the present embodiment essentially or a part contributing to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, and include several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method of the present embodiment. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable storage medium, such as the memory 1303 including a computer program, where the computer program is executable by the processor 1302 of the terminal to perform the method steps in one or more of the foregoing embodiments.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims (4)

1. A method of controlling a terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises an earpiece comprising a first part on a left earpiece or a second part on a right earpiece; the method comprises the following steps:

determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining status information of the headset by detecting a contact signal of the first part or a contact signal of the second part;

the first member and the second member are conductors;

the determining the state information of the earphone by detecting the conduction current between the first part and the second part comprises:

detecting a conduction current between the first component and the second component;

when the conducting current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state; wherein the first condition comprises: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and less than a second current threshold;

when the conducting current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state; wherein the second condition comprises: the conduction current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the conduction current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold;

wherein the method of determining the first and second current thresholds comprises:

detecting conduction current between the first component and the second component when different users are in different environments, and determining the value range of the conduction current;

determining the first current threshold and the second current threshold based on the value range of the conducting current;

the determining the state information of the headset by detecting the contact signal of the first component or the contact signal of the second component includes:

determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal;

determining that the headset is in an idle state when the first component does not detect a contact signal and the second component does not detect a contact signal;

acquiring state information of the earphone;

when the earphone is in a use state, controlling the terminal to output or receive an audio signal;

when the earphone is in an idle state, controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving audio signals;

wherein the determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal comprises:

starting a timer when the first component or the second component acquires a contact signal, and stopping the timer when the first component or the second component does not acquire the contact signal to determine the timing time;

when the timing time exceeds a preset time threshold, determining that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is valid;

determining that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is invalid when the timed time does not exceed a time threshold;

when the contact signal detected by the first component is a valid contact signal or the signal detected by the second component is a valid contact signal, determining that the earphone is in a use state;

and when the first part and the second part detect that the contact signal is an invalid contact signal, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: recording the idle time of the earphone in a space state;

and when the idle time is greater than a time threshold, controlling the terminal to be in a standby state.

3. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises: a headset, a processor and a memory; wherein,

the headset comprises a first part located on the left earpiece or a second part located on the right earpiece;

the processor is used for executing the control terminal program stored in the memory so as to realize the following steps: determining state information of the headset by detecting a conduction current between the first part and the second part; or determining status information of the headset by detecting a contact signal of the first part or a contact signal of the second part;

the first member and the second member are conductors;

the processor is specifically configured to perform the steps of:

detecting a conduction current between the first component and the second component;

when the conducting current meets a first condition, determining that the earphone is in a use state; wherein the first condition comprises: the conduction current is greater than a first current threshold and less than a second current threshold;

when the conducting current meets a second condition, determining that the earphone is in an idle state; the second condition includes: the conduction current is less than or equal to the first current threshold, or the conduction current is greater than or equal to the second current threshold;

wherein the method of determining the first and second current thresholds comprises:

detecting conduction current between the first component and the second component when different users are in different environments, and determining the value range of the conduction current;

determining the first current threshold and the second current threshold based on the value range of the conducting current;

the processor is specifically configured to perform the steps of:

determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal;

determining that the headset is in an idle state when the first component does not detect a contact signal and the second component does not detect a contact signal;

acquiring state information of the earphone;

when the earphone is in a use state, controlling the terminal to output or receive an audio signal;

when the earphone is in an idle state, controlling the terminal to stop outputting or receiving audio signals;

wherein the determining that the headset is in a use state when the first component detects a contact signal or the second component detects a contact signal comprises:

starting a timer when the first component or the second component acquires a contact signal, and stopping the timer when the first component or the second component does not acquire the contact signal to determine the timing time;

when the timing time exceeds a preset time threshold, determining that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is valid;

determining that the contact signal acquired by the first component or the second component is invalid when the timed time does not exceed a time threshold;

when the contact signal detected by the first component is a valid contact signal or the signal detected by the second component is a valid contact signal, determining that the earphone is in a use state;

and when the first part and the second part detect that the contact signal is an invalid contact signal, determining that the earphone is in an idle state.

4. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 2.