METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH ANOTHER COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING 3-D DETECTION DATA

Abstract

An interaction method between two communication terminals suitable for a portable communication device is provided. A wireless transmission protocol is used to link a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal. Next, a plane and a position on which a portable communication device of the first communication terminal is located is detected to generate a 3-D data. The 3-D data is then converted into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol to transmit the 3-D data from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal. Thus, the first communication terminal can control the operations of the portable communication device in the second communication terminal.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a wireless control technique, and more particularly, to a wireless control technique using a 3-D data to control the communication operations between two portable communication devices.

2. Description of Related Art

Along with the continuous development of new technology, the mobile communication technique is also continuously improved. Originally, the mobile phone only served as a communication tool, but now it has been further developed and serves as an entertainment tool, for example, to play games. Moreover, if the pre-stored games in the mobile phone cannot satisfy the users, the user may download various games from the Internet.

For the current technique, it is possible to play on-line games on the mobile phone. With certain wireless transmission protocol, such as the Bluetooth wireless transmission protocol, a communication link can be established between two mobile phones for playing on-line games.

However, in the conventional technique, the operation control of playing on-line games on the mobile phone is limited to using the keyboard or the joystick on the mobile phone. Since the on-line games are usually related to competition that requires intense operations, which may damage the keyboard or the joystick on the mobile phone. Moreover, since the keypad on the mobile phone is quite small, the operation is not easy and the fun of the games is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the present invention provides an interaction method between two communication terminals. The method uses a 3-D detection to control the interaction between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention provides a controlling system using a 3-D data. The system allows a portable communication device in a first communication terminal to use a 3-D detection to control the other portable communication device in a second communication terminal, and vice versa.

The present invention also provides a portable communication device supporting 3-D detection. The portable communication device uses the 3-D detection to control the other portable communication device.

An interaction method between two communication terminals suitable for a portable communication device is provided by the present invention. A wireless transmission protocol is used to link a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal. Next, a plane and a position on which a portable communication device of the first communication terminal is located is detected to generate a 3-D data. The 3-D data is converted into a data format conforming the wireless transmission protocol so that the 3-D data can be transmitted from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second communication terminal may be adopted to receive the converted 3-D data and a control signal is generated in the second communication terminal according to the 3-D data so as to control the operations of the portable communication device in the second communication terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a controlling system using a 3-D data is provided. The system is suitable for controlling the operations of the portable communication devices in a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The present invention comprises a linking means, a detecting means, a transmitting means and a controlling means. In the linking means, a wireless transmission protocol is used to link the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal. In the detecting means, a plane and a position on which a portable communication device of the first communication terminal is located are detected to generate a 3-D data. In the transmitting means, the 3-D data is converted into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol and the converted 3-D data is transmitted from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal through the wireless transmission protocol. In the controlling means, the second communication terminal receives and recovers the converted 3-D data, and generates a control signal according to the recovered 3-D data so as to control the operations of the portable communication device in the second communication terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a portable communication device supporting 3-D detection is provided. The portable communication device comprises an antenna, a 3-D detector and a processor. Wherein, the processor generates a 3-D data according to a detection of the plane and the position on which the portable communication device is located by the 3-D detector. In addition, after the 3-D data is transmitted to a communication terminal by using a wireless transmission protocol through the antenna, the processor controls the operations of the portable communication device in the communication terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless transmission protocol comprises a Bluetooth transmission protocol or a wireless local area network point-to-point transmission protocol.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a 3-D detection technique is adopted to obtain a 3-D data which is then used to control the operations of the portable communication device in a second communication terminal. Accordingly, damages to the keyboard or the joystick may be avoided and the service life of the portable communication device can be effectively promoted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a portion of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a controlling system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a circuit diagram of a portable communication device supporting 3-D detection according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a flow chart illustrating an interaction method between two communication terminals according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 schematically shows a flow chart illustrating the steps when a communication terminal is receiving the 3-D data from the other communication terminal.

DESCRIPTION PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 schematically shows a controlling system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, two communication terminals 110 and 120 use, for example, a portable communication device 110 or 122 to communicate with each other. In the present embodiment, the portable communication devices 112 and 122 may be mobile phones.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication terminals 110 and 120 may use a wireless transmission protocol to link, for example, the portable communication device 112 to the portable communication device 122. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wireless transmission protocol mentioned may be a Bluetooth transmission protocol or a wireless local area network point-to-point transmission protocol.

After the communication link between the communication terminals 110 and 120 is established, the controlling system detects a plane and a position on which the portable communication device 112 or 122 is located and generates a 3-D data. Next, the 3-D data is converted into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol and the 3-D data is transmitted from, for example, the portable communication device 112 to the portable communication device 122 via the wireless transmission protocol. Thereafter the portable communication devices 112 and 122 recover the converted 3-D data and generate the respective control signal according to the 3-D data. Accordingly, the communication terminals 110 and 120 use the 3-D data to control the corresponding portable communication device to communicate with each other.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a circuit diagram of a portable communication device supporting 3-D detection according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, each of the portable communication devices 112 and 122 of FIG. 1 comprises a processor 201 electrically coupled to a 3-D detector 203 and an antenna 205.

As shown in FIG. 2, it is common that the portable communication device may further comprise an input device 207 and a display 209. Wherein, the input device 207 may be a keyboard or a joystick to serve as a user operation interface. In addition, the output of the input device 207 is electrically coupled to the processor 201, and the processor 201 controls the display 209 to display the information.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a flow chart illustrating an interaction method between two communication terminals according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 and 3, first, at step S301, the processor 201 creates the communication link with the other communication terminal through the antenna 205. Taking the Bluetooth transmission protocol as an example, when the communication terminal 110 establish a communication link with the communication terminal 120 of FIG. 1, first a SDP protocol is used to query a RFCOMM server channel number used by the communication terminal 120. Then, the communication terminal 110 performs an authentication on the communication terminal 120 in order to build up the transmission channel between the communication terminal 110 and the communication terminal 120.

Next, at step S303, the processor 201 uses the 3-D detector 203 to detect a plane and a position on which the portable communication device (e.g. the portable communication devices 112 and 122) is located and to generate a 3-D data. After the 3-D data is generated by the processor 201, at step S305, the 3-D data is converted into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol by an application programming interface (API). Next, at step S307, the processor 201 transmits the converted 3-D data to the other communication terminal through the transmission channel mentioned above.

FIG. 4 schematically shows a flow chart illustrating the steps when a communication terminal is receiving the 3-D data from the other communication terminal. Referring to FIG. 4, first in step S401, after the 3-D data converted at step S305 is received by a communication terminal through the transmission channel, the received 3-D data is recovered. Next, at step S405, the communication terminal receiving the 3-D data generates a control signal according to the recovered 3-D data, and the operations of the portable communication device in the communication terminal are controlled according to the control signal.

In summary, in the present invention, a 3-D data is generated by the portable communication device and transmitted to the other portable communication device in a second communication terminal. Thus, a conventional input device may be used to control the operations of the portable communication device in the other communication terminal. Thus, the user can play the on-line game with the other user without using the input device such as the keyboard or joystick. Thus, the service life of the mobile phone and the user need not use the small input device, which provides greater convenience and more fun while playing on-line games.

Although the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment thereof, it will be apparent to one of the ordinary skills in the art that modifications to the described embodiment may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention will be defined by the attached claims not by the above detailed description.

Claims

1. An interaction method between two communication terminals suitable for a portable communication device, comprising:

using a wireless transmission protocol to link a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal;

detecting a plane and a position on which the portable communication device of the first communication terminal is located and generating a 3-D data;

converting the 3-D data into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol; and

transmitting the 3-D data from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

2. The interaction method between two communication terminals of claim 1, further comprising:

using the second communication terminal to receive the converted 3-D data;

recovering the 3-D data; and

generating a control signal according to the 3-D data for controlling a portable communication device in the second communication terminal.

3. The interaction method between two communication terminals of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a Bluetooth transmission protocol.

4. The interaction method between two communication terminals of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a wireless local area network point-to-point transmission protocol.

5. The interaction method between two communication terminals of claim 1, wherein the portable communication device comprises a mobile phone.

6. The interaction method between two communication terminals of claim 1, wherein the first communication terminal uses the wireless transmission protocol to transmit at least one of coordinate information and a control information to the second communication terminal.

7. A controlling system using a 3-D data suitable for controlling the operations of the portable communication devices in a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal, comprising:

a linking means for using a wireless transmission protocol to link the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal;

a detecting means for detecting a plane and a position on which the portable communication device of the first communication terminal is located and generating a 3-D data;

a transmitting means for converting the 3-D data into a data format conforming to the wireless transmission protocol and using the wireless transmission protocol to transmit the converted 3-D data from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal; and

a controlling means for using the second communication terminal to receive and recover the converted 3-D data and generating a control signal according to the 3-D data for controlling a portable communication device of the second communication terminal.

8. The controlling system using the 3-D data of claim 7, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a Bluetooth transmission protocol.

9. The controlling system using the 3-D data of claim 7, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a wireless local area network point-to-point transmission protocol.

10. The controlling system using the 3-D data of claim 7, wherein the portable communication device comprises a mobile phone.

11. A portable communication device supporting 3-D detection, comprising:

an antenna;

a 3-D detector for detecting a plane and a position on which the portable communication device is located; and

a processor for generating a 3-D data according to a detection result of the 3-D detector and using a wireless transmission protocol to transmit the 3-D data to a communication terminal through the antenna for controlling a portable communication device in the communication terminal.

12. The portable communication device supporting the 3-D detection of claim 11, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a Bluetooth transmission protocol.

13. The portable communication device supporting the 3-D detection of claim 11, wherein the wireless transmission protocol comprises a wireless local area network point-to-point transmission protocol.

14. The portable communication device supporting the 3-D detection of claim 11, further comprising an input device for providing a user operation interface.

15. The portable communication device supporting the 3-D detection of claim 14, wherein the input device further comprises at least a keyboard or a joystick.

16. The portable communication device supporting the 3-D detection of claim 11, wherein the input device further comprises a display for displaying a message to the user.