CN110032227B

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Publication number: CN110032227B
Application number: CN201910275211.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付家源
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-08
Filing date: 2019-04-08
Publication date: 2021-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-08
Also published as: CN110032227A

Abstract

Translated fromChinese

本公开是关于一种加热控制方法及装置、加热设备、机器可读存储介质。一种加热控制方法，包括：确定目标对象与所述加热区域的接触区域，以及获取所述加热设备的加热模式；根据所述加热模式加热所述接触区域至预设温度值。本实施例中通过对接触区域加热至预设温度值，可以考虑到目标对象的个性化需求，保证目标对象接触到比较舒服的温度，提高目标对象使用体验。另外，本实施例还可以加热区域内接触区域之外的区域不再加热或者加热到较低的温度，从而提高热能利用率。

The present disclosure relates to a heating control method and device, a heating device, and a machine-readable storage medium. A heating control method, comprising: determining a contact area between a target object and the heating area, and acquiring a heating mode of the heating device; heating the contact area to a preset temperature value according to the heating mode. In this embodiment, by heating the contact area to a preset temperature value, the individual needs of the target object can be considered, so as to ensure that the target object is exposed to a relatively comfortable temperature and improve the use experience of the target object. In addition, in this embodiment, the area outside the contact area in the heating area is no longer heated or heated to a lower temperature, thereby improving the utilization rate of heat energy.

Description

Heating control method and device, heating equipment and machine-readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of control technologies, and in particular, to a heating control method and apparatus, a heating device, and a machine-readable storage medium.

Background

At present, a plurality of gears are arranged on the existing heating equipment, such as an electric blanket or an electric heating mattress, and a user actively adjusts the gears according to the ambient temperature, so that different heating effects are achieved. However, each gear of the existing heating device heats the whole heating area, does not consider the personalized requirements of the user, and causes low heat energy utilization rate.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a heating control method and apparatus, a heating device, and a machine-readable storage medium to solve the disadvantages of the related art.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a heating control method applied to a heating apparatus having a heating area, including:

determining a contact area of a target object and the heating area, and acquiring a heating mode of the heating equipment;

and heating the contact area to a preset temperature value according to the heating mode.

Optionally, determining a contact region of the target object with the heating region comprises:

acquiring pressure values acquired by pressure sensors on the heating equipment;

and determining the contact area according to the position and the pressure value of each pressure sensor.

Optionally, determining the contact area according to the position and pressure value of each pressure sensor comprises:

comparing the pressure value of each pressure sensor with a pressure value threshold;

and if the pressure value exceeds the pressure value threshold value, taking the area surrounded by the pressure sensors corresponding to the pressure value exceeding the pressure value threshold value as the contact area.

acquiring temperature values acquired by temperature sensors on the heating equipment;

the contact area is determined from the position and temperature value of each temperature sensor.

acquiring an image of an area where the heating equipment is located;

determining an overlapping area of the target object and the heating device in the image as the contact area.

Optionally, heating the contact area to a preset temperature value according to the heating pattern comprises:

when the heating mode is a first automatic mode, starting a heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to a first preset temperature value; at the same time, the user can select the desired position,

the heating device outside the contact area is switched off.

when the heating mode is a second automatic mode, starting a heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to a first preset temperature value; at the same time, the user can select the desired position,

and starting a heating device outside the contact area to heat the area outside the contact area to a second preset temperature value.

when the heating mode is a user-defined mode, acquiring a sub-region of a specified body part in the user-defined mode, wherein the sub-region corresponds to the contact region;

and starting the heating device in the contact area to heat the sub-area to a third preset temperature value and heat the contact area outside the sub-area to a first preset temperature value.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

predicting the next posture of the target object according to a pre-trained posture model;

determining a region to be contacted based on the contact region and the next gesture;

preheating the area to be contacted.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a heating control device applied to a heating apparatus having a heating area, including:

a contact region determination module for determining a contact region of a target object with the heating region;

the heating module acquisition module is used for acquiring a heating mode of the heating equipment;

and the contact area heating module is used for heating the contact area to a preset temperature value according to the heating mode.

Optionally, the contact region determination module comprises:

the pressure acquisition unit is used for acquiring pressure values acquired by all pressure sensors on the heating equipment;

a contact region determination unit for determining the contact region according to the position and pressure value of each pressure sensor.

Optionally, the contact region determination unit includes:

the pressure value comparison subunit is used for comparing the pressure value of each pressure sensor with a pressure value threshold;

and the contact area determining subunit is used for taking an area surrounded by the pressure sensors corresponding to the pressure values exceeding the pressure value threshold value as the contact area.

Optionally, the contact region determination module comprises:

the temperature value determining unit is used for acquiring temperature values acquired by various temperature sensors on the heating equipment;

and the contact area determining unit is used for determining the contact area according to the position and the temperature value of each temperature sensor.

Optionally, the contact region determination module comprises:

the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring an image of the area where the heating equipment is located;

a contact region determination unit configured to determine an overlapping region of a target object in the image and the heating apparatus as the contact region.

Optionally, the contact zone heating module comprises:

the first heating unit is used for starting a heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to a first preset temperature value when the heating mode is a first automatic mode; at the same time, the user can select the desired position,

the heating device outside the contact area is switched off.

Optionally, the contact zone heating module comprises:

the second heating unit is used for starting a heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to a first preset temperature value when the heating mode is a second automatic mode; at the same time, the user can select the desired position,

Optionally, the contact zone heating module comprises:

a sub-region obtaining unit, configured to obtain a sub-region in the contact region corresponding to a specified body part in a user-defined mode when the heating mode is the user-defined mode;

and the third heating unit is used for starting the heating device in the contact area so as to heat the sub-area to a third preset temperature value and heat the contact area outside the sub-area to a first preset temperature value.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the attitude prediction module is used for predicting the next attitude of the target object according to a pre-trained attitude model;

a region determination module to determine a region to be contacted based on the contact region and the next gesture;

and the area preheating module is used for preheating the area to be contacted.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a heating apparatus comprising a sensor, a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions; the processor obtains data uploaded by the sensor and reads executable instructions from the memory to implement the steps of the method of the first aspect;

the data uploaded by the sensor comprises at least one of the following: a pressure value, a temperature value and an image; the sensor comprises at least one of: pressure sensor, infrared sensor, camera and temperature sensor.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method of the first aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

as can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a contact area between a target object and a heating area of a heating device is determined, and then the contact area is heated to a preset temperature value according to a heating mode. In this example embodiment, by heating the contact area to the preset temperature value, the personalized requirements of the target object can be considered, the target object is ensured to be contacted with a relatively comfortable temperature, and the use experience of the target object is improved.

In addition, the embodiment can also heat the region outside the contact region in the region to be no longer heated or heated to a lower temperature, thereby improving the heat energy utilization rate.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a heating control method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining a contact region in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining a contact region in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4(a) is a schematic illustration of an installation location of a pressure sensor within a heated area, according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating the effect of a determined contact area according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of determining a contact region in accordance with yet another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration showing the effect of a determined contact area according to yet another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an installation location of an infrared sensor in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration showing the effect of a determined contact area in accordance with yet another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating heating of a heating zone according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating heating of a heating zone according to another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the effect of a predicted region to be heated in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIGS. 12-18 are block diagrams of a heating control device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of devices consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure as recited in the claims below.

Currently, a plurality of gears are provided in an existing heating device, such as an electric blanket or an electric heating mattress, and the gears of a target object are actively adjusted according to the ambient temperature, so as to achieve different heating effects. However, each stage of the existing heating device heats the whole heating area, does not consider the personalized demand of the target object, and also causes low heat energy utilization rate.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present disclosure provides a heating control method, which is configured to heat a contact area between a target object and a heating device to a preset temperature when the target object uses the heating device, so as to meet a personalized demand of a user; in addition, the area outside the contact area can be not heated or the heating temperature can be reduced, so that the effect of improving the heat energy utilization rate is achieved.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a heating control method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be applied to a heating device, wherein the heating device may be an electric blanket, an electric heating mattress, or other devices heated by heat energy, or a gas or other energy heating device, and the heating device may perform the heating control method after a target object (e.g., a person, a pet, or the like) contacts the heating device. Referring to fig. 1, a heating control method includessteps 101 and 102, wherein:

in step 101, a contact area of a target object with the heating area is determined, and a heating mode of the heating device is acquired.

In this embodiment, there may be a contact area between the target object and the heating area of the heating device, for example, the user lies on the electric heating mattress, the pet lies on the electric heating mattress, etc., so that the "lying" position of the user or the "lying" position of the pet is the contact area.

In this embodiment, the heating device may obtain the contact area by the following method, including:

in one example, the heating device has pressure sensors mounted thereon, and the pressure sensors may be arranged in a regular pattern, wherein the regular pattern may be concentric circles or a plurality of rows and columns. The pressure sensor is divided into the following parts according to different working modes: first, when the pressure sensor is exposed to the external pressure, the detected pressure value is output. And secondly, the pressure sensor periodically outputs a pressure value no matter whether the pressure value is detected or not. Thirdly, the pressure sensor can collect a plurality of pressure values within one detection period (for example, 1 second), and then output the average value of the plurality of pressure values as the pressure value around the detection. Of course, a corresponding pressure value output mode can be selected according to a specific scene, and the corresponding scheme falls into the protection scope of the application.

It should be noted that the pressure sensor may be a piezoresistive sensor, a strain gauge sensor, or a type of pressure sensor, and in the case that the pressure value can be detected, the corresponding sensor falls into the protection scope of the present application.

In this embodiment, taking the pressure sensor in the second operation mode as an example for description, referring to fig. 2, the heating device may obtain pressure values collected by each pressure sensor on the heating device (corresponding to step 201). The heating device may then determine the contact area based on the position and pressure values of the respective pressure sensors (corresponding to step 202).

In this embodiment, a pressure threshold may be preset in the heating device, where the pressure threshold may be 5N, and may be set according to a specific scenario. Referring to fig. 3, the heating apparatus may acquire the pressure value threshold value, compare the pressure value of each pressure sensor with the pressure value threshold value (corresponding to step 301), and use the area surrounded by the pressure sensor corresponding to the pressure value exceeding the pressure value threshold value as the contact area (corresponding to step 302). For example, as shown in fig. 4(a), the pressure sensor distribution diagram includes a plurality of pressure sensors 11 (the arrangement positions are indicated by circles) in the heating region. Referring to fig. 4(b), in a certain detection period, the filled black circles indicate pressure values, and the filled gray circles indicate no pressure values. Wherein the contact area determined by the heating device is the shadow part.

In another example, a temperature sensor is mounted on the heating device, wherein the temperature sensor may be a thermistor. The arrangement of the temperature sensors may refer to the arrangement of the pressure sensors, and will not be described herein.

Referring to fig. 5, the heating device may obtain temperature values collected by temperature sensors on the heating device (corresponding to step 501). The heating device then determines the contact area based on the location and temperature value of each temperature sensor (corresponding to step 502). For example, the heating device may obtain a preset temperature value threshold (e.g., 30-35 degrees celsius), compare each temperature value with the temperature value threshold, and determine that the temperature value is valid if the temperature value exceeds the temperature value threshold. The contact area can be determined from a plurality of temperature rms.

Still with the arrangement of the temperature sensors shown in fig. 4(a), referring to fig. 6, the heating device may obtain the temperature values collected by the respective temperature sensors, the black circles 12 in fig. 6 indicate effective temperature values at which the temperature values exceed the threshold value of the temperature values, and then 3

regions

13, 14, and 15 may be determined based on the effective temperature values, where the

regions

13, 14, and 15 form contact regions.

In yet another example, an infrared sensor is mounted on the heating device, wherein the infrared sensor may be disposed above the heating device. Referring to fig. 7, theinfrared sensor 20 may be disposed right above, laterally above, or the like theheating region 10 of the heating apparatus, and the detection range of theinfrared sensor 20 is made to cover theentire heating region 10. In this way, theinfrared sensor 20 can obtain a temperature profile and obtain the contact area shown in fig. 6 when the temperature value exceeds the temperature value threshold.

In yet another example, a depth sensor, such as a TOF sensor, is mounted on the heating device, and the arrangement of the depth sensor can refer to the arrangement of theinfrared sensor 20, which is not described herein. The depth sensor may detect a position of the target object within theheating region 10 in the detection range, so as to determine a contact region between the target object and theheating region 10.

In yet another example, a camera may be mounted on the heating apparatus, wherein the mounting position of the camera may refer to the mounting position of the infrared sensor. Referring to fig. 8, the heating device may acquire an image of the area in which the heating device is located (corresponding to step 801). Then, the heating apparatus may determine an overlapping area of the target object and the heating apparatus in the image as a contact area (corresponding to step 802). It should be noted that, in some scenes, a connecting line between the installation position of the camera and the central position of the heating device is not perpendicular to the plane where the heating device is located, that is, the camera performs oblique shooting, and in this case, the camera can also perform processing operations of size adjustment and center alignment on the image, thereby ensuring that the target object has an effect of being shot in a overlooked manner, and improving the accuracy of determining the contact area between the target object and theheating region 10.

Instep 102, the contact area is heated to a preset temperature value according to the heating mode.

In this embodiment, a heating mode may be preset in the heating device, wherein the heating mode may include an automatic mode and a custom mode.

In this embodiment, the automatic mode may include a first automatic mode, where the first automatic mode refers to that the heating device turns on the heating device in the contact region and turns off the heating device outside the trigger region, that is, the heating device only heats the contact region and heats to a first preset temperature value, so as to reduce the area of the region needing to be heated and improve the heat energy utilization rate.

In this embodiment, the automatic mode may further include a second automatic mode, in which the heating apparatus turns on the heating devices within the contact area and turns on the heating devices outside the contact area, i.e., the heating apparatus turns on all the heating devices simultaneously. The heating device is characterized in that the heating device heats the contact area to a first preset temperature value, and heats the area outside the contact area to a second preset temperature value, wherein the first preset temperature value is higher than the second preset temperature value, and by reducing the heating temperature of the area outside the contact area, the heating requirement of a user can be met, meanwhile, the heat energy is reduced, and the heat energy utilization rate is improved.

It should be noted that the automatic mode may also be subdivided, and each subdivided mode may heat different regions to reach different temperatures. For example, the farther away from the target object, the lower the temperature, thereby reducing heat energy and improving heat energy utilization. It is understood that the corresponding solutions fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

In this embodiment, the customized mode refers to a mode set by the target object, for example, heating the contact area to a first preset temperature may be set, and a part (i.e. a designated body part, such as the head, shoulders, waist, abdomen, knees, etc. of the user) is designated to be heated to a third preset temperature value, where the third preset temperature value is higher than the first preset temperature value. After the contact area is determined, the head orientation and the foot orientation of the target object may be determined according to the shape of the contact area, and based on the head orientation, the foot orientation, and the figure scale of the target object (which may be obtained statistically in advance), the head, the shoulder, the waist, the abdomen, and/or the knee of the target object may be determined, that is, the sub-area of the contact area may be obtained.

After acquiring the contact area according to the pressure value, the temperature value, or the image, the heating device may acquire a heating mode and then heat the contact area.

For example, when the heating mode is a first automatic mode, the heating device turns on a heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to a first preset temperature value; at the same time, the heating device turns off the heating means outside the contact area.

For another example, when the heating mode is the second automatic mode, the heating device turns on the heating device in the contact area to heat the contact area to the first preset temperature value; meanwhile, the heating device starts the heating device of the area outside the contact area to heat the area outside the contact area to a second preset temperature value.

For another example, referring to fig. 9, when the heating mode is the custom mode, the heating device obtains the sub-region of the contact region corresponding to the specified body part in the custom mode (corresponding to step 901); the heating device turns on the heating device within the contact area to heat the sub-area to a third preset temperature value and to heat the contact area outside the sub-area to the first preset temperature value (corresponding to step 902).

In some embodiments, the heating device may also set a pre-trained pose model with which the next pose of the target object may be predicted. Based on this, referring to fig. 10, the heating setting may acquire the current pose of the target object, and then predict the next pose of the target object according to a pre-trained pose model (corresponding to step 1001). The heating device may determine the area to be contacted based on the contact area and the next gesture (corresponding to step 1002). Thereafter, the heating device may preheat the region to be contacted to a third preset temperature value (corresponding to step 1003).

It is understood that the above-mentioned posture model can be implemented by using a neural network model in the related art, and is not limited herein.

Continuing with the example of the contact area shown in fig. 6, referring to fig. 11, the pose model predicts the to-be-contacted area formed by the

areas

23, 24 and 25 in the next pose of the target object, such as the position where the user turns during sleep, then determines the differential areas 33, 34 and 35 between the contact area and the to-be-contacted area, and then heats the differential areas 33, 34 and 35, or directly heats the to-be-contacted area, so that the user experience can be increased in the case of more heated areas (i.e. differential areas) in the contact area.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the disclosure, a contact area between a user target object and a heating area of a heating device is determined, and then the contact area is heated to a preset temperature value according to a heating mode. In this example embodiment, by heating the contact area to the preset temperature value, the personalized requirements of the user target object can be considered, so that the user target object is ensured to be contacted with a comfortable temperature, and the use experience of the user target object is improved. In addition, the present embodiment can also heat the regions other than the contact region in the heating region to a lower temperature or no longer heat, thereby improving the heat energy utilization rate.

Based on the heating control method provided in the above embodiments, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a heating control device, and fig. 12 is a block diagram of a heating control device according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 12, a heating control apparatus 1200 includes:

a contactregion determining module 1201, configured to determine a contact region between a target object and the heating region;

a heatingmodule obtaining module 1202, configured to obtain a heating mode of the heating device;

a contactarea heating module 1203, configured to heat the contact area to a preset temperature value according to the heating mode.

On the basis of a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 12, referring to fig. 13, the contactregion determining module 1201 includes:

thepressure acquisition unit 1301 is used for acquiring pressure values acquired by pressure sensors on the heating equipment;

a contactarea determination unit 1302, configured to determine the contact area according to the position and the pressure value of each pressure sensor.

On the basis of a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 13, referring to fig. 14, the contactregion determining unit 1302 includes:

a pressurevalue comparison subunit 1401 for comparing the pressure values of the pressure sensors with the pressure value threshold values;

and a contactarea determination subunit 1402, configured to determine, as the contact area, an area surrounded by the pressure sensor corresponding to the pressure value exceeding the pressure value threshold.

On the basis of a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 12, referring to fig. 15, the contactregion determining module 1201 includes:

a temperaturevalue determining unit 1501, configured to obtain temperature values acquired by temperature sensors on the heating device;

a contactarea determination unit 1502 for determining the contact area based on the position and temperature value of each temperature sensor.

On the basis of a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 12, referring to fig. 16, the contactregion determining module 1201 includes:

animage acquisition unit 1601 configured to acquire an image of an area where the heating apparatus is located;

a contactarea determination unit 1602 for determining an overlapping area of the target object and the heating device in the image as the contact area.

In some embodiments, the contactzone heating module 1003 comprises:

the heating device outside the contact area is switched off.

In some embodiments, the contact zone heating module comprises:

On the basis of a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 12, referring to fig. 17, the contact-area heating module 1703 includes:

asub-region obtaining unit 1701, configured to, when the heating mode is a custom mode, obtain a sub-region in the contact region corresponding to a specified body part in the custom mode;

athird heating unit 1702, configured to turn on the heating device in the contact region, so as to heat the sub-region to a third preset temperature value and heat the contact region outside the sub-region to the first preset temperature value.

In addition to a heating control apparatus 1200 shown in fig. 12, referring to fig. 18, the apparatus further includes:

apose prediction module 1801, configured to predict a next pose of the target object according to a pre-trained pose model;

anarea determination module 1802 for determining an area to be contacted based on the contact area and the next gesture;

azone preheating module 1803, configured to preheat the zone to be contacted.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the disclosure, a contact area between a user target object and a heating area of a heating device is determined, and then the contact area is heated to a preset temperature value according to a heating mode. In this example embodiment, by heating the contact area to the preset temperature value, the personalized requirements of the user target object can be considered, so that the user target object is ensured to be contacted with a comfortable temperature, and the use experience of the user target object is improved. In addition, the embodiment can also heat the region outside the contact region in the region to be no longer heated or heated to a lower temperature, thereby improving the heat energy utilization rate.

It can be understood that the heating control device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure corresponds to the heating control method described above, and specific contents may refer to the contents of the embodiments of the method, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 19 is a block diagram illustrating anelectronic device 1900 according to an example embodiment. For example, theelectronic device 1900 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a multimedia player, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, or other electronic devices.

Referring to fig. 19,electronic device 1900 may include one or more of the following components: aprocessing component 1902, amemory 1904, apower component 1906, amultimedia component 1908, anaudio component 1910, an input/output (I/O)interface 1912, asensor component 1914, and acommunications component 1916.

Theprocessing component 1902 generally controls overall operation of theelectronic device 1900, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Theprocessing assembly 1902 may include one ormore processors 1920 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, theprocess component 1902 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between theprocess component 1902 and other components. For example, theprocessing component 1902 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between themultimedia component 1908 and theprocessing component 1902. As another example, theprocessing assembly 1902 can read executable instructions from a memory to implement the steps of a heating control method provided by the various embodiments described above.

Thememory 1904 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at theelectronic device 1900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on theelectronic device 1900, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. Thememory 1904 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Thepower supply component 1906 provides power to the various components of theelectronic device 1900.Power components 1906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power forelectronic device 1900.

Themultimedia component 1908 includes a display screen that provides an output interface between theelectronic device 1900 and a target object. In some embodiments, themultimedia component 1908 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the back-facing camera can receive external multimedia data when theelectronic device 1900 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

Audio component 1910 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example,audio component 1910 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals whenelectronic device 1900 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in thememory 1904 or transmitted via thecommunication component 1916. In some embodiments,audio component 1910 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1912 provides an interface between theprocessing component 1902 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Thesensor component 1914 includes one or more sensors to provide various aspects of state assessment for theelectronic device 1900. For example, thesensor component 1914 may detect an open/closed state of theelectronic device 1900, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of theelectronic device 1900, thesensor component 1914 may also detect a change in position of theelectronic device 1900 or a component of theelectronic device 1900, the presence or absence of a target object in contact with theelectronic device 1900, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of theelectronic device 1900, and a change in temperature of theelectronic device 1900. Thesensor component 1914 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. Thesensor component 1914 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, thesensor component 1914 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Thecommunication component 1916 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between theelectronic device 1900 and other devices. Theelectronic device 1900 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, thecommunication component 1916 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, thecommunication component 1916 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, theelectronic device 1900 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as thememory 1904 comprising instructions, executable by theprocessor 1920 of theelectronic device 1900, to perform the image processing method described above is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.