Smart globe and control method therefor
AssigneeBeijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
InventorsZheng Xing, Yingchun Xie
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Abstract
A smart globe includes: a sphere having a hollow interior; a projection module configured to form a projection image on an inner surface of the sphere; and a processor electrically coupled to the projection module and configured to control the projection module based on received location information, to have the projection module display geographic information corresponding to the location information. User interact with the globe can be realized through physical operations of the smart globe.
Claims17
A smart globe, comprising:
- a sphere having an interior that is hollow;
- a projection module configured to form a projection image on an inner surface of the sphere;
- a support base supporting the sphere, within which the projection module is disposed;
- a memory device disposed at the support base and having geographic information stored therein;
- a base provided with a shaft, and a motor configured to drive the shaft to rotate;
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- a processor electrically coupled to the projection module and the memory device,
- wherein the processor is configured to control the projection module, based on received location information, to display geographic information corresponding to the location information,
- and control the motor to drive the shaft, and the support base is disposed on the base and configured to rotate relative to the base through the rotating shaft, and
- wherein the smart globe further comprises a camera module disposed on the support base, and coupled to the processor;
- and
- the processor is configured to control the support base to rotate relative to the base, to facilitate the camera module capturing a location of a user, and control the projection module to have the geographic information that is projected and displayed, by the projection module, face the user.
A control method for a smart globe, comprising:
- obtaining display control information;
- determining geographic information to be displayed on the smart globe based on the display control information;
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- controlling a projection module of the smart globe to project and display the geographic information on a sphere of the smart globe;
- controlling a support base supporting the sphere to rotate relative to a base provided with a shaft and a motor configured to drive the shaft to rotate, to facilitate a camera module disposed on the support base capturing a location of a user;
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- controlling the projection module to have the geographic information that is projected and displayed, by the projection module, face the user.
A control device of smart globe, comprising:
- memory storing processor-executable instructions;
- a processor configured to:
- obtain display control information;
- determine geographic information displayed on the smart globe based on the display control information;
- control a projection module of the smart globe to project and display the geographic information on a sphere of the smart globe;
- control a support base supporting the sphere to rotate relative to a base provided with a shaft and a motor configured to drive the shaft to rotate, to facilitate a camera module disposed on the support base capturing a location of a user;
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- control the projection module to have the geographic information that is projected and displayed, by the projection module, face the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.