Wearable device and method of transmitting message from the same

• US 10,020,835 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji-hyun, Chae, Han-joo, Nah, Hyun-soo, Ryu, Jong-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US14/953,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20160164559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3855 carried in a belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

A wearable device worn on a body of a user is provided. The wearable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense state information of the user, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input from the user, a controller configured to select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received, a display configured to display the selected at least one string, and a communicator configured to transmit a message including the at least one string to a receiver device.

Claims

1. A wearable device worn on a body of a user, the wearable device comprising:

a touch input unit;

a display;

a communicator;

a sensor configured to detect data related to a state of the user; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive a touch input from the user via the touch input unit,

select at least one string from a plurality of strings based on the detected data related to the state of the user when the touch input is received, wherein the data is detected by the sensor of the wearable device and the selected at least one string is associated with a specific user movement of the detected data,

display the selected at least one string through the display, and

control the communicator to transmit a message including the selected at least one string to a receiver device.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to the movement of the user, data related to a location of the user, and data related to a biometric signal of the user.

3. The wearable device of claim 1,

wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to a location of the user and data related to a biometric signal of the user, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display information related to the state of the user and the selected at least one string through the display.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display a string set including strings corresponding to the state of the user from the plurality of strings,

receive a user input for selecting at least one of the strings included in the string set via the touch input unit, and

control the communicator to transmit the message including the selected at least one string to the receiver device based on the user input.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display the string selected based on the touch input from the plurality of strings and the at least one string selected based on the data related to the state of the user from the plurality of strings, and

control the communicator to transmit the message including the string selected based on the touch input and the at least one string to the receiver device.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain information about a schedule of the user, and

select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the schedule.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain information about the receiver device, and

select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the receiver device.

8. The wearable device of claim 7,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises intimacy information indicating a relationship between the user and a user of the receiver device, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the intimacy information.

9. The wearable device of claim 7,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises a record of strings included in past messages transmitted by the wearable device to the receiver device, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the record.

10. A method of transmitting a message at a wearable device, the method comprising:

receiving a touch input from a user;

selecting at least one string from a plurality of strings based on data related to a state of the user, wherein the data is detected by a sensor of the wearable device and the selected at least one string is associated with a specific user movement of the detected data;

displaying the at least one string selected from the plurality of strings; and

transmitting a message including the selected at least one string to a receiver device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to the movement of the user, data related to a location of the user, and data related to a biometric signal of the user.

12. The method of claim 10,

wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to a location of the user and data related to a biometric signal of the user,

wherein the selecting of the at least one string comprises selecting at least one of the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user, and

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises displaying information related to the state of the user and the selected at least one string.

13. The method of claim 10,

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises displaying a string set including strings corresponding to the state of the user from the plurality of strings, and

wherein the transmitting of the message comprises:

receiving a user input for selecting at least one of the strings included in the string set, and

transmitting the message including the selected at least one string to the receiver device based on the user input.

14. The method of claim 10,

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises displaying a string selected based on the touch input from the plurality of strings and the at least one string selected based on the data related to the state of the user from the plurality of strings, and

wherein the transmitting of the message comprises transmitting the message including the string selected based on the touch input and the at least one string to the receiver device.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the selecting of the at least one string comprises:

obtaining information about a schedule of the user; and

selecting the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the schedule.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises:

obtaining information about the receiver device; and

selecting the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the receiver device.

17. An electronic device for transmitting a message by using a wearable device and a receiver device, the electronic device comprising:

a communicator; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the communicator to receive, from the wearable device, data related to a state of a user obtained from the wearable device,

control the communicator to receive, from the wearable device, a touch input of the user obtained from the wearable device,

select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user when the touch input is received, wherein the data is detected by a sensor of the wearable device and the selected at least one string is associated with a specific user movement of the detected data,

control the communicator to transmit, to the wearable device, the selected at least one string, and

control the communicator to transmit, to the receiver device, a message including the selected at least one string,

wherein the selected at least one string is displayed via the wearable device.

18. A method of transmitting a message by using a wearable device and a receiver device, wherein the method is performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device, data related to a state of a user obtained from the wearable device and a touch input of the user obtained from the wearable device;

selecting at least one of a plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user when the touch input is received, wherein the data is detected by a sensor of the wearable device and the selected at least one string is associated with a specific user movement of the detected data;

transmitting, to the wearable device, the selected at least one string; and

transmitting, to the receiver device, a message including the at least one string,

wherein the transmitted at least one string is displayed via the wearable device.