Wearable glasses and method of providing content using the same

• US 10,037,084 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Joo, Ga-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Jwalant
• Application Number:
  US14/815,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20160034042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,096 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

A wearable glasses is provided. The wearable glasses includes a sensing circuit, a communication interface, a display, and a controller. The sensing circuit senses movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses. The communication interface receives notification message information. The display displays the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses. The controller determines a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and controls the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user.

Claims

1. A wearable glasses comprising:

a sensing circuit configured to obtain movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses;

a communication interface configured to receive notification message information;

a display configured to display the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses;

at least one memory configured to store one or more programs; and

one or more processors configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions to;

in response to receiving the notification message information, control the sensing circuit to obtain first movement information of the user wearing the wearable glasses;

based on the obtained first movement information, determine a first movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses;

based on the determined first movement state of the user, control the display to display a portion of the received notification message information on the display of the wearable glasses;

control the sensing circuit to obtain second movement information for determining a second movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses; and

based on the determined second movement state of the user, control the display to display an entire portion of the received notification message information associated with the displayed portion of the received notification message information,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a time to display the notification message information based on the first movement state of the user and control the display to display the notification message information at the determined time, the time being different for each different first movement state.

2. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses by using at least one sensor included in the sensing circuit, and control the sensing circuit to obtain the movement information of the user when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses.

3. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the first movement state or the second movement state of the user by using at least one of acceleration information, tilt information, biometric information, altitude information, atmospheric pressure information, eyeball tracking information, and position information measured by the sensing circuit.

4. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the first movement state or the second movement state of the user using the movement information of the user received from an external device.

5. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the notification message information at a present time when a movement speed of the user is less than a threshold speed, and when the movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than the threshold speed, the one or more processors are further configured to determine to output the notification message information at a different time than the present time.

6. The wearable glasses of claim 5, wherein the different time comprises at least one of a point of time when a user input for requesting to output the notification message information is received, a point of time when a movement state of the user is changed, and a point of time when a preset time has passed.

7. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to determine a display form for displaying the notification message information based on a movement state of the user and control the display to display the notification message information according to the determined display form.

8. The wearable glasses of claim 7, wherein when a movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than a threshold speed, the one or more processors is further configured to display a portion of the notification message information, and when a movement speed of the user is less than the threshold speed, the one or more processors is further configured to display an entire portion of the notification message information.

9. The wearable glasses of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to determine at least one of an audio signal and a video signal as an output form of the notification message information according to environment information about an environment within a certain distance from the wearable glasses.

10. The wearable glasses of claim 9, wherein the environment information includes at least one of information about external sounds generated within the certain distance from the wearable glasses and information about an external image obtained by using an image sensor.

11. A wearable glasses comprising:

a sensing circuit configured to obtain a movement of a user and output a signal;

a communication interface configured to receive notification message information;

a display configured to display the notification message information;

at least one memory configured to store one or more programs; and

one or more processors configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions to;

in response to receiving the notification message information, control the sensing circuit to obtain a first signal output;

based on the obtained first signal output, determine a first movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses;

based on the determined first movement state of the user, control the display to display a portion of the received notification message information on the display of the wearable glasses;

control the sensing circuit to obtain a second signal output for determining a second movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses displaying the first information; and

based on the second signal output, control the display to display an entire portion of the received notification message information associated with the displayed portion of the received notification message information,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a time to display the notification message information based on the first movement state of the user and control the display to display the notification message information at the determined time, the time being different for each different first movement state.

12. The wearable glasses of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to determine whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses based on a signal output from at least one sensor included in the sensing circuit, and when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses, the one or more processors is further configured to control the sensing circuit to obtain a movement of the user.

13. A method of providing information, wherein the method is performed by a wearable glasses and comprises:

receiving notification message information;

obtaining first movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses in response to receiving the notification message information;

determining a first movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses based on the obtained first movement information;

displaying a portion of the received notification message information on the display of the wearable glasses based on the determined first movement state of the user;

obtaining second movement information for determining a second movement state of the user wearing the wearable glasses; and

displaying an entire portion of the received notification message information associated with the displayed portion of the received notification message information based on the determined second movement state of the user,

wherein the displaying a portion of the received notification message information comprises;

determining a time to display the notification message information, the time being different for each different first movement state; and

displaying a portion of the received notification message information at the determined time.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the obtaining first movement information of the user comprises:

determining whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses by using at least one sensor included in the wearable glasses; and

obtaining the first movement information of the user when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining a time to display the notification message information comprises determining to output the notification message information at a present time when a movement speed of the user is less than a threshold speed and to output the notification message information at a different time than the present time when the movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than the threshold speed.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying a portion of the received notification message information comprises:

determining a display form for displaying a portion of the received notification message information; and

displaying a portion of the received notification message information according to the determined display form.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining of the display form comprises:

obtaining environment information about an environment within a certain distance from the wearable glasses; and

determining to provide the notification message information in the form of at least one of an audio signal and a video signal according to the obtained environment information.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprises:

determining to output a portion of the notification message information when a movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than a threshold speed and to output an entire portion of the notification message information when a movement speed of the user is less than the threshold speed.