Controlling input/output devices

• US 10,169,559 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2014
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-Soo, Shin, Hyun-Seok, Choi, Jong-Min, Cheong, Cheol-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Tabor, Amare F
• Application Number:
  US14/536,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: 726 19, 713186
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/389 Electromyography [EMG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6844 Monitoring or controlling distance between sensor and tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An electronic device is provided processor configured to: receive a biological signal of a user; detect whether the electronic device is attached to or detached from the user based on at least the biological signal; and control an I/O device operationally connected to the electronic device based on whether the electronic device is attached to or detached from the user.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:

one or more sensors;

a communication module;

a touchscreen display;

a battery module;

at least one memory configured to store executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to;

control the one or more sensors to obtain heart rate information of a user,

control the one or more sensors to obtain motion information of the user,

obtain power state information of the battery module including a remaining battery charge,

control operation of at least one of the touchscreen display and the communication module based on the obtained power state information, including controlling a Wireless Fidelity module of the communication module to be turned on or off based on the obtained power state information, and

control operation of the touchscreen display based on the obtained motion information of the user, including deactivating the touchscreen display when the motion information indicates a movement greater than a predefined value,

wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of a heartbeat sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a GPS module.

2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the motion information indicates at least a moving direction and a rotation angle of the wearable electronic device.

3. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the stored instructions to:

control the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on the obtained motion information.

4. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the obtained motion information includes at least one of motion intensity and a signal pattern of a motion.

5. The wearable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

determine whether the user is carrying the wearable electronic device by detecting whether a motion intensity is greater than a predetermined threshold, and

control the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on the determination.

6. The wearable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

determine whether the wearable electronic device is attached to or detached from the user based on the heart rate information, and

determine whether the user is carrying the wearable electronic device, if the wearable electronic device is detached from the user.

7. The wearable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

determine whether the wearable electronic device is attached to or detached from the user based on the obtained motion information, and

control the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on whether the wearable electronic device is attached to or detached from the user.

8. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

control the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on the obtained power state information.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

authenticate the user based on whether the obtained motion information corresponds to motion information of at least one user stored in the memory.

10. A method for controlling of a wearable electronic device comprising one or more sensors, a communication module, touchscreen display, and a battery module, the method comprising:

obtaining heart rate information of a user through the one or more sensors;

obtaining motion information of the user through the one or more sensors;

obtaining power state information of the battery module including a remaining battery charge;

controlling operation of at least one of the touchscreen display and the communication module based on the obtained power state information including controlling a Wireless Fidelity module of the communication module to be turned on or off based on the obtained power state information; and

controlling operation of the touchscreen display based on the obtained motion information of the user, including deactivating the touchscreen display when the motion information indicates a movement greater than a predefined value,

wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of a heartbeat sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a GPS module.

11. The method of claim 10,

wherein the motion information indicates at least a moving direction and a rotation angle of the wearable electronic device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the controlling of operation of the touchscreen display comprises:

controlling the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on the obtained motion information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the obtained motion information includes at least one of motion intensity and a signal pattern of a motion.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the controlling of operation of the touchscreen display comprises:

determining whether the user is carrying the wearable electronic device by detecting whether a motion intensity is greater than a predetermined threshold, and

controlling the touchscreen display to be turned on or off based on the determination.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the user is carrying the wearable electronic device comprises:

determining whether the wearable electronic device is attached to or detached from the user based on the heart rate information, and

determining whether the user is carrying the electronic device, if the wearable electronic device is detached from the user.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

obtain heart rate information of a user through one or more sensors of a wearable electronic device,

obtain motion information of the user through the one or more sensors,

obtain power state information of a battery module of the wearable electronic device including a remaining battery charge,

control operation of at least one of a touchscreen display of the wearable electronic device and a communication module of the electronic device based on the obtained power state information, and

control operation of the touchscreen display based on the obtained motion information of the user, including deactivating the touchscreen display when the motion information indicates a movement greater than a predefined value,

wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of a heartbeat sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a GPS module.