Sensor information using method and electronic device using the same

• US 10,223,381 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Seong Ook, Lee, Jong Kun, Han, Seung Wok, Min, Kyung Sub
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cao H
• Application Number:
  US15/159,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20160342622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 715763-765, 715851-853
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration 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

Abstract

An electronic device in response to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a non-transitory memory configured to store at least one executable instruction and at least one processor connected to the memory. The at least one processor is configured by executing the instruction to calculate a distance traveled based on collected sensor information received from a plurality of sensors in response to detecting movement of the electronic device, to divide the calculated distance traveled by a specified reference unit, and output a specified object to a region including at least one reference unit point.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a non-transitory memory configured to store one or more executable instructions associated with an exercise function;

at least one processor operatively connected to the memory, the at least one processor executes at least one instruction associated with the exercise function to output information associated with the exercise function;

a plurality of sensors for detecting a present location or movements of the electronic device; and

a display operatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein execution of at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to;

calculate a distance traveled by the electronic device based on sensing information received from the plurality of sensors configured to collect sensing information in response to detecting movement of the electronic device, and

when the traveled distance matches a predetermined distance to at least one reference unit point, detect whether location information is available from a first sensor of the plurality of sensors,

wherein when the location information is available from the first sensor, a specified object is displayed along a displayed route to mark traversal of the predetermined distance, and when the location information is unavailable from the first sensor, the specified object is not displayed along the displayed route.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to:

obtain time information associated with a distance traveled information adjacent to the at least one reference unit point or time information corresponding to the at least one reference unit point based on the sensing information obtained received from the plurality of sensors, and

select a screen portion of the display showing GPS coordinate information corresponding to the time information, or showing GPS coordinate information of a specified time within a predetermined time period of the time information as a position to which the object is to be output.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes a GPS sensor and a pedometer,

wherein when the location information is unavailable from the first sensor and the specified object is not displayed, a second object different from the specified object is displayed along a corresponding section of the displayed route.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to output a route object corresponding to a total distance traveled based on GPS information from among a portion of sensing information, or output, to a screen, a mark indicating the reference unit point.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to output to at least one screen portion of a display an object having order information corresponding to the at least one reference unit point.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to display a certain screen region including the at least one reference unit point differently from a peripheral region of the certain screen region when the plurality of sensing information corresponding to the reference unit point does not exist.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least processor to configure a display of the certain screen region including the at least one reference unit point so that the certain screen region differs in at least one of a line number, width, or color from the peripheral region of the certain screen region.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to output to a screen portion of the display an object corresponding to the at least one reference unit point corresponding to a sensing information location collected immediately before the reference unit point in a case where the sensing information corresponding to the reference unit point and exercise end sensing information are equal in location.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to calculate a moving speed based on the plurality of sensing information, and perform a screen display for a section with a highest speed among sections divided for each at least one reference unit point differently from the screen display for adjacent sections.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the at least one instruction configures the at least one processor to perform to perform screen display for a position for which a portion of the sensing information does not exist differently from the screen display for another section.

11. A using method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

collecting at least a portion of sensing information using at least one of a plurality of sensors detecting movement or a present location of the electronic device;

calculating, by a processor, a distance traveled based on the at least a portion of collected sensing information; and

when the traveled distance matches a predetermined distance to at least one reference unit point, detecting whether location information is available from a first sensor of the plurality of sensors,

wherein when the location information is available from the first sensor a specified object is displayed along a displayed route to mark traversal of the predetermined distance, and when the location information is unavailable from the first sensor, the specified object is not displayed along the displayed route.

12. The sensing information using method of claim 11, comprising:

obtaining time information of distance traveled information adjacent to the reference unit point, or corresponding to the reference unit point, based on the collected sensing information; and

selecting a screen portion corresponding to GPS coordinate information corresponding to the time information, or showing GPS coordinate information of a specified time within a predetermined time period of the time information as a position to which the object is to be output.

13. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of sensors includes a GPS sensor and a pedometer,

wherein when the location information is unavailable from the first sensor and the specified object is not displayed, a second object different from the specified object is displayed along a corresponding section of the displayed route.

14. The sensing information using method of claim 11, further comprising:

outputting a route object corresponding to a total distance traveled based on GPS information among the collected portion of sensing information; and

outputting, to a screen, a mark indicating the reference unit point.

15. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein displaying the specified object includes order information that is output to at least one screen portion corresponding to the at least one reference unit point.

16. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein displaying the specified object further comprises:

displaying a certain screen region including the reference unit point differently from a periphery of the certain screen region when sensing information corresponding to the reference unit point does not exist.

17. The sensing information using method of claim 16, wherein the displaying of the certain screen region corresponding to the reference unit point so that the certain screen region differs in at least one of a line number, width, or color from the periphery of the certain screen region.

18. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein displaying the specified object further comprises outputting an object corresponding to the reference unit point to a screen portion corresponding to a sensing information location collected immediately before the reference unit point in a case where the sensing information of the reference unit point and exercise end sensing information are in a same location.

19. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein displaying the specified object further comprises calculating a moving speed based on the portions of sensing information and performing screen display for a section with a highest speed among sections divided for each reference unit point differently from the screen display for adjacent sections.

20. The sensing information using method of claim 11, wherein displaying the specified object comprises displaying on a display a position for which a portion of the sensing information does not exist differently from screen display for another section.