Wearable device providing micro-visualization

• US 10,282,886 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Vaughn, Robert L.
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Yingchun
• Application Number:
  US14/752,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20160379398A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

Embodiments are generally directed to a wearable device providing micro-visualization. A wearable electronic device may include a processor to process data; an analytic engine to analyze information relating to a received data point and to generate a micro-visualization based at least in part on the information, wherein the micro-visualization includes at least an image and an animation of the image; and one or more display screens to display the micro-visualization.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:

a processor to process data;

a receiver to receive one or more data points and a transmitter to transmit a response;

an analytic engine to;

analyze a plurality of factors of information regarding a first received data point, the first received data point including one or more of a received communication from an individual or a monitored data item, wherein the plurality of factors of information regarding the first received data point includes at least;

a type of data point, and a priority or urgency of the data point,

determine if the first received data point should be displayed based on the plurality of factors of information regarding the first received data point, and

upon determining that the first received data point should be displayed, generate a micro-visualization to represent the first received data point, wherein generating the micro-visualization to represent the first received data point includes the analytic engine to select an image and an animation of the image for the micro-visualization based on the plurality of factors of information regarding the first received data point;

one or more display screens to display the micro-visualization, wherein the micro-visualization has the animation that is modified in response to the analytic engine determining that the priority has changed after determining that the first received data point is a repeated communication from the individual in a time period that indicates urgency; and

a touch surface to receive touch responses to micro-visualizations;

wherein, for a received communication, the wearable electronic device is to generate and transmit, to the individual, a response to the received communication via the transmitter upon detection of a first touch response on the touch surface.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of factors of information regarding the first received data point further includes at least one of:

an identity of a source of the data point;

a history regarding the data point;

or

a content of the data point.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the analytic engine is further to analyze information relating to a user of the device in the generation of the micro-visualization to represent the first received data point.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the information relating to the user of the device further includes user settings to control the generation of micro-visualizations to represent certain data points.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the user settings include one or more settings to connect certain images or animations with one or more of types of data points and sources of data points.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising an interface for a connection with a mobile computing device, wherein the device is to receive data points from the mobile device via the interface.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more display screens includes one or more touch screens, and wherein the one or more touch screens include the touch surface.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the first touch response is one of a touch or swipe on the touch surface.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the analytic engine is further to determine whether any displayed data point has been cancelled or is expired, and, upon determining that a data point has been cancelled or is expired, the analytic engine to remove the micro-visualization for the data point.

10. A method comprising:

initializing a wearable electronic device;

receiving a first data point using a receiver of the wearable electronic device, the first data point including one or more of a received communication from an individual or a monitored data item;

determining by an analytic engine if the first data point should be displayed based on a plurality of factors of information regarding the first data point including at least;

a type of the data point and a priority or urgency of the data point;

upon determining that the first data point should be displayed, generating by the analytic engine a micro-visualization to represent the first data point, wherein the generation of the micro-visualization to represent the first data point includes the analytic engine to select an image and an animation of the image for the micro-visualization based on the plurality of factors of information regarding the first data point that are analyzed by the analytic engine;

displaying the generated micro-visualization on a display screen of the wearable electronic device, wherein the micro-visualization has the animation that is modified in response to the analytic engine determining that the priority has changed after determining that the first received data point is a repeated communication from the individual in a time period that indicates urgency; and

upon receiving a touch response to the micro-visualization on a touch surface of the wearable electronic device, generating and transmitting, to the individual, a response communication using a transmitter of the wearable electronic device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of factors of information regarding the first data point includes at least one of:

an identity of a source of the data point;

a history regarding the data point;

or

a content of the data point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the micro-visualization to represent the first data point is further based at least in part on information regarding a user of the wearable electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the information relating to the user of the wearable electronic device includes user settings to control the generation of micro-visualizations to represent certain data points.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user settings include one or more settings to connect certain images or animations with one or more of types of data points and sources of data points.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising linking the wearable electronic device to a mobile computing device and receiving one or more data points from the mobile computing device.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising obtaining an identification of the first data point.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein identification of the first data point is based at least in part on a user configuration.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein identification of the first data point is received as a service.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

initializing a wearable electronic device;

receiving a first data point using a receiver of the wearable electronic device, the first data point including one or more of a received communication from an individual or a monitored data item;

determining by an analytic engine if the first data point should be displayed based on a plurality of factors of information regarding the first data point including at least;

a type of the data point and a priority or urgency of the data point;

upon determining that the first data point should be displayed, generating by the analytic engine a micro-visualization to represent the first data point, wherein the generation of the micro-visualization to represent the first data point includes the analytic engine to select an image and an animation of the image for the micro-visualization based on the plurality of factors of information regarding the first data point that are analyzed by the analytic engine;

displaying the generated micro-visualization on a display screen of the wearable electronic device, wherein the micro-visualization has the animation that is modified in response to the analytic engine determining that the priority has changed after determining that the first received data point is a repeated communication from the individual in a time period that indicates urgency; and

upon receiving a touch response to the micro-visualization on a touch surface of the wearable electronic device, generating and transmitting, to the individual, a response communication using a transmitter of the wearable electronic device.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein generating the micro-visualization to represent the first data point is further based at least in part on information regarding a user of the wearable electronic device.