Wearable device and communication method using the wearable device

• US 10,285,039 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Seung Keun, Kim, Sang Joon, Choi, Chang Mok
• Primary Examiner(s): Liao, Hsinchun
• Application Number:
  US14/899,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20160143079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,825 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• 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: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• 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 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A wearable device and a communication method using the wearable device may include recognizing a gesture of a user by sensing at least one of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the wearable device is attached. A wireless communication connection is established for the wearable device with at least one of an external device, an internal device, or another wearable device based on the recognized gesture. Wireless communication is performed with at least one of the external device and the internal device with which the wireless communication connection is established.

Claims

1. A communication method using a wearable device, comprising:

recognizing a gesture of a user by sensing at least one of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the wearable device is attached;

establishing a wireless communication connection for the wearable device with either one or both of an external device and an internal device based on the recognized gesture, wherein the wearable device has a greater control over a functionality of the internal device than a functionality of the external device;

receiving data corresponding to the recognized gesture from the internal device in response to recognizing the gesture, the data being stored in the internal device; and

establishing a direct wireless communication connection between the internal device and the external device, not through the wearable terminal, by transmitting the received data to the external device,

wherein the received data includes information necessary to establish a wireless communication connection with the internal device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing comprises:

authenticating the user based on the biosignal; and

recognizing the gesture of the user by sensing the motion and the biosignal when the user is authenticated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing comprises sensing the motion using at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and a camera.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing comprises sensing the biosignal using at least one of an electromyogram (EMG) sensor, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor, and a temperature sensor.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for a communication method using a wearable device, the program comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing wireless communication by the wearable device with the at least one of the external device and the internal device with which the wireless communication connection is established.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

identifying a predetermined gesture that is mapped to the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection with the either one or both of the external device and the internal device based on the predetermined gesture,

wherein the predetermined gesture corresponds to at least one function set to be executed in response to the recognized gesture.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

recognizing the external device to perform the wireless communication with the wearable device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the recognizing the external device comprises:

searching for at least one external device to perform wireless communication to identify a found at least one external device; and

selecting, from among the found at least one external device, an external device to perform the wireless communication with the wearable device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selecting comprises

selecting, from among the found at least one external device, an external device to perform the wireless communication with the wearable device based on the recognized gesture.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

setting the wearable device to perform the wireless communication with the external device based on the recognized gesture.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the establishing comprises:

identifying, from among a plurality of communication schemes, a communication scheme used to perform the wireless communication with at least one of the external device and the internal device based on the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection with the either one or both of the external device and the internal device based on the identified communication scheme.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the establishing comprises:

identifying data used to perform the wireless communication with at least one of the external device and the internal device based on the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection with the either one or both of the external device and the internal device based on the identified data.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the establishing comprises:

obtaining information used for a wireless communication connection between the external device and the internal device based on the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection between the external device and the internal device based on the obtained information to enable the wireless communication between the external device and the internal device.

15. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing comprises selecting data received from the external device to be stored in the internal device.

16. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing comprises:

loading data from the internal device; and

performing the wireless communication with the external device based on the loaded data,

wherein the loaded data comprises information associated with at least one of a user of the wearable device, establishment of the wireless communication connection, the wearable device, and the internal device.

17. The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless communication with the external device is near field communication between the wearable device and the external device.

18. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

feeding back, to the user, in a visual, auditory, or tactile manner, information associated with at least one of a function corresponding to the recognized gesture, a state of wireless communication with at least one of the external device and the internal device, the wearable device, the external device, and the internal device.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing comprises:

establishing the wireless communication connection with the external device by transmitting the received data to the external device.

20. The method of claim 19,

wherein the received data comprises information associated with at least one of the user, the internal device, an authentication for the wireless communication connection with the external device.

21. A wearable device, comprising:

a gesture recognizer configured to recognize a gesture of a user by sensing at least of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the wearable device is attached; and

a wireless communication connection establisher configured to;

establish a wireless communication connection for the wearable device with either one or both of an external device and an internal device based on the recognized gesture, wherein the wearable device has a greater control over a functionality of the internal device than a functionality of the external device;

receive data corresponding to the recognized gesture from the internal device in response to recognizing the gesture, the data being stored in the internal device; and

establish a direct wireless communication connection between the internal device and the external device, not through the wearable terminal, by transmitting the received data to the external device,

wherein the received data includes information necessary to establish a wireless communication connection with the internal device.

22. The wearable device of claim 21, further comprising:

a wireless communication performer configured to perform wireless communication by the wearable device with the at least one of the external device and the internal device with which the wireless communication connection is established.

23. The wearable device of claim 22, further comprising:

an external device recognizer configured to recognize the external device to perform the wireless communication with the wearable device.

24. A communication method using a first wearable device, comprising:

recognizing a gesture of a user by sensing at least one of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the first wearable device is attached;

searching for a second wearable device to identify a found second wearable device; and

establishing a wireless communication connection between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, and

wherein the establishing comprises;

receiving data corresponding to the recognized gesture from an internal device in response to recognizing the gesture, the data being stored in the internal device; and

establishing a direct wireless communication connection between the internal device and the second wearable device, not through the wearable terminal, by transmitting the received data to the second wearable device,

wherein the first wearable device has a greater control over a functionality of the internal device than a functionality of the second wearable device, and

wherein the received data includes information necessary to establish a wireless communication connection with the internal device.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

performing wireless communication by the first wearable device with the second wearable device.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the establishing comprises:

identifying, from among a plurality of communication schemes, a communication scheme used to perform the wireless communication with the second wearable device based on the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection with the second wearable device based on the identified communication scheme.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the establishing comprises:

identifying data used to perform the wireless communication with the second wearable device based on the recognized gesture; and

establishing the wireless communication connection with the second wearable device based on the identified data.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the wireless communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device is near field communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device.