Smart device and method of operating the same

• US 10,339,078 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Nair, Renju Chirakarotu, Mulage, Prabhushetty, Jaiswal, Raman, Basu, Rajib, Kang, Seong-sig
• Primary Examiner(s): Snyder, Steven G
• Application Number:
  US15/225,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20170153992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/24 using interrupt G06F13/32 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A smart device and a method of operating the same are provided. The smart device includes a processor, and a sensor configured to detect movement of the smart device, generate an interrupt signal including information on a movement range corresponding to at least one movement type determined based on the detected movement, and output the interrupt signal to the processor and the processor is configured to control an action, corresponding to the interrupt signal received from the sensor, to be performed in response to the interrupt signal.

Claims

1. A smart device comprising:

a processor; and

a sensor comprising a plurality of algorithms that each correspond to a different movement type, the sensor configured to;

detect movement of the smart device,

identify at least one movement type based on the detected movement using at least one of the plurality of algorithms,

generate an interrupt signal including both an identifier indicating the identified movement type and information on a movement range comprising a value indicating a range of the detected movement with regard to the identified movement type, and

output the interrupt signal including both the identifier and the information on the movement range to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive the interrupt signal including both the identifier and the information on the movement range, from the sensor, and

in response to the interrupt signal, control an action, determined based on the information on the movement range corresponding to the determined at least one movement type included in the interrupt signal, to be performed.

2. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the value indicating the movement range corresponds to a direction or magnitude of the movement.

3. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the one or more algorithms are each settable to be enabled or disabled according to a user setting received from a user interface.

4. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to wake up from a low power mode to a normal mode in response to the interrupt signal received from the sensor.

5. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is further configured to:

calculate at least one of a tilt angle or a rotation angle of the smart device based on sensing data from detecting the movement of the smart device,

evaluate at least one of the tilt angle or the rotation angle based on at least one of a rotation angle table or a tilt angle table, which is pre-stored, and

generate the interrupt signal including the information on the movement range based on a result of an evaluation.

6. The smart device of claim 5,

wherein the rotation angle table comprises a range value corresponding to the rotation angle, and

wherein the tilt angle table comprises a range value corresponding to the tilt angle.

7. The smart device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the action corresponding to the interrupt signal comprises displaying of at least one of a message or a user interface on the display.

8. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the action corresponding to the interrupt signal comprises at least one of outputting of a certain alarm, or a transmitting of a notification to a certain destination by the smart device.

9. The smart device of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor hub configured to;

wake up from a low power mode to a normal mode in response to the interrupt signal received from the sensor,

manage the interrupt signal, and

transmit the interrupt signal to the processor.

19. The smart device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is further configured to:

determine the at least one movement type based on the detected movement using the at least one of the plurality of algorithms by determining whether the movement range is valid for each of the at least one movement type, and

generate the interrupt signal if it is determined that the movement range is valid for each of the at least one movement type.

10. A method of operating a smart device, the method comprising:

detecting, by a sensor, movement of the smart device;

identifying, using at least one of a plurality of algorithms included in the sensor, at least one movement type based on the detected movement;

generating an interrupt signal including both an identifier indicating the identified movement type and information on a movement range comprising a value indicating a range of the detected movement with regard to the identified movement type;

outputting the interrupt signal including both the identifier and the information on the movement range to a processor;

receiving, by the processor, the interrupt signal including both the identifier and the information on the movement range, from the sensor; and

in response to the interrupt signal, controlling, by the processor, an action, determined based on the information on the movement range corresponding to the determined at least one movement type included in the interrupt signal, to be performed.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the value indicating the movement range corresponds to a direction or magnitude of the movement.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more algorithms are each settable to be enabled or disabled according to a user setting received from a user interface.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

waking up, by the processor, from a low power mode to a normal mode in response to the interrupt signal received from the sensor.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

calculating, by the sensor, at least one of a tilt angle or a rotation angle of the smart device based on sensing data from detecting the movement of the smart device;

evaluating, by the sensor, at least one of the rotation angle or the tilt angle based on at least one of a rotation angle table or a tilt angle table, which is pre-stored; and

generating, by the sensor, the interrupt signal including the information on the movement range based on a result of an evaluation.

15. The method of claim 14,

wherein the rotation angle table comprises a range value corresponding to the rotation angle, and

wherein the tilt angle table comprises a range value corresponding to the tilt angle.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the action corresponding to the interrupt signal comprises displaying of at least one of a message or a user interface on a display.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the action corresponding to the interrupt signal comprises at least one of outputting of a certain alarm, or a transmitting of a notification to a certain destination by the smart device.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

waking up, by a sensor hub, from a low power mode to a normal mode in response to the interrupt signal received from the sensor;

managing, by the sensor hub, the interrupt signal; and

transmitting, by the sensor hub, the interrupt signal to the processor.

20. The method of claim 10,

wherein the determining of the at least one movement type comprises determining the at least one movement type by determining whether the movement range is valid for each of the at least one movement type, and

wherein the generating of the interrupt signal comprises generating the interrupt signal if it is determined that the movement range is valid for each of the at least one movement type.