Method and apparatus for measuring the speed of an electronic device

• US 10,359,445 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2015
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Yong-Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tan T.
• Application Number:
  US14/875,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 702 96, 702142, 702148, 701 1, 701 99, 701104, 701110, 701201, 701 93, 701 96, 701 307, 701 309, 701 331, 701 332, 701 337
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 21/02 of speedometers

Abstract

An electronic device comprising: a sensor; a communication unit; and at least one processor configured to: receive a first speed measurement from the sensor; receive, via the communication unit, speed information transmitted by an external device; calculate at least one correction parameter based on the first speed measurement and the speed information; and adjust a second speed measurement that is received from the sensor based on the correction parameter.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

an accelerometer;

a communication unit;

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the electronic device to;

pair the electronic device with an external device configured to receive global positioning satellite (GPS) information,

obtain, using the accelerometer, a first measurement associated with a movement of the electronic device over a first distances,

receive, using the communication unit, a second measurement, detected by the external device based on the GPS information from the external device, corresponding to the movement of the electronic device over the first distance,

while the electronic device is paired, calculate a correction parameter based on the first measurement and the second measurement, and display on the display the second measurement, and

after the electronic device is unpaired with the external device, obtain, using the accelerometer, a third measurement associated with a movement of the electronic device over a second distance and display a fourth measurement associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance,

wherein the fourth measurement, associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance, is adjusted by result of applying the correction parameter on the third measurement.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first measurement comprises at least a speed of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a wearable device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the external device comprises a smartphone.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the third measurement includes a speed of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the correction parameter is applied to the third measurement when the electronic device is unpaired from the external device such that GPS-enabled measurements are unavailable to the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, via the communication unit, the correction parameter from the external device.

8. A method in an electronic device, comprising:

pairing the electronic device with an external device by a communication unit, the external device configured to receive global positioning satellite (GPS) information;

obtaining, using an accelerometer of the electronic device, a first measurement associated with a movement of the electronic device over a first distance;

receiving, using the communication unit, a second measurement, detected by the external device based on the GPS information from the external device, corresponding to the movement of the electronic device over the first distance;

while the electronic device is paired, calculating a correction parameter based on the first measurement and the second measurement, and displaying on the display the second measurement, and

after the electronic device is unpaired with the external device, obtaining, using the accelerometer, a third measurement associated with a movement of the electronic device over a second distance and displaying a fourth measurement associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance,

wherein the fourth measurement, associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance, is adjusted by result of applying the correction parameter on the third measurement.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first measurement comprises at least a speed of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8,

wherein the external device comprises a smartphone and the electronic device comprises a wearable device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the third measurement includes a speed of the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the correction parameter is applied to the third measurement when the electronic device is unpaired from the external device such that GPS-enabled measurements are unavailable to the electronic device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more processor-executable instructions executable by at least one processor of an electronic device to cause the at least one processor to:

pair the electronic device to an external device using a communication unit, the external device configured to receive global positioning satellite (GPS) information;

obtain, using an accelerometer of the electronic device, a first measurement associated with a movement of the electronic device over a first distance;

receive, by the communication unit, a second measurement, detected by the external device based on the GPS information from the external device corresponding to the movement of the electronic device over the first distance;

while the electronic device is paired, calculate a correction parameter based on the first measurement and the second measurement, and display on the display the second measurement; and

after the electronic device is unpaired with the external device, obtain, using the accelerometer, a third measurement associated with the movement of the electronic device over a second distance and display a fourth measurement associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance,

wherein the fourth measurement, associated with the movement of the electronic device over the second distance, is adjusted by result of applying the correction parameter on the third measurement.