Wearable device for transmitting a message comprising strings associated with a state of a user

• US 10,374,648 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2018
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji-hyun, Chae, Han-joo, Nah, Hyun-soo, Ryu, Jong-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu, Meless N
• Application Number:
  US16/002,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20180287649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3855 carried in a belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

A wearable device worn on a body of a user is provided. The wearable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense state information of the user, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input from the user, a controller configured to select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received, a display configured to display the selected at least one string, and a communicator configured to transmit a message including the at least one string to a receiver device.

Claims

1. A wearable device worn on a body of a user, the wearable device comprising:

a communicator;

a sensor configured to detect data related to a state of the user; and

at least one processor configured to;

determine a health state of the user based on the detected data related to the state of the user;

select at least one string from a plurality of strings based on the detected data related to the state of the user wherein the selected at least one string is associated with the determined health state of the user; and

control the communicator to transmit a message including the selected at least one string to a receiver device.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to a movement of the user, data related to a location of the user, or data related to a biometric signal of the user.

3. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the selected at least one string is further associated with the location of the user.

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

determine whether the user is in danger based on the determined health state of the user, wherein the at least one string is selected from the plurality of strings in response to determining that the user is in danger.

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

display a string set including strings corresponding to the state of the user from the plurality of strings; and

control the communicator to transmit the message including at least one string, included in the string set, selected by a user input to the receiver device.

6. The wearable device of claim 5,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the at least one string selected by the user input;

and

wherein the message includes the at least one string selected based on the user input and the at least one string selected based on the data related to the state of the user from the plurality of strings.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the selected at least one string is further associated with at least one from among name, age, gender, or identification information of the user.

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

obtain information about the receiver device; and

select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the receiver device.

9. The wearable device of claim 8,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises intimacy information indicating a relationship between the user and a user of the receiver device;

and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the intimacy information.

10. The wearable device of claim 8,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises a record of strings included in past messages between the wearable device and the receiver device;

and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the record.

11. A method of transmitting a message at a wearable device, the method comprising:

determining a health state of a user based on data related to the state of the user, wherein the data is detected by a sensor of the wearable device;

selecting at least one string from a plurality of strings based on the detected data related to the state of the user, wherein the selected at least one string is associated with the determined health state of the user; and

transmitting the message including the selected at least one string to a receiver device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data related to the state of the user comprises at least one of data related to a movement of the user, data related to a location of the user, or data related to a biometric signal of the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the selected at least one string is further associated with the location of the user.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the user is in danger based on the determined health state of the user;

wherein the at least one string is selected from the plurality of strings in response to determining that the user is in danger.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a string set including strings corresponding to the state of the user from the plurality of strings;

wherein the transmitting of the message comprises;

transmitting the message including the at least one string, included in the string set, selected by a user input to the receiver device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying the at least one string selected by the user input;

wherein the message includes the at least one string selected based on the user input and the at least one string selected based on the data related to the state of the user from the plurality of strings.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected at least one string is further associated with at least one from among name, age, gender, or identification of the user.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the selecting of the at least one string comprises:

obtaining information about the receiver device; and

selecting the at least one string from the plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user and the information about the receiver device.

19. An electronic device for transmitting a message by using a wearable device to a receiver device, the electronic device comprising:

a communicator; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the communicator to receive, from the wearable device, data related to a state of a user obtained from the wearable device;

determine a health state of the user based on the data related to the state of the user;

select at least one string from a plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user, wherein the selected at least one string is associated with the determined health state of the user; and

control the communicator to transmit to the receiver device the message including the selected at least one string.

20. A method of transmitting a message, the method comprising:

receiving, at an electronic device, data related to a state of a user obtained from a wearable device;

determining a health state of the user based on the data related to the state of the user;

selecting at least one string from a plurality of strings based on the data related to the state of the user, wherein the selected at least one string is associated with the determined health state of the user; and

transmitting to a receiver device the message including the at least one string.