Method for acquiring sensor data and electronic device thereof

• US 10,408,616 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jung-Eun, Yun, Yong-Sang, Cho, Chi-Hyun, Choi, Jong-Chul, Heo, Chang-Ryong
• Primary Examiner(s): Eyassu, Marrit
• Application Number:
  US14/862,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20160084647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,448 Days
• Field of Search: 73 179
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 21/00 Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 25/00 Manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning, or repairing instruments or devices referred to in the other groups of this subclass testing, calibrating or compensating compasses G01C17/38
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0132 comprising binocular systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0181 Adaptation to the pilot/driver
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/327 Calibration thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/332 Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]

Abstract

An example electronic device calibrates a center of a sensor for acquiring sensing data differently according whether the electronic device is worn on a part of a user body or not, and provides data sensed based on a result of the calibrating to the user, so that more exact and/or accurate data and a better sense of use can be provided to the user.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a motion sensor configured to acquire sensing data with reference to a sensing reference point;

a processor operatively coupled with the motion sensor; and

a memory operatively coupled with the processor,

wherein, the memory stores instruction for, when executed, causing the processor to;

detect that the electronic device is worn on a part of a body of a user;

in response to the detecting, change the sensing reference point from a first point corresponding to a center of the electronic device to a second point located outside the electronic device, the second point located in the part of the body of the user on which the electronic device is worn;

acquire, using the motion sensor, sensor data with reference to the first point;

calibrate, based on a difference between the first point and the second point, the sensor data acquired with reference to the first point, so that the calibrated sensor data corresponds to the second point; and

process the acquired sensor data with reference to the changed sensing reference point to generate a screen for display on a display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to collect body data of the part of the body of the user, calculate a center point of the part of the body of the user on which the electronic device is worn based on the collected body data, and set the calculated center point as the second point.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a center point of the part of the body of the user on which the electronic device is worn using at least one of an average value or a median value of a circumference of the part of the user body on which the electronic device is worn, and set the calculated center point as the second point, and

wherein the second point is included in a rotation axis of the part of the user body on which the electronic device is worn.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor senses a change in at least one of rotation, movement, velocity, acceleration, gyro, and tilt.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a device which is mountable on the part of the body of the user or another device which is combined with the electronic device.