Wearable device and method of operating the same

• US 10,437,346 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Ho-chul
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheng, Tom V
• Application Number:
  US15/812,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20180067564A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• 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 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Disclosed is wearable device including a sensor that detects a movement of a peripheral object, a display unit that displays a plurality of items and displaying a focus on at least one of the plurality of items, and a processor that controls the display unit to move the focus onto an item at a position corresponding to a moving direction of the peripheral object.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a sensor;

a display; and

a processor configured to;

control the sensor to detect a movement of a peripheral object,

control the display to display a plurality of items and a focus on at least one of the plurality of items,

determine a region including a detected movement of the peripheral object among one or more regions, and

shift the focus by changing a size of at least one of the plurality of items based on the determined region.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a coordinate of a start point at which the peripheral object starts moving and a coordinate of an end point at which the peripheral object stops moving and obtain a moving direction of the peripheral object using a position relationship between the start and end points and the device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the movement of the peripheral object is positioned outside of a periphery of the device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set the one or more regions based on the detected movement of the peripheral object and neutral regions between the one or more regions.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to provide a user with feedback when the detected movement of the peripheral object is included in the neutral regions.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the detected movement of the peripheral object at one of sides and in front of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set regions corresponding to shiftable directions of the focus according to a current position of the focus, and determine a region including the detected movement of the peripheral object among the regions corresponding to the shiftable directions of the focus.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a moving angle of the peripheral object and determine a shifting direction of the focus.

9. A method of operating a device, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of items and displaying a focus on at least one of the plurality of items;

detecting a movement of a peripheral object;

determining a region including a detected movement of the peripheral object among one or more regions; and

shifting the focus by changing a size of at least one of the plurality of items based on the determined region.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

calculating a coordinate of a start point at which the peripheral object starts moving and a coordinate of an end point at which the peripheral object stops moving and obtaining a moving direction of the peripheral object using the device and a position relationship between the start and end points and the device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the movement of the peripheral object is positioned outside of a periphery of the device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

setting the one or more regions based on the detected movement of the peripheral object; and

setting neutral regions between the one or more regions.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing a user with feedback when the detected movement of the peripheral object is included in the neutral regions.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein setting the one or more regions comprises setting regions corresponding to shiftable directions of the focus according to a current position of the focus.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the detected movement of the peripheral object is obtained at sides of the device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein shifting the focus comprises:

calculating a moving angle of the peripheral object, determining a shifting direction of the focus, and shifting the focus according to the calculated moving angle.

17. A method of operating a device, the method comprising:

displaying a first item;

obtaining a movement of a peripheral object that is positioned outside of a periphery of the device, wherein a processor determines a region including the movement of the peripheral object among one or more regions, and determines a shifting direction of a focus;

determining a second item to be displayed, based on the obtained movement of the peripheral object; and

displaying the second item.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second items are displayed on a screen of the device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein a direction of the movement of the peripheral object is obtained by calculating a moving angle of the peripheral device in relation to the device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the second item to be is determined according to relative positions of the first and second items.