Wearable device and method for controlling the same

• US 10,452,224 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Hyungtae, Heo, Jeongyun, Chu, Junghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillas, Roland J
• Application Number:
  US15/135,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20160313869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A smart watch operatively connectable to a mobile terminal is disclosed. The smart watch includes a display unit configured to display a watch image and a controller configured to control the display unit to reduce the watch image when a preset event occurs and display notification information in an empty space of the display unit formed by reducing the watch image.

Claims

1. A smart watch comprising:

a display configured to display a watch image; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to reduce a size of the watch image to a first reduced size having a first position when a preset event occurs; and

cause the display to display notification information related to an incoming event received at the smart watch at an empty area of the display resulting from reducing the size of the watch image to the first reduced size,

wherein the empty area is formed between a reduced watch image and an edge of the display, and

wherein the controller is further configured to;

cause the display to display a plurality of notification items corresponding to a plurality of incoming events arranged in a particular order along a surrounding region of the watch image at the empty area, wherein the plurality of incoming events are received at the smart watch in the particular order;

when one of the plurality of notification items is selected by a selection input, determine an amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item;

cause the display to further reduce the size of the watch image to a second reduced size based on the determined amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item;

cause the display to display the further reduced watch image in the second reduced size at a second position different than the first position, wherein the second position is based on a display position of the selected notification item and the determined amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item; and

cause the display to display detailed information of the selected notification item along with the further reduced clock image in the second reduced size in response to the selection input.

2. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the preset event corresponds to:

a gesture input comprising movement of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

a gesture input comprising a touch and drag to a main body of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

or

a gesture input comprising a tap to the main body a predetermined number of times.

3. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the preset event corresponds to the incoming event received at the smart watch.

4. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the reduced watch image at a central region or an edge region of the display.

5. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the notification information comprises:

schedule information;

message reception notification information;

email reception notification information;

messenger reception notification information;

missed call notification information;

battery related notification information;

or

update related notification information.

6. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an operation screen of an application associated with the notification information when a gesture input comprising a drag of the notification information toward the displayed watch image is received.

7. A method for controlling a smart watch, the method comprising:

displaying a watch image on a display;

reducing a size of the watch image to a first reduced size having a first position when a preset event occurs; and

displaying notification information related to an incoming event received at the smart watch at an empty area of the display resulting from reducing the watch image to the first reduced size,

wherein the empty area is formed between a reduced watch image and an edge of the display, and

displaying a plurality of notification items corresponding to a plurality of incoming events arranged in a particular order along a surrounding region of the watch image at the empty area, wherein the plurality of incoming events are received at the smart watch in the particular order;

when one of the plurality of notification items is selected by a selection input, determining an amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item;

further reducing the size of the watch image to a second reduced size based on the determined amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item;

displaying the further reduced watch image in the second reduced size at a second position different than the first position, wherein the second position is based on a display position of the selected notification item and the determined amount of detailed information associated with the selected notification item; and

displaying detailed information of the selected notification item along with the further reduced clock image in the second reduced size in response to the selection input.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the preset event corresponds to:

a gesture input comprising movement of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

a gesture input comprising a touch and drag to a main body of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

or

a gesture input comprising a tap to the main body a predetermined number of times.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the present event corresponds to the incoming event received at the smart watch.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying the reduced watch image at a central region or an edge region of the display.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the notification information comprises:

schedule information;

message reception notification information;

email reception notification information;

messenger reception notification information;

missed call notification information;

battery related notification information;

or

update related notification information.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying an operation screen of an application associated with the notification information when a gesture input comprising a drag of the notification information toward the displayed watch image is received.