WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD CONTROLLING INFORMATION/SERVICE IN WEARABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20090241171A1
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Choi, Ji-Young, Yoo, Jin-Ho, Kim, Ga-Gue, Ahn, Hee-Joong, Jeong, Hyun-Tae, Han, Dong-Won, Kim, Bae-Sun, Son, Yong-Ki, Kim, Ji-Eun, Oh, Myoung-Hwan, Lee, Dong-Woo, Cho, Il-Yeon, Sunwoo, John
• Application Number:
  US12/439,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20090241171A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• 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

Abstract

A wearable system and a method for transferring and controlling information/service based on biologically generated information from a user are provided. In the method, an intuitive bio signal generated by a user is sensed and a device pointed by the sensed bio signal is selected. Then, bio signal information is created using the sensed bio signal and the generated bio signal information is transmitted to the selected device. After transmitting, the information/service is transferred to the selected device after confirming that the selected device that receives the bio signal information is activated.

Claims

1. A method for transferring information/service in a wearable system comprising:

sensing an intuitive bio signal generated by a user;

selecting a device pointed by the sensed bio signal;

creating bio signal information using the sensed bio signal;

transmitting the generated bio signal information to the selected device; and

transferring the information/service to the selected device after confirming that the selected device that receives the bio signal information is activated.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transferring the information/service according to an authentication result if the selected device is the other user'"'"'s wearable system.

3. A method for controlling information/service of a wearable system comprising:

transferring information/service to a device selected by an intuitive bio signal generated by a user;

controlling the transferred information/service by remotely controlling the selected device based on an instruction given by a user through the bio signal; and

storing the controlling result after the control of the selected device ends.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

sensing the intuitive bio signal of the user;

selecting the other device pointed by the bio signal if the user points the other device through the intuitive bio signal;

establishing a control channel to the selected device; and

controlling the transferred information/service by remotely controlling the selected other device based on an instruction given by the user through the bio signal.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of transferring the information/service to the selected device includes:

sensing an intuitive bio signal of the user;

selecting a device pointed by the sensed bio signal;

generating bio signal information to the selected device; and

transferring the information/service to the device after confirming that the device receiving the bio signal information is activated.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a result of authenticating the other user if the selected device is a wearable system of the other user; and

transferring the information/service to the wearable system of the other user if the other user is successfully authenticated.

7. A wearable system comprising:

a signal sensing unit for sensing an intuitive bio signal of a user;

a central processing unit for detecting the bio signal, selecting a device pointed by the detected bio signal, and generating bio signal information to transmit to the selected device; and

a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting the generated bio signal information, receiving related information from the selected device, and transferring information/service to the selected device.

8. The wearable system according to claim 7, further comprising:

an authenticating unit for authenticating a wearable system of the other user when receiving information/service from the wearable system of the other user.

9. The wearable system according to claim 8, wherein the authentication unit is formed in a wrist band shape with the signal sensing unit, the central processing unit, and the transmitting/receiving unit, and worn on the body of the user.

10. The wearable system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a display unit for displaying the information/service; and

a storing unit for storing information related to the information/service and the bio signal information.

11. The wearable system according to claim 10, wherein the display unit and the storing unit are worn on the user as a cloth with the central processing unit combined together, and are separate from the signal sensing unit and the transmitting/receiving unit separated.

12. The wearable system according to claim 7, wherein the central processing unit controls the transferred information/service by remotely controlling the selected device based on an instruction given by the user through the bio signal.

13. The wearable system according to claim 7, wherein when the user points another device through the bio signal, the central processing unit establishes a control channel to the pointed device, transfers the information/service to the pointed device, and controls the transferred information/service through remotely controlling the pointed device.

14. The wearable system according to claim 13, wherein the central processing unit includes a function of controlling the information/service to transfer to the wearable system of the other user if the pointed device is the wearable system of the other user.