PROVIDING META INFORMATION IN WRIST DEVICE

• US 20140240243A1
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Perala, Minna, Helisten, Jukka-Pekka
• Granted Patent: US 9,323,363 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program for providing meta information in a wrist-worn training computer. The method includes displaying, by the wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising at least one display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer; indicating, by an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and displaying, in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, by a wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising at least one display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and

displaying, in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the meta information is triggered by detection of the sweep touch input starting from a first edge of the display screen and ending at a second edge, opposite to the first edge, of the display screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the display of the meta information is triggered by detection of the sweep touch input starting from an upper edge of the display screen and ending at a lower edge of the display screen, and wherein the upper edge and lower edge are determined from the viewpoint of a user looking at the display screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view comprises a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the subset displayed on the second display view is selected on the basis of the display element displayed on the first display view.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising returning to the first display view upon detecting a user input while displaying the second display view.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second display view is exclusively informative and the only function associated with the second display view is to return to the first display view.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating at least a first function and a second function with the display element, wherein the first function is said display of the meta information and the second function is executing an action upon detection of a selection input from the user and directed to the display element, wherein the action comprises at least one of executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer, changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, and navigating in a menu structure of the wrist-worn training computer.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after displaying the second display view.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after the second display view has been displayed a determined number of times, wherein the determined number is higher than one, or after a determined time period has elapsed from a first time the second display view was provided.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second display view is provided without the display element displayed in the first display view.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising indicating the availability of the meta information by highlighting a display element displayed in first display view.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a wrist-worn training computer comprising a touch-sensitive display screen, at least one processor, at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising;

displaying a first display view comprising at least one display element on the touch-sensitive display screen, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and

displaying, in a second display view, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising triggering the display of the meta information upon detection of the sweep touch input starting from a first edge of the display screen and ending at a second edge, opposite to the first edge, of the display screen.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising triggering the display of the meta information upon detection of the sweep touch input starting from an upper edge of the display screen and ending at a lower edge of the display screen, and wherein the upper edge and lower edge are determined from the viewpoint of a user looking at the display screen.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view comprises a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, and wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising selecting the subset displayed on the second display view on the basis of the display element displayed on the first display view.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising returning to the first display view upon detecting a user input while displaying the second display view.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second display view is exclusively informative and the only function associated with the second display view is to return to the first display view.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising associating at least a first function and a second function with the display element, wherein the first function is said display of the meta information and the second function is executing an action upon detection of a selection input from the user and directed to the display element, wherein the action comprises at least one of executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer, changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, and navigating in a menu structure of the wrist-worn training computer.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after displaying the second display view.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after the second display view has been displayed a determined number of times, wherein the determined number is higher than one, or after a determined time period has elapsed from a first time the second display view was provided.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising providing the second display view without the display element displayed in the first display view.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising indicating the availability of the meta information by highlighting a display element displayed in first display view.

23. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to execute a computer process comprising:

displaying a first display view comprising at least one display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of a wrist-worn training computer, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by using an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and

displaying, in a second display view of the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen.