METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCHEDULE ON WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20140347289A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Ju-Youn, SUH, Ji-Eun
• Granted Patent: US 10,782,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/00 Specific applications

Abstract

A method of displaying a schedule on a wearable additional device is provided. The method includes connecting a portable electronic device which can synchronize a schedule, receiving a user input for displaying the schedule on a display screen of the wearable additional device, and displaying the schedule received from the portable electronic device on the display screen of the wearable additional device in response to the user input, wherein the schedule is displayed in a form of sector areas corresponding to a plurality of schedule items, and each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a schedule in a wearable additional device, the method comprising:

connecting a portable electronic device configured to synchronize a schedule;

receiving a user input for displaying the schedule on a display screen of the wearable additional device; and

displaying the schedule received from the portable electronic device on the display screen of the wearable additional device in response to the user input,

wherein the schedule is displayed in a form of sector areas corresponding to a plurality of schedule items, and

wherein each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the schedule comprises chronologically arranging section areas corresponding to schedule items for a total display time from a reference time in a clockwise direction and displaying the sector areas on the display screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is received from the portable electronic device or detected from the display screen of the wearable additional device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the reference time is a current time, and the sector areas start at 12:

00 on the display screen or start at an hour hand corresponding to the current time and are arranged in a clockwise direction.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting a touch input by a user from the display screen; and

arranging and displaying sector areas corresponding to schedule items for twelve hours on the display screen in a clockwise direction from the hour hand corresponding to the current time in response to the touch input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the sector areas includes at least one text character string indicating at least one of a title, a start time, an end time, a memo, and a schedule type set for a corresponding schedule item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sector items have different colors in accordance with schedule types set for corresponding schedule items.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a circular movement of a rotary included in the wearable additional device;

changing the reference time in response to the circular movement; and

chronologically displaying the sector areas corresponding to the schedule items for the total display time from the changed reference time.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a touch gesture from the display screen of the wearable additional device;

changing the reference time in response to the touch gesture; and

chronologically displaying the sector areas corresponding to the schedule items for the total display time from the changed reference time.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a touch gesture from the display screen;

displaying a menu window including a plurality of menu items corresponding to a plurality of changeable total display times on the display screen in response to the touch gesture; and

when a touch release is detected from a particular menu item from among the menu items, arranging and displaying sector areas corresponding to schedule items for a total display time corresponding to the menu item from which the touch release is detected in a clockwise direction.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a touch input by a user from a particular sector area of the sector areas; and

at least one of highlighting the particular sector area in response to the detection of the touch input, displaying a popup window including detailed schedule information of a schedule item corresponding to the particular sector area in response to the detection of the touch input, and displaying remaining sector areas except for the particular sector area to dim in response to the detection of the touch input.

12. A wearable additional device for displaying a schedule, the wearable additional device comprising:

a communication unit configured to connect a portable device which can synchronize the schedule;

a display screen configured to display the schedule in a form of sector areas corresponding to a plurality of schedule items; and

a controller configured to receive a user input for displaying the schedule on the display screen and to display the schedule received from the portable electronic device on the display screen in response to the user input,

wherein each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

13. The wearable additional device of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to chronologically arrange sector areas corresponding to schedule items for a total display time from a reference time in a clockwise direction and to display the sector areas on the display screen.

14. The wearable additional device of claim 12, wherein the user input is received from the portable electronic device or detected from the display screen of the wearable additional device.

15. The wearable additional device of claim 13, wherein the reference time is a current time, and the sector areas start at 12:

00 on the display screen or start at an hour hand corresponding to the current time and are arranged in a clockwise direction.

16. The wearable additional device of claim 12, wherein each of the sector areas includes at least one text character string indicating at least one of a title, a start time, an end time, a memo, and a schedule type set for a corresponding schedule item.

17. The wearable additional device of claim 12, wherein the sector items have different colors in accordance with schedule types set for corresponding schedule items.

18. The wearable additional device of claim 12, wherein the communication unit receives the schedule data from the portable electronic device.

19. A method of displaying a schedule in a wearable additional device connectable with a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

reconfiguring the schedule in a form which can be displayed on a display screen of the wearable additional device; and

transmitting User Interface (UI) composition information indicating the reconfigured schedule to the wearable additional device,

wherein the UI composition information corresponds to a plurality of schedule items and indicates sector areas arranged to be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device, and each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total display time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the UI composition information corresponds to schedule items for a total display time from a reference time and indicates sector areas chronologically arranged in a clockwise direction.

21. A portable electronic device displaying a schedule to a wearable additional device, the portable electronic device comprising:

a controller configured to reconfigure the schedule in a form which can be displayed on a display screen of the wearable additional device;

a communication unit configured to transmit User Interface (UI) composition information indicating the reconfigured schedule to the wearable additional device,

wherein the UI composition information corresponds to a plurality of schedule items and indicates sector areas arranged to be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device, and each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

22. The portable electronic device of claim 22, wherein the UI composition information corresponds to schedule items for a total display time from a reference time and indicates sector areas chronologically arranged in a clockwise direction.