DEVICE CONTROL USING A WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20150145653A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Invensense Incorporated (TDK Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Invensense Incorporated (TDK Corporation)
• Inventors: KATINGARI, Karthik, HESHMATI, Ardalan
• Application Number:
  US14/089,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20150145653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A system and method are directed to controlling multiple devices using a common control unit for an established context. More particularly, the system and method are directed to controlling multiple devices using a common control unit such as a wearable device which controls activities for an established context. The control unit may control multiple devices where for a particular situation or context, a controlling activity, such as gesturing, enables the control unit to control and communicatively connect with the devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

utilizing smart media to establish a context for a wearable device; and

utilizing the context established wearable device to control one or more remote devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart media comprises any of a smart phone, tablet, personal computer, portable device, and wearable glasses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart media communicates with the wearable device and defines one or more control parameters to configure the wearable device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart media communicates with the one or more remote devices to be controlled.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the smart media further defines one or more control parameters to configure the one or more remote devices.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a control function of the wearable device is configured by the smart media.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a control function integrated within the wearable device triggers at least one of the one or more remote devices.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the control function comprises any of a touch, button, tap, signature, audio, text, command operation, image, bio signal, heart rate monitor, and movement.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the context established wearable device comprises any of a watch, chest-strap, shoe pod, head-band, arm-band, hat, wrist-band, and glasses.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the context established wearable device comprises a display.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a message from the context established wearable device is a context for controlling activity.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more remote devices comprises any of a television, car, garage door, audio, video, toy, home alarm, light, and door.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the context comprises any of preset, manual, automated, user predetermined, and user-defined event.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart media comprises any of a computer-based device and further integrates the wearable device and one or more remote devices therewith.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the control of the one or more remote devices is performed in response to receiving one or more gestures or movements associated with the wearable device in relation to each of the one or more remote devices.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more gestures comprises at least one user-defined gesture.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

establishing a context for a wearable device using smart media; and

utilizing the context established wearable device to provide control of one or more remote devices.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the smart media comprises any of a smart phone, tablet, personal computer, portable device, and wearable glasses and defines one or more control parameters to configure the wearable device;

wherein the smart media provides for communications over one or more communication methods with the one or more remote devices to be controlled; and

wherein the smart media further defines one or more control parameters to configure the one or more remote devices.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the context is of the one or more remote devices being control in relation to control function, context based control of the one or more remote devices, a user selecting the one or more remote devices to be controlled, establishing a direct connection between the wearable device and the one or more remote devices, a home alarm system, a user sleeping, a toy having an actuator, a light, proximity, and time of day.

20. A system comprising:

smart media for communicating with and establishing a context for a wearable device, the wearable device for associating one or more commands to control one or more remote devices, and the one or more remote devices for responding to the one more commands from the wearable device in relation to each of the one or more remote devices.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein a control function is integrated within the wearable device for actuating at least one of the one or more remote devices in response to one or more gestures of the wearable device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more gestures comprise any of a touch, button, tap, signature, audio, command operation, image, bio signal, heart rate monitor, and movement.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein a gesture detector associated with the wearable device comprises a touch sensor to detect contact of a user with the touch sensor.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein, the wearable device and the at least one of or more remote devices are an integrated device.