WEARABLE DEVICE ASSISTING SMART MEDIA APPLICATION AND VICE VERSA

• US 20150179050A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Invensense Incorporated (TDK Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Invensense Incorporated (TDK Corporation)
• Inventors: Katingari, Karthik, Heshmati, Ardalan
• Granted Patent: US 9,595,181 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A system includes a wearable device connected to a user and a smart media in remote communication with the wearable device. The wearable device is operable to track movement of the user and transmit the track movement information to the smart media. The smart media is operable to receive the track movement information and to use the received track movement information in an independent application.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wearable device connected to a user; and

a smart media in remote communication with the wearable device,

wherein the wearable device is operable to track movement of the user and transmit the track movement information to the smart media, further wherein, the smart media is operable to receive the track movement information and to use the received track movement information in an independent application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media is a smartphone.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device comprises any one of:

a headband, glasses, watch, pen, pedometer, chest strap, wrist band, head arm band, head wear, hat, sneakers, belt, or clothing.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is operable to track health or fitness of the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device communicates with the smart media through Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, wifi direct.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media has communication capability comprising:

Internet, wifi, or Bluetooth as well as location technologies such as GPS, wifi or cellular based location.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device includes one or multiple sensors operable to sense the track movement of the user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the sensor is any one of a gyroscope, a pressure sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetometer, temperature, humidity, force, heart rate, conductance, or a microphone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media includes one or multiple sensors operable to sense the track movement of the user and to synchronize with the wearable device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensor is a gyroscope, a pressure sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetometer, temperature, humidity, force, heart rate, conductance, or a microphone.

11. The system of claim 1, further including a computing engine operable to communicate with the wearable device and transmit context-based information thereto.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing engine is a part of the smart media.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing engine is a part of the wearable device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing engine is located externally to the wearable device and the smart media.

15. The system of claim 1, further including a computing engine operable to communicate with the smart media and transmit context-based information thereto.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is operable to determine one or more possible user activities.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the smart media is responsive to the one or more possible user activities from the wearable device and is operable to select one of the one or more possible user activities based upon the location of the user.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the determined one of the one or more possible user activities is transmitted to the wearable device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein based on the selected one of the one or more possible user activities, the smart media is operable to adjust power consumption.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is operable to establish a context of activity detection and report the detected activity to the smart media and the smart media is operable to, in response to the detected activity, adapts to the detected activity.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the smart media is operable to update a global positioning system (GPS) based on the detected activity.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein based on the detected activity, the smart media is operable to adjust power consumption.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media includes a sensor and the wearable device includes a sensor and using the sensors of the smart media and information from the sensors of the wearable device, combining platform heading direction provided by the sensors of the smart media and the information from the wearable device to provide a better platform heading.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media includes a sensor and the wearable device includes a sensor and using the sensors of the smart media and information from the sensor of the wearable device, combining platform heading direction provided by the sensor of the smart media and the information from the wearable device to provide a better distance estimation.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the information includes platform heading direction, sensor data update, or activity update.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the smart media is operable to set parameters on the wearable device.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the parameters are calibration parameters, a sensor on/off parameter, setting a range parameter, and a sensitivity parameter.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device and the smart media are in close proximity.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device determining power management based on context information transmitted from the smart media.

30. A method of monitoring activities of a user employing a wearable system comprising:

using a wearable device connected to a user, collecting track movement information by tracking movements of a user;

transmitting the track movement information to a smart media, the smart media being remotely coupled to the wearable device; and

using the received track movement information in an independent application.

31. The method of monitoring activities of a user, as recited in claim 30, further including identifying the track information in a database and providing the track information to the application.

32. The method of monitoring of claim 31, further including determining the location of the smart media and the wearable device with respect to a platform, the platform carrying the smart media and the wearable device.

33. The method of monitoring of claim 30 further including the wearable device determining the location of the smart media and the smart media determining the location of the wearable device.

34. The method of monitoring of claim 30, further including automatically launching an application based on the track movement information.

35. The method of monitoring of claim 30, further including receiving track movement information by the independent application after launching the independent application.