WEARABLE GLASSES AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT USING THE SAME

• US 20160034042A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JOO, Ga-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• 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: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

A wearable glasses is provided. The wearable glasses includes a sensing circuit, a communication interface, a display, and a controller. The sensing circuit senses movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses. The communication interface receives notification message information. The display displays the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses. The controller determines a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and controls the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user.

Claims

1. A wearable glasses comprising:

a sensing circuit configured to sense movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses;

a communication interface configured to receive notification message information;

a display configured to display the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses; and

a controller configured to determine a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and control the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user.

2. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses by using at least one sensor included in the sensing circuit, and control the sensing circuit to sense a movement of the user when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses.

3. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the movement state of the user by using at least one of acceleration information, tilt information, biometric information, altitude information, atmospheric pressure information, eyeball tracking information, and position information measured by the sensing circuit.

4. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the movement state of the user using movement information of the user received from an external device.

5. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a time to display the notification message information based on the movement state of the user and control the display to display the notification message information at the determined time.

6. The wearable glasses of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to output the notification message information at a present time when a movement speed of the user is less than a threshold speed, and when the movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than the threshold speed, the controller is further configured to determine to output the notification message information at a different time than the present time.

7. The wearable glasses of claim 6, wherein the different time comprises at least one of a point of time when a user input for requesting to output the notification message information is received, a point of time when a movement state of the user is changed, and a point of time when a preset time has passed.

8. The wearable glasses of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a display form for displaying the notification message information based on a movement state of the user and control the display to display the notification message information according to the determined display form.

9. The wearable glasses of claim 8, wherein when a movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than a threshold speed, the controller is further configured to display a portion of the notification message information, and when a movement speed of the user is less than the threshold speed, the controller is further configured to display an entirety of the notification message information.

10. The wearable glasses of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to determine at least one of an audio signal and a video signal as an output form of the notification message information according to environment information about an environment within a certain distance from the wearable glasses.

11. The wearable glasses of claim 10, wherein the environment information includes at least one of information about external sounds generated within the certain distance from the wearable glasses and information about an external image obtained by using an image sensor.

12. A wearable glasses comprising:

a sensing circuit configured to sense a movement of a user and output a signal;

a communication interface configured to receive notification message information;

a display configured to display the notification message information; and

a controller configured to control the display to display the received notification message information based on the signal output from the sensing circuit.

13. The wearable glasses of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses based on a signal output from at least one sensor included in the sensing circuit, and when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses, the controller is further configured to control the sensing circuit to sense a movement of the user.

14. A method of providing information, wherein the method is performed by a wearable glasses and comprises:

receiving notification message information;

sensing movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses;

determining a movement state of the user by using sensed movement information of the user; and

displaying the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the sensing of movement information of the user comprises:

determining whether the user is wearing the wearable glasses by using at least one sensor included in the wearable glasses; and

sensing the movement information of the user when it is determined that the user is wearing the wearable glasses.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying of the received notification message information comprises:

determining a time to display the notification message information; and

displaying the notification message information at the determined time.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining a time to display the notification message information comprises determining to output the notification message information at a present time when a movement speed of the user is less than a threshold speed and to output the notification message information at a different time than the present time when the movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than the threshold speed.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying of the received notification message information comprises:

determining a display form for displaying the notification message information; and

displaying the notification message information according to the determined display form.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining of the display form comprises:

determining to output a portion of the notification message information when a movement speed of the user is equal to or greater than a threshold speed and to output an entirety of the notification message information when a movement speed of the user is less than the threshold speed.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining of the display form comprises:

obtaining environment information about an environment within a certain distance from the wearable glasses; and

determining to provide the notification message information in the form of at least one of an audio signal and a video signal according to the obtained environment information.