PROCESSING METHOD OF A COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME

• US 20160066295A1
• Filed: 08/28/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Woo Jung, HONG, Seung Hwan, KIM, So Ra, YOON, Seo Young
• Application Number:
  US14/838,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20160066295A1
• 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 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

An electronic device may include a communication interface for receiving a communication event and a processor that is configured to check a connected state or a mounted state of a body-mounted device and to differentially output at least one output interface related to the communication event corresponding to at least one of the connected state and the mounted state.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface for receiving a communication event; and

at least one processor configured to determine a state of a body-mounted device with respect to the electronic device, the state including at least one of a connected state of the body-mounted device with respect to the electronic device and a mounted state of the body-mounted device with respect to the electronic device, wherein the least one processor is configured to differentially output an output interface related to the communication event received corresponding to the determination of at least one of the connected state and the mounted state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the least one processor is configured to display the output interface related to the communication event, wherein the output interface is displayed on each of the separated display areas while playing content related to the body-mounted device on the display.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the least one processor outputs at least one of a call-related screen and a message reception-related screen corresponding to the communication event on one display area if the connected state ceases.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a call acceptance image in response to reception of the communication event, and connects a call if the call acceptance image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a call rejection image in response to reception of the communication event and rejects a call if the call rejection image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a call end image in response to reception of the communication event and ends a call if the call end image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor rejects or ends a call if a specified portion of a content screen related to the body-mounted device is gazed at for a specified time in a call connection requested state or a during-a-call state related to the communication event.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a message reception notification image in response to reception of the communication event and displays message contents if the message reception notification image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a message reception notification image and a cancellation image in response to reception of the communication event, and removes the message reception notification image if the cancellation image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the mounted state, the least one processor displays the output interface including a message reception notification image or message contents related to the communication event, and removes the message reception notification image or the message contents if a specified portion of a content screen related to the body-mounted device is gazed at for a specified time.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the connected state, the least one processor outputs at least one of a flickering lamp light, a vibration, or audio data corresponding to call reception notification or message reception notification related to the communication event with a lamp light flickering pattern, a vibration strength level, or an audio data volume level different from that for the mounted state.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the least one processor decreases, in the mounted state, at least one of the audio data volume level or the vibration strength level so that the audio data volume level or the vibration strength level is lower than that for a dismounted state or a disconnected state.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the least one processor temporarily mutes audio data of content related to the body-mounted device and outputs notification audio data related to the communication event, in the connected state or the mounted state.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the least one processor gradually decreases a volume of the audio data of the content, and gradually increases a volume of the notification audio data.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the least one processor outputs the audio data of the content temporarily muted with a specified volume when a call is ended.

16. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the least one processor gradually increases a volume of the audio data of the content temporarily muted when a call is ended.

17. A communication function control method comprising:

receiving a communication event;

determining a state of a body-mounted device with respect to an electronic device, the state including at least one of a connected state with a body-mounted device and a mounted state of the body-mounted device during a connection with the body-mounted device; and

differentially outputting an output interface related to the communication event, the communication event corresponding to at least one of the connected state and the mounted state.

18. The communication function control method of claim 17, wherein the outputting comprises displaying the output interface related to the communication event on each of separated display areas of a display corresponding to request to play content related to the body-mounted device.

19. The communication function control method of claim 18, wherein the outputting comprises outputting a call-related screen or a message reception-related screen corresponding to the communication event on one display area if the connected state is released.

20. The communication function control method of claim 17, wherein the outputting comprises at least one of:

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including a call acceptance image based on reception of the communication event and performing call connection if the call acceptance image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter;

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including a call rejection image based on the reception of the communication event and performing call rejection if the call rejection image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter;

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including a call end image based on the reception of the communication event and performing call ending if the call end image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter;

performing, in the mounted state, the call rejection or the call ending if a specified portion of a content screen related to the body-mounted device is gazed at for a specified time in a call connection requested state or a during-a-call state related to the communication event;

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including a message reception notification image based on the reception of the communication event and displaying message contents if the message reception notification image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter;

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including the message reception notification image and a cancellation image based on the reception of the communication event and removing the message reception notification image if the cancellation image is gazed at for a specified time or a specified event occurs thereafter; and

displaying, in the mounted state, the output interface including the message reception notification image or message contents related to the communication event and removing the message reception notification image or the message contents if a specified portion of the content screen related to the body-mounted device is gazed at for a specified time.