WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20160143532A1
• Filed: 11/20/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Young, Kim, Dae-Hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/947,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20160143532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units

Abstract

A wearable device and a control method thereof are provided. The wearable device includes a processor, a sensor module configured to obtain biometric information about a user wearing the wearable device, and a light emitting module configured to output visual information corresponding to the obtained biometric information, wherein the processor controls an output attribute of the visual information to be changed and output according to a change in the obtained biometric information.

Claims

1. A wearable device comprising:

a processor;

a sensor module configured to obtain biometric information about a user wearing the wearable device; and

a light emitting module configured to output visual information corresponding to the obtained biometric information,

wherein the processor controls an output attribute of the visual information to be changed and output according to a change in the obtained biometric information.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the biometric information includes information on a pulse cycle of the user, and

the visual information includes at least one color output by the light emitting module.

3. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the output attribute includes an output period of a color output by the light emitting module or a kind of color output by the light emitting module.

4. The wearable device of claim 3, wherein when the pulse cycle is decreased, the processor controls the output period to be decreased and output according to the decreased pulse cycle.

5. The wearable device of claim 3, wherein when the pulse cycle is increased, the processor controls the output period to be increased and output according to the increased pulse cycle.

6. The wearable device of claim 3, wherein when the pulse cycle is increased or decreased, the processor controls a color output by the light emitting module to be output according to a predetermined output period.

7. A method of controlling a wearable device, the method comprising:

obtaining biometric information about a user wearing the wearable device;

outputting visual information corresponding to the obtained biometric information; and

changing an output attribute of the visual information according to a change of the obtained biometric information and outputting the visual information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the biometric information includes information on a pulse cycle of the user, and

wherein the visual information includes at least one color output by the light emitting module.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the output attribute includes an output period of a color output by the wearable device or a kind of color output by the wearable device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

when the pulse cycle is decreased, decreasing the output period according to the decreased pulse cycle and outputting the visual information.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

when the pulse cycle is increased, increasing the output period according to the decreased pulse cycle and outputting the visual information.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

when the pulse cycle is increased or decreased, outputting a color output by the wearable device according to a predetermined output period.

13. A wearable device comprising:

a light emitting module;

a sensor module configured to detect a movement of a user wearing the wearing device;

a communication module configured to receive information on a first distance set by the user; and

a processor configured to calculate a ratio of the received first distance to a second distance determined based on a movement of the user,

wherein the processor controls visual information corresponding to the calculated ratio to be output by the light emitting module.

14. The wearable device of claim 13, wherein the light emitting module includes a first light emitting module, a second light emitting module, and a third light emitting module.

15. The wearable device of claim 14, wherein the processor controls visual information corresponding to the ratio to be output by the second light emitting module.

16. The wearable device of claim 14, wherein the processor controls visual information corresponding to the ratio to be output by the second light emitting module and the third light emitting module.

17. The wearable device of claim 13, wherein the visual information includes a color output in correspondence to the calculated ratio.