WEARABLE DEVICE, PORTABLE DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD

• US 20160150398A1
• Filed: 11/25/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsiao, Chih-Hsiang, Huang, Shih-Chieh
• Application Number:
  US14/552,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A wearable device includes a plurality of sensors, a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The wireless communication unit is arranged for communicating with an electronic device having a plurality of sensors. The control unit is arranged for receiving at least one sensed data from the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and comparing the at least one sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data generated by at least one of the sensors of the wearable device to generate a comparison result, and determining whether the electronic device is in a aware status according to the comparison result.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a wireless communication unit, for communicating with an electronic device having a plurality of sensors;

a control unit, for receiving at least one sensed data from the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and (comparing the at least one sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data generated by at least one of the sensors of the wearable device to generate a comparison result, and determining whether the electronic device is in an aware status or not according to the comparison result).

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the control unit receives a plurality of sensed data generated from at least two sensors of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the plurality of sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data generated by at least two of the sensors of the wearable device to generate a plurality of comparison results, and the control unit determines whether the electronic device is in the aware status according to the comparison results.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein in a device discovery process, the wearable device sends a request signal to the electronic device to request the usable sensors in the electronic device, and the wearable device starts to receive the at least one sensed data from the electronic device periodically.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein both the wearable device and the electronic device have at least two of a barometer sensor, an accelerometer, a noise sensor and an ambient light sensor, and the control unit receives sensed data generated by the at least two of the barometer sensor, the accelerometer, the noise sensor and the ambient light sensor of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data sensed by the sensors of the wearable device to generate at least two comparison results, and only when both the at least two comparison results indicate that the sensed data of the wearable device and the sensed data of the electronic device are asynchronous, the wearable device determines that the electronic device is not in the aware status.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein both the wearable device and the electronic device comprises a pedometer and an ambient light sensor, and the control unit receives sensed data generated by the pedometer and the ambient light sensor of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data sensed by the pedometer and the ambient light sensor of the wearable device to generate two comparison results, and only when both the two comparison results indicate that the sensed data of the wearable device and the sensed data of the electronic device are asynchronous, the wearable device determines that the electronic device is not in the aware status.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein both the wearable device and the electronic device have an accelerometer, and the control unit receives the sensed data generated by the accelerometer of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the sensed data of the electronic device with the sensed data sensed by the accelerometer of the wearable device to generate the comparison result, and when the comparison result indicates that the sensed data of the wearable device and the sensed data of the electronic device are asynchronous, the wearable device determines that the electronic device is not in the aware status.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the control unit receives a plurality of sensed data generated from at least two sensors of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the plurality of sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data generated by at least two of the sensors of the wearable device to generate a plurality of comparison results, respectively, wherein each comparison result indicates that whether the sensed data sensed by one sensor of the wearable device and the sensed data sensed by one sensor the electronic device is synchronous or asynchronous;

and when a specific comparison result of the comparison results indicates that the sensed data of the wearable device and the electronic device is synchronous, the wearable device determines that the electronic device is in the aware status no matter whether the other comparison results indicate whether the sensed data of the wearable device and the electronic device are synchronous or not.

8. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the control unit receives WiFi information of the electronic device via the wireless communication unit, and the control unit compares the received WiFi information of the electronic device with WiFi information of the wearable device to generate the specific comparison result.

9. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the WiFi information of the electronic device comprises sensed access points (APs) or a sensed Beacon sensed by an antenna of the electronic device, and the WiFi information of the wearable device comprises sensed access points (APs) or a sensed Beacon sensed by an antenna of the wearable device.

10. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein when the control unit determines that the electronic device is not in the aware status, the wearable device transmits a control signal to the electronic device to trigger an operation of the electronic device.

11. A control method of a portable device, comprising:

obtaining sensed data from at least one sensor of the portable device;

receiving at least one data from an electronic device;

comparing the at least one data of the electronic device with the sensed data of the portable device to generate a comparison result; and

determining whether the electronic device is in an aware status or not according to the comparison result.

12. The control method of claim 11, wherein the comparing step is implemented by a scenario algorithm to compare the sensed data of the portable device with the data of the electronic device.

13. The control method of claim 11, wherein the step of receiving the at least one data from an electronic device comprises:

receiving a calendar event from the electronic device.

14. The control method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining step, the receiving step, the comparing step and the determining step comprises:

obtaining a plurality of sensed data from a plurality of sensors of the portable device;

receiving a plurality of sensed data generated from a plurality of sensors of the electronic device;

comparing the plurality of sensed data of the electronic device with the plurality of sensed data of the portable device to generate a plurality of comparison results; and

determining whether the electronic device is in a aware status or not according to the comparison results.

15. The control method of claim 11, wherein the at least one data from an electronic device is at least one sensed data from the electronic device, and the control method further comprises:

in a device discovery process, sending a request signal to the electronic device to request the usable sensors in the electronic device; and

starting to receive the at least one sensed data from the electronic device periodically.

16. The control method of claim 11, wherein both the portable device and the electronic device comprises a pedometer and an ambient light sensor, and the obtaining step, the receiving step, the comparing step and the determining step comprises:

obtaining sensed data from the pedometer and the ambient light sensor of the of the portable device;

receiving sensed data generated by the pedometer and the ambient light sensor of the electronic device;

comparing the sensed data of the electronic device with the sensed data of the portable device to generate two comparison results; and

only when both the two comparison results indicate that the sensed data of the portable device and the sensed data of the electronic device are asynchronous, determining that the electronic device is not in the aware status.

17. The control method of claim 11, wherein both the portable device and the electronic device have an accelerometer, and the obtaining step, the receiving step, the comparing step and the determining step comprises:

obtaining sensed data from the accelerometer of the of the portable device;

receiving sensed data generated by the accelerometer of the electronic device;

comparing the sensed data of the electronic device with the sensed data of the portable device to generate two comparison results; and

when the comparison result indicates that the sensed data of the portable device and the sensed data of the electronic device are asynchronous, determining that the electronic device is not in the aware status.

18. The control method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining step, the receiving step, the comparing step and the determining step comprises:

obtaining a plurality of sensed data from a plurality of sensors of the portable device;

receiving a plurality of sensed data generated from a plurality of sensors of the electronic device;

comparing the plurality of sensed data of the electronic device with the plurality of sensed data of the portable device to generate a plurality of comparison results, respectively;

determining whether both the portable device and the electronic device are at home according to one of the comparison results; and

when it is determined that both the portable device and the electronic device are at home, determining that the electronic device is in the aware status no matter whether the other comparison results indicate whether the sensed data of the portable device and the electronic device are synchronous or not.

19. A portable device, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a wireless communication unit, for communicating with an electronic device having a plurality of sensors;

a control unit, for comparing at least one sensed data of the electronic device with sensed data generated by at least one of the sensors of the portable device; and

generating a control signal representing that the at least one sensed data of the electronic device and the sensed data generated by at least one of the sensors of the portable device are synchronous or asynchronous.

20. The portable device of claim 19, wherein when one of the portable device and the electronic device determines that the at least one sensed data of the electronic device and the sensed data generated by at least one of the sensors of the portable device are asynchronous, the one or both of the portable device and the electronic device make an alarm.