WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING MESSAGE FROM THE SAME

• US 20160164559A1
• Filed: 11/27/2015
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji-Hyun, CHAE, Han-joo, NAH, Hyun-soo, Ryu, Jong-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 10,020,835 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3855 carried in a belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

A wearable device worn on a body of a user is provided. The wearable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense state information of the user, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input from the user, a controller configured to select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received, a display configured to display the selected at least one string, and a communicator configured to transmit a message including the at least one string to a receiver device.

Claims

1. A wearable device worn on a body of a user, the wearable device comprising:

a sensing unit configured to sense state information of the user;

a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input from the user;

a controller configured to select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received;

a display configured to display the selected at least one string; and

a communicator configured to transmit a message including the at least one string to a receiver device.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the state information of the user comprises at least one of information related to a movement of the user, information related to a location of the user, and information related to a biometric signal of the user.

3. The wearable device of claim 1,

wherein the state information of the user comprises information related to a movement of the user, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a type of a movement of the user based on the state information of the user, and

select at least one string corresponding to the determined type of movement from the plurality of strings based on the determined type of movement.

4. The wearable device of claim 1,

wherein the state information of the user comprises at least one of information related to the location of the user and information related to the biometric signal of the user,

wherein the controller is further configured to select at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user, and

wherein the display is further configured to display the state information of the user and the selected at least one string.

5. The wearable device of claim 1,

wherein the display is further configured to display a string set including strings corresponding to the state information of the user from the plurality of strings,

wherein the touch input unit is further configured to receive a user input for selecting at least one of the strings included in the string set, and

wherein the communicator is further configured to transmit a message including the selected at least one string to the receiver device based on the user input.

6. The wearable device of claim 1,

wherein the display is further configured to display a string selected based on the touch input from the plurality of strings and at least one string selected based on the state information of the user from the plurality of strings, and

wherein the communicator is further configured to transmit a message including the string selected based on the touch input and the at least one string to the receiver device.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

obtain information about a schedule of the user; and

select at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the information about the schedule.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

obtain information about a receiver device; and

select at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the information about the receiver device.

9. The wearable device of claim 8,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises intimacy information indicating a relationship between the user and a user of the receiver device, and

wherein the controller is further configured to select at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the intimacy information.

10. The wearable device of claim 8,

wherein the information about the receiver device comprises a record of strings included in past messages transmitted by the wearable device to the receiver device, and

wherein the controller is further configured to select at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the record.

11. A method of transmitting a message at a wearable device, the method comprising:

receiving a touch input from a user;

displaying, when the touch input is received, at least one string selected from a plurality of strings based on state information of the user; and

transmitting a message including the at least one string to a receiver device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the state information of the user comprises at least one of information related to a movement of the user, information related to a location of the user, and information related to a biometric signal of the user.

13. The method of claim 11,

wherein the state information of the user comprises information related to a movement of the user, and

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises:

determining a type of a movement of the user based on the state information of the user,

selecting at least one string corresponding to the determined type of movement from the plurality of strings based on the determined type of movement, and

displaying the selected at least one string.

14. The method of claim 11,

wherein the state information of the user comprises at least one of information related to the location of the user and information related to the biometric signal of the user, and

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises:

selecting at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user, and

displaying the state information of the user and the selected at least one string.

15. The method of claim 11,

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises displaying a string set including strings corresponding to the state information of the user from the plurality of strings, and

wherein the transmitting of the message comprises:

receiving a user input for selecting at least one of the strings included in the string set, and

transmitting a message including the selected at least one string to the receiver device based on the user input.

16. The method of claim 11,

wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises displaying a string selected based on the touch input from the plurality of strings and at least one string selected based on the state information of the user from the plurality of strings, and

wherein the transmitting of the message comprises transmitting a message including the string selected based on the touch input and the at least one string to the receiver device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises:

obtaining information about a schedule of the user;

selecting at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the information about the schedule; and

displaying the selected at least one string.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the at least one string comprises:

obtaining information about a receiver device;

selecting at least one of the plurality of strings based on the state information of the user and the information about the receiver device; and

displaying the selected at least one string.

19. An electronic device for transmitting a message by using a wearable device, the electronic device comprising:

a communicator configured to;

receive from the wearable device state information of a user obtained from the wearable device, and

receive a touch input of the user obtained from the wearable device; and

a controller configured to select at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received,

wherein the communicator is further configured to;

transmit the selected at least one string to the wearable device, and

transmit a message including the at least one string to a receiver device, and

wherein the transmitted at least one string is displayed via the wearable device.

20. A method of transmitting a message by using a wearable device, wherein the method is performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving from the wearable device state information of a user obtained from the wearable device and a touch input of the user obtained from the wearable device;

selecting at least one of a plurality of strings based on the state information when the touch input is received;

transmitting the selected at least one string to the wearable device and displaying the transmitted at least one string via the wearable device; and

transmitting a message including the at least string to a receiver device.