WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20160313869A1
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JANG, Hyungtae, HEO, Jeongyun, CHU, Junghoon
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,224 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A smart watch operatively connectable to a mobile terminal is disclosed. The smart watch includes a display unit configured to display a watch image and a controller configured to control the display unit to reduce the watch image when a preset event occurs and display notification information in an empty space of the display unit formed by reducing the watch image.

Claims

1. A smart watch comprising:

a display configured to display a watch image; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to reduce a size of the watch image when a preset event occurs; and

cause the display to display notification information related to the preset event at an empty area of the display resulting from reducing the size of the watch image.

2. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the preset event corresponds to:

a gesture input comprising movement of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

a gesture input comprising a touch and drag to a main body of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

or

a gesture input comprising a tap to the main body a predetermined number of times.

3. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the preset event corresponds to a notification event that occurs at the smart watch.

4. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the reduced size of the watch image at a central region or an edge region of the display.

5. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:

a plurality of notification items at the empty area; and

detailed information of a selected notification item of the plurality of notification items in response to a selection input to the selected notification item

6. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to change the size of the watch image according to an amount of detailed information to be displayed in the empty area when the displayed notification information is selected.

7. The smart watch according to claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to display the detailed information related to the selected notification information in the empty area.

8. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the notification information comprises:

schedule information;

message reception notification information;

email reception notification information;

messenger reception notification information;

missed call notification information;

battery related notification information;

or

update related notification information.

9. The smart watch according to claim 8, wherein:

the notification information is the schedule information; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the schedule information in the empty area based on a scheduled time of the schedule information.

10. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an operation screen of an application associated with the notification information when a gesture input comprising a drag of the notification information toward the displayed watch image is received.

11. A method for controlling a smart watch, the method comprising:

displaying a watch image on a display;

reducing a size of the watch image when a preset event occurs; and

displaying notification information at an empty area of the display resulting from reducing the watch image.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the preset event corresponds to:

a gesture input comprising movement of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

a gesture input comprising a touch and drag to a main body of the smart watch according to a predetermined pattern;

or

a gesture input comprising a tap to the main body a predetermined number of times.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the present event corresponds to a notification event that occurs at the smart watch.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising displaying the reduced size of the watch image at a central region or an edge region of the display.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of notification items at the empty area; and

displaying detailed information of a selected notification item of a plurality of notification items in response to a selection input to the selected notification item.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising changing a size of the watch image according to an amount of detailed information to be displayed in the empty area when the displayed notification information is selected.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising displaying the detailed information related to the selected notification information in the empty area.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification information comprises:

schedule information;

message reception notification information;

email reception notification information;

messenger reception notification information;

missed call notification information;

battery related notification information;

or

update related notification information.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the notification information is the schedule information and the method further comprises displaying the schedule information in the empty area based on a scheduled time of the schedule information.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising displaying an operation screen of an application associated with the notification information when a gesture input comprising a drag of the notification information toward the displayed watch image is received.