METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

• US 20160344569A1
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHUN, Jae-Woong, CHOI, Won-Suk, LEE, Jung-Eun, CHEONG, Cheol-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 10,606,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for controlling an external device by an electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, may include: obtaining biometric information related to a user of the electronic device; generating user information related to the user based on the biometric information; and storing the user information.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an external device by an electronic device, comprising:

obtaining biometric information related to a user of the electronic device;

generating user information based on the biometric information; and

storing the user information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information comprises at least part of a user'"'"'s physical state, user'"'"'s emotional state, or information on the user'"'"'s surrounding environment.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if a user input for controlling an external device is detected, requesting, to the external device, device information related to the external device, and receiving the device information;

determining shared information, which is at least part of the user information, based on the device information;

transmitting the shared information to the external device;

generating a control signal for controlling the external device based on the device information or the shared information; and

transmitting the control signal to the external device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying an icon corresponding to the external device; and

displaying one or more items, which represent a control state of the external device, close to the icon, or differently displaying the icon based on the control state of the external device.

5. A method in which an external device operates under control of an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, from the electronic device, a request for transmitting device information related to the external device;

transmitting the device information to the electronic device;

receiving shared information required for controlling the external device from the electronic device; and

receiving, from the electronic device, a first control signal based on the device information or the shared information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

executing a first operation based on the first control signal.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance; and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, executing an operation based on a control signal received from one of the electronic device and the another electronic device, having a higher priority.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance; and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, executing a second operation based on the second control signal.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance; and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, executing an operation based on a combination of the first control signal and the second control signal.

10. An electronic device for controlling an external device comprising:

a memory;

a sensor module comprising at least one sensor, the sensor module configured to obtain biometric information related to a user of the electronic device; and

a processor configured to generate user information based on the biometric information, and to store the user information in the memory.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the user information comprises at least part of the user'"'"'s physical state, the user'"'"'s emotional state, or information on the user'"'"'s surrounding environment.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

a communication interface comprising communication circuitry configured to;

request, to an external device, device information related to an external device if a user input for controlling the external device is detected, and

receive the device information from the external device.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine shared information, which is at least part of the user information, based on the device information,

control the communication interface to transmit the shared information to the external device,

generate a first control signal for controlling the external device based on the device information or the shared information, and

control the communication interface to transmit the first control signal to the external device.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, further comprising:

a display configured to display an icon corresponding to the external device,

wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display one or more items representing a control state of the external device, close to the icon, or to differently display the icon based on the control state of the external device.

15. An external device controlled by an electronic device comprising:

a communication interface comprising communication circuitry; and

a processor configured to;

receive, from the electronic device, a request for transmitting device information related to the external device through the communication interface,

transmit the device information to the electronic device through the communication interface,

receive shared information required for controlling the external device from the electronic device through the communication interface, and

receive a first control signal based on the device information or the shared information from the electronic device through the communication interface.

16. The external device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to execute an first operation based on the first control signal.

17. The external device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance, and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, execute an operation based on a control signal received from one of the electronic device and the other electronic device, having a higher priority.

18. The external device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance, and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, execute a second operation based on the second control signal.

19. The external device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a second control signal received from another electronic device has been stored in advance, and

if it is determined that the second control signal has been stored in advance, execute an operation based on a combination of the first control signal and the second control signal.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon which, when executed causes an external device to be controlled by an electronic device by performing operations comprising:

acquiring biometric information related to a user of the electronic device; and

generating user information based on the biometric information and storing the generated user information.