METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCORDING TO STATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20170048706A1
• Filed: 08/09/2016
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Jeong Gwan, LEE, Byungjun, SEO, Yunhwa, PARK, Kyong-Ha, HONG, Hyunsu
• Granted Patent: US 10,616,762 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using a first sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in a first state, transitioning, if the first state information satisfies a first designated condition, the electronic device from the first state to a second state, obtaining second state information related to at least a part of a user'"'"'s body corresponding to the electronic device by using a second sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state, and transitioning, if the second state information satisfies a second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to a third state.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using a first sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in a first state;

transitioning, if the first state information satisfies a first designated condition, the electronic device from the first state to a second state;

obtaining second state information related to at least a part of a user'"'"'s body corresponding to the electronic device by using a second sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state; and

transitioning, if the second state information satisfies a second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to a third state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transitioning to the second state comprises activating the second sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first state comprises a not-carry state.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second state comprises a carry state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third state comprises a wear state or an authentication state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the second state information comprises obtaining a distance or user'"'"'s biometric information by using the second sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the second state information comprises:

activating the second sensor upon recognizing a pre-set motion in the first sensor operatively coupled while the electronic device is in the second state; and

obtaining the second state information by using the activated second sensor,

wherein the transitioning to the third state further comprises, if the second state information satisfies the second designated condition, transitioning the electronic device from the second state to the third state, and deactivating the second sensor.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

activating, upon recognizing a pre-set motion in the first sensor operatively coupled while the electronic device is in the third state, the second sensor;

obtaining the second state information by using the activated second sensor; and

deactivating, if the second state information does not satisfy the second designated condition, the second sensor, and returning to the second state.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using the first sensor operatively coupled with the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state; and

transitioning, if the first state information does not satisfy the first designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to the first state.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

transitioning the electronic device from the second state to the third state;

executing at least one application;

performing an authentication procedure for the at least one executed application;

maintaining authentication until the electronic device transitions from the third state to at least one of the first state and the second state; and

cancelling the authentication if the electronic device transitions from the third state to the first state or the second state.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

confirming location information of the electronic device if the electronic device is in the first state; and

transmitting the location information to at least one different electronic device connected with the electronic device by using at least one communication scheme, based on a comparison result of the confirmed location information and pre-registered location information.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting information processed in the second state or the third state to a different electronic device when the electronic device transitions to the first state; and

requesting the different electronic device to transmit information if the electronic device transitions to the third state, and continuously providing a service of information executed in the different electronic device by using received information.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store a first designated condition and a second designated condition corresponding to states of the electronic device; and

at least one processor configured to;

obtain first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using a first sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in a first state,

transition, if the first state information satisfies a first designated condition, the electronic device from the first state to a second state,

obtain second state information related to at least a part of a user'"'"'s body corresponding to the electronic device by using a second sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state, and

transition, if the second state information satisfies a second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to a third state.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to activate the second sensor upon transitioning to the second state.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an authentication procedure based on the second state information.

16. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain a distance or user'"'"'s biometric information by using the second sensor.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

activate the second sensor upon recognizing a pre-set motion in the first sensor operatively coupled while the electronic device is in the second state,

obtain the second state information by using the activated second sensor, and

transition, if the second state information satisfies the second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to the third state, and deactivating the second sensor.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

activate the second sensor upon recognizing a pre-set motion in the first sensor operatively coupled while the electronic device is in the third state,

obtain the second state information by using the activated second sensor if the second state information does not satisfy the second designated condition,

deactivate the second sensor, and return to the second state.

19. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain the first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using the first sensor operatively coupled with the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state, and

transition, if the first state information does not satisfy the first designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to the first state.

20. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing at least one operation in a storage medium storing instructions configured to allow at least one processor to perform the at least one operation when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the at least one operation comprising:

obtaining first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using a first sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in a first state;

transitioning, if the first state information satisfies a first designated condition, the electronic device from the first state to a second state;

obtaining second state information related to at least a part of a user'"'"'s body corresponding to the electronic device by using a second sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state; and

transitioning, if the second state information satisfies a second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to a third state.