METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20170153705A1
• Filed: 11/25/2016
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hyo-Gil, KIM, Sungwang
• Granted Patent: US 10,386,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for providing notification are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen, a communication circuit, an electric motor, a processor electrically coupled to the touch screen, the communication circuit, and the electric motor, and a memory electrically coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions to be executed by the processor which is configured to control for detecting occurrence of an event from a signal received through the communication circuit or an operation of the electronic device, generating a notification based on at least part of the event, detecting whether at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by a user'"'"'s hand or finger using the touch screen, and, when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, activating the electric motor.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a touch screen exposed through a part of the housing;

a communication circuit disposed inside the housing;

an electric motor disposed inside the housing;

at least one processor electrically coupled to the touch screen, the communication circuit, and the electric motor; and

a memory electrically coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the memory stores instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control for;

detecting occurrence of an event from a signal received through the communication circuit or from an operation of the electronic device;

generating a notification based on at least part of the event;

detecting whether at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by a user'"'"'s hand or finger using the touch screen; and

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, activating the electric motor.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for activating the electric motor related to the notification immediately after generating the notification.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are not touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, outputting the notification, and

when a touch input made by the user'"'"'s hand or finger is detected while the notification is being outputted, activating the electric motor.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for:

when the touch made by the user'"'"'s hand or finger on the at least some areas of the touch screen is held during a reference time, activating the electric motor.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, determining whether it is possible to identify the notification based on a user'"'"'s point of view, and

when it is determined that it is not possible to identify the notification, activating the electric motor.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, determining whether it is possible to identify the notification based on a state of at least one application which is being executed in the electronic device, and

when it is determined that it is possible to identify the notification, activating the electric motor.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the touch screen is configured to continuously determine whether the touch made by the user'"'"'s hand or finger is detected or not.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control for:

when the electric motor is activated, detecting motion information of the electronic device, and

performing a function corresponding to the occurrence of the event based on the motion information.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a touch screen exposed through a part of the housing and having at least some areas thereof continuously activated to recognize a touch;

a communication circuit disposed inside the housing;

an electric motor disposed inside the housing;

at least one processor electrically connected to the touch screen, the communication circuit, and the electric motor; and

a memory electrically coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the memory stores instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control for;

detecting occurrence of an event from a signal received through the communication circuit or from an operation of the electronic device;

generating a notification based on at least part of the event;

detecting whether at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by a user'"'"'s hand or finger using the touch screen; and

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, activating the electric motor.

10. An operation method of an electronic device, the operation method comprising:

detecting occurrence of an event from a signal received from an external electronic device or an from operation of the electronic device;

generating a notification based on at least part of the event;

detecting whether at least some areas of a touch screen functionally connected with the electronic device are touched by a user'"'"'s hand or finger; and

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, activating an electric motor functionally connected with the electronic device.

11. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the generating of the notification based on the at least part of the event comprises activating the electric motor related to the notification immediately after generating the notification.

12. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the activating of the electric motor comprises:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are not touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, outputting the notification; and

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger while the notification is being outputted, activating the electric motor.

13. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the activating of the electric motor comprises, when the touch made by the user'"'"'s hand or finger on the at least some areas of the touch screen is held during a reference time, activating the electric motor.

14. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the activating of the electric motor comprises:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, determining whether it is possible to identify the notification based on a user'"'"'s point of view; and

when it is determined that it is not possible to identify the notification, activating the electric motor.

15. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the activating of the electric motor comprises:

when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger, determining whether it is possible to identify the notification based on a state of at least one application which is being executed in the electronic device; and

when it is determined that it is possible to identify the notification, activating the electric motor.

16. The operation method of claim 10, wherein the detecting of whether the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user'"'"'s hand or finger comprises continuously determining whether the touch made on the at least some areas of the touch screen by the user'"'"'s hand or finger is detected or not.

17. The operation method of claim 10, further comprising:

when the electric motor is activated, detecting motion information of the electronic device; and

performing a function corresponding to the occurrence of the event based on the motion information.