Providing meta information in wrist device

• US 9,323,363 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Perala, Minna, Helisten, Jukka-Pekka
• Primary Examiner(s): CERULLO, LILIANA P
• Application Number:
  US13/780,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240243A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-178, 715863-864
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program for providing meta information in a wrist-worn training computer. The method includes displaying, by the wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising at least one display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer; indicating, by an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and displaying, in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, by a wrist-worn training computer in a measurement mode in which the wrist-worn training computer receives measurement data from at least one sensor device during a physical exercise performed by a user and computes at least one performance metric from the received measurement data, a first display view comprising a first display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the first display element comprises said at least one performance metric and is associated with a first function and a second function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by a second display element in the first display view, availability of meta information related to the physical exercise, the meta information comprising information associated with the first display element and the function of the wrist-worn training computer;

displaying, as the second function in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen in response to detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen; and

executing an action as the first function upon detection of a selection input from the user directed to the first display element, wherein the action comprises executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer or changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, the first function being different from the second function, the application being different from displaying the meta information in the second display view, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view is a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein contents of the subset displayed on the second display view are selected based on the contents of the first display view, the subset of the manual being a text file that is a portion of the manual.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the meta information is triggered by detection of the sweep touch input starting from a first edge of the display screen and ending at a second edge, opposite to the first edge, of the display screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the display of the meta information is triggered by detection of the sweep touch input starting from an upper edge of the display screen and ending at a lower edge of the display screen, and wherein the upper edge and lower edge are determined from the viewpoint of a user looking at the display screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising returning to the first display view upon detecting a user input while displaying the second display view.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second display view is exclusively informative and the only function associated with the second display view is to return to the first display view.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after displaying the second display view.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second display view is provided without at least one of the first display element and the second display element displayed in the first display view.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising indicating the availability of the meta information by highlighting a display element displayed in first display view.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta information displayed in the second display view comprises training instructions for the user to carry out during a physical exercise.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a wrist-worn training computer comprising a touch-sensitive display screen, at least one processor, at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising;

displaying, by the wrist-worn training computer in a measurement mode in which the wrist-worn training computer receives measurement data from at least one sensor device during a physical exercise performed by a user and computes at least one performance metric from the received measurement data, a first display view comprising a first display element on the touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the first display element comprises said at least one performance metric and is associated with a first function and a second function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by a second display element in the first display view, availability of meta information related to the physical exercise, the meta information comprising additional information associated with the first display element and the function of the wrist-worn training computer;

displaying, as the second function in a second display view, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen in response to detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen; and

executing an action as the first function upon detection of a selection input from the user and directed to the first display element, wherein the action comprises executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer or changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, the first function being different from the second function, the application being different from displaying the meta information in the second display view, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view is a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, and wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising selecting contents of the subset displayed on the second display view based on the contents of the first display view, the subset of the manual being a text file that is a portion of the manual.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising triggering the display of the meta information upon detection of the sweep touch input starting from a first edge of the display screen and ending at a second edge, opposite to the first edge, of the display screen.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising triggering the display of the meta information upon detection of the sweep touch input starting from an upper edge of the display screen and ending at a lower edge of the display screen, and wherein the upper edge and lower edge are determined from the viewpoint of a user looking at the display screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising returning to the first display view upon detecting a user input while displaying the second display view.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second display view is exclusively informative and the only function associated with the second display view is to return to the first display view.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after displaying the second display view.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising providing the second display view without at least one of the first display element and the second display element displayed in the first display view.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising indicating the availability of the meta information by highlighting a display element displayed in first display view.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the meta information displayed in the second display view comprises training instructions for the user to carry out during a physical exercise.

19. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to execute a computer process comprising:

displaying by a wrist-worn training computer in a measurement mode in which the wrist-worn training computer receives measurement data from at least one sensor device during a physical exercise performed by a user and computes at least one performance metric from the received measurement data, a first display view comprising a first display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the first display element comprises said at least one performance metric and is associated with a first function and a second function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by a second display element in the first display view, availability of meta information related to the physical exercise, the meta information comprising additional information associated with the first display view and the function of the wrist-worn training computer;

displaying, as the second function in a second display view of the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen in response to detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen; and

executing an action as the first function upon detection of a selection input from the user and directed to the first display element, wherein the action comprises executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer or changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, the first function being different from the second function, the application being different from displaying the meta information in the second display view, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view is a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein contents of the subset displayed on the second display view are selected based on the contents of the first display view, the subset of the manual being a text file that is a portion of the manual.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the meta information displayed in the second display view comprises training instructions for the user to carry out during a physical exercise.

21. A method comprising:

displaying, by a wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising a first display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the first display element is associated with a first function and a second function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by a second display element in the first display view, availability of meta information related to a physical exercise performed by a user of the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information comprising information associated with the first display element and the function of the wrist-worn training computer;

displaying, as the second function in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen in response to detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen;

executing an action as the first function upon detection of a selection input from the user directed to the first display element, wherein the action comprises executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer or changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, the first function being different from the second function, the application being different from displaying the meta information in the second display view; and

removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after the second display view has been displayed a determined number of times, wherein the determined number is higher than one, or after a determined time period has elapsed from a first time the second display view was provided, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view is a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein contents of the subset displayed on the second display view are selected based on the contents of the first display view, the subset of the manual being a text file that is a portion of the manual.

22. An apparatus comprising:

a wrist-worn training computer comprising a touch-sensitive display screen, at least one processor, at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising;

displaying, by the wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising a first display element on the touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the first display element is associated with a first function and a second function of the wrist-worn training computer;

indicating, by a second display element in the first display view, availability of meta information related to a physical exercise performed by a user of the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information comprising additional information associated with the first display element and the function of the wrist-worn training computer;

displaying, as the second function in a second display view, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen in response to detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen;

executing an action as the first function upon detection of a selection input from the user and directed to the first display element, wherein the action comprises executing an application in the wrist-worn training computer or changing an operative mode of the wrist-worn training computer, the first function being different from the second function, the application being different from displaying the meta information in the second display view; and

removing said indication of the availability of the meta information after the second display view has been displayed a determined number of times, wherein the determined number is higher than one, or after a determined time period has elapsed from a first time the second display view was provided, wherein the meta information displayed on the second display view is a subset of a manual of the wrist-worn training computer, and wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the wrist-worn training computer to perform operations comprising selecting contents of the subset displayed on the second display view based on the contents of the first display view, the subset of the manual being a text file that is a portion of the manual.