Information display device, information display system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for displaying types of information in accordance with order of display priority set in descending order of relevance to determined activity state of user

• US 9,703,384 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kita, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Sasinowski, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Castiaux, Brent D
• Application Number:
  US14/081,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20140168063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 345156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 3/0346 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 information display device includes a device body, a display section that displays information, a motion detection sensor provided in the device body, an information acquiring section that acquires a plurality of types of information, an action detection section that detects a predetermined action of a user from output data of the sensor, and a display control section that selectively displays, in the display section, the plurality of types of information acquired by the information acquiring section in a set order every time the action detection section detects the predetermined action of the user.

Claims

1. An information display device comprising:

a device body;

a display configured to display information;

a motion detection sensor provided in the device body; and

a hardware processor which is configured to;

acquire a plurality of types of information;

detect a predetermined action of a user from output data of the motion detection sensor;

set a display order for displaying the plurality of types of information in sequence, respectively, in accordance with received order information which is configured by an external operation performed at an external device and which is not performed at the information display device itself, wherein the order information is transmitted from the external device to the information display device; and

selectively display, on the display, one of the acquired plurality of types of information based on the set display order, each time the hardware processor detects the same predetermined action of the user.

2. The information display device according to claim 1,

wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine an activity state of the user based on output data of the motion detection sensor;

and

wherein the information display device further comprises a memory which stores a state table that is configured to associate in advance output data of the motion detection sensor obtained by an actual motion of the user in daily life with an activity state of the user when the user is making the motion, and to store the output data and the activity state,

wherein the hardware processor determines the activity state of the user from the output data of the motion detection sensor with reference to the state table.

3. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein the hardware processor selectively displays the plurality of types of information in the set display order.

4. The information display device according to claim 3, wherein:

the device body is in a shape of a watch so as to be attachable to a wrist of the user, and

the hardware processor acquires various types of information by short-distance wireless communication from a mobile terminal in the proximity of the device body while the device body is attached to the wrist of the user.

5. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor selectively displays, one at a time, the acquired plurality of types of information, according to the set display order, such that each time the same predetermined action is detected, a next one of the plurality of types of information is displayed according to the set display order.

6. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

acquire a first type of information and a second type of information,

set a first order for the first type of information and a second order for the second type of information, and

display the first type of information having the first order in a case in which the hardware processor detects the predetermined action of the user, and then, if the hardware processor again detects the same predetermined action of the user, to display the second type of information having the second order.

7. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the display order as a priority for displaying the plurality of types of information.

8. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

determine an activity state of the user based on output data of the motion detection sensor, and

set the display order for displaying the plurality of types of information based on the determined activity state of the user.

9. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the display order for the plurality of types of information in accordance with the external operation which is performed by a user on a setup screen on a display of the external device other which is external to the information display device.

10. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to receive the order information for setting the display order, and wherein the order information is set by the external operation which is performed by a user at the external device.

11. The information display device according to claim 10, wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the display order, when a user starts a function of setting the display order at the external device.

12. The information display device according to claim 11, wherein the external device comprises a display and a second hardware processor, and the second hardware processor is configured to display a setting screen on the display of the external device, when a user starts a function of setting the display order at the external device.

13. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

register a plurality of display orders for each of a plurality of activity states, in accordance with the order information;

detect a current activity state of the user from output data of the motion detection sensor;

select one of the plurality of display orders as the set display order, based on the detected activity state; and

selectively display one of the plurality of types of information based on the selected display order.

14. An information display system comprising:

a body-worn device; and

an electronic device,

wherein the body-worn device includes;

a device body;

a display;

a motion detection sensor provided in the device body; and

a first hardware processor which is configured to;

acquire a plurality of types of information from the electronic device;

detect a predetermined action of a user from output data of the motion detection sensor;

set a display order for displaying the plurality of types of information in sequence, respectively, in accordance with received order information which is configured by an external operation performed at an external device and which is not performed at the body-worn device itself, wherein the order information is transmitted from the external device to the body-worn device; and

selectively display, on the display, one of the acquired plurality of types of information based on the set display order, each time the first hardware processor detects the same predetermined action of the user, and

the electronic device includes;

a second hardware processor which is configured to acquire the information from a server storing the information for the body-worn device and to output the acquired information to the body-worn device.

15. The information display system according to claim 14, wherein the second hardware processor is configured to:

determine a type of information to be output to the body-worn device, and

acquire the determined type of information from the server and outputs the acquired information to the body-worn device.

16. The information display system according to claim 15, wherein:

the second hardware processor of the electronic device acquires the information by periodically accessing the server, and

the first hardware processor of the body-worn device determines at regular intervals whether communication is possible with the electronic device, and acquires the information from the electronic device in a case where communication is possible.

17. The information display system according to claim 16, wherein the external operation is performed at the electronic device, and

wherein the second hardware processor of the electronic device is configured to:

set the order information for setting the display order for displaying the plurality of types of information to be displayed in the body-worn device, in accordance with the external operation, which is performed at the electronic device; and

output data based on the set order information to the body-worn device.

18. The information display system according to claim 17, wherein the body-worn device and the electronic device each include a short-distance wireless communication section for data communication between the body-worn device and the electronic device.

19. The information display system according to claim 14, wherein the first hardware processor of the body-worn device selectively displays, one at a time, the acquired plurality of types of information, according to the set display order, such that each time the same predetermined action is detected, a next one of the plurality of types of information is displayed according to the set display order.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer installed in an electronic device including a motion detection sensor and a display, the program being executable by the computer to cause the computer to carry out functions comprising:

acquiring a plurality of types of information;

detecting a predetermined action of a user from output data of the motion detection sensor;

setting a display order for displaying the plurality of types of information in sequence, respectively, in accordance with received order information which is configured by an external operation performed at an external device and which is not performed at the electronic device itself, wherein the order information is transmitted from the external device to the electronic device; and

performing display control to selectively display, on the display, one of the plurality of types of information acquired, based on the set display order, each time the same predetermined action of the user is detected.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein:

the program further causes the computer to carry out functions comprising;

determining an activity state of the user based on output data of the motion detection sensor; and

generating a state table storing in advance a correlation of output data of the motion detection sensor obtained by an actual motion of the user in a daily life and an activity state of the user when the user is making the motion, and storing the state table into a memory, and

in the determining, the activity state of the user is determined from the output data of the motion detection sensor with reference to the state table.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein in the display control, the plurality of types of information are selectively displayed in the set display order.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein:

the electronic device is in a shape of a watch so as to be attachable to a wrist of the user, and

in the acquiring, various types of information are acquired by short-distance wireless communication from a mobile terminal in the proximity of a device body of the electronic device while the electronic device is attached to the wrist of the user.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein performing the display control comprises selectively displaying, one at a time, the plurality of types of information acquired, according to the set display order, such that each time the same predetermined action is detected, a next one of the plurality of types of information is displayed according to the set display order.