Digital device and method for controlling the same

• US 10,694,015 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Eunhyung, Chun, Sinae, Kim, Jihwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Almeida, Devin E
• Application Number:
  US15/239,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A digital device including a display unit; a sensor unit; a display unit; a wireless communication unit to be paired with an external device; and a controller configured to receive a message, transmit information of the received message to the external device paired with the digital device, and display detailed information of the received message in response to detection of a predetermined motion using the sensor unit within a predetermined period of time while the digital device is paired with the external device.

Claims

1. A portable device comprising:

a display;

a motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of a gyroscope sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gravity sensor or a terrestrial magnetism sensor;

a wireless communication unit to be paired with a smart watch, wherein the pairing is performed based on Bluetooth or Near Field Communication (NFC); and

a controller configured to;

perform pairing with the smart watch via the wireless communication unit,

receive an event,

transmit notification information of the event to the smart watch paired with the portable device via the wireless communication unit,

wherein the event includes a first event, a second event, and a third event, which occur in due order, and the notification information relates to a first notification corresponding to the first event, a second notification corresponding to the second event and a third notification corresponding to the third event,

display detail information for a latest event among the first event, the second event and the third event on the display in response to the motion sensor recognizing a predetermined motion of the portable device within a predetermined period of time that starts from a time when a signal related to the notification information of the event is received from the smart watch paired with the portable device, wherein the detail information includes at least one of contents of a message, contents of a mail, caller information or contents of a schedule corresponding to the second event, and

display occurrence information for the first event, the second event and the third event in response to the motion sensor recognizing the predetermined motion of the portable device after the predetermined period.

2. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the event is the message, and the detail information for the message is the contents of the message.

4. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display the contents of the message via an execution of a message application.

5. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the occurrence information for the message includes a number of receiving times of the message.

3. A system comprising:

a smart phone having a motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of a gyroscope, an acceleration sensor, a gravity sensor or a terrestrial magnetism sensor; and

a smart watch comprising;

a display;

a wireless communication unit to be paired with the smart phone; and

a controller configured to;

perform pairing with the smart phone via the wireless communication unit based on Bluetooth or Near Field Communication (NFC),

receive notification information of an event from the smart phone paired with the smart watch via the wireless communication unit based on the Bluetooth or the NFC,

wherein the event includes a first event, a second event, and a third event, which occur in due order, and the notification information relates to a first notification corresponding to the first event, a second notification corresponding to the second event and a third notification corresponding to the third event,

transmit a first specific command to the smart phone paired with the smart watch via the wireless communication unit based on the Bluetooth or the NFC such that the smart phone displays detail information for a latest event among the first event, the second event and the third event in response to the motion sensor recognizing a predetermined motion of the smart phone within a predetermined period of time that starts from a time when a signal related to the notification information of the event is transmitted to the smart phone paired with the smart watch, and

transmit a second specific command to the smart phone paired with the smart watch via the wireless communication unit based on the Bluetooth or the NFC such that the smart phone displays occurrence information for the first event, the second event and the third event in response to the motion sensor recognizing the predetermined motion of the smart phone after the predetermined period.