Method and apparatus for displaying schedule on wearable device

• US 10,782,925 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Issued: 09/22/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Suh, Ji-Eun, Lee, Ju-Youn
• Primary Examiner(s): Piziali, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US14/191,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20140347289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,399 Days
• 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 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/00 Specific applications

Abstract

A method of displaying a schedule on a wearable additional device is provided. The method includes connecting a portable electronic device which can synchronize a schedule, receiving a user input for displaying the schedule on a display screen of the wearable additional device, and displaying the schedule received from the portable electronic device on the display screen of the wearable additional device in response to the user input, wherein the schedule is displayed in a form of sector areas corresponding to a plurality of schedule items, and each of the sector areas has an area proportional to a time of a corresponding schedule item from among a total time of schedule data which can be displayed on the display screen of the wearable additional device.

Claims

1. A wearable additional device for displaying a schedule, the wearable additional device comprising:

a storage having instructions stored therein;

a display screen;

a controller; and

a transceiver;

wherein, upon an execution of the instructions, the controller is configured to;

receive an amount of schedule data from a first reference time, through the transceiver, from a portable electronic device,

control the display screen to display a schedule based on the amount of schedule data in a form having a plurality of sector areas in response to a first user input for displaying the schedule on the display screen being received, wherein each of the plurality of sector areas corresponds respectively to a corresponding one of a plurality of schedule items included in the amount of schedule data,

wherein each of the plurality of sector areas includes an area proportional to a time of the corresponding one of the plurality of schedule items to which each of the plurality of sector areas corresponds respectively, a total area of the plurality of sector areas being related to a total time of the plurality of schedule items,

wherein the plurality of sector areas are chronologically arranged in a clockwise direction from the first reference time, and

wherein the controller is further configured to;

based on receiving a second user input for changing the first reference time to a second reference time and an amount of schedule data from the second reference time being not within the received schedule data, transmit a request for additional schedule data not within the received schedule data to the portable electronic device, and

receive, through the transceiver, the additional schedule data.

2. The wearable additional device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive at least one of the first user input or the second user input from:

the portable electronic device, or

a touch sensor in the display screen of the wearable additional device.

3. The wearable additional device of claim 1,

wherein the first reference time is a current time,

wherein the plurality of sector areas are displayed starting at a 12:

00 position on the display screen or at an hour hand corresponding to the current time, and

wherein the plurality of sector areas are arranged in the clockwise direction.

4. The wearable additional device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sector areas comprises at least one text character string indicating at least one of a title, a start time, an end time, a memo, or a classification of the corresponding one of the plurality of schedule items to which each of the plurality of sector areas corresponds respectively.

5. The wearable additional device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sector areas have different colors in accordance with character strings of the corresponding one of the plurality of schedule items to which each of the plurality of sector areas corresponds respectively.

6. The wearable additional device of claim 1, wherein the amount of schedule data from the first reference time is received from the portable electronic device using a wired connection.

7. The wearable additional device of claim 1, wherein a current sector area of the plurality of sector areas displays a progress bar indicating a progress state of the corresponding one of the plurality of schedule items.