WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20150316984A1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JOO, Ga-hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/797,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20150316984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

Provided are a wearable device and a method of operating the same. The wearable device includes: a display configured to display content; a user input unit configured to receive a command of a wearer; and a controller configured to: when the content is reproduced in a state in which the wearable device is worn, output, through the display and based on content reproduction related information of the wearable device, information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable, and control to stop the reproduction of the content in response to a reproduction stop request for the content, received through the user input unit in response to the output information, wherein the content reproduction related information corresponds to information influential on a health of the wearer when the content is reproduced in the state in which the wearable device is worn.

Claims

1. A wearable device comprising:

a display configured to display content;

a user input unit configured to receive a command of a wearer; and

a controller configured to;

when the content is reproduced in a state in which the wearable device is worn, output, through the display and based on content reproduction related information of the wearable device, information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable, and

control to stop the reproduction of the content in response to a reproduction stop request for the content, received through the user input unit in response to the output information,

wherein the content reproduction related information corresponds to information influential on a health of the wearer when the content is reproduced in the state in which the wearable device is worn.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the content reproduction related information of the wearable device comprises at least one of:

a reproduction time of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn;

a battery consumption amount of at least one of the wearable device and a device reproducing the content after starting the reproduction of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn; and

a heating temperature of the wearable device after starting the reproduction of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first information obtainer configured to obtain the content reproduction related information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content; and

a second information obtainer configured to obtain bio information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the obtained content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained bio information of the wearer, the information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a third information obtainer configured to obtain peripheral environment information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained peripheral environment information of the wearable device, the information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a fourth information obtainer configured to obtain personal information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained personal information of the wearer, the information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to continuously reproduce the content through the display when a reproduction stop rejection for the content is received through the user input unit in response to the output information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display, the information in a display form in which:

the information is overlapped with the content;

a frame of the information is inserted between frames of the content;

or

the information is displayed on a display region different from a display region on which the content is reproduced.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the wearable device such that different content is viewable using the wearable device when the reproduction of the content is stopped in response to the reproduction stop request for the content.

9. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display, information regarding a plurality of different pieces of contents, and to control the wearable device to allow viewing of content selected from among the plurality of different pieces of contents when a selection signal is received in response to the output information regarding the plurality of different pieces of contents.

10. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display, the information by applying different reference information to the content reproduction related information of the wearable device according to a type of the content.

11. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output the information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable based on a comparison between the content reproduction related information and predetermined content reproduction stop request reference information.

12. A method of operating a wearable device, the method comprising:

reproducing content through a display of the wearable device;

obtaining content reproduction related information of the wearable device, the content reproduction related information corresponding to information influential on a health of a wearer when the content is reproduced in a state in which the wearable device is worn;

outputting, through the display and based on the obtained content reproduction related information, information informing the wearer that stopping reproduction of the content is requestable; and

controlling the wearable device to stop the reproduction of the content in response to a reproduction stop request for the content, received through a user input in response to the output information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the content reproduction related information of the wearable device comprises at least one of:

a reproduction time of the content in the status in which the wearable device is worn;

a battery consumption amount of at least one of the wearable device and a device reproducing the content after starting the reproduction of the content in the status in which the wearable device is worn; and

a heating temperature of the wearable device after starting the reproduction of the content in the status in which the wearable device is worn.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining the content reproduction related information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content; and

obtaining bio information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the outputting the information informing the wearer comprises outputting, through the display and based on the obtained content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained bio information of the wearer, the information informing the wearer.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining peripheral environment information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the outputting the information informing the wearer comprises outputting, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained peripheral environment information of the wearable device, the information informing the wearer.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining personal information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the outputting the information comprises outputting, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained personal information of the wearer, the information informing the wearer.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, by the wearable device, a continuous reproduction request for the content in response to the output, the information informing the wearer; and

continuously reproducing the content in response to the received continuous reproduction request for the content.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the outputting the information informing the wearer comprises outputting, through the display, the information informing the wearer in a display form in which:

the information is overlapped with the content;

a frame of the information informing the wearer is inserted between frames of the content on the display;

or

the information informing the wearer is displayed on a display region different from a display region on which the content is reproduced.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising reproducing, by the wearable device, different content when the reproduction of the content is stopped in response to the reproduction stop request for the content.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the reproducing the different content comprises:

outputting, through the display, information regarding a plurality of different pieces of contents;

receiving a selection signal based on the output information regarding the plurality of different pieces of contents; and

providing content selected from among the plurality of different pieces of contents in response to the received selection signal.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the outputting the information informing the wearer comprises outputting, through the display, the information informing the wearer by applying different reference information to the content reproduction related information of the wearable device according to a type of the content.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 12.

23. A wearable device comprising:

a display configured to display content;

a user input unit configured to receive a command of a wearer; and

a controller configured to, when the content is reproduced in a state in which the wearable device is worn, output, through the display and based on content reproduction related information of the wearable device, information regarding stopping reproduction or viewing of the content,

wherein the content reproduction related information corresponds to information influential on a health of the wearer.

24. The wearable device of claim 23, wherein the content reproduction related information of the wearable device comprises at least one of:

a reproduction time of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn;

a battery consumption amount of at least one of the wearable device and a device reproducing the content after starting the reproduction of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn; and

a heating temperature of the wearable device after starting the reproduction of the content in the state in which the wearable device is worn.

25. The wearable device of claim 23, further comprising:

a first information obtainer configured to obtain the content reproduction related information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content; and

a second information obtainer configured to obtain bio information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the obtained content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained bio information of the wearer, the information regarding stopping reproduction or viewing of the content.

26. The wearable device of claim 23, further comprising:

a third information obtainer configured to obtain peripheral environment information of the wearable device in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained peripheral environment information of the wearable device, the information regarding stopping reproduction or viewing of the content.

27. The wearable device of claim 23, further comprising:

a fourth information obtainer configured to obtain personal information of the wearer in connection with the reproduction of the content,

wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display and based on the content reproduction related information of the wearable device and the obtained personal information of the wearer, the information regarding stopping reproduction or viewing of the content.

28. The wearable device of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to continuously reproduce the content through the display when a reproduction stop rejection for the content is received through the user input unit in response to the output information.

29. The wearable device of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to output, through the display, the information in a display form in which:

the information is overlapped with the content;

a frame of the information is inserted between frames of the content;

or

the information is displayed on a display region different from a display region on which the content is reproduced.

30. The wearable device of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to control the wearable device such that different content is viewable using the wearable device when the reproduction of the content is stopped in response to a reproduction stop request for the content input by the wearer in response to the output information.

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