WEARABLE DEVICE AND EXECUTION OF APPLICATION IN WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20180253205A1
• Filed: 05/01/2018
• Published: 09/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YOON, Jin, PARK, Young-joo
• Granted Patent: US 10,908,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

A method of executing an application in a wearable device and a wearable device are disclosed, the method including receiving an input requesting execution of a first application, acquiring time information required to execute the first application in response to the input, and scrolling and displaying a predetermined image in a first direction until the execution of the first application based on the time information.

Claims

1. A method of executing an application in a wearable device, comprising:

receiving an input requesting execution of a first application;

acquiring information of time duration required to launch the first application from the execution in response to the input; and

scrolling and displaying a predetermined image in a first direction based on the information of time duration until the launching of the first application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input requesting execution of the first application includes a drag input in the first direction.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing an application list including identification information of at least one application; and

selecting the first application from the application list based on a drag input in a second direction, said second direction being different from the first direction.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein providing the application list comprises changing an arrangement order of the identification information of the at least one application included in the application list based on a received input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein scrolling and displaying of the predetermined image in the first direction comprises displaying an execution window of the first application next to the predetermined image based on the information of time duration.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an application switch input while displaying the execution window of the first application;

selecting a second application adjacent to the identification information of the first application and being executed from the application list based on the application switch input; and

displaying an execution window of the second application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the information of time duration comprises acquiring the information of time duration based on at least one of the performance of the wearable device, a load of the wearable device, and a load of the first application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein scrolling and displaying of the predetermined image in the first direction comprises adjusting a scroll speed in the first direction based on the information of time duration when a length of the predetermined image is pre-defined.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a drag input in a third direction that is different from the first direction while displaying the execution window of the first application; and

displaying a previous image displayed before completing the launching of the first application based on the drag input in the third direction.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a computer-readable program for performing the method of claim 1.

11. A wearable device comprising:

an interface configured to receive an input requesting execution of a first application;

a controller configured to acquire information of time duration required to launch the first application from the execution in response to the input; and

a display configured to scroll and display a predetermined image in a first direction until the execution of the first application based on the information of time duration.

12. The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the input requesting execution of the first application includes a drag input in the first direction.

13. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein the interface is configured to receive a drag input in a second direction, said second direction being different from the first direction,

the controller is configured to provide an application list including identification information of at least one application and to select the first application from the application list based on the drag input in the second direction, and

the display is configured to display identification information of the first application.

14. The wearable device of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to change an arrangement order of the identification information of the at least one application included in the application list based on a received input.

15. The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the display is configured to display an execution window of the first application next to the predetermined image based on the information of time duration.

16. The wearable device of claim 13, wherein the interface is configured to receive an application switch input while the device is displaying the execution window of the first application,

the controller is configured to select a second application adjacent to the identification information of the first application and being executed from the application list based on the application switch input, and

the display is configured to display an execution window of the second application.

17. The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to acquire the information of time duration based on at least one of the performance of the wearable device, a load of the wearable device, and a load of the first application.

18. The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a scroll speed in the first direction based on the information of time duration when a length of the predetermined image is pre-defined.

19. The wearable device of claim 15, wherein the interface is configured to receive a drag input in a third direction, said third direction being different from the first direction while the display displays the execution window of the first application, and

the display is configured to display a previous image displayed before completing the launching of the first application based on the drag input in the third direction.