Method for providing contents and electronic device having function therefor

• US 8,353,843 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Issued: 01/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Youn Jae, Cho, Seong Moon, Nagapetyan, Vladimir Karyunovich, Razumov, Alexandr Nikolaevich, Badtieva, Viktoria Aslanbekovna
• Primary Examiner(s): Lavert, Nicole F
• Application Number:
  US11/679,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20070203421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,149 Days
• Field of Search: 600/508, 600/514, 607/509
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/02 Stethoscopes acoustic details thereof G10K11/00

Abstract

A method for providing contents and an electronic device having a function therefore is disclosed. The method comprises receiving information regarding a current heart rate of a user, selecting an audio file having a specific tempo determined in consideration of the current heart rate and a reference heart rate, and reproducing the selected audio file and a heartbeat sound reflecting the current heart rate simultaneously. Therefore, the heartbeat of the user may be effectively controlled.

Claims

1. A method for providing contents using an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving information regarding a current heart rate of a user;

determining a target heart rate having a value between the current heart rate and a reference heart rate when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the reference heart rate;

selecting an audio file having a first tempo determined in consideration of the current heart rate and the reference heart rate; and

reproducing, through a speaker connected to the electronic device, the selected audio file simultaneously with a heartbeat sound that reflects the current heart rate,

wherein the reproduced heartbeat sound has a second tempo that corresponds to the current heart rate, and

wherein the first tempo of the selected audio file is different from the second tempo of the heartbeat sound when the current heart rate is not in a specific range of the target heart rate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference heart rate is settable by the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the current heart rate is obtained from the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tempo of the selected audio file is within a predetermined error range of the target heart rate.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio file is stored at a memory of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio file is provided from a contents providing server outside the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the heartbeat sound is obtained from the user in real-time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the heartbeat sound is reproduced in the second tempo corresponding to the current heart rate using a predetermined heartbeat sound previously stored.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying predetermined picture information determined according to a level of the current heart rate or a level of the first tempo.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the information is repeated by every predetermined period.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein reproducing the selected audio file simultaneously with the heartbeat sound comprises producing a dissonant sound when the first tempo of the selected audio file is within the specific range of the reference heart rate and the heartbeat sound is not within the specific range of the reference heart rate.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the target heart rate is redetermined in consideration of the reference heart rate and the current heart rate if the current heart rate fails to reach the reference heart rate after reproducing the audio file and the heartbeat sound for a predetermined period of time.

13. A non-transitory computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising;

code for causing a computer to receive information regarding a current heart rate of a user;

code for causing the computer to determine a target heart rate with a value between the current heart rate and a reference heart rate when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the reference heart rate;

code for causing the computer to select an audio file having a first temp determined in consideration of the current heart rate and the reference heart rate; and

code for causing the computer to reproduce, through a speaker connected to the electronic device, the selected audio file simultaneously with a heartbeat sound that reflects the current heart rate, wherein the reproduced heartbeat sound has a second tempo that corresponds to the current heart rate, and wherein the first tempo of the select audio file is different from the second tempo of the heartbeat sound when the current heart rate is not a specific range of the target heart rate.

14. An electronic device having a function of providing contents, the electronic device comprising:

a heartbeat module for receiving information regarding a current heart rate of a user in order to output a heartbeat sound reflecting the current heart rate;

a memory for storing information regarding reference heart rates; and

a controller for determining a target heart rate having a value between the current heart rate and a reference heart rate when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the reference heart rate, wherein the controller reproduces, through a speaker connected to the electronic device, the heartbeat sound simultaneously with an audio file having a first tempo determined in consideration of the reference heart rate and the current heart rate,

wherein the heartbeat sound has a second tempo that corresponds to the current heart rate, and

wherein the first tempo of the audio file is different from the second tempo of the heartbeat sound when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the target heart rate.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the memory stores at least one audio file and the controller selects the audio file having the first tempo among the stored at least one audio file.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the controller classifies the at least one audio file into a plurality of groups having different bpm (beats per minute) to be stored in the memory, and the controller selects the audio file having the first tempo with reference to the plurality of groups.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a communication module wherein the audio file is provided from a contents providing server outside the electronic device through the communication module.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first tempo of the audio file is within a predetermined error range of the target heart rate.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the heartbeat module receives information regarding the current heart rate of the user from an external heart rate measurement device.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the heartbeat module receives information regarding the current heart rate of the user from an internal heart rate measurement sensor.

21. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the heartbeat sound is acquired from an external heartbeat sound acquisition device attachable to a body of the user in real-time.

22. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the heartbeat sound is acquired from an internal heartbeat sound acquisition sensor capable of contact with a body of the user in real-time.

23. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the heartbeat sound is reproduced using predetermined audio sources previously stored in the memory.

24. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising an input module for inputting the information regarding the reference heart rate.

25. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a display for displaying at least one of the information regarding the current heart rate, the information regarding the reference heart rates, information regarding the heartbeat sound and information regarding the audio file under a control of the controller.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller reproduces the heartbeat sound simultaneously with the audio file as a dissonant sound when the first tempo of the audio file is within the specific range of the reference heart rate and the heartbeat sound is not within the specific range of the reference heart rate.

27. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the target heart rate is redetermined in consideration of the reference heart rate and the current heart rate if the current heart rate fails to reach the reference heart rate after reproducing the audio file and the heartbeat sound for a predetermined period of time.

28. An electronic device having a function of providing contents, the electronic device comprising:

a heartbeat module for receiving information regarding a current heart rate of a user;

a memory for storing information regarding a reference heart rate and a plurality of audio files; and

a controller for receiving information regarding the current heart rate at a predetermined period, determining a target heart rate having a value between the current heart rate and the reference heart rate when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the reference heart rate, selecting an audio file from the plurality of audio files having a first tempo determined in consideration of the reference heart rate and the current heart rate, and reproducing the selected audio file,

wherein the controller reproduces, through a speaker connected to the electronic device, the selected audio file simultaneously with a heartbeat sound that reflects the current heart rate,

wherein the heartbeat sound has a second tempo corresponding to the current heart rate,

wherein the selected audio file having the first tempo is automatically updated according to changes in the received information regarding the current heart rate at each predetermined period, and

wherein the first tempo of the selected audio file is different from the second tempo of the heartbeat sound when the current heart rate is not within a specific range of the target heart rate.

29. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the first tempo of the selected audio file is within a predetermined error range of the target heart rate.

30. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the heartbeat module receives information regarding the current heart rate of the user from an external heart rate measurement device.

31. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the heartbeat module receives information regarding the current heart rate of the user from an internal heart rate measurement sensor.

32. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the heartbeat sound is acquired from an external heartbeat sound acquisition device attachable to a body of the user in real-time.

33. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the heartbeat sound is acquired from an internal heartbeat sound acquisition sensor capable of contact with a body of the user in real-time.

34. The electronic device of claim 28, wherein the heartbeat sound is reproduced through predetermined audio sources previously stored in the memory.

35. The method of claim 28, wherein the controller reproduces the selected audio file simultaneously with the heartbeat sound as a dissonant sound when the first tempo of the selected audio file is within the specific range of the reference heart rate and the heartbeat sound is not within the specific range of the reference heart rate.

36. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the target heart rate is redetermined in consideration of the reference heart rate and the current heart rate if the current heart rate fails to reach the reference heart rate after reproducing the audio file and the heartbeat sound for a predetermined period of time.