Method and apparatus for measuring body balance of wearable device

• US 9,495,529 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Treasurer
• Original Assignee: ZIKTO
• Inventors: Kim, Kyung Tae, Kim, Sung Hyun, Suh, David Han Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Point, Rufus
• Application Number:
  US14/862,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• 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 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/112 Gait analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

A wearable device includes a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a first external device; a motion sensor that senses the user'"'"'s motion; and a control unit. The wearable device collects a first motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion and transmits the first motion data to the first external device, receives a first security level data and a second security level data from the first external device, and receives only the first security level data from the first external device when the wearable device is converted into a non-wearing state from a wearing state.

Claims

1. A method for measuring left and right balance of a wearable device, the method comprising:

wirelessly communicating with a portable electronic device;

collecting a first motion data generated by a user'"'"'s motion through a motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data;

transmitting the first motion data to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being in a first security state;

collecting a second motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through the motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data; and

transmitting the second motion data to the portable electronic device in a second security state of the portable electronic device,

wherein the portable electronic device outputs a comparison result of the transmitted first and second motion data in the third security state.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a third motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through the motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data; and

transmitting the third motion data to the portable electronic device in a fourth security state of the portable electronic device,

wherein the wearable device transmits the third motion data earlier than the first motion data to the portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a wearing state of the wearable device;

determining a wearing plan state of the wearable device; and

providing a report that recommends left-wearing or right-wearing of the wearable device,

wherein the wearing plan state is a state in which the user motion over a pre-defined threshold is detected by the motion sensor in the non-wearing state.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

counting a collection period of the first motion data; and

providing a report that recommends the left-wearing or the right-wearing of the wearable device, depending on whether the collection period of the first motion data satisfies the pre-defined period.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining an amount of collection of the first motion data; and

providing a report that recommends the left-wearing or the right-wearing of the wearable device, depending on whether the amount of collection of the first motion data satisfies the pre-defined amount.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the report includes at least one of visual, audible and tactile reports, and in providing the report, an output direction of the report is determined using the motion sensor.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a wearing direction whether a user wears the wearable device on a right side or a left side based on a part of the motion data collected in the motion sensor.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

adding the motion data collected through the motion sensor to the first motion data or the second motion data depending on the wearing direction.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first security state is a state in which the portable electronic device is locked, the first motion data is registered and the second motion data is not registered.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second security state is a state in which the portable electronic device is locked, and the first motion data and the second motion data are registered.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the third security state is a state in which the portable electronic device is unlocked, and the first motion data and the second motion data are registered.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth security state is a state in which the portable electronic device is locked, and the first motion data and the second motion data are not registered.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first motion data and the second motion comprise a plurality of feature points extracted from information received from the motion sensor.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of feature points of the first motion data and the second motion data is extracted from the portable electronic device.

15. A method for measuring left and right balance of a wearable device, the method comprising:

wirelessly communicating with a portable electronic device;

receiving a first motion data generated by a user'"'"'s motion through a motion sensor provided in a first wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data;

transmitting the first motion data to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being in a first security state;

collecting a second motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through the motion sensor provided in a second wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data; and

transmitting the second motion data to the portable electronic device in a first security state of the portable electronic device,

wherein the portable electronic device outputs a comparison result of the transmitted first and second motion data in the third security state.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising

performing a wireless communication between the first wearable device and the second wearable device, and in transmitting the second motion data to the portable electronic device, the second wearable device transmits the second motion data to the first wearable device, and the first wearable device transmits the second motion data to the portable electronic device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first wearable device and the second wearable device are determined depending on whether the wearable device is worn on the user'"'"'s right side or left side.

18. A wearable device comprising:

a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a portable electronic device;

a motion sensing unit that senses user'"'"'s motion; and

a control unit,

wherein the control unit collects a first motion data, which collects the motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through a motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data, and transmits the first motion data to the portable electronic device in a first security state of the portable electronic device, and

the control unit collects a second motion data, which collects the motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through the motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data, and transmits the second motion data to the portable electronic device in a second security state of the portable electronic device, and the portable electronic device outputs comparison result of the transmitted first and second motion data in the third security state.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the control unit collects a third motion data, which collects the motion data generated by the user'"'"'s motion through the motion sensor provided in the wearable device during a certain period of time or during collection of a certain amount of data, and transmits the third motion data to the portable electronic device in a fourth security state of the portable electronic device, the third motion data being transmitted to the portable electronic device earlier than the first motion data.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the control unit determines a wearing state of the wearable device and determines a wearing plan state of the wearable device to provide a report that recommends left-wearing or right-wearing of the wearable device, and

the wearing plan state is a state in which the user motion over a pre-defined threshold is detected by the motion sensor in a non-wearing state.