Method and apparatus for providing search information

• US 9,996,309 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2016
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young-Eun, Pyun, Do-Hyun, Woo, Tae-Jin, Kim, Seung-Ku, Moon, Bo-Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TOAN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US15/366,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20170161004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 34053918, 34053911, 34053913, 34053926, 3405731, 348199
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/042 Optical devices night vision goggles G02B23/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to technologies for sensor networks, machine-to-machine (M2M), machine-type communication (MTC), and Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be used in intelligent services (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, or connected car, health-care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, etc.) A method and apparatus for transmitting information in a communication system are provided. According to the present disclosure, an electronic device receives sensing data from at least one sensor, receives a distress signal from at least one user device, and displays search information for guiding to an area to be searched determined based on the sensing data and the distress signal through a display screen of a wearable device.

Claims

1. A method for providing search information, the method comprising:

receiving sensing data from at least one sensor;

receiving a distress signal from at least one user device; and

displaying the search information through a display screen of a wearable device for guiding to an area to be searched determined based on the sensing data and the distress signal,

wherein the wearable device comprises a fire-retardant helmet, the area is determined based on a rescue priority, and the rescue priority is determined based on a rescuee count, a temperature, and a harmful material concentration, and the area is displayed in different scheme based on the rescue priority.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a number of rescuees in one or more areas based on the distress signal;

analyzing the sensing data related to the one or more areas; and

determining one of the one or more areas as the area to be searched.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the distress signal includes at least one of:

identification information, location information, bio information regarding the user device, the sensing data, and image information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the distress signal and the sensing data is received through one of:

at least one router and at least one server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search information is received from a server, and wherein the server determines the area to be searched based on the distress signal and the sensing data and generates the search information related to the guided area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the search information indicates at least one of:

guide information for guiding to a search area, a name, degree of danger, and type of danger related to the search area.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing data includes at least one of:

identification information regarding each sensor, a sensor type, location information, and a value sensed.

8. A method for providing search information, the method comprising:

receiving sensing data from at least one sensor;

receiving rescuee information generated based on a distress signal transmitted from at least one user device;

determining an area based on the sensing data and the rescuee information; and

transmitting search information for guiding to the determined area to a wearable device to be displayed on a display screen of the wearable device,

wherein the wearable device comprises a fire-retardant helmet, the area is determined based on a rescue priority and the rescue priority is determined based on a rescuee count, a temperature, and a harmful material concentration, and the area is displayed in different scheme based on the rescue priority.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying a number of rescuees in one or more areas based on the rescuee information;

analyzing the sensing data related to the one or more areas; and

determining one of the one or more areas as a search area.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the sensing data includes at least one of:

identification information regarding each sensor, a sensor type, location information, and a value sensed.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the rescuee information includes at least one of:

a number of rescuees in the determined area, identification information, location information, bio information regarding the user device, the sensing data, and image information.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the rescuee information and the sensing data is received through one of:

at least one router, at least one portable electronic device, and at least one server.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the search information indicates at least one of:

guide information for guiding to a search area, a name, degree of danger, and type of danger related to the search area.

14. A wearable device providing search information, the wearable device comprising:

communication circuitry configured to receive sensing data from at least one sensor and to receive a distress signal from at least one user device; and

a display configured to display the search information on the wearable device for guiding to an area to be searched determined based on the sensing data and the distress signal,

wherein the wearable device comprises a fire-retardant helmet, the area is determined based on a rescue priority, and the rescue priority is determined based on a rescuee count, a temperature, and a harmful material concentration, and the area is displayed in different scheme based on the rescue priority.

15. A server providing search information, the server comprising:

communication circuitry configured to receive sensing data from at least one sensor and to receive rescuee information generated based on a distress signal transmitted from at least one user device; and

a processor configured to determine an area based on the sensing data and the rescuee information and to transmit the search information for guiding to the determined area through the communication circuitry to a wearable device to be displayed on a display screen of the wearable device,

wherein the wearable device comprises a fire-retardant helmet, the area is determined based on a rescue priority, and the rescue priority is determined based on a rescuee count, a temperature, and a harmful material concentration, and the area is displayed in different scheme based on the rescue priority.