Method for providing notifications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10388121-B2
Application number	US-201615254440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Priority date	Jun 16, 2016
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

A method for providing notifications is provided. The method includes a tangible user interface (TUI) element the receives an input from a computing device coupled to the TUI element. The input is indicative of an outcome corresponding to a functionality of an application on the computing device. Based on the outcome, the TUI element determines at least one illumination pattern from a plurality of pre-stored illumination patterns. Thereafter, the TUI element generates an output based on the at least one determined illumination pattern.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by a mobile device including a tangible user interface (TUI) element, the method comprising:
receiving, by the TUI element, a user input corresponding to invocation of a functionality of an application on the mobile device,
obtaining an outcome corresponding to the functionality from the application;
determining at least one illumination pattern from a plurality of pre-stored illumination patterns based on the outcome; and
generating an output based on the at least one determined illumination pattern,
wherein the TUI element is a ring-shaped LED in square or circular form mounted on a rear camera of the mobile device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application is an image capturing application and the functionality is capturing an image of at least one object.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein the outcome corresponds to an input that is indicative of an alignment of the at least one object with respect to a capture frame selected by the user on a display of a computing device, the capture frame being defined by the user, and
wherein the capture frame is a portion of the display of the computing device where the user wants to capture the image of the at least one object.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the capture frame defines an area on the display to capture the image of the at least one object.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the alignment of the at least one object is one of: partially outside a rectangular frame and completely inside the rectangular frame.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the outcome is further indicative of a predictive movement of the at least one object based on the alignment such that the at least one object is completely inside the capture frame.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one illumination pattern comprises direction information representing the predictive movement of the at least one object.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one illumination pattern comprises information representing an auto-capture of image.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the outcome is further indicative of an auto-capture of the image of the at least object based when the at least one object is completely inside the capture frame.

10. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one illumination pattern comprises direction information representing the alignment of the at least one object.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a further user-input; and
activating a predefined functionality of a predefined application on one or more devices, the one or more devices including a computing device coupled with the TUI element.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of pre-stored illumination patterns is mapped with an outcome of one or more functionalities corresponding to one or more applications.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an alert tag associated with the outcome, the alert tag being indicative of a predefined functionality of one or more network-connected devices, wherein the one or more network-connected devices include a computing device coupled with TUI element; and
providing a trigger to the one or more network-connected devices to activate the predefined functionality.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
fetching a list of predefined applications from a memory; and
identifying availability of the application in the list such that the at least one illumination pattern is determined based on the identified availability.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one illumination pattern further comprises:
determining a state of an output device, the state being indicative of one of an on-state and an off-state;
determining a priority of the application from a list of predefined application; and
determining the at least one illumination pattern based on the state and the priority.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one or more network-connected devices, such that a predefined functionality of the selected one or more network-connected devices is activated automatically at a future time upon receiving the outcome.

17. A mobile device comprising:
a camera placed in rear surface of the mobile device; and
a tangible user interface (TUI) element comprising:
an input device to receive a user input corresponding to invocation of a functionality of an application on the mobile device;
a processor coupled to the input device to obtain an outcome corresponding to a the functionality from an the application and determine at least one illumination pattern from a plurality of pre-stored illumination patterns based on the outcome; and
an optical output device coupled to the processor to generate an output based on the at least one determined illumination pattern, and

wherein the TUI element is a ring-shaped LED in square or circular form mounted on the rear camera of the mobile device.

18. The mobile device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein:
the input device receives a further user-input; and
the processor activates a predefined functionality of a predefined application on one or more devices, the one or more devices including a computing device coupled with the TUI element.

19. The mobile device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the processor further:
determines an alert tag associated with the outcome, the alert tag being indicative of predefined functionality of one or more network-connected devices, wherein the one or more network-connected devices include a computing device coupled with TUI element; and
provides a trigger to the one or more network-connected devices to activate the predefined functionality.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gupta Ayushi
• Banerjee Prantik
• Thomas Theophilus
• HAHM Kyoungwoon
• PRABHAKAR Arun
• Janardhanan Govind
• GOVEKAR Dhananjay L
• CHAVAN Sudhanwa Suhas
• Passi Navneet
• Kumar Abhishek
• Thakur Avinash
• Setia Nitin
• Bhattacherjee Suprateem
• T Sankara Narayanan
• Jakhmola Himanshu
• Chawla Sonam
• Agarwal Rekha
• Sharma Atul
• PRATAP Aashaank
• Meher Shantanu Kumar
• PS Arungeeth
• Bansal Amit
• Sharma Kaushal Prakash
• JAIN Jatin

Classifications

• H04N23/64

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• G06F3/03 Primary

  Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title