Method and system for providing charging information to a user of a wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10429445-B2
Application number	US-201615559450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

A method and system for providing charging information to a user of wearable device by predicting when a health sensor is needed most during the course of the day and cross-referencing that information with a user's personal calendar in order to determine the optimal time to charge the wearable device. Battery life of the wearable device may be monitored. Information may be stored in memory regarding sensor data detected by one or more sensors and associated with a time. One or more time slots may be identified during which the sensor data was lacking. The identified time slots may be compared against a calendar of available time to identify matching time slots. A next matching time slot may be determined, and a notification may be displayed on a display screen of the wearable device to recommend that the user charge the wearable device at the determined next matching time slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for providing charging information to a user of a wearable device, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a wearable device comprising one or more sensors, a processor, and a memory;
obtaining sensor data from the one or more sensors of the wearable device;
storing the sensor data in a memory of the wearable device, wherein the sensor data is associated with a time information indicating a time slot that said sensor data is obtained;
identifying one or more sensor-based charging time slots, based on the sensor data and the time information associated with the sensor data;
receiving calendar-based schedule information;
identifying one or more calendar-based charging time slots, based on the received calendar-based schedule information;
comparing the identified one or more sensor-based time slots and the one or more calendar-based time slots to determine a matching optimal time slot, wherein the matching optimal time slot is a time before a battery of the wearable device is fully depleted; and
notifying the user to charge the wearable device at the determined matching optimal time slot.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
monitoring a remaining charge of the battery of the wearable device; and
generating a prediction as to when the remaining charge of the battery of the wearable device will expire;
wherein the step of notifying the user to charge the wearable device at the determined matching optimal time slot further includes the generated prediction.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of receiving user input regarding a charging basis, wherein the charging basis is one of a sensor-based charging basis, a calendar-based charging basis, and a combination of a sensor-based charging basis and a calendar-based charging basis.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of determining whether one or more sensors of the wearable device are inactive.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein sensor data from at least two of the one or more sensors of the wearable device are in conflict, and wherein the method further comprises the step of referring to a priority list designating a priority to be consulted when at least two of the one or more sensors of the wearable device are in conflict.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determined matching optimal time slot is based at least in part on the priority list.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calendar-based schedule information is provided by the user.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the user input indicates that the charging basis includes a calendar-based charging basis, and the method further comprises the step of referring to one or more user-provided schedules from the predetermined calendar-based schedule information.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calendar-based schedule information is retrieved from a calendar database remote from the wearable device.

10. A wearable device comprising:
a battery;
one or more sensors configured to obtain sensor data;
a memory configured to store: the obtained sensor data, wherein the sensor data is associated with a time information indicating the time slot that said sensor data is obtained; and further configured to store calendar-based schedule information;
a processor configured to: identify one or more sensor-based charging time slots, based on the sensor data; identify one or more calendar-based charging time slots, based on the stored calendar-based schedule information; compare the identified one or more sensor-based time slots and the one or more calendar-based time slots to determine a matching optimal time slot for charging the wearable device, wherein the matching optimal time slot is a time before a battery of the wearable device is fully depleted; and generate a notification to a user to charge the wearable device at the determined matching optimal time slot.

11. The wearable device of claim 10 , further comprising a display configured to display the generated notification.

12. The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
monitor a remaining charge of the battery of the wearable device; and
generate a prediction as to when the remaining charge of the battery will be exhausted; wherein the notification further includes the generated prediction.

13. The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the determined matching optimal time slot is based at least in part on a user-defined priority list.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing charging information to a user of wearable device, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining sensor data by one or more sensors of a wearable device;
storing the sensor data in a memory of the wearable device, wherein the sensor data is associated with a time information indicating a time slot that said sensor data is obtained;
identifying one or more sensor-based charging time slots, based on the sensor data and the time information associated with the sensor data;
receiving calendar-based schedule information;
identifying one or more calendar-based charging time slots, based on the received calendar-based schedule information;
comparing the identified one or more sensor-based time slots and the one or more calendar-based time slots to determine a matching optimal time slot, wherein the matching optimal time slot is a time before a battery of the wearable device is fully depleted; and
generating a notification to a user to charge the wearable device at the determined matching optimal time slot.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
monitoring a remaining charge of the battery of the wearable device; and
generating a prediction as to when the remaining charge of the battery will be exhausted; wherein the notification further includes the generated prediction.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Cronin John
• Bodkin Joseph
• Goguen Jonathan T
• Huffines Christopher

Classifications

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• G06Q10/109 Primary

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• G06F1/26

  Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) · CPC title

• G01R31/3646

  for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators · CPC title