Method of configuring watch screen and wearable electronic device implementing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262709-B2
Application number	US-201916716693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2019
Priority date	Aug 25, 2014
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of configuring a watch screen and a wearable electronic device implementing the same, which displays various pieces of information provided by an application, in an icon form, to enable a user to easily identify the information. A method of configuring a watch screen, the method comprising selecting one of a plurality of predetermined watch screens, thereby resulting in a selected watch screen; determining at least one icon of a plurality of predetermined icons as components of the selected watch screen; and displaying the selected watch screen, wherein the selected watch screen includes the at least one icon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable device comprising:
a display;
at least one processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
control the display to display a watch screen indicating time and including a first icon associated with a first application of a plurality of applications,
in response to receiving an update event related to the first application, adjust at least one attribute of the first icon displayed in the watch screen according to the update event,
in response to a first user input, initiate a watch screen editing mode and display an indication that the first icon is editable,
in response to a second user input different from the first user input, change the first icon to a second icon associated with a second application of the plurality of applications, and
in response to a third user input different from the first user input and the second user input, terminate the watch screen editing mode and remove the indication from the display,

wherein an association between the first icon and the second icon is pre-stored in the memory prior to input of the first user input,
wherein the first icon is an icon corresponding to a health-related application,
wherein the memory is configured to store additional instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain a health information update from the health-related application, and
adjust the at least one attribute of the first icon based on the obtained health information update, and

wherein the first icon is configured to have a gauge form indicating a start point and a target point related to the health-related application.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one attribute of the first icon is at least one of an image displayed on the first icon, a color of the first icon, and text or number information displayed on the first icon.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the health information update is detected by the wearable device.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first icon having the gauge form is changed based on amount of change in the health information update.

5. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the second icon comprises at least one of:
a notification icon indicating notification information,
a weather icon indicating weather information,
a watch icon indicating time of at least one city, or
a battery icon indicating a residual battery amount.

6. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the watch icon is changed corresponding to one of a daytime image or a nighttime image based on time.

7. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the memory is configured to store additional instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
install a new application in the wearable device,
determine an icon category corresponding to the new application based on a predetermined icon category, and
generate a new icon corresponding to the new application.

8. The wearable device of claim 1 ,
wherein, when the first application is installed and executed at an external device which is connected to the wearable device through a wireless communication, the at least one attribute of the first icon corresponding to the first application is changed based on receiving information update related to the first application from the external device.

9. A method of a wearable device comprising:
controlling a display of the wearable device to display a watch screen indicating time and including a first icon associated with a first application of a plurality of applications;
in response to receiving an update event related to the first application, adjusting at least one attribute of the first icon displayed in the watch screen according to the update event;
in response to a first user input, initiating a watch screen editing mode and displaying an indication that the first icon is editable;
in response to a second user input different from the first user input, changing the first icon to a second icon associated with a second application of the plurality of applications; and
in response to a third user input different from the first user input and the second user input, terminating the watch screen editing mode and removing the indication from the display,
wherein an association between the first icon and the second icon is pre-stored in a memory prior to input of the first user input,
wherein the first icon is an icon corresponding to a health-related application,
wherein the method further comprises:
obtaining a health information update from the health-related application, and
adjusting the at least one attribute of the first icon based on the obtained health information update, and

wherein the first icon is configured to have a gauge form indicating a start point and a target point related to the health-related application.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one attribute of the first icon is at least one of an image displayed on the first icon, a color of the first icon, and text or number information displayed on the first icon.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the health information update is detected by the wearable device.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first icon having the gauge form is changed based on amount of change in the health information update.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second icon comprises at least one of:
a notification icon indicating notification information,
a weather icon indicating weather information,
a watch icon indicating time of at least one city, or
a battery icon indicating a residual battery amount.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
installing a new application in the wearable device,
determining an icon category corresponding to the new application based on a predetermined icon category, and
generating a new icon corresponding to the new application.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Hankyung
• Kim Yusic
• Kim Eunjoo
• Seung Jungah

Classifications

• G04G9/0064

  in which functions not related to time can be displayed (digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14) · CPC title

• G04G9/00

  Visual time or date indication means · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G04G21/00 Primary

  Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title