Method and electronic device for correcting and generating data related to outside air on basis of movement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549927-B2
Application number	US-201916959189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2019
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device comprising a gas sensor, a motion sensor, a processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire data related to air outside the electronic device by using the gas sensor, identify a movement of the electronic device by using the motion sensor while acquiring the data, correct, in case that the movement of the electronic device satisfies a designated condition, at least partial data in an interval in which a movement satisfying the designated condition continues, among the data; and produce information related to quality of the air, at least based on the data, the at least partial data of which has been corrected.Other embodiments may possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication module;
a gas sensor;
a motion sensor; and
a processor, wherein
the processor is configured to:
acquire data related to air outside the electronic device by using the gas sensor;
identify a movement of the electronic device by using the motion sensor while acquiring the data,
correct, in case that the movement of the electronic device satisfies a designated condition, at least partial data in an interval in which a movement satisfying the designated condition continues, among the data,
produce information related to quality of the air, based on the data, the at least partial data of which has been corrected,
request an external electronic device to provide another piece of data related to the air corresponding to the interval satisfying the designated condition by using the communication module,
receive the another piece of data from the external electronic device by using the communication module, and
correct the at least partial data by using the another piece of data,
wherein the another piece of data is at least one of data measured by the external electronic device located within a designated range of the electronic device.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify a length of the interval in which the movement satisfies the designated condition; and
ignore the at least partial data, in a case that the length satisfies a designated range, as at least a part of correcting the at least partial data.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
correct the at least partial data by using another piece of the at least partial data temporally adjacent to the at least partial data, as at least a part of correcting the at least partial data.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the another piece of data is at least one of data measured by the external electronic device at a time at which the movement of the electronic device satisfies the designated condition, or data acquired when the movement of the external electronic device is below a designated threshold value.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire a sensor value that changes according to the movement of the electronic device from the motion sensor; and
determine that the movement of the electronic device satisfies the designated condition in a case that a value satisfying a threshold movement value occurs for a threshold time, at least based on the sensor value.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform an operation of identifying the movement of the electronic device by using the motion sensor in a case that an amount of change of data acquired from the gas sensor satisfies a designated change value.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a display; and
an audio module, wherein
the processor is configured to provide information related to the quality of the air via the display or the audio module.

8. A method for correcting and producing data related to ambient air of an electronic device, the method comprising:
acquiring a first sensor value related to the ambient air of the electronic device from a gas sensor;
identifying a movement of the electronic device based on a second sensor value measured from a motion sensor while acquiring the first sensor value;
correcting, in case that the movement of the electronic device satisfies a designated condition, at least partial data in an interval in which a movement satisfying the designated condition continues, among the first sensor value; and
producing information related to quality of the ambient air, based on the first sensor value, the at least partial data of which has been corrected, wherein correcting the at least partial data of the first sensor value further comprises:
requesting an external electronic device to provide another piece of data related to the ambient air corresponding to the interval satisfying the designated condition;
receiving the another piece of data related to the ambient air from the external electronic device; and
correcting the at least partial data by using the another piece of data,
wherein the another piece of data is at least one of data measured by the external electronic device located within a designated range of the electronic device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein, in the correcting of the at least partial data of the first sensor value, a length of the interval in which the movement satisfies the designated condition is identified, and in a case that the movement satisfies a designated range, the at least partial data of the first sensor value produced in the interval in which the movement satisfying the designated condition continues is ignored.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein, in the correcting of the at least partial data of the first sensor value, data of the first sensor value in the interval in which the movement of the electronic device satisfying the designated condition continues is deleted, and partial data of the first sensor value is replaced by using another piece of the at least partial data temporally adjacent to an interval in which movement is maintained.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8 ,
wherein the another piece of data is at least one of data measured by the external electronic device at a time at which the movement of the electronic device satisfies the designated condition, or data acquired when the movement of the external electronic device is below a designated threshold value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
identifying current position information of the electronic device in a case that the movement of the electronic device satisfies a configured condition; and
transmitting at least one of a first sensor value measured from the gas sensor, a corrected value, of which the at least partial data has been corrected, and the identified current position information, to the external electronic device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein, in the identifying of the movement of the electronic device, the movement of the electronic device is identified by using the motion sensor in a case that an amount of change of data acquired from the gas sensor satisfies a designated change value.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeong Daeung
• Kwak Donguk
• Park Minho
• Park Hyuncheol
• Bae Sunggun
• Byun Ikjoo
• Seo Hyejung
• Lee Daeyong
• Lee Seunggoo
• Kim Taeho

Classifications

• G06F3/14

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

• G06F1/1684

  Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675 · CPC title

• H04M1/725

  Cordless telephones (user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724) · CPC title

• G01P13/00

  Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement (electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00) · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title