Wearable device, system including electronic device and wearable device, and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12027031-B2
Application number	US-202117555623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 23, 2020
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A wearable electronic device and method are disclosed, including a display, a biometric sensor, a communication circuitry, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving a transmission including air quality information from an external electronic device equipped with a gas sensor, detecting, via a biometric sensor, biometric information of a user, identifying, via at least one processor, a dangerous situation based at least partly on the air quality information and the biometric information, and displaying a notification message indicating the identified dangerous situation through at least one of a display of the wearable electronic device, or the external electronic device, based on the identification of the dangerous situation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wearable device, comprising:
a display;
a biosensor configured to detect biometric information of a user;
a communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external electronic device equipped with a gas sensor;
a distance sensor configured to detect distance information; and
a processor connected to the biosensor, display, and the communication circuitry, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a distance to the external electronic device based on at least one of distance information via the distance sensor, and a signal strength of the external electronic device via the communication circuitry;
receive air quality information indicating a concentration of a harmful gas from the external electronic device through the communication circuitry,
estimate a concentration of the harmful gas at a user's location based on the determined distance to the external electronic device,
identify a dangerous situation based on the estimated concentration of harmful gas and blood oxygen saturation level indicated in the detected biometric information, and
control the display to display a notification message indicating the dangerous situation.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a content of the notification message based the estimated concentration of harmful gas, and the blood oxygen saturation level indicated in the biometric information.

3. The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the notification message is displayed based at least in part on an exposure time to the harmful gas.

4. The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to communicate with a server, and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the communication circuitry to receive a plurality of pieces of air quality information obtained via a plurality of external electronic devices from the server,
determine the concentration of the harmful gas by applying a weight, respectively, to each of the plurality of pieces of air quality information.

5. The wearable device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the weight based at least on a sensitivity constant of each of the plurality of external electronic devices.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry further comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and
wherein the processor is configured to determine a distance to the external electronic device based on location information determined via the GPS receiver.

7. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the biosensor to obtain the biometric information in response to a request for detecting the biometric information received from the external electronic device.

8. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuitry is configured to communicate with a server, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control the communication circuitry to transmit a sharing request to share the notification message regarding the dangerous situation with another external electronic device to the server.

9. A method in a wearable electronic device, comprising:
receiving, via communication circuitry, a transmission including air quality information indicating a concentration of harmful gas from an external electronic device equipped with a gas sensor;
detecting, via a biometric sensor of the wearable electronic device, biometric information indicating a blood oxygen saturation level of a user;
determining, via a distance sensor, a distance between the external electronic device and the wearable electronic device;
estimating a concentration of the harmful gas at a location of the wearable electronic device, based on the determined distance between the external electronic device and the wearable electronic device;
identifying, via at least one processor that is connected to the biometric sensor, a dangerous situation based on the estimated concentration of harmful gas and the blood oxygen saturation level; and
displaying a notification message indicating the identified dangerous situation through at least one of a display of the wearable electronic device, or the external electronic device, based on identification of the dangerous situation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein displaying of the notification message further comprises determining content of the notification message based on the estimated concentration of harmful gas, and the blood oxygen saturation level contained in the biometric information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the display of the notification message is further based on at least a user's exposure time to the harmful gas.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the air quality information further comprises:
receiving a plurality of pieces of air quality information obtained via a plurality of external electronic devices from a server,
wherein the concentration of the harmful gas is determined by applying a weight, respectively, to each of the plurality of pieces of air quality information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determination of the concentration of the harmful gas is based at least partly on a sensitivity constant of each of the plurality of external electronic devices.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Hyejung
• Park Hyuncheol
• Won Jinhee
• Je Seongmin

Classifications

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title

• A61B5/1112

  Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS · CPC title

• A61B5/746

  Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms · CPC title

• A61B5/14551

  for measuring blood gases · CPC title

• G01N33/0063 Primary

  using a threshold to release an alarm or displaying means · CPC title