Method of configuring watch screen and wearable electronic device implementing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12287612-B2
Application number	US-202217718672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2022
Priority date	Aug 25, 2014
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

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 configured to display a watch screen including watch information corresponding to a watch application and a circular gauge icon corresponding to a health-related application, wherein the circular gauge icon has one of a circular shape with 360 degrees and a semicircular shape with 180 degrees and is schematized from a start point to a target point;
a controller;
memory storing instructions;
a housing having the display, the controller, and the memory disposed therein; and
two straps configured to fasten the housing of the wearable device to a wrist,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
obtain an amount of user activity associated with the health-related application;
display, via the display, a performed portion in the circular gauge icon based on the amount of user activity, wherein the performed portion is configured based on one of 360 degrees and 180 degrees and a ratio of the amount of user activity and a target amount of user activity and, the performed portion is ranging from 0 to one of 360 degrees and 180 degrees when a remaining portion between the target amount and the performed portion is equal to or greater than 0;
obtain a change in the amount of user activity while displaying the circular gauge icon, and
in response to the change in the amount of user activity, update the performed portion based on the changed amount of user activity,
wherein the watch information is configured based on one of a digital form and an analog form with at least two hands.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
change a length or a color of the circular gauge icon as at least part of the updating of the performed portion.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
in response to a first user input, transition into an editing mode in which the watch screen indicates the circular gauge icon is editable,
in response to a second user input, replace the circular gauge icon with another circular gauge icon corresponding to another application other than the health-related application, and
in response to a third user input, terminate the editing mode and display the watch screen via the display such that the circular gauge icon is removed from the watch screen, and that the another circular gauge icon is displayed as part of the watch screen.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising a battery, wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
display, via the display, another circular gauge icon corresponding to a charge state with respect to the battery, concurrently with the circular gauge icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon indicative of an empty state or a fully-charged state of the battery.

5. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
display, via the display, another circular gauge icon concurrently with the circular gauge icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon including a heartbeat rate measurement application or a worldwide clock application.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
display, via the display, another circular gauge icon corresponding to a weather-related application as part of the watch screen, a performed portion of the another circular gauge icon is updated based on a change with respect to one of temperature or humidity.

7. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
display, via the display, another circular gauge icon concurrently with the circular gauge icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon is mapped to the circular gauge icon based on a category of the circular gauge icon.

8. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
display, via the display, another circular gauge icon concurrently with the circular gauge icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon comprises two or more icons that are displayed in a sequence based on a predetermined priority.

9. The wearable device of claim 8 , wherein the another circular gauge icon is, in response to per one toggle input, displayed based on the predetermined priority.

10. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the user activity is taking steps and the amount of user activity is a measured number of steps that the user has taken.

11. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the amount of user activity is independent of the watch information.

12. A method of a wearable device to display a watch screen including watch information corresponding to a watch application and a circular gauge icon including one of a circular shape with 360 degrees and a semicircular shape with 180 degrees and is schematized from a start point to a target point, comprising:
obtaining an amount of user activity associated with a health-related application, by the wearable device;
displaying a performed portion in the circular gauge icon corresponding to the health-related application based on the amount of user activity, wherein the performed portion is configured based on one of 360 degrees and 180 degrees and a ratio of the amount of user activity and a target amount of user activity and, the performed portion is ranging from 0 to one of 360 degrees and 180 degrees when a remaining portion between the target amount and the performed portion is equal to or greater than 0;
obtaining a change in the amount of user activity while displaying the circular gauge icon; and
in response to the change in the amount of user activity, updating the performed portion based on the changed amount of user activity,
wherein the watch information is configured based on one of a digital form and an analog form with at least two hands.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
changing a length or a color of the circular gauge icon as at least part of the updating of the performed portion.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
in response to a first user input, transitioning into an editing mode in which the watch screen indicates the circular gauge icon is editable;
in response to a second user input, replacing the circular gauge icon with another circular gauge icon corresponding to another application other than the health-related application; and
in response to a third user input, terminating the editing mode and display the watch screen via a display such that the circular gauge icon is removed from the watch screen, and that the another circular gauge icon is displayed as part of the watch screen.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
displaying another circular gauge icon corresponding to a charge state with respect to a battery, concurrently with the circular gauge icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon indicative of an empty state or a fully-charged state of the battery.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
displaying another circular gauge icon concurrently with a specified icon, as part of the watch screen, the another circular gauge icon including a heartbeat rate measurement application or a worldwide clock application.

17. The met

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

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

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