Electronic apparatus for providing health status information, method of controlling the same, and computer-readable storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016006941-A1
Application number	US-201514853285-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 14, 2015
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a device and method of providing health status information. The device includes: a device including: a storage configured to store a first image including a face of a user and first health status information extracted from the first image; an imager configured to capture an image; a controller configured to control the imager to capture a second image including the face of the user and to extract second health status information from the captured second image; and a display configured to output the second image and information other than the stored first health status information from among the extracted second health status information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device comprising:
a storage configured to store a first image including a face of a user and first health status information extracted from the first image; an imager configured to capture an image; a controller configured to control the imager to capture a second image including the face of the user and to extract second health status information from the captured second image; and a display configured to output the second image and a difference between the first health status information and the second health status information.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein, from among a plurality of applications in the device, when a first application which captures an image by using the imager is executed, the controller is configured to control the imager to capture the second image, and when a second application that is different from the first application is executed, the controller is configured to control the display to output the second image and the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information.

3 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a user interface unit configured to receive a user input for unlocking the device when in a locked state, wherein the controller is configured, when the user input for unlocking the device in the locked state is received, to control the imager to capture the second image and to extract the second health status information from the captured second image.

4 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a user interface unit configured to receive a user input for executing a video call application in the device, wherein the controller is configured to, when the video call application is executed according to the received user input, control the imager to capture the second image, and to extract the second health status information from the captured second image.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first image is a photograph that is received from a server in which the user is registered.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to normalize a resolution of the face of the user in the captured second image by expanding or reducing a size of the second image to a pre-set size, and to extract the second health status information from the normalized second image.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain a color temperature of illumination on the face of the user at a point of time when the second image is captured, to normalize a hue value of the face of the user by adjusting a hue value of the second image based on the obtained color temperature, and to extract the second health status information from the normalized second image.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to output the second image by displaying an indicator on a face region of the user in the second image, from which the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information is extracted, to indicate that the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information is extracted.

9 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to output, in chronological order, a plurality of second images that are captured during a predetermined time period and health status information extracted from the plurality of second images.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the display is configured to output photographing guide information for guiding capturing of the face of the user based on a pre-set face image obtaining condition; and the controller is configured to determine whether the imager captured the face of the user according to the pre-set face image obtaining condition, and to determine, when it is determined that the face of the user is captured according to the pre-set face image obtaining condition, an image of the face of the user as the second image.

11 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to obtain bio-information of the user at a point of time when the second image is captured, wherein the controller is configured to determine a biological condition of the user at the point of time when the second image is captured based on the obtained bio-information, and to exclude some of the second facial condition information, which is shown on the face of the user due to the biological condition.

12 . A method of providing health status information, by a device, the method comprising:
obtaining first health status information extracted from a first image including a face of the user; capturing a second image including the face of the user; extracting second health status information from the captured second image; and outputting the second image and a difference between the first health status information and the second health status information.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the capturing the second image comprises, from among a plurality of applications in the device, when a first application which captures an image by using an imager is executed, capturing the second image; and the outputting the second image and the information comprises, from among the plurality of applications in the device, when a second application that is different from the first application is executed, outputting the second image and the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving a user input for unlocking the device when in a locked state, wherein the capturing the second image comprises, when the user input is received, capturing the second image.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving a user input for executing a video call application in the device, wherein the capturing the second image comprises, when the user input is received, capturing the second image.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first image is a photograph that is received from a server in which the user is registered.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the extracting the second health status information comprises:
normalizing a resolution of the face of the user in the second image by expanding or reducing a size of the second image to a pre-set size; and extracting the second health status information from the normalized second image.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the extracting the second health status information comprises:
obtaining a color temperature of illumination on the face of the user at a point of time when the second image is captured; normalizing a hue value of the face of the user by adjusting a hue value of the second image based on the obtained color temperature; and extracting the second health status information from the normalized second image.

19 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the outputting the second image and the information comprises outputting the second image by displaying an indicator on a face region of the user in the second image, from which the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information is extracted, to indicate that the difference between the first health status information and the second health status information is extracted.

20 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the outputting the second image and the difference comprises outputting, in chronological order, a plurality of the

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Seon-Ae

Classifications

• H04N5/2628

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