Event notification method and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016358427-A1
Application number	US-201514731438-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 5, 2015
Priority date	Dec 16, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an event notification system including: a controller that senses a command to select a first event among a plurality of events and generates a first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event; and a memory that stores the generated first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An event notification system, comprising:
a controller that senses a command to select a first event among a plurality of events and generates a first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event; and a memory that stores the generated first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event.

2 . The event notification system of claim 1 , wherein the controller displays graphic data corresponding to the first vibration pattern on a display when the first vibration pattern is generated.

3 . The event notification system of claim 1 , wherein the controller generates the first vibration pattern based on a command received through a user input unit.

4 . The event notification system of claim 1 , wherein the controller displays a guide message on a display for generating the first vibration pattern corresponding to the first event when the first event is selected.

5 . The event notification system of claim 3 , wherein the command received through the user input unit includes a command to select a vibration intensity.

6 . The event notification system of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller senses a command to select a second event among the plurality of events and generates a second vibration pattern corresponding to the selected second event, and the memory stores the generated second vibration pattern corresponding to the selected second event, wherein the second vibration pattern differs from the first vibration pattern.

7 . The event notification system of claim 1 , further comprising an RF communication unit,
wherein the controller controls the RF communication unit such that the RF communication unit establishes RF communication with a wearable device and transmits, to the wearable device, information stored in the memory relating to the first vibration pattern corresponding to the first event, upon sensing generation of the first event.

8 . The event notification system of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller displays icons corresponding to the plurality of events on a display, and the command to select the first event among the plurality of events is based on a selection of an icon corresponding to the first event among the displayed icons.

9 . An event notification method, comprising:
establishing RF communication with a wearable device; sensing a command to select a first event among a plurality of events; transmitting a first signal requesting generation of a vibration pattern to the wearable device; receiving a second signal including information relating to a generated first vibration pattern from the wearable device; matching the generated first vibration pattern to the selected first event; and storing the generated first vibration pattern in a memory.

10 . The event notification method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying graphic data corresponding to the first vibration pattern.

11 . The event notification method of claim 9 , wherein the wearable device stores mapping data that maps motions of the wearable device, sensed through a gyroscope sensor, to predetermined vibration patterns.

12 . The event notification method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying a guide message for generating the first vibration pattern corresponding to the first event when the first event is selected.

13 . The event notification method of claim 9 , further comprising:
sensing a command to select a second event among the plurality of events; transmitting a third signal requesting generation of a vibration pattern to the wearable device; receiving a fourth signal including information relating to a generated second vibration pattern from the wearable device; matching the generated second vibration pattern to the selected second event; and storing the generated second vibration pattern in the memory, wherein the second vibration pattern differs from the first vibration pattern.

14 . The event notification method of claim 9 , further comprising:
sensing generation of the first event; and transmitting, to the wearable device, information stored in the memory relating to the first vibration pattern corresponding to the first event, upon sensing the generation of the first event.

15 . The event notification method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying icons corresponding to the plurality of events,
wherein the command to select the first event among the plurality of events is based on a selection of an icon corresponding to the first icon among the displayed icons.

16 . An event notification method, comprising:
sensing a command to select a first event among a plurality of events; generating a first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event; matching the generated first vibration pattern to the selected first event; and storing the generated first vibration pattern in a memory.

17 . The event notification method of claim 16 , further comprising displaying graphic data corresponding to the first vibration pattern.

18 . The event notification method of claim 16 , wherein:
the first vibration pattern is generated based on a command received through a user input unit, and the command received through the user input unit includes a command to select a vibration intensity.

19 . The event notification method of claim 16 , further comprising:
establishing RF communication with a wearable device; sensing generation of the first event; and transmitting, to the wearable device, information stored in the memory relating to the first vibration pattern corresponding to the first event, upon sensing the generation of the first event.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing an event notification method, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that sense a command to select a first event among a plurality of events; program instructions that generate a first vibration pattern corresponding to the selected first event; program instructions that match the generated first vibration pattern to the selected first event; and program instructions that store the generated first vibration pattern in a memory.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sim Hyun Chul

Classifications

• G08B6/00 Primary

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