Wearable device and method for obtaining data about user

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025190018-A1
Application number	US-202519054184-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 14, 2025
Priority date	Aug 29, 2022
Publication date	Jun 12, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a temperature sensor, a pupil recognition sensor, a brainwave sensor, a camera, memory storing one or more computer programs, communication circuitry, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor, the pupil recognition sensor, the brainwave sensor, the camera, the communication circuitry and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to obtain, through the temperature sensor, first data representing a temperature associated with a head of a user, contacted with the wearable device, recognize, based on the first data representing the temperature within a first reference range, a state of the user as an emergency state, based on recognizing the state of the user as the emergency state, store, in the memory, first content obtained from a second timing which is before predefined time from a first timing in which the state of the user is recognized as the emergency state through the camera, to a third timing after the predefined time from the first timing and information on a conscious state of the user obtained from the first timing to the third timing using the pupil recognition sensor or the brainwave sensor activated in response to the recognition of the emergency state, transmit, to a second wearable device contacted with a wrist, a first request to obtain second data associated with a heart rate of the user, transmit, to a first external electronic device, a second request to transmit information representing the emergency state of the user and the information on the conscious state of the user to a second external electronic device, based on the first data representing the temperature within a second reference range distinct from the first reference range, recognize the state of the user as a danger monitoring state, and based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, store, in the memory, second content obtained from a fourth timing in which the state of the user is recognized as the danger monitoring state through the camera, to a fifth timing after the predefined time from the fourth timing, provide information that warns of possible danger, transmit, to the second wearable device, the first request, receive, from the second wearable device, the second data in response to the first request, and identify, using the first data and the second data, whether the state of the user is changed from the danger monitoring state to the emergency state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wearable device comprising:
a temperature sensor; a pupil recognition sensor; a brainwave sensor; a camera; memory storing instructions, comprising one or more storage media; communication circuitry; and one or more processors comprising processing circuitry, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
obtain, through the temperature sensor, first data representing a temperature associated with a head of a user, contacted with the wearable device,
recognize, based on the first data representing the temperature within a first reference range, a state of the user as an emergency state,
based on recognizing the state of the user as the emergency state:
store, in the memory, first content obtained from a second timing which is before predefined time from a first timing in which the state of the user is recognized as the emergency state through the camera, to a third timing after the predefined time from the first timing and information on a conscious state of the user obtained from the first timing to the third timing using the pupil recognition sensor or the brainwave sensor activated in response to the recognition of the emergency state,
transmit, to a second wearable device contacted with a wrist, a first request to obtain second data associated with a heart rate of the user,
transmit, to a first external electronic device, a second request to transmit information representing the emergency state of the user and the information on the conscious state of the user to a second external electronic device,
based on the first data representing the temperature within a second reference range distinct from the first reference range, recognize the state of the user as a danger monitoring state, and
based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state:
store, in the memory, second content obtained from a fourth timing in which the state of the user is recognized as the danger monitoring state through the camera, to a fifth timing after the predefined time from the fourth timing,
provide information that warns of possible danger,
transmit, to the second wearable device, the first request,
receive, from the second wearable device, the second data in response to the first request, and
identify, using the first data and the second data, whether the state of the user is changed from the danger monitoring state to the emergency state.

2 . The wearable device of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to: obtain, based on a first time interval, the first data from the second timing to the first timing, and in response to recognizing the state of the user as the emergency state, obtain, based on a second time interval less than the first time interval, the first data from the first timing to the third timing.

3 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
in response to recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, obtain, based on a third time interval less than the first time interval and longer than the second time interval, the first data from the fourth timing to the fifth timing.

4 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
identify a trend related to a body temperature of the user, and determine, based on the trend related to the body temperature of the user, the first reference range and the second reference range.

5 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, maintain an inactive state of the pupil recognition sensor and the brainwave sensor, and refrain from transmitting, to the first external electronic device, the second request.

6 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
store in a buffer configured on the memory, third content obtained using the camera from the second timing to the first timing, and in response to recognizing the state of the user as the emergency state, obtain the first content by combining the third content stored in the buffer and fourth content obtained from the first timing to the third timing.

7 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
store in a buffer configured in the memory, fifth content obtained from a sixth timing which is before the predefined time from the fourth timing to the fourth timing, based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, remove the fifth content stored in the buffer, and obtain, using the camera, the second content from the fourth timing to the fifth timing.

8 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, request authority for usage of the pupil recognition sensor and the brainwave sensor and authority for usage of a heart rate sensor comprised in the second wearable device, after obtaining the authority for usage of the pupil recognition sensor and the brainwave sensor and the authority for usage of the heart rate sensor comprised in the second wearable device, identify that the state of the user is changed from the danger monitoring state to the emergency state, and in response to identifying that the state of the user is changed from the danger monitoring state to the emergency state:
change the pupil recognition sensor and the brainwave sensor from a deactivated state to an activated state, and
transmit, to the second wearable device, a signal for controlling to activate the heart rate sensor comprised in the second wearable device.

9 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
recognize, based on a first user input, the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, based on recognizing the state of the user as the danger monitoring state, set a mode related to the wearable device, the second wearable device, and the first external electronic device, to a first mode, while the wearable device is operating in the first mode, based on a second user input distinct from the first user input, recognize the state of the user as the emergency state, and set, based on recognizing the state of the user as the emergency state, the mode to a second mode distinct from the first mode, wherein the first mode comprises a mode in which a first set of sensors used for identifying the possible danger are set to activate among a plurality of sensors included in the wearable device, the second wearable device, and the first external electronic device, and wherein the second mode comprises a mode in which the first set of sensors and a second set of sensors used for obtaining information on a conscious state of the user are set to activate among the plurality of sensors.

10 . The wearable device of

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Sungsoo
• Kim Sungoh
• Yeo Hyungsok
• Kim Beomsu
• Kim Jihyun
• Moon Jongwon
• Yeom Donghyun
• Prushinskiy Valeriy

Classifications

• G08B21/0453

  worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing (detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• G08B21/0446

  worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G08B21/02

  Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons · CPC title

• A61B5/16

  Devices for psychotechnics (using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00); Testing reaction times {; Devices for evaluating the psychological state} · CPC title