Method for controlling wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9261920-B2
Application number	US-201414215531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2014
Priority date	Dec 6, 2013
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

A method for controlling a wearable device includes the steps of: providing the wearable device which includes a sensor; detecting and recording movement data relative to the wearable device via the sensor; determining whether the wearable device has triggered a start condition; if the start condition has been triggered, analyzing the movement data; determining whether a user has finished putting on the wearable device according to the analyzed movement data; and if the user has finished putting on the wearable device, determining whether the wearable device is worn on a left side or a right side of the user according to the analyzed movement data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method, comprising the steps of:
providing a wearable device which comprises a sensor;
detecting and recording movement data relative to the wearable device via the sensor;
determining whether the wearable device has triggered a start condition;
if the start condition has been triggered, analyzing the movement data;
determining whether a user has finished putting on the wearable device according to the analyzed movement data; and
if the user has finished putting on the wearable device, determining whether the wearable device is worn on a left side or a right side of the user according to the analyzed movement data;
wherein the sensor is a gravity sensor or a gyro;
wherein the analyzed movement data comprises a first rotation angle of the wearable device along a first axis;
wherein the wearable device is directional, and the control method further comprises:
if the first rotation angle is within a first range, determining that the user has not finished putting on the wearable device; and
if the first rotation angle is not within the first range, determining that the user has finished putting on the wearable device.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wearable device further comprises a control switch, and the control method further comprises:
if the user has touched the control switch, determining that the start condition has been triggered.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
if the user has not finished putting on the wearable device, redetecting and updating the movement data via the sensor.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
if the first rotation angle is within a second range, determining that the wearable device is worn on the left side of the user; and
if the first rotation angle is within a third range, determining that the wearable device is worn on the right side of the user;
wherein the first range, the second range, and the third range do not overlap with each other.

5. A control method, comprising the steps of:
providing a wearable device which comprises a sensor;
detecting and recording movement data relative to the wearable device via the sensor;
determining whether the wearable device has triggered a start condition;
if the start condition has been triggered, analyzing the movement data;
determining whether a user has finished putting on the wearable device according to the analyzed movement data; and
if the user has finished putting on the wearable device, determining whether the wearable device is worn on a left side or a right side of the user according to the analyzed movement data;
wherein the sensor is a gravity sensor or a gyro;
wherein the analyzed movement data comprises a first rotation angle of the wearable device along a first axis;
wherein the analyzed movement data further comprises a second rotation angle of the wearable device along a second axis, and the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis;
wherein the wearable device is not directional, and the control method further comprises:
if the second rotation angle is within a first range, determining that the user has not finished putting on the wearable device; and
if the second rotation angle is not within the first range, determining that the user has finished putting on the wearable device.

6. The control method as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:
if the second rotation angle is within a second range and the first rotation angle is within a third range, or if the second rotation angle is within the third range and the first rotation angle is within the second range, determining that the wearable device is worn on the left side of the user; and
if the second rotation angle and the first rotation angle are both within the second range, or if the second rotation angle and the first rotation angle are both within the third range, determining the wearable device is worn on the right side of the user;
wherein the first range, the second range, and the third range do not overlap with each other.

7. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the left side of the user comprises a left ear or a left foot, and the right side of the user comprises a right ear or a right foot.

Assignees

• Quanta Comp Inc

Inventors

• Wang yang-sheng
• Chen Yu-Ching
• Hsu Yung-Chi

Classifications

• G06F1/1694 Primary

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• G06F1/163

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