Method and apparatus for performing function by combining one or more function blocks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9386131-B2
Application number	US-201414147921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2014
Priority date	Aug 29, 2013
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

A method of performing a function by combining one or more blocks including sensing whether the one or more blocks are connected, determining indexes respectively corresponding to the connected one or more blocks, deciding, by using the indexes, a function to be performed based on the sensing, the function being one of a plurality of functions, each function associated with a respective set of function blocks, and generating a control signal for performing the decided function may be provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of performing a function in an apparatus which comprises function blocks, the method comprising:
sensing whether the function blocks are connected;
determining indexes respectively corresponding to the connected function blocks;
deciding, by using at least one combination of sub-hyperedges, a function to be performed based on the sensing, the function being one of a plurality of functions, each function associated with a respective set of the function blocks; and
generating a control signal for performing the decided function,
wherein each of the sub-hyperedges indicates some of the connected function blocks.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing information indicating the function.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
updating the stored information based on information included in a received external signal.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
updating the stored information based on information acquired through supervised learning.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deciding comprises:
deciding the function by combining the indexes and weights, the weights corresponding to the function.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the deciding comprises:
calculating a maximum value of a probability function, the probability function acquired based on the combination of the indexes and the weights; and
deciding the function corresponding to the calculated maximum value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deciding comprises:
deciding the function by using a hypernetwork model formed based on the indexes and weights, the weights corresponding to the function.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein more than one function blocks are connected to each other, and the function blocks are physically separable from a terminal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the function block is an independent device or an electronic circuit portion, and is configure to perform the function.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions, which when executed by a computer, perform the method of claim 1 .

11. An apparatus comprising:
an interface unit configured to sense whether the one or more function blocks are connected;
a decision unit configured to determine indexes respectively corresponding to the connected function blocks, and configured to decide, by using at least one combination of sub-hyperedges, a function to be performed based on the sensing, the function being one of a plurality of functions, each function associated with a respective set of the connected function blocks; and
a control unit configured to generate a control signal for performing the decided function,
wherein each of the sub-hyperedges indicates some of the connected function blocks.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:
a storage unit configured to store information indicating the function.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the storage unit is configured to update the stored information based on information included in a received external signal.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the decision unit is configured to acquire information through supervised learning, and the storage unit is configured to update the stored information based on the acquired information.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the decision unit is configured to decide the function by combining the indexes and weights, the weights corresponding to the function.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the decision unit is configured to calculate a maximum value of a probability function, the probability function acquired based on the combination of the indexes and the weights and is configured to decide the function corresponding to the calculated maximum value.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the decision unit is configured to decide the function by using a hypernetwork model formed based on the indexes and weights, the weights corresponding to the function.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the function block is a unit of two or more function blocks that are physically separable from a terminal.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one of the function block is an independent device or an electronic circuit portion, and is configured to perform the function.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ku Ji-Yeon
• Lee Sang-Hyun
• Hwang Sung-Woo

Classifications

• H04M1/72575

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/0254 Primary

  comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules · CPC title

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• H04M1/7246

  by connection of exchangeable housing parts · CPC title

• G06F1/32 Primary

  Means for saving power · CPC title