Alarm setting and interfacing with gesture contact interfacing controls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9646481-B2
Application number	US-201414579982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2010
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A device configured for capture of activity data for a user includes a housing, a sensor, a motor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor is disposed in the housing to track activity data of the user. The motor causes vibration of the housing. The memory stores an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on the device. The processor activates the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, with the alarm causing the motor to produce the vibration of the housing. The sensor, which is interfaced with the processor, is configured to detect a current level of activity of the user. The processor is configured to automatically deactivate the alarm if the current level of activity qualifies for deactivating the alarm. The deactivating of the alarm causes the vibration of the device to be suspended.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on a device for tracking activity data of a user;
activating the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, the alarm producing a vibration of the device;
determining a level of activity of the user detected by the device for tracking activity data of the user when the alarm is activated; and
automatically deactivating the alarm if the level of activity qualifies for deactivating the alarm, the deactivating causing the vibration of the device to be suspended, wherein the method is executed by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vibration being suspended transitions the alarm into one of a snooze mode or an off mode.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the snooze mode continues for a predetermined period of time before reactivating the alarm, wherein the method further includes transitioning the alarm into the snooze mode one or more times until entering the off mode or processing the vibration for a threshold period of time.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the vibration being suspended transitions the alarm into the off mode.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the level of activity that qualifies for deactivating the alarm is a predetermined number of steps.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined number of steps is detected after the alarm is activated.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined number of steps is detected during a period of time that includes a time period before the alarm is activated.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alarm setting is received wirelessly from a computing device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the alarm setting is transferred from a server to the computing device over the Internet and from the computing device to the device via a wireless Bluetooth connection.

10. A device configured for capture of activity data for a user, comprising:
a housing;
a motor for causing vibration of the housing of the device;
a sensor disposed in the housing to track activity data of the user;
a memory for storing an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on the device; and
a processor for activating the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, the alarm causing the motor to produce the vibration of the housing, the sensor being interfaced with the processor and configured to detect a current level of activity of the user, and the processor being configured to automatically deactivate the alarm if the current level of activity qualifies for deactivating the alarm, the deactivating causing the vibration of the device to be suspended.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the housing is part of a wearable wrist attachable structure, or an attachable structure that can be carried or worn by the user.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the wearable wrist attachable structure is defined at least partially from a plastic material.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the housing further includes wireless communication logic.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the wireless communication logic includes one of WiFi processing logic, or Bluetooth (BT) processing logic, or radio processing logic.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the wireless communication logic is configured to pair with a portable computing device or a computer, and the portable computing device or the computer is configured for communication over the Internet with a server, the server having processing instructions for configuring the alarm setting.

16. The device of claim 10 , wherein the vibration being suspended transitions the alarm into one of a snooze mode or an off mode.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the processor configures the snooze mode to continue for a predetermined period of time before reactivating the alarm, and the processor transitions the alarm into the snooze mode one or more times until entering the off mode or processing the vibration for a threshold period of time.

18. One or more non-transitory computer readable media including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on a device for tracking activity data of a user;
activate the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, the alarm producing a vibration of the device;
determine a level of activity of the user detected by the device for tracking activity data of the user when the alarm is activated; and
automatically deactivate the alarm if the level of activity qualifies for deactivating the alarm, the deactivating causing the vibration of the device to be suspended.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein the vibration being suspended transitions the alarm into one of a snooze mode or an off mode.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , wherein the snooze mode continues for a predetermined period of time before reactivating the alarm, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to transition the alarm into the snooze mode one or more times until entering the off mode or processing the vibration for a threshold period of time.

21. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein the vibration being suspended transitions the alarm into the off mode.

22. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein the level of activity that qualifies for deactivating the alarm is a predetermined number of steps.

23. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 22 , wherein the predetermined number of steps is detected after the alarm is activated.

24. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 22 , wherein the predetermined number of steps is detected during a period of time that includes a time period before the alarm is activated.

Assignees

• Fitbit Inc

Inventors

• Messenger Jayson
• Yuen Shelten

Classifications

• A61B5/4812

  Detecting sleep stages or cycles · CPC title

• A61B5/024

  Measuring pulse rate or heart rate · CPC title

• A61B2560/0242

  adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution · CPC title

• A61B5/4809

  Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not · CPC title

• A61B5/4815

  Sleep quality · CPC title