Method of detecting ultraviolet ray and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9927228-B2
Application number	US-201514829214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	Aug 18, 2014
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A method is provided for operating an electronic device. The method includes detecting an ultraviolet ray value through an ultraviolet ray detection sensor; acquiring an image including a sun object; comparing a position of the sun object within the acquired image to a position of a guide object; and correcting the detected ultraviolet ray value based on a difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
detecting an ultraviolet ray value through an ultraviolet ray detection sensor; acquiring an image including a sun object;
comparing a position of the sun object within the acquired image to a position of a guide object applied to the acquired image; and
correcting the detected ultraviolet ray value based on a difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object,
wherein correcting the detected ultraviolet ray value based on the difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object comprises applying an ultraviolet ray correction value according to the difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object to the detected ultraviolet ray value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guide object visually indicates a direction in which the ultraviolet ray detection sensor faces.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guide object includes a plurality of circles having different sizes and a common center.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ultraviolet ray value is detected based on a measured illumination value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the position of the sun object within the acquired image to the position of the guide object comprises guiding a user to move the electronic device such that the sun object overlaps the guide object.

6. An electronic device comprising:
an ultraviolet ray detection sensor configured to detect an ultraviolet ray value;
an image sensor configured to acquire an image including a sun object;
a display configured to display the image including the sun object; and a processor configured to compare a position of the sun object within the acquired image to a position of a preset guide object applied to the acquired image, and
correct the detected ultraviolet ray value based on a difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object,
wherein the processor corrects the detected ultraviolet ray value by applying an ultraviolet ray correction value according to the difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object to the detected ultraviolet ray value.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the guide object visually indicates a direction in which the ultraviolet ray detection sensor faces.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the guide object includes a plurality of circles having different sizes and a common center.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the ultraviolet ray detection sensor detects the ultraviolet ray value based on a measured illumination value.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor guides a user to move the electronic device such that the sun object overlaps the guide object.

11. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a first object on a display;
capturing a sun object;
overlapping the sun object with the first object; and
detecting an ultraviolet ray value through an ultraviolet ray detection sensor based on a difference between a position of the first object and a position of the sun object, wherein detecting the ultraviolet ray value comprises applying an ultraviolet ray correction value according to the difference between the position of the sun object and the position of the guide object to an initially detected ultraviolet ray value.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first object includes a guide object.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first object visually indicates a direction in which the ultraviolet ray detection sensor faces.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein overlapping the sun object with the first object comprises guiding a user to move the electronic device such that the sun object overlaps the first object.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Jeong-Ho
• Baek Seung-Geol
• Eom Ki-Hun
• Lee Dong-Han

Classifications

• H04N23/634

  Warning indications · CPC title

• G01J1/0242 Primary

  Control or determination of height or angle information of sensors or receivers; Goniophotometry · CPC title

• G01J1/0233

  Handheld · CPC title

• G01J2001/4266

  for measuring solar light · CPC title

• G01J1/0219

  Electrical interface; User interface · CPC title