Methods, systems and devices for physical contact activated display and navigation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9965059-B2
Application number	US-201615096240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2010
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

Methods, systems and devices are provided for providing user interface navigation of screen display metrics of a device. In one example, a device is configured for capture of activity data for a user. The device includes a housing and a screen disposed on the housing to display a plurality of metrics which include metrics that characterize the activity captured over time. The device further includes a sensor disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. A processor is included to process the physical contact to determine if the physical contact qualifies as an input. The processor enables the screen from an off state when the physical contact qualifies as the input. The screen is configured to display one or more of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a scroll order, and a first metric displayed in response to the physical contact that qualifies as the input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising,
receiving motion data corresponding to first physical contact, the motion data generated by a sensor of an activity tracking device, the first physical contact being received on a touch sensitive screen mounted on a housing of the activity tracking device, the touch sensitive screen of the activity tracking device configured to display a plurality of metrics, the plurality of metrics being arranged in a pre-defined scroll order, wherein the physical contact received on the touch sensitive screen comprises one or more taps by a bare finger of a user of the activity tracking device, wherein the activity tracking device is wearable by the user and programmable by the user on a computing device associated with the user to display a pre-defined first metric from among the plurality of metrics on the touch sensitive screen;
determining, based on the motion data, that the first physical contact qualifies as a double tap input for the activity tracking device;
in response to determining that the first physical contact qualifies as the double tap input, causing the touch sensitive screen of the activity tracking device to be activated, the touch sensitive screen being configured to display, upon activation, the first metric of the plurality of metrics;
determining, based on additional motion data generated by the sensor in response to second physical contact received on the touch sensitive screen subsequent to the first physical contact, whether the second physical contact qualifies as a single tap input that is different from the double tap input;
in response to determining that the second physical contact qualifies as the single tap input, causing the first metric displayed on the touch sensitive screen to be replaced with a next one of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order that is different from the first metric to be displayed on the touch sensitive screen such that only one metric of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order is displayed at a time; and
for each subsequent physical contact that qualifies as the single tap input, causing another next one of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order to be displayed on the touch sensitive screen, the method being executed by one or more processors of the activity tracking device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of metrics comprises one or more of step count, floors climbed, stairs climbed, distance traveled, active minutes, or calories burned.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scroll order is user configurable and defines which respective ones of the plurality of metrics follow the first metric.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the activity tracking device is associated to a user account, the user account provides access to configure the scroll order.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the computing device is usable to access a website for the user account, the computing device is provided with one or more graphical user interfaces to configure the scroll order.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is a portable computing device, the activity tracking device being configured to receive the scroll order from the portable computing device via a wireless connection.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising enabling wireless communication with a portable computing device paired with the activity tracking device, the portable computing device provided with access to a website for access to the user account associated with the activity tracking device, the scroll order being stored in association with the user account, wherein the activity tracking device is configured to receive the scroll order obtained from the website by the portable computing device.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the computing device is usable to access a website for the user account, the computing device provided with one or more graphical user interface to configure the scroll order of the plurality of metrics and to remove or add metrics to the plurality of metrics.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first metric is a home screen metric specified by the user of the activity tracking device, the home screen metric being initially displayed on the touch sensitive screen upon determining that the first physical contact qualifies as the double tap input.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising,
causing the touch sensitive screen to be deactivated, subsequent to the second physical contact, when a period of time passes without further detected user input; and
causing the touch sensitive screen to be activated, after the period of time passes, and to display the first metric in response to determining that third physical contact is qualified as the double tap input.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, transitioning the touch sensitive screen to an off state in an absence of user input to the activity tracking device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first metric comprises a time metric and one or more remaining metrics of the plurality of metrics each comprises an activity metric indicative of activity data of the user captured over time by the activity tracking device.

13. An activity tracking device configured for capture of activity data for a user, comprising,
a housing;
a screen disposed on the housing, the screen configured to display a plurality of metrics which include a time of day metric and activity metrics that characterize the activity data captured over time, the plurality of metrics being arranged in a pre-defined scroll order, wherein the activity tracking device is wearable by the user and programmable by the user on a computing device to display a pre-defined first metric from among the plurality of metrics on the screen;
a sensor disposed in the housing, the sensor configured to generate motion data in response to physical contact upon the housing; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive first motion data corresponding to first physical contact, the first motion data generated by the sensor in response to the first physical contact received upon the housing of the activity tracking device,
determine, based on the first motion data, that the first physical contact qualifies as a double tap input,
in response to determining that the first physical contact qualifies as the double tap input, cause the screen to be activated and to display, upon activation, the first metric of the plurality of metrics, and
determine, based on second motion data generated by the sensor in response to second physical contact received upon the housing subsequent to the first physical contact, whether the second physical contact qualifies as a single tap input that is different from the double tap input, and
in response to determining that the second physical contact qualifies as the single tap input, cause the first metric displayed on the screen to be replaced with a next one of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order that is different from the first metric to be displayed on the screen such that only one metric of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order is displayed at a time; and
for each subsequent physical contact that qualifies as the single tap input, cause another next one of the plurality of metrics in the scroll order to be displayed on the screen.

14. The activity tracking device of claim 13 , wherein the housing is part of a wearable wrist attachable structure, or an attachable structure that can be carried or worn by the user of the activity tracking device.

15. The activity tracking device of claim 13 , wherein the physical contact produ

Assignees

• Fitbit Inc

Inventors

• Myers Nicholas
• Brumback Christine
• Roberts Timothy
• Park James
• Knight Dave
• Yuen Shelten
• Messenger Jayson

Classifications

• G06F1/163

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

• A61B5/7475

  User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F19/3481

  Physics · mapped topic

• A61B5/1112

  Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS · CPC title