IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,795,442
Granted Patent B2
US 10,795,442 · App. 16/197,607 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Method of providing vibration and electronic device for supporting same

Inventors: Won Jun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sun Young Yi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Ji Won Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Young Hak Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yong Gu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyu Ok Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/016G06F1/1632G06T7/20H04M1/026H04M1/72544
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Patent No.
US 10,795,442
App. No.
16/197,607
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including: a communication interface; at least one first vibration device; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine vibration information including a first time for vibrating the at least one first vibration device and a second time for vibrating at least one second vibration device included in an external device to which the electronic device is mounted, based at least partially on information included in content to be outputted by the electronic device, transmit, through the communication interface, at least part of the vibration information to the external device such that the external device vibrates the at least one second vibration device based at least partially on the second time, and control the at least one first vibration device to vibrate based at least partially on the first time while the content is outputted.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface;

at least one first vibration device; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine vibration information including a first time for vibrating the at least one first vibration device and a second time for vibrating at least one second vibration device included in an external device to which the electronic device is mounted, based at least partially on information included in content to be outputted by the electronic device,

transmit, through the communication interface, at least part of the vibration information to the external device such that the external device vibrates the at least one second vibration device based at least partially on the second time, and

control the at least one first vibration device to vibrate based at least partially on the first time while the content is outputted.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

detect that the electronic device is mounted to the external device; and

receive information related to the at least one second vibration device from the external device through the communication interface.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content is acquired from an external electronic device or through at least one of a camera or a microphone included in the electronic device, and

wherein the processor is configured to output the content in real time.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content includes at least one of an image and a sound.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein, when the image includes a moving object, the processor is configured to determine the first time and the second time based on a movement of the moving object.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of speakers,

wherein the processor is configured to determine the first time and the second time such that the at least one first vibration device and the at least one second vibration device are sequentially vibrated based on a sequence of the sound output from the plurality of speakers,

wherein a location of the at least one first vibration device and a location of the at least one second vibration device respectively correspond to lcations of the plurality of speakers.

7. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein, when the image contains an image area displayed according to a Point Of View (POV) of a user, the processor is configured to:

when the image area which are currently displayed does not include a moving object, determine the first time and the second time for vibrating the electronic device and the external device in a direction from the image area to an image area of the image including the moving object, based at least partially on the sound.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to control a display device to display a visual object corresponding to the direction.

9. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the vibration information further includes at least one of lengths of time during which the at least one first vibration device and the at least one second vibration device vibrate, a magnitude of vibration, and a frequency of vibration.

10. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the first time and the second time based at least partially on directivity of a beam of the sound.

11. A method of providing vibration by an electronic device having a communication interface, the method comprising:

determining vibration information including a first time for vibrating the at least one first vibration device included in the electronic device and a second time for vibrating at least one second vibration device included in an external device to which the electronic device is mounted, based at least partially on information included in content to be outputted by the electronic device;

transmitting, through the communication interface, at least part of the vibration information to the external device such that the external device vibrates the at least one second vibration device based at least partially on the second time; and

controlling the at least one first vibration device to vibrate based at least partially on the first time while the content is outputted.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting that the electronic device is mounted to the external device; and

receiving information related to the at least one second vibration device from the external device through the communication interface.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the content is acquired from an external electronic device or through at least one of a camera or a microphone included in the electronic device, and the method further comprises outputting the content in real time.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the content includes at least one of an image and a sound.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein, when the image includes a moving object, the determining of the vibration information comprises determining the first time and the second time based on a movement of the moving object.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determining of the vibration information comprises, when the electronic device includes a plurality of speakers, determining the first time and the second time such that the at least one first vibration device and the at least one second vibration device are sequentially vibrated based on a sequence of the sound output from the plurality of speakers,

wherein a location of the at least one first vibration device and a location of the at least one second vibration device respectively correspond to locations of the plurality of speakers.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein, when the image contains an image area displayed according to a Point Of View (POV) of a user, the determining of the vibration information comprises:

when the image area which are currently displayed does not include a moving object, determining the first time and the second time for vibrating the electronic device and the external device in a direction from the image area to an image area of the image including the moving object, based at least partially on the sound.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising controlling a display device to display a visual object corresponding to the sound.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the vibration information further includes at least one of lengths of time during which the at least one first vibration device and the at least one second vibration device vibrate, a magnitude of vibration, and a frequency of vibration.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determining of the vibration information comprises determining the first time and the second time based at least partially on directivity of a beam of the sound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: LEE, WON JUN; YI, SUN YOUNG; KIM, JI WON; OH, YOUNG HAK; LEE, YONG GU; CHOI, KYU OK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0156452 · Nov 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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