IP Library Granted Patent US 10,824,192
Granted Patent B2
US 10,824,192 · App. 16/295,922 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Method for detecting wearing-state and wearable device

Inventor: Fuhao Guo (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
G06F1/163H04W76/10H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 10,824,192
App. No.
16/295,922
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for detecting a wearing-state and a wearable device are provided. The wearable device includes an infrared proximity sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to turn on the infrared proximity sensor in response to detecting, by the acceleration sensor, a user operation. The control circuit is configured to determine whether the wearable device is in a wearing state or a non-wearing state, according to a state of the infrared proximity sensor.

Claims (72)

1. A wearable device, comprising:

an infrared proximity sensor, disposed on a housing of the wearable device, such that the infrared proximity sensor is occluded when the wearable device is worn by a user;

an acceleration sensor, configured to detect a user operation, the user operation comprising a put-in operation or a take-out operation; and

a control circuit, configured to:

determine that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the put-in operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a first duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is upward in direction, the first duration being longer than or equal to a first threshold;

determine that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the take-out operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a second duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is downward in direction, the second duration being longer than or equal to a second threshold;

turn on the infrared proximity sensor in response to detecting, by the acceleration sensor, the user operation; and

determine whether the wearable device is in a wearing state or a non-wearing state, according to the user operation determined and a state of the infrared proximity sensor, the state of the infrared proximity sensor comprising a proximity state and a distant state.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit configured to determine whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state, according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor is configured to:

determine that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state; and

determine that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to:

turn off the infrared proximity sensor, after determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a capacitive sensor disposed on a first surface of the wearable device, wherein the first surface is in contact with skin of the user when the wearable device is worn by the user, and the control circuit is further configured to turn on the capacitive sensor and to determine whether a capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero or not, wherein the capacitive sensor is turned on together with the infrared proximity sensor.

5. The wearable device of claim 4 , wherein the control circuit configured to determine whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor is configured to conduct at least one of:

determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is not equal to zero; and

determining that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to:

establish a communication connection with a mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the wearing state; and

disconnect the communication connection with the mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the non-wearing state.

7. A method for detecting a wearing-state, comprising:

turning on, by a wearable device, an infrared proximity sensor in response to detecting a user operation by an acceleration sensor, the infrared proximity sensor and the acceleration sensor being arranged in the wearable device, and the user operation comprising a put-in operation or a take-out operation;

determining, by the wearable device, whether the wearable device is in a wearing state or a non-wearing state according to the user operation determined and a state of the infrared proximity sensor, the state of the infrared proximity sensor comprising a proximity state and a distant state; and

the method further comprising:

determining that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the put-in operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a first duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is upward in direction, the first duration being longer than or equal to a first threshold; and

determining that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the take-out operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a second duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is downward in direction, the second duration being longer than or equal to a second threshold.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining, by the wearable device, whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state, according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor comprises:

determining, by the wearable device, that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state; and

determining, by the wearable device, that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

turning off, by the wearable device, the infrared proximity sensor, after determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

turning on a capacitive sensor together with the infrared proximity sensor, wherein the capacitive sensor is disposed on a first surface of the wearable device, and the first surface is in contact with skin of a user when the wearable device is worn by the user; and

determining whether a capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero or not.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining, by the wearable device, whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor comprises:

determining, by the wearable device, that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is not equal to zero; and

determining, by the wearable device, that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

establishing a communication connection with a mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the wearing state; and

disconnecting the communication connection with the mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the non-wearing state.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

before the wearable device determines that the wearable device is in the wearing state:

prompting, via an audio assembly of the wearable device, a user to input a voice for confirming that the wearable device has been worn;

collecting the voice input by the user via the audio assembly;

obtaining at least one keyword by parsing the voice; and

determining that at least one of the at least one keyword is matched with a set keyword.

14. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

before the wearable device determines that the wearable device is in the wearing state:

prompting, via an audio assembly of the wearable device, a user to input a tap-signal for confirming that the wearable device has been worn;

obtaining, via a tap-signal acquiring device of the wearable device, the tap-signal input by the user; and

determining that the tap-signal is matched with a set tap-signal.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor of a wearable device, causes the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

turning on an infrared proximity sensor of the wearable device, in response to a user operation to be detected by an acceleration sensor of the wearable device, and the user operation comprising a put-in operation or a take-out operation;

determining whether the wearable device is in a wearing state or a non-wearing state, according to the user operation determined and a state of the infrared proximity sensor, the state of the infrared proximity sensor comprising a proximity state and a distant state; and

the computer program being further executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

determining that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the put-in operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a first duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is upward in direction, the first duration being longer than or equal to a first threshold; and

determining that the user operation detected by the acceleration sensor is the take-out operation, when acceleration continuously detected by the acceleration sensor in a second duration has a magnitude greater than zero and is downward in direction, the second duration being longer than or equal to a second threshold.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer program executed by the processor to carry out the action of determining whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor is executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state; and

determining that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation and the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer program is further executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

turning off the infrared proximity sensor, after determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer program is further executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

turning on a capacitive sensor of the wearable device together with the infrared proximity sensor; and

determining whether a capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero or not.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the computer program executed by the processor to carry out the action of determining whether the wearable device is in the wearing state or the non-wearing state according to the user operation determined and the state of the infrared proximity sensor is executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

determining that the wearable device is in the wearing state, when the user operation is the put-in operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the proximity state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is not equal to zero; and

determining that the wearable device is in the non-wearing state, when the user operation is the take-out operation, the infrared proximity sensor is in the distant state, and the capacitance value detected by the capacitive sensor is equal to zero.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer program is further executed by the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

establishing a communication connection with a mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the wearing state; and

disconnecting the communication connection with the mobile terminal when the wearable device is in the non-wearing state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: GUO, FUHAO
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048534/0760 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0388473 · Apr 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190332141A1 · Oct 31, 2019
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