IP Library Granted Patent US 10,186,014
Granted Patent B2
US 10,186,014 · App. 14/987,122 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Information display method and electronic device for supporting the same

Inventors: Jong Keun Cho (Ansan-si, KR); Jong Chae Moon (Seoul, KR); Hyo Chan Song (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,186,014
App. No.
14/987,122
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device and information display method are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one object, a display configured to output a screen associated with the at least one object, and a processor configured to functionally connect with the memory and the display. The processor controls to display a first object, associated with collected sensing information related to a human body, among objects stored in the memory, at a size on the display and to display a second object on the first object based on the sensing information. The processor modifies a size and region of the second object and a displayed motion of the second object according to accumulated sensing information and controls to output the modified second object on the first object.

Claims (56)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one object;

a display configured to output a screen associated with the at least one object; and

at least one processor configured to functionally connect with the memory and the display,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to:

obtain sensing information related to a human body from the memory when current sensing information is collected,

calculate an entire measurement range based on statistics of the obtained sensing information,

change a maximum range value and a minimum range value representing the calculated entire measurement range from a default maximum range value and a default minimum range value, and

display a first object corresponding to the changed maximum range value and minimum range value and a second object corresponding to the collected current sensing information on the first object, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to adjust a display change speed of a numeric value of the maximum range value and the minimum range value such that a change of a numeric value which reaches the minimum range value and a change of a numeric value which reaches the maximum range value are completed at a same time.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to display a third object, corresponding to a representative value obtained from the sensing information, on the first object or the second object.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to display the representative value, corresponding to the third object, on a region adjacent to a position where the third object is displayed, or

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the modifying or displaying of the second object relative to a position to display the third object.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to adjust a display speed of a modified region of the second object such that a time when the second object is modified and displayed is identical relative to the third object.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to display a range of values of sensing information associated with the first object on a region adjacent to the first object,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to display a range of values of sensing information associated with the second object on a region adjacent to the second object, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to display the representative value, according to the accumulated sensing information, with a numeral and gradually change the numeric value from the numeral to become the range of values.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

change the numeric value, and

display a start value of the range of values and an end value of the range of values.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to collect physical characteristic information associated with a state of the electronic device or a state of the human body which provides the sensing information and modify a display state of at least one of the first object, the second object, or a third object according to the physical characteristic information, or

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

convert the sensing information into a constant numeric value, and

modify and display the second object while mapping the numeric value to the second object.

8. A method of displaying information in an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining sensing information related to a human body from a memory when current sensing information is collected;

calculating an entire measurement range based on statistics of the obtained sensing information;

changing a maximum range value and a minimum range value representing the calculated entire measurement range from a default maximum range value and a default minimum range value, and

displaying a first object corresponding to the changed maximum range value and minimum range value and a second object corresponding to the collected current sensing information on the first object

wherein the displaying comprises adjusting a display change speed of a numeric value of the maximum range value and the minimum range value such that a change of a numeric value which reaches the minimum range value and a change of a numeric value which reaches the maximum range value are completed at a same time.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying a third object, corresponding to a representative value obtained from the sensing information, on the first object or the second object.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

displaying the representative value, corresponding to the third object, on a region adjacent to a position where the third object is displayed.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the displaying of the third object comprises:

modifying and displaying the second object relative to a position to display the third object; or

adjusting and displaying a display speed of a modified region of the second object such that a time when the second object is modified and displayed is identical relative to the third object.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

at least one of displaying a first range of values of sensing information associated with the first object on a region adjacent to the first object or displaying a second range of values of sensing information associated with the second object on a region adjacent to the second object.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

gradually changing a numeric value of a numeral indicating the representative value to become the second range value; or

adjusting and displaying a display change speed of a numeric value such that a change of a start numeric value corresponding to a start value of the second range of values and a change of an end numeric value corresponding to an end value of the second range of values are completed at a same time.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

collecting physical characteristic information associated with a state of the electronic device or a state of the human body which provides the sensing information; and

modifying a display state of at least one of the first object, the second object, and a third object according to the physical characteristic information.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a local-area communication module configured to establish a local-area communication channel with an external electronic device;

a memory configured to store sensing information received through the local-area communication module and at least one object to be output based on the sensing information; and

a processor configured to control to:

change, based on the sensing information, a maximum range value and a minimum range value of a first range of values from a default maximum range value and a default minimum range value,

display a first object corresponding to the first range of values in connection with the stored sensing information, and

control to output at least one of a second object, corresponding to a calculated second range of values corresponding to the measured sensing information associated with automatically determined current measurement state information, which is displayed in a form which is gradually changed from a position in the first object or a third object corresponding to a single value in the first range of values,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to adjust a display change speed of a numeric value of the maximum range value and the minimum range value such that a change of a numeric value which reaches the minimum range value and a change of a numeric value which reaches the maximum range value are completed at a same time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2016
From: CHO, JONG KEUN; MOON, JONG CHAE; SONG, HYO CHAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037401/0857 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0024528 · Feb 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62100267 · Jan 6, 2015
Provisional Application 62104319 · Jan 16, 2015
Related Publication 20160196635A1 · Jul 7, 2016
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