US 11,669,166 B2
Apparatus and method for providing haptic feedback through wearable device
Yong Gu Lee, Seoul (KR); Ji Won Kim, Seoul (KR); Young Hak Oh, Seoul (KR); Sun Young Yi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Won Jun Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Kyu Ok Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,957.
Application 17/353,957 is a continuation of application No. 16/835,462, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,061,478.
Application 16/835,462 is a continuation of application No. 16/194,488, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,649,534, issued on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0154142 (KR), filed on Nov. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0311552 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate with at least one wearable device; and
at least one processor electrically connected with the communication circuit,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
output a user interface screen for obtaining a user input through a display of the electronic device or a display of the at least one wearable device;
obtain position information on a position on which the at least one wearable device selected based on the user input is placed on a user's body; and
transmit a control signal to the selected at least one wearable device through the communication circuit such that, when an output of a haptic pattern specified based on a function is requested, the at least one wearable device outputs a haptic feedback corresponding to the specified haptic pattern,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
when the position information on a first position on which the selected at least one wearable device is placed is obtained:
change the haptic pattern into a first form corresponding to the first position; and
transmit a first control signal corresponding to the haptic pattern related to the first form, and
when the position information on a second position on which the selected at least one wearable device is placed is obtained:
change the haptic pattern into a second form corresponding to the second position; and
transmit a second control signal corresponding to the haptic pattern related to the second form.