US 12,141,364 B2
Wearable device for communicating with at least one counterpart device according to trigger event and control method therefor
Yeojin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Miji Park, Suwon-si (KR); Eunyoung Park, Suwon-si (KR); Sanga Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Yeongwoong Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Minhwa Hong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,365.
Application 17/987,365 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/017746, filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0156598 (KR), filed on Nov. 15, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0175632 (KR), filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152899 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device comprising:
a display;
a communication circuit including a communication circuit;
memory; and
at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wearable device to:
control the display to display a plurality of graphical objects in a display area, at least two graphical objects from among the plurality of graphical objects corresponding to at least two external devices, respectively,
identify whether a user's input is positioned in a first area,
identify a group of graphical objects corresponding the first area from among the plurality of graphical objects, based on the user's input being positioned in the first area,
identify whether a trigger event is detected while the user's input is positioned in the first area, and
transmit, based on the detection of the trigger event, a message corresponding to the trigger event to a group of external devices from among the at least two external devices through the communication circuit, each external device from among the group of external devices corresponding to a graphical object from among the group of graphical objects,
wherein the first area is an area among a plurality of areas,
wherein each area among the plurality of areas is determined based on whether the user's input is detected to be positioned within a range from the wearable device among a plurality of ranges, and
wherein a distance from the wearable device to the user's input is determined based on a position of another user's input relative to the wearable device.