Wearable Device Identification via Smartphone Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices without displays or with small displays pose challenges in distinguishing them from other similar devices, especially in shared spaces.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with memory, first and second communication circuitry, and a display performs a scan to identify external devices, receives identification information from a wearable device through the second communication circuitry, and displays a screen indicating the wearable device based on the received information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If wearable devices without displays or with small displays are used, then device portability and simplicity are improved, but device distinguishability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a smartphone as an intermediary device that displays identification information about wearable devices. The smartphone acts as a mediator between the wearable device and the user, showing details like device name, model, and connection status on its screen, thereby enabling distinguishability without adding displays to the wearable devices themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent shifts the information display from the wearable device dimension to the smartphone dimension. Instead of displaying information on the small wearable device screen, the system projects identification information onto the larger smartphone display, effectively moving the problem solution to a different spatial dimension.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users share wearable devices in one space, then resource utilization is improved, but device identification difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The smartphone serves as an intermediary that resolves the identification conflict among multiple users. When multiple wearable devices are present, the smartphone receives signals from each device and displays their identification information, allowing users to distinguish and select their own devices even in a shared environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes different visual indicators (such as different colors or icons) to represent different wearable devices on the smartphone display. This visual differentiation method allows multiple users to quickly identify their devices among several shared devices through color or visual pattern recognition.
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AI summary
An electronic device may include: memory configured to store a program including instructions, first communication circuitry configured to support a first communication scheme, second communication circuitry configured to support a second communication scheme, a display, and at least one controller comprising at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry. The instructions may, when executed by at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: perform a scan for discovering an external device through the first communication circuitry; identify a plurality of external devices including a first wearable device, based on receiving of signals from the plurality of external devices, based on the scan; based on identifying the plurality of external devices, receive, from the first wearable device through the second communication circuitry, a first signal including identification information corresponding to the first wearable device; and display, through the display, a first screen indicating the first wearable device, based on the identification information included in the first signal corresponding to stored identification information.