KR20210114187A - A Smart Ring and Method for Controlling Device using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a smart ring and a method for controlling a device using the same. According to the present invention, a process of performing an operation of the smart ring includes the steps of: authenticating, by a smart ring, a user; acquiring motion information of the smart ring and sensing information sensed by the smart ring; determining a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information; and transmitting the determined control command to an external device. The smart ring determines the control command based on a rotation angle of the smart ring and a button input provided in the smart ring, and the smart ring performs a preset control command only for an authenticated user.

Description

A Smart Ring and Method for Controlling Device using the same

The present invention relates to a smart ring and a device control method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of communicating with and controlling various devices using a smart ring that can be worn on a user's finger.

According to the present invention, it is possible to communicate with the device using the smart ring and to control the device.

In addition, by using a module that performs various functions inside the smart ring, it is possible to support personal identification, payment, and authentication.

Smart devices that a user can carry and operate, such as a smart phone, are widely used and are being studied to provide various convenient functions.

Recently, in addition to smart phones, wearable devices such as smart watches and smart glasses have been commercialized, and they provide user convenience as a smart device that communicates with a smart phone or is independent.

Wearable devices are being researched and developed in various forms that can be worn by users. In addition to the form that can be worn like glasses, the form worn on the wrist, the form of a necklace, and the form of a hair band, it has recently been developed in the form of a ring to be worn on the finger due to the development of MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System). have.

In the case of a smart ring, since it is small in size, there is little rejection in wearing it, and its use can also be varied in that it can be worn on a plurality of fingers.

In addition, since there is an advantage of being able to communicate in a short distance with a portable device such as a smart phone or a tablet device, there is an advantageous effect in terms of transmission rate by using a short-distance communication method such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Therefore, the development of a service model that can be performed using the internal function module of the smart ring and the smart ring is gradually emerging.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to control a device using a smart ring, which has been devised according to the above needs.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform communication with the device using the smart ring and to control the device.

The technical problems (objectives) to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems (objectives), and other technical problems (objectives) not mentioned are common in the technical field to which the present invention belongs from the description below. It can be clearly understood by those with knowledge.

In the process of performing the operation of the smart ring according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the method comprising: authenticating the user by the smart ring; acquiring motion information of the smart ring and sensing information sensed by the smart ring; determining a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information; and transmitting the determined control command to an external device, wherein the smart ring includes: a rotation angle of the smart ring, a rotation angle change pattern, or movement or state information of a finger associated with these values and the smart ring The control command may be determined based on a button input provided in the , and the smart ring may perform a preset control command only for an authenticated user.

In addition, the smart ring may include a process of changing the mode of the smart ring from a lock mode to an unlock mode according to the success of authentication in the user's authentication step.

In addition, the preset control command may include at least one of authentication, control, function selection, and mode selection mechanism using the smart ring.

Also, the smart ring may determine an external device control command set according to a rotation angle or a rotation angle change pattern, based on the obtained motion information of the smart ring.

Preferably, the external device control command is an application control command in the smart phone interlocked with the smart ring, and is one of voice recording, emergency rescue request, and camera shooting command.

In addition, the step of authenticating the user may be initiated when the wear completion of the user is sensed in the smart ring.

In addition, the smart ring may apply motion information of the smart ring in a state with the button input and motion information of the smart ring in a state without the button input as different functions.

In addition, the smart ring may determine information indicating a corresponding number as a control command when there is a number hovering input by the user in a state in which the button input is present.

In addition, the smart ring may determine with different commands according to whether it is in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction based on the direction to the external device.

In addition, the smart ring may perform an input function as a 2D or 3D space mouse for the external device, and may perform one of dragging, clicking, and double clicking.

Preferably, when a rolling input to the smart ring is received along with the drag, click, and double click input, the smart ring may determine it as a scroll input.

Preferably, the smart ring, when it is sensed that the smart ring continuously rotates in a certain direction for a certain time, and the user's pulse information sensed by the smart ring exceeds a certain range, the control command is urgently It can be determined by the call command.

Preferably, the external device is a smart phone, and the control command of the smart ring includes one of a playback command for content reproduced in the smart phone, a channel change command, a volume control command, and a screen enlargement/reduction command.

Preferably, after the smart ring authenticates the user, authenticating with the external device to be communicated with the smart ring; Further comprising, the smart ring and the external device may transmit and receive control command information after completing the authentication process.

In the smart ring according to the present invention, the input unit including a button; a power supply unit for providing power to the smart ring; a storage unit for storing information processed in the smart ring; a communication unit for communicating with an external device; a sensing unit for sensing the user's biometric information and motion information of the smart ring; and a control unit; includes, wherein the control unit authenticates the user of the smart ring, determines a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information, and sets to transmit the determined control command to an external device, and the smart ring Determines the control command based on the rotation angle of the rotation angle, the change pattern of the rotation angle, movement information of the smart ring performed simultaneously with the rotation angle, and a button input provided in the smart ring, and performs a preset control command only for an authenticated user can be set to

In the door opening system of an external device using a smart ring according to the present invention, the smart ring authenticating a user; transmitting authentication information from the smart ring to the external device; receiving authentication success information from the external device when the smart ring is authenticated by the external device; and opening the door of the external device, wherein the external device determines whether authentication succeeds by comparing it with a database stored in the external device based on the user information of the smart ring and the authentication information transmitted from the smart ring. can decide

The present invention has the following effects.

According to the present invention, it is possible to communicate with a device using a smart ring and to control the device.

In addition, by using a module that performs various functions inside the smart ring, it is possible to support personal identification, payment, and authentication.

1 is a diagram conceptually showing a smart ring according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of a smart ring according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of a smart ring according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing the rotation operation of the smart ring according to the present invention.
5 is a view showing a wearing process of the smart ring according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing an example of the use aspect of the smart ring according to the present invention.
7 is a view showing the direction of the user's finger wearing the smart ring according to the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device control method using a smart ring according to the present invention.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail.

However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each figure, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it is understood that the other component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is said that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that no other element is present in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and repeated descriptions of the same components are omitted.

1 is a diagram conceptually showing a smart ring according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the smart ring 100 may be worn on the user's finger. The user has a thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger on each hand, and has a total of 10 fingers, so it is possible to wear a plurality of smart rings.

The smart ring 100 may distinguish which finger is worn on which hand based on identification information unique to the smart ring or user biometric information. For example, the smart ring may be dedicated to the index finger, or it may be discriminated that the smart ring is worn on the ring finger of the left hand by information such as the user's wearing circumference.

The smart ring 100 may communicate with a device such as a smart phone 120 . Due to the limitation of the physical size of the smart ring 100, it may be inconvenient for the user to have all of the various hardware modules, so the smart ring 100 has only a minimum module necessary for operation, and the smart phone 120 ), etc., may contain modules that perform various functions.

For example, 1) authenticating the user of the smart ring, or 2) determining a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information, or 3) the rotation angle of the smart ring, a change pattern of the rotation angle, and rotation A control unit for determining the control command based on movement information of the smart ring performed simultaneously with each and a button input provided in the smart ring may be mounted on an external module such as a smartphone.

For example, the smart ring 120 may include a microphone required for simple voice input, a speaker required for voice output, and a communication module for communicating with the smart phone 120 , and cellular voice calls (LTE, 5G) are smart This may be performed through the phone 120 .

The smart ring 100 may communicate with a separate display device 130 . In order to control the operation of the display device 130 , a command may be transmitted from the operation module of the smart ring 100 .

For example, the display device 130 may be a display device such as a TV, and the user may operate the smart ring 100 to operate the TV. A user may operate and input a button provided in the smart ring to change a TV channel. The smart ring may transmit a corresponding operation command signal to the TV according to a user's input command, and the TV may change a TV channel based on the received signal. Users can not only change channels for TV, but also play, stop, pause, forward, rewind, channel input, volume control, screen brightness/saturation control, screen resolution control, aspect ratio control, 3D output, 4D output, and input mode change. , PIP (Picture In Picture), screen division, recording settings, reservation viewing, reservation termination, and other functions that can be operated on the TV can be controlled.

The smart ring 100 may communicate directly with the display device 130 . Short-range wireless communication with the display device 130 may be performed by the communication unit of the smart ring 100 , and wireless communication techniques such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, beacon, Zigbee, and NFC may be used.

The smart ring 100 may communicate with the display device 130 and the like through the smart phone 120 . At this time, the smart phone is not necessarily limited to a phone, and a device supporting a communication function, such as a tablet, a note PC, a desktop, a PDA, a smart watch, a smart band, etc., is sufficient.

The smart ring 100 may transmit commands to control various functions of the smart phone 120 . For example, the smart ring 100 may transmit a control command for executing a specific application installed in the smart phone 120 . Operate various applications such as voice recording, camera capturing, emergency rescue request, financial payment, content playback, biometric information management, user identification and authentication, pointer and mouse functions, or support the operation process can

2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating the configuration of a smart ring according to the present invention.

The smart ring 200 according to the present invention may include an input unit 210 , a power supply unit 220 , a storage unit 230 , a communication unit 240 , a sensing unit 250 , and a control unit 260 .

The input unit 210 according to the present invention may include a button. The button may be three-dimensionally protruding or retracted from the smart ring. Alternatively, it may be in the form of a plane for receiving a touch input.

The button input unit according to the present invention may be composed of one or more buttons. It may be composed of a combination of a physical button and a touch button.

For example, there may be one button. If there is only one button, the user can input various commands by pressing and depressing one button, can be done by

As another example, there may be two buttons. In both cases, there is an advantageous effect on the operation of the user in that operation/stop and +/- input are possible. However, the buttons of the present invention are not necessarily limited to one or two, and may be composed of various numbers of buttons depending on manufacturers and usage patterns.

The physical button or function of the button may be replaced by a sensor or software function that performs a similar role, or may not be included in the smart ring. For example, a button that turns on the power generates an interrupt from the built-in accelerometer by shaking the smart ring left and right, and the power can be turned on based on this.

The power supply unit 220 according to the present invention may supply power to the smart ring 200 . Accordingly, the internal circuit of the smart ring 200 may be designed to be driven in a certain voltage range. For example, it may be designed to operate between about 1.6-5V (volt), such as the operating voltage range of a smart phone.

The power supply unit 220 according to the present invention may include a separate battery. Due to the physical constraints of the smart ring 200, it may be a small chromium or lithium battery, and in some cases, may be a battery composed of various materials. As another example, the power supply unit 200 may include a solar cell.

The power supply unit 220 according to the present invention may receive operating power support through a charging process. A voltage may be applied to the power supply 220 in a device such as a cradle of a smart ring, and the power supply 220 may be charged with operating power through such an external power source.

The storage unit 230 according to the present invention may store signals processed by the smart ring 200 . The input signal processed by the input unit 210 may be stored, and power information of the power supply unit 220 may be stored. The storage unit 230 according to the present invention may store information about a signal through which the smart ring 200 communicates with an external device.

The communication unit 240 according to the present invention may communicate with an external device. The communication unit 240 according to the present invention may communicate with an external device using various communication methods such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, beacon, Zigbee, NFC, and the like. The communication unit 240 may transmit various control command signals or data information to an external device, and may receive signals from the external device.

The sensing unit 250 according to the present invention may sense the user's biometric information and surrounding information.

The sensing unit 250 according to the present invention may include various sensors. For example, environmental information around the smart ring 200 may be acquired, such as a location sensor such as GPS, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an altitude sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an NFC sensor.

The sensing unit 250 according to the present invention may sense biometric information of a user wearing the smart ring 200 . For example, pulse information may be sensed through a pulse sensed by a finger, and blood vessel information may be sensed through light fluoroscopy. The sensing unit 250 may sense the user's blood pressure information, and may sense information on the magnitude of a minute current flowing in the living body.

The sensing unit 250 according to the present invention includes a scanning module supporting scanning, and by wearing it on the user's finger, the shape of the finger may be photographed in 3D, and one surface of the finger may be sensed to be output as a graphic. have.

The controller 260 according to the present invention may control various signals operated and processed inside the smart ring 200 . Signals processed by the input unit 210 , the power supply unit 220 , the storage unit 230 , the communication unit 240 , and the sensing unit 250 may be controlled by a preset program to operate normally.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of a smart ring according to the present invention.

In step S310, the smart ring may authenticate the user.

A sensing unit of the smart ring or an input unit including a button may obtain information for identifying a user.

The information for identifying the user may be information set by the user. Entering the password set by the user on the small-sized smart ring can be inconvenient to the user, and there are physical restrictions in processing fingerprint recognition, etc., so it is required to input convenient and simple information for the user. .

According to the present invention, the smart ring can be controlled by analyzing the movement of the smart ring while the user wears the smart ring. For example, when the user wears the smart ring on his/her finger, the user may be authenticated according to a worn movement pattern.

As shown in (a), (b) and (c) of FIG. 5 , the user can wear the smart ring in various ways, and according to specific information of each pattern, the smart ring is compared with a predetermined pattern can be performed, and an operation suitable for a corresponding pattern can be performed according to preset information.

Figure 5 (a) is a view showing a case in which the smart ring is worn while rotating in a spiral (spiral). As shown in FIG. 5( a ), the user can wear the smart ring while twisting it in order to wear the smart ring to the inside of the finger. In general, this is likely to be the case when there is no difference between the size of the smart ring and the thickness of the user's finger in the knuckle, and the smart ring acquires information such as the number of rotations in a spiral and/or grip information to hold the smart ring. Thus, it is possible to compare and determine whether the wear information is unique to the user.

Figure 5 (b) is a view showing a case in which the smart ring is worn without rotating. As shown in FIG. 5( b ), the user can wear the smart ring right up to the inside of the finger without rotating it. In general, this may correspond to the case where the size of the smart ring is larger than the thickness of the finger. can be

Figure 5 (c) is a view showing a case in which the smart ring is worn in a zigzag (zigzag) manner. As shown in Fig. 5(c), this may correspond to a case where the size of the smart ring is not significantly different from the thickness of the user's finger, and as described above in Fig. 5(a), the smart ring is the size of the zigzag rotation. And by acquiring the rotation speed and/or grip information for holding the smart ring, it is possible to compare and determine whether the wear information is unique to the user. The smart ring may analyze the user's wearing information and use it as authentication information to identify the user.

As shown in FIG. 5 , it is possible to authenticate a user using information such as a rotation angle change pattern and wearing speed when wearing a smart ring. And in the authentication method according to the smart ring wearing pattern, additionally, when the smart ring is worn, the finger pointing direction (ie, the direction perpendicular to the plane of the smart ring) information can be combined or each individual method can be used for authentication.

The smart ring may be meaningful information as information combining information on whether the user is wearing or not and operation information of an external device. It is a process of authenticating a user in an external device such as a user's smart phone. It is information that combines not only the process of entering a password, fingerprint input, voice input, etc. on the touch screen of the smart phone, but also the wearing information of the user in the smart ring. It can be used in the process of authentication.

After the smart ring authenticates the user, the smart ring may perform authentication with an external device to transmit and receive control commands. After the user wears the smart ring, a specific external device may be executed, and authentication between the smart ring and the external device may be performed during execution.

For example, by contacting the smart ring worn by the user to the outside of the vehicle, it is possible to support authentication between the smart ring and the control circuit of the vehicle. The car can authenticate the user by transmitting and receiving information with the smart ring, and can open the car door or perform a specific application.

In other words, even if the authentication between the user and the smart ring is completed, if the authentication with the external device and the smart ring is not performed, the function of controlling the external device through the smart ring may be limited.

Authentication between the user, the smart ring, and the external device may grant authority to different functions depending on which subject is identified and authenticated. For example, if the smart ring acts like a car key, there may be multiple users driving the car, and even the same smart ring may grant different privileges of function control according to user identification information. After user A wears the smart ring B, if he authenticates to car C, the right (eg, driving and communication) D (eg, driving and communication) can be granted to user A. If user E, who is another user, wears the smart ring B and then authenticates to car C, a different right (eg, driving) of F from D can be granted to user E.

In step S320, the smart ring may receive ring motion and sensing information.

The sensing unit of the smart ring may sense the user's biometric information and surrounding information.

The sensing unit according to the present invention may include various sensors. For example, it is possible to acquire environmental information around the smart ring, such as a location sensor such as GPS, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an altitude sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, an NFC sensor, and the like.

The sensing unit according to the present invention may sense biometric information of a user wearing the smart ring. For example, pulse information may be sensed through a pulse sensed by a finger, and blood vessel information may be sensed through light fluoroscopy. The sensing unit may sense the user's blood pressure information, and may sense information on the magnitude of a minute current flowing in the living body.

The smart ring may acquire motion information of the smart ring on the user's finger. The angular velocity sensor of the sensing unit may acquire rotation information of the smart ring by the user, and may determine this information by the user's input of a control command. Any movement of the smart ring on the finger can be a control command of the user, but since there are cases where the user moves meaninglessly while wearing the smart ring, it is not determined that all information is meaningful information, but a preset When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, it may be determined by the user's meaningful (meaningful) control command input.

In step S330, the smart ring may determine a control command.

The smart ring may determine what a control command intended by the user is by using the acquired motion information and sensing information of the ring. The storage unit of the smart ring may store a database preset with respect to the user's biometric information and the movement of the ring.

The control unit of the smart ring may determine the user's control command by comparing the obtained information with the information stored in the storage unit. For example, if the user wears a smart ring on the index finger of his right hand and inputs a 720 degree (2 rotations) rotation clockwise toward the display device, the playback speed of the content being played on the display device is doubled. can decide

In step S340, the smart ring may transmit the determined control command to the external device.

The smart ring may transmit the determined control command to an external device. The external device may be a device in which a link or a session is established through a smart ring and short-range wireless communication method. For example, the smart ring may be connected to a smart phone via Bluetooth (BT), and may transmit a manipulation command from the smart ring to the smart phone.

As described above as an example in step S330, when the user wears the smart ring on the index finger of the right hand and inputs 720 degrees (2 rotations) rotation clockwise toward the smartphone screen, the playback speed of the content being played on the smartphone You can send a command that doubles the speed to your smartphone. The smart phone may receive a manipulation command to control the playback speed of the content.

4 is a view showing the rotation operation of the smart ring according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the smart ring may move within the user's finger by the user's physical force, and in particular, may only rotate at the same finger position. Movement of the smart ring while worn on the finger may be physically limited. For example, it may be physically and temporally inefficient for the user to input a large number of rotation commands in 3 turns (1080 degrees), 5 turns (1800 degrees), etc. while wearing the smart ring on the user's finger.

Accordingly, one rotation can be divided into various sections to match the control command according to the rotation angle in order to obtain a control command desired by the user even with a small rotation of the smart ring.

For example, one rotation (360 degrees) may be divided at intervals of 45 degrees. Commands can be mapped every time the user rotates 45 degrees around a specific reference point on the Smart Ring. The specific reference point may have a mark that can be visually identified by the user, it may be a button input, or a part of the design of the smart ring may be a specific reference point. In some cases, a state before rotation may be set as a specific reference state.

The smart ring can be matched with a control command in the form of a combination of rotation direction information and rotation angle information. The clockwise direction can be set in the + (increase) direction, and when rotated by 45 degrees clockwise, it can be matched with a command to enlarge the screen of the display device linked to the smart ring. The above example is given as an example for convenience of explanation, and the division of rotation angles (30 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, etc.) in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions can be changed according to the convenience setting of the manufacturer and/or the user. .

5 is a view showing a wearing process of the smart ring according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , it can be set as a separate control command according to the user's smart ring wearing process.

As shown in Fig. 5(a), when the smart ring moves in a spiral direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), or as shown in Fig. 5(b), with a finger as one axis, In the case of movement, as shown in FIG. 5( c ), matching can be performed with a separate control command according to the number of zigzags and rotation angles in the case of rotating in a zigzag manner.

If necessary, when the smart ring rotates 360 in a specific direction, it may be recognized as an initial setting command (initiation), and may operate as a command to skip or cancel a previous command.

If necessary, even the same rotation angle or rotation pattern can be assigned a separate control command according to the posture or direction of the smart ring.

6 is a view showing an example of the use aspect of the smart ring according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the user may control the display device 650 by wearing the smart ring 600 .

First, the smart ring 600 may determine whether the user is wearing it. When the user senses the movement of the smart ring with a preset wearing pattern, the user can be authenticated by using this as information to identify the user.

Two or more button units 610 and 620 may be provided on the smart ring 600 . Although two button units are illustrated for convenience of description, the present invention is not limited thereto, and there may be no or one physical button unit, and a plurality of button units may be provided according to the convenience of manufacturers and users. In addition, the button unit is not necessarily limited to a physical button unit, and it is preferable to understand it as a broad concept including a touch button unit.

The display device 650 may communicate with the smart ring 600 . There may be a process of discovering the smart ring 600 in the display device 650 , and there may be a process of establishing a connection session. If there is a history of communication with the smart ring 600 in advance, the session can be connected immediately after discovery, and the session can be connected only when there is user authentication.

The short-distance communication method may be one of various communication methods, such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, BLE, beacon, Zigbee, infrared, NFC (Near Field Communication), and the smart ring 600 and the display. A communication method capable of transmitting and receiving information between the devices 650 is sufficient.

The user may input a control command to the smart ring 600 to control the display device 650 . For example, the button 610 may be input to change a TV channel being reproduced on the display device 650 to a next channel. As another example, the user may greatly input “3” as a motion in the air while pressing the button 610 to change to a desired channel (eg, channel 3).

In addition, the user can press the button 620 of the smart ring 600 to increase the volume, and when the button is pressed once, it can be an input to increase the volume, and when the button is pressed twice at quick intervals (double click) similar to ), can be an input to decrease the volume. The smart ring may receive information such as a button input and determine what a control command intended by the user is.

In addition, when the user rotates clockwise while pressing button 1, it can be an input for commanding a channel increase, and turning the smart ring counterclockwise while pressing the button can be an input for commanding a channel decrease. At this time, it is possible to change the number of channels that increase or decrease according to the rotation angle or rotation speed.

7 is a view showing the direction of the user's finger wearing the smart ring according to the present invention.

7 , the smart ring may determine the direction of the user's finger through sensors such as an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a motion sensor. Since it is possible to infer the direction of the finger through the direction of the smart ring, it is possible to determine the direction of motion on the user's finger.

For example, it may be determined whether the user gives a hovering command toward the display device with a finger wearing the smart ring. When hovering toward the display device, a command for controlling the display device may be input using the smart ring as a pointer and using the pointer to indicate a portion of the display device indicated by a finger tip. A hovering input such as inputting text or selecting a specific object on the display device is possible.

For another example, when the user moves a finger upward based on the display device, the smart ring recognizes it as an increase (+) command and combines it with an input from the button to increase volume, increase channel, forward, etc. It can be determined by a command of , and when a finger is moved downward, it can be recognized as a command of decrease (-) and operated.

The smart ring may map a control command independent of +/- with respect to an operation in a certain direction regardless of the display device. For example, when a certain button is pressed in space and rotated clockwise once, it can be mapped to a command to run a recording application on a smart phone linked to a smart ring.

As a detailed description of the present invention, when rotating the smart ring in a horizontal posture as shown in FIG. As shown in (b), when rotating the smart ring in a vertical posture, it can be determined as a control command for “volume”. This is information that can be detected through the smart ring's 9-axis sensors (geomagnetic sensor, gyro sensor, and acceleration sensor) even when the smart ring is removed from the user's finger, and can be used in various ways.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device control method using a smart ring according to the present invention.

A method of using the smart ring 800 as a pointer of the display device 850 and the like in FIG. 7 above will be described in more detail. This is because the biggest advantage of the smart ring is that the user can easily input an intended command by moving his or her finger due to its physical size and intuition.

Accordingly, the smart ring 800 transmits/receives an accurate command so that the user's command can be performed as intended for the target 850 to be controlled by the user is required.

In particular, the smart ring 800 may be used as a mouse input device for the display device 850 . In an existing display device, a wired/wireless mouse is used as a means of inputting a user's command by combining the moving direction, the size of the movement, the type of click, the number of clicks, etc. on a separate plane.

In the case of the smart ring 800, input of the x, y, and z axes is possible because it can be input in a three-dimensional space, not a two-dimensional plane, unlike a mouse, and there is an existing hovering input method for the three-dimensional input. A detailed description will be omitted.

First, the user may input a drag command by approaching the display device and moving it in one direction. In this case, a corresponding operation may be performed by pressing the button, and a command for pressing the button may be omitted for intuitive input by the user.

The smart ring 800 may sense the movement of the user's finger, determine it as a drag command, and transmit the determined drag information to the display device 850 to perform a drag operation.

The user may input a click command to move toward and away from the display device 850 . Also, you can input a double click command in which the click is repeated.

The smart ring 800 may determine whether the user's command is a click command or a double click command and transmit it to the display device 850 .

That is, the smart ring 800 may be characterized in that it performs an input function as a 3D space mouse for an external device, and performs one of dragging, clicking, and double clicking.

Also, when a rolling input to the smart ring is received along with drag, click, and double click inputs, the smart ring 800 may determine it as a scroll input.

In the case of motion/hovering input in such a space, the following incorrect input problem may occur. For example, the user intends to simply input a finger approaching the display direction, but the user must inevitably return to the original position after the finger approaches the display direction, so it may be incorrectly input as a command to approach and move away.

Therefore, in order to reduce an inevitably occurring erroneous input, it is possible to solve this problem by making an input in a space while the button is pressed and releasing the button press when the input is finished.

This hovering and pointing is a method that combines the user's daily movements with the advantages of a trackpad, and has an advantageous effect over a 2D mouse in that it enables intuitive input by the user.

Example Description:

Example 1: Emergency call

A user can perform an emergency call function using the smart ring. In other words, the smart phone may obtain the user's movement and biometric information to determine whether the user needs an emergency call command.

The smart ring may obtain heart rate information of the user. The sensing unit of the smart ring may periodically acquire a user's heartbeat or pulse, and may accumulate and store it in the storage unit.

In particular, when the user's normal heart rate or pulse range exceeds a certain standard, the smart ring can acquire biometric information in a shorter cycle. can decide

In the case of such a function, there is an advantageous effect on usability in that an emergency call command can be transmitted based on a change in the user's biometric information in a situation where an emergency call is difficult.

As another example, there is a method of determining an emergency call command based on a predetermined movement from the smart ring to the smart ring. When continuous rotation in a predetermined direction (eg, clockwise) is sensed by the user, the smart ring may determine an emergency call command.

As a more detailed example, the smart ring may determine a secret rescue request when continuous clockwise rotation is detected, and conversely, when continuous counterclockwise rotation is detected, it may determine a non-covert open rescue request. .

As another example, even if the rotation is repeated within a specific angle, it may be determined as a rescue request. In the case of repeatedly rotating a constant rotation angle such as 45 degrees, 90 degrees, or 180 degrees, it can be determined by a rescue request command.

Alternatively, even when the button is continuously clicked, it can be determined as a rescue request command. These conditions are conditions that can be changed according to a preset setting by the user, and can be changed not only by the user but also by the policy of the manufacturer, etc.

Recently, there are many cases in which the user's hands and feet are bound, such as kidnapping and confinement, so that movement is restricted. In this case, it is very difficult to operate a separate communication device. In this case, the user is able to transmit an emergency call command with only a small manipulation of the smart ring, thereby advantageously escaping from various crimes.

By combining the biometric information and the user's movement information, it can be determined as an emergency call command. When the user continuously rotates the smart ring in the same direction, it is also possible to obtain biometric information to determine that the user is in a state of trembling in fear when the heartbeat or pulse exceeds a certain level, and to determine an emergency call command.

In an emergency call command using a smart ring, it may be required to satisfy the following main requirements. First, it will be possible to make a request in a very short time in an emergency situation, secondly, it will minimize routine actions or erroneous requests, thirdly, it will minimize errors in ignoring or erroneous requests, and finally, fourth , especially in constrained or threatened situations in which the user is injured, may require that it be realistically feasible.

Accordingly, the emergency call command that satisfies the request may be implemented by sending a rescue text message, requesting a rescue call, or notifying the current location of the smart ring.

Example 2: Payment

A user can perform a payment function through the smart ring. In order to perform a payment function, a standalone method in which the smart ring alone performs a payment function and a method in which the smart ring operates in conjunction with a smart phone, etc. can be distinguished and explained.

When performing a payment function directly in the smart ring, a module supporting a near field communication (NFC) function may be provided inside the smart ring. The smart ring can determine the payment command by combining the NFC function and the user's operation command. For example, together with the NFC tag, when an input to the smart ring is sensed from the user (when a button is pressed), it can be determined as a payment command.

In the present disclosure, the NFC function has been described as an example for convenience of description, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and a means for supporting various communication methods through which a user can make a payment is sufficient.

The smart ring can perform a payment function by interworking with an external device such as a smart phone. For an application running on a smart phone, a process of authenticating a user may be performed in the smart ring.

The smart ring may acquire the user's unique biometric information. In addition to biometric information such as heart rate and pulse rate, various motion inputs preset by the user may be acquired.

Therefore, security can be further strengthened by combining functions such as fingerprint recognition and iris recognition in the payment process in the smart phone, or, by replacing functions such as fingerprint recognition and iris recognition with authentication in the smart ring, in the authentication process can improve user convenience.

Recently, by using a method such as MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission), a user authentication process using a smart ring is added to the magnetic payment process, thereby enhancing security and providing convenience.

In performing the payment function in the smart ring, a method of performing authentication first and then making a payment may be used. For example, when the user wants to board the bus, since having a separate authentication process after NFC tag may be inconvenient to the user, authentication may be completed before boarding the bus, and payment may be completed by NFC tagging. In the precedence relationship between tagging and authentication, it is possible to change according to the convenience of the user, and accordingly, the security can be applied differentially. For example, a payment limit for authentication after tagging and a payment limit for tagging after authentication may be set differently.

Example 3: Verification

A user may perform an authentication function using the smart ring. As described above in Embodiment 2, it can be used as a function for identifying a user in the payment process, and can be used in various cases where authentication is required as well as payment.

For example, a user can log on by entering a password on the keyboard in the process of logging on after booting a computer. Separately, it is also possible for a user to log on by entering an aerial motion with a finger wearing a smart ring.

Depending on the user's logon method, the user's computer control authority can be applied differentially. For example, it may be determined that the case in which the user receives authentication of the smart ring and inputs a secret pattern by motion input is more secure than the case where the user logs on by entering a password into the computer.

The user may use the smart ring to perform door opening/closing function authentication. When the user wears the smart ring, the smart ring may identify and authenticate the user. Alternatively, after the user wears the smart ring, it is also possible for the smart ring to identify and authenticate the user. When authentication of the smart ring is completed by a user's movement or command, the smart ring may operate in a verified mode and the door may be opened. Also, the user may unlock the smart phone by using the smart phone. For example, when the user's smart phone is in a locked state, the smart phone may be unlocked by performing authentication in a smart ring connected to the smart phone without directly inputting an unlock command into the smart phone.

In addition, the user can perform various online authentications through the smart ring. A process for authenticating a user is essential for bank banking or issuance of various public documents, and it is required to input the user's authentication information through an accredited authentication procedure such as i-pin. Through various authentication processes in the user's smart ring, the above various authentications can be directly/indirectly supported.

Unlike wearing the smart ring is the initiation of authentication, the authentication process can be canceled or canceled by removing the smart ring. This is preferably understood as a concept opposite to the authentication method described above.

Example 4: Lock and Unlock

The smart ring can be carried by the user at all times, and in terms of being dependent on the user's movement, a process of determining whether the user's movement is intended (meaningful) or unintentional (meaningless) is essential.

This is because, when all movements of the user are accepted as commands, unnecessary control and power problems may occur, and adverse results may be brought to the user due to heat problems and the like.

Therefore, the process of determining whether the user will input a command using the smart ring should be preceded, and this may correspond to unlocking. Conversely, the process of converting to a standby state after the user inputs an intended command can be matched with a lock.

The unlock can be divided into an unlock when the user wears the smart ring and an unlock when a command is executed. When a preset movement is sensed when worn on a finger, the smart ring may be recognized as an unlock function and perform various preset sensing functions. In addition, when a movement is input together with an input of a button or the like in a worn state, it may be determined as a control command.

In addition to performing the unlock function in the smart ring itself, it is also possible to set the unlock function in a smart phone linked to the smart ring.

As opposed to unlocking, ie, activation of a function, conversion to a locked state and mode conversion to a lock function may also be performed according to a predetermined criterion. When the user has little movement, such as in a resting state (eg, in a dormant state), this may be determined as a lock function, and may be determined as corresponding even when an unset motion input is received.

Alternatively, even when the smart ring is released by the user (when the smart ring is removed from the finger), it may be determined as a change to the lock function. Alternatively, it is possible to switch to a separate mode when the smart ring moves on the user's finger although it is recognized that the smart ring is removed from the finger (for example, the case of manipulating the smart ring at the finger tip part may correspond to this) have).

Example 5: Dual ring

In the preceding description, the function of controlling the operation with an external device such as a smart phone has been described through one smart ring, but the present invention does not necessarily limit the operation in one smart ring to the scope of rights, and two or more smart rings Various functions can be performed through it.

For example, by wearing one smart ring on each of the user's left and right hands, various external devices can be controlled. Since the rotation and movement of the smart ring worn on both hands may be different from each other, various functions may be provided by combining the movement information.

For example, a virtual reality (VR) device may be controlled using two smart rings. When various contents can be displayed by a user's eye movement or manipulation of a controller, like a VR device, both hands may be suitable for operating the VR device.

The two smart rings may operate as a controller of a VR device and a controller of a smart phone, respectively, and the two smart rings may operate as a controller of a VR device, and may operate as a mixed controller.

For example, when a user plays a battle game while wearing a VR device, the smart ring on the left hand serves as a controller for the shield, and the smart ring on the right hand transmits control commands to the controller for the sword (or spear) respectively. can As a similar example, both the left/right hand smart ring can transmit control commands for the dual pistol as a controller for the pistol.

In addition to simply operating as a smart ring as a manipulation device for objects on content, the smart ring may operate as a context device capable of recognizing the user's current state. For example, when the user wears a smart ring on his left and right hands, respectively, and then claps, it can be determined that the user is clapping by communication and distance information between the two smart rings, A preset function may be performed for the corresponding operation.

In addition, the current state of the user may be recognized by recognizing not only the movement of the smart ring, but also whether the user is in a specific location. For example, when the user is in a posture with arms crossed, the smart ring may determine the current posture with arms crossed using user biometric information such as temperature and pulse, and perform a preset function for the posture. .

As another example, a command for controlling an external device may be transmitted from the plurality of smart rings by wearing the plurality of smart rings within one hand. A case of wearing a plurality of smart rings on one hand may be divided into a case of wearing the smart ring on several fingers and a case of wearing a plurality of smart rings on one finger.

First, when a smart ring is worn on several fingers, for example, two smart rings in one finger can be set to correspond to the left and right buttons of the mouse, respectively, and the user can You can experience the same effect as clicking the button or the right button.

In addition, if several smart rings are worn within one finger (twin fingers), a control command for an external device may be determined based on rotation information of each smart ring worn within one finger. In particular, in this case, since movements within one finger may be common to each other, the motion sensor may be configured to sense only one of the plurality of smart rings, thereby solving heat and power problems. Even within one finger, a sophisticated input for motion input or the like may be performed according to which position among the inner and middle nodes is worn. For example, when motion is input to the virtual piano, the movement of the inner node, the movement of the middle node, and the movement of the outer node are different from each other, and since the content control may be different, it is possible to support sophisticated control.

Example 6: mode selector

A function to select a mode of an external device that supports multiple modes can be supported by using the smart ring. It is possible to determine which mode to switch the external device to according to the combination of the rotation angle or the slope or movement information of the smart ring.

First, in the case of selecting a mode using only the rotation angle, it can be switched to a mode that supports simple +/- functions such as volume increase/decrease and channel increase/decrease using left/right rotation. In this case, preferably, the absolute value of +/- may increase as the rotation angle increases.

Alternatively, commands such as authentication and lock described above may be performed through the left and right zigzag patterns, and continuous rotation in one direction may be determined as an emergency relief request.

Second, the mode can be switched using the angle of rotation and the slope (slope). For example, when the slope is 45 degrees, it may be determined as a content manipulation function such as scrolling and zooming or an external device manipulation command such as a ventilation fan in combination with +/- rotation information.

Third, mode switching can be selected by a combination of rotation angle, slope, and direction. This case may correspond to a case of processing unique information such as user authentication.

Finally, the mode switching can be determined by comprehensively analyzing the rotation angle, the posture (slope), the direction, and the gesture/action pattern. For example, when the user rotates the smart ring by 30 degrees and takes a gesture of knocking, it may be determined to perform an authentication function.

The criteria for such mode selection can be variously configured by not only the above description, but also the combination of rotation angle information and various information obtainable from the smart ring.

Example 7: off mode

Although it may be common for a user to wear a smart ring and use the worn smart ring to control an external device, it is possible to simply use the smart ring as a controller without wearing it (and releasing it). to explain In this case, the burden on wearing is reduced, and continuous use as a state of charge or the like can be supported.

The criteria for determining that the user has removed the smart ring may be as follows.

When a motion sensing sensor such as a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor provided in the smart ring no longer detects a motion, it may be determined that the device has been removed. For example, this may correspond to a case in which a user places a smart ring on a table.

Also, this may correspond to a case where the biometric information sensing unit of the smart ring cannot sense the user's biometric information. For example, by comparing biometric information such as cumulative oxygen saturation, body temperature change, instantaneous oxygen saturation, body temperature change, etc. with accumulated information, it is possible to determine whether the user wears or removes the product. In particular, when the user has very little movement, such as in a sleep state, this may be the case, and when the user is determined to be in a sleep state, the control authority of the smart ring is extremely limited, so that the function can be simply locked to operate as a wearable device. can When the user wakes up from the sleep state, the user may switch back to the unlock function through biometric information and movement information.

Smart Ring in detach mode can support device selection function and +/− function for which device is essential to control. For example, it is possible to select a TV and support various TV functions through a +/− command, or select a light and transmit a command to adjust the brightness of the light through a +/− command.

In addition to such simple functions, functions such as shaking, pressing, pushing, rotating 90 degrees, flipping 180 degrees, and double tapping can be recognized to determine a corresponding control command.

For example, when holding the smart ring with two fingers and knocking, it may be recognized as a command to select the next device, and the selected device may be recognized by the user as the number of LED blinks. For example, when the LED flashes once, the user may be notified that the TV is selected, if the LED flashes twice, the light is flashed, and if the LED flashes 3 times, the user may be notified that the air conditioner is selected.

In addition, even when the user makes a fist and inputs a gesture (motion), it can be determined as a manipulation command. For example, when the smart ring is raised while clicking a button, an operation command matched thereto may be determined.

The smart ring may be charged by wire or wireless in a charging cradle of the smart ring, and the charging cradle may also be a small device that can be easily moved by a user together with the smart ring. In particular, the charging cradle can be used as a device that expands the physical space of the smart ring, and unlike the smart ring with a limited number of buttons, it can support input (eg, keyboard) of an expandable button unit. Alternatively, the smart ring may not support the voice/video call function as the smart ring itself, but may support the voice/video call function when it is mounted on the charging cradle.

The charging cradle may be a controller device as the charging cradle itself. A separate external device control may be possible even if the smart ring is not mounted, and it may be a controller dependent on the smart ring.

Example 8: drone controller

A user can control a mobile device such as a drone by using the smart ring. Control using the smart ring can be divided into a method of directly transmitting and receiving control commands between a smart ring and a drone, and a method of a smart ring and a smart phone and a drone.

In the method of direct communication between the smart ring and the drone, as described above, the movement of the drone can be intuitively controlled by various buttons, rotation, motion input, and the like. For example, if there is a motion input to straighten the hand wearing the smart ring, a command to move away from the drone can be transmitted, and the motion of the drone can be intuitively controlled by pulling the hand or rotating the hand. can do.

Unlike this, the smart ring can control the drone through the application of the smart phone (which may include a 9-axis sensor) in which the control command for the drone is set. Even in this case, the smart ring transmits all control information to the smart phone and the smart phone controls the drone, the smart ring controls the flight of the drone, etc., and the smart phone supports various shooting functions. The functions can be distributed respectively.

Although the drone has been described as an example of a mobile device in this description, it may correspond to various remote control (RC) devices, such as an RC car, an RC ship, and an RC helicopter, as well as a drone.

Example 9: VR controller

The smart ring can transmit control commands from the VR device. The VR device can be controlled by various input methods as well as those described in the example of the dual ring of Embodiment 5 above. Motion/gesture input input through the smart ring can implement various functions on VR content. For example, it may be a motion control command such as a function to shake and throw a fishing rod, a function to turn the pancake over, and a function to designate a direction in which the dragon flies.

In addition, it is possible to support not only a device that identifies a user as a VR control device, but also an automatic execution of content after a pre-stored portion or an automatic execution of a preferred game through game history analysis using VR.

In addition, while running VR, it is possible to perform a function of controlling a separate device such as a smart phone. In the case of a VR device, it can be serviced independently, but in many cases, the service is provided in connection with an external device such as a smart phone. have.

Example 10: Implementation of 2D flat mouse function

The smart ring can support functions of an existing 2D flat mouse, for example, click, double click, drag, drag in a click state, and scroll, in place of the existing 2D flat mouse. As shown in the pattern of FIG. 8 , when a finger wearing a smart ring touches a flat surface such as a desk and moves in a direction parallel to the plane, it is recognized as a drag. If a movement pattern is detected in the opposite direction to the direction in which the finger wearing the smart ring descended for a flat touch, it is determined as a click. Similarly, when a gesture of clicking the mouse button twice consecutively is recognized while wearing a smart ring, it is recognized as a double-click. Dragging after clicking using a conventional 2D flat mouse is similar to a drag gesture using a smart ring. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the gesture after clicking using the smart ring moves in the opposite direction after the finger wearing the smart ring touches the plane, continuously touches the plane again, and moves horizontally with the plane direction. Click and drag to recognize. All drag functions terminate the drag function when the smart ring movement deviates from the plane and horizontal direction. The plane movement distance of the mouse when dragging is determined by the movement speed and movement time of the movement plane of the smart ring.

If a gesture similar to the scrolling action in the existing 2D flat mouse is detected when the smart ring is worn, it can be determined as the implementation of the scroll function of the mouse using the smart ring.

The functional operations described in this specification and the embodiments related to the present subject matter may be implemented in a digital electronic circuit or computer software, firmware or hardware, including the structures disclosed herein and structural equivalents thereof, or a combination of one or more thereof. can be implemented in

Embodiments of the subject matter described herein are one or more computer program products, ie one or more modules directed to computer program instructions encoded on a tangible program medium for execution by or for controlling the operation of a data processing device. can be implemented. A tangible program medium may be a radio wave signal or a computer-readable medium. A radio wave signal is an artificially generated signal, eg a machine generated electrical, optical or electromagnetic signal, that is generated to encode information for transmission to an appropriate receiver device for execution by a computer. The computer-readable medium may be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a combination of materials that affect a machine-readable radio wave signal, or a combination of one or more of these.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script or code) may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted language or a priori or procedural language, and may be written as a stand-alone program or module; It can be deployed in any form, including components, subroutines, or other units suitable for use in a computer environment.

A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in a file system. A program may be placed in a single file provided to the requested program, or in multiple interacting files (eg, files that store one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code), or portions of files that hold other programs or data. (eg, one or more scripts stored within a markup language document).

The computer program may be deployed to be executed on a single computer or multiple computers located at one site or distributed over a plurality of sites and interconnected by a communication network.

Additionally, the logic flows and structural block diagrams described in this patent document describe corresponding acts and/or specific methods supported by corresponding functions and steps supported by the disclosed structural means, and corresponding It can also be used to build software structures and algorithms and their equivalents.

The processes and logic flows described herein may be performed by one or more programmable processors executing one or more computer programs to perform functions by operating on input data and generating output.

Processors suitable for the execution of computer programs include, for example, both general and special purpose microprocessors and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Typically, the processor will receive instructions and data from read-only memory, random access memory, or both.

A key component of a computer is one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data and a processor for executing instructions. In addition, a computer is generally operably coupled to receive data from, transfer data to, or both of one or more mass storage devices for storing data, such as, for example, magnetic, magneto-optical disks or optical disks. or will include However, the computer need not have such a device.

The present description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and provides examples to illustrate the invention, and to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. This written specification does not limit the present invention to the specific terms presented.

Accordingly, although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-described examples, those skilled in the art can make modifications, changes, and modifications to the examples without departing from the scope of the present invention. In short, in order to achieve the intended effect of the present invention, it is not necessary to separately include all the functional blocks shown in the drawings or follow all the orders shown in the drawings. Note that it may fall within the scope.

Claims (16)

In the process of performing the operation of the smart ring,
smart ring authenticating the user;
acquiring motion information of the smart ring and sensing information sensed by the smart ring;
determining a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information; and
Transmitting the determined control command to an external device,
The smart ring,
Determine the control command based on the rotation angle of the smart ring and the button input provided in the smart ring,
The smart ring is a method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that it performs a preset control command only for the authenticated user.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
As the authentication in the authentication step of the user succeeds,
and converting the mode of the smart ring from a lock mode to an unlock mode.
The method according to claim 1,
The preset control command includes at least one of authentication, control, function selection, and mode selection mechanism using the smart ring.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
Based on the obtained motion information of the smart ring, a method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that a set external device control command is determined based on a rotation angle or a combination of the rotation angle and information on the state of the smart ring .
5. The method according to claim 4,
The external device control command is
It is an application control command in the smart phone interlocked with the smart ring,
A method of performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that it is one of voice recording, emergency rescue request, and camera shooting command.
The method according to claim 1,
The step of authenticating the user,
The method of performing smart ring operation, characterized in that it is started when the user's wearing completion is sensed in the smart ring.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
When the smart ring is worn, the individual wearing the smart ring is identified according to the combination of the smart ring wearing pattern or the direction in which the finger points, based on the motion information including the rotation angle change pattern of the smart ring and the state information of the smart ring. And, characterized in that the authentication, smart ring operation performing method.
8. The method of claim 7,
The smart ring,
When there is a number hovering input by the user in a state in which the button input is present, information indicating the corresponding number is determined as a control command.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
A method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that the determination is made with different commands depending on whether the device is in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction based on the direction to the external device.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
Perform an input function as a 2D flat mouse for the external device,
A method of performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that one of drag, click, and double click is performed.
11. The method of claim 10,
The smart ring,
When a rolling input to the smart ring is received together with the drag, click, and double-click input,
A method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that it is determined as a scroll input.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart ring,
when it is sensed that the smart ring continuously rotates in a certain direction for a predetermined time;
When it is detected that the smart ring is rotated by a certain angle or more; and
When the rotation angle pattern of the smart ring corresponds to at least one of the cases in which it is detected that it corresponds to a predetermined pattern,
A method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that the control command is determined as an emergency call command.
The method according to claim 1,
The external device is a smart phone,
The control command of the smart ring is,
A method for performing a smart ring operation, characterized in that it includes one of a content playback command, a channel change command, and a volume control command to be played on the smart phone.
The method according to claim 1,
after the smart ring authenticates the user, authenticating with the external device to be communicated with the smart ring;
further comprising,
After completing the authentication process, the smart ring and the external device transmit and receive control command information.
In the smart ring,
an input unit including a button;
a power supply unit for providing power to the smart ring;
a storage unit for storing information processed in the smart ring;
a communication unit for communicating with an external device;
a sensing unit for sensing user's biometric information or motion information of the smart ring; and
control unit; including,
The control unit is
Authenticating the user of the smart ring, determining a control command based on the obtained motion information and sensing information, and setting to transmit the determined control command to an external device,
rotation angle of the smart ring;
a combination of the rotation angle and information on the state of the smart ring; and
The smart ring is set to determine the control command based on at least one of the button inputs provided in the smart ring, and to perform a preset control command only for an authenticated user.
In the smart ring,
When the smart ring is worn, the individual wearing the smart ring is identified according to the combination of the smart ring wearing pattern or the direction in which the finger points, based on the motion information including the rotation angle change pattern of the smart ring and the state information of the smart ring. and how to authenticate.

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