Patent Publication Number: US-10332136-B2

Title: Smart watch, control method thereof, non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon and system for providing convenience to customer

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 10-2014-0111417 filed on Aug. 26, 2014 with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a smart watch, a control method thereof, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to customer, and particularly, to seller glasses product preference of a user, control method thereof, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to customer. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Entering 2000&#39;s, the market of terminals increasingly requiring mobility and capable of connecting with the internet such as a smart phone has greatly grown with correspondence of technical development and an increase in demand by users. 
     In tandem of the marketability, smart phones are increasingly popularized, and an increase in size of smart phones has increased a demand for another terminal making it possible to check contents on a smart phone even without taking the smart phone out of a pocket or a bag. 
     A smart watch has been actively studied and developed as a wearable terminal that can satisfy the demand in the market. 
     A smart watch can be put on a wrist, similar to common watches, and can display contents in cooperation with or independently from a smart phone, in addition to showing time. 
     Meanwhile, it has been recently attempt to apply a smart watch to various industries with technical development. Accordingly, study and development for applying wearable display devices to various industries and services have been required. 
     PRIOR ART DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     Korean patent Publication No. 10-2013-0125123 [Title: Method and system for providing online coupon service interworking social network service] 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a smart watch that can provide product preference of a user on the basis of the user&#39;s behavior patterns and bodily changes, a method of controlling the smart watch, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to a customer. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a smart watch that can appropriately provide relevant information on the basis of user&#39;s product preference, a method of controlling the smart watch, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to a customer. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, a smart watch may include: a product information sensing unit that senses product information; a heartbeat sensor that acquires heartbeat data; a preference information acquiring unit that acquires user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the heartbeat data about the product information; and a display unit that displays the user&#39;s preference information. 
     As an example of the present invention, the smart watch may further include a control unit that provides marketing information about relevant products, when the user&#39;s preference information exceeds a predetermined level. 
     As an example of the present invention, the marketing information may include at least one of product advertisement data, product specification data, and relevant product data. 
     As an example of the present invention, the product information sensing unit may include a sensing module that senses products or product information on tags in a store. 
     According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of controlling a smart watch may include: sensing product information through a product information sensing unit; acquiring heartbeat data through a heartbeat sensor; acquiring user&#39;s preference information on the basis of heartbeat data about the product information through the preference information acquiring unit; and displaying the user&#39;s preference information through a display unit. 
     As an example of the present invention, the sensing of product information may acquire user&#39;s motions sensed by a motion sensing unit and may sense product information on the basis of the user&#39;s motions. 
     As an example of the present invention, the acquiring of user&#39;s preference information may acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of a heartbeat rate sensed for a predetermined period. 
     As an example of the present invention, the acquiring of user&#39;s preference information may acquire user&#39;s motions sensed by a motion sensing unit and may acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the user&#39;s motions. 
     As an example of the present invention, the acquiring of user&#39;s preference information may acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of information about how long a user checks a product. 
     According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer program comprising a set of instructions, when executed, arranged to perform the method of controlling a smart watch may be kept in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon. 
     According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing convenience to a customer may include: a smart watch that senses product information, acquires heartbeat data and user&#39;s motions, and transmits the product information, the heartbeat data, and the user&#39;s motions; and a service providing device that acquires user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the product information, the heartbeat data, and the user&#39;s motions, acquires marketing information on the basis of the user&#39;s preference information, and transmits the marketing information to the smart watch. 
     According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a smart watch that can provide product preference of a user on the basis of the user&#39;s behavior patterns and bodily changes, a method of controlling the smart watch, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to a customer. 
     Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a smart watch that can appropriately provide relevant information on the basis of user&#39;s product preference, a method of controlling the smart watch, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon, and a system for providing convenience to a customer. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a system for providing convenience to a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating in detail use of the smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating a smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 4A and 4B  are diagrams illustrating a way that a smart watch recognizes product information. 
         FIGS. 5A and 5B  are diagrams illustrating data displayed on a smart watch when a user checks a specific article. 
         FIGS. 6A and 6B  are diagrams illustrating information about user&#39;s preference displayed on a display unit of a smart watch. 
         FIGS. 7A to 7C  are diagrams illustrating marketing information displayed on a display unit of a smart watch. 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating a method of controlling a system for providing convenience to a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     It should be noted that technical terminologies used herein are used only in order to describe specific embodiments rather than limiting the present invention. Further, the technical terminologies used here should be construed as being generally understood by those skilled in the art unless defined as specific meanings, not construed as being excessively general meanings or excessively narrow meanings. Further, if the technical terminologies used herein are wrong technical terminologies that cannot exactly express the spirit of the present invention, they should be replaced by technical terminologies that can be correctly understood by those skilled in the art. Further, common terms used herein should be construed in accordance with dictionary definitions or contexts, not being as excessively narrow meanings. 
     The singular forms used herein are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Terms “composed of” or “include” used herein should not construed as necessarily including all of various components or various steps, but construed that they may not include some of the components or steps or may further include additional components or steps. 
     Further, terms including ordinal numbers such as ‘first’ and ‘second’ may be used to describe various components, but the components are not to be construed as being limited to the terms. The terms are used to distinguish one component from another component. For example, the ‘first’ component may be named the ‘second’ component, and vice versa, without departing from the scope of the present invention. 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, like reference numerals are given to like or similar components regardless of the figure numbers, and repeated description is not provided. 
     Further, in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known technologies will be omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail. Further, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings are provided only for easier understanding of the spirit of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the present invention. 
     A smart watch described herein may mean a watch type electronic device that a person can wear. Further, the smart watch is a small electronic device including a central processing device, a communication unit, a memory, and a display unit, and the like, and capable of processing various data related to services. 
     Further, the service providing device described herein is a general term including all kinds of electronic devices keeping data relating to services required by a smart watch, transmitting/receiving data to/from user equipment, and supporting operation of applications in the user equipment by transmitting/receiving data to/from the smart watch. 
     Further, an object described herein is an object to which user&#39;s intention or motion is applied, and for example, may be an image, a moving image, an icon, sound, and a data file. Further, other various types of objects may be considered. 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a system for providing convenience to a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a system for providing convenience to a customer may include a smart watch  100  and a service providing device  200 . The components of the system for providing convenience to a customer illustrated in  FIG. 1  are not all necessary components, and the system for providing convenience to a customer may be composed of components much or less than the components illustrated in  FIG. 1 . 
     According to the present invention, the smart watch  100  can acquire heartbeat data every time a customer checks a plurality of products. Further, the smart watch  100  can transmit a plurality of products information and heartbeat data to the service providing device  200 . 
     The service providing device  200  can acquire information about user&#39;s preference on the basis of a plurality of products information and heartbeat data and acquire marketing information on the basis of user&#39;s preference information. Further, the service providing device  200  can transmit the acquired marketing information to the smart watch  100 . 
     A user can check his/her product preference through the smart watch  100  and receive various items of information about preferred products. 
     Thereon, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user of the smart watch can check his/her product preference and receive various items of information about preferred product and a product seller can use the user&#39;s product preference for marketing. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating in detail use of the smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , a customer can check products in a store, wearing the smart watch  100 . In this case, the smart watch  100  can sense products that the customer checks, by recognizing a tag on the product, sensing the user&#39;s motion, and the like. 
     Further, the smart watch  100  can sense heartbeat data and motions of the user while the user checks products. In this case, the smart watch  100  can acquire user&#39;s preference information based on heartbeat data of the user and the user&#39;s motions and display them. 
     In this case, the smart watch can help the user do the shopping by displaying product advertisement data, product specification data, and relevant product data, in addition to the user&#39;s preference information. 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating the smart watch  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the smart watch  100  may include a product information sensing unit  110 , a motion sensing unit  120 , a heartbeat sensor  130 , a preference information acquiring unit  140 , a display unit  150 , a control unit  160 , and a communication unit  170 , and a storage unit  180 . The components of the smart watch  100  illustrated in  FIG. 3  are not all necessary components, and the smart watch  100  may be composed of components much or less than the components illustrated in  FIG. 3 . 
     The product information sensing unit  110  can sense products that a user checks in a store. 
       FIGS. 4A and 4B  are diagrams illustrating a way that a smart watch recognizes product information. 
       FIG. 4A  is a diagram illustrating a way that a smart watch recognizes product information, using a sensing module. 
     The product information sensing unit  110  can include a sensing module  112  that senses products or product information on tags in a store. For example, the sensing module  112  may have a function of recognizing barcodes or a function of NFC (Near Field Communication). 
     Referring to  FIG. 4A , the smart watch  100  can sense a product  10  on the basis of product information on the product  10 . 
       FIG. 4B  is a diagram illustrating a way that a smart watch recognizes product information, using a motion sensing unit. 
     The smart watch  100  can includes the motion sensing unit  120  that senses user&#39;s motions. For example, the motion sensing unit  120  may include a gyro sensor or an angular speed sensor, so it can sense motions of a user wearing the smart watch  100 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 4B , when a user makes a specific action of pick the product  10  up, the smart watch  100  can acquire information about the product that the user holds, using local communication. 
     That is, the product information sensing unit  110  can acquire the user&#39;s motion sensed by the motion sensing unit  120  and sense product information on the basis of the user&#39;s motion. 
     The heartbeat sensor  130  can acquire heartbeat data of the user wearing the smart watch  100 . For example, the heartbeat data may include a heartbeat rate and intensity of heartbeat. 
       FIGS. 5A and 5B  are diagrams illustrating data displayed on a smart watch when a user checks a specific article. 
       FIG. 5A  is a diagram illustrating a process of acquiring heartbeat data by means of a smart watch. 
     When a user wearing a smart watch checks a specific article in a store, the smart watch can acquire heartbeat data of the user and display an object showing this situation on the display unit  150 . 
       FIG. 5B  is a diagram illustrating a process of sensing a user&#39;s motion by means of a smart watch. 
     When a user wearing a smart watch checks a specific article in a store, the smart watch can sense motions of the user. 
     In this case, the motion sensing unit  120  can sense information about how long the user is checking a specific article (information about time for which the user checks a product). 
     The preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the heartbeat data acquired by the heartbeat sensor  130 . 
     In detail, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire heartbeat data of the user checking a specific product and can acquire heartbeat data every time the user checks a plurality of products. Further, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the heartbeat rate sensed for a predetermined period. 
     Meanwhile, the information about the heartbeat rate of the user for preferred products can be kept in the storage unit  180 . Accordingly, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the sensed heartbeat rate and the data kept in the storage unit  180 . 
     Further, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the user&#39;s motions acquired by the motion sensing unit  120 . 
     For example, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s motions sensed by the motion sensing unit  120  and can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of the user&#39;s motions. In detail, the preference information acquiring unit  140  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of information about how long the user checks a product. For example, when a user checks a product for a long time, the user&#39;s preference can be estimated to be high. 
     The display unit  150  can display the user&#39;s preference information acquired by the preference information acquiring unit  140 . 
       FIGS. 6A and 6B  are diagrams illustrating information about user&#39;s preference displayed on a display unit of a smart watch. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6A , the display unit  150  can display user&#39;s preference information about a plurality of products. 
     Further, as illustrated in  FIG. 6B , the display unit  150  can display the information about the most preferred product of a plurality of products. 
     Meanwhile, the control unit  160  can provide marketing information based on the user&#39;s preference. For example, the control unit  160  can provide marketing information about relevant products, when the user&#39;s preference information about a specific product exceeds a predetermined level. The marketing information may include at least one of product advertisement data, product specification data, and relevant product data. 
     The marketing information can be kept in the storage  180  or can be provided from the service providing device  200 . 
     The communication unit  170  can transmit/receive data to/from the service providing device  200 . For example, the communication unit  170  can transmit product information, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions to the service providing device  200 . Further, the communication unit  170  can receive the user&#39;s preference information and the marketing information acquired by the service providing device  200  on the basis of the product information, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions. 
     That is, although it was described above that the functions of the preference information acquiring unit  140 , the control unit  160 , and the storage unit  180  were given to the smart watch  100  for the convenience of description, the functions of the preference information acquiring unit  140 , the control unit  160 , and the storage unit  180  may be given to at least one of the smart watch  100  and the service providing device  200 . 
       FIGS. 7A to 7C  are diagrams illustrating marketing information displayed on a display unit of a smart watch. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 7A , marketing information may be product advertisement data for a product that a user prefers much. 
     Further, as illustrated in  FIG. 7B , marketing information may be product specification data for a product that a user prefers much. 
     Alternatively, as illustrated in  FIG. 7C , marketing information may be product data relevant to a product that a user prefers much. 
       FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating a method of controlling a system for providing convenience to a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the smart watch  100  can sense product information (S 10 ). Further, the smart watch can sense heartbeat data about the sensed product information, and user&#39;s motions (S 20 ). In this case, the smart watch can sense product information of a plurality of products, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions. 
     Thereafter, the smart watch  100  can transmit the sensed product information, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions to the service providing device  200  (S 30 ). 
     The service providing device  200  receiving the product information, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions from the smart watch  100  can acquire user&#39;s preference information on the basis of at least one of the received product information, heartbeat data, and user&#39;s motions (S 40 ). 
     Thereafter, the service providing device  200  can acquire marketing information on the basis of the acquired user&#39;s preference information (S 50 ). 
     Further, the service providing device  200  can transmit the acquired marketing information to the smart watch  100 . 
     The smart watch  100  receiving the marketing information can display the received marketing information. 
     According to this configuration, a user can be helped to purchase products by checking preference of the products through the smart watch. 
     Further, a user can appropriately receive relevant information on the basis of the product preference. 
     Further, a seller can perform accurate target marketing on the basis of the preference of customers. 
     A method of controlling a smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention can be recorded in a computer program, and codes and code segments of the computer program can be easily inferred by computer programmers in the field. The computer program is stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media, and read and executed by user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention, so the method of controlling the user equipment can be implemented. 
     The non-transitory computer readable storage media include a magnetic recording storage medium, an optical recording storage medium, and a carrier wave storage medium. A computer program for achieving the method of controlling a smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored and installed in a built-in memory in the smart watch, and the like. Alternatively, an external memory such as a smart card in which a computer program for achieving the method of controlling a smart watch according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored and installed may be mounted on the smart watch through an interface. 
     It should be understood that the present invention may be changed and modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiment described herein are provided not to limit, but to explain the spirit of the present invention and the spirit and the scope of the present invention are not limited by the embodiments. The protective range of the present disclosure should be construed on the basis of claims and all the technical spirits in the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the right of the present disclosure. 
     According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a smart watch that can provide product preference of a user on the basis of the user&#39;s behavior patterns and bodily changes and to provide a smart watch that can appropriately provide relevant information on the basis of user&#39;s product preference, so it can be used in various fields such as the fields of commercial transaction and marketing by improving convenience in use.