US 11,144,107 B2Granted

Apparatus and method for presenting thematic maps

AssigneeAmer Sports Digital Services Oy

InventorsMikko Ahlström, Timo Halko, Erik Lindman, Timo Eriksson, Jari Akkila, Heikki Nieminen

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Abstract

The invention concerns an apparatus and a method for a personal device. The device comprises at least one processor with at least one processing core, at least one display, at least one sensor, at least one memory including a computer program code. The apparatus determine the location of the apparatus by means of a sensor providing location information to said at least one processing core and transmits a query to a thematic map database server. The apparatus is then updated with thematic maps related to the location by downloading thematic map data and storing the thematic map data in a memory. The user is presented on a display in a first display mode with least one downloaded thematic map as one of a suggested activity. A selected activity is initiated and displayed to the user in a first display mode performance-related information relating to physical performance of the user, then a first power-save mode may be entered by switching from the first display mode to a second display mode which displays to the user at least the time and a thematic map with reduced functionality relating to the activity. A second power-save mode may be entered by putting processing core in a hibernating mode and entering a third display mode, where a clock unit updates the display in predefined time intervals at least with the time. A return to the first power-save mode b) and second display mode may performed by activating a processing core from a hibernating mode, and toggling between the second and third display modes may be obtained until the activity session is terminated by the user.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An apparatus, such as a personal device, comprising at least one processor with at least one processing core, at least one display, at least one sensor, at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to:

determine the location of the apparatus by means of a sensor providing location information to said at least one processing core;
transmit from said apparatus a query to a thematic map database server, the query comprising an indication of the current location of the apparatus;
update said apparatus with thematic maps related to said location from said server by downloading thematic map data and storing the thematic map data in said at least one memory of said apparatus;
present to a user of said apparatus on a display in a first display mode at least one downloaded thematic map as one of a suggested activity;
selecting an activity session based on at least one of the following criteria:
user selection input, a pre-recorded user preference, user activity history, intensity of activities in said location, special activities in said location, time of the day, time of the year, the location of said activity or a second location adjacent to said present location;
and
performing in a sequence the following steps:
a) initiating a selected activity and displaying to the user in said first display mode performance-related information relating to physical performance of said user in said activity;
b) entering a first power-save mode by switching from said first display mode to a second display mode displaying to the user at least the time and a thematic map with reduced functionality relating to said activity relating to said activity,
c) entering a second power-save mode by putting said at least one processing core in a hibernating mode and entering a third display mode where a Real Time Clock (RTC) unit which updates said display with predefined time intervals at least with the time;
and
d) returning to said first power-save mode b) and said second display mode by activating said at least one processing core from a hibernating mode, based on at least one of the following criteria:
user selection input, acceleration data input from an acceleration sensor in said apparatus indicating a display reading posture of said user, and toggling between said second and third display modes until said activity session is terminated by the user.

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A method for presenting information to a user of an apparatus, such as a personal device, said device comprising at least one processor with at least one processing core, at least one display and at least one memory including computer program code, said method comprising the steps of:

determining the location of the apparatus;
transmitting from said apparatus a query to a thematic map database server, the query comprising an indication of the current location of the apparatus;
updating said apparatus with thematic maps related to said location from said server by downloading thematic map data and storing the thematic map data in said at least one memory of said apparatus;
presenting to the user in a first display mode on said at least one display at least one downloaded thematic map as one of a suggested activity;
selecting an activity session based on at least one of the following criteria:
user selection input, a pre-recorded user preference, user activity history, intensity of activities in said location, special activities in said location, time of the day, time of the year, the location of said activity or a second location adjacent to said present location;
and
performing in a sequence the following steps:
a) initiating a selected activity and displaying to the user in said first display mode performance-related information relating to physical performance of said user in said activity;
b) entering a first power-save mode by switching from said first display mode to a second display mode displaying to the user at least the time and a thematic map with reduced functionality relating to said activity,
c) entering a second power-save mode by putting said at least one processing core in a hibernating mode and entering a third display mode where a Real Time Clock (RTC) unit which updates said display with predefined time intervals at least with the time;
and
d) returning to said first power-save mode b) and said second display mode by activating said at least one processing core from a hibernating mode, based on at least one of the following criteria:
user selection input, acceleration data input from an acceleration sensor in said apparatus indicating a display reading posture of said user, and toggling between said second and third display modes until said activity session is terminated by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/731,128Filed 31 Dec 2019 · continuation in part
Priority: FI 201559061 Dec 2015
Published: US 2020/0133372 A130 Apr 2020
Granted: 12 Oct 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 1/3212
Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality: monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being…
G06F 1/3215
Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality: monitoring of peripheral devices
G06F 1/3231
Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality: monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
G06F 1/3265
Power saving in peripheral device: power saving in display device

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Application15/365,972Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Dec 2016
Application15/784,234Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Oct 2017
Application16/377,267Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Apr 2019
US 2020/0133372 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Apr 2020
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