# US 2016/0255462 A1 · Wearable apparatus and controlling method thereof

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- Number: US 2016/0255462 A1
- Document ID: US20160255462A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/631,873
- Filed: 2015-02-26
- Published: 2016-09-01
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-26
- Assignees: HTC Corporation
- Applicants: HTC Corporation
- Inventors: Ming-Han TSAI; Chia-Wei CHEN; Hsin-Ti CHUEH
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160255462A1

## CPC

- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
- H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04W 52/028: {switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks}
- H04M 2250/02: including a Bluetooth® interface
- H04M 2250/04: including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
- H04M 2250/06: including a wireless LAN interface
- H04M 2250/10: including a GPS signal receiver
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A wearable apparatus, which includes a positioning module, a local wireless communication module and a processor module, is disclosed. The processor module is adapted to send a request command through the local wireless communication module to the electronic apparatus for inquiring second positioning information generated by the electronic apparatus. In response to the processor module receives a valid request response comprising the second positioning information from the electronic apparatus, the processor module is further adapted to locate the wearable apparatus according to the second positioning information. In response to the processor module receives an invalid request response from the electronic apparatus, the processor module is further adapted to activate the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locate the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wearable apparatus, comprising:
a positioning module, configured for selectively receiving first positioning information;
a local wireless communication module, capable of communicatively connected with an electronic apparatus; and
a processor module, coupled to the positioning module and the local wireless communication module, the processor module being adapted to:
send a request command through the local wireless communication module to the electronic apparatus for inquiring second positioning information generated by the electronic apparatus;
in response to the processor module receives a valid request response comprising the second positioning information from the electronic apparatus, locate the wearable apparatus according to the second positioning information; and
in response to the processor module receives an invalid request response from the electronic apparatus, activate the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locate the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wearable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a first battery module, coupled to the positioning module, the local wireless communication module and the processor module, wherein the first battery module has a first battery capacity, the first battery capacity is lower than a second battery capacity of the electronic apparatus.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wearable apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic apparatus is a smartphone, a tablet computer or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), the second battery capacity is substantially 10 times to 30 times as much as the first battery capacity.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wearable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the positioning module comprises at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver unit, a GLONASS receiver unit, a Galileo receiver unit, a BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) receiver unit, and an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) receiver unit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wearable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the local wireless communication module comprises at least one of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver, a Bluetooth transceiver, a Zigbee transceiver, a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver, an infrared (IR) transceiver and a WiFi transceiver.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The wearable apparatus of claim 5, wherein a first power consumption of sending the request command, receiving the valid request response or receiving the invalid request response is lower than a second power consumption of activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The wearable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor module receives the invalid request response when a positioning module of the electronic apparatus is disabled, not available or failed to generate the second positioning information, when the electronic apparatus rejects the request command, or when the electronic apparatus is not equipped with any positioning module.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The wearable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor module further activates the positioning module to receive the first positioning information in response to no request response is received in an expiration period since the request command is sent.

### Claim 9

A controlling method, suitable for a wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising a local wireless communication module and a positioning module for selectively receiving first positioning information, the controlling method comprising:
sending a request command through the local wireless communication module to an electronic apparatus for inquiring second positioning information generated by the electronic apparatus;
in response to a valid request response comprising the second positioning information is received from the electronic apparatus, locating the wearable apparatus according to the second positioning information; and
in response to an invalid request response is received from the electronic apparatus, activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locating the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of claim 9, further comprising:
in response to no request response is received in an expiration period since the request command is sent, activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locating the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of claim 9, wherein the positioning module comprises at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver unit, a GLONASS receiver unit, a Galileo receiver unit, a BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) receiver unit, and an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) receiver unit.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of claim 9, wherein the local wireless communication module comprises at least one of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver, a Bluetooth transceiver, a Zigbee transceiver, a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver, an infrared (IR) transceiver and a WiFi transceiver.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The controlling method of claim 12, wherein a first power consumption of sending the request command, receiving the valid request response or receiving the invalid request response is lower than a second power consumption of activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The controlling method of claim 9, wherein the invalid request response is received when a positioning module of the electronic apparatus is disabled, not available or failed to generate the second positioning information, when the electronic apparatus rejects the request command, or when the electronic apparatus is not equipped with any positioning module.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions to be executed by a processor module of a wearable apparatus for performing a controlling method, the wearable apparatus comprising a local wireless communication module and a positioning module for selectively receiving first positioning information, the controlling method comprising:
sending a request command through the local wireless communication module to an electronic apparatus for inquiring second positioning information generated by the electronic apparatus;
in response to a valid request response comprising the second positioning information is received from the electronic apparatus, locating the wearable apparatus according to the second positioning information; and
in response to an invalid request response is received from the electronic apparatus, activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locating the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the controlling method further comprises:
in response to no request response is received in an expiration period since the request command is sent, activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information, and locating the wearable apparatus according to the first positioning information.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the positioning module comprises at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver unit, a GLONASS receiver unit, a Galileo receiver unit, a BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) receiver unit, and an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) receiver unit.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the local wireless communication module comprises at least one of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver, a Bluetooth transceiver, a Zigbee transceiver, a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver, an infrared (IR) transceiver and a WiFi transceiver.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein a first power consumption of sending the request command, receiving the valid request response or receiving the invalid request response is lower than a second power consumption of activating the positioning module to receive the first positioning information.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the invalid request response is received when a positioning module of the electronic apparatus is disabled, not available or failed to generate the second positioning information, when the electronic apparatus rejects the request command, or when the electronic apparatus is not equipped with any positioning module.