# US 2021/0278900 A1 · Sensor and/or information device as well as sensor and/or information system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278900 A1 - Document ID: US20210278900A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/194,793 - Filed: 2021-03-08 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-09 - Assignees: Workaround GmbH - Applicants: Workaround GmbH - Inventors: Matthias KIRCHNER; Sebastian PETRUCH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278900A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications} - G06K 7/1413: {1D bar codes} - G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G08C 2201/30: User interface - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A method for operating a system having a sensor and/or information device and a main device is described. The sensor and/or information device includes a hand garment and a secondary device, with at least one input mechanism. The main device is designed as a smart device. The method includes the following steps: An actuating signal is generated using the at least one input mechanism. The actuating signal is received by the secondary device, and an input signal is transmitted on the basis of the actuating signal by the secondary device to the main device. An action instruction is generated by way of a main device based on the input signal and based on a predefined action sequence. The action instruction is transmitted to the secondary device. Moreover, a sensor and/or information device, a sensor and/or information system as well as computer programme are described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for operating a system being at least one of a sensor system and an information system comprising a device, being at least one of a sensor device and an information device, and a main device, wherein the device being at least one of a sensor system and an information comprises a hand garment and a secondary device, wherein at least one of the hand garment and the secondary device has or have at least one input means, wherein the secondary device comprises at least one of a display and a sensor unit, wherein the secondary unit is attached to the hand garment, and wherein the main device is designed as a smart device, comprising the following steps: generation of an actuating signal using said at least one input means, receipt of the actuating signal by the secondary device; transmission of an input signal on the basis of the actuating signal to the main device by the secondary device; generation of an action instruction by means of the main device based on the input signal and based on a predefined action sequence, wherein the action instruction is configured to make the secondary device execute a predefined action by means of at least one of the display and the sensor unit; and transmission of the action instruction to the secondary device; wherein the predefined action sequence comprises at least at least two predefined actions different from each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the action sequence comprises at least one of a sequence of actions and a type of actuation for triggering one of the predefined actions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the action instruction is configured to at least one of activate the sensor unit, change an operating mode of the secondary device, change a function of at least one input means and make the display show predefined information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the predefined information is contained in the action instruction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein different actions are assigned to different input signals in the action sequence. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the input signal is generated depending on at least one of the actuated input means and the type of actuation of the respective input means. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the input signal is only then generated if said at least one input means is actuated twice. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the hand garment and the secondary device has or have at least two input means, wherein input signals different from each other are assigned to said at least two input means. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the action instruction, in particular the function assigned to the action instruction, is generated by the main device depending on the situation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the function assigned to the action instruction is generated by the main device depending on the situation ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the action instruction is generated based on at least one prerequisite. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein said at least one prerequisite comprises an accepted response to a previous action from the action sequence. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the input signal and the action instruction are transmitted wirelessly. ### Claim 14 A device being at least one of a sensor device and an information device, comprising a hand garment and a secondary device, wherein the secondary device is attached to the hand garment, wherein at least one of the hand garment and the secondary device has or have an input means, wherein the secondary device has at least one of a display and a sensor unit as well as a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to receive an actuating signal from said at least one input means, to transmit an input signal on the basis of the actuating signal to the main device, to receive an action instruction based on a predefined action sequence from the main device, wherein the action instruction is configured to make the secondary device execute a predefined action, and to control at least one of the display and sensor unit based on the action instruction so that the predefined action assigned to the action instruction is executed, wherein the predefined action sequence comprises at least at least two predefined actions different from each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the action sequence comprises at least one of a sequence of actions and a type of actuation for triggering one of the predefined actions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one of a scanner, a camera and a RFID sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the display is designed as an input means. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein said at least one input means comprises an electrical functional element that is installed on the hand garment and connected to the secondary device via a cable. ### Claim 19 A system being at least one of a sensor system and an information system comprising a device, being at least one of a sensor device and an information device, and a main device, wherein the main device is designed as a smart device, wherein the device, being at least one of a sensor device and an information device, comprises a hand garment and a secondary device, wherein the secondary device is attached to the hand garment, wherein at least one of the hand garment and the secondary device has or have an input means, wherein the secondary device has at least one of a display and a sensor unit as well as a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to receive an actuating signal from said at least one input means, to transmit an input signal on the basis of the actuating signal to the main device, to receive an action instruction based on a predefined action sequence from the main device, wherein the action instruction is configured to make the secondary device execute a predefined action, and to control at least one of the display and sensor unit based on the action instruction so that the predefined action assigned to the action instruction is executed, wherein the predefined action sequence comprises at least at least two predefined actions different from each other; wherein the main device is configured to receive input signals and to generate the action instruction based on the input signal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system according to claim 19, wherein at least one of the main device has a data storage device and the main device is connected to a data storage device, in which the predefined action sequence is stored.