Touch control of wearable devices

    公开(公告)号:US12105885B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US18006096

    申请日:2021-09-27

    申请人: GOOGLE LLC

    发明人: Dongeek Shin

    摘要: A sensor on a wearable device may be further configured as a sensor for detecting and recognizing a gesture to control the wearable device. For example, light detected by a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of a smart watch may include (i) light back reflected from underneath the smart watch and (ii) light back reflected from a touch to a wrist adjacent to the smart watch. The detected light may be filtered to isolate the light back reflected from the touch. A waterfall image that includes information about how the isolated light changes with time and amplitude may be generated and used to detect and recognize gestures performed on the wrist, such as a touch. This additional touch area may help to supplement a touch area provided by a display to control the smart watch.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    4.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240215913A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18610844

    申请日:2024-03-20

    摘要: Disclosed are an electronic device. The electronic device includes a shell and a rotating frame rotatably provided outside a part of the shell. The rotating frame is provided with a first physiological monitoring electrode, a second physiological monitoring electrode, a first rotating frame conductive member, and a second rotating frame conductive member. A physiological monitoring circuit is provided in the shell, and the shell is provided with a first shell conductive member and a second shell conductive member, both of which are electrically connected to the physiological monitoring circuit respectively. In response to that the rotating frame rotates to a preset position relative to the shell, the first rotating frame conductive member is in contact with the first shell conductive member, and the second rotating frame conductive member is in contact with the second shell conductive member.

    INPUT APPARATUS AND WATCH
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240210898A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18542982

    申请日:2023-12-18

    发明人: Yukio FUNABARA

    IPC分类号: G04G21/08 G04B37/22

    CPC分类号: G04G21/08 G04B37/22

    摘要: An input apparatus includes a case which accommodates a module and a pressing unit having a button configured to be displaced in a certain direction and a collar area extending into a collar-like shape from an external circumferential surface of the button. The case has an external appearance area configured to constitute an external appearance of the input apparatus and a support area configured to support the collar area on the case, and the external appearance area and the support area are formed from materials which differ from each other.

    MODULE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE ADAPTED TO WITHSTAND SHOCKS

    公开(公告)号:US20240192643A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18501485

    申请日:2023-11-03

    IPC分类号: G04G17/02 G04G21/08

    CPC分类号: G04G17/02 G04G21/08

    摘要: A control module (10) of an electronic appliance including a push-piece (11) including a striker element (111), and a switch (12) adapted to occupy a connected state and an idle state. The striker element (111) is configured to drive the switch (12) into the connected state or into the idle state when the push-piece (11) is acted on. A shock absorber (116) is provided to absorb, by deforming elastically, a part of the forces involved when the striker element (111) drives the switch (12) into the connected state or into the idle state, at least when said forces are above a predetermined threshold.

    Wearable human-machine interface and method which can be carried out using same

    公开(公告)号:US12001601B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17613615

    申请日:2019-05-28

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 G04G21/08 G06F1/16

    摘要: A wearable human-machine interface may include a support element to attach to a skin area of a human or animal body, a flexible layer, with magnetic properties, attached to the support element on the face facing the skin area so as to contact the surface of the skin area, the flexible layer having a flexibility configured to follow deformations of the surface of the skin area, and the magnetic properties of the flexible layer configured such that a deformation of the surface of the skin area leads to a measurable change in the magnetic properties, a detection unit to measure changes in the magnetic properties of the flexible layer, and a processing unit to carry out an algorithm that assigns the measured change in the magnetic properties to a configuration, movement and/or intensity thereof. A method is also disclosed which can be carried out using the human-machine interface.

    PERSONAL DIGITAL MODULE
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240126218A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18380537

    申请日:2023-10-16

    摘要: A personal digital module comprises a housing and a processor with an associated computer-readable memory disposed within the housing. The memory is operably coupled to the processor and encoded with executable instructions. A human-viewable display operably is coupled to the processor and disposed within the housing. A connection interface is disposed on the housing and is configured for detachable and interchangeable attachment of first device and a second device. The processor is configured, upon execution of the executable instructions, to perform a first function associated with the first device when the personal digital module is attached to the first device and to perform a second function associated with the second device when the personal digital module is attached to the second device.