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Wearable device having at least one interchangeable touch user interface

  • US 10,345,869 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2015
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • detecting a touch input on at least one of a pendant or a loop, wherein the pendant is suspended from the loop supported by a neck of a user, and wherein the detecting further comprises detecting the touch input via a touch user interface on a planar touch surface of the pendant which lies substantially within a same plane as a display, wherein the planar touch surface is offset from the display so that user entry of the touch input does not obscure the display, and further wherein contents of the display are automatically oriented for viewing when the user inverts a front of the pendant, by a rotation of the pendant about an axis that is substantially parallel to an edge of the display and is contained entirely within the plane of the display, to allow the user to interact with the planar ouch surface and view the display while the pendant is being worn by the user;

    generating a signal in response to the detected touch input;

    determining a command based on the signal; and

    executing the command within a core unit, wherein the core unit is interchangeably attached to the pendant, and wherein the core unit includes a battery that provides power to the pendant via an inter-module communications interface (ICI), further wherein the pendant does not include a separate power source.

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