Display device, corresponding systems, and methods therefor

• US 10,387,020 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2018
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cauwels, Patrick, Alameh, Rachid M., Dickinson, Timothy, Rasky, Phillip D., Steuer, Paul R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillashernandez, Omar
• Application Number:
  US15/876,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20180157401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 340 31, 715 79
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0531 Measuring skin impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4266 sweat secretion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A display system includes a display and a control circuit operable with the display. The display is configured to provide visual output having a presentation orientation. When user input is received, the control circuit can alter the presentation orientation from an initial orientation in response to user input. When non-user events or device events are detected, the control circuit can revert the presentation orientation to the initial orientation in response to the non-user event or device event. Where the presentation orientation has a user input configuration associated therewith, the user input configuration can either be altered with the presentation orientation or retained in an initial disposition.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic apparatus comprising:

a strap configured to perform operations independently or in connection with a detachable electronic module, the operations comprising storing one or more types of wellness information in one or more computer-readable storage media disposed in the strap, the strap comprising;

one or more processors;

the one or more computer-readable storage media; and

an attachment bay;

the detachable electronic module, the detachable electronic module configured to mate with the strap at the attachment bay; and

one or more electrical couplings disposed in the attachment bay, the one or more electrical couplings configured to mate with one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in the detachable electronic module, the strap configured to perform the operations independently when the one or more electrical couplings do not mate with the one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in the detachable electronic module, the strap further configured to perform the operations in connection with the detachable electronic module when the one or more electrical couplings and the one or more complimentary electrical couplings mate together.

2. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detachable electronic module further comprises:

one or more other processors;

one or more other computer-readable storage media; and

the one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in the detachable electronic module configured to mate with the one or more electrical couplings disposed in the attachment bay.

3. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more other computer-readable storage media include instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more other processors, implement a health-monitoring mode configured to:

sense one or more other types of wellness information from one or more wellness sensors disposed in the strap;

store the one or more other types of wellness information; and

pass the one or more other types of wellness information to one or more wellness applications.

4. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer-readable storage media include instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, implement a health-monitoring mode configured to:

sense the one or more types of wellness information from one or more wellness sensors disposed in the strap;

pass the one or more types of wellness information to one or more wellness applications.

5. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the one or more wellness sensors comprise a heart monitor, a moisture detector, a temperature monitor, a pulse monitor, or a galvanic device configured to monitor electric current.

6. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the health-monitoring mode is configured to monitor vital signals corresponding to the one or more other types of wellness information upon predetermined criteria.

7. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, the strap further comprising a display.

8. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein the display is flexible and covers a portion of an outer surface of the strap.

9. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 7,

wherein the display is configured to present a color based on input from a light sensor of the detachable electronic module.

10. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a communication circuit configured to communicate with:

one or more local area networks;

a global positioning system;

or

one or more telephony networks.

11. A method performed by a mobile electronic apparatus comprising:

sensing one or more types of wellness information from one or more wellness sensors disposed in a strap, the strap configured to perform operations independently when one or more electrical couplings disposed in an attachment bay of the strap do not mate with one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in a detachable electronic module, the strap further configured to perform the operations in connection with the detachable electronic module when the one or more electrical couplings and the one or more complimentary electrical couplings mate together, the detachable electronic module configured to mate with the strap at the attachment bay;

performing the operations, the operations comprising storing the one or more types of wellness information in one or more computer-readable storage media disposed in the strap; and

passing the one or more types of wellness information to one or more wellness applications.

12. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 11, further comprising, based on the sensed one or more types of wellness information, determining a wellness condition.

13. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 12, further comprising communicating the determined wellness condition to a third party.

14. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 12, wherein the strap further comprises communication circuitry configured to communicate with a global positioning system and a communication of the determined wellness condition further comprises a location of the strap.

15. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein the communication of the determined wellness condition further comprises an indication of a fall of a user, an automobile accident of the user, an extended lack of motion of the user, or the user being asleep.

16. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 11, further comprising, based on the sensed one or more types of wellness information, providing wellness reminders or health reminders.

17. The method performed in the mobile electronic apparatus of claim 16, wherein the wellness reminders or the health reminders comprise when a user should ingest a medicine or when the user should exercise.

18. A system comprising:

a strap comprising;

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media;

one or more wellness sensors; and

an attachment bay;

one or more electrical couplings disposed in the attachment bay, the one or more electrical couplings configured to mate with one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in a detachable electronic module, the strap configured to perform operations independently when the one or more electrical couplings do not mate with the one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in the detachable electronic module, the operations comprising storing one or more types of wellness information in the one or more computer-readable storage media disposed in the strap, the strap further configured to perform the operations in connection with the detachable electronic module when the one or more electrical couplings and the one or more complimentary electrical couplings mate together; and

the detachable electronic module comprising;

one or more other processors;

one or more other computer-readable storage media; and

the one or more complimentary electrical couplings disposed in the detachable electronic module configured to mate with the one or more electrical couplings disposed in the attachment bay.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more computer-readable storage media include instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, implement a health-monitoring mode configured to:

sense the one or more types of wellness information from the one or more wellness sensors disposed in the strap;

pass the one or more types of wellness information to one or more wellness applications.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more other computer-readable storage media include instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more other processors, implement a health-monitoring mode configured to:

sense one or more other types of wellness information from the one or more wellness sensors disposed in the strap;

store the one or more other types of wellness information; and

pass the one or more other types of wellness information to one or more wellness applications.