WEARABLE POINTING DEVICE

• US 20120146899A1
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TENG, JYUN-YI
• Application Number:
  US13/151,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20120146899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves

Abstract

A wearable pointing device can be worn on a hand of a user and includes a hand strap, a receiving part, a first ring, a second ring, a third ring and a circuit module. The circuit module is electronically connected to the first ring, the second ring, and the third ring. The circuit module is installed in the receiving part and comprises a sensor module to sense movement on the hand. The sensor module converts the movement of the wearable pointing device into signals which are sent to a host computing device. The data received from the pointing device may be used to move a cursor of the computing device, or correspond to left and right mouse clicks, and scrolling operations.

Claims

1. A wearable pointing device configured for wearing on a hand of a user, comprising:

a body comprising;

a hand strap;

a first ring configured to execute a left click function according to movement of the first ring;

a second ring configured to execute a right click function according to movement of the second ring;

a third ring used in conjunction with the first ring to execute a zoom-out function or a zoom-in function according to movement of the first ring and the third ring together; and

a receiving part positioned on the hand strap; and

a circuit module positioned in the receiving part, and electronically connected to the first ring, the second ring, and the third ring.

2. The wearable pointing device of claim 1, wherein the hand strap, the first ring, the second ring and the third ring are made of an elastic material.

3. The wearable pointing device of claim 1, wherein the hand strap further comprises a touch panel in electronic connection with the circuit module.

4. The wearable pointing device of claim 3, wherein the touch panel is configured for sensing a finger movement of the hand of the user to execute a scrolling function.

5. The wearable pointing device of claim 1, wherein the circuit module comprises a position sensor module to sense movement of the wearable pointing device.

6. The wearable pointing device of claim 5, wherein the circuit module further comprises:

a first ring acceleration sensor configured for detecting the movement of the first ring;

a second ring acceleration sensor configured for detecting the movement of the second ring; and

a third ring acceleration sensor configured for detecting the movement of the third ring.

7. The wearable pointing device of claim 5, wherein the position senor module includes at least one optical positioning sensor.

8. The wearable pointing device of claim 1, wherein the circuit module further comprises a wireless communication module communicating with a computer host.

9. The wearable pointing device of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication module is BLUETOOTH.

10. The wearable pointing device of claim 1, further comprising at least one processor operable to process signals received from the first ring acceleration sensor, the second ring acceleration sensor, the third ring acceleration sensor and the touch panel.