DETECTION OF OBJECTS BY ELECTRONIC GLOVE

• US 20130314227A1
• Filed: 05/24/2013
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHUANG, TSUNG-JEN, WONG, SHIH-FANG, CHANG, TING-SHE
• Granted Patent: US 9,123,216 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/00 Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00

Abstract

An electronic glove communicates with an electronic device and has a positioning unit, a microcontroller, and an indicating component. The indicating component may be a heating component or a visual indicating component. The positioning unit detects coordinates of the electronic glove and the electronic device sends its own coordinates wirelessly to the electronic glove. The microcontroller calculates a distance between the electronic device and the electronic glove. The microcontroller controls the indicating component to generate different signals (of either heat or light) according to any change in the distance, to guide a user to move towards the precise location of the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic glove in communication with an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first positioning unit that detects first coordinates which represent coordinates of a location of the electronic device, the electronic glove comprising:

a first heating component, a second heating component, a second positioning unit, a third positioning unit, and a microcontroller;

the first heating component and the second positioning unit being installed at a first surface of the electronic glove corresponding to a palm of a user, the second positioning unit detecting second coordinates which represent coordinates of a location of the first surface;

the second heating component and the third positioning unit being installed at a second surface of the electronic glove which covers the back of the hand of the user, the third positioning unit detecting third coordinates which represent coordinates of a location of the second surface;

the microcontroller being electronically connected to the first heating component, the second heating component, the second positioning unit, and the third positioning unit, calculating a first distance between the electronic device and the first surface and a second distance between the electronic device and the second surface according to the first, second, and third coordinates, activating one of the first heating component and the second heating component, and adjusting a temperature of the first heating component or of the second heating component according to changes in the first distance or in the second distance.

2. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein the first heating component is activated when the first distance is less than the second distance, or the second heating component is activated when the first distance is greater than or equal to the second distance.

3. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein when the first heating component is activated, the microcontroller raises the temperature of the first heating component as the first distance decreases, or reduces the temperature of the first heating component as the first distance increases;

and

when the second heating component is activated, the microcontroller raises the temperature of the second heating component to correspond to a decrease of the second distance, or reduces the temperature of the second heating component to correspond to an increase of the second distance.

4. The electronic glove according to claim 3, wherein the microcontroller adjusts the temperatures of the first heating component and the second heating component by adjusting a flow of current through the first heating component and the second heating component.

5. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein when the first distance or the second distance becomes less than a predetermined distance, the microcontroller turns off the first heating component and the second heating component.

6. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further includes a first wireless communication unit, the electronic glove further includes a second wireless communication unit, and the first wireless communication unit communicates with the second wireless communication unit through BLUETOOTH®

or WIFI®

technology.

7. The electronic glove according to claim 6, wherein the electronic glove receives the first coordinates from the electronic device using the second wireless communication unit.

8. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein each of the first positioning unit, the second positioning unit, and the third positioning unit is a global positioning system (GPS) device or an electronic compass.

9. The electronic glove according to claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third coordinates are established as three particular coordinates within a predetermined three dimensional coordinates system.

10. An electronic glove in communication with an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first positioning unit that detects first coordinates which represent coordinates of a location of the electronic device, the electronic glove comprising:

a second positioning unit, an indicating component and a microcontroller;

the second positioning unit detecting second coordinates which represent coordinates of a location of the electronic glove;

the microcontroller being electronically connected to the indicating component and the second positioning unit, calculating a distance between the electronic device and the electronic glove according to the first coordinates and the second coordinates, and controlling the indicating component to generate different signals according to changes in the distance.

11. The electronic glove according to claim 10, wherein the indicating component is a heating component or a visual indicating component.

12. The electronic glove according to claim 11, wherein when the indicating component is the heating component, the microcontroller raises the temperature of the heating component to accompany a decrease of the distance, and reduces the temperature of the heating component to accompany an increase of the distance.

13. The electronic glove according to claim 12, wherein when the distance becomes less than a predetermined distance, the microcontroller turns off the heating component.

14. The electronic glove according to claim 11, wherein when the indicating component is the visual indicating component, the microcontroller increases the brightness of the light of the visual indicating component to accompany a decrease of the distance between the electronic device and the electronic glove, and reduces the brightness of the light of the visual indicating component to accompany an increase of the distance.

15. The electronic glove according to claim 11, wherein the visual indicating component is a flashing light indicator, and the microcontroller increases the flashing frequency of the visual indicating component to accompany a decrease of the distance, and reduces the flashing frequency of the visual indicating component to accompany with an increase of the distance.