WRIST WORN DEVICE

• US 20150049037A1
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arm IP Limited (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Arm IP Limited (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: VINCENT, Hugo John Martin, BLINT, Gbor
• Application Number:
  US14/462,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20150049037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves

Abstract

A wrist worn device includes a device body and a strap. A display screen is provided on the device body. The display screen is rotated relative to a normal to the display screen in a clockwise direction for a watch shaped to be worn on the left arm and in an anti-clockwise direction for a watch shaped to be worn on a right arm. A touch sensor is provided on a right edge of a watch for wearing on a left arm and a button sensor is provided on a lower left edge of a watch for wearing on a user'"'"'s left arm. The touch sensor and the button sensor may be provided in a mirrored orientation on a watch for wearing on a user'"'"'s right arm.

Claims

1. A wrist worn device for wearing on a user'"'"'s arm, said wrist worn device comprising:

a device body having a main face bearing a display and surrounded by body edges;

a scroll sensor disposed on a first edge of said device body and configured to detect a sliding touch input, said first edge being proximal to a left or right portion of said display relative to a viewing direction of said display; and

a button sensor disposed on said device and configured to detect a push input.

2. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said scroll sensor is disposed on a first edge of said device body and configured to detect a sliding touch input, said first edge being proximal to a right portion of said display relative to a viewing direction of said display;

and

wherein said button sensor is disposed at a button position on said device, said button position being proximal to a lower left portion of said display relative to a viewing direction of said display.

3. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said scroll sensor is disposed on a first edge of said device body and configured to detect a sliding touch input, said first edge being proximal to a left portion of said display relative to a viewing direction of said display;

and

wherein said button sensor is disposed at a button position on said device, said button position being proximal to a lower right portion of said display relative to a viewing direction of said display.

4. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said scroll sensor extends along a facet of said device body at said first edge, said facet having at least one facet edge parallel to a direction of said sliding touch input so as to guide said sliding touch input.

5. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said facet has two parallel facet edges parallel to said sliding touch input with said scroll sensor disposed therebetween.

6. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a facet angle is an angle between a normal to said display and a normal to said facet and said facet angle has a value between 40 and 60 degrees.

7. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said facet angle has a value between 45 and 55 degrees.

8. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said facet angle is substantially 50 degrees.

9. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said push input has a push vector with non-zero components towards:

a top portion of said display;

a right portion of said display; and

into said display parallel to a normal to said display.

10. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said push input has a push vector with non-zero components towards:

a top portion of said display;

a left portion of said display; and

into said display parallel to a normal to said display.

11. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 10, wherein an inward display-normal angle is an angle between said push vector and said normal to said display and said inward angle has a value between 66 and 86 degrees.

12. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said inward display-normal angle has a value between 71 and 81 degrees.

13. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said inward display-normal angle is substantially 76 degrees.

14. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 1, comprising

a strap coupled to said device body and configured to hold said wrist worn device to said user'"'"'s arm, said wrist worn device being held in a resting position relative to said user'"'"'s arm and a longitudinal arm axis of said user'"'"'s arm.

15. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 14, wherein an inward display-parallel angle is an angle between a component of said push vector parallel to a face of said display proximal to said push button and a direction of said longitudinal arm axis projected into said face proximal to said push button, said inward display-parallel angle having a value between 36 and 56 degrees.

16. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 15, wherein said inward display-parallel angle has a value between 41 and 51 degrees.

17. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said inward display-parallel angle is substantially 46 degrees.

18. A wrist worn device as claimed in claim 9, comprising

a printed circuit layer within said device body, said printed circuit layer having a major surface and a printed-circuit button fixed to said major surface;

and

a lever fixed to said printed circuit layer and bearing upon said printed-circuit button;

wherein said push input bears upon said lever and said lever and said printed-circuit button are configured such that said push input drives a pivoting motion of said lever such that said lever actuates said printed-circuit button.

19. A wrist worn device for wearing on a user'"'"'s arm, said wrist worn device comprising:

device body means for housing device components, said device body means having a main face bearing display means for displaying an image, said device body means being surrounded by body edges;

scroll sensor means for detecting sliding touch input, said scroll sensor means being disposed on a first edge of said device body means, said first edge being proximal to a left or right portion of said display means relative to a viewing direction of said display means; and

button sensor means disposed on said device body and configured to detect a push input.