WRIST WEARABLE TERMINAL

• US 20150189976A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KOH, Jun-ho, LEE, Hyung-sun, KIM, Ki-young, CHO, Shin-hee, TAKAYANAGI, Toshikazu, LEE, Doo-woong, CHOI, Youn-ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,883,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/333 Recording apparatus specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices

Abstract

Provided is a wrist wearable terminal including: a body portion including a function module; a coupling portion fastening the body portion on a wrist; and at least one strap portion linking the body portion and the coupling portion and including at least one function module that is coupled to the function module of the body portion via a signal line to convert or activate a use of at least one function of the wrist wearable terminal depending on a state of wearing of the wrist wearable terminal.

Claims

1. A wrist wearable terminal comprising:

a body portion comprising at least one function module;

a coupling portion configured to fasten the body portion on a wrist; and

at least one strap portion linking the body portion and the coupling portion and comprising at least one function module that is coupled to the at least one function module of the body portion via a signal line to convert or to activate a use of at least one function of the wrist wearable terminal depending on a state of wearing of the wrist wearable terminal.

2. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein the coupling portion comprises:

a sensor configured to sense a connected state of a first strap portion and a second strap portion, among the at least one strap portion; and

a worn state detector configured to determine the state of wearing when the sensor senses the connected state.

3. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one strap portion comprises a device configured to convert or activate a use of the at least one function module of the body portion or the at least one function module of the at least one strap portion depending on the state of wearing sensed via the coupling portion.

4. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 3, wherein the device comprises a coil-type electrode integrating an electrode for measuring an electrocardiogram and a coil for wireless charging.

5. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 4, wherein the coil-type electrode is converted to a use of the electrode for measuring the electrocardiogram when the state of wearing is sensed and is converted to a use of the coil for wireless charging when the state of wearing is not sensed.

6. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 5, further comprising a switching portion configured to convert to a use of an electrocardiogram measuring function module by connecting the coil-type electrode to the electrocardiogram measuring function module when the state of wearing is sensed, and to convert to a use of a wireless charging function module by connecting the coil-type electrode to the wireless charging function module when the state of wearing is not sensed.

7. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one strap portion comprises a cavity in the at least one strap portion, the cavity including at least one of an electronic circuit and an electronic component for the at least one function module of the at least one strap portion.

8. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein the body portion and the at least one strap portion convert or activate the use of the at least function depending on the state of wearing sensed by the coupling portion.

9. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one strap portion comprises a first functional strap portion on a first side of the coupling portion and a second strap portion on a second side of the coupling portion; and

the first functional strap portion comprises the at least one function module of the at least one strap portion, and the second strap portion does not include a function module.

10. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one strap portion comprises a first functional strap portion on a first side of the coupling portion and a second functional strap portion on a second side of the coupling portion; and

the first functional strap portion comprises at least one function module, and the second functional strap portion comprises at least one function module.

11. A wrist wearable terminal comprising:

a body portion comprising at least one function module;

a coupling portion configured to fasten the body portion on a wrist, and comprising a function module that is coupled to the at least one function module of the body portion; and

at least one strap portion linking the body portion and the coupling portion and comprising at least one function module that couples the at least one function module of the body portion to the function module of the coupling portion via a signal line in order to convert or to activate a use of at least one function of the wrist wearable terminal depending on a state of wearing of the wrist wearable terminal.

12. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 11, wherein the coupling portion comprises:

a sensor configured to sense a connected state of a first strap portion and a second strap portion, among the at least one strap portion; and

a worn state detector configured to determine the state of wearing when the sensor senses the connected state.

13. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one strap portion comprises a device configured to convert or activate a use of the at least one function module of the body portion, the at least one function module of the at least one strap portion, and the function module of the coupling portion depending on the state of wearing sensed from the coupling portion.

14. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 13, wherein the device comprises a coil-type electrode integrating an electrode for measuring an electrocardiogram and a coil for wireless charging.

15. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 14, wherein the coil-type electrode is converted to a use of the electrode for measuring the electrocardiogram when the coupling portion senses the state of wearing and is converted to a use of the coil for wireless charging when the coupling portion does not sense the state of wearing.

16. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one strap portion comprises a first functional strap portion on a first side of the coupling portion and a second strap portion on a second side of the coupling portion; and

the first functional strap portion comprises the at least one function module of the at least one strap portion, and the second strap portion does not include a function module.

17. The wrist wearable terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one strap portion comprises a first functional strap portion on a first side of the coupling portion and a second functional strap portion on a second side of the coupling portion; and

the first functional strap portion comprises at least one function module, and the second functional strap portion comprises at least one function module.

18. A wearable terminal comprising:

a body portion comprising a first function module;

a first functional strap portion connected to a first side of the body portion;

a second strap portion connected to a second side of the body portion, opposite the first side; and

a coupling portion configured to connect the first strap portion and the second strap portion,

wherein the first functional strap portion links the body portion and the coupling portion and comprises a second function module, and

wherein a use of at least one of the first function module and the second function module is activated according to a state of connection between the first functional strap portion and the second strap portion via the coupling portion.

19. The wearable terminal of claim 18, further comprising a device, included in the body portion, the first functional strap portion, or the second strap portion, configured to convert or activate a use of at least one of the first function module and the second function module depending on the state of connection sensed via the coupling portion.

20. The wearable terminal of claim 19, further comprising a switching portion configured to convert to a use of the first function module or the second function module by connecting the device to the first function module or the second function module when a connection state is sensed via the coupling portion, and to convert to a use of a third function module, comprised in the body portion or the first functional strap portion, by connecting the device to the third function module when the connection state is not sensed via the coupling portion.