Attachable Device with Flexible Electronic Display Orientation Detection
First Claim
1. An attachable article, comprising:
- a flexible band having a flexible substrate and a flexible electronic display disposed over a portion of the substrate;
a display driver electronically connected to the flexible electronic display for providing image content to the flexible electronic display;
a position detection element disposed on or near the flexible band;
a processor coupled to the display driver; and
a memory that stores an orientation detection routine that, when executed on the processor, operates to;
determine a point on the flexible band using a signal from the position detection element, wherein the determined point on the flexible band is disposed adjacent to a particular point on an exterior object when the flexible band is disposed around the exterior object, andcalibrate the flexible electronic display so that the display driver displays image content via the flexible electronic display at one or more positions based on the location of the determined point on the band.
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Abstract
An attachable article, such as a wristband, includes a flexible electronic display disposed thereon in a manner that is bendable or conformable to a user'"'"'s wrist or other curved surface and that enables various images to be displayed on the electronic display in a manner that makes these images easily viewable to the user. The attachable article includes an adjustable band that can be fit to different sized wrists, for example, and includes a band orientation detection and calibration routine that enables messages or display screens to be placed at particular locations on the band with respect to a user'"'"'s wrist. For example, the display orientation detection and calibration routine may be used to determine the portions or positions of the display that are at the top of the user'"'"'s wrist and at the bottom of the user'"'"'s wrist, and may thereafter calibrate the display to center display screens on the display at these particular locations.
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38 Claims
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1. An attachable article, comprising:
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a flexible band having a flexible substrate and a flexible electronic display disposed over a portion of the substrate; a display driver electronically connected to the flexible electronic display for providing image content to the flexible electronic display; a position detection element disposed on or near the flexible band; a processor coupled to the display driver; and a memory that stores an orientation detection routine that, when executed on the processor, operates to; determine a point on the flexible band using a signal from the position detection element, wherein the determined point on the flexible band is disposed adjacent to a particular point on an exterior object when the flexible band is disposed around the exterior object, and calibrate the flexible electronic display so that the display driver displays image content via the flexible electronic display at one or more positions based on the location of the determined point on the band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of calibrating a flexible electronic display disposed on a flexible substrate that is adjustably attachable around an exterior object, comprising:
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detecting, using a processor, a point on the flexible substrate that is disposed adjacent to a particular point on an exterior object when the flexible substrate is disposed at least partially around the exterior object; calibrating, using the processor, the flexible electronic display based on the detected point; and displaying image content on the flexible electronic display at one or more positions on the flexible electronic display using the flexible electronic display calibrated based on the detected point on the flexible substrate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An adjustable flexible electronic display device, comprising:
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a flexible band having a substrate and a flexible electronic display disposed over a portion of the flexible substrate, the flexible band having first and second ends; a clasping mechanism coupled to the flexible band that is adjustable so as to enable overlap of the first and second ends of the flexible band by differing amounts; an electronics module electronically connected to the flexible electronic display and attached onto the flexible band at one or more fixed locations, for providing image content to the flexible electronic display, the electronics module including a processor, a display driver and a memory; one or more sensors disposed within the flexible band, the clasping mechanism or the electronics module; and an orientation detection and calibration routine stored in the memory that, when executed on the processor, operates to; instruct a user to take a specific action with respect to the flexible band; determine a point on the flexible band using a signal from the one or more sensors in response the specific action; and calibrate the flexible electronic display so that the display driver displays image content via the flexible electronic display at one or more positions on the flexible electronic display based on the determined point on the flexible band. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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