GLOVES HAVING MEASURING, SCANNING, AND DISPLAYING CAPABILITIES

• US 20170055606A1
• Filed: 08/02/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Xu, Fangjian, Li, Liang, Li, Hui
• Granted Patent: US 10,897,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0027 Measuring instruments, e.g. watch, thermometer
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4148 for controlling postal rate in articles to be mailed franking apparatus with means for computing G07B17/02
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/52 Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture with walking sticks A45B3/08
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10534 Scanner to be worn on a finger or on a wrist
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers

Abstract

A measuring apparatus for measuring parameters of an object is provided. The measuring apparatus, according to one implementation, includes a right-handed glove configured to be worn on the right hand of a user and a left-handed glove configured to be worn on the left hand of the user. A first wireless communication device is attached to the right-handed glove and a second wireless communication device is attached to the left-handed glove. The measuring apparatus also includes a calculating device. The first and second wireless communication devices are configured to wirelessly communicate time-based signals with each other. The calculating device utilizes the time-based signals to determine a first dimension of an object.

Claims

1. A measuring apparatus comprising:

a right-handed glove configured to be worn on the right hand of a user;

a left-handed glove configured to be worn on the left hand of the user;

a first wireless communication device attached to the right-handed glove;

a second wireless communication device attached to the left-handed glove; and

a calculating device;

wherein the first and second wireless communication devices are configured to wirelessly communicate time-based signals with each other; and

wherein the calculating device utilizes the time-based signals to determine a first dimension of an object.

2. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of force sensors attached to finger portions of the right-handed and left-handed gloves.

3. The measuring apparatus of claim 2, wherein the force sensors are configured to measure the weight of the object.

4. The measuring apparatus of claim 2, wherein each finger portion of each of the right-handed and left-handed gloves includes at least one force sensor.

5. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a scanning module attached to a finger portion of one of the right-handed and left-handed gloves.

6. The measuring apparatus of claim 5, wherein the scanning module is configured to scan a barcode on the object.

7. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one touch pad attached to one of the right-handed and left-handed gloves, the at least one touch pad configured to receive input from the user.

8. The measuring apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one touch pad is configured to enable the user to trigger a measuring or scanning operation.

9. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display device attached to a hand portion of at least one of the right-handed and left-handed gloves, the display device configured to display the first dimension of the object.

10. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an electronic module configured to be worn on a wrist or arm of the user, wherein the electronic module is configured to communicate directly with at least one of the first and second wireless communication devices.

11. The measuring apparatus of claim 10, wherein the calculating device is a processor disposed in the electronic module.

12. The measuring apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electronic module comprises a power source.

13. The measuring apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electronic module comprises a transceiver module configured to communicate with a remote computing device.

14. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calculating device utilizes the time-based signals and a signal transmission speed to determine displacement between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, the displacement used to determine the first dimension of the object.

15. A measuring apparatus comprising:

a pair of gloves;

means, attached to the pair of gloves, for determining a first dimension of an object; and

means, attached to the pair of gloves, for measuring the weight of the object.

16. The measuring apparatus of claim 15, further comprising means, attached to the pair of gloves, for scanning a code on the object to obtain an identification of the object.

17. The measuring apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means, attached to the pair of gloves, for receiving at least one input from a user to trigger at least one of the functions of determining the first dimension of the object, measuring the weight of the object, and scanning the code on the object.

18. The measuring apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means, attached to the pair of gloves, for displaying at least one of the first dimension, weight, and identification of the object.

19. The measuring apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means for communicating the first dimension, the weight, and the identification of the object to a remote computing device.