SMART WATCH

• US 20170060100A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: LOI, Wean-Fong, KONG, Yue-Hin, TEO, Ee-Fun
• Application Number:
  US15/247,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060100A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• 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 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour

Abstract

A smart watch including a watch body, a plurality of the sensors, and a processing unit is provided. A watch body including an upper surface, the upper surface includes a display portion and an outer portion. The display portion displays a first functional page of the functional pages. The outer portion is configured at periphery of the display portion and includes a plurality of sensing areas. The sensors are correspondingly configured at each of the sensing areas. When the sensors sense that at least one of the sensing areas is touched along a first clockwise track or a first counter-clockwise track, a touch signal is transmitted. The processing unit is configured at the watch body and electrically connected to the sensors. The processing unit receives the touch signal and changes the first functional page accordingly.

Claims

1. A smart watch, comprising:

a watch body, having an upper surface comprising;

a display portion, displaying a first functional page; and

an outer portion, configured at periphery of the display portion and having a plurality of sensing areas;

a plurality of sensors, correspondingly configured at each of the sensing areas, wherein when the sensors sense that one of the sensing areas is touched along a first clockwise track or a first counter-clockwise track, a touch signal is transmitted; and

a processing unit, configured at the watch body and electrically connected to the sensors, for receiving the touch signal and changing the first functional page accordingly.

2. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the outer portion is a bezel and has a height higher than that of the display portion.

3. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the height of the bezel is gradually decreased from an outer edge of the outer portion towards an inner edge of the outer portion.

4. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein when the processing unit receives the touch signal, the display portion is changed by the processing unit from the first functional page to a second functional page.

5. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein when the sensors sense a touch along the first clockwise track or a second clockwise track, a clockwise track sensing signal is transmitted to the processing unit to zoom out or zoom in the first functional page on the display portion.

6. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein when the sensors sense a touch along the first counter-clockwise track or a second counter-clockwise track, a counter-clockwise track sensing signal is transmitted to the processing unit to make the processing unit zoom in or zoom out the first functional page on the display portion.

7. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein a trigger unit is configured at a side wall of the watch body, and the trigger unit is electrically connected to the processing unit, when the trigger unit is triggered along a moving direction, the processing unit changes the first functional page to the second functional page on the display portion.

8. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface includes a touch panel surface, the display portion and the outer portion locates on the touch panel surface, the display portion further includes an operation destination portion, and the outer portion includes:

a plurality of application image portions configured at each of the sensing areas; and

an application input portion configured at one of the sensing areas and between two adjacent application image portions of the application image portions;

when the sensors sense that one of the application image portions is touched by an object and continuously sense that the object moves to the application input portion along a clockwise operation track of the outer portion, and the touch panel surface senses that the object moves from the application input portion to the operation destination portion, the processing unit changes the first functional page to an application execution page of the operational pages on the display portion according to a clockwise operation sensing signal.

9. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface includes a touch panel surface, the display portion and the outer portion are configured on the touch panel surface, the display portion further includes an operation destination portion, and the outer portion includes:

a plurality of application image portions displayed at the sensing areas, respectively;

an application setting portion configured at one of the sensing areas and between two adjacent image portions of the application image portions;

when the sensors sense that one of the application image portions is touched by an object, and continuously sense that the object moves to the application setting portion along an counter-clockwise operation track of the outer portion, and when the object moves from the application setting portion to the operation destination portion is sensed on the touch panel surface, the processing unit changes the first functional page to an application setting page of the operational pages on the display portion according to an counter-clockwise operation sensing signal.