SMART WATCH

• US 20170075317A1
• Filed: 04/26/2016
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cho, Jaehyung, Son, Ahyoung, Lee, Myungho, Yoon, Soo-wan
• Application Number:
  US15/139,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/045 Mounting of the display
• 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

Abstract

A smart watch includes: a housing; a window member connected to the housing; a display panel located in the housing, the display panel to display an image toward the window member; an analog movement located in the housing; a first time hand module to rotate by an operation of the analog movement; and an electronic module to control the display panel and the analog movement. The first time hand module includes: a first rotational shaft connected to the analog movement; a first horizontal portion connected to the first rotational shaft and located below the display panel; a first vertical portion connected to the first horizontal portion and facing a side edge of the display panel; and a first time hand connected to the first vertical portion and located above the display panel.

Claims

1. A smart watch comprising:

a housing;

a window member coupled to the housing;

a display panel located in the housing, the display panel being configured to display an image toward the window member;

an analog movement located in the housing;

a first time hand module configured to rotate by an operation of the analog movement; and

an electronic module configured to control the display panel and the analog movement,

wherein the first time hand module comprises;

a first rotational shaft coupled to the analog movement;

a first horizontal portion coupled to the first rotational shaft and located below the display panel;

a first vertical portion coupled to the first horizontal portion and facing a side edge of the display panel; and

a first time hand coupled to the first vertical portion and located above the display panel.

2. The smart watch of claim 1, wherein the first horizontal portion comprises a rotational plate having a first opening, and

the first vertical portion comprises a cylindrical shaped partition coupled to the rotational plate and surrounding the side edge of the display panel.

3. The smart watch of claim 2, wherein the first rotational shaft has a cylindrical shape and defines a cavity corresponding to the first opening.

4. The smart watch of claim 2, wherein the analog movement has a second opening corresponding to the first opening.

5. The smart watch of claim 1, wherein the first time hand comprises a transparent portion coupled to the first vertical portion and a color portion coupled to the transparent portion.

6. The smart watch of claim 1, further comprising a second time hand module configured to rotate by an operation of the analog movement, and to provide time information that is different from that of the first time hand module.

7. The smart watch of claim 6, wherein the second time hand module comprises:

a second rotational shaft coupled to the analog movement and surrounding the first rotational shaft;

a second horizontal portion coupled to the second rotational shaft and located below the display panel;

a second vertical portion coupled to the second horizontal portion and facing the side edge of the display panel; and

a second time hand coupled to the second vertical portion and located above the display panel.

8. The smart watch of claim 1, further comprising a touch panel coupled to the window member or the display panel.

9. The smart watch of claim 2, wherein the electronic module comprises:

a controller configured to provide control signals to the display panel and to the touch panel; and

a power supply configured to provide a power voltage to the analog movement.

10. The smart watch of claim 1, further comprising a band coupled to the housing and configured to be worn on a wrist of a user.

11. A smart watch comprising:

a housing;

a window member coupled to the housing;

a display panel located in the housing, the display panel being configured to display an image toward the window member;

an analog movement located in the housing, the analog movement comprising a rotational shaft;

a time module configured to rotate by an operation of the rotational shaft; and

an electronic module configured to control the display panel and the analog movement,

wherein the time hand module comprises;

a rotational plate coupled to the rotational shaft and located below the display panel;

a cylindrical shaped partition coupled to the rotational shaft and surrounding a side edge of the display panel; and

a time hand coupled to the cylindrical shaped partition and located above the display panel.

12. The smart watch of claim 11, wherein a first opening is in the rotational plate.

13. The smart watch of claim 12, wherein the rotational shaft has a cylindrical shape and defines a cavity corresponding to the first opening.

14. The smart watch of claim 13, wherein the analog movement has a second opening corresponding to the first opening.

15. The smart watch of claim 11, wherein the time hand comprises a transparent portion coupled to the cylindrical shaped partition and a color portion coupled to the transparent portion.

16. The smart watch of claim 11, further comprising a touch panel coupled to the window member or the display panel.

17. The smart watch of claim 16, wherein the electronic module comprises:

a controller configured to provide control signals to the display panel and to the touch panel; and

a power supply configured to provide a power voltage to the analog movement.