Smart watch

• US 9,471,043 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Joung, Wonseok, Jang, Guang, Lee, Kyoungha, Kim, Jihyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kayes, Sean
• Application Number:
  US13/968,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20150003210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 368/282, 348/376
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/1486 Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet building watches into bracelets (montre marquise) G04B37/12; arrangements for hanging pocket- or other watches on chains G04B37/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/00 Structural details; Housings constructional details of radio-controlled time-pieces, e.g. antennas G04R60/00
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A smart watch is disclosed in which a part of the wrist of a user connected to the palm when the smart watch is worn by the user is constructed to be thin. According to an embodiment, the smart watch includes a display part configured to display digital content, a first connection part connected to one side of the display part, the first connection part including a camera unit, a second connection part connected to the other side of the display part, the second connection part including a battery unit, and a comfort part configured to connect the first connection part and the second connection part, wherein thickness of the comfort part is thinner than thickness of the display part, the first connection part, and the second connection part.

Claims

1. A smart watch, comprising:

a display part configured to display digital content, the display part including a first display area and a second display area;

a first connection part connected to one side of the display part, the first connection part including a camera unit;

a second connection part connected to the other side of the display part, the second connection part including a battery unit; and

a comfort part configured to connect the first connection part and the second connection part,

wherein thickness of the comfort part is thinner than thickness of the display part, the first connection part, and the second connection part,

wherein the second display area is adjacent to the first connection part which includes the camera unit,

wherein the first display area is configured to provide a display area irrespective of power information of the battery unit and the second display area is configured to provide a display area according to the power information of the battery unit, and

wherein the display part further includes a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and the comfort part further includes a tactile feedback unit configured to provide tactile feedback.

2. The smart watch according to claim 1, further comprising a processor configured to control the camera unit, the battery unit, the sensor unit, and the tactile feedback unit.

3. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to activate at least one of the first display area and the second display area based on an angle of the wrist of a user wearing the smart watch.

4. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to generate tactile feedback on the comfort part in correspondence to length of the digital content.

5. The smart watch according to claim 4, wherein the digital content is continuous.

6. The smart watch according to claim 4, wherein the tactile feedback is generated on the display part in correspondence to length of a part of the digital content that is not displayed.

7. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the sensor unit is further configured to detect an input signal for the display part and the processor further configured to control the digital content in correspondence to the input signal.

8. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the sensor unit is further configured to sense pressure of an input signal for the display part and the processor is further configured to generate tactile feedback on the comfort part when the pressure of the input signal exceeds a threshold pressure.

9. The smart watch according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to control strength of the tactile feedback according to strength of the pressure of the input signal.

10. The smart watch according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to sense strength of the pressure of the input signal based on an area sensed by the input signal.

11. The smart watch according to claim 2, wherein the first display area corresponds to a main display part and the second display area corresponds to a sub display part.

12. The smart watch according to claim 11, wherein the power information of the battery unit indicates whether power is supplied from the battery unit to at least one of the main display part and the sub display part or not.

13. The smart watch according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the main display part and the sub display part is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, or an e-paper screen.

14. The smart watch according to claim 11, wherein the comfort part further includes a main comfort part configured to generate tactile feedback on the main display part in correspondence to a part of the digital content that is not displayed and a sub comfort part configured to generate tactile feedback on the sub display part in correspondence to a part of the digital content that is not displayed.

15. The smart watch according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate tactile feedback on the main comfort part in correspondence to length of a part of the digital content that is not displayed and generate tactile feedback on the sub comfort part in correspondence to a part of the digital content that is not displayed.

16. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the first connection part or the second connection part includes a locking part.

17. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the first connection part further includes a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data.

18. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the comfort part further includes an audio input/output unit.

19. The smart watch according to claim 18, wherein the audio input/output unit includes at least one of a directional speaker and a directional microphone.

20. The smart watch according to claim 1, wherein the first display area is located adjacent to the second display area.