Electronic device including communications module

• US 9,647,710 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2016
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Hoon, Moon, Dong Teck, Kim, Doo Il
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US15/093,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20160315647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 4555751, 455 903, 4555501, 4555756, 455100, 343718
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers

Abstract

An electronic device includes a strap, a coupling part disposed on one end of the strap, configured to couple the one end of the strap to another end of the strap, and a communications module embedded in the coupling part and configured to perform wireless communications.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a strap;

a coupling part disposed on one end of the strap configured to couple the one end of the strap to another end of the strap;

a communications module embedded in the coupling part and configured to perform wireless communications; and

a display part disposed on the strap, connected to the communications module, and configured to display information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

an attaching part configured to attach and detach the coupling part to and from the strap.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display part is disposed on at an intermediate portion of the strap.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a battery embedded in the strap and configured to supply power to the communications module; and

a flexible substrate embedded in the strap, configured to connect the battery to the communications module, and resiliently bend.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a portion of the battery is externally exposed.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communications module comprises:

a communications circuit mounted on a substrate and configured to process communications signals;

an antenna disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit and receive the communications signals; and

a battery disposed on the substrate and configured to supply power to the communications circuit.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein one of the communications circuit, the antenna, and the battery is mounted on one surface of the substrate, and two of the communications circuit, the antenna, and the battery not mounted on the one surface are mounted on another surface of the substrate.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the communications circuit is configured to process first communications signals and second communications signals, wherein the second communications signals are in a frequency band higher than a frequency band of the first communications signals, and

further comprises a high frequency antenna configured to transmit and receive the second communications signals.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the high frequency antenna surrounds a portion of the communications circuit.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the antenna comprises three coil antennas configured to transmit and receive the first communications signals in different directions.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the communications module is configured to transmit and receive the first communications signals to control a vehicle.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second communications module embedded in the strap and configured to perform wireless communications,

wherein the second communications module comprises;

a second substrate comprising a resiliently flexible region;

a second communications circuit mounted on a substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to process communications signals;

a second antenna mounted on the substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to transmit and receive the communications signals; and

a second battery mounted on the substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to supply power to the second communications circuit.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a region of the strap proximate to the display part has a width wider than a region of the strap distal to the display part.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a strap;

a coupling part disposed on one end of the strap configured to couple one end of the strap to another end of the strap; and

a communications module embedded in the strap and configured to perform wireless communications,

wherein the communications module comprises;

a substrate comprising a resiliently flexible region;

a communications circuit mounted on a substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to process communications signals;

an antenna mounted on the substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to transmit and receive the communications signals; and

a battery mounted on the substrate region external to the resiliently flexible region and configured to supply power to the communications circuit.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

a display part disposed on the strap, connected to the communications module, and configured to display information received from the antenna.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the communications circuit is configured to process first communications signals and second communications signals, wherein the second communications signals are in a frequency band higher than that of the first communications signals, and

the communications unit further comprises a high frequency antenna configured to transmit and receive the second communications signals.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the high frequency antenna surrounds a portion of the communications circuit.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the communications module is configured to transmit and receive first communications signals for vehicle control, and

the antenna comprises three coil antennas configured to transmit and receive the first communications signals in different directions.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the battery is disposed on the substrate at one side of the resiliently flexible region, and

the communications circuit and the antenna are disposed on the substrate at another side of the resiliently flexible region.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the substrate comprises first and second resiliently flexible regions,

the communications circuit is disposed between the first and second resiliently flexible regions, and

the antenna and the battery are disposed on opposite ends of the substrate.