Digital analog display with rotating bezel

• US 9,785,123 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Mansour, Anna-Marie, Johnson, II, Charles E., Brown, Rowland L., Esplin, Aaren B., March, Wendy, Holmes, Steven T., Dadu, Saurabh, Bynum, Michael R., Liu, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W
• Application Number:
  US14/498,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20160091867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 368 10, 368 69, 368204, 368295
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 19/283 on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel for graduations on the bezels G04B19/18
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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

Abstract

A wearable device is described herein. The wearable device includes a display. The display can be a digital display with analog components. The wearable device also includes an input device. The input device is to control the digital display and the analog components correspond to the digital display. In some cases, the input device is a bezel.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a display, wherein the display is an electronic display with analog components;

an interaction surface to capture gestures as input;

an input device, wherein the input device is to control the electronic display and the analog components corresponding to the electronic display, and the input device is to toggle information displayed on the electronic display within a plurality of sub-dials, wherein a gesture comprises one finger on the input device and a second finger on the interaction surface to reduce false single-finger gestures.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the input device is a rotating bezel.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is a standalone smart watch.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display is coupled with a faceplate, and the faceplate is configured for at least one sub-dial.

5. The wearable device of claim 4, wherein the at least one sub-dial is configured to display user-defined information.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the analog components are a least one hour hand and one minute hand.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the input device is a bezel, a touch screen, and wrist strap, or any combination thereof.

8. A wearable device, comprising:

a touch screen;

a bezel touch surface, wherein the bezel touch surface is to detect gestures that are inputs to the wearable device, wherein a gesture comprises one finger on the bezel touch surface and a second finger on the touch screen to reduce false single-finger gestures on the touch screen; and

a wristband, wherein the wristband is to detect gestures that are inputs to the wearable device that do not occlude the touch screen.

9. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the bezel touch surface is a rotating bezel.

10. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the wearable device is a standalone smart watch.

11. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the display is coupled with a faceplate, and the faceplate is configured for at least one sub-dial.

12. The wearable device of claim 11, comprising:

a touch screen; and

a touch wrist strap, wherein the touch screen, the touch wrist strap, and the bezel touch surface are to input gestures.

13. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein bezel touch surface is to detect multi-finger touch.

14. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the wearable device is coupled with a mobile device.

15. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the wearable device is a pocket watch.

16. A wearable device, comprising:

a display, wherein the display is a digital display with analog components;

an interaction surface to capture gestures as input;

a bezel touch surface, wherein the bezel touch surface is to rotatably attach to the wearable device and is to detect gestures that are inputs to the wearable device, wherein a rotation of the bezel touch surface is used to toggle information displayed on the digital display in a plurality of sub-dials and at least one gesture comprises one finger on the bezel touch surface and a second finger on the interaction surface to reduce false single-finger gestures.

17. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the wearable device is a standalone smart watch.

18. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the display is coupled with a faceplate, and the faceplate is configured for at least one sub-dial.

19. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the digital display is configured to display at least one sub-dial.

20. The wearable device of claim 16, comprising:

a touch screen; and

a touch wrist strap, wherein the touch screen, the touch wrist strap, and the bezel touch surface are to input gestures.

21. The wearable device of claim 20, wherein the gestures do not occlude the touch screen.

22. The wearable device of claim 20, wherein the touch screen outputs tactile feedback.

23. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the bezel touch surface is to detect multi-finger touch.

24. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the wearable device is coupled with a mobile device.

25. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the wearable device is a pocket watch.