Wearable device

• US 9,921,791 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2014
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyun Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Rayan, Mihir K
• Application Number:
  US14/509,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/04 Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A wearable device is disclosed. In one aspect, the wearable device includes a display device and a control processor. The display device includes at least one display panel including a main display area and at least one sub-display area. The display device further includes a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to generate a signal to drive the display panel and a memory configured to store identification information of at least one device which is connected to the wearable device. The sub-display area is configured to display the identification information.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a display device; and

a main body including a communication module configured to receive display information and identification information from at least one external device and a control processor,

wherein the display device includes;

at least one display panel including a main display area and at least one sub-display area; and

a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to generate a signal to drive the display panel,

wherein the driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a memory configured to store the identification information of the at least one external device which is connected to the wearable device, the identification information uniquely identifying the at least one external device, and

wherein each sub-display area corresponds to a connected device and is configured to display the identification information, a connection status, and a connection channel of the corresponding connected device.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the main display area and the sub-display area are formed together on a single display panel.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of display panels and wherein the main display area and the sub-display area are formed on different display panels.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the memory is a nonvolatile memory.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is a smart watch or smart glasses, and the connected device is a smartphone or a smart pad.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display panel uses at least one display technology of the following:

a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and an electronic ink (E-ink) display panel.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a touch input detection controller configured to detect touch input applied to the sub-display area.

8. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the touch input detection controller is further configured to determine whether the touch input is a simple contact, a swipe in a first direction, or a swipe in a second direction.

9. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein when the touch input detection controller determines that the touch input is the simple contact, the control processor is further configured to transmit a connection confirmation signal to the connected device.

10. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein when the touch input detection controller determines that the touch input is the swipe in the first direction, the control processor is further configured to transmit an activation signal which signals the corresponding connected device to transition from a sleep mode or an idle mode into an active mode.

11. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein the connected device comprises a plurality of connected devices, wherein the sub-display area includes a plurality of sub-display areas respectively corresponding to the connected devices and wherein each of the sub-display areas is configured to display the identification information and a connection channel of the corresponding connected device.

12. The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the connection channel is one of a general data channel and a voice channel.

13. The wearable device of claim 12, wherein when the touch input detection controller determines that the touch input is the swipe in the second direction, the control processor is further configured to exchange the connection channels of the connected devices.

14. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a button configured to be pressed by an external force, wherein the control processor is further configured to transmit a signal to the connected device in accordance with the number and duration of the external force(s) applied to the button.

15. The wearable device of claim 14, wherein the signal is a connection confirmation signal or an activation signal which signals the connected device to transition from a sleep mode or an idle mode into an active mode.

16. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the connected device comprises a plurality of connected devices, and wherein the sub-display area includes a plurality of sub-display areas respectively corresponding to the connected devices.

17. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the main display area is configured to display the display information.