Wearable computer display devices for the forearm, wrist, and/or hand

• US 10,429,888 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2016
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medibotics, LLC
• Original Assignee: Medibotics, LLC
• Inventors: Connor, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lopez Cruz, Dimary S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wright, Ingrid D
• Application Number:
  US15/212,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20160349790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,171 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• 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 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

This invention is a wearable computer display device for the wrist and/or forearm with an upper distal-to-proximal extension and one or more forearm-extending computer displays. It has a gap or opening below the upper distal-to-proximal extension into which a garment sleeve can be inserted. This enables a person to the see the computer displays even when the person is wearing a long-sleeve garment.

Claims

1. A wearable computer display device for the wrist and/or forearm comprising:

(a) an arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff, wherein this arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff further comprises;

a distal portion which is configured to encircle at least 50% of the circumference of a person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm with a first distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the most distal edge of the distal portion;

a proximal portion which is configured to encircle at least 50% of the circumference of the person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm with a second distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the most proximal edge of the proximal portion, wherein the second distance is at least 2″

less than the first distance; and

a connecting portion which connects the distal portion to the proximal portion;

(b) an upper distal-to-proximal extension;

wherein the distal portion of the upper distal-to-proximal extension is connected to the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff;

(c) at least one computer display which is connected to, or part of, the upper distal-to-proximal extension;

(d) a gap or opening with a proximal-to-distal length of at least 1″

;

wherein the gap or opening is at least partially between the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff and the proximal end of the upper distal-to-proximal extension and/or wherein the gap or opening is at least partially between the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff and the at least one computer display;

wherein a gap or opening between an upper distal-to-proximal extension and an arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff has a height measured along a vector which extends radially outward from the center of the arm in the range of 1/32″

to ½

″

; and

wherein a sleeve of a long-sleeve garment can be inserted into the gap or opening.

2. A wearable computer display device for the wrist and/or forearm comprising:

(a) an arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff, wherein this arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff further comprises;

a distal portion which is configured to encircle at least 50% of the circumference of a person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm with a first distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the most distal edge of the distal portion;

a proximal portion which is configured to encircle at least 50% of the circumference of the person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm with a second distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the most proximal edge of the proximal portion, wherein the second distance is at least 2″

less than the first distance; and

a connecting portion which connects the distal portion to the proximal portion;

(b) an upper distal-to-proximal extension;

wherein the distal portion of the upper distal-to-proximal extension is connected to the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff;

(c) at least one computer display which is connected to, or part of, the upper distal-to-proximal extension; and

(d) a gap or opening with a proximal-to-distal length of at least 1″

;

wherein the gap or opening is at least partially between the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff and the proximal end of the upper distal-to-proximal extension and/or wherein the gap or opening is at least partially between the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff and the at least one computer display; and

wherein a sleeve of a long-sleeve garment can be inserted into the gap or opening; and

(e) at least one magnet on the upper distal-to-proximal extension, on the arm-worn band, strap, bracelet, bangle, armlet, sleeve, and/or cuff, or both.

3. A wearable computer display device for wrist and/or forearm comprising:

(a) a lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff which is configured to encircle a person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm, wherein the lower sleeve and/or cuff has a distal edge that is configured to be worn with a first distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the distal edge and a proximal edge that is configured to be worn with a second distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the proximal edge, wherein the second distance is at least 2″

less than the first distance, and wherein the lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff is configured to be worn with a third average distance from the surface of a person'"'"'s arm, wherein the third average distance is the average of the first distance and the second distance;

(b) an upper arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff which is configured to encircle at least a portion of the circumference of a person'"'"'s wrist and/or forearm, wherein the upper sleeve and/or cuff has distal edge that is configured to be worn with a fourth distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the distal edge and a proximal edge that is configured to be worn with a fifth distance from the person'"'"'s elbow to the proximal edge, wherein the fourth distance is at least 2″

less than the fifth distance, wherein the lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff is configured to be worn with a sixth average distance from the surface of a person'"'"'s arm, wherein the sixth average distance is the average of the fourth distance and the fifth distance wherein the sixth average distance is greater than the fifth average distance, and wherein a distal portion of the upper arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff is connected to the lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff;

(c) at least one computer display which is connected to, or part of, the upper arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff; and

(d) a gap or opening with a proximal-to-distal length of at least 1″

;

wherein this gap or opening is at least partially between the lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff and the upper arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff and/or wherein this gap or opening is at least partially between the lower arm-worn sleeve and/or cuff and the computer display, and wherein a sleeve of a long-sleeve garment can be inserted into this gap or opening.