THREE-WIRE WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20180220719A1
• Filed: 01/15/2018
• Published: 08/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Te Chang, Shu-Ling Chen
• Original Assignee: Chih-Te Chang, Shu-Ling Chen
• Inventors: CHANG, PAO-CHIN
• Granted Patent: US 10,136,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/005 with embedded cable or connector
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/005 Buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4893 taking into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3855 carried in a belt or harness

Abstract

A three-wire wearable device provided by the present disclosure provides numerous functions, a diversity of uses and convenience by a specific design of a first buckle and detachable second buckles. When the second buckles are fastened to the first buckle, the first buckle mutually communicates with the second buckles by using different pulse signals or digital signals through the three-wire transmission, such that the first buckle can be integrated with function modules of all of the second buckles, such as a touch panel, a screen, a heat dissipation pad, and so forth.

Claims

1. A three-wire wearable device, comprising:

a first buckle having a first pin, a second pin and a third pin and including a first processing unit, wherein the first processing unit stores a plurality of instructions and a plurality of communication protocols, the first buckle chooses one of the instructions and accordingly generates a PWM signal, and the PWM signal is transmitted to the first pin and represents the chosen instruction; and

a plurality of second buckles, wherein each of the second buckles has a fourth pin, a fifth pin and a sixth pin, and each of the second buckles is detachably fastened to the first buckle;

wherein when the second buckles are fastened to the first buckle, the first pin, the second and the third pin of the first buckle are electrically connected to the fourth pin, the fifth pin and the sixth pin of each of the second buckles, respectively;

wherein when the second buckles are fastened to the first buckle, the PWM signal from the first pin of the first buckle is transmitted to the fourth pin of each of the second buckles, the second buckle generates a response signal according to the PWM signal, and the PWM signal is transmitted from the sixth pin of the second buckle to the third pin of the first buckle such that the first buckle obtains an information related to each of the second buckles;

wherein the communication between the first buckle and one of the second buckles is based on one of the communication protocols.

2. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the second buckles are fastened to the first buckle in serial or in parallel.

3. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein when the first buckle mutually communicates with the second buckles according to one of the communication protocols, the second buckles using the chosen communication protocol mutually communicate with the first buckle, and the second buckles using the other communication protocols are unable to communicate with the first buckle.

4. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein when the first buckle mutually communicates with the second buckles according to another communication protocol, at least one of the second buckles using the chosen communication protocol mutually communicates with the first buckle.

5. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein when one of the second buckles is fastened to the first buckle newly added, the information related to the one of the second buckles is transmitted from its sixth pin to the first buckle, and the information includes a device identification code of the one of the second buckles and the communication protocol used by the one of the second buckles.

6. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein when an interruption signal is transmitted from the fourth pin of one of the second buckles to the first buckle, the first buckle prioritizes the communication with the second buckle transmitting the interruption signal and mutually communicate with the second buckle transmitting the interruption signal.

7. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the communication protocols used by the first buckle and the second buckles are single-wire protocols.

8. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein each of the second buckles stores one or several of the communication protocols.

9. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the first buckle generates the PWM signal according to the chosen communication protocol and the PWM signal is transmitted to the second buckles, and the second buckles using the chosen communication protocol transmits a response signal back to the first buckle within a predetermined time according to the PWM signal and the chosen communication protocol.

10. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the PWM is a digital signal, or the PWM signal remains at a low level or a high level within a predetermined time, and the predetermined time is related to the chosen instruction.

11. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the first buckle includes:

a first processing unit storing the instructions, choosing one of the instructions, and generating a control signal and a voltage conversion signal according to the chosen instruction;

a voltage conversion element connected to the first processing unit, receiving a voltage, and adjusting the voltage according to the voltage conversion signal to generate an adjusting voltage; and

a PWM generator connected to the voltage conversion element and the first processing unit, receiving the adjusting voltage, and generating the PWM signal at the adjusting voltage according to the control signal, wherein the PWM signal is transmitted to the first pin of the first buckle.

12. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the first processing unit includes an 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit or 64-bit single-core or multi-core microprocessor, or a single-core or multi-core microprocessor with an integrated wireless communication module.

13. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the first buckle further includes:

a wireless communication module, wherein the first buckle is connected to an external electronic device or another first buckle through the wireless communication module.

14. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 13, wherein the communication module includes one or more of a Bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module, a Zigbee communication module, a mobile communication module, an RF module having 433 MHz-5.8 GHz carrier frequency, a 3G communication module, a 4G communication module, a 5G communication module and a GPRS communication module.

15. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the first buckle further includes:

a position sensor obtaining a location information of the first buckle, wherein the position sensor is a GPS receiver, a three-axis accelerometer, an electronic compass, an indoor position sensor or an NFC module.

16. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the first buckle further includes:

a first current protection element connected to the first processing unit, wherein the first processing unit detects a current flowing through the first current protection element and short circuits or cuts off the first current protection element according to the detected current.

17. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the PWM generator includes:

a P-type transistor having a first end, a second end and a P-type control terminal, wherein the first end of the P-type transistor is electrically connected to the voltage conversion element to receive the adjusting voltage, the second end of the P-type transistor is electrically connected to the first pin of the first buckle, and the P-type control terminal of the P-type transistor is electrically connected to the first end of the P-type transistor through a first resistor;

a Schottky diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the positive end of the Schottky diode is electrically connected to the first end of the P-type transistor and the negative end of the Schottky diode is electrically connected to the second end of the P-type transistor;

a first N-type transistor, having a third end, a fourth end and a first N-type control terminal, wherein the third end of the first N-type transistor is electrically connected to the P-type control terminal of the P-type transistor, the fourth end of the first N-type transistor is grounded, and the first N-type control terminal of the first N-type transistor is electrically connected to the first processing unit to receive the control signal; and

a second N-type transistor, having a fifth end, a sixth end and a second N-type control terminal, wherein the fifth end of the second N-type transistor is electrically connected to the second end of the P-type transistor through a second resistor, the sixth end of the second N-type transistor is grounded, and the second N-type control terminal of the second N-type transistor is electrically connected to the P-type control terminal of the P-type transistor.

18. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 1, wherein each of the second buckles include:

a signal capturing element connected to the fourth pin of the second buckle, receiving the PWM signal, and generating a captured signal representing the PWM signal; and

a second processing unit connected to the signal capturing element and the sixth pin of the second buckle, transmitting a response signal or a data to the sixth pin of the second buckle according to the captured signal, and controlling an application module.

19. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 18, wherein each of the second buckles further include:

a second current protection element connected between the second processing unit and the application module, wherein the second processing unit detects a current flowing through the second current protection element and short circuits or cuts off the second current protection element according to the detected current.

20. The three-wire wearable device according to claim 11, wherein:

the first buckle further includes at least a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module being electrically connected to the first processing unit; and

the second buckle further includes at least a wireless application module, the wireless application module is electrically connected to the second processing unit, the first processing unit controls the wireless communication module to transmit a data signal to the wireless application module, and the wireless application module transmits the data signal to the second processing unit.