Body-wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016128209-A1
Application number	US-201514712781-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 14, 2015
Priority date	Nov 4, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A body-wearable electronic device according to one of various embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a wearing member which can be worn on the user's body; and at least one main unit configured to be attached to and detached from the wearing member, and can be variously implemented according to embodiments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A body-wearable electronic device comprising:
a wearing member configured to be worn on a user's body; and at least one main unit configured to be attached to and detached from the wearing member.

2 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the body-wearable electronic device further comprises an opening portion formed on the wearing member, and the opening portion faces at least a part of the main unit.

3 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the opening portion is arranged such that each of four inner walls constitutes at least a part of one side of a rectangle.

4 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein, among the four inner walls of the opening portion, two adjacent inner walls are connected by a curved surface.

5 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the main unit comprises a binding recess formed on a periphery of a side surface, and an inner wall of the opening portion engages with the binding recess to mount and fix the main unit onto the wearing member.

6 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the binding recess is formed in a closed curved line shape along the side surface of the main unit.

7 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the body-wearable electronic device further comprises at least one fastening member provided inside the opening portion, and the fastening member engages with at least a part of the binding recess.

8 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the fastening member has the shape of a closed curved line surrounding the periphery of the main unit, or at least one pair of the fastening members are continuously arranged along the inner wall of the opening portion.

9 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the fastening member is electrically connected to the main unit.

10 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the body-wearable electronic device comprises:
at least one electrode installed in the binding recess; and at least one contact terminal provided on the fastening member, and the electrode selectively contacts the contact terminal according to a direction in which the wearing member is coupled to the main unit.

11 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the body-wearable electronic device comprises:
a magnetic body provided on the fastening member; and a Hall sensor provided on the main unit configured to recognize the magnetic body, and wherein the direction in which the main unit is mounted with regard to the wearing member is detected as the Hall sensor recognizes the magnetic body while the main unit is mounted on the wearing member.

12 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein at least a part of the fastening member is exposed to a periphery of a front surface of the main unit between the main unit and the wearing member.

13 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the fastening member comprises a light-emitting element.

14 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearing member comprises:
at least one seating portion forming an opening portion; a first wearing member extending from a part of a periphery of the seating portion towards one side; and a second wearing member extending from a different part of the periphery of the seating portion towards the other side, and the wearing member is maintained in a closed curved line shape, as the first and second wearing members are coupled to each other, and bound to the user's body.

15 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the seating portion has the shape of a closed curved line surrounding the opening portion.

16 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the wearing member further comprises:
at least one binding protrusion provided on the first wearing member; and multiple binding holes provided on the second wearing member, and the binding protrusion engages with one of the binding holes and maintains the wearing member in a closed curved line shape.

17 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the main unit comprises a curved display device or a flexible display device mounted on a front surface.

18 . The body-wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the main units are mounted on the wearing member, respectively, and the main units interwork with each other.

19 . An apparatus comprising:
a wearing member configured to be worn on a user's body, the wearing member configured to be detachably connected to at least one main unit.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the wearing member comprises an opening portion disposed to face at least a part of the main unit.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Byoung-Uk
• Baek Moo-Hyun

Classifications

• G01R33/07 Primary

  Hall effect devices · CPC title

• H05K5/0086 Primary

  portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus (casings for switching devices H01H9/02) · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title