Wearable smart device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016342176-A1
Application number	US-201615158316-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 18, 2016
Priority date	May 22, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wearable smart device have a display, a body configured to support the display by having a prescribed curvature to be worn on a user body of a user, a band configured to be detachably coupled with the body by having a prescribed curvature, a first connector configured to couple a first end portion of the band to the body, the first connector configured to separate the first end portion of the band from the body, and a second connector configured to couple a second end portion of the band opposing the first end portion to the body, the second connector configured to separate the second end portion of the band opposing the first end portion from the body. A first direction for separating the band from the body in the first connector is different from a second direction for separating the band from the body in the second connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wearable smart device comprising:
a display configured to display various information; a body configured to support the display, the body having a first prescribed curvature; a band configured to be detachably coupled to the body, the band having a second prescribed curvature, the band having a first end portion and a second end portion opposing the first end portion; a first connector configured to couple the first end portion of the band to the body, the first connector being configured such that the first end portion of the band is separable from the body; and a second connector configured to couple the second end portion of the band to the body, the second connector being configured such that the second end portion of the band is separable from the body, wherein the first end portion of the band is separable from the body in a first direction and the second end portion of the band is separable from the body in a second direction different from the first direction.

2 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the body has a fixed inner circumference length, and
wherein the band is one of a plurality of interchangeable bands having different inner circumference lengths.

3 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a first terminal configured to supply power to the body, the first terminal being disposed adjacent to the first connector.

4 . The wearable smart device of claim 3 , wherein, when the first end portion of the band is separated from the body, the first terminal is exposed from the body so as to be connectable to an external power source.

5 . The wearable smart device of claim 4 , wherein the band has a battery configured to supply power to the body, and
wherein the body comprises a second terminal electrically connected to the battery to be supplied with power from the battery, the second terminal being disposed adjacent to the second connector.

6 . The wearable smart device of claim 5 , wherein the battery is disposed at a center portion of the band, and
wherein the band comprises:
a connecting module configured to connect the battery and the second terminal to each other; and
a communication module configured to communicate with an external device and a network, the communication module being integrally formed with the connecting module.

7 . The wearable smart device of claim 5 , wherein the battery is connectable to an external power by the first terminal in order to be charged, and
wherein, when the second end portion of the band is separated from the body, the second terminal and the body are electrically disconnected from the battery.

8 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein, in order for the wearable smart device to be placed on or removed from a user's body, only the first end portion of the band is separated from the body.

9 . The wearable smart device of claim 8 , wherein, when the first end portion of the band is separated from the body, the second connector maintains the coupling between the band and the body so as to maintain a supply of power to the body by the battery.

10 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein, in order to replace the band by a different band, the first end portion and the second end portion of the band are separated from the body.

11 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein, when the wearable smart device is worn on a wrist of a user, the first connector and the second connector are disposed adjacent to lateral portions of the wrist of the user, respectively.

12 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the first direction extends in either a length direction of the body or a circumferential direction of the body.

13 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the second direction extends in either a radial direction of the body or a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the body.

14 . The wearable smart device of claim 3 , wherein the body further comprises a fingerprint recognition module disposed over the first terminal to be exposed from the body.

15 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , the first connector comprising:
a first latch provided to one of the first end portion of the band and the body, the first latch being inserted in the other one of the first end portion of the band and the body along either a length direction of the wearable smart device or a circumferential direction of the wearable smart device; and a lock member provided to the other one of the first end portion of the band and the body, the lock member configured to engage with the first latch by being movable in a width direction of the wearable smart device.

16 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , the second connector comprising a second latch provided to one of the second end portion of the band and the body, the second latch being inserted in the other one of the second end portion of the band and the body in a radial direction of the wearable smart device, the second latch being configured to engage with the other one of the second end portion of the band and the body by being movable in a width direction of the wearable smart device.

17 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a supplementary battery configured to supply power to the display and other components in the body.

18 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the first prescribed curvature has a center point, and
wherein the display is located at the body between a first point that is 30° from a first end of the body and a second point that is 150° from the first end of the body when measured with respect to the center point.

19 . The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of the display at a center portion of the display is different than radii of curvatures of the display at lateral portions of the display.

20 . The wearable smart device of claim 19 , wherein the radius of curvature of the display at the center portion is greater than the each of the radii of curvatures at the lateral portions of the display.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Han Jongbeom
• Im Sanghyuk
• Joo Wonseok

Classifications

• A44C5/12

  C-spring-type bracelets or wrist-watch holders · CPC title

• A44C5/2071

  with the two ends of the strap or chain overlapping each other and fastened by an action perpendicularly to the main plane of these two ends (A44C5/2009 - A44C5/2057 take precedence) · CPC title

• A44C5/14

  characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like · CPC title

• G04G17/045

  Mounting of the display · CPC title

• G06F1/1679

  for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence) · CPC title