Touch glove and smart wearable system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017192505-A1
Application number	US-201515104381-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 17, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a touch glove and smart wearable system, wherein a contact area, at least one touch area, a control module and a signal transmission module are disposed on the glove body; when the touch area is touched by the contact area, a control signal is generated and transmitted to a corresponding smart device, controlling it to perform a corresponding operation. Thus, control over the smart device may be achieved by only making one part of the touch glove touch another part without directly contacting the smart device, which is especially convenient when the smart device is inconvenient to be directly contacted; meanwhile operations over a plurality of smart devices may be integrated into the touch glove, control over each smart device may be achieved by only moving fingers instead of moving the smart device and the arms, and even blind operation may be achieved without using eyes.

First claim

1 . A touch glove, comprising a glove body, a contact area disposed on the glove body, at least one touch area, a control module and a signal transmission module;
the contact area is for touching the touch area; each touch area is connected with the control module, and is for generating and transmitting a touch signal to the control module when the touch area is touched by the contact area; the control module is connected with the signal transmission module, and is for generating a corresponding control signal according to the touch signal; the signal transmission module is for receiving from the control module and transmitting the control signal.

2 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein, the contact area is disposed in the front half part of a thumb accommodation portion on the palm side of the glove body.

3 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein, the at least one touch area is disposed in the front half part of a finger accommodation portion other than the thumb accommodation portion on the palm side of the glove body, or on the side of a forefinger accommodation portion adjacent to the thumb accommodation portion.

4 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein, the contact area comprises a conductor exposed out of the inner surface of the glove body.

5 . The touch glove according to claim 4 , wherein, the conductor is exposed out of the outer surface of the glove body.

6 . The touch glove according to claim 4 , wherein, the conductor is metal fibers woven in the glove body.

7 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein, the at least one touch area comprises a first insulating layer located on the inner surface of the glove body, a second insulating layer located on the outer surface of the glove body, and a touch device located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

8 . The touch glove according to claim 7 , wherein, the touch device is a capacitive touch device.

9 . The touch glove according to claim 8 , wherein, the touch device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode located on the same layer and insulated from each other; alternatively, the touch device comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a third insulating layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

10 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein the control module is further for generating a corresponding touch signal according to any one or more of the touch area where the touch occurred, the touched position in the touch area, the touch trace and the number of successive touches.

11 . (canceled)

12 . The touch glove according to claim 1 further comprising a prompt module for prompting the control operation to be completed when touch signal is transmitted or is about to be transmitted, or transmitting a prompt when a state signal of the smart device is received.

13 . The touch glove according to claim 1 , wherein, the touch glove comprises two paired glove bodies, wherein one glove body is provided with the contact area, and the other glove body is provided with the at least one touch area, the control module and the signal transmission module.

14 . A smart wearable system, comprising the touch glove as described in claim 1 and at least one smart device, the smart device comprising a signal transceiving module and an execution module, the signal transceiving module being for receiving the control signal, and the execution module being for executing a corresponding operation according to the touch signal.

15 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the contact area is disposed in the front half part of a thumb accommodation portion on the palm side of the glove body.

16 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the at least one touch area is disposed in the front half part of a finger accommodation portion other than the thumb accommodation portion on the palm side of the glove body, or on the side of a forefinger accommodation portion adjacent to the thumb accommodation portion.

17 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the contact area comprises a conductor exposed out of the inner surface of the glove body.

18 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the at least one touch area comprises a first insulating layer located on the inner surface of the glove body, a second insulating layer located on the outer surface of the glove body, and a touch device located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

19 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the control module is further for generating a corresponding touch signal according to any one or more of the touch area where the touch occurred, the touched position in the touch area, the touch trace and the number of successive touches.

20 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the touch glove further comprises a prompt module for prompting the control operation to be completed when touch signal is transmitted or is about to be transmitted, or transmitting a prompt when a state signal of the smart device is received.

21 . The smart wearable system according to claim 14 , wherein, the touch glove comprises two paired glove bodies, wherein one glove body is provided with the contact area, and the other glove body is provided with the at least one touch area, the control module and the signal transmission module.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ding Xianlin
• Zeng Ting
• Yang Zhongzheng
• Hu Ming
• Xie Taofeng
• Chen Juntao

Classifications

• A41D19/0024

  with accessories · CPC title

• G06F3/014 Primary

  Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• A41D19/001

  Linings · CPC title