Wearable smart device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9733668-B2
Application number	US-201514924407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A wearable smart device including a flexible display unit; a first frame configured to support the flexible display unit and be recoverably deformed to have a first curvature to be worn on a body of a user; and a second frame configured to be recoverably deformed to have a second curvature greater than the first curvature and to be movably coupled with the first frame to relatively move with respect to the first frame while being deformed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable smart device, comprising:
a flexible display unit;
a first frame configured to support the flexible display unit and be recoverably deformed to have a first curvature to be worn on a body of a user; and
a second frame configured to be recoverably deformed to have a second curvature greater than the first curvature and to be movably coupled with the first frame to relatively move with respect to the first frame while being deformed,
wherein the second frame includes a space to accommodate components for driving the wearable smart device and is slidably coupled with the first frame.

2. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible display unit is configured to be recoverably deformed with the first curvature together with the first frame.

3. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the first frame includes a long plate shape and a plurality of notches alternately arranged at both sides of the first frame according to a length direction of the first frame.

4. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the second frame is arranged at lower part of the first frame to be closer to the user compared to the first frame.

5. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the second frame relatively moves toward an outside of a length direction for the first frame while being deformed.

6. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , wherein the second frame comprises a plurality of cutouts arranged according to a length direction of the second frame and a plurality of links connected with each other and configured to control an angle between the links.

7. The wearable smart device of claim 6 , wherein the second frame comprises a first link containing a plurality of grooves and a second link containing a protrusion, which is connected with the first link and coupled with one of a plurality of the grooves to change an angle for the first link.

8. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a slot provided to one of the first and the second frame; and
a hook or a protrusion provided to the other one of the first and the second frame to be coupled with the slot and the hook or the protrusion capable of moving according to the slot.

9. The wearable smart device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cover configured wrapping the first frame and the second frame and configured to be recoverably deformed to have a prescribed curvature,
wherein the cover comprises an opening at which the flexible display is positioned and a plurality of link members separated from each other with a prescribed space.

10. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein the cover comprises a middle member configured to connect adjacent link members with each other, and
wherein the middle member is configured to be deformed together when the cover is deformed.

11. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein the link members are not deformed together when the cover is deformed.

12. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein the link members are configured not to interfere with each other when the cover is deformed.

13. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein a side part of a corresponding link member parallel to a length direction of the cover comprises a lower edge shorter than an upper edge.

14. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein a side part of a corresponding link member parallel to a length direction of the cover comprises a shape of a reversed ladder.

15. The wearable smart device of claim 9 , wherein when
a is a length of a lower edge of a side part of the link member parallel to a length direction of the cover;
b is a space between lower edges of side parts of the link members adjacent to each other when the cover is deformed;
t is a thickness of the cover;
α is, when the cover is deformed, an angle of circumference formed by the deformed cover;
r is, when the cover is deformed, a curvature radius in a radial outermost of the deformed cover; and
e is a number of link members contained in a deformed part of the cover,
a sum of the a and the b is determined by the following formula:

a
+
b

=

απ
⁡

(

r
-
t

)

180
⁢
e

.

16. A wearable smart device, comprising:
a flexible display unit;
a frame configured to support the flexible display unit and other components and be recoverably deformed to have a prescribed curvature to be worn on a body of a user; and
a cover wrapping the frame and configured to be recoverably deformed with a prescribed curvature together with the frame,
wherein the cover includes a plurality of first bodies, which are not deformed when the cover is deformed, and a corresponding second body, which is respectively arranged between the first bodies and deformed together when the cover is deformed.

17. The wearable smart device of claim 16 , wherein the first bodies are separated from each other with a prescribed space and do not interfere with each other when the cover is deformed, and
wherein the corresponding second body is configured to connect adjacent first bodies with each other.

18. The wearable smart device of claim 16 , wherein a side part of a corresponding first body parallel to a length direction of the cover comprises a lower edge shorter than an upper edge.

19. The wearable smart device of claim 16 , wherein a side part of a corresponding first body parallel to a length direction of the cover comprises a shape of a reversed ladder.

20. The wearable smart device of claim 16 , wherein when
a is a length of a lower edge of a side part of the first body parallel to a length direction of the cover;
b is a space between lower edges of side parts of the first bodies adjacent to each other when the cover is deformed;
t is a thickness of the cover;
α is, when the cover is deformed, an angle of circumference formed by the deformed cover;
r is, when the cover is deformed, curvature radius in a radial outermost of the deformed cover; and
e is a number of the first bodies contained in a deformed part of the cover,
a sum of the a and the b is determined by the following formula:

a
+
b

=

απ
⁡

(

r
-
t

)

180
⁢
e

.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Kyoungjoon
• Joo Wonseok

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · 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

• G04G17/04

  Mounting of electronic components · CPC title

• G04G21/04

  using radio waves (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G04G17/08

  Housings · CPC title