Wearable electronic devices having an inward facing input device and methods of use thereof
A wearable electronic device is provided herein. The wearable electronic device includes a body defining an aperture therethrough. The aperture is sized and shaped to receive a finger of a user. The wearable electronic device further includes a computer processor and an input device at least partially extending from an inner surface of the body. The input device is movable between a first position and a second position. Movement of the input device between the first position and second position provides an input to the processor. The electronic wearable device also includes a transmitter coupled to the computer processor and configured to send electronic transmissions to an external electronic device. The electronic transmissions correspond to the input. The electronic wearable device also includes a power source for providing power to the computer processor, the input device and the transmitter.
1. A method of controlling an external electronic device with a wearable electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving via a first input device positioned on an inner surface of a body of the wearable electronic device a first input, the first input device coupled to a processor of the wearable electronic device, the first input corresponding to a movement of the first input device between a first position and a second position;
transmitting by a transmitter of the wearable electronic device a first signal based on the first input to the external electronic device, the first signal corresponding to a first command to be executed by the external electronic device;
receiving via a second input device positioned on the inner surface of the body of the wearable electronic device a second input, the second input device coupled to the processor of the wearable electronic device, the second input corresponding to a movement of the second input device between a first position and a second position;
transmitting by the transmitter of the wearable electronic device a second signal based on the second input to the external electronic device, the second signal corresponding to a second command to be executed by the external electronic device;
receiving via a third input device positioned on the inner surface of the body of the wearable electronic device a third input, the third input device coupled to the processor of the wearable electronic device, the third input corresponding to a movement of the third input device between a first position and a second position; and
transmitting by the transmitter of the wearable electronic device a third signal based on the third input to the external electronic device, the third signal corresponding to a third command to be executed by the external electronic device.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first input is associated to the first command by the processor of the wearable electronic device and the first command is transmitted as the first signal to the external electronic device.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first input is associated to the first command by a processor of the external electronic device.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving via a first input device positioned on an inner surface of a body of the wearable electronic device a first input comprises receiving via the first input device a sequence of movements of the first input device between the first position and the second position.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the steps of: receiving via a first input device positioned on an inner surface of a body of the wearable electronic device a first input, and receiving via a second input device positioned on the inner surface of the body of the wearable electronic device a second input, are performed simultaneously.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the steps of: receiving via a first input device positioned on an inner surface of a body of the wearable electronic device a first input, and receiving via a second input device positioned on the inner surface of the body of the wearable electronic device a second input, are performed sequentially.