IP Library Patent Application 17951973
Patent Application
App. No. 17/951,973

WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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App. No.
17/951,973
Abstract

A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input.

Claims (40)

1 .- 20 . (canceled)

21 . An electronic device, comprising:

a housing defining a first opening opposite to a second opening;

a band attached to the housing and configured to secure the electronic device to a user;

a display positioned in the first opening;

an antenna configured to facilitate wireless communication between the electronic device and a mobile phone, wherein the wireless communication comprises transmission of information to the mobile phone for visual display to the user;

a cover disposed over the second opening and forming a portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device;

a biosensor module disposed within the second opening below the cover; and

a wireless charging receive coil aligned with the second opening and below the cover; wherein:

the cover is configured to pass optical signals generated by the biosensor module; and

the cover is configured to pass wireless power from an external wireless charging device to the wireless charging receive coil.

22 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the biosensor module comprises:

a light source configured to emit light toward a region of skin of the user: and

a detector configured to receive light reflected from the region of skin.

23 . The electronic device of claim 22 , wherein:

the cover defines a first opening to transmit the light from the light source; and

the cover defines a second opening to receive the light reflected from the region of skin.

24 . The electronic device of claim 23 , wherein:

the light source and the detector are configured to measure changes in light absorption by the region of skin;

the electronic device is configured to compute a health metric using the measured changes in light absorption; and

the display is configured to display information associated with the health metric.

25 . The electronic device of claim 24 , wherein the light source and the detector are configured to operate as a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor.

26 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the cover is a disk having a disk diameter that is greater than an opening diameter of the second opening; and

the cover forms a water-tight seal with the housing along a perimeter of the cover.

27 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the second opening has an opening diameter;

the wireless charging receive coil has a coil diameter that is less than the opening diameter; and

the wireless charging receive coil is configured to receive the wireless power through the second opening.

28 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the cover has a convex contoured shape that protrudes toward the user; and

the convex contoured shape facilitates alignment between the cover and a mating surface of the external wireless charging device.

29 . The electronic device of claim 28 , wherein:

the electronic device is magnetically coupled to the external wireless charging device through the cover.

30 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the wireless charging receive coil has a coil diameter that is less than a diameter of the biosensor module; and

the wireless charging receive coil is configured to receive the wireless power through the biosensor module.

31 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the electronic device is configured to compute a health metric using the biosensor module; and

the health metric is one or more of: a heart rate, a respiration rate, a blood oxygenation level, a blood volume estimate, or blood pressure.