WEARABLE RING DEVICE WITH DEFORMABLE INNER COVER
Systems and devices for a wearable ring device are described. The wearable ring device may include a housing comprising one or more sensors configured to acquire physiological data from a user and a deformable material extending along one or more portions of an inner circumferential surface of the housing. The deformable material may be configured to exert pressure on a digit of the user by conforming to an outer circumferential surface of the digit to form an interference fit with the digit of the user when the wearable ring device is worn by the user. In some cases, the deformable material may be arranged to enhance a signal quality of measurements by the one or more sensors through an application of pressure on the digit of the user within an area of the digit adjacent to the one or more sensors.
1 . A wearable ring device, comprising:
a housing comprising one or more sensors configured to acquire physiological data from a user; and
a deformable material extending along one or more portions of an inner circumferential surface of the housing and configured to exert pressure on a digit of the user by conforming to an outer circumferential surface of the digit to form an interference fit with the digit of the user when the wearable ring device is worn by the user, wherein the deformable material is arranged to enhance a signal quality of measurements by the one or more sensors through an application of pressure on the digit of the user within an area of the digit adjacent to the one or more sensors.
2 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a hard material extending along one or more portions of the inner circumferential surface of the housing, wherein the deformable material is disposed on a surface of the hard material, disposed adjacent to the one or more portions of the hard material, or both.
3 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein an elasticity of the deformable material changes with skin or body temperature to change a shape, a thickness, or both of the deformable material when the wearable ring device is worn by the user.
4 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is elastically deformable such that the deformable material contracts to form the interference fit around the digit of the user when the wearable ring device is worn by the user and the deformable material expands when the wearable ring device is off of the digit of the user.
5 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is configured to form around the outer circumferential surface of the digit of the user to eliminate air gaps between the outer circumferential surface of the digit of the user and the inner circumferential surface of the housing.
6 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is disposed along the one or more portions of the inner circumferential surface of the housing opposite of the one or more sensors.
7 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is disposed along the one or more portions of the inner circumferential surface of the housing adjacent to the one or more sensors.
8 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein
the deformable material extends three hundred and sixty degrees around the inner circumferential surface relative to an axis of the housing, and
the deformable material extends over the one or more sensors.
9 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material comprises optical properties that propagate light from the one or more sensors into the digit of the user.
10 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is configured to interface with the housing such that one or more antenna elements disposed within the wearable ring device wirelessly couple one or more components of the wearable ring device with a user device.
11 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein
the deformable material is disposed over the one or more sensors, and
the one or more sensors are configured to perform measurements through the deformable material.
12 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material is arranged to avoid interfering with measurements by the one or more sensors.
13 . The wearable ring device of claim 1 , wherein the deformable material comprises polyurethane, silicon, a flexible material, a chemical-resistant material, a memory shape polymer material, a soft polymer material, a thermally resistant material, or a combination thereof.