IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,537,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,537,385 · App. 18/980,230 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Smart ring power and charging

Inventor: Kenneth Jason Sanchez (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
H02J7/0045A44C9/0053H02J7/00032H02J7/02H02J50/001H02J50/10
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,537,385
App. No.
18/980,230
Filed
Dec 13, 2024
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2859
USPC
320/108
Abstract

A ring includes a housing. The housing can include an inner surface configured to contact a finger of a user when the housing is worn by the user. The housing also can include a first power source configured to be wirelessly charged by a second power source that is removably coupled to the housing. The housing further can include a component configure to draw energy from the first power source. The component can perform one or more of: sensing an activity of the user wearing the housing or sending data to a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims (34)

1 . A ring, comprising: an inner surface configured to contact a finger of a user when the ring is worn by the user; a first power source configured to be wirelessly charged by a second power source that is removably coupled around a circumference of the inner surface of the ring; and a component configured to draw energy from the first power source and perform one or more of: sensing an activity of the user wearing the ring; or sending data to a communication device; wherein the ring further comprises: a sensor configured to detect whether the second power source is coupled to the ring.

2 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the communication device comprises one or more of: a wearable device, a mobile device, a secure access panel, a recreational accessory, or a vehicle interface, each of which are separate from the ring.

3 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the activity of the user, as sensed, comprises one or more of: a biometric of the user, a physiological state of the user, or a signal indicative of an environment of the user.

4 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the first power source is configured to operate at different power modes.

5 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the component senses the activity via one or more of a light, a sound, an acceleration, a chemical composition, a temperature, a translational movement, or a rotational movement.

6 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the second power source is a rechargeable power source.

7 . The ring of claim 1 , wherein:

the second power source is a rechargeable power source on another device.

8 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computing instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: wirelessly transferring energy to a first power source disposed within a ring from a second power source that is removably coupled around a circumference of an inner surface of the ring; drawing the energy from the first power source by a component of the ring; and performing, by the component, one or more of: sensing an activity of a user wearing the ring; or sending data to a communication device; further comprising: using a sensor to detect whether the second power source is coupled to the ring.

9 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein:

the communication device comprises one or more of: a wearable device, a mobile device, a secure access panel, a recreational accessory, or a vehicle interface, each of which are separate from the ring.

10 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein:

the activity of the user, as sensed, comprises one or more of: a biometric of the user, a physiological state of the user, or a signal indicative of an environment of the user.

11 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein:

the first power source is configured to operate at different power modes.

12 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein:

the component senses the activity via one or more of a light, a sound, an acceleration, a chemical composition, a temperature, a translational movement, or a rotational movement.

13 . A method of operating a ring, comprising: wirelessly transferring energy to a first power source disposed within the ring from a second power source that is removably coupled around a circumference of an inner surface of the ring; drawing the energy from the first power source by a component of the ring; and performing, by the component, one or more of: sensing an activity of a user wearing the ring; or sending data to a communication device; further comprising: using a sensor to detect whether the second power source is coupled to the ring.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the communication device comprises one or more of: a wearable device, a mobile device, a secure access panel, a recreational accessory, or a vehicle interface, each of which are separate from the ring.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the activity of the user, as sensed, comprises one or more of: a biometric of the user, a physiological state of the user, or a signal indicative of an environment of the user.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

transferring the energy to the first power source comprises transferring the energy to the first power source without removing the ring from a finger of the user.

17 . A ring, comprising: a first power source configured to be charged by a second power source, wherein: the second power source is removably coupled around a circumference of an inner surface of the ring to charge the first power source; and the inner surface of the ring is configured to contact a finger of a user wearing the ring; and a component configured to draw energy from the first power source and perform one or more of: sensing an activity of the user while wearing the ring, or sending data to a communication device; further comprising: using a sensor to detect whether the second power source is coupled to the ring.

18 . The ring of claim 17 , wherein:

the second power source is a rechargeable power source.

19 . The ring of claim 17 , wherein:

the second power source is a rechargeable power source on another device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: SANCHEZ, KENNETH JASON
To: BLUEOWL, LLC
Reel/Frame 069782/0421 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: BLUEOWL, LLC
To: QUANATA, LLC
Reel/Frame 069848/0078 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18661982 · May 13, 2024
Continuation 16926262 · Jul 10, 2020
Provisional Application 62992328 · Mar 20, 2020
Provisional Application 62877391 · Jul 23, 2019
Related Publication 20250112480A1 · Apr 3, 2025
References Cited (400)
US 2737192A · Bieler · 1956 [cited by applicant]
US 3792192A · Plate · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 4012629A · Simms · 1977 [cited by applicant]
US 4382112A · Betts et al. · 1983 [cited by applicant]
US 4684687A · Breach et al. · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US 4830014A · Goodman et al. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4880304A · Jaeb et al. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 5135220A · Baldoni · 1992 [cited by applicant]
US 6097480A · Kaplan · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6154658A · Caci · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6201698B1 · Hunter · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6560993B1 · Bosque et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6608562B1 · Kimura et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6699199B2 · Asada et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6745061B1 · Hicks et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6792044B2 · Peng et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6800693B2 · Nishihara et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6803391B2 · Paglia et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6805140B2 · Velez, Jr. et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6894628B2 · Marpe et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6909753B2 · Meehan et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 6959116B2 · Sezer et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 7013674B2 · Kretchmer · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7136532B2 · VanDer · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7190986B1 · Hannula et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7227894B2 · Lin et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7286710B2 · Marpe et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7468036B1 · Rulkov et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7500697B2 · Romack · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7500746B1 · Howell et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7519229B2 · Wallace et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7689437B1 · Teller et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7872444B2 · Hamilton et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8031172B2 · Kruse et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8075484B2 · Moore-ede · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 8345752B2 · Lee et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8446275B2 · Utter, II · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8554297B2 · Moon et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8570273B1 · Smith · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8624554B2 · Ajagbe · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8700111B2 · Leboeuf et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8954135B2 · Yuen et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9218058B2 · Bress et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9248839B1 · Tan · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9248938B2 · Hopps · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9265310B2 · Lam · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9362775B1 · Jacobs · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9420260B2 · McGregor et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9440657B1 · Fields et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9477146B2 · Xu et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9509170B2 · Wu · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9628707B2 · Blum et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9660488B2 · Breedvelt-Schouten et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9696690B2 · Nguyen et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9711060B1 · Lusted et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9711993B2 · Kim · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9717949B1 · Tran et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9733700B2 · Song et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9756301B2 · Li et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9841331B2 · Wood et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9847020B2 · Davis · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9861314B2 · Haverinen et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9880620B2 · Kienzle et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9908530B1 · Fields et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9931976B1 · Terwilliger et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9955286B2 · Segal · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9956963B2 · Vijaya Kumar et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9965761B2 · Elangovan et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10007355B2 · Schorsch et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10043125B2 · Park · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10085695B2 · Ouwerkerk et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10099608B2 · Cuddihy et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10102510B2 · Yau et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10137777B2 · Lu et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10139859B2 · Von Badinski et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10252016B2 · Pedro et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10281953B2 · Von Badinski · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10303867B2 · Schröder · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10315557B2 · Terwilliger et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10317940B2 · Eim et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10345506B1 · Lyu · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10366220B2 · Shapiro et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10377386B2 · Richmond · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10384647B2 · Tayama · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10396584B2 · Madau et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10409327B2 · Stotler · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10444834B2 · Vescovi et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10463141B2 · Fitzgerald et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10509994B1 · Huynh · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10528989B1 · Irey · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10564628B2 · Hargovan et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10629175B2 · Yan et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10664842B1 · Bermudez et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10693872B1 · Larson et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10701067B1 · Ziraknejad · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10703204B2 · Hassan et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10709339B1 · Lusted · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10745032B2 · Scheggi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10762183B1 · Charan et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10768666B2 · Von Badinski et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10838499B2 · Wang · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10842429B2 · Kinnunen et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10849557B2 · Keating · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10893833B2 · Haverinen et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 10944745B2 · Kursun et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11227060B1 · John et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11237640B2 · Zhu et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11265635B2 · Shankar · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11271290B2 · McLear et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11312299B1 · Assam · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11479258B1 · Sanchez · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11599147B2 · Von Badinski et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 11601424B2 · Fukuda · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 11637511B2 · Sanchez · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 11714494B2 · D'Amone et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 11868178B2 · Von Badinski et al. · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11868179B2 · Von Badinski et al. · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11894704B2 · Sanchez · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11909238B1 · Sanchez · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11914780B2 · Wang et al. · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11923791B2 · Sanchez · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11984742B2 · Sanchez · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 11990954B2 · Kato et al. · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 12191692B2 · Sanchez · 2025 [cited by applicant]
US 12211467B2 · Sanchez · 2025 [cited by applicant]
US 12237700B2 · Sanchez et al. · 2025 [cited by applicant]
US 20020042464A1 · Barclay et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020091568A1 · Kraft et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20020121831A1 · Egawa et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 20030077064A1 · Katayama · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20030142065A1 · Pahlavan · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20040090210A1 · Becker et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040102551A1 · Sato et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040118592A1 · Pehlert · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040145256A1 · Miekka · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040160635A1 · Ikeda et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20040200235A1 · Kretchmer · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20050012648A1 · Marpe et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050030205A1 · Konoshima et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050054941A1 · Ting et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050062454A1 · Raghunath et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050133248A1 · Easter · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050162523A1 · Darrell et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050185060A1 · Neven, Sr. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050185843A1 · Kudoh · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050185844A1 · Ono et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20050230596A1 · Howell et al. · 2005 [cited by applicant]
US 20060002607A1 · Boncyk et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060069681A1 · Lauper · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060080286A1 · Svendsen · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060085477A1 · Phillips et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060089792A1 · Manber et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060211924A1 · Dalke et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060250043A1 · Chung · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060271593A1 · De Mes et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070149222A1 · Hodko et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070159522A1 · Neven · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070188626A1 · Squilla et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070200713A1 · Weber et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070223826A1 · Ridge et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080068559A1 · Howell et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080136587A1 · Orr · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080174676A1 · Squilla et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080218684A1 · Howell et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20080275309A1 · Stivoric et al. · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20090056703A1 · Mills et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100219989A1 · Asami et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20110007035A1 · Shai · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110080339A1 · Sun et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110224875A1 · Cuddihy et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120016245A1 · Niwa et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120075196A1 · Ashbrook et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120130203A1 · Stergiou et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120184367A1 · Parrott et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120218184A1 · Wissmar · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120293107A1 · Ajagbe · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120317024A1 · Rahman et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20130106603A1 · Weast et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20130211291A1 · Tran · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20130335213A1 · Sherony et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20140091659A1 · Suzuki et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140107493A1 · Yuen et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140118704A1 · Duelli et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140120983A1 · Lam · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140187160A1 · Prencipe · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140218529A1 · Mahmoud et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140238153A1 · Wood et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140240132A1 · Bychkov · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140244009A1 · Mestas · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140274203A1 · Ganong, III · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140309849A1 · Ricci · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140361934A1 · Ely et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140361945A1 · Misra et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20150003693A1 · Baca et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150019266A1 · Stempora · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150028996A1 · Agrafioti · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150029089A1 · Kim · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150046996A1 · Slaby et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150062086A1 · Nattukallingal · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150065090A1 · Yeh · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150098309A1 · Adams · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150124096A1 · Koravadi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150126824A1 · Leboeuf et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150133193A1 · Stotler · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150158499A1 · Koravadi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150220109A1 · Von Badinski et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150277559A1 · Vescovi et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150338926A1 · Park et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150352953A1 · Koravadi · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20160028267A1 · Lee et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160098530A1 · Dill et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160189149A1 · MacLaurin et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160192407A1 · Fyfe et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160207454A1 · Cuddihy · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160226313A1 · Okubo · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160236692A1 · Kleen et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160266606A1 · Ricci · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160292563A1 · Park · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160317060A1 · Connor · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160334901A1 · Rihn · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160336758A1 · Breedvelt-Schouten et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160350581A1 · Manuel et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160361032A1 · Carter et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20170010677A1 · Roh et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170012925A1 · Tekin et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170024008A1 · Kienzle et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170026790A1 · Flitsch et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170042477A1 · Haverinen et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170053461A1 · Pal et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170057492A1 · Eddington et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170070078A1 · Hwang et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170075701A1 · Ricci et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170080952A1 · Gupta et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170090475A1 · Choi et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170109512A1 · Bower et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170129335A1 · Lu et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170131772A1 · Choi · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170190121A1 · Aggarwal et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170192530A1 · Lee · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170242428A1 · Pal et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170251967A1 · Premsukh · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170336964A1 · Kim · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170346635A1 · Gummeson et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170347895A1 · Wei et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170355377A1 · Vijaya Kumar et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170374074A1 · Stuntebeck · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20180025351A1 · Chen et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180025430A1 · Perl et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180032126A1 · Liu · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180037228A1 · Biondo et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180039303A1 · Hashimoto · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180052428A1 · Abramov · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180054513A1 · Ma · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180068105A1 · Shapiro et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180093606A1 · Terwilliger et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180093672A1 · Terwilliger et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180115797A1 · Wexler et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180120891A1 · Eim · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180120892A1 · Von Badinski et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180123629A1 · Wetzig · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180167200A1 · High et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180174457A1 · Taylor · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180178712A1 · Terwilliger et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180229674A1 · Heinrich et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180256027A1 · Lacher · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180257668A1 · Tonshal · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180262505A1 · Ligatti · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180292901A1 · Priyantha · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180300467A1 · Kwong et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180322957A1 · Dill et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20190004325A1 · Connor · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190049267A1 · Huang · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190083022A1 · Huang · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190131812A1 · Lee · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20190155104A1 · Li et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190155385A1 · Lim et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190172289A1 · O'Toole et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190191998A1 · Heikenfeld et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190202464A1 · McGill · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190213429A1 · Sicconi et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190229909A1 · Patel et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190230507A1 · Li et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190265868A1 · Penilla et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190286805A1 · Law et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190287083A1 · Wurmfeld et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190295440A1 · Hadad · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190298173A1 · Lawrence et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190298265A1 · Keating · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190313967A1 · Lee · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190332140A1 · Wang et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190332787A1 · Graf et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190342329A1 · Turgeman · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190357834A1 · Aarts et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20200001895A1 · Scheggi · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200005291A1 · Rakshit et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200005791A1 · Rakshit et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200062276A1 · Yuan et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200070840A1 · Gunaratne · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200142497A1 · Zhu · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200159896A1 · Shapiro et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200218238A1 · Wang · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200356652A1 · Yamaguchi et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200391696A1 · Kato et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200401183A1 · Von Badinski et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20210019731A1 · Rule et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210029112A1 · Palle et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210058692A1 · Shankar · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210197849A1 · Tsuji · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210382684A1 · Hachiya et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20220083149A1 · Keller et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220233142A1 · Hasan et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220320899A1 · Sanchez et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20230027131A1 · Sanchez et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20230225671A1 · Kosman et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
AU 2017324615A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 103109462A · 2013 [cited by applicant]
CN 104799509 · 2015 [cited by applicant]
CN 105960196 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
CN 106360895 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 206213423 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 206333477 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 206371611 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 107139933 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 107260139 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 104157116A · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 105006103B · 2018 [cited by applicant]
CN 105841851 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
CN 108900691 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
CN 108926081 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
DE 10201301233399 · 2013 [cited by applicant]
DE 102015006677 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
DE 102019116618 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
EP 1223191A1 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
EP 1384752A1 · 2004 [cited by applicant]
EP 2281205A1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
EP 2581856 · 2013 [cited by applicant]
JP 200879676 · 2008 [cited by applicant]
KR 20110012229 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
KR 20170013067 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
KR 20170087113A · 2017 [cited by applicant]
KR 101835991B1 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2001017421 · 2001 [cited by applicant]
WO 2005114476A1 · 2005 [cited by applicant]
WO 2005124594A1 · 2005 [cited by applicant]
WO 2008008714A1 · 2008 [cited by applicant]
WO 2011132009A2 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
WO 2015077418 · 2015 [cited by applicant]
WO 2017136940 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018000396 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018048563A1 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018154341 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018164632 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018204811 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019082095 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019140528 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019180626 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
“The Oura App | Oura Ring”, available online at <https://web.archive.org/web/20191019192921/https://ouraring.com/introducing-the-new-oura-app/>, 6 pages Oct. 29, 2019. [cited by applicant]
“Get the Technical Specs of Oura Ring | Oura Ring”, available online at <https://web.archive.org/web/2019129014439/https://ouraring.com/tech-specs/>, 3 pages Jan. 29, 2019. [cited by applicant]
“Learn how the Oura ring works | Go inside | Oura Ring”, available online at <https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193557/https://ouraring.com/how-oura-works/>, 5 pages Nov. 27, 2018. [cited by applicant]
Oura Ring Generation 1 User Manual, available online at < https://fccid.io/2AD7V-OURARING15001/User-Manual/ User-Manual-2844448.pdf>, 8 pages Nov. 24, 2015. [cited by applicant]
Oura Ring Generation 2 User Manual, available online at < https://fccid.io/2AD7V-OURA1801/User-Manual/User-manual-v2-3856414.pdf>, 13 pages Mar. 27, 2018. [cited by applicant]
Oura ring. Improve sleep. Perform better. by Oura—Kickstarter, available online at <https://web.archive.org/web/20160427015852/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oura/oura-ring-improve-sleep-perform-better/description… [cited by applicant]
Oura Ring review—The Gadgeteer, available online at < https://the-gadgeteer.com/2017/08/11/oura-ring-review/> 16 pages Aug. 11, 2017. [cited by applicant]
Ouraring.com JZ50-0112 user manual available with Gen 2 ring purchase, 2 pages. [cited by applicant]
Important Information Please Read JZ50-0148 user manual available with gen 2 ring purchase, 4 pages May 13, 2019. [cited by applicant]
Important Information Please Read JZ50-0149 user manual available with gen 2 ring purchase, 4 pages May 13, 2019. [cited by applicant]
Oura Ring | Sleep Tracker and Smart Ring with a Heart Rate Monitor, available online at <https://web.archive.org/web/20180709050831/https://ouraring.com/>, 12 pages Jul. 9, 2018. [cited by applicant]
Introducing the New Oura Ring Generation 3—The Pulse Blog, available online at <https://ouraring.com/blog/oura-generation2-vs-generation3/>, 3 pages Oct. 26, 2021. [cited by applicant]
Oura Ring 2 Teardown: Inside the NBA's Covid-19-Detecting Smart Ring, available at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwA1hmSVgVY> (Script) Jul. 9, 2020. [cited by applicant]
Sleep Lab validation of a wellness ring detecting sleep patterns based on photoplethysmogram, actigraphy and body temperature published Feb. 9, 2016, to Kinnunen (Year: 2016) 2016. [cited by applicant]
“How to find your ideal bedtime with the Oura app”, available online at <https://web_archive.org/web/20191206205332/https://ouraring.com/how-to-find-your-ideal-bedtime-with-the-oura-app/ 2019, 8 pages. 2019. [cited by applicant]
“Vauxhall/Opel In-Car Wireless Charging”, retrieved from <https://www.air-charge.com/aircharge-for-business/automotive/vauxhall-wireless-charging>, Oct. 2019, 4 pages. Oct. 2019. [cited by applicant]
“Wireless charging for smart ring/pointing devices” available online at <http://www.humavox.comismt_product/wireless-charging-for-smart-ringpointing-devices/>, Oct. 2019, 3 pages Oct. 2019. [cited by applicant]
ASU projection wearable: Live tomorrow today (world first launch @ CES 2016). (Dec. 2015). ASU Tech, YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdb50-D7Y0Y Dec. 2016. [cited by applicant]
Brownell, L., “Low-cost wearables manufactured by hybrid 3D printing. Wyss Institute, Harvard,” Retrieved from https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/low-cost-wearables-manufactured-by-hybrid-3d-printingt, Sep. 6, 2017, pp. 11 S… [cited by applicant]
Cetin, C., “Design, testing and implementation of a new authentication method using multiple devices,” Graduate Theses and Dissertations, University of South Florida Scholar Commons. Retrieved from http://scholarcommons… [cited by applicant]
Charles Q. Choi, “Low Battery? New Tech Lets You Wirelessly Share Power”, available online at <https://www_livescience.com/54790-new-tech-enables-wireless-charging_html>, May 19, 2016, 9 pages May 19, 2016. [cited by applicant]
Chen, X. A_, et al., “Encore: 3D printed augmentation of everyday objects with printed-over, affixed and interlocked attachments,” Nov. 5, 2015, pp. 73-82 Nov. 5, 2015. [cited by applicant]
Chen, X. A_, et al., “Reprise: A design tool for specifying, generating, and customizing 3D printable adaptations on everyday objects,” Oct. 16, 2016, pp. 29-39 Oct. 16, 2016. [cited by applicant]
E-Senses, “Personal vitamin D, sunlight and daylight coach”, available online at <https://e-senses.com/>, 2019, 5 pages 2019. [cited by applicant]
Hipolite, W., “The 3D printed 0 Bluetooth Ring is one of the tiniest personal computers you will ever see,” 3DPrint.com. Retrieved from https://3dprint.com/34627/o-bluetooth-ring-3d-printed/, Jan. 2015, pp. 5 Jan. 2015. [cited by applicant]
Hussain Almossawi, “This smart ring aims to provide better lives for people with sickle cell disease”, retrieved from < Dhttps://www.core77.com/projects/82131/This-Smart-Ring-Aims-to-Provide-Better-Lives-for-People-with… [cited by applicant]
Je et al., “PokeRing: Notifications by poking around the finger”, Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems—CHI'18, 2018, paper 542, pp. 1-10 2018. [cited by applicant]
Katharine Schwab, “Orii, the ring that turns your finger into a phone, is here”, available online at < https://www_fastcompany_com/90399237/orii-the-ring-that-turns-your-finger-into-a-phone-is-here >, 2019, 4 pages 2019. [cited by applicant]
Magno et al., “Self-sustainable smart ring for long-term monitoring of blood oxygenation”, IEEE Access, 2019, pp. 115400-115408 2019. [cited by applicant]
Mahmud et al., Wearable technology for drug abuse detection: A survey of recent advancements, Smart Health, vol. 13, Aug. 2019, 100062 Aug. 2019. [cited by applicant]
Margaret, “The Orb: A Bluetooth headset that turns into a ring”, Gadgets, BornRich, Jun. 2013, available online at <http://www.bomrich.com/the-orb-a-bluetooth-headset-that-tums-into-a-ring_html > Jun. 2013. [cited by applicant]
Nassi et al., “Virtual breathalyzer”, Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 2016, 10 pages 2016. [cited by applicant]
Neev Kiran, “SkinnySensor: Enabling Battery-Less Wearable Sensors Via Intrabody Power Transfer”, Masters Theses 694, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018, 63 pages 2018. [cited by applicant]
Nerd-Fu, “Push present”, Delicious Juice Dot Com, Apr. 2015, available online at < https://blog_deliciousjuice_com/2015/04/ > Apr. 2015. [cited by applicant]
Pablo E Suarez, “NXT Ring—Your Digital-self at Hand”, available online at <https://www_youtube.com/watch?v=9w7uxDHs7NY>, uploaded on Jun. 21, 2019, 2 pages Jun. 21, 2019. [cited by applicant]
Roumen et al., “NotiRing: A comparative study of notification channels for wearable interactive rings”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems—CHI'15, 2015, pp. 2497-2500 201… [cited by applicant]
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, “Ringly review: The smart ring that could be sexier”, available online at <https://www_macworld_com/article/227133/ringly-review-the-smart-ring-that-could-be-sexier.html>, 2016, 10 pages 2016. [cited by applicant]
Schwab, K, “This startup wants to kill passwords- and replace them with jewelry. Fast Company,” Retrieved from https://www.fastcompany.com/90254843/this-startup-wants-to-kill-passwords-and-replace-them-with-jewelry, (Oc… [cited by applicant]
Seung et al., “Nanopattemed Textile-Based Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator”, ACS Nano, vol. 9, 2015, pp. 3501-3509 2015. [cited by applicant]
Shane McGlaun, “Geek builds Bluetooth Smart Ring with OLED display”, available online at <https://www_slashgear.com/geek-builds-bluetooth-smart-ring-with-oled-display-02361383/>, 2015, 6 pages 2015. [cited by applicant]
Sperlazza, We tested four sleep tracker apps and wearables: Here are the best ones, available online at <https://www_bulletproof_com/sleep/tech/best-sleep-tracker-apps/>, 2019, 18 pages 2019. [cited by applicant]
Turunen, “Smart ring for stress control and self-understanding”, available online at <https://slowfinland.fi/en/smart-ring-for-stress-control-and-self-understanding/>, 2017, 9 pages 2017. [cited by applicant]
Woochit Tech (2017). New smart ring monitors UV exposure [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YvkioTZxjU, 3 pages 2017. [cited by applicant]
Worgan et al., “Garment level power distribution for wearables using inductive power transfer,” 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI), 2016, pp. 277-283 2016. [cited by applicant]