IP Library Granted Patent US 10,103,764
Granted Patent B2
US 10,103,764 · App. 15/279,438 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Wearable device and method for information delivery

Inventors: Jyh-Chern Chen (Zhubei, TW); Yu-Tang Li (Zhubei, TW); Ting-Ju Chen (Zhubei, TW); Wei-Ping Huang (Zhubei, TW); Chih-Hsun Fan (Zhubei, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN BIOPHOTONIC CORPORATION
H04B1/385G04G21/00G06F1/163G06F3/015G06F3/0346G06F3/0362G09G5/00H04W4/80G06F3/147G09G2320/08G09G2340/0492G09G2340/14G09G2340/145G09G2354/00H04B2001/3855H04B2001/3861
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Patent No.
US 10,103,764
App. No.
15/279,438
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable device for information delivery may comprise a physiological sensor, a microprocessor, a display and a wearable housing. The wearable device may effectively receive a signal, convert the signal into information and renders a layout on a display. A method for information delivery may comprise signal reception step, signal transformation step and information visualization step. The method may be extensively applied in a wearable device or a device comprising at least a physiological sensor, a microprocessor and a display.

Claims (29)

1. A wearable device for information delivery, comprising:

a physiological sensor;

a display;

a microprocessor coupled to the memory, the physiological sensor and the display; and

a wearable housing configured to accommodate the physiological sensor, the display and the microprocessor;

wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive a physiological signal from the physiological sensor, to convert the physiological signal into a physiological parameter and a reliability parameter and to generate a layout comprising a physiological indicator according to the physiological parameter and a discontinuous curved reliability indicator according to the physiological parameter and the reliability parameter; and the display is configured to render the layout,

a length of the curved reliability indicator is proportional to the physiological parameter, and a brightness of the curved reliability indicator is proportional to the reliability parameter.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising a clock generator; wherein the microprocessor receives a clock signal from the clock generator and assign the clock signal as time parameters; wherein the layout further comprises:

a preset clock dial comprising twelve dot markings and sixty line markings;

a first time indicator over the dot marking at the location of corresponding time parameter; and

a second time indicator over the line marking at the location of corresponding time parameter.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising an input module; wherein the microprocessor receives an input signal from the input module, converts the input signal into instruction information and swaps a different layout on the display according to the instruction information.

4. The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein the input module is selected from a group consisting of a rotatable bezel, a rotatable tread and a rotatable gear.

5. The wearable device of claim 4 , wherein the microprocessor switches the function of the physiological sensor according to the instruction information.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising an inertial sensor; wherein the microprocessor receives a motion signal from the inertial sensor, converts the motion signal into orientation information and assign the orientation of the layout shown on the display according to the orientation information.

7. A method for information delivery performed by a wearable device comprising a physiological sensor, a display and a microprocessor comprising:

a signal reception step to receive, at the microprocessor, a physiological signal from the physiological sensor;

a signal transformation step to convert, at the microprocessor, the physiological signal into a physiological parameter and a reliability parameter;

an information visualization step to generate, at the microprocessor, a layout comprising a physiological indicator according to the physiological parameter and a discontinuous curved reliability indicator according to the physiological parameter and the reliability parameter and to render the layout on the display,

a length of the curved reliability indicator is proportional to the physiological parameter, and a brightness of the curved reliability indicator is proportional to the reliability parameter.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving a clock signal from a clock generator and assigning the clock signal as time parameters;

wherein the layout generated in the information visualization step further comprising:

a preset clock dial comprising twelve dot markings and sixty line markings;

a first time indicator over the dot marking at the location of corresponding time parameter; and

a second time indicator over the line marking at the location of corresponding time parameter.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving an input signal from an input module, converting the input signal into instruction information and swapping the layout on the display according to the instruction information.

10. The method device of claim 9 , wherein the input module is selected from a group consisting of a rotatable bezel, a rotatable tread and a rotatable gear.

11. The method device of claim 10 , further comprising switching the function of the physiological sensor according to the instruction information, at the microprocessor.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising the steps performed at the microprocessor: receiving a motion signal from the inertial sensor, converting the motion signal into orientation information and assigning the orientation of the layout shown on the display according to the orientation information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2016
From: CHEN, JYH-CHERN; LI, YU-TANG; CHEN, TING-JU; HUANG, WEI-PING; FAN, CHIH-HSUN
To: TAIWAN BIOPHOTONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040174/0435 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62234674 · Sep 30, 2015
Related Publication 20170093451A1 · Mar 30, 2017