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Granted Patent B2
US 10,238,188 · App. 15/522,604 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Wearable smart band

Inventor: Sug Whan Kim (Gimpo-si, KR)
Assignees: Spheredyne Co., Ltd.; Sug Whan Kim
A44C5/003A44C5/00A44C5/0007A44C5/0061A44C5/0084A44C5/105A44C5/14A45C13/30A45F5/00
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Patent No.
US 10,238,188
App. No.
15/522,604
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable smart band and comprises a fixing band provided so as to be wearable on a joint of a user including a human, an animal, a machine, etc; a receptacle member formed on the fixing band so that a tool, a machine part, a device, and an information device is located, and having an upper part covered by a cover; a flexible band provided on one side of the fixing band, whereof the shape of the fixing band is transformed according to movement of the user's joint; and an inserting and drawing assembly having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the information device or the cover, wherein the information device or cover is drawn or inserted from or into the receptacle member by the transformation of the flexible band according to the movement of the user's joint.

Claims (51)

1. A wearable smart band comprising:

a fixing band provided so as to be wearable on a joint of a user including a human, an animal and a machine;

a receptacle member formed on the fixing band such that a tool, a machine part or an information device is located within the receptacle, and the receptacle having an upper part covered by a cover;

a flexible band provided on one side of the fixing band, wherein a shape of the flexible band is transformed due a joint movement of the user; and

an inserting and drawing assembly having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover, wherein the tool, machine part, the information device or the cover is drawn or inserted from/into the receptacle member by the transformation of the flexible band according to the joint movement of the user; and

wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes:

at least one second wire having one end connected to the flexible band;

a first link member connected to a second end of the second wire;

a second link member connected to one end of the first link member, and having one end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover; and

a rotating member rotatably or provided between the first link member and the second link member to transmit a rotational force of the first link member to the second link member, and

wherein the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover is drawn or inserted from/into the receptacle member by a rotation of the first link member and the second link member when the second wire is tensioned or compressed by deformation of the flexible band due to the joint movement of the user.

2. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle member is fixedly mounted in the fixing band, and wherein the wearable smart band has flexibility in which part or all of the shape thereof can be changed in compliance with an external force exerted by the user.

3. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 ,

wherein the receptacle member includes a first guide member to guide the movement of the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover to be drawn or inserted in the receptacle member, and

wherein the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover includes a guide protrusion received in a guide groove formed along a length direction of the first guide member.

4. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible band includes a flexible mesh including a cloth, a leather, a rubber, a plastic or a metal material.

5. The wearable smart band according to claim 4 , wherein the flexible band includes at least one fixing member to which one end of the inserting and drawing assembly is connected.

6. The wearable smart band according to claim 4 , wherein the flexible band has different circumferential lengths at one end and the other end thereof.

7. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes at least one first wire having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover.

8. The wearable smart band according to claim 7 , wherein the first wire or the second wire is made of an elastic material.

9. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inserting and drawing assembly further includes a roller member provided on one end of the second link member, and

wherein the roller member is received in a roller guide formed on a second side of the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover to guide the movement of the one end of the second link member.

10. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly further includes:

a sliding member provided on the one end of the second link member, wherein the sliding member is received in a roller guide formed on a second side of the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover to guide the movement of the one end of the second link member.

11. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly further includes:

at least one elastic member having a first end connected to the second link member and a second end connected to an end of an inner side of the receptacle member.

12. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein a predetermined pattern is formed on an outer surface or an inner surface of the cover, the fixing band or the flexible band.

13. The wearable smart band according claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes:

a third link member having a first end connected to a first end of the second link member and a second end contacted with a second side of the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover; and

an extended rotating member rotatably provided between the second link member and the third link member to transmit a rotational force of the second link member to the third link member.

14. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes:

a third wire having a first end connected to the flexible band; and

a third link member connected to a second end of the third wire and having a first end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover.

15. The wearable smart band according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes:

a third wire having a first end connected to the flexible band;

a third link member connected to a second end of the third wire and having a first end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover; and

a supporting member for changing a pulling direction of the third wire.

16. A wearable smart band comprising:

a fixing band provided so as to be wearable on a joint of a user including a human, an animal and a machine;

a receptacle member formed on the fixing band such that a tool, a machine part or an information device is located within the receptacle, and the receptacle having an upper part covered by a cover;

a flexible band provided on one side of the fixing band, wherein a shape of the flexible band is transformed due a joint movement of the user; and

an inserting and drawing assembly having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover, wherein the tool, machine part, the information device or the cover is drawn or inserted from/into the receptacle member by the transformation of the flexible band according to the joint movement of the user,

wherein the inserting and drawing assembly includes at least one first wire having a first end connected to a first end of the flexible band and a second end connected to a first end gf the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover,

wherein the inserting and drawing assembly further includes at least one elastic member having a first end connected to a second end of the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover and a second end connected to an end of an inner side of the receptacle member.

17. A wearable smart band comprising:

a fixing band and provided so as to be wearable on a joint of a user including a human, an animal and a machine;

a receptacle member formed on the fixing band such that a tool, a machine part or an information device is located within the receptacle, and the receptacle having an upper part covered by a cover;

a flexible band provided on one side of the fixing band, wherein a shape of the flexible band is transformed due a joint movement of the user; and

an inserting and drawing assembly having one end connected to the flexible band and the other end connected to the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover, wherein the tool, machine part, the information device or the cover is drawn or inserted from/into the receptacle member by the transformation of the flexible band according to the joint movement of the user,

wherein the inserting and drawing assembly is arranged to perform an upright movement in the direction of the cover from a floor part of the receptacle member to operate the tool, the machine part, the information device or the cover in a hinge manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: KIM, SUG WHAN
To: SPHEREDYNE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042387/0043 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0146389 · Oct 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180103729A1 · Apr 19, 2018
Cited By (1)
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