Indicators for wearable electronic devices
A wearable electronic device includes a housing and a band attached to the housing. The band has an indicator with a variably and/or progressively illuminable portion. The indicator of the band conveys to a user an analog representation of the completion progress of an activity or task tracked by wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device also includes a processing unit within the housing, and a sensor operatively coupled to the processing unit. In some cases, the sensor is a motion sensor such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope. In other examples, the sensor is a health sensor or a biometric sensor. Sensor data is used to update the indicator.
1. A watch comprising:
a housing;
a processor within the housing, the processor being configured to:
track multiple types of data associated with a wearer during operation of the watch; and
calculate a progress value based on one of the multiple types of data being tracked by the processor;
a band releasably attached to the housing and comprising an indicator operable to show a progressively illuminated region based on the progress value; and
a display within the housing, the display being configured to show a symbol indicating which one of the multiple types of data corresponds to the progressively illuminated region shown on the indicator of the band.
2. The watch of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor, and the processor is configured to track the data based on operation of the sensor.
3. The watch of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor, a temperature sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, and/or a moisture sensor.
4. The watch of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a global positioning sensor, and/or a tilt sensor.
5. The watch of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is a heart rate sensor, a respiration rate sensor, a blood oxygenation level sensor, a blood volume estimate sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and/or an arterial pressure sensor.
6. The watch of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is a magnetic field sensor, an electric field sensor, a color meter, an acoustic impedance sensor, a pH level sensor, and/or a material detection sensor.
7. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises biometric data of a user.
8. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises caloric intake of a user.
9. The watch of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises steps taken by a user.
10. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the symbol is a first symbol;
the data is first data;
the indicator is a first indicator;
the progressively illuminated region is a first progressively illuminated region;
the processor is further configured to track second data during operation of the watch;
the display is further configured to show a second symbol corresponding to the second data; and
the band comprises a second indicator operable to show a second progressively illuminated region corresponding to the second data.
11. A watch comprising:
a housing comprising a display;
a band releasably attached to the housing and comprising a first indicator on a first side of the display and a second indicator on a second side of the display; and
a processor configured to:
control the display to show a first symbol adjacent to the first indicator and corresponding to a first type of data;
control the first indicator to show a first illuminated segment corresponding to the first type of data;
control the display to show a second symbol adjacent to the second indicator and corresponding to a second type of data; and
control the second indicator to show a second illuminated segment corresponding to the second type of data.
12. The watch of claim 11 , further comprising a sensor configured to produce an output corresponding to the first type of data and/or the second type of data.
13. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator are each along a corresponding progressively illuminable region extending along the band.
14. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the first symbol indicates caloric intake being tracked in the first indicator.
15. The watch of claim 11 , wherein the second symbol indicates that steps are being tracked in the second indicator.
16. A watch comprising:
a housing comprising a display configured to show a first symbol on a first side of the display and corresponding to a first type of data and a second symbol on a second side of the display corresponding to a second type of data;
a first band portion releasably attached to a first side of the housing and comprising a first indicator operable to show a first illuminated region corresponding to the first type of data; and
a second band portion releasably attached to a second side of the housing and comprising a second indicator operable to show a second illuminated region corresponding to the second type of data.
17. The watch of claim 16 , further comprising a sensor configured to produce an output corresponding to the first type of data and/or the second type of data.
18. The watch of claim 16 , wherein the first indicator and the second indicator are each along a corresponding progressively illuminable region extending along the first band portion and/or the second band portion.
19. The watch of claim 16 , wherein the first symbol indicates caloric intake being tracked in the first indicator.
20. The watch of claim 16 , wherein the second symbol indicates that steps are being tracked in the second indicator.