G06F 1/163
Wearable computers
Official title: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}
G06F1/163 (Wearable computers) appears on 8,071 US grants and 10,637 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 8,071
- Published applications
- 10,637
- Assignees
- 1,930
- Inventors
- 16,342
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 11 |
| 2002 | 29 | 57 |
| 2003 | 30 | 32 |
| 2004 | 34 | 61 |
| 2005 | 27 | 44 |
| 2006 | 31 | 44 |
| 2007 | 22 | 39 |
| 2008 | 19 | 34 |
| 2009 | 31 | 53 |
| 2010 | 43 | 53 |
| 2011 | 31 | 54 |
| 2012 | 45 | 101 |
| 2013 | 42 | 107 |
| 2014 | 65 | 187 |
| 2015 | 127 | 538 |
| 2016 | 263 | 980 |
| 2017 | 546 | 961 |
| 2018 | 652 | 991 |
| 2019 | 929 | 977 |
| 2020 | 946 | 900 |
| 2021 | 768 | 773 |
| 2022 | 725 | 771 |
| 2023 | 733 | 832 |
| 2024 | 725 | 828 |
| 2025 | 666 | 716 |
| 2026 | 395 | 493 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical configurations for head-worn see-through displays6 Oct 2026US 12,754,433 B2Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
- Controlled-environment facility resident wearables and systems and methods for use6 Oct 2026US 12,754,586 B1Securus Technologies, Inc.
- Rotatable control button assembly for a wearable device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,590 B2Garmin International, Inc.
- Interactive method, apparatus, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium for controlling virtual object6 Oct 2026US 12,754,608 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Charging and ambience monitoring device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,230 B2Ultrahuman Healthcare Pvt Ltd
- Techniques for manufacturing a wearable ring device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307308 A1Oura Health Oy
- Wearable electronic device and method for operating same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310256 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Head-mounted device including dial unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310257 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Dynamic packaging system for a wearable biosensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310297 A1Aquilx Incorporated
- Wearable electronic device including conductive pattern8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312274 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological monitor and associated computation, display and communication unit1,769US 6,790,178 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2004
- Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones789US 5,726,984 ANorand Corporation · 1998
- Display apparatus and portable information processing apparatus730US 6,809,724 B1Seiko Epson Corporation · 2004
- Video display modification based on sensor input for a see-through near-to-eye display637US 8,964,298 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2015
- Contextual responses based on automated learning techniques628US 6,842,877 B2Tangis Corporation · 2005