Wearable electronic device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsFletcher R. Rothkopf, Jonathan Ive, Julian Hoenig, Rico Zorkendorfer
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Abstract
A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a first opening opposite to a second opening;
- a band attached to the housing and configured to secure the electronic device to a user;
- a display positioned in the first opening;
- a ceramic cover disposed over the second opening and forming a portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device;
- a biosensor module disposed within the second opening below the ceramic cover;
- and
- a wireless charging receive coil aligned with the second opening and below the ceramic cover;
- wherein:
- the ceramic cover is configured to pass optical signals generated by the biosensor module;
- and
- the ceramic cover is configured to pass wireless power from an external wireless charging device to the wireless charging receive coil.
A wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom portion defining an opening;
- a biosensor module aligned with the opening;
- a wireless charging receive coil positioned within the housing and aligned with the opening;
- a battery operably coupled to the wireless charging receive coil;
- and
- a cover disposed over the biosensor module;
- wherein:
- the cover is configured to pass optical signals to and from the biosensor module;
- and
- the cover is configured to pass wireless power to the wireless charging receive coil.
An electronic watch, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior cavity and a bottom portion having an opening;
- a band attached to the housing and configured to secure the electronic watch to a user;
- a biosensor module positioned along the bottom portion of the housing and configured to transmit optical signals and receive reflected optical signals through the opening of the housing;
- and
- a wireless charging receive coil positioned within the interior cavity and configured to receive wireless power through the opening of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.