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US 11,240,408 B2Granted
Wearable electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPranav Mistry, Sajid Sadi, Curtis Douglas Aumiller, Chengyuan Wei
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a device includes a device body that includes a touch-sensitive display and a processor. The device also includes a band coupled to the device body and an optical sensor in or on the band. The optical sensor faces outward from the band and captures images. The processor communicates with the optical sensor to process captured images.
Claims11
A wearable device comprising:
- a device body comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display;
- a circular mechanical ring rotatable around the touch-sensitive display;
- and
- a detector configured to detect rotation of the rotatable circular mechanical ring, wherein an inner surface of the circular mechanical ring comprises an encoder associated with the detector;
- a band coupled to the device body;
- a first sensor in or on the rotatable circular mechanical ring, wherein the first sensor comprises an optical camera, wherein the touch-sensitive display is configured to display images captured by the optical camera;
- and
- a second sensor in or on a base of the device body, wherein the second sensor comprises a biometric sensor configured to contact skin of a user wearing the wearable device.
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