US 12,008,161 B2 · Smart ring

Abstract

A smart ring is provided. The smart ring includes a ring body configured to be worn on a finger of a user. The smart ring includes a capacitive touch sensor coupled to the ring body. The capacitive touch sensor is configured to receive a touch input from the user and convert the touch input into an input signal. The smart ring includes a processor coupled to the capacitive touch sensor. The processor is configured to receive the input signal from the capacitive touch sensor and generate a transmission signal using the input signal. The smart ring further includes a communications interface coupled to the processor. The communications interface is configured to transmit the transmission signal to another device.

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Dependent claims

A smart ring, comprising:

a ring body configured to be worn on a finger of a user;
a plurality of haptic stimulators coupled to the ring body, wherein the haptic stimulators are configured to create pressure on or transfer an electrical impulse to a skin of the user;
a communications interface coupled to the ring body and configured to receive data;
and
a processor coupled to the haptic stimulators and the communications interface, wherein the processor is configured to provide a drive signal to the haptic stimulators based on the data;
wherein the haptic stimulators are configured to receive the drive signal from the processor and communicate the data to the user via a haptic stimulation, and
wherein the drive signal is configured to individually actuate each of the haptic stimulators in a series of unique combinations, each unique combination representing vertices of a geometric representation of a letter in an alphabet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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