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US 12,456,874 B2Granted
Circuits and methods for wearable device charging and wired control
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsRussell Douglas Patton, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Stephen Andrew Steger
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Abstract
Methods and devices for wired charging and communication with a wearable device are described. In one embodiment, a symmetrical contact interface comprises a first contact pad and a second contact pad, and particular wired circuitry is coupled to the first and second contact pad to enable charging as well as receive and transmit communications via the contact pads as part of various device states.
Claims20
A wearable device comprising:
- a hinge coupled to the wearable device;
- and
- a symmetrical contact interface comprising a first contact pad and a second contact pad, wherein the symmetrical contact interface is disposed in a temple portion of a front end of the wearable device proximate to the hinge, such that an arm coupled to the temple portion via the hinge covers the symmetrical contact interface if the arm is in an open position, and the arm exposes the symmetrical contact interface if the arm is in a closed position, wherein the first contact pad is connected to a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second NFET, or the first contact pad is connected to a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second PFET.
An apparatus for of a wearable device comprising:
- a symmetrical contact interface comprising a first contact pad and a second contact pad, wherein the symmetrical contact interface is disposed in a portion of a temple of a front end of the apparatus of the wearable device proximate to a first hinge, such that a first arm coupled to the portion of the temple via the first hinge covers the symmetrical contact interface if the first arm is in an open position, and the first arm exposes the symmetrical contact interface if the first arm is in a closed position, wherein the first contact pad is connected to a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second NFET, or the first contact pad is connected to a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second PFET.
Glasses comprising:
- a symmetrical contact interface comprising a first contact pad and a second contact pad, wherein the symmetrical contact interface is disposed in a portion of a temple of a front end of the glasses are proximate to a first hinge, such that a first arm coupled to the portion of the temple via the first hinge covers the symmetrical contact interface if the first arm is in an open position, and the first arm exposes the symmetrical contact interface if the first arm is in a closed position, wherein the first contact pad is connected to a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second NFET, or the first contact pad is connected to a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and the second contact pad is connected to a second PFET.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.