# US 2018/0024504 A1 · Wearable device and method for controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024504 A1 - Document ID: US20180024504A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/540,693 - Filed: 2016-09-05 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-18 - Assignees: Goertek Inc. - Applicants: Goertek Inc. - Inventors: Zhe HUANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024504A1 ## CPC - G04G 21/00: Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces - G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - G01C 21/3652: {Guidance using non-audiovisual output, e.g. tactile, haptic or electric stimuli} - G04B 37/1486: {Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet (building watches into bracelets (montre marquise) G04B37/12; arrangements for hanging pocket- or other watches on chains G04B37/1446)} - G04G 13/00: Producing acoustic time signals - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - H02K 33/00: Motors with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating magnet, armature or coil system (arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with motors H02K7/00, e.g. H02K7/06) - A44B 11/22: Buckle with fixed prong - A44C 5/2071: {with the two ends of the strap or chain overlapping each other and fastened by an action perpendicularly to the main plane of these two ends (A44C5/2009 - A44C5/2057 take precedence)} - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G04B: MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS (spring- or weight-driven mechanisms in general F03G; electromechanical clocks or watches G04C; electromechanical clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at pre-selected times or after predetermined time intervals G04C23/00; clocks or watches with stop devices G04F7/08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - A44B: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C) - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS ## Abstract A wearable device and a method for controlling the same, the wearable device including: a device main body and a wearing part for having the device main body worn on a human body, and the device main body is provided with a micro-controlling unit for controlling operation of the wearable device; and the wearing part is provided with one or more linear motors, each of the linear motors is connected to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire, and when the linear motor receives a specified signal of the micro-controlling unit, the linear motor correspondingly vibrates. The wearable device provides one or more linear motors on the wearing part, and controls the linear motors to, upon receiving the specified signal, vibrate, thereby providing the user with a solution of portable vibration tactile feedback and enhancing the user usage experience of the wearable device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wearable device, wherein, the wearable device comprises: a device main body and a wearing part for having the device main body worn on a human body, the device main body is provided with a micro-controlling unit for controlling operation of the wearable device; the wearing part is provided with one or more linear motors, each of the linear motors is connected to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire, and when the linear motor receives a specified signal of the micro-controlling unit, the linear motor correspondingly vibrates. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein, the wearable device is a smart wrist strap device, the device main body is a wrist strap main body, and the wearing part includes a left wrist strap and a right wrist strap that are located on two sides of the wrist strap main body and are able to have the smart wrist strap device worn on a wrist of the user when cooperating with each other; a left direction linear motor is provided within the left wrist strap, a right direction linear motor is provided within the right wrist strap, and each of the linear motors is connected to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire; during the process of the wearing of the smart wrist strap device, when the left direction linear motor and/or the right direction linear motor receives a specified signal that is sent by the micro-controlling unit, the left direction linear motor and/or the right direction linear motor correspondingly vibrates. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein, a middle direction linear motor is provided on the side of the wrist strap main body that clings to a skin of the human body, the middle direction linear motor is connected to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire, and when the middle direction linear motor receives a specified signal that is sent by the micro-controlling unit, the middle direction linear motor correspondingly vibrates. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein, each of the wrist straps is provided with a wrist strap buckle and a plurality of wrist strap buckle holes; and the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor are respectively provided inside the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap, wherein, at least two of the wrist strap buckles are respectively provided at the locations on the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap where the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor are embedded respectively, and the wrist strap buckles protrude from the surfaces of the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap; and the wrist strap buckle corresponding to the left direction linear motor is clipped to one of the wrist strap buckle holes of the right wrist strap, and the wrist strap buckle corresponding to the right direction linear motor is clipped to one of the wrist strap buckle holes of the left wrist strap, to have the smart wrist strap device worn on the wrist of the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein, the controlling wires are embedded into the locations of the corresponding wrist straps that do not interfere with the linear motors, the wrist strap buckle holes and the wrist strap buckles, and the controlling wires are integral with the wrist straps. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein, the distance on the wrist strap between the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor satisfies the requirement that after the smart wrist strap device has been worn on the wrist of the user, the left direction linear motor is located on a left side of the wrist and the right direction linear motor is located on a right side of the wrist. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein, the numbers of the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor are both at least one; and the at least one left direction linear motor and the at least one right direction linear motor are arranged within the corresponding wrist straps according to a predetermined layout, to enhance the vibrating sense in the corresponding directions. ### Claim 8 A method for controlling a wearable device, wherein, the method comprises: acquiring monitored information by using a monitoring unit in a device main body of the wearable device, and transmitting the monitored information to a micro-controlling unit in the device main body; sending, by a controlling wire, a specified signal that the micro-controlling unit generates according to the monitored information, to one or more linear motors that are provided in a wearing part of the wearable device; controlling the linear motor to, after receiving the specified signal of the micro-controlling unit, correspondingly vibrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein, the wearable device is a smart wrist strap device, the device main body is a wrist strap main body, and the wearing part includes a left wrist strap and a right wrist strap that are located on two sides of the wrist strap main body and are able to have the smart wrist strap device worn on a wrist of the user when cooperating with each other, the method comprises: providing a left direction linear motor within the left wrist strap, providing a right direction linear motor within the right wrist strap, connecting each of the linear motors to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire, and controlling the left direction linear motor and/or the right direction linear motor to, after receiving the specified signal that is sent by the micro-controlling unit, correspondingly vibrate; providing a middle direction linear motor on the side of the wrist strap main body that clings to a skin of the human body, connecting the middle direction linear motor to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire, and controlling the middle direction linear motor to, upon receiving the specified signal that is sent by the micro-controlling unit, correspondingly vibrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, a navigation application is installed in the smart wrist strap device, and the navigation application is provided with a data interface for exchanging data with an operating system of the smart wrist strap device; the acquiring monitored information by using a monitoring unit in a device main body of the wearable device comprises: acquiring location information and acceleration information of the wearable device by using respectively a signal receiver of a global satellite positioning system and an acceleration sensor in the smart wrist strap device, providing the location information and the acceleration information to the navigation application by the operating system of the smart wrist strap device so that the navigation application performs logic control judgment according to a preset navigation mode and the location information and the acceleration information, and sends a judgment result to the micro-controlling unit by the operating system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein, a specified signal that the micro-controlling unit generates according to the monitored information comprises: generating, by the micro-controlling unit, according to a judgment result of turning left ahead, a specified signal for controlling the left direction linear motor on the left wrist strap to vibrate; generating, by the micro-controlling unit, according to a judgment result of turning right ahead, a specified signal for controlling the right direction linear motor on the right wrist strap to vibrate; generating, by the micro-controlling unit, according to a judgment result of limiting speed ahead, a specified signal for controlling the middle direction linear motor on the wrist strap main body to vibrate; generating, by the micro-controlling unit, according to a judgment result of turning around ahead, specified signals for controlling the left direction linear motor on the left wrist strap and the right direction linear motor on the right wrist strap to vibrate; generating, by the micro-controlling unit, according to a judgment result of starting navigation or stopping navigation, specified signals for controlling the left direction linear motor on the left wrist strap, the right direction linear motor on the right wrist strap and the middle direction linear motor on the wrist strap main body to simultaneously vibrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, the controlling the linear motor to, after receiving the specified signal of the micro-controlling unit, correspondingly vibrate comprises: when the specified signal instructs the left direction linear motor to vibrate, controlling the left direction linear motor to vibrate with a predetermined vibration frequency; when the specified signal instructs the right direction linear motor to vibrate, controlling the right direction linear motor to vibrate with a predetermined vibration frequency; when the specified signal instructs the middle direction linear motor to vibrate, controlling the middle direction linear motor to vibrate with a predetermined vibration frequency; when the specified signals instruct the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor to vibrate, controlling the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor to vibrate with a predetermined vibration frequency; when the specified signals instruct the left direction linear motor, the right direction linear motor and the middle direction linear motor to simultaneously vibrate, controlling the left direction linear motor, the right direction linear motor and the middle direction linear motor to simultaneously vibrate with a predetermined vibration frequency. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, each of the wrist straps of the smart wrist strap device is provided with a wrist strap buckle and a plurality of wrist strap buckle holes; the providing a left direction linear motor within the left wrist strap, providing a right direction linear motor within the right wrist strap comprises: embedding the left direction linear motor and the right direction linear motor respectively within the locations on the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap that are corresponding to the wrist strap buckles, and protruding the wrist strap buckles from the surfaces of the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap; the left wrist strap and the right wrist strap, by clipping the wrist strap buckle corresponding to the left direction linear motor to one of the wrist strap buckle holes of the right wrist strap, and clipping the wrist strap buckle corresponding to the right direction linear motor to one of the wrist strap buckle holes of the left wrist strap, having the smart wrist strap device worn on the wrist of the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, the connecting each of the linear motors to the micro-controlling unit by a controlling wire comprises: providing controlling wires that are integral with the wrist straps at the locations of the corresponding wrist straps that do not interfere with the linear motors, the wrist strap buckle holes and the wrist strap buckles, and connecting the controlling wires with the linear motors and the micro-controlling unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, the providing a left direction linear motor within the left wrist strap, providing a right direction linear motor within the right wrist strap further comprises: providing the left direction linear motor at a preset location of the left wrist strap and providing the right direction linear motor at a preset location of the right wrist strap, so that after the smart wrist strap device has been worn on the wrist of the user, the left direction linear motor is located on a left side of the wrist and the right direction linear motor is located on a right side of the wrist.