Wearable device, wristwatch, and short distance communication switch method
AssigneePrinco Corp.
InventorPei-liang CHIU
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Abstract
A wearable device includes an antenna configured to transmit and receive a short distance communication signal; a set of security chips coupled to the antenna, including a plurality of security chips configured to process private information of a user; and a controller disposed between the antenna and the set of security chips, configured to enable one of the security chips in the set of security chips based on a user operation, to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal via the antenna. A wristwatch and a short distance communication switch method are also provided. The user can select one of communication chips to carry out short distance communication with an external device. This improves convenience in using the electronic cards.
Claims15
A wearable device, comprising:
- an antenna configured to transmit and receive a short distance communication signal;
- a set of security chips coupled to the antenna, comprising a plurality of security chips configured to process user private information;
- a transparent conductive film, configured to receive a user operation and divided into a plurality of regions electrically disconnected from each other, each of the regions comprising a plurality of conductive wires that are interlaced with each other to construct a plurality of conductive units;
- a touch detector electrically connected to the regions of the transparent conductive film, configured to detect an integral effect of electrical signal changes of all of the conductive units in each region to output a detecting signal;
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- a controller coupled to the touch detector and disposed between the antenna and the set of security chips, configured to receive the detecting signal transmitted from the touch detector to enable one of the security chips in the set of security chips, to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal via the antenna,
- wherein the plurality of security chips comprises a first security chip and a second security chip, and the plurality of regions of the transparent conductive film comprises a first region and a second region that are electrically disconnected from each other;
- wherein the controller enables the first security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to the user operation made to the first region of the transparent conductive film;
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- wherein the controller enables the second security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to the user operation made to the second region of the transparent conductive film.
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A wristwatch, comprising a housing forming a receiving room, a part of the housing formed by a transparent cover, the wristwatch further comprising a dial, physical scales on a face of the dial, and physical indicators disposed above the dial and cooperating with the physical scales to show the time, the wristwatch further comprising:
- an antenna configured to transmit and receive a short distance communication signal;
- a set of security chips coupled to the antenna, comprising a plurality of security chips configured to process user private information of a user;
- a transparent conductive film attached to a face of the transparent cover, the transparent conductive film configured to receive a user operation and divided into a plurality of regions electrically disconnected from each other, each of the regions comprising a plurality of conductive wires that are interlaced with each other to construct a plurality of conductive units;
- a touch detector disposed in the receiving room and electrically connecting to the regions of the transparent conductive film, configured to detect an integral effect of electrical signal changes of all of the conductive units in each region to output a detecting signal;
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- a controller disposed in the receiving room, coupled to the touch detector, the set of security chips, and the antenna, configured to receive the detecting signal transmitted from the touch detector to enable one of the security chips in the set of security chips, to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal via the antenna,
- wherein the plurality of security chips comprises a first security chip and a second security chip, and the plurality of regions of the transparent conductive film comprises a first region and a second region that are electrically disconnected from each other;
- wherein the controller enables the first security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to the user operation made to the first region of the transparent conductive film;
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- wherein the controller enables the second security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to the user operation made to the second region of the transparent conductive film.
A short distance communication switch method, comprising:
- utilizing an antenna for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic signal to achieve short distance communication;
- utilizing a set of security chips comprising a plurality of security chips disposed in a wearable device for processing user private information;
- utilizing a transparent conductive film for receiving a user operation, wherein the transparent conductive film is divided into a plurality of regions electrically disconnected from each other, each of the regions comprising a plurality of conductive wires that are interlaced with each other to construct a plurality of conductive units;
- utilizing a touch detector for detecting an integral effect of electrical signal changes of all of the conductive units in each region to output a detecting signal;
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- utilizing a controller for receiving the detecting signal transmitted from the touch detector to enable one of security chips in the set of security chips to transmit and receive the electromagnetic signal via the antenna, and disable all the others of the security chips in the set of security chips,
- wherein the plurality of security chips comprises a first security chip and a second security chip, and the plurality of regions of the transparent conductive film comprises a first region and a second region that are electrically disconnected from each other;
- wherein the controller enables the first security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to a user operation made to the first region of the transparent conductive film;
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- wherein the controller enables the second security chip to transmit and receive the short distance communication signal in response to the user operation made to the second region of the transparent conductive film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.